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Chasing Snowfalls - A City Kid's Learnings from the Himalayas

Author : Upamanyu Mukherjee

Publisher : Mountain Walker Private Limited

Page : 180 pages

File Size : 23,47 MB

Release : 2019-12-24

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 819405057X

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Book Description

This new series called “The Mountain Walker Kids” kicks off with 13-year-old Upamanyu Mukherjee recounting his learnings from various Himalayan travels, right from the time he was a few years old till his most recent trip to Himachal Pradesh in January 2019. His frequent trips to the Himalayas have earned him the moniker ‘The Little Mountain Walker’ and this book covers his personal journey of growth, maturity and learnings – from milking a cow to chasing lambs; from trekking to camping in the snow; from drinking water straight from a Himalayan stream to sharing Siddu, Rajma Chawal, and Aloo Parathas with his Himalayan friends... the book covers all these experiences and more.



Backpacker

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Page : 140 pages

File Size : 24,18 MB

Release : 2007-09

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Backpacker brings the outdoors straight to the reader's doorstep, inspiring and enabling them to go more places and enjoy nature more often. The authority on active adventure, Backpacker is the world's first GPS-enabled magazine, and the only magazine whose editors personally test the hiking trails, camping gear, and survival tips they publish. Backpacker's Editors' Choice Awards, an industry honor recognizing design, feature and product innovation, has become the gold standard against which all other outdoor-industry awards are measured.



Living with the Himalayan Masters

Author : Swami Rama

Publisher : Himalayan Institute Press

Page : 488 pages

File Size : 17,1 MB

Release : 1999

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 0893891568

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Book Description

Inspirational stories of Swama Rama's experiences and lessons learned with the great teachers who guided his life including Mahatma Gandhi, Tagore, and more.



Six Degrees

Author : Mark Lynas

Publisher : National Geographic Books

Page : 344 pages

File Size : 48,90 MB

Release : 2008

Category : Nature

ISBN : 9781426202131

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Book Description

In astonishing and unflinching detail, a noted science journalist explains how Earth's climate will be impacted with every degree of increase in global warming--and what can be done about it now.



Backpacker

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Page : 206 pages

File Size : 27,36 MB

Release : 2000-03

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Book Description

Backpacker brings the outdoors straight to the reader's doorstep, inspiring and enabling them to go more places and enjoy nature more often. The authority on active adventure, Backpacker is the world's first GPS-enabled magazine, and the only magazine whose editors personally test the hiking trails, camping gear, and survival tips they publish. Backpacker's Editors' Choice Awards, an industry honor recognizing design, feature and product innovation, has become the gold standard against which all other outdoor-industry awards are measured.





Skiing Around the World

Author : Jimmy Petterson

Publisher :

Page : 440 pages

File Size : 50,21 MB

Release : 2006-11-01

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ISBN : 9789163171017

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Book Description

"Let me take you to the slopes you always dreamed of skiing or to exotic destinations where you didn't know skiing even existed. More than a ski book, this is a travelogue depicting the skiing culture and character of 47 fascinating countries." Taken from back cover.





Childtimes

Author : Eloise Greenfield

Publisher : Harper Collins

Page : 196 pages

File Size : 32,19 MB

Release : 1993-01-30

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 0064461343

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Eloise Greenfield‘Three [African-American] women—grandmother, mother, daughter—recall significant aspects of their respective childhoods [from the 1800s through the 1950s]. The effect is poignant and moving [as familiar patterns develop]: household chores, school life and socials, encounters with prejudice, love of family, pride of heritage.’ —H. Notable 1979 Children’s Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC) 1980 Carter G. Woodson Outstanding Merit Book (NCSS) 1979 Children's Book Show (American Institute of Graphic Arts) Children's Books of 1979 (Library of Congress)



Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation

Author : Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 593 pages

File Size : 22,57 MB

Release : 2012-05-28

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1107025060

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Book Description

Extreme weather and climate events, interacting with exposed and vulnerable human and natural systems, can lead to disasters. This Special Report explores the social as well as physical dimensions of weather- and climate-related disasters, considering opportunities for managing risks at local to international scales. SREX was approved and accepted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on 18 November 2011 in Kampala, Uganda.