Most Popular Books by James Ramsey ULLMAN

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.

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".

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

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

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.

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