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  • Mountain Love

    Mountain Love‘Each day I continue to feel a certain oneness with you, this mountain. There is something similar in our nature.’In this book, Mountain Love, eternal revolutionary, writer and artist Patrick Phillips presents to you something of his relationship with his local mountain (Meall nan Tarmachan and today, Ben Ledi) as an intimate conversation between them. However, his thoughts and love ... Read more

    $2.62 USD

  • Brecon Beacons (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 126)

    Series Book 126 - Collins New Naturalist Library
    The first comprehensive book to be published about the wildlife of the Brecon Beacons is a much-anticipated addition to the New Naturalist series, and reveals the natural wonders of this seemingly wild and inhospitable mountain landscape.The Brecon Beacons range across upland Wales and create a varied landscape of extensive cave systems, limestone crags and rich meadows. This variety supports ... Read more

    $5.49 USD $3.49 USD

  • Kit Carson's Fight With the Comanche and Kiowa Indians at the Adobe Walls on the Canadian River, November 25th, 1864

    "One of the biggest Indian battles ever fought on the plains...George H. Pettis who served with Kit...has left us a detailed record of what he saw." -The Eugene Guard, Dec. 22, 1928"George H. Pettis...served...in the First New Mexico infantry under Colonel Kit Carson...did gallant and meritorious service." -Santa Fe New Mexican, Oct. 7, 1904"Captain Pettis, who achieved fame with Kit Carson...died ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Weekender Effect II

    Fallout

    A pandemic-inspired sequel to the original The Weekender Effect, looking at the current and future challenges facing mountain communities.The pandemic, and the rapid introduction of technologies in its wake that enabled many to work from home, have put spectacular pressure on mountain and other resort communities that were already under siege by outside and foreign speculators and increasingly ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Hunting Trips of a Ranchman - Sketches of Sport on the Northern Cattle Plains

    Originally published in 1885, This fascinating work on Hunting Trips of a Ranchman is thoroughly recommended for inclusion on the bookshelf of all who are interested in Hunting. Its chapters include; The wordly buffallo, A trip on the prairie and The black tail deer. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • La montagna oggi

    da dimora di Dio a laboratorio dei saperi

    Series series Biblioteca
    In Italia la montagna è un sistema “fragile” – per dirla alla De André – un sistema difficile da governare, perché la montagna può cambiare aspetto a seconda del punto di osservazione, ma anche in virtù dell’osservatore. L’obiettivo dei contributi qui raccolti è rappresentare proprio le diverse sfaccettature degli studi della montagna e far emergere i differenti percorsi capaci di ascoltare il ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Kennesaw

    Natural History of a Southern Mountain

    The first in-depth ecological treatment of one of the most frequently visited National Battlefield parks in the countryDesignated as a battlefield in 1917 and as a park in 1935, the 2,965-acre Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park now preserves far more than the military history and fallen soldiers it was originally founded to commemorate. Located approximately twenty miles northwest of ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Annapurna

    Series series Versante Est
    Narrativa - romanzo (166 pagine) - L’estasiante esperienza del cammino sull’Annapurna, raccontata giorno per giorno, per non perdere nemmeno una delle emozioni che il trekking nel mondo himalayano rinnova a ogni passo.L'Annapurna è un massiccio del Nepal centrale che svetta tra i ghiacci e le nevi dell'Himalaya. Attorno ai suoi picchi si snoda tortuoso un sentiero lungo 230 chilometri, che ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Quando scende il silenzio

    ROMANTIC SUSPENSEPochi resti che affiorano dal terreno conducono l'antropologa Helena Becker a tornare, dopo dieci anni, nella Blumetal, una valle tra le montagne della Baviera. Dolorosi ricordi, di un amore struggente, di quando era solo una sedicenne, si fondono con il presente che svela, a poco a poco, verità inaspettate. Scoprire l'identità dello scheletro sepolto nel bosco, riaprirà ferite ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 心向群山:人類如何從畏懼高山,走到迷戀登山

    Translated by 林建興 ...
    Series series Common
    **  「山是所有自然風景的起點,同時也是終點。」  羅伯特.麥克法倫一舉成名之作**  「聖母峰有我生平僅見最陡峭的稜線和最驚心動魄的懸崖。我心愛的……我沒辦法告訴妳,這座山讓我有多著迷。」這是1921年馬洛里在聖母峰營地上寫給愛妻的家書,幾天後,他在攻頂聖母峰的過程中,在離峰頂不遠的山坡上,永遠消失在一陣突然飄來的濃霧中。  本書就是試圖解釋怎麼會有這種事:一座山如何能夠全然「迷住」一個人?那樣非比尋常的強烈愛慕,如何能夠投注在終究也不過就是岩石和冰所堆起來的龐然大物上?那些父母、子女、丈夫、妻子,為何會把所愛之人輸給了山?這樣的著迷,並非馬洛里所獨有。越是文明、富裕的時代,就有越多人甘願拋棄平地舒適及所愛的一切,忍受各種精神及肉體痛苦,登上幾千公尺的高處。「為何登山?」成了最根本但也最難回答的問題,困惑著無數爬山及不爬山的人。  然而,人類登山,也不過是近代的事。在三個世紀以前 ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • È quando sogni

    Dalle carte di Walter Bonatti riemerge una singolare raccolta di citazioni da lui trascritte nel corso di una vita, riguardanti i temi che più gli stavano a cuore: l’avventura, la natura, la montagna, la dignità, la forza, l’amarezza, la solitudine… Perle estratte dai propri libri e da quelli degli autori più amati (e non solo), frasi colte al volo, descrizioni piene di poesia: gli spunti e le ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Limitless Sky

