The Longest Climb: The Last Great Overland Quest by Dominic Faulkner

The Longest Climb: The Last Great Overland Quest by Dominic FaulknerThe Longest Climb is the utterly compelling account of Dominic and his team's expedition from the Dead Sea to the peak of Everest. His team EverestMax were the first ever to make this extraordinary journey. Following an old Victorian route, Dominic cycled through Jordan, Syria, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan and India on his way to Tibet and the bottom of the world's highest mountain. From trying to find a wireless connection in Damascus and setting fire to

Shakespearean in both scope and depth

explosive crises leading finally to complete collapse

His oeuvre is steeped in a poetic sensibility

And the key to halting them might very well rely on Cassian and Nesta facing their haunting pasts

he's convinced he'll spend the rest of his life with her - until an unexpected attack leaves Layla fighting for her life

to the more recent history of the Khmer Rouge revolution

a girl coming of age in a tumultuous time

Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist return in this ripped-from-the-headlines

The Critical Thinker is a fitting read for everyone who wants to improve their critical thinking skills

Filled with passion

or a walking into a stranger's home

His stories weave together to form a moving and searingly funny portrait of a boy making his way through a damaged world in a dangerous time