Tony Howard č una leggenda dell'alpinismo inglese. Nel 1965 ha fatto parte della cordata che ha effettuato la prima ascensione britannica del Troll Wall, in Norvegia. Successivamente fondņ una delle prime aziende di materiale d'alpinismo, dalla quale č nato il primo prototipo della moderna imbracatura grazie al supporto tecnico di Don Whillans. Lo stesso prototipo viene poi utilizzato nella spedizione Annapurna del 1972. Una successiva rettifica di desi- gn ha poi lanciato l'imbracatura come si usa oggigiorno, nel mondo moderno. Da allora Tony ha passato la vita a viaggiare per il mondo alla ricerca di avventure e pareti verticali, e non mostra segni di rallentamento. In questo libro l'autore racconta le sue esplorazioni dopo il 1983, cioč la parte di vita in cui Howard ha iniziato a esplorare le pareti pił "strane" e inospitali del mondo, dal Wadi Rum in Giordania alle grandi big wall dell'Oman, dalle montagne desertiche dell'Egitto e dell'Etiopia alle grandi pareti del Madagascar e del Mali, per poi esplorare le lande desolate dell'Himalaya indiano, le isole tailandesi, gli altopiani del Ladakh e le gole della Palestina. Una vita passata a "snidare" pareti rocciose nei luoghi pił inattesi del mondo, oggi divenuti meta del cosiddetto Nuovo Alpinismo che idolatra Howard come precursore indiscusso.

Nel 1965 Tony Howard č diventato famoso per essere stato membro di un gruppo di giovani alpinisti inglesi che hanno compiuto la prima salita britannica del Troll Wall norvegese: una scalata descritta da Joe Brown come "Uno dei pił grandi successi dell'alpinismo britannico". Tony č l'ideatore delle moderne imbracature, sui cui progetti si basa l'attrezzatura alpinistica del mondo moderno. Ha fondato la societą Troll Climbing Equipment, ma non ha mai smesso di esplorare. Questa č la sua storia. Tony ha dedicato la sua vita a viaggiare per il mondo alla ricerca di pareti rocciose, inviolate e remote. La portata dei suoi viaggi č vasta: ha visitato tutti i paesi del Nord Africa, gran parte della terra araba del Medio Oriente, le regioni montuose della Scandinavia, il Canada e le Montagne Rocciose, l'Himalaya, le remote province indiane, il Sud-est asiatico, Madagascar, Georgia del sud e Antartide. Questo libro, che č un vero e proprio libro di alpinismo d'avventura e di ricerca, guida il lettore fin dalla giovinezza di Tony trascorsa ad esplorare le falesie del Peak District, attraverso baleniere nell'Oceano Antartico, ai viaggi in canoa di mille miglia nell'Artico canadese, vivendo tra i beduini nelle montagne rocciose della Giordania, fino alle tribł isolate dell'oppio della Thailandia. Č il racconto di una vita avventurosa che trasmette la definizione vera di esplorazione.

Quando la sua famiglia si č trovata in mezzo a un regolamento di conti fra mafiosi, la sua vita č cambiata per sempre. Frank Castle č morto... e ora esiste solo il Punitore! Contiene: "Marvel Preview" #2, "Marvel Super-Action" #1.

Poetic, witty, and ever so faintly surreal, Seferdelicately explores the legacy of the Holocaust for the postwargeneration, a generation for whom a devastating history has growndistant, both temporally and emotionally. The novel'sprotagonist, Jan Sefer, is a psychotherapist living inVienna--someone whose professional life puts him in daily contactwith the traumas of others but who has found it difficult to addresshis own family background, especially his memories of his father.During a two-week trip to his father's birthplace, Kraków--avisit he has long postponed--he begins to sort out some of hisfeelings and to connect with a past the memory of which is swiftlydisintegrating. Much like memory itself, Sefer speaks to usobliquely, through the juxtaposition of images and vignettes ratherthan through the construction of a linear narrative. With itsfragmentary structure and its preference for hints rather thanexplanations, the novel belongs to the realm of the postmodern, whileit also incorporates subtle elements of magical realism.

One of Poland's best-known poets, Ewa Lipska is today a majorfigure in European literature. In their translation of Sefer,Lipska's first novel, translators Barbara Bogoczek and TonyHoward deftly capture the poet's unmistakable voice--cooland precise, gently ironic, and deeply humane.

