Matt Dickinson Boeken

Award-winning writer Matt Dickinson recalls Manchester United's historic Treble campaign in 99 compelling chapters

TIME-TRAVELLING SQUIRRELS? WHAT CAN POSSIBLY GO WRONG?!?Genius inventor Fandango has given the Pop-O-Matic 3000 a time-travelling tweak and birthday girl Gertrude is about to get the gift of her dreams.Her very own dinosaur.That’s the plan, but with the Popcorn-Eating Squirrels about, chaos is soon unleashed! Before you can say ‘Triceratops’, the squirrels are running amok 65 million years ago amongst the deadliest predators ever to roam the earth.There’s a ravenous pack of Velociraptors to be dodged. A baby to rescue. A family to save. An asteroid to be deflected from its deadly collision course.It’s all in a hungry day’s work for the Popcorn-Eating Squirrels.And Salty gets his chance to be the (slightly reluctant) hero of the hour.So get your teeth into this bone-crunching adventure and join the squirrels on their craziest journey yet!

In this adventurous sequel, a team embarks on a quest to make popcorn atop the world's highest mountain. Their journey takes an unexpected turn as they face abductions and the looming threat of the legendary Yeti. With a blend of humor and suspense, the story explores themes of teamwork and resilience against formidable challenges in a whimsical setting.

Nita, the narrator, is a young volunteer who has been recalled from her teaching post in central Africa after a military coup. At a small airstrip she joins a group of local citizens and foreigners who have all missed a flight that may be the last one out.

She's meant to be catching flights, not catching feelings...Molly and Andrew are just trying to get home to Ireland for the holidays, when a freak snowstorm grounds their flight. Nothing romantic has ever happened between them: they're friends and that's all. But once a year, for the last ten years, Molly has spent seven hours and fifteen minutes sitting next to Andrew on the last flight before Christmas from Chicago to Dublin, drinking terrible airplane wine and catching up on each other's lives. In spite of all the ways the two friends are different, it's the holiday tradition neither of them has ever wanted to give up. Molly isn't that bothered by Christmas, but--in yet another way they're total opposites--Andrew is a full-on fanatic for the festive season and she knows how much getting back to Ireland means to him. So, instead of doing the sane thing and just celebrating the holidays together in America, she does the stupid thing. The irrational thing. She vows to get him home. And in time for his mam's famous Christmas dinner. The clock is ticking. But Molly always has a plan. And--as long as the highly-specific combination of taxis, planes, boats, and trains all run on time--it can't possibly go wrong. What she doesn't know is that, as the snow falls over the city and over the heads of two friends who are sure they're not meant to be together, the universe might just have a plan of its own... -- Amazon.com description

It seemed like any other season on Mount Everest. Ten expeditions from around the world were preparing for their summit push, gathered together to try for mountaineering's ultimate prize. Twenty-four hours later, eight of those climbers were dead, victims of the most devastating storm ever to hit Everest. On the North face of the mountain, a British expedition found itself in the thick of the drama. Against all odds, film-maker Matt Dickinson and professional climber Alan Hinkes managed to battle through hurricane-force winds to reach the summit. In Death Zone , Matt Dickinson describes the extraordinary event that put the disaster on the front cover of Time and Newsweek . The desperate attempts of teams on the southern side of the mountain, fatal errors that led to the deaths of three Indian climbers on the North Ridge and the moving story of Rob Hall, the New Zealand guide who stayed with his stricken client, and paid with his life. Based on interviews with the surviving climbers and the first-hand experience of having lived through the killer storm, this gripping non-fiction book tackles issues at the very heart of mountaineering. Death Zone is an extraordinary story of human triumph, folly and disaster.

Describes the ill-fated Mr. Everest expedition in the spring of 1996, when a storm hit and killed eight climbers on the northern part of the mountain.

A startled rabbit triggers a series of events that transform and end lives over one day, connecting diverse characters from a climber on Everest to a boy in Malawi and a commercial pilot to an American psycho, showcasing the far-reaching chaos.

To his credit, Matt Dickinson's mountain-bound tomes need no dramatic embellishment. The inhospitable climes of Mount Everest, upon which he has nearly died twice, provide drama in abundance. Consequently, his claims of mere footsteps feeling like entire marathons are quite believable. Unlike The Death Zone , which recounted his own hazard-filled Everest experiences, High Risk is a fictional effort, but one which is imbued with a superior degree of tension and breathtaking excitement. When her tycoon husband perishes on Everest, headstrong TV presenter Josie Turner is determined to ascend the mountain to seek "closure"--egged on by her ratings-hungry bosses. Aided by veteran avalanche expert Hal Maher, who has his own reasons for confronting the ultimate peak, their heeding of the mountain's siren call soon leads to a desperate struggle for survival as they become enveloped in a vicious storm. Dickinson's technical authority is flawless (the mechanics of avalanches is fascinating), yet his major success lies in his ability to portray Everest as a tangible, enigmatic enemy--as enticing as it is fearsome. The harsh environment with its relentless silence attacks the mind as well as the body: To her, the cold was an assailant - an enemy intent on destroying her. Josie began to fear that the cold was now so deep inside her that she would never chase it out again. Dickinson successfully transfers first-hand experience to the fictional arena, providing a bona-fide page-turner. High Risk expertly portrays the magnetic and dangerous relationship between man and environment. --Danny Graydon

Killer Storm: the third and final book in The Everest Files trilogy. Teenage climber Ryan Hart is still in Nepal, working at a refugee centre and holding on to his dream to summit Mount Everest. His Tibetan girlfriend Tashi shares his passion, but a climbing accident puts their plans on hold. Later, the courageous young Sherpa Kami comes back into Ryan¿s life. Groundbreaking stem cell treatment in the United States has cured his paralysis, and Kami can walk again. What better way to celebrate than with a trek to Everest Base Camp? The friends set out, but the government of Nepal is no longer in control. Climate change has caused the monsoon to fail, plunging the country into famine. Warlords march in and a terrorist attack sees Kami and the others held hostage at Base Camp. Kami comes up with a desperate plan. The friends escape to Everest, climbing ever higher as the terror leader sets out in pursuit. Storm clouds gather. The scene is set for the ultimate Everest adventure.