Adventurers & Explorers

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 *...

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.Book InformationISBN 9781869191924Author William ChapmanFormat HardbackPage Count 476Imprint Protea BoekhuisPublisher Protea BoekhuisWeight(grams) 990g

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...

"That Others May Live" is a mantra that defines the fearless men of Alaska's 212th Pararescue Unit, the PJs, one of the most elite military forces on the planet. Whether they are rescuing citizens injured and freezing in the Alaskan wilderness or saving...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781485300441Author Jan BreytenbachFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Protea BoekhuisPublisher Protea BoekhuisWeight(grams) 285g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781485300441Author Jan BreytenbachFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Protea BoekhuisPublisher Protea BoekhuisWeight(grams) 285g

Since its publication in 1963, Sterling Hayden's autobiography, Wanderer, has been surrounded by controversy. The author was at the peak of his earning power as a movie star when he suddenly quit. He walked out on Hollywood, walked out of a shattered...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060778668Author Piers Paul ReadFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553265965Author Robert SpechtFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Bantam Books IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 174mm *...

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...

'...In this year celebrating the centenary of the conquering of the South Pole - it is more than fitting to have one of the unregarded figures of Antarctic history brought into the limelight of remembrance'. Extract from Introduction by Dr. Ross D.E...

Welcome to the strange and dangerous world of the VENOM DOC.Imagine a three-week-long first date in Siberia catching venomous water shrews, and later a wedding attended by Eastern European prime ministers and their bodyguards wielding machine guns. Then...

Among the explorers made famous for revealing hitherto impenetrable cultures,T. E. Lawrence and Wilfred Thesiger in the Middle East, Richard Burton in Africa,Knud Rasmussen stands out not only for his physical bravery but also for the beauty of his...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781869194130Author Peter StarkFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Protea BoekhuisPublisher Protea BoekhuisWeight(grams) 420g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643260037Author Jess PhoenixFormat HardbackPage Count 292Imprint Timber PressPublisher Timber Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of YALSA Best Books for Young Adults.Book InformationISBN 9780679428503Author Jon KrakauerFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random...

In the summer of 1938, botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter set off down the Colorado River, accompanied by an ambitious expedition leader and three amateur boatmen. With its churning rapids, sheer cliffs and boat-shattering boulders, the Colorado...

Winter owns most of the year at the South Pole, starting in mid-February and ending in early November. Total darkness lasts for months, temperatures can drop below -100 degrees Fahrenheit, and windchill can push temperatures to -140 degrees. At those...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781957607061Author Charles J DoaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 314Imprint Latah BooksPublisher Latah BooksWeight(grams) 358gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm * 18mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781942645283Author Kyle JamesFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint InksharesPublisher InksharesWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 206mm * 137mm * 18mm

Cook was the greatest explorer of his age and his voyages of discovery are the stuff of legend. During two long journeys, he circumnavigated the globe twice, charted the east coast of Australia, the whole of New Zealand and many islands in the Pacific...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909461246Author Major H. W. TilmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint TilmanPublisher Crescent House

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692642634Author Robert L HillikerFormat PaperbackPage Count 294Imprint My Life in the Wilderness: An Alaskan's StoryPublisher My Life in the Wilderness:...

The American West of the nineteenth century was a world of freedom and adventure for men of every stripe-not least also those who admired and desired other men. Among these sojourners was William Drummond Stewart, a flamboyant Scottish nobleman who found...

An inspirational, uplifting, and life-affirming memoir about passion, resilience and living life to the fullest, from Dr. Dave Williams, one of Canada's most accomplished astronauts.I had dreamt about becoming an astronaut from the time I watched Alan...

'Brilliant, clear, and humane' Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love 'Miraculous and hopeful' Emma Straub, author of All Adults Here 'Quietly profound ... belongs on the shelf next to Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild' New York...

The hilarious true-life tale of one man's journey from self-confessed planet-killing lad to eco-friendly, green-crusader Dad set against the backdrop of Cool Britannia, Blair's Britain and the rise of the green movement. Back in the nineties,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398453630Author Christopher WeedonFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909461321Author Major H. W. TilmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint TilmanPublisher Crescent HouseWeight(grams) 330gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 156mm *...

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

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781586423728Author Wickliffe W. WalkerFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Steerforth PressPublisher Steerforth Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780380003211Author Piers Paul ReadFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Avon BooksPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

"Charles Higham - rugby player, talented excavator and one of the great archaeologists of his generation - is an engaging raconteur. His fast-moving autobiography tells of the life well lived, of a world authority on Southeast Asia's past. This is a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781627311021Author Kathleen PhelanFormat PaperbackPage Count 181Imprint Feral House,U.S.Publisher Feral House,U.S.

In 1834, Richard Henry Dana Jr. left the comforts of Boston for the hardships and abuses of the most exploited segment of the American working class. Dana's account of his passage around Cape Horn to California, and back, is a remarkable portrait of the...