Mountains books

David Breashears, the first American to scale Everest twice, was a veteran of nine previous Himalayan filmmaking...  Read More >>

Mountaineering in the Pyrenees by François Laurens features 25 classic mountain routes and link-ups – many of them...  Read More >>

In 1967, twelve young men attempted to climb Alaska’s Mount McKinley – known to locals as Denali, ‘The High One’...  Read More >>

Mountaineering in the Swiss Alps presents a selection of classic routes in the main climbing areas of Switzerland....  Read More >>

This volume will be of interest to anthropologists, ecologists and geologists as mountainous landscapes change fast...  Read More >>

Alps Mountain Biking is a guide to the western Alps with everything you need to plan a great trip. Written by Samoëns...  Read More >>

The Storms is the memoir of British Army Gurkha officer Mike Trueman, a veteran of twenty mountaineering expeditions...  Read More >>

Grand Prize Winner - Banff Mountain Book Festival. One Day As A Tiger is John Porter's poignant memoir of Alex MacIntyre,...  Read More >>

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Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage is a classic of mountaineering literature that has inspired thousands of climbers. In it,...  Read More >>

Written by Jean-Louis Laroche and Florence Lelong, Selected Climbs: Mont Blanc & the Aiguilles Rouges is a guide...  Read More >>

Focus on the Chilean National Park, and also on the team of conservationists who ensured its preservation.  Read More >>

Lake District Mountain Landscape is a spectacular photographic perspective on the Lake District from award-winning...  Read More >>

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“Nowhere in the world do people hold mountains in so much regard as in Japan,” writes Fukada Kyuya in the afterword...  Read More >>

Mountain regions encompass nearly 24 percent of the total land surface of the earth and are home to approximately...  Read More >>

Three major aspects may help to explain this phenomenon: The changing frequency-magnitude relationship of the natural...  Read More >>

In Alpine Exposures, mountain sports photographer Jon Griffith presents over ten years of breathtaking photography...  Read More >>

The work comprehensively explains the geomorphological forms of high mountains using many examples like glacial...  Read More >>

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This comprehensive book addresses the pressing need for up-to-date literature on volcanic destinations (active and...  Read More >>

Contributes to our understanding and informed management of mountain areas. This book integrates research from different...  Read More >>

Celebrate a national treasure with this lush and intimate look at the North Cascades.  Read More >>

Explore North America's Crown, one of the last fully intact ecosystems on Earth  Read More >>

Using unpublished diaries, Jim Perrin, the acclaimed author of The Villain and Menlove, tells the story of the greatest...  Read More >>