Bøger af Derek Miller

Chad Robinson was a local hero in his small mountain community of Moose Ridge, Nevada high in the Northern Sierra-Nevada Mountains. He had climbed every mountain within a 100 mile radius. It didn't matter how difficult or technical the climb was - he had scaled it. Over time Chad had become recognized as one of the top mountain climbers in the United States.But what was once an intense passion and love to climb mountains for the personal challenge eventually became a demanding career, guiding climbers up mountains for money. Whatever it took to land the big dollar clients and get as many of them to the summit soon became the primary objective.The life of a mountain climbing guide has dramatic highs and devastating lows. For Chad, owner of Mountain Mania; there is a constant struggle of what's right and what's wrong.He found himself looking for ways to distinguish himself and the company, competing for media attention and corporate sponsorship - taking on more clients and daring routes under ever-more-harrowing conditions. For Chad it was an ever challenging ethical dilemma to balance what was morally right and what was irresponsible mountaineering.Having to make never ending decisions that have a direct impact on the lives of clients, himself, and his fellow coworkers is a large burden to bear.This story reveals the anguish of defeats and the unadulterated joy of successes in the world of mountaineering.

Experience the excitement of travel - discovering new land, a new language, feeling like an explorer, new currency and all the little challenges that go along with it. Feed your inspirations and inquisitive mind by opening yourself up to visiting and learning foreign cultures and lifestyles. Traveling will help you become more spontaneous and prevent you from living for the future or the past. Living in the moment, being impulsive and having an open mind is what travel is all about. Travel through my eyes will help you learn and visualize what our planet has to offer. Share with me my passion for travel and the powerful attributes that it provides. Realize how travel is an enrichment process where you the traveler gain self-confidence and empowerment through your travel experiences. This book will broaden your mind and horizons in many ways - but perhaps more importantly, it will be motivation for you to pack your bags and see the world in your own eyes.

Escaped slaves. Secret tunnels. Risky hiding places. Fifteen-year-old Hannah uncovers her family's secret past when she stumbles across a long-lost diary in her grandmother's attic. Discovering the story of her family's courage during a dark period of our country's history, stirs her heart and changes her life.

Detroit's mean streets. Two orphaned boys. The beginning of a life of crime. An elderly Japanese grandmother fights for her grandson's life with her only weapons - good food, tough love, and a forbidden diary. Eleven year old Mu-Chan learns the meaning of true courage when he and his friend, Johnathan, discover the stirring words of his kamikaze grandfather, a man who chose to live.

During World War II a top secret battalion made up of magicians, actors, and artists saved over thirty-thousand lives without firing a single shot. They were known as The Ghost Army.In 2014 the battalion saves one more life when an unlikely friendship with a surviving veteran pulls a troubled teen from the edge of self-destruction.

Word Sudoku is a unique puzzle concept invented by the author. It consists of a grid containing 9 rows, 9 columns and 9 blocks (like regular Sudoku). The task is to place all the Across and Down words into the grid so that no row, column or block contains a duplicate letter. Once all the words have been placed in the grid, all 81 cells will contain a letter. Words may overlap other words, so long as the intersecting cells contain the same letter.Please note this is not the same as some other titled Word Sudoku (or Wordoku) puzzles which substitute 9 letters for the 9 digits of Sudoku. Inside you will find 180 puzzles to exercise your brain and provide hours of entertainment.

Ten years ago, Gary Moyer became only the third person to successfully navigate the 40 mile Gunnison Canyon section of the Moose River. He had a special talent and everybody knew it, including a young aspiring adventurist friend, Blake Henson, and an up and coming photo journalist/TV producer Nathan Garner. What would motivate people to go on a suicide adventure trip through unimaginable river conditions making a documentary of a river adventure? Is it the possibility that media types want a lot of glory and adrenaline rushes; with little skill, ability and preparation for extreme risk? Where does good common sense, logic, ethics and the desire to be famous come into play? Is it possible to have all of the above and still survive in a hostile environment? What was to be a once in a lifetime adventure trip down one of North America's wildest rivers turned into a trip of desperate measures and wilderness survival.

Drop Quote puzzles consist of two parts - a grid of squares and a set of given letters which "drop" into squares of the corresponding column in the grid. When the puzzle is solved, the grid will be filled in with a quotation from a well known person.Within the grid, black squares represent the spaces between words, and punctuation, if present, will already be filled in.Each line in the grid is filled completely, so a word may wrap around lines, starting at the end of one line and continuing at the beginning of the next line. Words only end at black squares or the end of the puzzle. There are 200 puzzles for you to solve. Some of the quotes are motivational, some will bring a smile to your face. This book will make a great gift for adults and seniors.

Solve these fun crossword style puzzles where you need to fill in all the words in the grid. There are no clues for each word but each letter is substituted for a number between 1 and 26. You are given one three letter word to get you started and then you need to figure out the puzzle using your word knowledge and letter patterns. All 26 letters are used in each puzzle. There are 120 puzzles to provide hours of entertainment. The puzzles are in big print, one per page. Makes a great gift for adults and seniors.

Dust storms. Crowded tents. Travel to exotic locations. Taliban. Danger. Patriotism. A civilian can make over $100,000 tax-free working in a war zone. Worth it? Your decision. But this no-holds-barred handbook, written by an experienced HR professional will teach you how to get and keep a job overseas as a military contractor.

This study offers an explicit theory of media pressure - what it is, how it works, how it can be measured - based in part on the 'positioning theory' in discursive psychology. This offers the first independent and comparative history and analysis of media pressure vs. coverage, through the lens of the insurrection against Saddam Hussein in 1991.

This study offers an explicit theory of media pressure - what it is, how it works, how it can be measured - based in part on the 'positioning theory' in discursive psychology. This offers the first independent and comparative history and analysis of media pressure vs. coverage, through the lens of the insurrection against Saddam Hussein in 1991.