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Peak is a 2007 young adult fiction novel by Roland Smith about the physical and emotional challenges that face a fourteen-year-old as he climbs Mount Everest as well as tall buildings in New York City after moving from Wyoming.
Crimson Peak is a 2015 gothic romance film [5] directed by Guillermo del Toro and written by del Toro and Matthew Robbins. The film stars Mia Wasikowska , Tom Hiddleston , Jessica Chastain , Charlie Hunnam , and Jim Beaver .
The Library Book received strongly favorable reviews and was selected as a "PW Pick" by Publishers Weekly. [4] According to Book Marks, the book received a "positive" consensus, based on twenty-six critics: twelve "rave", thirteen "positive", and one "mixed". [5] In the September/October 2019 issue of Bookmarks, the book was scored four out of ...
Peveril of the Peak is the longest novel by Sir Walter Scott. Along with Ivanhoe , Kenilworth , and Woodstock this is one of the English novels in the Waverley novels series, with the main action taking place around 1678 in the Peak District , the Isle of Man , and London, and centring on the Popish Plot .
Devil's Peak is a detective novel by South African novelist Deon Meyer, first published in Afrikaans under the title Infanta in 2004. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The English translation by K. L. Seeger was published under the title Devil's Peak in 2007, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and it has since been translated into a number of other languages.
The novel concludes with a change in narrative style, with Kerouac working alone as a fire lookout on Desolation Peak (adjacent to Hozomeen Mountain), in what would soon be declared North Cascades National Park (see also Kerouac's novel Desolation Angels). His summer on Desolation Peak was desperately lonely.
It provides new insights into what deliberate practice is, along with how to apply it, and it is thus a good book for anyone interested in becoming much better at what he does.” [3] Dr. John McGowan gave the book a mostly positive review, writing that “Peak is clear, well-written, and easy to read. It is an accessible overview of Ericsson ...
Escape to Last Man Peak is a popular Jamaican novel written by Jamaican author Jean D'Costa.First published in 1975, it chronicles the adventure of ten orphans who embark on a dangerous journey across Jamaica in search of a new home, after a deadly pneumonia epidemic kills the caretakers of their orphanage and propels the country into a state of anarchy and desolation.