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High: Stories of Survival from Everest and K2

6 best books like High: Stories of Survival from Everest and K2 (Clint Willis): The Snow Leopard, Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea, Tarzan of the Apes, The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest, Dark Summit: The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season, Germany: A History

The Snow Leopard
AuthorPeter Matthiessen
ISBN0140255087
“The sun is roaring, it fills to bursting each crystal of snow. I flush with feeling, moved beyond my comprehension, and once again, the warm tears freeze upon my face. These rocks and mountains, all this matter, the snow itself, the air- the earth is ringing. All is moving, full of power, full of light.”...
Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea
AuthorRichard Henry Dana Jr.
ISBN1402179626
Two Years Before the Mast is a book by the American author Richard Henry Dana, Jr. written after a two-year sea voyage starting in 1834.

While at Harvard College, Dana had an attack of the measles, which affected his vision. Thinking it might help his sight, Dana, rather than going on a Grand Tour...
Tarzan of the Apes
AuthorEdgar Rice Burroughs
ISBN0809599813
Tarzan of the Apes
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Tarzan of the Apes is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the first in a series of books about the title character Tarzan....
The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest
AuthorAnatoli Boukreev
ISBN0312965338
As the climbers of the 1996 Mt. Everest disaster vanished into thin air, one man had the courage to bring them down alive...

On May 10, 1996, two commercial expeditions headed by expert leaders attempted to scale the world's largest peak. But things went terribly wrong. Crowded conditions,...
Dark Summit: The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season
AuthorNick Heil
ISBN0805083103
The inside story of the deadly 2006 climbing season on Everest

On May 15, 2006, a young British climber named David Sharp lay dying near the top of Mount Everest while forty other climbers walked past him on their way to the summit. A week later, Lincoln Hall, a seasoned Australian climber, was...
Germany: A History
AuthorFrancis Russell
Germany: A History is a decent overview of mostly the political history of the Germanies leading up to Germany, describing a period of about 2,000 years in central Europe.

A work like this is mostly introductory, which is fine. The greatest commentary involves the time period of Charlemagne,...
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