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Ice (Paperback)
Anna Kavan
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R262
R211
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'There is nothing else quite like Ice' Doris Lessing Set in a
frozen world that is gradually being devastated by ever-encroaching
ice, Anna Kavan's masterwork follows one man's pursuit of a
mysterious silver-haired girl to the ends of the earth; to the end
of everything. 'A brutal novel of a frozen post-nuclear dystopia.
Just the most magnificent book ... hugely enigmatic, a genuine
novel of the unconscious and a masterpiece' Frank Tallis, Guardian
'Few novelists match the intensity of her vision' J. G. Ballard
'She is De Quincey's heir and Kafka's sister' Brian Aldiss
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Ice (Hardcover)
Anna Kavan
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R300
R245
Discovery Miles 2 450
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Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short
stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers,
designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Set in a
frozen world that is gradually being devastated by ever-encroaching
ice, Anna Kavan's masterwork follows one man's pursuit of a
mysterious silver-haired girl to the ends of the earth; to the end
of everything. 'Few contemporary novelists could match the
intensity of her vision' J.G. Ballard
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Ice (Paperback)
Anna Kavan
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R293
R237
Discovery Miles 2 370
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'Few novelists match the intensity of her vision' J. G. Ballard No
one knows why the ice has come, and no one can stop it. Every day
it creeps further across the earth, covering the land in snow and
freezing everything in its path. Through this bleached, devastated
world, one man pursues the sylph-like, silver-haired girl he loves,
as she keeps running - away from her husband; away from the
sinister 'warden' who seeks to control her; away from him. 'A raw,
brutal tale set in a frozen post-nuclear dystopia ... addictive and
extremely entertaining' Guardian 'There is nothing else quite like
Ice' Doris Lessing 'She is De Quincey's heir and Kafka's sister'
Brian Aldiss
FIRST OVER EVEREST The Houston-Mount Everest Expedition,
AIR-COMMODORE P. F. M. FELLOWES, D. S. O., SQUADRON LEADER THE
MARQUIS OF DOUGLAS AND CLYDESDALE, M. P., L. V. STEWART BLACKER, O.
B. E., AND COLONEL P. T. ETHERTON FOREWORD BY JOHN BUCHAX, CH., M.
P. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS ROBERT M. MC BRIDE COMPANY,
NEW YORK Contents PAGE FOREWORD u CHRONOLOGY OF THE EVEREST FLIGHT
19 CHAPTER I. THE CHALLENGE OF EVEREST 25 II. STRATEGY AND
PRELIMINARY TACTICS 33 III. FINAL TACTICS AND OB JECTIVES 42 IV.
THE FLIGHT TO INDIA 61 y. FLIGHTS ACROSS INDIA 95 VL NEPAL, LAND OF
MYSTERY AND CONTRASTS 123 VII. THE FLYING HOUSE-PARTY AT PURNEA 156
VIII. THE GREAT ADVENTURE 179 IX. THE FLIGHT OVER KANGCHENJUNGA 204
X. THE SECOND ASSAULT OF MOUNT EVEREST 221 APPENDIX I 241 APPENDIX
II 259 APPENDIX III 262 ILLUSTRATIONS FACING PAGE Everest Through
the Struts 81 Ancient Transport and Modern 96 The Arbiter of the
Flight 97 Darjeeling Seen from the Air 112 The Nest of the
Conquering Bird Men 113 A Holy Man of Nepal 120 Sacred Image 120
The Aerial Highway Around Everest 121 Ready for the Roof of the
World 128 The Ground Force Looks Upward 129 The Honor Roll of the
First Flight Over Everest 129 Everest and Its Mighty Neighbors 144
Looking Toward Makalu from Everest 145 An Unknown Titan of the
Himalayas 160 The South Face of Everest 161 Map To Show the Flight
from Lalbalu to Everest and Kangchenjunga 168 and 169 The
Conquerors of Everest . 176 100 Miles from the Himalayan Ramparts
177 Circling the Worlds Highest Mountain 192 Everests Majestic
Neighbor 193 Plumed Giant 208 Mountain Panorama 209 The Monarch on
His Throne of Clouds 224 Over Six Miles Up 225 Second Only to
Everest 240 Bottled Air for theFlight 241 10 Foreword By JOHN
BUCHAN, C. H., M. P. T HAVE been asked by my colleagues of the
Everest - Flight Committee, to set out briefly in untechnical
language what seem to be the major results of the expedition. The
first point to make clear is that its purpose was not to perform a
feat of daring and endurance, to break a record, to do something
for the first time. These are doubtless excellent things, and the
expedition in fact achieved them but it was incidentally. The true
pur pose was austerely scientific to show that the airplane and the
air camera could be made the means of acquir ing important
knowledge which would otherwise be unattainable. The second point
is that for this purpose die most intricate and patient
organization was required. The culminating work would occupy a very
small space of time it took actually less than six hours, but to
make it possible there had to be months of labor and thought behind
it. The case was parallel to that of a great battle, which may be
won in half an hour, but ii FOREWORD where victory is the fruit of
laborious preparation. It involved exploration in an unknown and
inaccessible area, and therefore every care had to be taken to re
duce the risks to a minimum. The technical problems, in the
machines and the cameras, had to be worked out to the last decimal,
and there were novel features in both which required elaborate
experiments. The suc cess of the expedition was largely determined
by the months of hard work in Chelsea, Yeovil, Bristol, Lon don and
Karachi, between March 1932 and its arrival at Purnea in March
1933. It must also be remembered that the Committee as sumed grave
responsibilities. The Air Council gave the project itsbenediction,
and the trust of the Air Council had to be justified. The
Government of India approved, and the Government of Nepal agreed to
what was an unprecedented request. There was a heavy
responsibility, too, to the patriotic lady who provided the funds,
and to the flying men themselves, to see that nothing was left
undone to insure safety and success. The expedition was no
light-hearted escapade, but an enterprise based in every detail on
the most serious thought. To turn to the results...
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