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Facing the Extreme - Bog af Tzvetan Todorov - Paperback

Facing the Extreme - Bog af Tzvetan Todorov - Paperback

The Nazi concentration camps and the Soviet gulag provide the context for this acclaimed examination of the human capacity for moral life. Drawing on a striking array of documents, Tzvetan Todorov reconstructs a vivid portrait of the conduct of those who ran the camps and those who suffered their outrages. Challenging the widespread view that moral life was extinguished in the extreme circumstances of the camps, he uncovers instead a rich moral universe, composed not of grand acts of heroism but..

DKK 262.95
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Stop Breakin Down - Bog af John McManus - Paperback

Stop Breakin Down - Bog af John McManus - Paperback

Winner of the Whiting Writers' AwardIn a voice somewhere between Cormac McCarthy and Kurt Cobain, John McManus explores young people living in extreme situations. Some are in the Tennessee Smoky Mountains, some in the Pacific Northwest, a few are in the Western deserts of Utah and Nevada, one is in England, and many are scattered throughout the Southern US. All are desperate for something beyond the ordinary lives that are given to them, and every one is absolutely unforgettable.

DKK 242.95
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The Dancer's Way - Bog af Linda H. Hamilton - Paperback

The Dancer's Way - Bog af Linda H. Hamilton - Paperback

In the current dance scene, performers contend with choreography that involves extreme dance, multiple techniques, and acrobatic moves, exemplified in the popular reality television show, \So You Think You Can Dance.\ The dilemma for aspiring professionals is that dance class no longer provides sufficient preparation for performing at this level. Dancers who want to achieve their best, avoid injury, and perform at their peak will welcome the insight and advice in the pages of The Dancer's Way...

DKK 262.95
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Fatal Purity - Bog af Ruth Scurr - Paperback

Fatal Purity - Bog af Ruth Scurr - Paperback

\Judicious, balanced, and admirably clear at every point. This is quite the calmest and least abusive history of the Revolution you will ever read.\ -Hilary Mantel, London Review of Books Since his execution by guillotine in July 1794, Maximilien Robespierre has been contested terrain for historians. Was he a bloodthirsty charlatan or the only true defender of revolutionary ideals? The first modern dictator or the earliest democrat? Was his extreme moralism a heroic virtue or a ruinous flaw? Against..

DKK 252.95
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Conquering the Impossible - Bog af Mike Horn - Paperback

Conquering the Impossible - Bog af Mike Horn - Paperback

In August 2002, Mike Horn set out on a mission that bordered on the impossible: to travel 12,000 miles around the globe at the Arctic Circle - alone, against all prevailing winds and currents, and without motorized transportation.Conquering the Impossible is the gripping account of Horn's grueling 27-month expedition by sail and foot through extreme Arctic conditions that nearly cost him his life. Enduring temperatures as low as -95 degrees Fahrenheit, Horn battled hazards including trekking on unstable..

DKK 252.95
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Obama Hate Machine - Bog af Bill Press - Paperback

Obama Hate Machine - Bog af Bill Press - Paperback

In Toxic Talk, Bill Press exposed the ways in which the extreme right-wing media has done an end run around the American voting populace by exerting a disproportionate control over open political debate. In The Obama Hate Machine, Press returns to show how the Right has taken rhetoric to slanderous new levels in attacking the nation's forty-fourth president.But presidents have always been attacked like this, right? Wrong. As the author shows, while presidents and presidential candidates routinely..

DKK 252.95
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The New York Times Will Shortz's Xtreme Xwords - Bog af Will Shortz - Paperback

The New York Times Will Shortz's Xtreme Xwords - Bog af Will Shortz - Paperback

There are millions of crossword solvers who think they're pretty good. Now they have a chance to see just how they measure up to the toughest crosswords ever published in the New York Times. The legendary Times crossword editor has combed through literally thousands of puzzles to collect the most diabolical mind-twisters he's ever published.The New York Times Will Shortz's Extreme Crosswords features a challenge like no other: a brand-new, never published Sunday-size puzzle that's more devilish than..

DKK 197.95
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Escape from Kathmandu - Bog af Kim Stanley Robinson - Paperback

Escape from Kathmandu - Bog af Kim Stanley Robinson - Paperback

Kim Stanley Robinson's Escape From Kathmandu is a light-hearted fantasy tribute to the world of extreme mountain climbing follows the adventures of two American expatriates living in Nepal.Living in the city of Kathmandu in the Kingdom of Nepal are dozens of American and British expatriates who are in love with the Himalayas. George Fergusson is one of them--he works as a trek guide for \Take You Higher, Ltd.\, leading groups of tourists into the back country and occasionally assisting on serious..

DKK 207.95
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Where the Mountain Casts Its Shadow - Bog af Maria Coffey - Paperback

Where the Mountain Casts Its Shadow - Bog af Maria Coffey - Paperback

Maria Coffey's Where the Mountain Casts Its Shadow is a powerful, affecting and important book that exposes the far reaching personal costs of extreme adventure.Without risk, say mountaineers, there would be none of the self-knowledge that comes from pushing life to its extremes. For them, perhaps, it is worth the cost. But when tragedy strikes, what happens to the people left behind? Why would anyone choose to invest in a future with a high-altitude risk-taker? What is life like in the shadow of..

DKK 227.95
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From the Jaws of Death - Bog af Brogan Steele - Paperback

From the Jaws of Death - Bog af Brogan Steele - Paperback

A harrowing collection of true tales of death and survival under the most extreme conditions imaginableThere comes a time in some men's lives when their physical and emotional states are pushed to the limit. Maybe their boat has capsized and they are adrift in the ocean, or maybe they've fallen into an ice crevasse, with no apparent way out. It is in these moments men discover what they are truly made of and whether they have the courage and physical strength to come back From the Jaws of Death.This..

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