{"id":6234,"date":"2024-07-29T09:43:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T14:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/texastalkingbooks\/?p=6234"},"modified":"2024-06-18T16:31:35","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T21:31:35","slug":"mountain-climbing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/texastalkingbooks\/2024\/07\/29\/mountain-climbing\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Reading Program Presents: Mountain Climbing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Adventure is the theme for this year\u2019s Summer Reading Program. This week we\u2019re featuring books about mountaineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adult Nonfiction<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
ALONE AT THE TOP: CLIMBING DENALI IN THE DEAD OF WINTER by Lonnie Dupre (DBC 16029)<\/td><\/tr>
CALLING: A LIFE ROCKED BY MOUNTAINS by Barry Blanchard (DBC 02626)<\/td><\/tr>
DEAD LUCKY: LIFE AFTER DEATH ON MOUNT EVEREST by Lincoln Hall (DBG 08121)<\/td><\/tr>
EIGER DREAMS: VENTURES AMONG MEN AND MOUNTAINS by Jon Krakauer (DB 55906)<\/td><\/tr>
FOREVER ON THE MOUNTAIN: THE TRUTH BEHIND ONE OF MOUNTAINEERING’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL AND MYSTERIOUS DISASTERS by James M. Tabor (DB 67223)<\/td><\/tr>
GHOSTS OF K2: THE EPIC SAGA OF THE FIRST ASCENT by Mick Conefrey (DB 82748)<\/td><\/tr>
HIGH CRIMES: THE FATE OF EVEREST IN AN AGE OF GREED by Michael Kodas (DB 67804)<\/td><\/tr>
KILLING DRAGONS: THE CONQUEST OF THE ALPS by Fergus Fleming (DB 53702)<\/td><\/tr>
LEFT FOR DEAD: MY JOURNEY HOME FROM EVEREST by Beck Weathers (DB 92591)<\/td><\/tr>
MOUNTAIN: MY TIME ON EVEREST by Ed Viesturs (DB 78694)<\/td><\/tr>
NANDA DEVI: THE TRAGIC EXPEDITION by John Roskelley (BR 07444)<\/td><\/tr>
TOUCH THE TOP OF THE WORLD: A BLIND MAN\u2019S JOURNEY TO CLIMB FARTHER THAN THE EYE CAN SEE by Erik Weihenmayer (DB 51505, BR 14512)<\/td><\/tr>
TWO SHADOWS: THE INSPIRATIONAL STORY OF ONE MAN’S TRIUMPH OVER ADVERSITY by Charlie Winger (DBC 03296)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Adult Fiction<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
ABOMINABLE by Dan Simmons (DB 77604)<\/td><\/tr>
ABOVE ALL THINGS by Tanis Rideout (DB 76263)<\/td><\/tr>
EDGE OF JUSTICE by Clinton McKinzie (DBC 02926)<\/td><\/tr>
MOUNTAIN OF THE DEAD by Jeremy Bates (DB 111004)<\/td><\/tr>
PATHS OF GLORY by Jeffrey Archer (DB 68935)<\/td><\/tr>
SEVENTEEN by Hideo Yokoyama (DB 92989)<\/td><\/tr>
STORMS OF DENALI by Nicholas O\u2019Connell (DBC 00221)<\/td><\/tr>
THIS COURAGEOUS JOURNEY by Misty M. Beller (DB 109156)<\/td><\/tr>
THIS WRETCHED VALLEY by Jenny Kiefer (DB 118975) IN PROCESS<\/td><\/tr>
VIEW MOST GLORIOUS by Regina Scott (DB 106556)<\/td><\/tr>
WAY OF THE BRAVE by Susan May Warren (DB 98178)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Young Adult Fiction<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
EVEN THE DARKEST STARS by Heather Fawcett (DB 89269)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Juvenile Nonfiction<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
BODIES FROM THE ICE: MELTING GLACIERS AND THE RECOVERY OF THE PAST by James M. Deem Grades 5-8<\/td><\/tr>
EVEREST: THE REMARKABLE STORY OF EDMUND HILLARY AND TENZING NORGAY by Alexandra Stewart (DB 106544) IN PROCESS
Grades 3-6<\/td><\/tr>
RESCUES! by Sandra Markle (DB 62920)
Grades 4-7<\/td><\/tr>
TO THE TOP! CLIMBING THE WORLD’S HIGHEST MOUNTAIN by S. A. Kramer (DB 40184, BR 10059)<\/td><\/tr>
TOP OF THE WORLD: CLIMBING MOUNT EVEREST by Steve Jenkins (BR 13015)
Grades 2-4<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Juvenile Fiction<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH by Eric Walters (BRG 03241)
Grades 6-12<\/td><\/tr>
CLIMB OR DIE by Edward Myers (DB 47312, BR 10476)
Grades 6-9<\/td><\/tr>
PEAK by Roland Smith (DB 64746, BR 17994)
Grades 6-9<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Adventure is the theme for this year\u2019s Summer Reading Program. This week we\u2019re featuring books about mountaineering. Adult Nonfiction ALONE AT THE TOP: CLIMBING DENALI IN THE DEAD OF WINTER by Lonnie Dupre (DBC 16029) CALLING: A LIFE ROCKED BY … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[220,375,37,774],"tags":[775,794,792,793,4,9,77,335],"class_list":["post-6234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-lists","category-programming","category-readers-advisory-2","category-summer-reading","tag-adventure-begins-at-your-library","tag-books-about-mountain-climbing","tag-mountain-climbing","tag-mountains","tag-reader-advisory","tag-readers-advisory","tag-summer-reading","tag-summer-reading-program"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/texastalkingbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/texastalkingbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/texastalkingbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/texastalkingbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/texastalkingbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6234"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/texastalkingbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6235,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/texastalkingbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6234\/revisions\/6235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/texastalkingbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/texastalkingbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/texastalkingbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}