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South: The Endurance Expedition by Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
RRP: £9.99£6.52The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition was perhaps the most ambitious, elaborate and confident of all the British attempts to master the South Pole. Like the others it ended in disaster, with the Endeavour first trapped and then crushed to pieces in... -
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer 9781035038558
RRP: £10.99£7.51Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air is the true story of a 24-hour period on Everest, when members of three separate expeditions were caught in a storm and faced a battle against hurricane-force winds, exposure, and the effects of altitude, which ended in the... -
No Way Down: Life and Death on K2 by Graham Bowley 9780141044064 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£1.97THE GRIPPING, TERRIFYING STORY OF A BRUTAL STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL ON THE UPPER SLOPES OF THE HIMALAYAN K2, THE WORLD'S MOST HOSTILE TERRAIN. 'Unputdownable. A portrait of extreme courage, folly and loss, leavened by a small dose of survival' Financial... -
No Way Down: Life and Death on K2 by Graham Bowley
RRP: £10.99£9.74THE GRIPPING, TERRIFYING STORY OF A BRUTAL STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL ON THE UPPER SLOPES OF THE HIMALAYAN K2, THE WORLD'S MOST HOSTILE TERRAIN. 'Unputdownable. A portrait of extreme courage, folly and loss, leavened by a small dose of survival' Financial... -
Four Mums in a Boat: Friends who rowed 3000 miles, broke a world record and learnt a lot about life along the way by Janette Benaddi
RRP: £8.99£5.29A TOP 10 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 SPORTS BOOK AWARDS LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 The... -
The Great Escape by Paul Brickhill
RRP: £10.99£7.40The famous story of mass escape from a WWII German PoW camp that inspired the classic film.One of the most famous true stories from the last war, The GREAT ESCAPE tells how more than six hundred men in a German prisoner-of-war camp worked together to... -
Beijing to Barbados in a Rowboat: The true story of how China and the West pulled together to row across the Atlantic by Christian Havrehed 9789889742706
RRP: £13.99£9.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789889742706Author Christian HavrehedFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint ImpactPublisher ImpactWeight(grams) 263gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 15mm -
Snow Widows by Katherine MacInnes 9780008394653
RRP: £25.00£16.53'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'... -
Captain Tom Moore by Sally Morgan 9780702312328
RRP: £5.99£4.46Captain Tom Moore: fundraiser, World War Two veteran, the nation's hero. Read all about the life of Captain Tom Moore who went above and beyond for his country and the NHS. From his early life in Keighley, to the... -
To the Brink by Jason Lewis 9780984915521
£19.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984915521Author Jason LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 434Imprint BillyFish Books LLCPublisher BillyFish Books LLC -
The Darkest White: A Mountain Legend and the Avalanche That Took Him by Eric Blehm 9780062971401
RRP: £25.00£16.43"Eric Blehm offers an insightful perspective on how Craig Kelly became the effortless icon that we all revered as well as sobering details of how his heroic journey tragically ended. The Darkest White is a must read, not just for fans of snowboarding,... -
English: A Story of Marmite, Queuing and Weather by Ben Fogle
RRP: £9.99£6.64What makes the English English? Is it their eccentricity, their passionate love (or, indeed, hatred) of Marmite - or is it something less easily defined? Beginning at the top of a muddy Gloucestershire slope at the... -
Vuelta Skelter: Riding the remarkable 1941 Tour of Spain, in a facemask by Tim Moore
RRP: £20.00£14.29*A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021*Tim Moore, the author of the Sunday Times bestselling French Revolutions, completes his epic (and ill-advised) trilogy of cycling's Grand Tours. Julian Berrendero's victory in the 1941 Vuelta a Espana was an... -
Old Man on a Bike by Simon Gandolfi