    Life lessons from the Himalayas

    This is the remarkable true story of a young man's initiation in the Himalayas. David Manners was trekking in Nepal when he stumbled upon the mountain home of a jhankri, or Nepalese shaman. The jhankri accepted David as his pupil, and so began the next stage of David's extraordinary journey, in which he embarked upon an adventure that was more challenging and, ultimately, life-affirming than ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Waterfalls of the Blue Ridge

    A Guide to the Natural Wonders of the Blue Ridge

    by Johnny Molloy ...
    Discover the Best Waterfalls in North Carolina and VirginiaWaterfalls are nature’s most captivating wonders. These hidden spectacles seem to hold all the secrets of the forest. The hills of the Blue Ridge harbor an incredible number of waterfalls. Hundreds of named falls—and perhaps thousands more—wait to be discovered any time of year.In Waterfalls of the Blue Ridge, expert hiker and veteran ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • La Montaña

    "La Montaña" de Elisée Reclus de la Editorial Good Press. Good Press publica una gran variedad de títulos que abarca todos los géneros. Van desde los títulos clásicos famosos, novelas, textos documentales y crónicas de la vida real, hasta temas ignorados o por ser descubiertos de la literatura universal. Editorial Good Press divulga libros que son una lectura imprescindible. Cada publicación de ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Weekender Effect

    Hyperdevelopment in Mountain Towns — Updated Edition

    A passionate plea for considered development in mountain towns and for the preservation of local values, cultures and landscapes.As cities continue to grow at unprecedented rates, more and more people are looking for peaceful weekend retreats in mountain or rural communities. More often than not, these retreats are found in and around resorts or places of natural beauty. As a result, what once ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Il senso dell’inutile

    Cosa ha portato Reinhold Messner sui tetti del mondo? Qual è il segreto dei suoi successi, dei traguardi raggiunti, delle imprese che sembravano impossibili? Lo racconta lui stesso in questo libro, risalendo alla sua infanzia in un piccolo villaggio nelle Dolomiti, in una famiglia numerosa di contadini, dove già da piccolo ha interiorizzato una parola chiave: rinuncia. Nell’ecosistema di un ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Du sentiment de la nature dans les sociétés modernes

    Series series Écrire la nature
    « La question de savoir ce qui dans l'œuvre de l’homme sert à embellir ou bien contribue à dégrader la nature extérieure peut sembler futile à des esprits soi-disant positifs : elle n'en a pas moins une importance de premier ordre. Les développements de l'humanité se lient de la manière la plus intime avec la nature environnante. Une harmonie secrète s'établit entre la terre et les peuples qu'elle ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Formation des chaînes de montagnes

    Les Grands Articles d'Universalis

    À la surface de la Terre, les zones de relief élevé qui forment ce que l'on appelle des «chaînes de montagnes» constituent un trait morphologique de première importance, comparable à celui des dorsales qui sillonnent le fond des océans. Les chaînes de montagnes correspondent donc à un marqueur ... ... Read more

    $4.49 USD

  • Natural History in the Highlands and Islands (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 6)

    Series Book 6 - Collins New Naturalist Library
    The Highlands and Islands of Scotland are rugged moorland, alpine mountains and jagged coast with remarkable natural history. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.comThe Highlands and Islands of Scotland are rugged moorland, alpine mountains and jagged coast with remarkable natural history, including relict and specialised animals and plants. Here are animals in really large numbers: St. ... Read more

    $9.49 USD $7.49 USD

  • Geological Wonders of Namibia

    by Michel Detay ...
    This stunning depiction of geology in Namibia combines searingly beautiful photography with clear explanations of how the varied landscapes formed. Arranged chronologically (starting 13.8 billion years ago), the chapters each deal with a particular event or process that has resulted in the formation under discussion. These include the early beginnings of the Earth, meteorites, canyons and ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Pescador

    by Ana Rennó ...
    Esse livro é baseado em fatos reais,onde haverá ação, aventura,amizade, predador e herói. ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • The Finest Peaks

    Prominence and Other Mountain Measures

    by Adam Helman ...
    This book challenges the precedent that a mountain's worth scales with height. It is a rational synthesis of new concepts that compel one to reassess the popular "heightist mindset". The concept of prominence, loosely defined as a mountain's vertical relief, is a stiff competitor to summit height for assessing a mountain's stature and relative worth for innumerable purposes.The community of ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • 水经注(一)

    Translated by 叶扬译 ...
    《水经》,是三国魏时一部有关水道的专门著作,记录了川流137道,可惜仅一万多字,过于简略,北魏郦道元为了“因水以证地,即地以存古”,为之做注,其《水经注》30多万字,记述大小河流1252条,及相关郡县、历史人物与事件、风俗传说、物产等,旁征博引,兼以文辞优美,堪称六世纪一部百科全书式的地理名著。由于《水经注》在中国科学文化发展史上的巨大价值,历代许多学者专门对它进行研究,形成一门世界性的学问——“郦学”。本次出版,原文以陈先生《水经注校证》为底本,增以精炼允当的题解、力求全面精当的注释、流畅自然的译文,让普通人也可轻松读懂《水经注》。 ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Hiking and Traveling the Blue Ridge Parkway, Revised and Expanded Edition

    The Only Guide You Will Ever Need, Including GPS, Detailed Maps, and More

    Series series Southern Gateways Guides
    This comprehensive guidebook provides a detailed description of every official National Park Service trail along the Blue Ridge Parkway. But that's just the beginning: veteran hiker Leonard M. Adkins includes information on every trail that touches the parkway, including the Appalachian Trail and other public pathways on national park, state park, national forest, municipal, and private lands, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD