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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Bobbaan, La Vibora, Disaster Transport, Avalanche (Pleasure Beach, Blackpool), Schweizer Bobbahn. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Le Bobbaan (Circuit de Bob en français) est une attraction du parc Efteling aux Pays-Bas. Ces montagnes russes sous forme de parcours en bobsleigh sont aussi appelées parfois Swiss Bob, Bobslee ou encore Bob. Le terme baan pourrait être traduit par « parcours » , que ce soit parcours de montagnes russes (qui se traduit d'ailleurs par achtbaan), de flume (les bûches) ou même dans d'autres domaines que les parcs. Le Bobbaan est situé dans la section Anderrijk du parc. Appelé en français « Royaume Alternatif » ou encore « Royaume de l'Étrange », il occupe la partie méridionale du parc. Cette partie est celle des mondes parallèles et mystérieux. Le parcours serpente entre les arbres, et possède quelques belles descentes, courbes et autres dénivellations où les véhicules font des pointes d'accélération. Juste avant le dernier virage, une photo des visiteurs est réalisée ; celle-ci peut être achetée à la réception maxifoto à la sortie. Cette attraction est fermée lorsqu'il gèle durant le Winter Efteling hivernal. Le Circuit de Bob est le premier parcours de bobsleigh dans un parc d'attractions construit en Europe. Ce modèle est unique en son genre sur ce continent et les trois autres exemplaires n'existent qu'aux États-Unis. La construction débuta en 1984. Lors de l'hiver 1984 - 1985, des os et un crâne furent découverts lors les fondations de l'attraction. La police déclara que ces restes provenaient d'un chien et la construction put reprendre. Ces montagnes russes ouvrirent en 1985 et furent fabriquées par Intamin AG, qui a également construit la Pagode, Piraña, les Gon...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Mark Twain once famously said "there was but one solitary thing about the past worth remembering, and that was the fact that it is past and can't be restored."  Well, over recent years, The British Library, working with Microsoft has embarked on an ambitious programme to digitise its collection of 19th century books.

There are now 65,000  titles available  (that's an incredible 25 million pages) of material ranging from works by famous names such as  Dickens, Trollope and Hardy as well as many forgotten literary gems , all of which can now be printed on demand and purchased right here on Amazon.

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On a clear, cold morning in January 1998, in the Selkirk Mountains of southeastern British Columbia, six experienced skiers were buried in a massive avalanche. They didn’t have a chance. A combination of factors — steep, open terrain; an unstable winter snow pack; poor weather conditions; and a trigger provided by a handful of backcountry skiers — made the tragedy, the worst day for avalanche deaths in Canadian history and one of the most tragic in North America, inevitable. This personalized view of an avalanche explores a natural phenomenon that has been, and remains, a force of awesome, unstoppable power. The author also raises questions about risk — and about what might have enticed a group of knowledgeable, experienced skiers to place themselves in the path of an avalanche. ... Read more

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"Snow Sense" is the best-selling, easiest to read, mostinformative avalanche safety book available. Intended for skiers,snowmachiners, snowboarders, climbers and others who work and play inavalanche country, "Snow Sense" is written to help backcountrytravelers learn to recognize, evaluate, and avoid snow avalanchehazards.

Avalanche accidents do not happen by accident; they happen forparticular reasons. "Snow Sense" addresses the critical terrain,snowpack, and weather variables that make it possible for a slope toavalanche along with the human factors that allow most accidents tohappen. If you don't want to become an avalanche victim, read thisbook. ... Read more

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Good overview of avalanches
This book was a recommended text for an Intermediate Backcountry Skills course at Saratoga, California's West Valley College. It discusses physical and psychological hazards in winter backcountry travel. You'll learn what to look for (stay away from cornices and lee slopes if possible), and how best to travel.

The book could use an index. I found myself making subject-page number notations on the backs of the covers and frontispieces.

No book is all-inclusive on this subject - nothing substitutes for instruction and lots of personal experience - but Snow Sense and Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills together will point you in the right direction.

Good Common Sense
Well written, organized and concise.A ski area patrol person used it as outline for a presentation at our nordic club meeting. Made me want to get a copy.

A "big little book"
As a longtime Alaskan, I feel fortunate to have had both Doug and Jill in many courses. The book Snow sense is now the required reading material for all Nat'l Ski Patrol avalanche courses, and rightly so. I read it at thebegining of every season. True avalanche professionals. If you ever havethe chance, come to Alaska and take one of their courses.

From Backcountry Magazine #19, 1999
Used by avalanche professionals as a base for avalanche education classes. Small size but HUGE on concise information for learning to recognize, evaluate, and avoid potential avalanche hazards.

Review from Outside Mag.,The Outside Canon:A Few Great Books
"Avalanches are not acts of God. This valuable book details how to read terrain, snowpack, and weather variables to determine the possiblities ofavalanche and how to save yourself in case of one. ... Read more

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A thoroughly illustrated manual stressing the avoidance ofavalanche hazard by good routefinding and by recognition of dangerousslopes, written specifically for climbers, backcountry powder-hounds, andmore conservative ski tourers.

