Rmb Rocky Mountain Books imprint: 92 books
Imagine This Valley
Essays and Stories Celebrating the Bow Valley
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Featuring essays from some of the area’s most beloved personalities, this exceptional literary anthology celebrates the landscape, culture, community and natural history of Alberta’s Bow Valley.
Canmore and Banff are collectively renowned for their mountain culture, diverse wildlife and...
by Peter Denton
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
In his third thought-provoking RMB manifesto Peter Denton explains how we can change course toward a sustainable future in immediate and practical ways – and why it could make all the difference for ourselves and for future generations.
As individuals and as a culture and society, we have...
The Weekender Effect
Hyperdevelopment in Mountain Towns
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2008
Provocative, passionate and populist, RMB Manifestos are short and concise non-fiction books of literary, critical, and cultural studies.
As cities continue to grow at unprecedented rates, more and more people are looking for peaceful, weekend retreats in mountain or rural communities. More...
Lost and Found
Adrift in the Canadian Rockies
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
For many people, moving to a mountain town is the realization of a dream, the final step in a pilgrimage to a relaxed lifestyle in a rugged and beautiful setting. After a long journey that began when he was a teenager in the 1980s with the vague idea there might be a better life somewhere “out west,”...
by Dr. Reese Halter
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2011
Provocative, passionate and populist, RMB Manifestos are short and concise non-fiction books of literary, critical, and cultural studies.
In our ever-warming world, trillions of indigenous bark beetles are killing billions of mature conifers throughout the forests of western North America and...
Flood Forecast
Climate Risk and Resiliency in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2014
Provocative, passionate and populist, RMB Manifestos are short and concise non-fiction books of literary, critical, and cultural studies.
Hydro-climatic change is no longer an abstract or theoretical concept if you have been directly affected by the increase in the duration and intensity of...
by Robert William Sandford
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2013
Provocative, passionate and populist, RMB Manifestos are short and concise non-fiction books of literary, critical, and cultural studies.
In February of 2013, as reported by major media from all around the world, Lake Winnipeg was recognized by the Global Nature Fund as the world’s “Threatened...
The Grizzly Manifesto
In Defence of the Great Bear
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2010
Provocative, passionate and populist, RMB Manifestos are short and concise non-fiction books of literary, critical, and cultural studies.
The grizzly bear, once the archetype for all that is wild, is quickly becoming a symbol of nature’s fierce but flagging resilience in the face of human...
The Hard Work of Hope
Climate Change in the Age of Trump
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
The Climate Nexus (RMB, 2015) analyzed and explored the economic and social realities facing water, food, energy and biodiversity. The Hard Work of Hope continues this narrative and seeks to develop effective solutions to the growing urgency for global action on climate change.
The Hard Work...
Becoming Water
Glaciers in a Warming World
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Provocative, passionate and populist, RMB Manifestos are short and concise non-fiction books of literary, critical, and cultural studies.
Becoming Water takes the reader on a tour of Canada’s glaciers, describing the stories they tell and educating the reader about how glaciers came to be,...
Mountain Footsteps
Hikes in the East Kootenay of Southeastern British Columbia – 4th Edition
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2018
This new edition of Mountain Footsteps is completely revised and updated, and includes enhanced colour maps and beautiful photos which will breathe new life into the outdoor experience for outdoor enthusiasts.
The trails and routes described in this bestselling guidebook are between the Rocky...
Quenching the Dragon
The Canada-China Water Crisis - An RMB Manifesto
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2018
In this latest RMB Manifesto, Canadian freshwater expert Robert Sandford takes readers to China and shares what it is like to deal with some of the most intractable freshwater problems in the world.
It all started out innocently enough: an airliner over the Pacific and a flight attendant passing...
by Dustin Lynx
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2018
This new, full-colour edition of one of RMB’s bestselling hiking guides has been completely updated and redesigned for a whole new generation of hiking enthusiasts.
Trekking the Continental Divide from the U.S. border to Kakwa Lake is a demanding adventure. In this new edition of the bestselling...
by Alan Kane
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2016
Having sold more than 40,000 copies of previous editions, this authoritative climbing guide has been completely revised, updated and redesigned for a whole new generation of mountaineers.
The original edition of Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies, published by RMB in 1991, started a scrambling...