The Man with the Golden Typewriter: s James Bond Letters
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Killing Dragons: The Conquest of the Alps
EN USISBN: 087113778X bzw. 9780871137784, in Englisch, Atlantic Monthly Press, gebraucht.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Lagernd.
18th century,19th century,education and reference,europe,history,modern (16th-21st centuries),mountain climbing,mountaineering,sports and outdoors,sports and recreation, In antiquity, travelers did not enter the Alps gladly. One Roman noted that "everything in the mountains is frozen solid," while St. Ambrose, after seeing his first glacier, feared that the world would end by being suffocated in ice; heeding them, voyagers took the long way around whenever they could. All that changed in the 1800s, writes Fergus Fleming in this highly entertaining chronicle, when travelers under the spell of Enlightenment philosophers and Romantic poets came to the Alps looking for a hint of heaven on earth. Those who, for many reasons, wanted to get a little closer to the deity attempted the first recreational climbs of the mountains. They were an odd lot, indeed. One was Albert Smith, who burdened his porters with wheels of cheese and casks of wine, made his way up Mont Blanc, had a feast, and turned his adventures into a stage play that wowed London audiences throughout the 1850s. Another was the natural scientist John Tyndall, who regarded the Alps as the devil's work but nonetheless raced against his compatriot Edward Whymper to climb the Matterhorn. Still another was William Coolidge, an American-born Oxford don who made Whymper's already unhappy life just a little less pleasant. Fleming writes winningly of their "conquest" of the mountains--which, of course, has not kept succeeding generations from attempting new routes up the Alps with every climbing season. Mountaineering buffs and armchair travelers alike will enjoy his account. --Gregory M.
18th century,19th century,education and reference,europe,history,modern (16th-21st centuries),mountain climbing,mountaineering,sports and outdoors,sports and recreation, In antiquity, travelers did not enter the Alps gladly. One Roman noted that "everything in the mountains is frozen solid," while St. Ambrose, after seeing his first glacier, feared that the world would end by being suffocated in ice; heeding them, voyagers took the long way around whenever they could. All that changed in the 1800s, writes Fergus Fleming in this highly entertaining chronicle, when travelers under the spell of Enlightenment philosophers and Romantic poets came to the Alps looking for a hint of heaven on earth. Those who, for many reasons, wanted to get a little closer to the deity attempted the first recreational climbs of the mountains. They were an odd lot, indeed. One was Albert Smith, who burdened his porters with wheels of cheese and casks of wine, made his way up Mont Blanc, had a feast, and turned his adventures into a stage play that wowed London audiences throughout the 1850s. Another was the natural scientist John Tyndall, who regarded the Alps as the devil's work but nonetheless raced against his compatriot Edward Whymper to climb the Matterhorn. Still another was William Coolidge, an American-born Oxford don who made Whymper's already unhappy life just a little less pleasant. Fleming writes winningly of their "conquest" of the mountains--which, of course, has not kept succeeding generations from attempting new routes up the Alps with every climbing season. Mountaineering buffs and armchair travelers alike will enjoy his account. --Gregory M.
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The Man with the Golden Typewriter: s James Bond Letters
EN NWISBN: 9781511392969 bzw. 1511392967, in Englisch, Brilliance Audio, neu.
Lieferung aus: Kanada, In Stock, plus shipping.
Ian Fleming, Fergus Fleming, Books, Biography and Memoir, The Man with the Golden Typewriter: Ian Fleming's James Bond Letters, On 16 August 1952, Ian Fleming wrote to his wife, Ann, My love, This is only a tiny letter to try out my new typewriter and to see if it will write golden words since it is made of gold.And he did write golden words: 14 bestselling James Bond books, and an equally energetic flow of letters to his wife, publisher, editors, fans, friends, and critics, charting 007's progress with correspondence that ranged from badgering Jonathan Cape about his quota of free copies—a coin was tossed; Fleming lost—to apologising for having mistaken a certain brand of perfume and for equipping Bond with the wrong kind of gun.
Ian Fleming, Fergus Fleming, Books, Biography and Memoir, The Man with the Golden Typewriter: Ian Fleming's James Bond Letters, On 16 August 1952, Ian Fleming wrote to his wife, Ann, My love, This is only a tiny letter to try out my new typewriter and to see if it will write golden words since it is made of gold.And he did write golden words: 14 bestselling James Bond books, and an equally energetic flow of letters to his wife, publisher, editors, fans, friends, and critics, charting 007's progress with correspondence that ranged from badgering Jonathan Cape about his quota of free copies—a coin was tossed; Fleming lost—to apologising for having mistaken a certain brand of perfume and for equipping Bond with the wrong kind of gun.
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The Man with the Golden Typewriter: s James Bond Letters
EN NWISBN: 9781511392969 bzw. 1511392967, in Englisch, Brilliance Audio, neu.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, In Stock.
The-Man-with-the-Golden-Typewriter~~Fergus-Fleming, The Man with the Golden Typewriter: Ian Fleming's James Bond Letters, Audiobook (MP3 on CD).
The-Man-with-the-Golden-Typewriter~~Fergus-Fleming, The Man with the Golden Typewriter: Ian Fleming's James Bond Letters, Audiobook (MP3 on CD).
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The Man with the Golden Typewriter: Ian Fleming's James Bond Letters (2016)
~EN NW ABISBN: 9781511392969 bzw. 1511392967, vermutlich in Englisch, Audible Studios On Brilliance, neu, Hörbuch.
Lieferung aus: Österreich, Versandfertig innerhalb von 3 Wochen.
The Man with the Golden Typewriter: Ian Fleming's James Bond Letters, 27.12.2016.
The Man with the Golden Typewriter: Ian Fleming's James Bond Letters, 27.12.2016.
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