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This Accursed Land: An epic solo journey across Antarctica by Lennard Bickel
RRP: £10.99£4.71Sir Edmund Hillary described Douglas Mawson's epic and punishing journey across 600 miles of unknown Antarctic wasteland as 'the greatest story of lone survival in polar exploration'.This Accursed Land tells that story; how Mawson declined to join... -
Exploration Fawcett by Percy Fawcett
RRP: £14.99£9.80The 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... -
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette by Hampton Sides 9781780747453
RRP: £14.99£9.53The age of exploration was drawing to a close, yet the mystery of the North Pole remained. Contemporaries described the pole as the 'unattainable object of our dreams', and the urge to fill in this last great blank space on the map grew irresistible.In... -
The Bathysphere Book: Effects of the Luminous Ocean Depths by Brad Fox
RRP: £22.00£14.71'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... -
Amazing Tales for Making Men out of Boys by Neil Oliver
RRP: £10.99£7.77Discover inspiring stories of heroism, adventure, endurance and survival from throughout history. Captain Robert Falcon Scott didn't start out life as a hero. In fact, as a boy he was considered small, frail and shy. So what was it that turned this... -
SOLO by Jenny Tough
£18.87'Jenny Tough writes with the same talent, imagination, and sheer courage that she displays in her athletic endeavours. This book will broaden the horizons of all who venture between its covers.' - Emily Chappell, author of Where There's a Will'I love... -
Come, Tell Me How You Live: Memories from archaeological expeditions in the mysterious Middle East by Agatha Christie
RRP: £10.99£7.25Agatha Christie's personal memoirs about her travels to Syria and Iraq in the 1930s with her archaeologist husband Max Mallowan, where she worked on the digs and wrote some of her most evocative novels. Think you know Agatha Christie? Think... -
You Can't Win by Jack Black 9781936239610
RRP: £18.99£13.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936239610Author Jack BlackFormat PaperbackPage Count 338Imprint Feral House,U.S.Publisher Feral House,U.S.Weight(grams) 566g -
South: The Illustrated Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917 by Ernest Henry Shackleton, Sir
RRP: £22.00£15.56Experience 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... -
Life And Limb: A true story of tragedy and survival by Jamie Andrew
RRP: £10.99£7.40Jamie Andrew's survival and rescue after five nights trapped by a ferocious storm in 1999 has passed into Alpine legend. It was a miracle that he survived; but Jamie had to come to terms not only with the death of his close friend, Jamie Fisher, who died... -
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... -
Latitude: The astonishing journey to discover the shape of the earth by Nicholas Crane
RRP: £12.99£7.11Told for the very first time, this is the true story of the adventure that shaped the world . . .'A thrilling story of courage, survival and science. It's an extraordinary, visceral and vivid read' Geographical Magazine________Three hundred years ago no... -
Amazing Surfing Stories: Tales of Incredible Waves & Remarkable Riders by Alex Wade
RRP: £14.99£9.80This 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... -
I Spy: My Life in MI5 by Tom Marcus 9781509864096
RRP: £18.99£14.01'One of the most successful MI5 undercover surveillance officers of his time.' - Sun'The brutal truth about the war against terror. Fast-paced and gripping.' - Ant Middleton The explosive book from ex-MI5 surveillance officer Tom Marcus takes the reader... -
Closer to the Edge: Climbing to the Ends of the Earth by Leo Houlding
RRP: £20.00£14.69One of Great Britain's finest climbers and adventurers, Leo Houlding started out climbing at ten years of age in the Lake District literally learning the ropes tackling the many historic peaks and crags in the area. Honing his skills as he grew, at... -
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... -
On Leopard Rock: A Life of Adventures by Wilbur Smith
RRP: £10.99£7.47Wilbur Smith has lived an incredible life of adventure, and now he shares the extraordinary true stories that have inspired his fiction. I've been writing novels for over fifty years. I was lucky enough to miss the big wars and not get shot, but lucky... -
Something Wholesale by Eric Newby
RRP: £10.99£7.25Veteran travel writer Eric Newby has a massive following and is cherished as the forefather of the modern comic travel book. However, less known are his adventures during the years he spent as an apprentice and commercial buyer in the improbable trade of... -
Sons of the Waves: The Common Seaman in the Heroic Age of Sail by Stephen Taylor
RRP: £22.50£17.98A brilliant telling of the history of the common seaman in the age of sail, and his role in Britain's trade, exploration, and warfare"No other book resurrects the wooden world of Jack Tar in such captivating and voluminous detail."-Roger Ekirch, Wall... -
The Couscous Chronicles: Stories of Food, Love, and Donkeys from a Life Between Cultures by Azzedine T. Downes 9781633310759
RRP: £16.95£11.66Follow Azzedine Downes as he drifts between cultures, places, and time to build a life of service and adventure, first as a young educator in Morocco and later as a father making a home for his family in the United States. As the son of an Irish father... -
The Untold Story of Captain James Cook RN: Revelations of a Historical Researcher by Colin Waters 9781399056960
