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Rick, J.D., and Spud are the Rock Jockeys. They have been practicing their climbing skills for months. Now they're ready to tackle the sheer mountain face known as Devil's Wall. Their equipment is in top shape; supplies are packed. With teamwork and perseverance, they hope to reach the top by nightfall. As they climb, the Rock Jockeys recall the rumors about a B-17 bomber that crashed somewhere on the mountain. But as they suddenly stumble upon the...
5) Peak
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A fourteen-year-old boy attempts to be the youngest person to reach the top of Mount Everest.
7) The edge
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Fifteen-year-old Peak Marcello is invited to participate in an "International Peace Ascent" in the Hindu Kush, with a team made up of under-eighteen-year-old climbers from around the world--but from the first something seems wrong, so when the group is attacked, and most of the climbers are either killed or kidnapped, Peak finds himself caught up in a struggle to survive, shadowed by the Shen, a mysterious snow leopard.
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"Riley Mae Hart loves sports and action--so when the Swiftriver Shoe Company offers her a contract to be the spokesperson for their new outdoor sport collection, she jumps at the chance. Soon she's appearing in commercials and magazine ads, and every girl in town wants to wear Riley Mae shoes. Well, except for Riley. Because walking in those shoes means missing out on softball season, making her best friend, TJ, mad, and embarrassing her new friend,...
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Collects four films featuring film star Clint Eastwood, including "Play Misty for Me" in which a radio disc jockey's attempts to end an affair with a fan makes him the target of a psychotic obsession; "The Eiger Sanction" featuring a professional assassin who is forced out of retirement in order to avenge his friend's murder; "Coogan's Bluff" in which an Arizona lawman uses unorthodox methods to capture an escaped murderer; and "The Beguiled" about...
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