Andy Kirkpatrick je autor, jehož práce se zaměřuje na hlubší zkoumání lidské existence a společenských struktur. Jeho psaní se vyznačuje pronikavým vhledem a schopností odhalovat skryté pravdy v běžných situacích. Kirkpatrick se snaží prostřednictvím svých děl podnítit čtenáře k zamyšlení a k novému pohledu na svět kolem sebe. Jeho literární styl je precizní a evokativní, což čtenářům umožňuje plně se ponořit do jeho myšlenek a příběhů.
Unknown Pleasures is a collection of works by the climber and award-winning author Andy Kirkpatrick. Covering subjects as diverse as climbing, relationships, fatherhood, mental health and the media, this book is easy to read, sometimes difficult to digest, and impossible to forget.
WINNER OF THE BOARDMAN TASKER PRIZE 2008 Metro magazine recently wrote that Andy Kirkpatrick makes Ray Mears look like Paris Hilton. Words like boldness, adventure and risk were surely coined especially for him. As one of the world's most accomplished mountaineers and big-wall climbers, he goes vertically where other climbers (to say nothing of the general public) fear to tread. For the first time, this cult hero of vertical rock has written a book, in which his thirteen-day ascent of Reticent Wall on El Capitan in California - the hardest big-wall climb ever soloed by a Briton - frames a challenging autobiography. From childhood on a grim inner-city housing estate in Hull, the story moves through horrific encounters and unique athletic achievements at the extremes of the earth. As he writes, 'Climbs like this make no sense ... the chances of dying on the route are high.' Yet Andy, in his thirties with young children, has everything to live for. This is the paradox at the heart of the story. This book - by turns gut-wrenching, entertaining and challenging - appeals to the adventurer in all of us.
"This Work was originally published in 2016 by Vertebrate Publishing, an imprint of Vertebrate Graphics Ltd, Crescent House, 228 Psalter Lane, Sheffield, S11 8UT, UK, under the title 1001 Climbing Tips by Andy Kirkpatrick"--T.p. verso.
Asian multilingual speakers are continuously adapting and reshaping English to reflect their varying needs. This book describes how new Asian varieties of English develop, how these reflect the cultural values of users and the types of topics Asian speakers talk about and the communicative strategies they adopt when using English.
"Written by a clinical and forensic psychologist, Marse: A Psychological Portrait of the American Southern White Elite Slave Master and His Enduring Impact focuses on the White men who composed the Southern planter class. The book is a psychological autopsy of the mind and slaveholding behavior that helps explain the enduring roots of White supremacy and the hidden wound of racist slavery that continues to affect all Americans today"-- Provided by publisher