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Author
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books/Atria
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Long before she became the first American woman to summit K2 and the first British woman to return from its summit alive, Vanessa O Brien was a feisty suburban Detroit teenager forced to reinvent her world in the wake of a devastating loss that destroyed her family.
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In the early weeks of her children's lives, Burhardt immerses herself in adoration for her twins and grappling with the tremendous guilt and struggle around having to return to risk-laden work and that ever elusive balance mothers everywhere seek amidst it all. As the newness of her twins fades into a permanent reality, Burhardt turns her attention towards her marriage and the collateral damage as she and her husband, Peter, struggle to navigate...
Author
Publisher
Mountaineers Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"By age twenty-five Heather Anderson had hiked the Appalachian, Pacific Crest, and Continental Divide Trails -- a combined distance of nearly eight thousand miles with a vertical gain of more than one million feet. Then, feeling it was time to settle down, Heather retired from long-distance hiking, married, and started a career. But her urge for wilderness was too strong, and she realized nothing could replace the comfort she found while hiing. Her...
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Fanny Bullock Workman was a complicated and restless woman who defied the rigid Victorian morals she found as restrictive as a corset. With her frizzy brown hair tucked under a topee, Workman was a force on the mountain and off. Instrumental in breaking the British stranglehold on Himalayan mountain climbing, this American woman climbed more peaks than any of her peers, became the first woman to map the far reaches of the Himalayas, the first woman...
Author
Publisher
Planeta Mexicana
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Cuando la madre de Silvia llamó a su hogar en Perú, supo que algo finalmente tenía que ceder. Una heroína latina en el mundo tecnológico machista de élite de Silicon Valley, en privado, pendía de un hilo. Estaba sumida en la agonía del alcoholismo, escondiéndose. su sexualidad por parte de su familia y reprimir los abusos que había sufrido cuando era niña. Su visita a Perú se convertiría en un punto de inflexión en su vida. Silvia comenzó...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"World champion climber Sasha DiGiulian tells her story-from coming of age under the scrutiny of social media, navigating a male-dominated sport, and tackling her most heart-stopping climbs-and shares the power of perseverance and positivity. At age six, Sasha DiGiulian stepped into a climbing gym for the first time and was competing within a year. Decked out in all-pink gear and with her blonde hair tied into pigtails, Sasha knew from an early age...
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