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Ranulph Fiennes

Teoksen Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know tekijä

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Sir Ranulph Fiennes is the first man to have reached both poles by surface travel and the first to have crossed the Antarctic Continent unsupported. Fiennes also led the first polar circumnavigation of the earth. He once ran seven marathons in seven days on seven continents in aid of the Heart näytä lisää Foundation. In 2009 he became the oldest Briton to reach the summit of Everest. näytä vähemmän
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Tekijän teokset

Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know (2007) 272 kappaletta
Captain Scott (2003) 226 kappaletta
The Feather Men (1965) 185 kappaletta
To the Ends of the Earth (1983) 123 kappaletta
Shackleton (2020) 90 kappaletta
The Secret Hunters (2001) 78 kappaletta
Living Dangerously (1987) 76 kappaletta
Atlantis of the Sands (1851) 75 kappaletta
The Sett (1995) 64 kappaletta
Lawrence of Arabia (2023) 40 kappaletta
Armed & Dangerous (2019) 33 kappaletta
Fear: Our Ultimate Challenge (2016) 25 kappaletta
Where Soldiers Fear to Tread (1975) 12 kappaletta
Colder (2016) 12 kappaletta
Headless Valley (1973) 9 kappaletta
Hell on Ice (1979) 6 kappaletta
Ice Fall in Norway (1972) 6 kappaletta
A Talent for Trouble (1970) 6 kappaletta
Climb Your Mountain (2022) 5 kappaletta
From Pole to Pole (1998) 5 kappaletta
Bothie the Polar Dog (1984) 4 kappaletta
An Evening with Ranulph Fiennes (2005) 2 kappaletta
Killer Elite 1 kappale

Associated Works

Killer Elite [2011 film] (2011) — Original book — 94 kappaletta
With Scott to the Pole: The Terra Nova Expedition 1910-1913 (2004) — Esipuhe, eräät painokset78 kappaletta
Fragile Earth: Views of a Changing World (2006) — Esipuhe, eräät painokset71 kappaletta
Blizzard-Race To The Pole (2006) — Esipuhe — 31 kappaletta
National Geographic Magazine 1983 v164 #4 October (1983) — Avustaja — 29 kappaletta
Extreme Earth (2003) — Avustaja — 17 kappaletta
Adventures for a Lifetime (2018) — Esipuhe, eräät painokset4 kappaletta
Queen Elizabeth I - Queen Elizabeth II — Esipuhe — 3 kappaletta
Today's Best Nonfiction {1994, UK} (1994) — Avustaja — 1 kappale

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Having sat by Bedu tribesmen under the shade of a twisted desert tree in southern Jordan in 2017 and listened to them recite poems and sing songs as we sipped tea from a smouldering fire, I have had a small taste of the world of the wandering Arab nomad. It is a world of grandeur and grime, majesty in their robes and mountains, and harshness in their lack of material creature comforts normally found in settled societies. The author of this new biography of Thomas Lawrence has done much more - he had lead Omani tribesmen through arid hills and into battle against invading Soviets in 1967 as an military leader. In writing this biography of Lawrence Fiennes, a celebrated English explorer, occasionally interrupts the narrative of Lawrence's journey north through Arabia to draw comparisons with his own experiences in the desert. Fiennes is not a superb prose stylist. However his orientation towards action in the world leads him to have written a biography which reads like an exciting narrative, succinct and light footed. It does not try to be an exhaustive biographical work, but rather zooms in on Lawrence's time gathering Bedu tribes in the desert to the cause of fighting the Ottoman Turks during the first world war. The figure that emerges from this book is truly a special man, a deeply learned and open minded Englishman, who was not content with office-bound normality, and whose life became bound up in one of the great episodes in twentieth century history. Jordan and the traditional people of that region are the the major subject of this book, outside of it being just a biography, and for me give the work added significance.… (lisätietoja)
 
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Tom.Wilson | Dec 26, 2023 |
Unlike the other biographies I've read of Shackleton and his contemporaries, this was written by Sir Ranulph Fiennes who is a polar explorer himself. Fiennes inserts some of his own experiences to explain or make guesses about what happened on Shackleton's expeditions. That was very interesting to me.
 
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Pferdina | 3 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Apr 23, 2023 |
Engrossing, detailed, and opinionated. Plus, lots of discussion of other expeditions (failed and successful) which helps build a 'further reading' list.
 
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sarcher | Jul 14, 2022 |
A friend bought me this book following a period of illness. The narrative is good and the inspiration helped me get over a number of hurdles on my way to recovering.
I don’t plan climbing Everest soon, or running 7 marathons in 7 days on 7 continents, but Ranulph Fiennes shows what you can accomplish when things look darkest!
The man himself tells a good story of his life and love in his book and it’s a great insight into the mind of a focused and driven individual.
Worth the time to read.
Interesting insights.
Couple of good concepts to reflect on.
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Sandman-1961 | 5 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Apr 26, 2022 |

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