RRP: £22.00£15.62The explosive findings within this book are history-changing. They discount the age-old belief that Captain James Cook, the great circumnavigator, left no modern direct descendants. Using compelling, detailed and verifiable evidence, Colin Waters... -
David Livingstone: The Unexplored Story by Stephen Tomkins 9780745955681
RRP: £10.99£8.25David Livingstone has gone down in history as a fearless explorer and missionary, hacking his way through the forests of Africa to bring light to the people - and also to free them from slavery. But who was he, and what was he actually like? "He was an... -
Into the Deep: A Memoir From the Man Who Found Titanic by Robert D. Ballard
RRP: £25.00£16.78The legendary explorer of Titanic and Lusitania reveals the secret military missions behind his famous exploits and unveils a major new discovery on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the Titanic find. Best known for finding the wreck of the... -
Icebound In The Arctic: The Mystery of Captain Francis Crozier and the Franklin Expedition by Michael Smith
RRP: £15.99£12.37Captain Francis Crozier was a major figure in 19th century Arctic and Antarctic exploration who led the doomed Franklin Expedition's battle to survive against the odds. It is a compelling story which refuses to be laid to rest and recent discovery of his... -
Where The Falcon Flies: A 3,400 Kilometre Odyssey From My Doorstep to the Arctic by Adam Shoalts 9780735241015
RRP: £23.99£16.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735241015Author Adam ShoaltsFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Prentice Hall PressPublisher Prentice Hall Press -
Darkness Descending by Ken Jones 9781782066026 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£3.39An astonishing true story of mountaineering survivalOn 5 January 2003, former Special Forces soldier Ken Jones was caught in a devastating avalanche as he climbed in the frozen wilderness of Romania's Transylvanian Alps. Flung from a cliff, he regained... -
Darkness Descending by Ken Jones
RRP: £12.99£8.60An astonishing true story of mountaineering survivalOn 5 January 2003, former Special Forces soldier Ken Jones was caught in a devastating avalanche as he climbed in the frozen wilderness of Romania's Transylvanian Alps. Flung from a cliff, he regained... -
The Cave: The Inside Story of the Amazing Thai Cave Rescue by Liam Cochrane 9780733340130
RRP: £15.99£10.85Twelve lost boys, their coach, and the heroes who rescued them. When the 12 young members of the Wild Boars soccer club walked into a Thai cave with their coach, they expected to be out by nightfall. A birthday cake waited in the fridge for one boy,... -
Nansen: The Explorer as Hero by Roland Huntford
RRP: £16.99£11.54Behind 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,... -
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,... -
Into the Great Emptiness: Peril and Survival on the Greenland Ice Cap by David Roberts
RRP: £23.99£20.51By 1930, no place in the world was less well explored than Greenland. The native Inuit had occupied the relatively accessible west coast for centuries. The east coast, however, was another story. In August 1930, Henry George Watkins (nicknamed Gino), a... -
Fear: Our Ultimate Challenge by Sir Ranulph Fiennes
RRP: £10.99£7.40Explorer 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... -
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer 9780679457527
RRP: £30.00£19.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Alex Award - YALSA 1998 and New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age and YALSA Best Books for Young Adults.Book InformationISBN 9780679457527Author Jon... -
Thirteen Lessons that Saved Thirteen Lives: Thai Cave Rescue by John Volanthen
RRP: £20.00£13.03READ ABOUT THE HEROIC RESCUE, AS SEEN IN RON HOWARD'S THIRTEEN LIVES, FROM THE MAN AT THE HEART OF THE SEARCH. 'A profound and thrilling read.' COLIN FARRELL 'Riveting...a powerful story written by a hero who lived it.' RON HOWARD, Oscar-winning director... -
Shark Bytes: Tales of Diving with the Bizarre and the Beautiful by John Bantin
RRP: £17.99£12.54The popular image of sharks is of a dorsal fin cleaving the surface as it rushes to its next kill, but this is a limited caricature. There are over 500 species to choose from, most of whom are far more frightened of humans than vice versa. In this... -
Against the Ice by Ejnar Mikkelson
RRP: £13.99£9.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781586423346Author Ejnar MikkelsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Steerforth PressPublisher Steerforth Press -
Animal Explorers: Lola the Plant Hunter PB by Sharon Rentta
RRP: £6.99£5.21Animal 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... -
Brazilian Adventure by Peter Fleming
RRP: £14.99£9.26It 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... -
Cold Wars: Climbing the fine line between risk and reality by Andy Kirkpatrick 9781906148461
RRP: £12.99£9.26Winner of the 2012 Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature 'I was aware that I was cold - beyond cold. I was a lump of meat left for too long in a freezer, a body trapped beneath the ice, sinking down into the dark. I was freezing to death.' In... -
Free-Falling: True Stories of One Man's Leap into the Miraculous by Brad Webster 9781453748787
RRP: £15.00£13.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781453748787Author Brad WebsterFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpaceWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 13mm