Book of the Alps
Author | : Spiegel Stefan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2021-08 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9783946719328 |
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Author | : Spiegel Stefan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2021-08 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9783946719328 |
Author | : Stephen O'Shea |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2017-02-21 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 0393634191 |
“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 | : Lorenzo Zamboni |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 2020-12-18 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9789088909610 |
This is the first comprehensive overview on Iron Age urbanism south and north of the Alps.
Author | : Jon Mathieu |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 213 |
Release | : 2019-02-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1509527745 |
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.
Author | : Kev Reynolds |
Publisher | : Cicerone Press Limited |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2011-06-07 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1849653798 |
An inspirational larger format guidebook to 20 summer treks in the Alps across Italy, Austria, Switzerland, France and Slovenia, including the classics such as the Tour of Mont Blanc and lesser-known routes like the Traverse of the Slovenian Alps. Perfect for planning, the treks included are: Tour of Mont Blanc, Tour of the Matterhorn, Tour of Monte Rosa, Walker's Haute Route, Tour of the Jungfrau Region, Tour of the Vanoise and Dolomites AV 1 & 2; (longer trans-Alpine routes) GR5 (Lake Geneva to Nice), Eastern Alps E5, Italian Alps GTA and the Traverse of the Slovenian Alps; and (for the Alpine adventurer) Alpine Pass Route, Tour of the Oisans, Tour of the Queyras, Tour of Mont Ruan, Stubai High Route, Zillertal High Route, Gran Paradiso AV2 and the Ratikon Hoehenweg. Outline schedules for each trek allow you compare the routes and become inspired to take up the challenge. Basic day-by-day route descriptions for each route are illustrated with maps and profiles, helping you choose the best routes to walk.
Author | : Lorenz Andreas Fischer |
Publisher | : TeNeues |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 9783961712632 |
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 | : Peter Cebon |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 548 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780262032520 |
Although climate change is a global problem, there is growing recognition of the need to look at its regional manifestations and management. This book takes such an approach to the Alpine region. The result of the ongoing Swiss research program Climate and Environment in the Alpine Region [Clear], it incorporates the work of an independent network of approximately fifty researchers from a variety of disciplines.
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
"Wonderful and awesome the Alps indeed are - a broken barrier of snow-frosted peaks stretching across Europe from France to Yugoslavia."--Jacket.
Author | : Kev Reynolds |
Publisher | : Cicerone Press Limited |
Total Pages | : 582 |
Release | : 2014-01-08 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 1849654883 |
This comprehensive book is an excellent planning resource for those who wish to venture into the Swiss Alps. Whether you are planning a walk, scramble, climb or ski tour this larger format guide describes each mountain area throughout Switzerland - the peaks, passes, valleys and bases - to help readers identify the best destinations for their chosen mountain activity. Dozens of individual valleys are described, together with the mountains that wall them, with recommendations given for their finest walks, treks and climbs. Working eastwards across the country, this guide is divided into seven chapters: Chablais Alps, Pennine Alp, Lepontine and Adula Alps, Bernina, Bregaglia and Albula Alps, Bernese Alps, Central Swiss Alps and the Silvretta and Ratikon Alps, each devoted to a specific range or group of connecting ranges. However, this is not a route guide and detailed descriptions are not provided. The aim of the book is to inspire as well as inform; to show first-time visitors just what the Swiss Alps have to offer and provide a new perspective for those who have been before.
Author | : Yoshikazu Shirakawa |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : |