James Ramsey Ullman

Exotic adventure in the South Pacific on lush tropical island. The characters include beautiful untamed native girl, a restless American engineer, a lonely young nurse and a boy of mixed blood caught between two worlds.

An American doctor devotes his life to care of villagers of Papaan, South Asia.

By chance a disparate selectiom of people meet by chance in a swiss valley. All have a burning ambition to climb a terrifying mountain, The Weisturm, White Tower. The climbers inclode an American Bomber Pilot Martin Ordway, the Austrian Girl Carla, A German SS man, on leave. a french intellectual, Delembre and an English Botanist and a local mountain guide. They initially co-operate but national and political differences intervene until a final climax and surprise ending. This book combines a love story some philosophical insights and is a thrilling adventure for those who love mountains and mountaineering. One of the best books I have ever read. enjoyed other of Ullmans books but this was the best

A new chapter on the chief mountain climbing expeditions of the last ten years has been added to this chronicle of mountaineering all over the world. For other editions, see Author Catalog.

Grades 7-9

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Wild Hart Saga #2 Ireland is a good place to get lucky... Even a man on the run can enjoy the thrill of the chase... After getting on the bad side of New York's Irish mob, Liam O'Brien thought he could weather the storm back in Ireland. Working as a bartender in his parent's old village of Ballycraig, he's not looking for any trouble. But he could use a bit of fun. Aislinn McCafferty has already been scorned by a man once at the wedding altar. Now, any man who tries to woo her is quickly and coldly dispatched. The unknowing Liam soon learns this the hard way--and is immediately intrigued. Eagerly accepting a wager from the pub's owner, Liam begins a determined pursuit of the stubborn and beautiful Aislinn, who in turn uses all of her wiles to rid herself of the charmingly determined Yank. But neither of them expects this donnybrook of the sexes to turn into an unlikely love...