Mountains category: 178 books
Because It's There
A Celebration of Mountaineering from 200 B.C. to Today
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2003
Mountains have long inspired the wit and daring of the world's most fascinating explorers. In this definitive collection of mountain lore, Alan Weber exhibits forty-three essays by artists and adventurers to whom climbing was more a mission than a sport. Beginning with the fabled tale of Hannibal's...
Teewinot
A Year in the Teton Range
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2001
Jack Turner grew up with an image of the Tetons engraved in his mind. As a young man, he climbed the peaks of this singular range with basic climbing gear friends. Later in life, he led treks in India, Pakistan, Nepal, China, Tibet, and Peru, but he always returned to the mountains of his youth. He...
White Mountains Hiking History
Trailblazers of the Granite State
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013
Since the time of pioneer settlers Abel and Ethan Allen Crawford, explorers and adventurers have been lured by the stunning peaks and lush valleys of New Hampshire's White Mountains. In the nearly two centuries since the Crawfords constructed their first crude footpath onto the heights of Mount Washington...
Large Mammals of the Rocky Mountains
Everything You Need to Know about the Continent’s Biggest Animals—from Elk to Grizzly Bears and More
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
This is the ultimate guide to big mammals of the Rocky Mountains—Elk, Grizzly Bears, Wolves, Bison, Black Bears, Moose, Bighorn Sheep, Mountain Lions, and Whitetail Deer. This book offers up substantive yet easily digestible information on these big mammals, from where they live to what they prey...
Survive
Mountains
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2016
Lightweight and small enough to fit in your pocket or tucked into your backpack, Survive Mountains is the must-have item to keep with you in case you find yourself in a mountainous survival situation. Including topics on administering basic first-aid, finding food and water, building shelter, and...
Oze National Park
The Backpacker’s Guide for a 2-day 1-night Trek from Tokyo to See a Marsh, a Field of Flowers, a Lake, a Waterfall and a Mountain
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2017
Edition 2 (Updated April 2017)
This photo guidebook introduces international tourists to Oze National Park 尾瀬国立公園 in Japan. Oze 尾瀬 is a popular and excellent scenic hiking place. It is located in Japan on the border of Gunma 群馬, Fukushima 福島 and Niigata 新潟 Prefectures.
Although...
by Alan Tennant
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2010
Since its publication in 1980, The Guadalupe Mountains of Texas has received many honors, including the Friends of the Dallas Public Library Award from the Texas Institute of Letters and recognition for its superb design from the Rounce and Coffin Club.
Exploring the Superstitions
Trails and Tales of the Southwest's Mystery Mountains
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
This illustrated guide to Arizona’s Superstition Mountains introduces readers to the history, landscape, and mysterious beauty of this fabled range.
A 2018 Southwest Book of the Year
Arizona’s Superstition Mountains are like no other mountain range in the continental United States....
Summits and Secrets
The Kurt Diemberger autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2019
‘A book grows rather like a snow crystal. One doesn’t write it from start to finish but, in greater or less degree, all at the same time … that is why my book is not in chronological order; for everything is of the present, held in the moment when thought captures it.’
Kurt Diemberger’s...
Morning Comes to Elk Mountain
Dispatches from the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Organized as a series of monthly journal entries, Morning Comes to Elk Mountain is Lantzs response to ten years of exploring the rough and unexpected beauty of the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. A combination of memoir, natural history, Native American history, and geology, this book is enriched...
by Big Book of Photos
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2013
This is a wonderful collection of 30 high-quality color images produced by a series of today's professional photographers.
JAPAN ALPS KAMIKOCHI
Scenic Spots and Hiking Trails with Many Photos
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2017
May 5, 2017 (Edition 2)
A lot of old information was updated.
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This photo book introduces international tourists to Japan Alps Kamikochi 上高地 in Nagano 長野 prefecture. Kamikochi is one of the most beautiful scenic hiking places in Japan. It is a part of the...
YOSEMITE by John Muir (Illustrated Edition)
The Yosemite, Our National Parks, Features of the Proposed Yosemite National Park, A Rival of the Yosemite, The Treasures of the Yosemite, Yosemite Glaciers, Yosemite in Winter & Yosemite in Spring
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2017
When the well-known naturalist and environmentalist, John Muir finally settled in San Francisco, he immediately left for a week-long visit to Yosemite, a place he had only read about. He was overwhelmed with what he saw and he led a successful movement to establish this large national park encompassing...
A Region of Astonishing Beauty
The Botanical Exploration of the Rocky Mountains
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2003
As we approach the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 2004, attention will inevitably turn to the nineteenth-century explorers who risked life and limb to interpret the natural history of the American West. Beginning with Meriwether Lewis and his discovery of the bitterroot, the goal...