Adventurers & Explorers

In the mid-1880s, Johnny Lind, a teenager from Pond Mills, Ontario, struck out for adventure and wealth. After a decade working as a railroader in the United States, Johnny headed north, to Yukon and Alaska, and he was mining gold nearby when the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781605203805Author John Lloyd StephensFormat HardbackPage Count 672Imprint Cosimo ClassicsPublisher Cosimo ClassicsWeight(grams) 975gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Veteran wilderness guide Michael P. Ghiglieri takes you into the unknown—among white-water rapids, crocodiles, hippos, gorillas, lions, and impossible waterfalls. His riveting memoir not only serves up true high adventure, it also presents the ecology,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781513206813Author CookFormat HardbackPage Count 550Imprint Mint EditionsPublisher Mint EditionsWeight(grams) 127g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781938848513Author Tri RobinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Green E-BooksPublisher Green E-BooksWeight(grams) 127g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781680516784Author Michael EngelhardFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Mountaineers BooksPublisher Mountaineers Books

America's rise to power in the nineteenth century was the result of the efforts of many gifted men and women. This book chronicles the achievements of one of these, Horace Capron, who at age sixty-seven agreed to travel to Japan as an advisor to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781680515787Author Bernadette McDonaldFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Mountaineers BooksPublisher Mountaineers Books

Fishermen from New England and the Canadian Maritime Provinces once made a reputation by driving their schooners under a full press of sail in a howling gale on their run into market, fueling the popular imagination with romantic images of Captains...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of NorthWords Best Book Award.Book InformationISBN 9781772620214Author Alison McCreeshFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Conundrum PressPublisher Conundrum Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771601122Author Chic ScottFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Rocky Mountain BooksPublisher Rocky Mountain BooksWeight(grams) 567g

With Byrd at the Bottom of the World vividly recounts American explorer Admiral Richard E. Byrd's expedition to the South Pole. From the sublime to the ridiculous, author and fellow explorer Norman D. Vaughan recalls the historic moments, practical...

This is a study of the famous controversy between Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke, fellow explorers who quarreled over Speke's claim to have discovered the source of the Nile during their African expedition in 1857-59. Speke died of a gunshot...

An adventure tale, historical memoir, and hunting journal in a single, enthralling narrative.At the tender age of seven, little William shot his first chipmunk and was “imbued with the spirit of sportsmanship.” In the following years of his colorful...

A bracing memoir about self-discovery, liberating escape, and moving forward across an adventurous and volatile American landscape. One year. One national park at a time. This is it. No more California. I'm sifting into the underbelly of where the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616088200Author Guy GrieveFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Skyhorse PublishingPublisher Skyhorse PublishingWeight(grams) 567g

Touching the Void is the heart-stopping account of Joe Simpson's terrifying adventure in the Peruvian Andes. He and his climbing partner, Simon, reached the summit of the remote Siula Grande in June 1995. A few days later, Simon staggered into Base Camp,...

Nathaniel G. Herreshoff was the greatest yacht and marine designer and builder this country has ever produced. Captain Nat Herreshoff is credited with the introduction of more new devices in the design of boats than any other ma, and the great yachts...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101973615Author Ben McGrathFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 272g

The story of Glenn's heroic return to orbit, including his preparation, the shuttle's transmissions from space, and the landing.Book InformationISBN 9781563525254Author The Dayron Daily NewsFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Taylor Trade...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143038511Author Kelly Tyler-LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 352g

A devoted chronicle...of a man who showed emourmous skill, resource and courage in the first voyage of its kind in history. Joshua Slocum was a sensational seaman. New York Times Book ReviewReviewsA devoted chronicle...Joshua Slocum was a sensational...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781619029385Author Douglas Scott DelaneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint CounterpointPublisher Counterpoint

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771604376Author Brandon PullanFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Rocky Mountain BooksPublisher Rocky Mountain Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781639362707Author Edward J CowanFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint Pegasus BooksPublisher Pegasus BooksWeight(grams) 494g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780874224160Author Clay S. JenkinsonFormat HardbackPage Count 504Imprint Washington State University PressPublisher Washington State University Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400078806Author Laurence BergreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 415Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 440g

In May 1946 John Caldwell set out to sail from Panama to Sydney to reunite with his wife who he hadn't seen for more than a year. Eager to reach his destination and unable to secure any other form of transport, he had to resort to singlehanded seamanship...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781773860244Author Irene BjerkyFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Caitlin PressPublisher Caitlin Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101911532Author Michael FinkelFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590177792Author Patrick Leigh FermorFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)...

From 1919 to 1970, Olaf Hanson was a trapper, trader, prospector,game guardian, fisherman, and road blasting expert in northeasternSaskatchewan. He told his life story to popular Saskatchewan author A.L. Karras, who wrote this memoir in the 1980s. In...

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This is the definitive history of a sailing icon. In this beautifully illustrated book, Yachting Monthly's former editor Paul Gelder tells the remarkable story of Gipsy Moth's rise, fall and triumphant rise again. It is illustrated throughout with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for IndieFab awards (Sports) 2014.Book InformationISBN 9781929214983Author Herb McCormackFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Paradise Cay PublicationsPublisher...

Winner of the Nebraska Book Award What's it like to travel at more than 850 MPH, riding in a supersonic T-38 twin turbojet engine airplane? What happens when the space station toilet breaks? How do astronauts "take out the trash" on a spacewalk, tightly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781680512328Author Jeff SmootFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Mountaineers BooksPublisher Mountaineers BooksWeight(grams) 152g

The English botanist William Burchell arrived in Cape Town in June 1811 to explore the flora and fauna of the vast southern African interior. Over a four-year period, and travelling in a custom-built ox wagon, he amassed an astonishing 63 000 specimens...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140153347Author Anne LaBastilleFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 196mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399562716Author Tommy CaldwellFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 301gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 140mm...