Ski tourers, telemark skiers, ski mountaineers and climbers all putthemselves at risk of being caught in an avalanche, yet many don't knowhow to detect and avoid dangerous slopes.This book gives them all thebasic information they need to evaluate the snowpack, spot hazardousslopes, and avoid triggering slides themselves.

Beginning with an explanation of how mountain weather and various forms ofsnow affect avalanche hazard, Daffern moves on to cover the types ofavalanches and how they are triggered.He offers skiers and climbers avariety of tests they can apply on the slopes to evaluate the safety ofthe terrain.With illustrative photographs and straightforwardexplanations, this guide provides winter sports enthusiasts with the toolsthey need to learn how to travel safely in the backcountry, and how toreact if their party is caught in an avalanche. ... Read more

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Avalanche safety
being a beginer of mountaineering i bought this book so i would not gettrapped in an avalanche and so i could learn some basic mountain safety.The book was quit easy to read but very detailed, it covers most of theskills needed for mountain safty. I recomend it to any one who is going toventure out into the mountains soon. ... Read more

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If you travel, ski, snowmobile, snowshoe, or mountaineerin an area where there is plenty of slope and plenty of snow, then youare exposed to avalanche danger.In Avalanche Aware, veteranbackcountry ski guide and avalanche forecaster John Moynier deftlyguides you through the basics of how avalanches work, recognizingavalanche terrain, and testing the snow pack-before you venture ontounstable ground.Helpful black-and-white illustrations of propergear, slope angle, snow pit tests, and the effects of wind and weatheraccompany his witty, informative explanations of how to avoidavalanche hazard.No book on avalanche safety would be completewithout a description of search methods in the event of an unexpectedslide, and Moynier's helpful explanations of how to go about finding alost friend will give you extra confidence when you tackle the slopes.For truly enjoyable and successful winter expeditions, study AvalancheAware before you head out and make it part of the safety gear youcarry in the field. ... Read more

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Great Intro Book
I was required to read this book for my avalanche safety class, and I rate this as a five, because offers many fundamentals of avalanches, how they work, and how to avoid them! ... Read more

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Chapters: Earthquakes in Afghanistan, 2005 Kashmir Earthquake, 2010 Salang Avalanches, February 4, 1998 Afghanistan Earthquake, May 30, 1998 Afghanistan Earthquake, 2002 Hindu Kush Earthquakes, 2005 Hindu Kush Earthquake, April 2009 Afghanistan Earthquake, 2009 Afghan Avalanches, October 2009 Afghanistan Earthquake. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 37. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt:The 2002 Hindu Kush earthquakes were two earthquakes which hit the Hindu Kush mountain range area in Afghanistan on March 3 and March 25, 2002.The March 3 earthquake At 12:08:19 UTC a 7.4 tremor hit an area 65 km (40 miles) S of Feyzabad , Afghanistan . At least 150 people were killed, several injured and 400 houses damaged or destroyed by a landslide that dammed and flooded Surkundara Valley, Samangan Province . At least 13 people were killed at Kabul and Rostaq and 3 people killed in Bajaur , Pakistan . At least 300 houses were destroyed in Badakhshan and Takhar Provinces . A 45 meter wide fissure opened in Xiker Reservoir in Xinjiang , China . This was a deep focus event and was felt in much of Afghanistan and Pakistan . Felt also in Tajikistan , Uzbekistan , Kyrgyzstan , Kazakhstan and India . The March 25 earthquake At 14:56:33 UTC a 6.1 tremor hit an area 160 km (100 miles) SW of Feyzabad, Afghanistan. At least 1,000 people were killed, several hundred injured and several thousand homeless in Baghlan Province . At least 1,500 houses were destroyed or damaged at Nahrin and several hundred more in other areas of Baghlan Province. Landslides blocked many roads in the epicentral area. This was a shallow focus event and was felt strongly in much of northern Afghanistan. Also felt in the Islamabad-Peshawar area, Pakistan and at Dushanbe, Tajikistan. See also (online edition) References (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapte... ... Read more

