Book of Donmon Teith

The first scholarly English translations of thirteen vital texts that elucidate the central role mountains have played across nearly five centuries of Germanoph

Examines the lure of mountains in German literature, philosophy, film, music, and culture from the Middle Ages to the twenty-first century. Mountains have alway

A study of how Nanga Parbat, the ninth-highest peak on earth, became the German "mountain of the mind."

National Book Award Finalist: “This man’s ideas may be the most influential, not to say controversial, of the second half of the twentieth century.”—Col

Benedetta Carlessimo is no stranger to hardship. Ever since her mother died, the sixteen-year-old Italian girl has cared for her rambunctious younger siblings w