Chomolungma Sings the Blues: Travels Round EverestCombining travel writing with an insight of the social and environmental problems caused by climbers, Douglas examines a region that is struggling to develop and change. It is the story of resourceful and cultured people finding a balance between the new and the old, who rely on the work Everest provides. |
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Tripping with Kafka and the tsampaeaters II | 11 |
All Englishmen cannot be gentlemen | 37 |
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| Title | Chomolungma Sings the Blues: Travels Round Everest Travel Literature Series |
| Author | Ed Douglas |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Constable, 1997 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 9 Oct 2008 |
| ISBN | 0094763909, 9780094763906 |
| Length | 226 pages |
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