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Captain Scott by Sir Ranulph Fiennes
RRP: $14.18$9.82Sir Ranulph Fiennes is uniquely qualified to write a new biography of Captain Scott. This is the first biography of Scott by someone who has experienced the deprivations, the stress and the sheer physical pain that Scott lived through; he has suffered... -
Miracle In The Andes: The True Story of Surviving 72 Days on the Mountain Against All Odds Nando Parrado 9781474608732
RRP: $14.18$9.82The true story of the 1972 Andes plane crash and rescue dramatised in Netflix's Society of the SnowIn October 1972, Nando Parrado and his rugby club teammates were on a flight from Uruguay to Chile when their plane crashed into a mountain. Miraculously,... -
Up: My Life's Journey to the Top of Everest by Ben Fogle
RRP: $11.60$8.58My eyes lifted to the horizon and the unmistakable snowy outline of Everest. Everest, the mountain of my childhood dreams. A mountain that has haunted me my whole life. A mountain I have seen hundreds of... -
The Earl and the Pharaoh: From the Real Downton Abbey to the Discovery of Tutankhamun by The Countess of Carnarvon
RRP: $25.80$17.72Enter a world of ancient secrets, old money, new ambitions and the discovery of priceless treasure in this revelatory new biography. Between November 1922 and spring 1923, a door to the ancient Egyptian world was... -
The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Hunt for Shackleton's Endurance by Mensun Bound
RRP: $32.25$21.32Sunday Times Bestseller and Blackwell's Non-Fiction Book of the Month.The extraordinary story of how the Endurance, Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, was found in the most hostile sea on Earth, told by the expedition's Director of Exploration.'Bound has a... -
The Unlikely Voyage of Jack De Crow: A Mirror Odyssey from North Wales to the Black Sea by A. J. Mackinnon
RRP: $19.34$14.64Equipped with his cheerful optimism and a pith helmet, this Odysseus in a dinghy takes you with him from the borders of north Wales to the Black Sea - 4,900 kilometers over salt and fresh water, under sail, at oars, or at the end of a tow rope - through... -
The Unconquered by Scott Wallace
RRP: $24.50$17.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307462978Author Scott WallaceFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)Publisher... -
Everest, Inc.: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World by Will Cockrell 9781982190453
RRP: $25.80$16.85Featuring original interviews with mountain guides and climbers—including Jimmy Chin and Conrad Anker—this vivid and authoritative adventure history chronicles one of the least likely industries on Earth: guided climbing on Mount Everest.Anyone who has... -
Troll Wall: The untold story of the British first ascent of Europe's tallest rock face by Tony Howard 9781906148287
RRP: $23.21$17.21Norway, 1965. A team of young climbers from the north of England camp at the bottom of the tallest vertical rock face in Europe - the Troll Wall. No one has dared attempt this gigantic challenge before. Some say it will never be climbed. This will be the... -
Train Beyond the Mountains: Journeys on the Rocky Mountaineer by Rick Antonson
RRP: $25.79$17.49A captivating journey blending memoir, history, and biography that takes the reader on one of the world's most famous trains and tells of carving the dramatic route it follows, while pondering other international railways through the eyes of travellers... -
Thirteen Lessons that Saved Thirteen Lives: The Thai Cave Rescue by John Volanthen 9780711266100 [USED COPY]
RRP: $12.89$2.75As depicted in Ron Howard's hit film THIRTEEN LIVES, this is the THRILLING account of the dramatic Thai cave rescue which saved the lives of thirteen people, FROM THE DIVER WHO LED THE RESCUE. 'A profound and thrilling read.' COLIN FARRELL 'Riveting...a... -
Thirteen Lessons that Saved Thirteen Lives: The Inside Story of the Thai Cave Rescue John Volanthen 9780711266100
RRP: $12.89$8.55As depicted in Ron Howard's hit film THIRTEEN LIVES, this is the THRILLING account of the dramatic Thai cave rescue which saved the lives of thirteen people, FROM THE DIVER WHO LED THE RESCUE. 'A profound and thrilling read.' COLIN FARRELL 'Riveting...a... -
The Travels Marco Polo 9780241253052
RRP: $14.18$10.31A sparkling new translation of one of the greatest travel books ever written: Marco Polo's seminal account of his journeys in the east.Marco Polo was the most famous traveller of his time. His voyages began in 1271 with a visit to China, after which he... -
From Utmost East to Utmost West: My life of exploration and adventure John Blashford-Snell 9781784778446