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"How Not To Be A Comedian" ,should be this book's title!!!
For any serious fan of the disaster movie genre who,probably like me,is looking for the ULTIMATE GUIDE to this very unique type of
film genre in books,you will not find it in this one unfortunately.
Especially,if you're looking for professional film reviews.Sadly,
both Glenn Kay and Michael Rose drown us to death with such lame
and inane Canadian humor that one feels like begging them to make
them stop.If you are a fan of such disaster flicks like: THE DAY
AFTER TOMORROW,DANTE'S PEAK,ARMAGEDDON,DEEP IMPACT,VERTICAL LIMIT,THE PERFECT STORM,INDEPENDENCE DAY,WHEN TIME RAN OUT,THE DAY
AFTER,BEYOND THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE,AIRPORT,METEOR(1979 VERSION),
CITY ON FIRE,AVALANCHE,THE SWARM,THE HINDENBURG,CRACK IN THE WORLD,
GRAY LADY DOWN,THE CONCORDE:AIRPORT'79,AVALANCHE EXPRESS,K-19:THE WIDOWMAKER,RAISE THE TITANIC,S.O.S.TITANIC,TERROR ON THE 40TH FLOOR,BURNING RAGE(1984),CAVE-IN!(1983),CONDOMINIUM(1980),HANGING BY A THREAD(1979),THE ELEVATOR(1974),HEAT WAVE!(1974),SMASH-UP ON INTERSTATE 5(1976),FLOOD!(1976),HURRICANE(1974),HURRICANE(1979),THE LAST DAYS OF PLANET EARTH aka: THE GREAT PROPHECIES OF NOSTRADAMUS(1974),ROLLERCOASTER(1977),KINJI FUKASAKU'S epic film: VIRUS(1980),STARFLIGHT ONE aka: STARFLIGHT THE PLANE THAT COULDN'T LAND(1983),TURBULENCE(1997),then more than likely you'll find yourself groaning throughout as Canadians,Glenn Kay and Michael Rose,do everything within their poking fun of powers to try to make us snicker and laugh throughout,though completely-failing miserably!And to make matters even more worse,you can actually drive a Mack truck through all of the mistakes and inaccuracies that they have literally scattered throughout their so-called reviews.And it's even more sad,that they even failed to mention such disaster films like: ADVENTURES OF THE QUEEN(1975)DEADLY HARVEST(1977),A FIRE IN THE SKY(1978),DEATHQUAKE(1980),THE LAST SONG(1980),UNCOMMON VALOR(1983),and AVALANCHE ALLEY(2002).Not quite what it needs to be,or really should be,for the serious disaster movie fan/collector!

Great Concept With Some Hiccups In Execution
For disaster-movie fans like myself, there aren't many choices among books devoted to the subject.In that regard, "Disaster Movies" functions as a treasure trove of commentary on well-worn classics like "Earthquake" and "The Towering Inferno", as well as some more esoteric selections, notably the camp classic "Kingdom of the Spiders".

Aside from the fact that the commentary is light on serious criticism, my primary problem with the book is how some elementary facts get mangled.For example, in reviewing the feature film "Deep Impact", the authors incorrectly refer to Elijah Wood's character as an amateur astrologist as opposed to an amateur astronomer.A slip-up like that might have been overlooked had they also not made the same mistake in describing Annabella Sciorra's character in the made-for-TV mini-series "Asteroid".(She was a professional astronomer in that movie.)And I was really disappointed that they didn't at least mention the best movie from the death-from-above sub-genre, the 1978 made-for-TV drama "A Fire In The Sky".

Understand that if you decide to pick up this book you're not going to get the same level of criticism that you would if you were reading a pro like Roger Ebert or Michael Medved."Disaster Movies" is what it is--a fun, if error-riddled, book about the terrible things that happen when Hollywood star power and crazy screenwriters collide.

Merely uninformed opinions, nothing more
This book reads like the author sat down, watched each film once and then tried to write up a "funny" opinion.No research (beyond maybe IMDB), no insight, no context, no behind-the-scenes information, no interviews --- nothing.In other words, anyone could have written this book.What's worse is he gets a lot of information wrong -- it's so lazy. For example he delights in describing how confusing the TV movie "Flood!" is, but he is clearly reviewing it from theold edited VHS release, not the original movie.This information is so easy to locate, but I suppose research might have gotten in the way of the "jokes".Maybe it would be forgivable if the jokes were funny, but they're not -- just boring and obvious.If you've ever been trapped standing in a movie line and forced to listen to some "know-it-all" guy's self-absorbed and wrong-headedyammering about movies he feels superior to -- that's exactly what reading this book is like.A real shame.

I'm still waiting for the ultimative Disaster-Movies-Reference-Work
In meantime there exists more Disaster Movies on the screens, than stars on heaven. For the fan it becomes harder and harder to keep the overview. It seems that the autors had the same problems. They write about all sub-genres from water, lava, earthquakes,toairplanes, snow till radioactivity and fire. They even have chapters about swarms of killeranimals, parodies and invasion from outer space, but they only grat on the surface. For a reference-work this book is far too incomplete. Not a must for the filmbuff but ok for a beginner. For a filmbook they could have included more pictures !

Very Disappointing!!! A Total Waste Of Money!!
What a huge disappointment! Really boring infantile reviews and some Really throwaway extras. I would love to have my money and time back.It's written by 2 Canadians and their choices are really lame. The color posters in the middle are the biggest disappointment. What kind of Disaster genre book wouldn't include The Poseidon Adventure (the greatest disaster poster of all time), Titanic or any of the good movies. Save your money!!! ... Read more