Product Description: One of the best mountaineers of our generation ?nally reveals the details of his many exciting extreme alpine ascents—ascents in which his only equipment is a pair of shoes and a small bag for holding chalk. Clinging to the crevasses in mountain walls, with muscles bulging as he makes his free ascent, Huber has become one of the world’s most recognized and photographed extreme alpine climbers...read more

After stopping to speak with a talking cat she sees in the alley on her way to school, Christine is punished by the teacher for being late and telling wild tales, but Christine knows she is telling the truth and turns to her new feline friend for advice in dealing with her unhappy situation.

When their parents take a job as caretakers of the castle and they are given the run of the grounds, Daniel, Lucas, and Anna become determined to catch the giant pike in the lake, but when they discover that their mother has cancer and is dying, their game turns into a mission as they come to believe that catching it will bring the luck she so desperately needs. Simultaneous.