Every year on December 11 we celebrate International Mountain Day (IMD)—a tribute to the awe-inspiring peaks that shape our world and captivate our wanderlust. Mountains are more than stunning ...

A divided society, existential fears and the specter of war: Thomas Mann's novel "The Magic Mountain" is still frighteningly relevant a century after its first publication. This is the setting ...

Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney This month, Nobel Prize winner Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain turns 100. One of the 20th century’s towering literary ...

Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. Impressive as that is, there is plenty more to know about Everest. Think about this for a minute: The top of the mountain is covered with limestone ...