Best Selling Books by James Ramsey Ullman

By the age of fifteen, Arthur Rimbaud was already one of the most brilliant poets of his time. And for the next four years - and four only - Rimbaud (the Claude Morel of this book) was simultaneously a writer of genius, a visionary idealist, and a deliberate wallower in gutters of depravity perhaps unmatched in all of human experience. But at the age of nineteen, he was through forever with both writing and debauchery, and at this point, he all but vanished, spending most of his remaining years as a vagabond wanderer through Europe and Africa. In the epic "The Day on Fire" (1958), a masterwork of biographical fiction, James Ramsey Ullman retraces the steps of Rimbaud''s life from his rebellious youth in a dull provincial town to his teenage years as a homosexual, drunkard and drug addict in Paris, and his later years, wandering the desert in search of some elusive beauty or truth. As Ullman writes in his Foreword, "The truth, the inward core, of Rimbaud''s life, is a truth for all times, as long as each of us, all of us, have our nights alone and our days on fire, our seasons in hell and our hope of heaven." "It comes close to being the best book we''ve ever read." - "Victoria Advocate" "A literary masterpiece ... One of the most forceful novels of our decade." - "Montreal Gazette" "A haunting tale with an obsessive fascination." - "Kirkus Reviews" "Shocking ... Ullman has succeeded in making believable a life whose terms would be considered absolutely unbelievable if we did not know that they were true." - "Chicago Tribune" "Engrossing ... a tragic life dramatically, poetically and compellingly visualized." - "Booklist""

The Citadel It stands unconquered, the last great summit of the Alps. Only one man has ever dared to approach the top, and that man died in his pursuit. He was Josef Matt, Rudi Matt''s father. At sixteen, Rudi is determined to pay tribute to the man he never knew, and complete the quest that claimed his father''s life. And so, taking his father''s red shirt as a flag, he heads off to face the earth''s most challenging peak. But before Rudi can reach the top, he must pass through the forbidden Fortress, the gaping chasm in the high reaches of teh Citadel where his father met his end. Rudi has followed Josef''s footsteps as far as they will take him. Now he must search deep within himself to find the strength for the final ascent to the summit -- to plant his banner in the sky. His father died while trying to climb Switzerland''s greatest mountain -- the Citadel -- and young Rudi knows he must make the assault himself.

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

Foreign correspondent trails American missionaries to Karakorum, Ghengis Khan''s old capital, to find a "vision of a bright, new world."

PREFACE. THE Author of this very practical treatise on Scotch Loch - Fishing desires clearly that it may be of use to all who had it. He does not pretend to have written anything new, but to have attempted to put what he has to say in as readable a form as possible. Everything in the way of the history and habits of fish has been studiously avoided, and technicalities have been used as sparingly as possible. The writing of this book has afforded him pleasure in his leisure moments, and that pleasure would be much increased if he knew that the perusal of it would create any bond of sympathy between himself and the angling community in general. This section is interleaved with blank shects for the readers notes. The Author need hardly say that any suggestions addressed to the case of the publishers, will meet with consideration in a future edition. We do not pretend to write or enlarge upon a new subject. Much has been said and written-and well said and written too on the art of fishing but loch-fishing has been rather looked upon as a second-rate performance, and to dispel this idea is one of the objects for which this present treatise has been written. Far be it from us to say anything against fishing, lawfully practised in any form but many pent up in our large towns will bear us out when me say that, on the whole, a days loch-fishing is the most convenient. One great matter is, that the loch-fisher is depend- ent on nothing but enough wind to curl the water, -and on a large loch it is very seldom that a dead calm prevails all day, -and can make his arrangements for a day, weeks beforehand whereas the stream- fisher is dependent for a good take on the state of the water and however pleasant and easy it may be for one living near the banks of a good trout stream or river, it is quite another matter to arrange for a days river-fishing, if one is looking forward to a holiday at a date some weeks ahead. Providence may favour the expectant angler with a good day, and the water in order but experience has taught most of us that the good days are in the minority, and that, as is the case with our rapid running streams, -such as many of our northern streams are, -the water is either too large or too small, unless, as previously remarked, you live near at hand, and can catch it at its best. A common belief in regard to loch-fishing is, that the tyro and the experienced angler have nearly the same chance in fishing, -the one from the stern and the other from the bow of the same boat. Of all the absurd beliefs as to loch-fishing, this is one of the most absurd. Try it. Give the tyro either end of the boat he likes give him a cast of ally flies he may fancy, or even a cast similar to those which a crack may be using and if he catches one for every three the other has, he may consider himself very lucky. Of course there are lochs where the fish are not abundant, and a beginner may come across as many as an older fisher but we speak of lochs where there are fish to be caught, and where each has a fair chance. Again, it is said that the boatman has as much to do with catching trout in a loch as the angler. Well, we dont deny that. In an untried loch it is necessary to have the guidance of a good boatman but the same argument holds good as to stream-fishing...

Account of American expedition to Mount Everest that put climbers on the summit.

