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xii, 208 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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English
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"In these pages, Platt shares how he found a deeper, fuller hope on the other side of foundation-shaking questions like, 'Is Jesus really the hope of the world after all?' Platt realized that soul-piercing questions don't just demand answers. They require action. And that action, as we change our lives to resemble the way of Jesus, brings hope, light, and life to the world. This is your call to risk more, to let what breaks God's heart break yours,...
82) The Himalayas
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1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Korean
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Following a grueling climb up Kanchenjunga, Hong-gil and Mu-taek become fast friends and partners in climb. The peak of their professional careers comes when they become the 14th team to scale the Himalayas. But the climb came at a price: both sustained injuries and Hong-gil was compelled to retire. Years later, Hong-gil is a renowned lecturer and Mu-taek takes up an assignment to go up Everest.
83) Mount Everest
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"At the border of Nepal and Tibet, climbers try to reach the highest point above sea level. Mount Everest looks at when and how this mountain formed and what the future looks like for the popular climbing peak."--Amazon
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"After splurging to buy her childhood home in the Catskills, recently widowed Mikki Lincoln emerges from retirement as a freelance editor. With her ability to spot details that others fail to see, it's not long before Mikki earns clients -- and realizes that the village of Lenape Hollow isn't the thriving tourist destination it was decades ago. Not with a murderer on the loose . . ." -- Publisher's annotation.
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Barnaby Skye, the most durable and unforgettable character in modern Western fiction, returns in this harrowing tale of survival from his early years in the Rockies.
In the midst of a brutal winter, Skye's beloved Crow Indian wife, Victoria, is critically wounded when a Blackfeet raiding party attacks a Crow hunting camp. Despite Skye's attempts at doctoring, Victoria's life hangs in the balance as the two, left alone in the frozen wilderness, struggle...
87) The highest pass
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1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A documentary about Anand, a modern Indian yogi and guru, who asks a student to join him on a motorcycle expedition through the highest passes of the Indian Himalayas. Anand bears the burden of a Vedic prophecy that predicts he will die soon in an accident, but lives by the wisdom that 'Only the one who dies, truly lives.' A team of seven riders begin the 21-day journey of a lifetime, guided by the teachings of Anand.
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"First published in 1985, William deBuys's Enchantment and Exploitation has become a New Mexico classic. It offers a complete account of the relationship between society and environment in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of northern New Mexico, a region unique in its rich combination of ecological and cultural diversity. Now, more than thirty years later, this revised and expanded edition provides a long-awaited assessment of the quality of the journey...
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4 audio discs (approximately 4 hr., 34 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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It's summer and the three Barker brothers, Simon, Henry, and Jack just moved from Illinois to Arizona. Their parents have warned them repeatedly not to explore Superstition Mountain, which is near their home. But when their cat Josie goes missing, they see no other choice. There's something unusually creepy about the mountain and after the boys find three human skulls, they grow determined to uncover the mystery.
90) Princess Academy
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English
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While attending a strict academy for potential princesses with the other girls from her mountain village, fourteen-year-old Miri discovers unexpected talents and connections to her homeland.
91) Rip Van Winkle
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English
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A man who sleeps for twenty years in the Catskill Mountains wakes to a much-changed world.
95) Montañas
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24 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 19 cm.
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Español
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Presents a children's book for early readers that lists a number of mountains around the world, and describes how they are formed, the various plants and animals that live in or near mountains, and more interesting facts.
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"When an Army trucker goes AWOL before her third deployment, she ends up sleeping in Central Park. There, she meets a Vietnam vet and widower who inherited a tumbledown Borscht Belt resort. Converted into a halfway house for homeless veterans, the Standard--and its two thousand acres over the Marcellus Shale Formation--is coveted by a Houston-based multinational company. Toward what end, only a corporate executive knows. With three violent acts at...
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