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  • Underland

    A Deep Time Journey - The bestselling nature book from the author of Is a River Alive?

    by Robert Macfarlane ...
    Follow Robert Macfarlane to the furthest corners of the globe....A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2019WINNER OF THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2020'You'd be crazy not to read this book' The Sunday TimesA Guardian Best Book of the 21st CenturyIn Underland, Robert Macfarlane takes us on... ... Read more

    10,99 €

  • Into Thin Air

    A Personal Account of the Everest Disaster

    by Jon Krakauer ...
    Series series Picador Collection
    **Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air is the true story of a 24-hour period on Everest. Members of three separate expeditions were caught in a storm and faced a battle against hurricane-force winds, exposure, and the effects of altitude.The disaster ended in the worst single-season death toll in the peak's history.'A harrowing tale of the perils of high-altitude climbing, a story of bad luck and worse ... Read more

    11,76 €

  • Etna

    by G. F. Rodwell ...
    While preparing an account of MOUNT ETNA for the Encyclopedia Britannica, I was surprised to find that there exists no single work in the English language devoted to the history of the most famous volcano in the world. I was consequently induced to considerably enlarge the Encyclopedia article, and the following pages are the result. ... Read more

    1,78 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Betty

    The International Bestseller

    by Tiffany McDaniel ...
    'A coming-of-age story filled with magic in language and plot: beautiful and devastating'Observer, Books of the Year'I felt consumed by this book. I loved it, you will love it'Daisy Johnson, author of Sisters'A page-turning Appalachian coming-of-age story told in undulating prose that settles right into you'Naoise Dolan, author of Exciting Times'Vivid and lucid, Be... ... Read more

    3,99 €

  • Running Mount Rainier

    An Ordinary Runner's Journey from Crippling Injury to Ultra Marathon Finish Line

    by Mark Stone ...
    The capacity for everyday heroics is in each of us. Sometimes the most ordinary accomplishment can be the height of inspiration, if only we knew the journey that person traveled to reach that accomplishment. These stories are all around us, if only we stop, look, and listen.This is one story.Perhaps it starts lying in the back of an ambulance, wondering if I would walk again, and thinking, with a ... Read more

    2,11 €

  • Montaña

    Luz y oscuridad de camino a la cumbre

    by Oscar Gogorza ...
    ¿Por qué nos obsesiona alcanzar la cima?El periodista y guía de alta montaña Oscar Gogorza reflexiona sobre el afán del ser humano por conquistar cimas y paredes.Premio Collsacabra de la Feria del Libro de Montaña de Vic 2025.«Un divertido y apasionante recorrido por la historia, los motivos y contradicciones del alpinismo. Una oportunidad única de sentir la luz y la oscuridad del Everest o ... ... Read more

    9,99 €

  • Popular Wildflowers of the Canadian Prairies

    by Neil L. Jennings ...
    A full-colour field guide for the curious amateur naturalist, traveller, or hiker who wishes to learn to identify the flowering plants that may be encountered while in the outdoors on the Canadian Prairies during the usual blooming season.Neil Jennings’s new series of colourful and easy-to-use wildflower guides introduces amateur naturalists to some of the more commonly found wildflowers in the ... Read more

    7,30 €

  • Global Mountain Regions

    Conversations toward the Future

    Edited by Ann Kingsolver, Sasikumar Balasundaram ...
    Series series Framing the Global
    No matter where they are located in the world, communities living in mountain regions have shared experiences defined in large part by contradictions. These communities often face social and economic marginalization despite providing the lumber, coal, minerals, tea, and tobacco that have fueled the growth of nations for centuries. They are perceived as remote and socially inferior backwaters on ... Read more

    17,16 €

  • Ruwenzori

    Die legendären Mondberge tief im Herzen Afrikas

    Edited by Andreas Klotz ...
    Umfassende Informationen über die legendären Mondberge. Der Ruwenzori ist anders als jede andere Region der Welt. Es gibt nichts Vergleichbares. 50 beeindruckende Fotos zeigen Riesenpflanzen, Moosteppiche in den unwirklichsten Farben, flechtenbehangene Urwälder, Gletscher, Nebelstimmungen u. v. m. ... Read more

    4,99 €

  • Formation des chaînes de montagnes

    Les Grands Articles d'Universalis

    by Encyclopaedia 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

    6,99 €

  • Eastern Alpine Guide

    Natural History and Conservation of Mountain Tundra East of the Rockies

    Edited by Mike Jones, Liz Willey ...
    This unique book celebrates and documents the incredible and colorful biodiversity of the mountain landscapes of eastern North America, covering all of the major alpine ecosystems in New England, New York, Québec, Newfoundland, and Labrador. Twenty scientists, explorers, naturalists, and land managers from the United States and Canada have collaborated to create this definitive and beautiful ... Read more

    24,48 €

  • Think Again

    On AI, Mountains, and Intuition

    by Heather Dawe ...
    A leading AI expert and accomplished nature writer examines the intersection of technology, intuition, and the natural world in a bold, lyrical look at wilderness in the modern world.In Think Again, Heather Dawe draws on her experiences in the Cairngorm Mountains and the inspiration of Nan Shepherd’s The Living Mountain to explore the forces shaping artificial intelligence, the challenges of ... Read more

