Filter By
- Book
- Qty in Cart
- Quantity
- Price
- Subtotal
-
Reach for the Sky by Paul Brickhill
RRP: $16.76$11.39The bestselling story of Britain's most courageous and most famous flyer, the Second World War hero Sir Douglas Bader.In 1931, at the age of 21, Douglas Bader was the golden boy of the RAF. Excelling in everything he did he represented the Royal Air... -
True Hallucinations: A Psychedelic Adventure by Terence McKenna
RRP: $19.34$14.33'The single most influential spokesperson for organic psychedelics' The Independent With a new foreword from Dennis McKenna.From renowned ethnobotanist and psychonaut Terence McKenna comes this surreally mind-bending adventure into the depths of the... -
Mountain of the Dead: The Dyatlov Pass Incident by Keith McCloskey 9780752491486
RRP: $12.89$10.02In January 1959, ten experienced young skiers set out for Mount Otorten in the far north of Russia. While one of the skiers fell ill and returned., the remaining nine lost their way and ended up on another mountain slope known as Kholat Syakhl (or... -
Ghost Town Living: Mining for Purpose and Chasing Dreams at the Edge of Death Valley by Brent Underwood 9780593578445
RRP: $29.67$19.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593578445Author Brent UnderwoodFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Harmony BooksPublisher Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale -
Old Man on a Bike by Simon Gandolfi
RRP: $14.18$9.62A 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? ... -
Winter 8000: Climbing the world's highest mountains in the coldest season by Bernadette McDonald
RRP: $30.96$23.01'He appeared, without a word, in the tent's entrance, covered in ice. He looked like anyone would after spending over twenty-four hours in a hurricane at over 8,000 metres. In winter. In the Karakoram. He was so exhausted he couldn't speak.'Of all the... -
Lean Fall Stand by Jon McGregor 9780008204945
RRP: $11.60$8.02'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... -
The Great Escape by Paul Brickhill
RRP: $14.18$9.82The 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... -
Fear: Our Ultimate Challenge Ranulph Fiennes 9781473618008
RRP: $14.18$9.82Explorer and adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes explores the concept of fear, and shows us through his own experiences how we can push our boundaries in everyday life.Sir Ranulph Fiennes has climbed the Eiger and Mount Everest. He's crossed both Poles on... -
The Journals of Captain Cook by James Cook
RRP: $16.76$12.56Cook led three famous expeditions to the Pacific Ocean between 1768 and 1779. In voyages that ranged from the Antarctic circle to the Arctic Sea, Cook charted Australia and the whole coast of New Zealand, and brought back detailed descriptions of the... -
The Ice Balloon by Alec Wilkinson 9780007460038
RRP: $12.89$10.06The story of the only person to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon, and the golden age of Polar Exploration. In August 1930 a Norwegian sloop sailing in the Arctic Ocean moored at a remote island. Here, the crew members found a body... -
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: $16.76$2.95After 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 Rosie Swale Pope 9780007306206
RRP: $16.76$12.05After 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... -
Vuelta Skelter: Riding the remarkable 1941 Tour of Spain, in a facemask by Tim Moore
RRP: $25.80$18.72*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... -
Fletchers on the Farm: Mud, Mayhem and Marriage by Kelvin Fletcher 9780008558529
RRP: $12.89$8.82'We jumped in at the deep end and bought a farm! A reluctant wife, a couple of crazy kids and a husband whose knowledge of farming you could write on the back of a stamp... What could go wrong?!' - Kelvin 'Exactly! And the journey has only... -
On the Hoof: Pacific to Atlantic by Jesse McNeil
RRP: $25.74$16.56The true tale of a voyage that broke a man down and built him back up, with the help of one special horse. At 37 Jesse McNeil - at times carpenter, commercial fisherman, dabbler in real estate - decided to buy an untrained horse, make himself into a... -
The Mammoth Book Of Everest: From the first attempts to today, 40 first-hand accounts by Jon E. Lewis
RRP: $16.76$11.39This selection of the very best writing on Everest begins with the first attempts and continues, via Mallory's failed bid and Hillary and Tenzing's triumph, to the disasters of recent years. It features 35 white-knuckle accounts of climbing on the... -
Amazing Surfing Stories: Tales of Incredible Waves & Remarkable Riders Alex Wade 9781119942542
RRP: $19.34$12.96This eclectic mix of surfing stories has something for everyone, from classic tales of monster waves and epic battles to stories of when life among the breakers goes wrong. There are accounts of death and disaster, as well as bravery and triumph. The... -
The Art of Risk: What we can learn from the world's leading risk-takers by Richard Harris 9781761424052
RRP: $12.89$8.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781761424052Author Richard HarrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Simon & Schuster AustraliaPublisher Simon & Schuster Australia -
The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst: Now Filmed As The Mercy Nicholas Tomalin 9781473635364
RRP: $12.89$9.03'A masterpiece.' New Yorker'Wholly riveting, brilliantly researched.' Evening Standard'A meticulous investigation into the seeds of disaster... fascinating, uncomfortable reading.' Sunday Times In 1968, Donald Crowhurst was trying to market a nautical... -
Alfred Russel Wallace in the Amazon: Footsteps in the Forest by Sandra Knapp 9780565093303
RRP: $11.60$10.36Alfred Russel Wallace is justly famous for his discoveries in Southeast Asia, from where he wrote to Charles Darwin outlining his theory of evolution by natural selection. His career as a tropical naturalist, however, began in the Amazon. Wallace... -
The Art of Shralpinism: Lessons from the Mountains by Jeremy Jones
