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Accidents in North American Mountaineering 2000
This annual investigative handbook offers detailed reports on more than eighty climbing accidents that occurred in the United States and Canada in 1999. Produced jointly by the Safety Committees of the American Alpine Club and the Alpine Club of Canada, Accidents analyzes what went wrong in each situation to give experienced and beginning mountaineers the opportunity to learn from other climbers' mistakes. From inadequate protection, clothing, or equipment to inexperience, errors in judgment, and exceeding abilities, the mistakes recorded in this book are invaluable safety lessons for all climbers.Founded in 1902, the American Alpine Club is the leading national organization devoted to mountaineering and rock climbing, the conservation and study of mountainous regions, and representing the interests of the American climbing community. The AAC is based in Golden, Colorado.
The Three Loves of Charlie Delaney
It is a cold North Carolina morning in 1987 when twenty-six-year-old Charlie Delaney stops at a restaurant to quell his hankering for pizza and is greeted by the girl of his dreams. Redhead Karen Thomas is innocent, playful, and quickly captures Charlie's passionate heart. But there is only one problem: she is in love with another. Charlie, who is determined to win nineteen-year-old Karen's heart, devises an ingenious plan to rid himself of his rival, with help from a private detective who digs into Karen's past to find shocking secrets. As Charlie realizes Karen has transformed his normal existence into a life of purpose, meaning, and fulfillment, he becomes a self-confident man who has the power to overcome everything, including his own fears. Now in the throes of a full-fledged obsession, Charlie manipulates fate in such a way that Karen falls in love with him. Now all Charlie has to do is overcome his personal demons before he and Karen can move forward into the future together. In this continuing saga, a lonely man who finally meets his soul mate must use creative methods to realize his life's purpose and win her heart.
101 Fish
From farm ponds to the Amazon, Lefty's wit and wisdom captured in 101 stories about his most memorable fly-caught fish.
Once Bitten
. . . Not just another 'climber gets stuck on mountain but survives to tell the tale' book. The gripping accounts. . . are all there, but the other half of the book is all about the journey Nigel has made since. . . and his refusal to disappear into the crevasses of self pity and helplessness.--Carolyn Budding.
Regime Politics
From the end of Georgia's white primary in 1946 to the present, Atlanta has been a community of growing black electoral strength and stable white economic power. Yet the ballot box and investment money never became opposing weapons in a battle for domination. Instead, Atlanta experienced the emergence and evolution of a biracial coalition. Although beset by changing conditions and significant cost pressures, this coalition has remained intact. At critical junctures forces of cooperation overcame antagonisms of race and ideology. While retaining a critical distance from rational choice theory, author Clarence Stone finds the problem of collective action to be centrally important. The urban co...
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Indianapolis Monthly
Indianapolis Monthly is the Circle City’s essential chronicle and guide, an indispensable authority on what’s new and what’s news. Through coverage of politics, crime, dining, style, business, sports, and arts and entertainment, each issue offers compelling narrative stories and lively, urbane coverage of Indy’s cultural landscape.
Tcl/Tk
In just a few chapters you will learn about Tcl features that allow you to isolate and protect your code from being damaged in large applications. You will even learn how to extend the language itself. Tcl/Tk: A Developer's Guide clearly discusses development tools, proven techniques, and existing extensions. It shows how to use Tcl/Tk effectively and provides many code examples. This fully revised new edition is the complete resource for computer professionals, from systems administrators to programmers. It covers versions 7.4 to 8.4 and includes a CD-ROM containing the interpreters, libraries, and tutorials to get you started quickly. Additional materials in the book include case studies and discussions of techniques for the advanced user. On the CD-ROM *Distributions for Tcl 8.3 and 8.4 for Linux, Solaris, Macintosh, and Windows. *A copy of ActiveTcl from ActiveState. *The latest release of TclTutor. *How-to's and tutorials as well as copies of all the tools discussed in the book.
More Java Gems
This book presents the best articles and columns published in Java Report between 1997 and 1999. Each article is independent of any specific version of Java and relies mainly on those classes that are now part of the standard Java class library and APIs. Also, each article and column discusses Java topics and implementations that are not readily available in a single book. The book serves as an excellent reference to anyone involved with Java. The reader can learn more about the language, perform analysis, design and modeling, work on specific implementations, check performance, and perform testing. This book presents the good ideas of people who have used Java for "Real" applications.