Born in 1945 in Kraków, Ewa Lipska was for many yearsthe poetry editor of the literary magazine Pismo, which she co-founded,and was active in Poland's Nowa Fala, or New Wave. Her manyprizes include the Koscielski Fund Award, the Robert Graves Pen ClubAward, and Pen Club Award for Lifetime Literary Achievement. Her poetryhas been widely translated, into Hebrew as well as into Europeanlanguages. Barbara Bogoczek is a freelance translatorand interpreter based in London. Tony Howard isprofessor of English at Warwick University. Together they havetranslated works by numerous Polish authors--Ewa Lipska, TadeuszRózewicz, Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska, Hanna Krall, and manyothers--into English.

This volume of DC UNIVERSE ONLINE LEGENDS continues the combined forces of classic DC heroes and villains, as they must form an uneasy alliance to combat the threat of Brainiac! As the battle rages on, tension rises not only between Lex Luthor and the DC heroes, but also between members of the Justice League themselves! Written by DC Comics legend Marv Wolfman and GREEN LANTERN CORPS scribe Tony Bedard!

Norvegia, 1965. Un team di giovani arrampicatori provenienti dal nord dell'Inghilterra, si accampano in Norvegia, alla base della pił alta parete rocciosa europea: la Troll Wall. Nessuno fino ad ora ha mai osato tentare di salirla, alcuni la considerano addirittura inscalabile. Pioggia e neve e valanghe di roccia accompagnano la salita, mentre un team norvegese parte a sua volta per compiere l'impresa. I media di tutto il mondo seguono la sfida passo dopo passo. Ai limiti della stanchezza, la squadra britannica passa giorni in parete, rifiutando di cedere anche quando il fallimento sembra certo. "Troll Wall" racconta la vicenda di una delle pił drammatiche salite che la storia dell'arrampicata inglese ricordi. Scritto poco dopo l'incredibile avventura da uno dei protagonisti, e recentemente riscoperto, il libro di Tony Howard č un affascinante analisi delle dinamiche in atto durante le sfide di arrampicata sulle grandi pareti.

Comic book legend Marv Wolfman joins fan-favorite writer Tony Bedard and artist Howard Porter to tell the ultimate DC Universe Super Hero tale of good versus evil!

The Lex Luthor of a post-apocalyptic future scrambles to escape Brainiac's invasion of Earth, but he must gather an army to stop the invasion.

The first Hamlet on film was Sarah Bernhardt. Probably the first Hamlet on radio was Eve Donne. Ever since the late eighteenth century, leading actresses have demanded the right to play the role - Western drama's greatest symbol of active consciousness and conscience. Their iconoclasm, and Hamlet's alleged 'femininity', have fascinated playwrights, painters, novelists and film-makers from Eugčne Delacroix and the Victorian novelist Mary Braddon to Angela Carter and Robert Lepage. Crossing national and media boundaries, this book addresses the history and the shifting iconic status of the female Hamlet in writing and performance. Many of the performers were also involved in radical politics: from Stalinist Russia to Poland under martial law, actresses made Hamlet a symbol of transformation or crisis in the body politic. On stage and film, women reinvented Hamlet from Weimar Germany to the end of the Cold War. This book aims to put their half-forgotten achievements centre-stage.

2nd edition. A guidebook to the superlative routes found in Jordan's Nature Reserves.

The first Hamlet on film was Sarah Bernhardt. Probably the first Hamlet on radio was Eve Donne. Ever since the late eighteenth century, leading actresses have demanded the right to play the role - Western drama's greatest symbol of active consciousness and conscience. Their iconoclasm, and Hamlet's alleged 'femininity', have fascinated playwrights, painters, novelists and film-makers from Eugčne Delacroix and the Victorian novelist Mary Braddon to Angela Carter and Robert Lepage. Crossing national and media boundaries, this book addresses the history and the shifting iconic status of the female Hamlet in writing and performance. Many of the performers were also involved in radical politics: from Stalinist Russia to Poland under martial law, actresses made Hamlet a symbol of transformation or crisis in the body politic. On stage and film, women reinvented Hamlet from Weimar Germany to the end of the Cold War. This book aims to put their half-forgotten achievements centre-stage.

Wadi Rum is tucked away in the south of Jordan, close to the Red Sea port of Aqaba, remote and splendid in both landscape and culture, yet only a five-hour flight and a short onward journey from Europe.It was brought to the world's attention by Lawrence of Arabia, and the subsequent film of that name was responsible for the author's visit with a team of climbing friends in 1984. Thus began the exploration of Wadi Rum for rock climbing and trekking, with the approval and encouragement of the local Bedouin who have lived and climbed in this desert and mountain region for generations.The first edition of this guide published in 1987 contained about 140 routes. Since then the number of climbs has doubled. Here are detailed descriptions and 'topos' of all the known routes to date, from short walks, camel treks and 4-WD journeys through to sports climbs and major 'big walls' of the highest technical difficulty.Additionally the author gives information on sites of antiquity, flora and fauna and life with the Bedouin.