    10,38 €

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  • Du sentiment de la nature dans les sociétés modernes

    by Élisée Reclus ...
    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

    2,99 €

  • Jim Bridger "The Grand Old Man of the Rockies"

    by Grace Raymond Hebard, E. A. Brininstool ...
    Jim Bridger may be most famous for being, as a youth, one of the two mountain men who abandoned famed trapper Hugh Glass after he had been mauled by a grizzly bear. It was Hugh's thoughts of revenge for this abandonment that fueled his recovery and eventual tracking down of the young Bridger.James Bridger, known as Jim Bridger (1804 – 1881), was among the foremost mountain men, trappers, scouts ... Read more

    7,13 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 水经注（二）

    by 陈桥驿, 叶光庭 ...
    《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

    20,33 €

  • La sentinella delle Dolomiti - Nuova edizione

    La mia vita sulla Marmolada a 3343 metri d'altitudine

    by Carlo Budel ...
    Series Book 33 - Ossigeno
    La nuova edizione della storia del custode di Capanna Punta Penia, il rifugio più alto delle Dolomiti, con un capitolo inedito.A 42 anni, Carlo Budel decide di lasciare un lavoro sicuro, a tempo indeterminato. Non sopporta più la routine quotidiana, né il pensiero che i giorni della settimana saranno uno uguale all'altro, senza sorprese, senza emozioni. Sulle montagne, Carlo trova la sua strada. ... Read more

    9,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Everest 1953

    The Epic Story of the First Ascent

    by Mick Conefrey ...
    Discover the real story behind one of Britain’s greatest triumphsDiscover one of Britain's greatest triumphs, drawing on never-before-seen diaries and exclusive interviews'An exciting, moving account – a fascinating piece of documentary writing, as readable and poignant as Into Thin Air or Touching the Void.' SPECTATOROn the morning of 2 June 1953, the day of Queen Elizabeth’s coronation, ... ... Read more

    10,30 €

  • Die Alpen

    Geschichte einer Landschaft

    by Hansjörg Küster ...
    Series Book 2909 - Beck'sche Reihe
    Jahrtausende galten sie als unüberwindlich: Die Lage der Alpen zwischen dem früh zivilisierten Mittelmeer und dem sehr fruchtbaren, ebenso früh besiedelten Mitteleuropa machte aus ihnen lange Zeit einen Riegel, der überwunden werden musste, um die beiden Gebiete zu verbinden. Hansjörg Küster folgt der Geschichte der Alpen von ihrer Entstehung durch die Kollision der afrikanischen mit der ... Read more

    9,99 €

  • Down From The Mountain

    The Life and Death of a Grizzly Bear

    by Bryce Andrews ...
    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), Down from the Mountain tells the story of one grizzly in the changing Montana landscape.Millie was cunning, a fiercely protective mother to her cubs. But raising those cubs in the mountains was hard, as ... Read more

    9,11 €

  • The Silent Places

    by Stewart Edward White ...
    In "The Silent Places," Stewart Edward White crafts a vivid and introspective exploration of the American wilderness, employing lyrical prose that transports the reader into the heart of nature's unspoiled beauty. The book artistically intertwines narrative and reflection, illustrating White's deep reverence for the environment while delving into themes of solitude, self-discovery, and the human ... Read more

    0,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How the Mountains Grew

    A New Geological History of North America

    by John Dvorak ...
    The incredible story of the creation of a continent—our continent— from the acclaimed author of The Last Volcano and Mask of the Sun.The immense scale of geologic time is difficult to comprehend. Our lives—and the entirety of human history—are mere nanoseconds on this timescale. Yet we hugely influenced by the land we live on. From shales and fossil fuels, from lake beds to soil composition, from ... Read more

    13,74 €

  • The Skills of Wilderness Survival - U.S. Army Manual

    by U.S. Department of the Army ...
    In "The Skills of Wilderness Survival - U.S. Army Manual," the U.S. Department of the Army compiles essential survival techniques honed through military experience and training. This manual offers practical guidance on shelter construction, fire-starting methods, navigation skills, and edible foraging, all articulated in a concise, utilitarian style. Each section is carefully structured, allowing ... Read more

    1,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • James Bridger, Trapper, Frontiersman, Scout and Guide, A Historical Narrative

    by J. Cecil Alter ...
    "James Bridger...perhaps more than any other contributed to and made history of the western third of the United States...It is astounding...a comprehensive study of Old Jim Bridger...most interesting...a monument to the long-neglected Bridger, a landmark in any comprehensive study of the west and a performance which bespeaks immortality for the author." -Salt Lake Telegram, July 5, 1925"James ... Read more

    10,06 €

  • A Region of Astonishing Beauty

    The Botanical Exploration of the Rocky Mountains

    by Roger L. Williams ...
    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 of most explorers was not merely to find an adequate route to the Pacific, but also to comment on ... Read more

    19,47 €