RRP: $19.34$13.48'Without doubt JBS, as many know him, is one of the world's most eminent explorers' Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Bt. OBE For over 60 years John Blashford-Snell has been exploring some of the planet's most remote, inaccessible and dangerous places; his name is... -
What Am I Doing Here? by Bruce Chatwin
RRP: $16.76$12.05In this collection of profiles, essays and travel stories, Chatwin takes us to Benin, where he is arrested as a mercenary during a coup; to Boston to meet an LSD guru who believes he is Christ; to India with Indira Ghandi when she attempted a political... -
Mountain Guru: The Life of Doug Scott by Catherine Moorehead 9781780278315
RRP: $32.25$21.92Winner of the Kekoo Naoroji Award Doug Scott was a legend among mountaineers. His expeditions, undertaken over a period of five decades, are unparalleled achievements. This book describes the extraordinary drama of them all, from the Himalaya to New... -
Soldier: Respect Is Earned by Jay Morton 9780008418182
RRP: $12.89$4.72With four years in the Parachute Regiment, ten years in the SAS and two Everest summits to his name, no one is better equipped than Jay Morton to reveal what it takes to become the best of the best. Soldier is Jay Morton's masterclass in... -
A Winter in Arabia: A Journey Through Yemen by Freya Stark
$26.21From within this beautifully crafted and deeply knowledgeable narrative emerges a rare and exquisitely rendered portrait of the customs and cultures of the tribes of the Arabian Peninsula. Freya Stark is most famous for her travels in Arabia at a time... -
House of Snow: An Anthology of the Greatest Writing About Nepal by Ellen Parnavelas
RRP: $25.80$18.43A ground-breaking collection of stories, poems and articles about Nepal covering the length and breadth of this enchanting nation and its people. 'If you want a book in English that tells you about Nepalese thinking, and gives a taste of the country's... -
Sir John Franklin's Erebus and Terror Expedition: Lost and Found by Gillian Hutchinson
RRP: $25.80$20.59In 1845, British explorer Sir John Franklin set out on a voyage to find the North-West Passage - the sea route linking the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. The expedition was expected to complete its mission within three years and return home in triumph... -
Don't Look Behind You!: True Tales of a Safari Guide Peter Allison 9781529309379
RRP: $14.18$9.82In Peter's own words: These are the stories of a not particularly brave safari guide . . . As a child I knew that I was afraid of heights, and while uncomfortable admitting any phobia, was glad to have only one. Then I met my first crocodile. Now I know... -
I Dreamed of Africa by Kuki Gallmann
RRP: $14.18$10.31'Often, at the hour of day when the savannah grass is streaked with silver, and pale gold rims the silhouettes of the hills, I drive with my dogs up to the Mukutan, to watch the sun setting behind the lake, and the evening shadows settle over the valleys... -
Philosophy for Polar Explorers by Erling Kagge
RRP: $16.76$12.05'Erling Kagge transforms and consoles us' Alain de Botton ____________________________Surviving extreme conditions can teach us to lead a fulfilled life. No one knows this better than Erling Kagge, who was the first man in history to reach all of the... -
Nansen: The Explorer as Hero by Roland Huntford
RRP: $21.92$14.89Behind the great polar explorers of the early twentieth century - Amundsen, Shackleton, Scott in the South and Peary in the North - looms the spirit of Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930), the mentor of them all. He was the father of modern polar exploration,... -
Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure by Artemis Cooper 9780719565496 [USED COPY]
RRP: $19.34$2.95Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915-2011) was a war hero whose exploits in Crete are legendary, and above all he is widely acclaimed as the greatest travel writer of our times, notably for his books about his walk across pre-war Europe, A Time of Gifts and... -
Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure Artemis Cooper 9780719565496
RRP: $19.34$12.96Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915-2011) was a war hero whose exploits in Crete are legendary, and above all he is widely acclaimed as the greatest travel writer of our times, notably for his books about his walk across pre-war Europe, A Time of Gifts and... -
Exploration Fawcett by Percy Fawcett
RRP: $19.34$12.96The life of Colonel Fawcett is now the subject of the major motion picture The Lost City of Z.The disappearance of Colonel Fawcett in the Matto Grosso remains one of the great unsolved mysteries. In 1925, Fawcett was convinced that he had discovered the... -
