Look back to get ahead : life lessons from history's heroes
Follows the author's endeavor to ascend the daunting K-2 mountain and his daring rescue of his companion, who suffered a collapsed lung and had to be carried back down the mountain by the author to safety, in a personal account that reveals what can be learned through the actions of such figures as Alexander the Great, William the Conqueror, and Elizabeth I. 10,000 first printing.
257 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9781559707275, 1559707275
53038791
Alexander the Great
Genghis Khan
Hannibal
William the Conqueror
Elizabeth I
Originally published: Life lessons from history's heroes. London : Arrow, 2003