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With Mountain Madness, Clinton Crockett Peters chronicles his travels and personal transformation from a West Texas evangelical to mountain guide-addict to humbled humanist after a near-fatal injury……続きを見る

JOHN TURNER is a member of the Georgia Appalachian Trail Club board of directors, a Trail Ambassador, a maintainer of a short section of the A.T., and editor of the club’s flagship publication, the ……続きを見る

In The Carpathians**, Patrice M. Dabrowski narrates how three highland ranges of the mountain system found in present-day Poland, Slovakia, and Ukraine were discovered for a broader regional public.……続きを見る

The story of a grizzly bear named Millie: her life, death, and cubs, and what they reveal about the changing character of the American West. An "ode to wildness and wilderness" (Outside Magazine), D……続きを見る

Rocky Mountain National Park is the living showcase of the grandeur of the Rockies, with elevations ranging from 8,000 feet in the valleys to 14,259 feet at the top of Longs Peak. The park draws 3 m……続きを見る

On a clear, cold morning in January 1998, in the Selkirk Mountains of southeastern British Columbia, a massive avalanche buried six experienced back-country skiers. They didn’t have a chance. Thus b……続きを見る

What goes through your mind when you’re dropped alone in the middle of the Alaska Range, the cold and darkness surrounding you without another human being for miles? Arctic explorer Lonnie Dupre had……続きを見る

"Picturesque," "immense," "fantastic," and "sublime" are a few of the ways early British travellers described the landscape of the Rocky Mountains and the surrounding terrain. As part of a long trad……続きを見る

Considered by many scholars to be the first novel to realistically depict the Appalachian region and its people, Anne Armstrong’s This Day and Time (1930) follows a resilient young woman named Ivy, ……続きを見る

Zagori is a truly exceptional part of Greece - and to explore it on foot is a delight. 'Exploring Papingo' is a guide book of fourteen walks in and around the Papingo villages. Plan your own self-gu……続きを見る

The classic environmental history of the Great Smoky Mountains, updated with a view from the twenty-first century  The Wild East explores the social, political, and environmental changes in the Gre……続きを見る

The most extensive guide to identifying the flowering plants in California's richly diverse Sierra Nevada mountains. This photographic guide to the wildflowers of the Sierra Nevada has been over twe……続きを見る

Knoxville native Charlie Tombras may be best known for his fifty-seven-year leadership of the nationally recognized advertising firm the Tombras Group, but in his moving memoir, From Out of the Smok……続きを見る

Get ready for a wild, winding, and slightly wobbly ride through the highest, steepest, and most exhilarating mountain passes in Switzerland. In Hairpin Turns and Fondue, Wolfgang Prasch takes you on……続きを見る

Pre-order Lucy Shepherd’s story of her journey to become an explorer, her world-first expedition across the Amazon’s Kanuku Mountains and her mission to share the wild places of our world. ‘Not just……続きを見る

In the tradition of Kathleen Norris, Terry Tempest Williams, and Thomas Merton, The Solace of Fierce Landscapes explores the impulse that has drawn seekers into the wilderness for centuries and offe……続きを見る

In print for the first time in fifty years, Mount Le Conte is a reissue of the important 1966 self-published memoir by Paul J. Adams (1901–1985), a well-known Tennessee naturalist and the first cust……続きを見る

Often home to rural, indigenous communities, mountain regions are rapidly becoming preserves for the social elite, and altogether unsustainable within the climate crisis. Bringing together scholars ……続きを見る

Beneath your feet lies a forgotten power source. In the rustle of leaves, in dragon-veined mountains, and in the whispers of ancient stone circles. Earth speaks. Are you ready to hear Her? Earth Mag……続きを見る

Rifugi, ghiacciai, foreste, alpicoltura, parchi, selvatico e domestico… Cosa attraversa queste voci che sembrano avere vita indipendente? In questo agilissimo e illuminante "catalogo del sapere mont……続きを見る

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is one of America’s most beautiful and popular national parks. Located in the southern Appalachian Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina, it is home to mo……続きを見る

Jean-Noël naît un jour de Noël à la fin du XIXème siècle. La naissance s'annonce difficile, il neige, il faut aller à la rencontre du docteur dans cette nature hostile, traîneau et mules sous la nei……続きを見る

Discover the most iconic national parks along the legendary Appalachian Trailーwithout needing to be a thru-hiker to enjoy them. This essential guide makes outdoor adventure more accessible than eve……続きを見る

Boy From Pocatello is a lyrical, soul-stirring memoir. From the windswept streets of 1930s Pocatello, Idaho, to the remote sacred peaks of the Himalayas, Andes, Alps, the San Jacintos and many other……続きを見る

In Mountain Voices, alpinists, activists, artists, and mountain researchers share the ways Canadian mountains have impacted their lives. Each contributor brings a unique and fascinating perspective ……続きを見る

Hiking Trails of the Great Smoky Mountains is an essential guide to one of America’s most breathtaking and rugged national parks. The second edition of this compellingly readable and useful book is ……続きを見る

Cet atlas propose plus de 90 cartes et infographies pour mieux comprendre les liens tissés entre les sociétés modernes et les montagnes du monde tout en saisissant leur diversité, leurs environnemen……続きを見る

Né au pied des Dolomites, Dino Buzzati n’a jamais cessé de célébrer la montagne. Dans ce second volume de Nouvelles des cimes, il exprime sa passion pour les sommets révélant leur splendeur et leurs……続きを見る

Journaliste, peintre, écrivain, célèbre maître du réalisme fantastique, Dino Buzzati fut aussi un grand amoureux des sommets. Les montagnes ont toujours été pour lui un lieu d’expression, tantôt mét……続きを見る

« Il est encore temps de fuir si vous préférez la mer. » Dans ce livre-hymne à la montagne, à sa montagne, Frison-Roche nous invite à le suivre dans sa randonnée autour du mont Blanc et nous introdu……続きを見る