Slow Coast Home: 5,000 miles around the shores of England and Wales by Josie Dew 9780751531640
$21.96Josie Dew's love of cycling has taken her across the world, travelling everywhere from Japan and Mexico to Iceland, India and Algeria. In her latest book, she sets off on another quirky and riotous ride, choosing to circumnavigate the coastline of the... -
Everest the Cruel Way: The audacious winter attempt of the West Ridge by Joe Tasker
RRP: $12.89$9.65On 30 January 1981 Joe Tasker and Ade Burgess stood at 24,000 feet on the West Ridge of Mount Everest. Below them were their companions, some exhausted, some crippled by illness, all virtually incapacitated. Further progress seemed impossible.Everest the... -
Sextant: A Voyage Guided by the Stars and the Men Who Mapped the World's Oceans by David Barrie
RRP: $16.76$9.46In the tradition of Dava Sobel's 'Longitude' comes sailing expert David Barrie's compelling and dramatic tale of invention and discovery - an eloquent elegy to one of the most important navigational instruments ever created, and the daring mariners who... -
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand 9780007580576
RRP: $14.18$10.19The incredible true story of Louis Zamperini, now a major motion picture directed by Angelina Jolie. THE INTERNATIONAL NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER In 1943 a bomber crashes into the Pacific Ocean. Against all odds, one young lieutenant... -
Journeys to Impossible Places: By the presenter of BBC TV's WILDERNESS Simon Reeve 9781529364019
RRP: $25.80$18.00'He effectively combines the genre of travel writing with investigative journalism, and brings to light little-known conflicts and events from around the world.' - Perceptive TravelIn Journeys to Impossible Places, best-selling author and presenter Simon... -
Fantastic Female Adventurers: Truly amazing tales of women exploring the world by Lily Dyu
RRP: $16.76$12.26Do you know how it feels to run for 1,900 miles? Or to look down at the earth from a space station? Or to swim alongside a hungry shark?Fantastic Female Adventurers by Lily Dyu is a collection of fourteen exciting and inspirational stories about the... -
Snow Widows by Katherine MacInnes 9780008394653
RRP: $32.25$21.32'An elegant, densely textured work, like a tapestry ... A welcome contribution to polar studies.' Sara Wheeler, Spectator '[MacInness] handles the whole thing with masterly skill...takes us to the heart of the hope, love, anguish and grief'... -
Passage To Juneau by Jonathan Raban 9781035034536
RRP: $14.18$9.46'His erudition is enorous, his prose as beautiful and clear as the blue ocean on a crisp morning . . . Passage to Juneau is a wonderfully fluid read' - Sunday Times Passage to Juneau is an account of Raban's voyage from Seattle to the Alaskan capital by... -
The Amazing Story of the Man Who Cycled from India to Europe for Love by Per J. Andersson 9781786072085
RRP: $12.89$9.44WINNER OF THE MARCO POLO OUTSTANDING GENERAL TRAVEL THEMED BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE 2018 EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARDS The story begins in a public square in New Delhi. On a cold December evening a young European woman of noble descent... -
Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer
RRP: $14.18$9.62A landmark in travel writing, this is the incredible true story of Heinrich Harrer's escape across the Himalayas to Tibet, set against the backdrop of the Second World War. Heinrich Harrer, already one of the greatest mountaineers of his time,... -
The Space Shuttle: A Mission-By-Mission Celebration of Nasa's Extraordinary Spaceflight Program by Roland Miller
RRP: $51.60$36.06"Any backyard astronomer or space enthusiast would be delighted to have this visual journey on their shelf." -The Strategist, The Year's Most Giftable Coffee-Table BooksA Barnes & Noble Best Gift Book of 2022 A Publishers Weekly Holiday Gift Guide 2022... -
The Bathysphere Book: Effects of the Luminous Ocean Depths by Brad Fox
RRP: $28.38$18.98'Hypnotic... raises questions of exploration and wonder, of nature and humanity' New York Times Book Review 'Exquisite and shocking... just as any exploration of the deep should be' Helen Scales, author of The Brilliant Abyss '[A] rich, strange... -
The Lost Explorer: Finding Mallory on Mount Everest Conrad Anker 9781841192116
RRP: $14.18$9.82In 1999, Conrad Anker found the body of George Mallory on Mount Everest, casting an entirely new light on the mystery of the lost explorer. On 8 June 1924, George Leigh Mallory and Andrew 'Sandy' Irvine were last seen climbing towards the summit of...