Information and Culture in the Apennines
Cometa sull'Annapurna (Comet over Annapurna) by Simone Moro
By Redazione Published: 19/11/2007
A moving story… We read Simone Moro's book with amazement. The book is the fruit of the tragic experience the author went through: falling 800 m, swept away by an avalanche on the slopes of…
In Su e in Sé - Mountaineering and psychology
By Barbara Colaninno Published: 19/11/2007
The book analyses some themes of mountaineering from a psychological point of view.In su (“upwards”), a fundamental part of mountaineering, refers to verticality, to reaching the summit. But not only that! It also refers to…
Andean peoples
By Redazione Published: 08/11/2007
The Andes mountain range occupies the entire coastal strip, starting from Colombia down to Chile, touching along its course Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina.The Andes chain stretches from north to south along the whole western…
Paolo Erba
By Redazione Published: 15/09/2007
The mountains: a choice of life and of passion…Hi Paolo... Tell us about yourself... I'm the son of a mountain lover: when I was small she used to take me to Filettino. Curiously, my strongest…
Maria Zef - Paola Drigo
By Redazione Published: 01/09/2007
Perhaps you happen to feel like reading something about the mountains that is not necessarily about conquest or extreme sports.We have plenty of photo books on our shelves and few of them tell of the…
Reflections on the mountaineering of renunciation
By Redazione Published: 18/06/2007
We are not the first to talk to you about a mountaineering of "renunciation", and we are certainly not the first to have coined this interesting phrase.R. Messner was the first to theorise this markedly…
The philosophy of the mountain by Francesco Tomatis
By Redazione Published: 10/05/2007
The book is written at times in an academic manner, at times with polished literary acrobatics, and in some places it stumbles. On the whole, though, I admit I found it enjoyable, stimulating I would…