At the age of sixteen, Andy Cave followed in his father's and grandfather's footsteps and became a miner - one of the last recruits into a dying world. Every day he would descend 3,000 feet into Grimethorpe pit.But at weekends Andy escaped from the pithead to a very different world - testing his nerve on the cliffs and mountains around Britain, and forging endearing friendships with his new companions.Enduring the 1984-5 miners' strike - the guilt, the broken friendships, t...

In 1997, Andy Cave returned from the Himalayas, having climbed the stupendous north face of Changabang but losing his friend and climbing partner in the process. Traumatized by the savage ordeal, he must examine his relationship with the mountains that have defined his life so far. Will he have the courage to undertake such a challenge again? Does he want to? Thin White Line charts his struggle towards finding an answer. It is as much a journey into the mind of an extreme mountaineer as it...

L'audacieux voyage des profondeurs de la mine au toit du monde !Andy Cave naît en 1966 dans une famille de mineurs du Yorkshire, au nord de l'Angleterre. Il quitte l'école sans diplôme à l'âge de seize ans pour travailler dans les mines de charbon, suivant une tradition familiale de plusieurs générations. "Un travail sale et harassant, dans un véritable enfer." À la même époque, il découvre l'escalade sur les falaises de sa région et c'est une révélation. Pris dans...

Q. What’s worth £2,000,000,000, answers to no-one and operates out of public sight?A. Britain’s influence industryThe corporate takeover of democracy is no conspiracy theory – it’s happening, and it affects every aspect of our lives: the food we eat, the places we live, the temperature of our planet, how we spend our money and how our money is spent for us. And much more.A Quiet Word shows just how effectively the voice of public interest is being drowned ou...

Chassée par des bêtes primordiales géantes, aux dents et aux griffes maculées de sang, une tribu de femmes des cavernes mène une existence morne dans un monde brutal et sans pitié. S’accrochant à une vie régie par des lois anciennes et des rituels obscurs — les seules constantes qu’elles connaissent — elles suivent les anciennes traditions faites de souffrance et de mort.Mais Chemin-Droit, une chasseuse et une guerrière du clan, élabore un plan pour changer leur vie?: rompre l’équil...

"Frank and Andy Afloat; Or, The Cave on the Island" is a juvenile adventure novel written by Vance Barnum. It follows the escapades of the two main characters, Frank and Andy, as they navigate the challenges of being afloat, particularly centered around discovering a cave on an island.Vance Barnum, while not as well-known as some other authors in the genre, wrote several adventure stories aimed at young readers during the early 20th century. These stories often featured themes of explorati...

Rand lives free; lean, pure and defiant, the world has little influence on him. His passion is climbing – the mountains, the huge vertical faces. There, where storms, snow, or rockfall can kill, he finds his happiness, sometimes climbing with others, sometimes alone. This is a novel of obsession and where it leads. Rand, not intending it, becomes suddenly famous for a daring rescue in the Alps. What happens when passion is spent and what becomes of heroes is revealed in this terse and powe...

Popular children's book, first published in 1921. Published under fictitious name. According to Wikipedia: "This list of Stratemeyer Syndicate series gives the titles of all series produced by the book-packaging firm the Stratemeyer Syndicate. The Syndicate was founded by Edward Stratemeyer and is best known for producing the Bobbsey Twins, Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Rover Boys, and Tom Swift series. The Syndicate produced these and many other series in assembly-line fashion: one person wrote...