Adventurers & Explorers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780452285392Author Dan KoeppelFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 266gDimensions(mm) 201mm * 135mm * 21mm

In the early years of the 18th century, a band of French scientists set off on a daring, decade-long expedition to South America in a race to measure the precise shape of the earth. Like Lewis and Clark's exploration of the American West, their...

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,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140437515Author Charles A. SiringoFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Penguin Random House AustraliaPublisher Penguin Random House...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800550971Author Noel B GersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Sapere BooksPublisher Sapere BooksWeight(grams) 372gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 15mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781550026252Author Lee LambFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Dundurn Group LtdPublisher Dundurn Group LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 10mm

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...

The authoritative biography of British explorer Sir Francis Drake, from the bestselling author of The Great Siege. Long considered one of the great heroes of British history, Sir Francis Drake was a brilliant navigator, intrepid explorer, and fearsome...

In May 2014, the mountaineer and scientist John All fell into a crevasse near Everest and took a series of videos as he struggled to climb out 70 feet of ice and snow with fifteen broken bones - including 6 cracked vertebrae, internal bleeding, a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743202411Author SAPOLSKYPage Count 304Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & Schuster

In this biography of Colonel John Henry Patterson, Denis Brian reveals his subject to be a composite of diverse identities. An Irish-born soldier, lion hunter, bridge builder, East African game warden, author, man-about-town, and Zionist, Patterson's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578624716Author Corky CarrollFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Productivity GroupPublisher Productivity GroupWeight(grams) 354g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780620582391Author Davey du PlessisFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint Universal VisionPublisher Universal Vision

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936709212Author John Y NelsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Piccadilly BooksPublisher Piccadilly BooksWeight(grams) 286gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781090600202Author Nigelle de VismeFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Roberto Polo GalleryPublisher Roberto Polo Gallery

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780771056703Author Sid MartyFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint McClelland & Stewart Inc.Publisher McClelland & Stewart Inc.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781946313003Author Jeff EvansFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Touchwood PressPublisher Touchwood PressWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

Hans Florine embodies the genius of "and"-collaborative and competitive, fast and safe, audacious and disciplined, visionary and quantitative. The themes that run through Florine's 101 ascents of Yosemite's most iconic route can benefit people who will...

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 9781634925716Author Rob KesselringFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Booklocker.comPublisher Booklocker.comWeight(grams) 268gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991996223Author John MuirFormat HardbackPage Count 148Imprint Binker NorthPublisher Binker NorthWeight(grams) 367gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 10mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647507497Author Sally FennerFormat PaperbackPage Count 278Imprint Austin Macauley Publishers LLCPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers LLCWeight(grams)...

This is a boisterous, roller-coaster of a story about Mike Tomkies' extraordinary adventures after he quit his full-time career as a celebrity journalist and began working as a logger with the lusty men of the wild Canadian forests - men who led a free...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578671093Author Shannon LucidFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint ShannonPublisher ShannonWeight(grams) 308gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 12mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780985480905Author Lisa McKayFormat PaperbackPage Count 278Imprint Karinya PublishingPublisher Karinya PublishingWeight(grams) 354gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780620813983Author Alison ShepherdFormat PaperbackPage Count 366Imprint National Library of South AfricaPublisher National Library of South...

The first woman to ski solo to the South Pole tells the story of what it took to get there At home in Norway it is eight o'clock on Christmas Eve night, but ahead, at the Amundsen-Scott base that has been visible for hours, it is already early in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781528965316Author Per Lars TonstadFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789814828413Author Juleen ShawFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Marshall Cavendish EditionsPublisher Marshall Cavendish Editions

As the Quincentennial Celebration of Christopher Columbus's discovery of America approaches, interest in the voyage, and in the questions surrounding it, continues to grow. This definitive edition of Columbus's account of the voyage presents the most...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781777191337Author Sensei Paul DavidFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint SenseipublishingPublisher SenseipublishingWeight(grams) 127gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398424838Author Norman HandyFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789881376541Author David LeffmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 372Imprint Blacksmith BooksPublisher Blacksmith Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629190198Author Maren MeinhardtFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint BlueBridgePublisher BlueBridgeWeight(grams) 567g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616083663Author A J MacKinnonFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Skyhorse PublishingPublisher Skyhorse PublishingWeight(grams) 567g

This book offers a biography of the unacknowledged Tahitian navigator who was essential to the success and eventual fame of Captain Cook's historic voyage on the Endeavour. Tupaia was the brilliant Polynesian navigator and translator who sailed with...

Now in paperback! A dual biography of two of the most compelling elements in the narrative of wild America, John Muir and Alaska. John Muir was a fascinating man who was many things: inventor, scientist, revolutionary, druid (a modern day Celtic...

In Wild Men, Wild Alaska professional hunting and fishing guide and outfitter Rocky McElveen tells the stories of his own adventures as well as those of some of his well-known clients. The book takes readers directly into the Alaskan bush, and shares the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998019604Author Jack MolanFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Jack Molan PhotographyPublisher Jack Molan PhotographyWeight(grams) 145gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989251310Author Pat Toth-SmithFormat PaperbackImprint Pat Toth-Smith PhotographyPublisher Pat Toth-Smith PhotographyWeight(grams) 259g