A timely study of change in a complex environment, Where There Are Mountains explores the relationship between human inhabitants of the southern Appalachians an

51-year-old Jean Deeds left her comfortable life for a 2,000 mile journey along the Appalachian Trail.

Thirteen-year-old Iris loves the northern Vermont hills where she and her family own a farm, but when their barn burns down and her father is injured in a loggi

"This book explores the complex processes and features of mountain environments: glaciers, snow and avalanches, landforms, weather and climate, vegetation, soil

Even though Mount Everest measures 29,028 feet high, it may be growing about two inches a year. A mountain might be thousands of feet high, but it can still gro