$24.692023 National Outdoor Book Award Winner in Outdoor Adventure Guides 2023 Banff Mountain Book Award finalist in Guidebooks Includes stories, lists, and prescriptive guidance based on Jones's experiences as well as those of other wellknown... -
Brazilian Adventure Peter Fleming 9781780602004
RRP: $19.34$12.26It began with an advertisement in the agony column of The Times: Leaving England June, to explore rivers Central Brazil, if possible ascertain fate Colonel Fawcett; abundance game, big and small; exceptional fishing; room two more guns. Colonel Fawcett... -
Aftershock: The Quake on Everest and One Man's Quest: 2017 by Jules Mountain 9781785635014 [USED COPY]
RRP: $12.89$2.95Jules Mountain is a survivor. The odds of surviving his type of cancer were one in five. The odds of dying on Everest are one in 60, but these are severely shortened when factoring in an avalanche triggered by the 2015 Nepal earthquake. Jules lived to... -
Aftershock: The Quake on Everest and One Man's Quest: 2017 Jules Mountain 9781785635014
RRP: $12.89$9.44Jules Mountain is a survivor. The odds of surviving his type of cancer were one in five. The odds of dying on Everest are one in 60, but these are severely shortened when factoring in an avalanche triggered by the 2015 Nepal earthquake. Jules lived to... -
Call-out: A climber's tales of mountain rescue in Scotland by Hamish MacInnes 9781911342212
RRP: $16.76$15.20Call-Out is the definitive collection of tales about early mountain rescue in the Highlands of Scotland from Hamish MacInnes - Everest pioneer and arguably the most famous Scottish mountaineer of the twentieth century.In the late 1960s, MacInnes led the... -
Animal Explorers: Lola the Plant Hunter PB by Sharon Rentta
RRP: $9.02$6.70Animal Explorers is a wonderful picture book series that will inspire all budding travellers and explorers to follow their dreams. Lola the polar bear has a passion for plants. She's determined to find the rarest ones on... -
Mad Mike Hoare: The legend: A biography by Chris Hoare 9780620798617
RRP: $51.60$22.72In 1964/1965, Colonel Mike Hoare led 300 `Wild Geese' across the Congo to crush a communist rebellion, rescue 2000 nuns and priests from barbarity, beat Che Guevara ... and become a legend. Of Irish blood, Mike was schooled in England and, during World... -
To Reach the Clouds: The Walk film tie in by Philippe Petit
RRP: $11.60$3.93One night in 1974, a young Frenchman secretly - and illegally - rigged a tightrope between the twin towers of the World Trade Center. At daybreak, he gave the high-wire performance of all time, making eight crossings over the course of an hour, 110... -
A River Running West: The Life of John Wesley Powell by Donald Worster 9780195156355
RRP: $30.30$21.40If the word "hero" still belonged in the historian's lexicon, it would certainly be applied to John Wesley Powell. Intrepid explorer, careful scientist, talented writer, and dedicated conservationist, Powell led the expedition that put the... -
The Collector by Jack Nisbet 9781570616679
RRP: $25.74$16.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781570616679Author Jack NisbetFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Sasquatch BooksPublisher Sasquatch BooksWeight(grams) 306gDimensions(mm) 215mm * 140mm *... -
Lost City of the Incas by Hiram Bingham 9781842125854 [USED COPY]
RRP: $16.76$2.95First published in the 1950s, this is a classic account of the discovery in 1911 of the lost city of Machu Picchu.In 1911 Hiram Bingham, a pre-historian with a love of exotic destinations, set out to Peru in search of the legendary city of Vilcabamba,... -
Lost City of the Incas by Hiram Bingham
RRP: $16.76$11.39First published in the 1950s, this is a classic account of the discovery in 1911 of the lost city of Machu Picchu.In 1911 Hiram Bingham, a pre-historian with a love of exotic destinations, set out to Peru in search of the legendary city of Vilcabamba,... -
Life Lived Wild: Adventures at the Edge of the Map by Rick Ridgeway 9781938340994
RRP: $28.37$23.70A life worth living is lived at the edges where it is wild Early in his memoir, adventurer, mountaineer, writer, filmmaker, and environmentalist Rick Ridgeway faces an existential "fork in the road." "I was twenty-five years old, and... -
The Seed Buried Deep (the Expedition Trilogy, Book 2) by Jason Lewis 9780984915514
$17.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984915514Author Jason LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint BillyFish Books LLCPublisher BillyFish Books LLCWeight(grams) 327g -
South: The Illustrated Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917 by Ernest Henry Shackleton, Sir
RRP: $28.38$20.07Experience in the polar explorer's own words, Ernest Shackleton's thrilling yet ill-fated expedition on the ship Endurance, the wreck of which was discovered off the coast of Antarctica in March 2022.In 1914, Ernest Shackleton announced an ambitious plan... -
A Splendid Savage: The Restless Life of Frederick Russell Burnham by Steve Kemper
RRP: $18.05$15.97Frederick Russell Burnham's (1861-1947) amazing story resembles a newsreel fused with a Saturday matinee thriller. One of the few people who could turn his garrulous friend Theodore Roosevelt into a listener, Burnham was once world-famous as "the... -
Freedom Climbers by Bernadette McDonald 9781906148447
RRP: $16.76$12.26Freedom 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... -
Franklin: Tragic Hero of Polar Navigation by Andrew D. Lambert
RRP: $19.34$9.31In 1845 Captain Sir John Franklin led a large, well equipped expedition to complete the conquest of the Canadian Arctic, to find the fabled North West Passage connecting the North Atlantic to the North Pacific. Yet Franklin, his ships and his men were... -
The Unfortunate Colonel Despard: And the British Revolution that Never Happened by Mike Jay
RRP: $16.76$4.72This is the true story of Colonel Edward Marcus Despard, the character in the fifth series of the BBC's popular television drama Poldark. Colonel Despard was the last person to be sentenced to hanging, drawing and quartering in Britain - for high...