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  • Checkmating the Crown: How a Punjabi Servant Defeated the World's Greatest Chess Minds (When an Untrained Outsider Broke the Chess Machine)

    de David Smart ...
    Born into a life of hard labor in the sun-baked dust of mitha tiwana, mir sultan khan could neither read nor write.Yet, trapped within an illiterate servant's mind lay one of the most astonishing spatial and tactical intelligences the world has ever witnessed. Brought to london in 1929 by his feudal patron, colonel nawab sir umar hayat khan, sultan khan was thrust abruptly from rural obscurity ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Among the Pale Spires

    The Life and Verse of Antonia Pozzi, Alpine Poet

    de David Smart ...
    David Smart traces the life of Italian poet and climber Antonia Pozzi, whose writing was shaped by the Dolomites and the pressures of fascist Italy.Born in 1912, Pozzi came of age during a period of political repression and restrictive expectations for women. She found a measure of freedom in climbing and in writing, developing a body of poetry closely connected to mountain landscapes even as her ... Leer más

    $10.69 USD

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  • The Creaking Machinery

    de David Smart ...
    "But this is absurd. You keep brining me in here then throwing me out again."It's a Tuesday afternoon in an office building like any other.A burnt-out job applicant, an embittered Personal Assistant, a neurotic mail room clerk and a scheming executive are all about to cross paths, setting in motion an escalating chain of events that will leave more than one body on the boardroom floor by 5pm."It ... Leer más

    $1.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Martindale Street Massacre: Inspired By True Events

    de David Smart ...
    It's Monday morning in a quiet suburb. Shots ring out just after dawn. Five people are found dead in a small two-room apartment on Martindale Street. Among the dead is a uniformed Police Detective and half-a-kilo of pure heroin.This is the story of The Martindale Street Massacre. A story of violence, revenge, sex and corruption, of secrets someone would kill to protect.This is the Inspired-By-True ... Leer más

    $1.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Emilio Comici: Angel of the Dolomites

    de David Smart ...
    Winner of the Banff Mountain Book Competition: Climbing Literature AwardThe first English-language biography of one of the most renowned Italian climbers, Emilio Comici, who bagged over 200 first ascents in the Eastern Alps prior to his death at 39 years of age in 1940.Between 1925 and his death in 1940, Emilio Comici was the pre-eminent climber in the Eastern Alps, the hotbed of global rock ... Leer más

    $14.39 USD

  • Royal Robbins

    The American Climber

    de David Smart ...
    "Royal Robbins had an outsized impact on climbing history. This great new biography by David Smart brings the man behind the famous climbs to life in a way that’s both relatable and inspiring."--Alex HonnoldRobbins’s passing in 2017 was covered from the BBC News to NPR to the New York Times, which deemed him the "conscience of rock climbers"Includes never-before-published information drawn from ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Paul Preuss

    Il signore dei precipizi

    de David Smart ...
    Traducido por Clara Mazzi ...
    L'alpinista che ha anticipato di un secolo il free soloNei mesi antecedenti alla sua morte, avvenuta nel 1913 durante la prima salita assoluta in free solo dello spigolo nord dell'austriaco Mandlkogel, le conferenze di Paul Preuss facevano il sold out in tutte le sale da concerto di Austria, Italia e Germania. George Mallory, uno dei più grandi alpinisti di tutti i tempi, sosteneva che «nessuno ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Emilio Comici. L'angelo delle Dolomiti

    de David Smart ...
    Emilio Comici, il più grande talento alpinistico nel periodo tra le guerre mondiali, con le sue duecento nuove vie aperte in Dolomiti, ha rappresentato, insieme a Riccardo Cassin e altri, la risposta italiana ai sestogradisti tedeschi. Capacità tecniche, purezza di stile e ricerca della linea esteticamente più pulita sono i caratteri distintivi di Comici, non a caso «inventore» della direttissima, ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • The Kleinian Tradition for Psychotherapists and Counsellors

    de David Smart ...
    This book explores how Kleinian psychoanalysis has developed over the past 75 years and how it illuminates human experience and relationships inside and outside the consulting room.The text will help the reader gain a deeper understanding of processes of splitting, projection, and identification in clinical work; a broader conception of how internal and external worlds interact and affect each ... Leer más

    $40.99 USD

  • Paul Preuss: Lord of the Abyss

    Life and Death at the Birth of Free-Climbing

    de David Smart ...
    Shortlisted for the 2019 Boardman Tasker AwardShortlisted for the 2019 Banff Mountain Book Award for Mountain LiteratureAn intriguing biography of the renowned Austrian alpinist Paul Preuss, who achieved international recognition both for his remarkable solo ascents and for his advocacy of an ethically "pure" alpinism (meaning without any artificial aids).In the months before his death in 1913, ... Leer más

    $12.39 USD

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    Royal Robbins

    The American Climber

    de David Smart ...
    Narrado por Brian P. Craig ...

    Completo

    10 hora 5 minutos

    Acclaimed writer David Smart illuminates the fascinating life of Royal Robbins—in all its soulful ambition, rivalry, and romance. Royal Robbins chronicles his early years growing up as a latchkey kid in Southern California, the push and pull between being an aspiring banker or one of the original Camp 4 dirtbags, and his later decades as a father, husband, kayaker, and the trailblazing founder of ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

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  • La Bella Lingua

    My Love Affair with Italian, the World's Most Enchanting Language

    de Dianne Hales ...
    A celebration of the language and culture of Italy, La Bella Lingua is the story of how a language shaped a nation, told against the backdrop of one woman’s personal quest to speak fluent Italian.For anyone who has been to Italy, the fantasy of living the Italian life is powerfully seductive. But to truly become Italian, one must learn the language. This is how Dianne Hales began her journey. In ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD