Adventurers & Explorers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553384574Author John F. RossFormat PaperbackPage Count 592Imprint Bantam Books IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

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In November 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton watched horrified as the grinding ice floes of the Weddell Sea squeezed the life from his ship, Endurance. Caught in the chaos of splintered wood, buckled metalwork and tangled rigging lay Shackleton's dream of...

At the height of her career, Bell journeyed into the heart of the Middle East retracing the steps of the ancient rulers who left tangible markers of their presence in the form of castles, palaces, mosques, tombs and temples. Among the many sites she...

Following the account of his childhood and his early years aboard in A Steady Trade, Tristan Jones now looks back to his years below decks in the Royal Navy during World War II.Book InformationISBN 9781574090192Author Tristan JonesFormat PaperbackPage...

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 9781420967913Author John MuirFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Digireads.comPublisher Digireads.comWeight(grams) 172gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 8mm

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Sir Walter Ralegh was the favourite of Queen Elizabeth, who showered him estates, jewels, monopolies, and political appointments earning him the reputation of "the most hated man in England." A man of many talents, he helped convince Elizabeth she should...

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

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William Speirs Bruce was a Scottish nationalist and naturalist who led the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (1902-04) as well as participating in or leading many other polar expeditions from 1892 through to 1919, particularly to Spitsbergen. He is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780874223330Author Levi ScottFormat PaperbackImprint Washington State University PressPublisher Washington State University PressWeight(grams) 431g

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 *...

Isabella Bird travelled to the wildest places on earth, but at home in Britain she lay in bed, hardly able to write: 'an invalid at home and a Samson abroad'. In Japan she rode on a 'yezo savage' through foaming floods along unbeaten tracks, and was...

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,...

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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

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...

In the last decade of the 20th century, during a time when African Americans were starting to take inventory of the gains of the civil rights movement and its effects on the lives of black professionals in the public sphere, the memoirs of several...

Frontier soldier and explorer extraordinaire, Gustavus Cheyney Doane was no stranger to historical events. Between 1863 and 1892, he fought in the Civil War, participated in every major Indian battle in Montana Territory, and led the first scientific...

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...

The American West of the 1930s and 1940s was still a place of prospectors, cowboys, ranchers, and mountaineers, one that demanded backbreaking, lonely, and dangerous work. Still, midcentury pioneers such as David Lavender remembered "not the cold and the...

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...

In this book Sonja Krause Goodwin recounts her experience joining the Peace Corps in 1964 and describes the training she underwent to teach in Nigeria at Columbia Teachers College in New York City. Goodwin tells readers about her service as a University...

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

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...

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 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...