Author : Laura Anne Gilman
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 16,1 MB
Release : 2011-08-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1448847893
Looks at the legendary creature said to inhabit the Himalaya Mountains, including the history of its sightings, and the inconclusive evidence that has been offered to prove its existence.
Author : Daniel C. Taylor
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 44,47 MB
Release : 2018-02-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 0199091366
As it turned out, young Daniel never outgrew the enchantment of the mysterious Yeti, the Abominable Snowman. His search for the enigmatic creature of Himalayan legends spread over many decades: from 1956 until 2015, Daniel C. Taylor visited almost all valley systems in his quest to explain the ‘Yeti’s footprints’. But to his surprise, solving the footprint mystery did not answer the Yeti question. As his quest evolved, Taylor went on to create two massive national parks around Mount Everest. Equipped with abundant knowledge of the Himalaya, Taylor tells a story that is captivating and full of surprises. He looks back at his exploration of the 2,000-mile-wide Himalaya and talks about bioresilience as a parallel dynamic to biodiversity, thus widening the scope of our understanding of ecology. Yeti: The Ecology of a Mystery is the extraordinary story of one man’s conservation impact and what it means for people to be part of the wild in today’s increasingly tamed world.
Author : Daniel Loxton
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 36,54 MB
Release : 2013-09-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 0231153201
Presents arguments for and against the existence of five notable cryptids and challenges the pseudoscience that furthers their legendary statuses, while providing an exploration of the nature and subculture of cryptozoology.
Author : Reinhold Messner
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 11,38 MB
Release : 2001-04-20
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780312270780
Climbing solo in Eastern Tibet in 1986, Reinhold Messner confronted . . . something. Since that moment, he has been obsessed with what the Western media has called the "abominable snowman". Widely considered the greatest living mountain climber, Messner had found his greatest challenge--to solve the age old mystery of the yeti. Photos.
Author : Bryan Sykes
Publisher : Red Wheel/Weiser
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 10,51 MB
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 193887515X
"...you're talking about a yeti or bigfoot or sasquatch. Well now, you'll be amazed whenI tell you that I'm sure they exist." --Jane Goodall, on NPR This is "The Big Book of Yetis." What the reader gets here is a world-class geneticist's search for evidence for the existence of Big Foot, yeti, or the abominable snowman. Along the way, he visits sites of alleged sightings of these strange creatures, attends meetings of cryptozoologists, recounts the stories of famous monster-hunting expeditions, and runs possible yeti DNA through his highly regarded lab in Oxford. Sykes introduces us to the crackpots, visionaries, and adventurers who have been involved in research into this possible scientific dead-end over the pat 100 years. Sykes is a serious scientist who knows how to tell a story, and this is a credible and engaging account. Almost, but not quite human, the yeti and its counterparts from wild regions of the world, still exert a powerful atavistic influence on us. Is the yeti just a phantasm of our imagination or a survivor from our own savage ancestry? Or is it a real creature? This is the mystery that Bryan Sykes set out to unlock. "An intriguing book...It is this humanity, this cheerful readiness to travel out into the deepest pine forests of Washington State to interview a twitchy hunter in a Chewbacca T-shirt about something he thought he heard groaning in the woods that makes this book worth reading. If science does ever acknowledge the yeti, it will be thanks to somebody very much like Sykes. --The Times London
Author : John Roskelley
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 48,25 MB
Release : 2012-05-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1594856656
CLICK HERE to download the first 50 pages from The Roskelley Collection * Includes 30 color and 45 black-and-white photographs * Part of The Mountaineers Books "Legends and Lore" series for climbers, armchair mountaineers, and readers of classic adventure literature * Individual titles of this omnibus edition have been translated into five languages worldwide The Roskelley Collection includes legendary climber John Roskelley's three acclaimed books, together for the first time in one volume and all written with opinion, self-reflective humor, and spellbinding adventure. Also included are two new essays about Roskelley's more recent climbs with his son: an ice climb (Slipstream) in Colorado and to the summit of Everest. Stories off the Wall -- This is Roskelley's autobiography, told in a series of essays that includes accounts of attempts and ascents on the North Face of the Eiger, in the Russian Pamirs, in Yosemite, and in the Himalaya. It also features stories about his blue collar work in an eastern Washington mine and a hunting buddy who dies of cancer. Throughout, Roskelley's thoughts on risk, friendship, and values are portrayed. Nandi Devi: The Tragic Expedition -- A compelling and emotionally raw page-turner, this is about the 1976 expedition, co-led by Ad Carter and Willi Unsoeld, on which Unsoeld's daughter, Nanda Devi Unsoeld, died on her eponymous mountain. It describes the party of thirteen and their heartbreaking experience in attempting a difficult new route on the main peak of Nanda Devi. Last Days -- Recounts two legendary climbs in the Himalaya: one a successful first ascent of Tawoche in Nepal with Jeff Lowe, the other an attempt on Menlungste with Jim Wickwire, Greg Child, and Jeff Duenwald. John Roskelley - Piolet d'or Carriere 2014 from Planetmountain.com on Vimeo. This title is part of our LEGENDS AND LORE series. Click here > to learn more.
Author : Steve Roberts
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 46,1 MB
Release : 2012-08-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1448880653
Tales of a mysterious man-like creature have drifted down from the Himalayas for hundreds of years. Countless mountain climbers and adventure seekers have gone in search of the yeti, only to turn up empty handed. Yetenough sightings, strange footprints, and other findings have been claimed to keep the story of the yeti alive. Readers will uncover these finding and make their own conclusions about the existence of the yeti.
Author : Ernest Drake
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 31 pages
File Size : 10,45 MB
Release : 2008-08-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0763639400
Dr. Drake's collection of data on monsters.
Author : Facts On File, Incorporated
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 33,41 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Cryptozoology
ISBN : 1438130473
Many people believe a giant ape inhabits the American Northwest. Known as Bigfoot or Sasquatch, this beast is one of the most popular of all cryptids. See how scientists analyze the most famous sightings of this amazing animal, including the most controversial encounter of all: Roger Patterson's 1967 Bigfoot film from Bluff Creek, California. Bigfoot: Fact or Fiction? follows the footprint trail of the Yeti of the Himalayas and the Australian Yowie, Bigfoot's relatives from distant lands. This interesting book presents the evidence so readers can decide for themselves whether these creatures exist in the real world or if they simply reside in the human imagination.
Author : Ruben Moi
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 23,69 MB
Release : 2020-01-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9004355111
Paul Muldoon and the Language of Poetry is the first book in years that attends to the entire oeuvre of the Irish-American poet, critic, lyricist, dramatist and Princeton professor from his debut with New Weather in 1973 up to his very recent publications. Ruben Moi’s book explores, in correspondence with language philosophy and critical debate, how Muldoon’s ingenious language and inventive form give shape and significance to his poetry, and how his linguistic panache and technical verve keep language forever surprising, new and alive.
