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Author |
: Helmut Dumler |
Publisher |
: Mountaineers Books |
Total Pages |
: 232 |
Release |
: 1994 |
ISBN-10 |
: STANFORD:36105019359160 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (60 Downloads) |
Synopsis The High Mountains of the Alps by : Helmut Dumler
A comprehensive portrait -- in text and glorious color photos -- of the topography and climbing history of the highest peaks in the Alps. Includes technical advice for popular routes.
Author |
: Lorenz Andreas Fischer |
Publisher |
: TeNeues |
Total Pages |
: 288 |
Release |
: 2020 |
ISBN-10 |
: 3961712638 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9783961712632 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Alps by : Lorenz Andreas Fischer
A stunning photography book of the Alps at different times of day, seasons, and amid climate change Spectacular mountain photography showing the beauty, as well as the fragility, of the highest mountains in Central Europe With informative and inspiring texts by mountain experts and aficionados
Author |
: Helmut Dumler |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 224 |
Release |
: 1994 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:777335846 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Synopsis The High Mountains of the Alps by : Helmut Dumler
Author |
: Dave Wynne-Jones |
Publisher |
: Whittles |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2016 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1849951721 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781849951722 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (21 Downloads) |
Synopsis 4000m by : Dave Wynne-Jones
The story of the author's quest to climb the 4000m mountains of the Alps with informative chapters on the practicalities and distinctive features of alpine climbing. There are detailed descriptions of climbing and travelling amongst the Alps and stunning photography with action shots of climbing.
Author |
: Tait Keller |
Publisher |
: UNC Press Books |
Total Pages |
: 304 |
Release |
: 2015-12-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781469625041 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1469625040 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis Apostles of the Alps by : Tait Keller
Though the Alps may appear to be a peaceful place, the famed mountains once provided the backdrop for a political, environmental, and cultural battle as Germany and Austria struggled to modernize. Tait Keller examines the mountains' threefold role in transforming the two countries, as people sought respite in the mountains, transformed and shaped them according to their needs, and over time began to view them as national symbols and icons of individualism. In the mid-nineteenth century, the Alps were regarded as a place of solace from industrial development and the stresses of urban life. Soon, however, mountaineers, or the so-called apostles of the Alps, began carving the crags to suit their whims, altering the natural landscape with trails and lodges, and seeking to modernize and nationalize the high frontier. Disagreements over the meaning of modernization opened the mountains to competing agendas and hostile ambitions. Keller examines the ways in which these opposing approaches corresponded to the political battles, social conflicts, culture wars, and environmental crusades that shaped modern Germany and Austria, placing the Alpine borderlands at the heart of the German question of nationhood.
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: |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 1994 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:984356698 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis The High Mountains of the Alps by :
Author |
: Jonathan Arlan |
Publisher |
: Skyhorse |
Total Pages |
: 245 |
Release |
: 2017-02-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781510709768 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1510709762 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Synopsis Mountain Lines by : Jonathan Arlan
A New York Times best summer travel book recommendation A nonfiction debut about an American’s solo, month-long, 400-mile walk from Lake Geneva to Nice. In the summer of 2015, Jonathan Arlan was nearing thirty. Restless, bored, and daydreaming of adventure, he comes across an image on the Internet one day: a map of the southeast corner of France with a single red line snaking south from Lake Geneva, through the jagged brown and white peaks of the Alps to the Mediterranean sea—a route more than four hundred miles long. He decides then and there to walk the whole trail solo. Lacking any outdoor experience, completely ignorant of mountains, sorely out of shape, and fighting last-minute nerves and bad weather, things get off to a rocky start. But Arlan eventually finds his mountain legs—along with a staggering variety of aches and pains—as he tramps a narrow thread of grass, dirt, and rock between cloud-collared, ice-capped peaks in the High Alps, through ancient hamlets built into hillsides, across sheep-dotted mountain pastures, and over countless cols on his way to the sea. In time, this simple, repetitive act of walking for hours each day in the remote beauty of the mountains becomes as exhilarating as it is exhausting. Mountain Lines is the stirring account of a month-long journey on foot through the French Alps and a passionate and intimate book laced with humor, wonder, and curiosity. In the tradition of trekking classics like A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush, The Snow Leopard, and Tracks, the book is a meditation on movement, solitude, adventure, and the magnetic power of the natural world.
Author |
: Stephen O'Shea |
Publisher |
: W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages |
: 304 |
Release |
: 2017-02-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780393634198 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0393634191 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Alps: A Human History from Hannibal to Heidi and Beyond by : Stephen O'Shea
“An entertaining, turbocharged race among the high mountain passes of six alpine countries.” —Liesl Schillinger, New York Times Book Review For centuries the Alps have been witness to the march of armies, the flow of pilgrims and Crusaders, the feats of mountaineers, and the dreams of engineers. In The Alps, Stephen O’Shea ("a graceful and passionate writer"—Washington Post) takes readers up and down these majestic mountains. Journeying through their 500-mile arc across France, Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria, and Slovenia, he explores the reality behind historic events and reveals how the Alps have profoundly influenced culture and society.
Author |
: Herbert Maeder |
Publisher |
: Allen & Unwin Australia |
Total Pages |
: 288 |
Release |
: 1969 |
ISBN-10 |
: STANFORD:36105020241217 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Mountains of Switzerland by : Herbert Maeder
Author |
: Jon Mathieu |
Publisher |
: John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages |
: 201 |
Release |
: 2019-02-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781509527748 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1509527745 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Alps by : Jon Mathieu
Stretching 1,200 kilometres across six countries, the colossal mountains of the Alps dominate Europe, geographically and historically. Enlightenment thinkers felt the sublime and magisterial peaks were the very embodiment of nature, Romantic poets looked to them for divine inspiration, and Victorian explorers tested their ingenuity and courage against them. Located at the crossroads between powerful states, the Alps have played a crucial role in the formation of European history, a place of intense cultural fusion as well as fierce conflict between warring nations. A diverse range of flora and fauna have made themselves at home in this harsh environment, which today welcomes over 100 million tourists a year. Leading Alpine scholar Jon Mathieu tells the story of the people who have lived in and been inspired by these mountains and valleys, from the ancient peasants of the Neolithic to the cyclists of the Tour de France. Far from being a remote and backward corner of Europe, the Alps are shown by Mathieu to have been a crucible of new ideas and technologies at the heart of the European story.