Mountains

The inaction of nation states and international bodies has posed significant risks to the environment. By contrast, cities are sites of action and ...

In The Granite Landscape Tom Wessels synthesizes history, geology, biology, and personal narrative to enhance our understanding and appreciation of...

The negotiation of the Canada–U.S. Free Trade agreement in 1985–88 initiated a period of substantially increased North American, and later, global ...

Innate Terrain addresses the varied perceptions of Canada’s natural terrain, framing the discussion in the context of landscapes designed by Canadi...

'John Keay is the master storyteller and historian. This grand narrative of Himalaya is as epic as the mountains and peoples he describes' Dan Snow...

A mountain peak above the Monastery of St Catherine in Egypt, Mount Sinai is best known as the site where Moses received the Ten Commandments in th...

Mountains cover a quarter of the Earth's land surface and a quarter of the global population lives in or adjacent to these areas. The global import...

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 SPORTS BOOK AWARDS BEST SPORTS WRITING BOOK OF THE YEAR*Though it remains by far the world's most famous mountain, in rec...

What is a mountain? Seems like a simple question, right? But if we take the question seriously, the answers turn out to be complicated, wide rangin...

In The Carpathians, Patrice M. Dabrowski narrates how three highland ranges of the mountain system found in present-day Poland, Slovakia, and Ukrai...

A thorough and detailed resource that describes the history, culture, and geography of the Himalayan region, providing an indispensable reference w...

Though it remains by far the world's most famous mountain, in recent years Everest's reputation has changed radically, with long queues of climbers...

Cycling fans obsess about climbs and big mountains. They love reading about their tests and tribulations and they love to ride them - a cricket lov...

The senses are made, not given. This revolutionary realization has come as of late to inform research across the social sciences and humanities, an...

Mountains bear the imprint of human activity. Scars from logging andsurface mining sit alongside national parks and ski lodges. Althoughthe environ...

Why do road cyclists go to the mountains? Many books tell you where the mountains are, or how long and how high. None of them ask ‘Why?’After all, ...

In Continental Divide, a Banff Prize-winner tells the history of American mountaineering through four centuries of landmark climbs and first ascent...