Som pilot under Anden Verdenskrig kom Carr til stillehavsøen Tiara, hvor han oplevede et paradis af natur, glæde og en glødende kærlighedsaffære med en dejlig indfødt kvinde, før han igen måtte vende tilbage til krigens rædsler. Da han 18 år senere vender tilbage, er det for at være med til at designe et luksushotel, der skal gøre Tiara til endnu en ferieø for rige amerikanske turister. Men øen har forandret sig meget, siden Carr forlod den. Hans ungdomskæreste er død, men deres kærlighedsbarn er vokset op med en fod på hver side af den enorme kulturkløft, der er opstået, i takt med at de hvide har gjort deres indtog. "Fia Fia" er en roman om de kontrastfyldte forhold, der er i mellem de indfødte, der lever en primitiv tilværelse med deres egen livsstil, og de amerikanere, der kommer til paradiset for at udnytte dets glæder til deres eget turistmekka. James Ramsay Ullman (1907-1971) var en amerikansk forfatter og bjergbestiger. Han skrev en lang række romaner om bjergbestigning, hvoraf flere blev filmatiseret. Endvidere var James Ramsay Ullman ghostwriter på bjergbestigeren Tenzing Norgays selvbiografi "Man of Everest".

Five men and a woman set out to scale a mountain that has never been climbed. As they struggle to the peak, their personalities are brought into sharp contrast.

A group of men and one woman search for a legendary river, a tributary of the Amazon.

In February 1920 the civil war that had ravaged Russia in the wake of the Bolshevik seizure of power was all but over, and with it the attempt of foreign governments to intervene on behlf of the anti-Communist forces. The government most deeply involved in this intervention was that of Great Britain. Yet scarcely a year later Britain was the first major power to come to terms with the new leadership in Moscow. Richard H. Ullman''s account of that cautious coming to terms offers a perspective on the processes by which British foreign policy adjusted to the drastically changed circumstances of the aftermath of World War I. Another important theme is the way in which British policy, and the conceptions of peace and security that underlay it, diverged from that of Britain''s closest ally, France. The book is, as well, a contribution of the growing literature on bureaucractic politics and the politics of foreign-policy making, and is a protracted essay on the statecraft and political style of David Lloyd George. It draws on many new sources, among them the interecepted and deciphered telegrams of the Soviet mission in London. Richard H. Ullman is Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University. The Anglo-Soviet Accord is the third and final volume of his Anglo-Soviet Relations, 1917-1921. Originally published in 1973. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Kort efter Anden Verdenskrig er til ende, drager en amerikansk ekspedition ind i Amazonas på jagt efter en sagnomspunden flod. Men junglen har mere at byde på af både farlige og uforklarlige oplevelser, og turen bliver langt mere begivenhedsrig, end ekspeditionen havde forestillet sig. Med sine levende beskrivelser af Amazonas‘ frodige og nådesløse natur, hårrejsende spænding og endda en kærlighedshistorie fastholder James Ramsay Ullman læserens opmærksomhed i "Det grønne helvede". James Ramsay Ullman (1907-1971) var en amerikansk forfatter og bjergbestiger. Han skrev en lang række romaner om bjergbestigning, hvoraf flere blev filmatiseret. Endvidere var James Ramsay Ullman ghostwriter på bjergbestigeren Tenzing Norgays selvbiografi "Man of Everest".

"Det hvide tårn" er en spændende roman om de umådelige naturkræfter, der viser sig i løbet af en bjergbestigning. Den fortæller om en mand, der efter mange års forløb vender tilbage til en schweizisk dal, hvorfra han betragter et enormt bjerg, der aldrig før er blevet besteget fra denne side. Han drages op ad bjerget, og undervejs møder han ikke blot naturens rå modstand, men han opdager også sider i sig selv, der kun kan få lov at komme til udtryk i bjergets ensomhed. "Det hvide tårn" var den fjerde bedst sælgende bog i USA i 1945. James Ramsay Ullman (1907-1971) var en amerikansk forfatter og bjergbestiger. Han skrev en lang række romaner om bjergbestigning, hvoraf flere blev filmatiseret. Endvidere var James Ramsay Ullman ghostwriter på bjergbestigeren Tenzing Norgays selvbiografi "Man of Everest".

Dr. Windom har forladt sit job som modelæge i New York og sit ulykkelige ægteskab og er flyttet til en fjern afkrog af de sydøstasiatiske kolonier, hvor han har fået arbejde på et militærhospital. Det lykkes ham lige så stille at vinde de indfødtes tillid og at blive deres ven, og dette venskab sammen med den smukke natur giver ham en mening med livet, han aldrig følte i New York. Men selvom Windom har glemt omverdenen, så har omverdenen ikke glemt ham. Det finder han ud af, da hans hustru uventet tropper op, og de storpolitiske spændinger samtidig når hans afkrog af verden. Det liv, han har bygget op for sig selv, de forbedringer, han har skabt for de indfødte, trues med at blive knust. James Ramsay Ullmans roman tager udgangspunkt i forfatterens egne oplevelser i Sydøstasien og de store konflikter og krige, der hærgede området umiddelbart efter Anden Verdenskrig. James Ramsay Ullman (1907-1971) var en amerikansk forfatter og bjergbestiger. Han skrev en lang række romaner om bjergbestigning, hvoraf flere blev filmatiseret. Endvidere var James Ramsay Ullman ghostwriter på bjergbestigeren Tenzing Norgays selvbiografi "Man of Everest".