RRP: £10.99£7.25A Septuagenarian Odyssey Simon Gandolfi has never been one to grow old gracefully and following two heart attacks he decides not to rest up, as many might, but to ride the length of Hispanic America on a 125cc motorbike. And why not? ... -
Father and Son: A memoir about family, the past and mortality by Jonathan Raban 9780330418409
RRP: £22.00£15.10A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2023'A beautiful, compelling memoir . . . Father and Son is an exquisite, sometimes lunatic tension between powerful emotions and carnage on one side, and on the other, the conventional codes of what must remain unsaid. This,... -
The Space Shuttle: A Mission-By-Mission Celebration of Nasa's Extraordinary Spaceflight Program by Roland Miller
RRP: £40.00£27.75"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... -
Somebody Else: Arthur Rimbaud in Africa, 1880-91 by Charles Nicholl
RRP: £14.99£9.80Rimbaud was the original enfant terrible. A poetic genius, he destroyed all those who attempted to befriend him, most notoriously wrecking the marriage and sanity of the poet Verlaine. Having conquered the literary world of Paris, he abandoned France and... -
A Curious Boy: The Making of a Scientist by Richard Fortey
RRP: £9.99£6.64'Truth and courage are what memoirs need and this one has them both in spades ... The unforgotten boy: that is what makes this a book a revelation' ADAM NICOLSON 'Wonderful,... -
Left For Dead: My Journey Home from Everest by Beck Weathers 9780751530858
£12.73Anyone who has read Jon Krakauer's famous account of the 1996 Everest disaster, INTO THIN AIR, will remember the story of Beck Weathers: the gregarious Texan climber who went snow-blind in the Death Zone below the summit and who spent a night out in the... -
Dersu the Trapper by V. K. Arseniev 9780929701493
RRP: £15.00£11.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780929701493Author V. K. ArsenievFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint McPherson & Co Publishers,U.S.Publisher McPherson & Co Publishers,U.S.Weight(grams)... -
Slowly Down the Ganges by Eric Newby
RRP: £12.99£9.09'Slowly Down the Ganges' is seen as a vintage Newby masterpiece, alongside 'A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush' and 'Love and War in the Apennines'. Told with Newby's self-deprecating humour and wry attention to detail, this is a classic of the genre and a... -
Amelia Earhart: The Sound of Wings by Mary S. Lovell
RRP: £14.99£9.80When she disappeared in 1937 over a shark-infested sea, Amelia Earhart had lived up to her wish - internationally famous, a daring and pioneering aviator, and ambassador extraordinary for the United States. Married to a man with a genius for publicity,... -
Captain Cook by Alistair MacLean
RRP: £9.99£6.64On the 250th anniversary of Captain Cook's successful navigation to the coast of Australia, this is Alistair MacLean's absorbing story of one of Britain's great national heroes, from his obscure beginnings to his sudden and violent death at the age of... -
Lean Fall Stand by Jon McGregor 9780008204945
RRP: £8.99£6.02'A genuine masterpiece' Observer 'Spectacular' Maggie O'Farrell 'Beautiful' Hilary Mantel 'Fascinating... bold and masterful' Max Porter The highly anticipated new novel from the Costa-award... -
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand 9780007580576
RRP: £10.99£7.89The 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... -
Freedom Climbers by Bernadette McDonald 9781906148447
RRP: £12.99£9.26Freedom Climbers is the multi award-winning book by Bernadette McDonald, now available in the UK and Ireland thanks to Vertebrate Publishing. Freedom Climbers tells the story of the extraordinary Polish adventurers who emerged from under the blanket of... -
Six Years a Hostage: The Extraordinary Story of the Longest-Held Al Qaeda Captive in the World by Stephen McGown
RRP: £12.99£7.51THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF THE LONGEST-HELD AL QAEDA CAPTIVE IN THE WORLDStephen McGown was en route from London to South Africa, on a once-in-a-lifetime trip by motorbike, returning home to Johannesburg. He had reached Timbuktu, in Mali, when he was... -
Explorers of the Nile: The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure by Tim Jeal
RRP: £12.99£8.56Between 1856 and 1876, five explorers, all British, took on the seemingly impossible task of discovering the source of the White Nile. Showing exceptional courage and extraordinary resilience, Richard Burton, John Hanning Speke, Samuel Baker, David... -
Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades by Rebecca Renner 9781250842572
RRP: £29.99£18.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250842572Author Rebecca RennerFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Flatiron BooksPublisher Flatiron BooksWeight(grams) 481gDimensions(mm) 242mm * 163mm *... -
Facing Up: A Remarkable Journey to the Summit of Mount Everest by Bear Grylls 9780330392266 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£1.86'No one could fail to be gripped by his heartfelt excitement and emotion over what was the adventure of a lifetime' IndependentAt the age of twenty-three, Bear Grylls became one of the youngest Britons to reach the summit of Mount Everest. At extreme... -
Facing Up: A Remarkable Journey to the Summit of Mount Everest by Bear Grylls
RRP: £12.99£9.26'No one could fail to be gripped by his heartfelt excitement and emotion over what was the adventure of a lifetime' IndependentAt the age of twenty-three, Bear Grylls became one of the youngest Britons to reach the summit of Mount Everest. At extreme... -
Into The Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest by Wade Davis
RRP: £18.99£14.01**Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Winner of Winners Award**A monumental work of history, biography and adventure - the First World War, Mallory and Mount Everest - now serialised in the BBC R4 documentary The Crowning of Everest.'The price of life is... -
Just a Little Run Around the World: 5 Years, 3 Packs of Wolves and 53 Pairs of Shoes by Rosie Swale-Pope 9780007306206 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.29After her husband died of cancer, 57-year-old Rosie set off to run around the world, raising money in memory of the man she loved. Followed by wolves, knocked down by a bus, confronted by bears, chased by a naked man with a gun and stranded with severe... -
Just a Little Run Around the World: 5 Years, 3 Packs of Wolves and 53 Pairs of Shoes by Rosie Swale-Pope
RRP: £12.99£9.09After her husband died of cancer, 57-year-old Rosie set off to run around the world, raising money in memory of the man she loved. Followed by wolves, knocked down by a bus, confronted by bears, chased by a naked man with a gun and stranded with severe... -
Agatha Christie: A biography by Janet Morgan
RRP: £12.99£8.48Janet Morgan's definitive and authorised biography of Agatha Christie, with a new retrospective foreword by the author. Agatha Christie (1890-1976), the world's bestselling author, is a public institution. Her creations, Hercule Poirot and... -
Walking the Himalayas: An adventure of survival and endurance by Levison Wood
RRP: £12.99£8.60WINNER OF THE 2016 EDWARD STANFORD ADVENTURE TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD'Levison Wood has breathed new life into adventure travel.' Michael Palin'Levison Wood is a great adventurer and a wonderful storyteller.' Sir Ranulph Fiennes'Britain's best-loved... -
How Does Chocolate Taste on Everest?: Explore Earth's Most Extreme Places Through Sight, Sound, Smell, Touch and Taste by Leisa Stewart-Sharpe
RRP: £14.99£10.20Don't get too comfortable. This isn't the type of book you can snuggle up with under the covers. Not even close! You're off on the expedition of a lifetime to experience the sights, sounds, smells, feelings and tastes of the world's most extreme places... -
Below the Edge of Darkness: Exploring Light and Life in the Deep Sea by Edith Widder
RRP: £9.99£5.96A pioneering marine biologist takes us down into the deep ocean in this 'thrilling blend of hard science and high adventure' (New York Times)LONGLISTED FOR THE SNHN NATURAL HISTORY BOOK PRIZEEdith Widder grew up determined to become a marine biologist... -
The Voyage of The Aegre: From Scotland to the South Seas in a Shetland boat by Nicholas Grainger 9780645763904
RRP: £15.95£13.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780645763904Author Nicholas GraingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 271Imprint Vinycomb PressPublisher Vinycomb PressWeight(grams) 450gDimensions(mm) 234mm *... -
Ascent by Sir Chris Bonington 9781471157578
RRP: £10.99£7.00'He is the David Attenborough of mountaineering . . . Bonington's most personal memoir yet' The Times 'This is a compelling tale of fortitude and endurance' The Sunday TimesChris Bonington is Britain's best-known climber, having spent a lifetime among...