Joe Simpson: 12 books

La Mort suspendue (1990), Encordé avec des ombres (1994) et Eiger, la dernière course à l’Eiger (2003) : les trois récits majeurs de Joe Simpson, introduits par un texte inédit, sont réunis dans une compilation qui présente le meilleur de l’aventure en montagne. La Mort suspendue,...

Nel giugno 1985, due alpinisti britannici, il venticinquenne Joe Simpson e il suo compagno di cordata, Simon Yates, hanno appena raggiunto la vetta del Siula Grande (6536 metri) nelle Ande peruviane, salendo per la prima volta la parete Ovest. Colti, sulla cima, da una violenta bufera, i due scendono...

Vingt ans après La Mort suspendue, classique de la littérature de montagne, Joe Simpson revient avec un roman tout aussi haletant que le récit de sa fameuse épopée.Une chute dans la tempête, la souffrance psychologique et physique, le dépassement de soi, la culpabilité du survivant… Et un...

DALL'AUTORE DI «LA MORTE SOSPESA», UN LIBRO SULLA MONTAGNA SIMBOLO DEL RISCHIO ESTREMO: L'EIGER. Joe Simpson ha vissuto una vita all’insegna dell’avventura e caratterizzata dalla presenza incombente della morte. Ha sofferto la perdita di compagni di cordata, è stato lui stesso vittima di un gravissimo...

Joe Simpson has experienced a life filled with adventure but marred by death. He has endured the painful attrition of climbing friends in accidents, calling into question the perilously exhilarating activity to which he has devoted his life. Probability is inexorably closing in. The tragic loss of...

When Simon Yates cut the rope and sent his friend plummeting to an ordeal few mountaineers can have contemplated, the outcome was totally unpredictable. That Joe Simpson survived is a revelation of the power of the human spirit to overcome fear, pain and deprivation of almost unimaginable intensity....

In Storms of Silence, Joe Simpson recalls the severe snowstorm which put an end to an attempt with four others on Gangchempo and the infection which forced him to abandon the climb on Cho Oyu in tibet. During that expedition he has a disturbing encounter with a party of political refugees...

The 25th Anniversary ebook, now with more than 50 images. 'Touching the Void' is the tale of two mountaineer’s harrowing ordeal in the Peruvian Andes. In the summer of 1985, two young, headstrong mountaineers set off to conquer an unclimbed route. They had triumphantly reached the summit, when...

«Trattenne il respiro mentre lei se ne andava, scomparendo con una rapidità che lo colse di sorpresa. Si riscosse dal suo torpore con un senso di gelo. Lei era semplicemente scivolata lontano, fuggita dalla vita, caduta silenziosa nell'aria fredda, precipitata nel buio?» Quando la mano...

Genetic Screening and Counseling is reviewed in this issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Anthony R. Gregg and Joe Leigh Simpson. Authorities in the field have come together to pen articles on Contemporary Genetics Counseling: New Frontiers and Challenges, Newborn Screening,...

Highly readable, well illustrated, and easy to understand, Obstetrics: Normal and Problem Pregnancies remains your go-to choice for authoritative guidance on managing today’s obstetric patient. Reflecting the expertise of internationally recognized authorities, this bestselling obstetrics reference...

After 30 years, Obstetrics: Normal and Problem Pregnancies remains your go-to choice for authoritative guidance on managing today’s obstetric patient. International experts put thelatest knowledge in this specialty at your fingertips, with current and relevant information on everything from...