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Sheer Will
This is an updated and revised edition of the autobiography of extraordinary Australian mountaineer Michael Groom which we published in 1997. Even among the many achievement-against-all-setbacks books on the market, Michael Groom's story stands out. In 1987, he lost a third of both his feet to frostbite while climbing one of the world's highest mountains. He was told to forget about an active, outdoor life but by 1990 he had not only taught himself to walk again, he was back climbing the Himalayas. To increase the challenge, Michael climbs without supplementary oxygen, an extraordinary thing to do in the thin oxygen-deprived air at the top of the world. In 1999 Michael climbed Makalu in the ...
Better Times Than These
Frank Holden and other soldiers from varying backgrounds find their lives radically changed in Vietnam by a war that they find difficult to understand or support.
Groom's Survival Manual
The ultimate survival guide for bewildered husbands-to-be covers everything grooms need to know about legal issues, selecting a best man and ushers, donning a tuxedo, planning a honeymoon, choosing a first home, and adjusting to marital life.
Groomology
The perfect groom survival guide! The ring's on her finger, her to-do list is growing, and it's time for you to step up. But where to start? Let Groomology guide you through the ins and outs of wedding planning. This practical and informative resource will help make the wedding planning process more enjoyable, meaningful, and memorable for both you and your bride. From traditional groom's duties to the art of getting involved, this is the only guide you'll need to get from proposal to "I Do." Grooms will discover: How to respect (or when to revise) tradition When to handle the big stuff How to help juggle the finer details His and her expectations of the big day To-do lists to tackle Complete with helpful resources, a guide to bridal party responsibilities and etiquette, tips on hiring vendors, wedding statistics, and more, Groomology is sure to keep couples happy throughout the tricky planning process. Bonus: Including 100 romantic ways to reduce planning stress!
Two Grooms on a Cake
This is the story of Jack Baker and Michael McConnell and their inspiring story becoming the first married gay couple in the US fifty years ago. Long before marriage equality was the law of the land, two grooms stood on a wedding cake with their feet firmly planted in fluffy white frosting. That cake belonged to Jack Baker and Michael McConnell, who were wed on September 3, 1971, becoming the first same-sex couple in America to be legally married. Their struggle to obtain a marriage license in Minnesota and their subsequent appeals to the Minnesota Supreme Court and the Supreme Court of the United States is an under-told story of LGBT history. This beautiful book celebrates the love story of two pioneers of marriage equality for all.
The Vampire
An authoritative new history of the vampire, two hundred years after it first appeared on the literary scene Published to mark the bicentenary of John Polidori’s publication of The Vampyre, Nick Groom’s detailed new account illuminates the complex history of the iconic creature. The vampire first came to public prominence in the early eighteenth century, when Enlightenment science collided with Eastern European folklore and apparently verified outbreaks of vampirism, capturing the attention of medical researchers, political commentators, social theorists, theologians, and philosophers. Groom accordingly traces the vampire from its role as a monster embodying humankind’s fears, to that of an unlikely hero for the marginalized and excluded in the twenty-first century. Drawing on literary and artistic representations, as well as medical, forensic, empirical, and sociopolitical perspectives, this rich and eerie history presents the vampire as a strikingly complex being that has been used to express the traumas and contradictions of the human condition.
Storm
Adrenaline Books' search for the world's best and most exciting reading has taken readers from the peaks of Everest to the jungles of Papua, New Guinea. Now, publishing's most successful adventure literature series returns with Storm, first-hand accounts of battling the elements: hurricanes; blizzards; tornadoes; sandstorms — in mountains, seas, plains, and jungles. Included are sections from sailors, climbers, captains, and other hardy souls, such as Patrick O'Brien, Stephen Venables, Chris Bonington, Sebastian Junger, Joseph Conrad and Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Harrowing adventures that test human endurance, Storm contains stories of individuals who must fight to stay alive: Barry Lopez is trapped among arctic floes by a sudden squall; Art Davidson's team freezes in a wind storm on Mt. McKinley as the temperature hits 148 degrees below zero; an idyllic sail turns tragic when Gordon Chaplin loses his ship and lover in a South Pacific typhoon. Adrenaline Books presents the latest installment of the most thrilling accounts of men and women who have had to face the full force of nature's fury.
Dead Simple
‘Peter James is one of the best British crime writers, and therefore one of the best in the world’ - LEE CHILD, author of the Jack Reacher series Meet Detective Superintendent Roy Grace on his unforgettable first major case, in this TV tie-in edition of Dead Simple, the first instalment in the award-winning series by Peter James. Now a major ITV show starring John Simm. ***** It was meant to be a harmless stag-night prank. But a few hours later, the groom has disappeared and his friends are dead. With only three days to the wedding, Roy Grace is contacted by the man’s distraught fiancée to unearth what happened on that fateful night. The one man who ought to know of the groom’s wher...
Supermassive 2024 (One Shot)
While Radiant Black stands alone against the robot armies of THE CATALYST WAR...where is the rest of the Massive-Verse? With one of their own trapped behind enemy lines as time begins to unravel, itÕll take a SUPERMASSIVE teamÑincluding SHIFT, RADIANT RED, ROGUE SUN, THE DEAD LUCKY, and INFERNO GIRL REDÑto turn the tide of one of the most fateful battles of the war in this 50-page one-shot crossover event with art from rising star STEFANO SIMEONE (RADIANT BLACK, MIDLIFE)! SUPERMASSIVE 2024 is a Massive-Verse series.
Man Nup
Man Nup: A Groom's Guide to Heroic Wedding Planning. A practical, hands-on guide for men who are up to the challenge of planning their own wedding. But what do you mean?! What's wrong with those 'other' wedding planning books They're great but they're written for a particular stereotype. Man Nup assumes you don't know anything about weddings. Like what a bridal salon is. Or a charger. Or why people buy aisle runners. This book explains wedding planning from the beginning: the budget, the guest list, the flowers, AV Club, bachelor parties in Vegas, handling drunk Aunt Mabel... Everything. Whether you're gay or straight, Man Nup is the wedding planning book you're looking for. In addition to giving you no-BS advice, Man Nup talks to real men who've actually planned their wedding. Be a man. Plan your wedding. Or at least don't look like an idiot about wedding planning.
