Racily written and well stocked with the histories and myths of Everest (though surprisingly without a mention of the Yeti, for a sighting of which "clients" presumably pay extra), it may reflect a rising American fascination with the dark desert places of the Himalayas.
Tourism to Tibet is skyrocketing, a result of rising Chinese incomes, growing Chinese fascination with Tibetan Buddhism and easier access to the Roof of the World.
Political commentators have watched the FPO's rise with fascination, particularly because of the party's ability to tap the fears of people who live in the third richest country in Europe with a stable economy and one of the lowest unemployment rates.
The deal, which had been rumored for months, marks an apparently profitable end to a freewheeling era for the St. Pierres, who earned a reputation for rising fast on a wave of growing Chinese fascination with wine.
Her rising importance over the past three decades is perhaps due to fascination with her personal life, and the intimate way in which she documented its challenges as a woman and an artist.
For the next several months, though, he suspects that Wall Street's fascination with the Fed may well keep stocks rising.
The pianist Mitsuko Uchida has watched the economic waters rise with a grim fascination.
As his blood sugar rose, so did my fascination: there was something magnetic about a little man with a Hitler mustache who, after tossing away an empty candy wrapper, would suddenly pound his cane on the ground and yell, "Al Fatiha!
As Greek and Latin studies decline in the Western education system, admiration for Roman sculpture and the fascination with its rediscovery in the Renaissance age — which changed the course of European art forever — keep rising.
The business community's fascination with AI rose and fell in the 80s in the classic pattern of an economic bubble.
