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  • Kursk: Film tie-in Robert Moore 9780857504135

    Kursk: Film tie-in Robert Moore 9780857504135

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    ____________________NOW OUT IN CINEMAS, STARRING COLIN FIRTH, MATTHIAS SCHOENAERTS AND LEA SEYDOUX 'It takes you through each nail-biting moment . . . heart-breaking, humane and, at times, all too vivid. I've rarely read such a gripping work of...
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  • Nile River Gunboats 1882-1918 by Angus Konstam

    Nile River Gunboats 1882-1918 by Angus Konstam

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    For more than 30 years the Nile river gunboat was an indispensable tool of empire, policing the great river and acting as floating symbols of British imperial power. They participated in every significant colonial campaign in the region, from the British...
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  • The Riddle and the Knight: In Search of Sir John Mandeville by Giles Milton

    The Riddle and the Knight: In Search of Sir John Mandeville by Giles Milton

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    In 1322 Sir John Mandeville left England on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Thirty-four years later, he returned, claiming to have visited not only Jerusalem, but India, China, Java, Sumatra and Borneo as well.His book about that voyage, THE TRAVELS, was...
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  • The Queen's Pirate: Sir Francis Drake and the Golden Hind by Kevin Jackson

    The Queen's Pirate: Sir Francis Drake and the Golden Hind by Kevin Jackson

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916190894Author Kevin JacksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint TSBPublisher Can of Worms Press
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  • Finding Endurance: Shackleton, My Father and a World Without End by Darrel Bristow-Bovey

    Finding Endurance: Shackleton, My Father and a World Without End by Darrel Bristow-Bovey

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    'Engaging, absorbing and crammed with marvellous stories, Finding Endurance is a tale about exploring the cold, told with much warmth.' MICK HERRON'Beautiful, thrilling, heroic and kind, a ripping yarn' CLAIRE ROBERTSON, AUTHOR OF THE SPIRAL...
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  • Astoria: Astor and Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: A Tale of Ambition and Survival on the Early American Frontier by Peter Stark 9780062218308

    Astoria: Astor and Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: A Tale of Ambition and Survival on the Early American Frontier by Peter Stark 9780062218308

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062218308Author Peter StarkFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Ecco PressPublisher Ecco PressWeight(grams) 318g
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  • Ascent of Everest John Hunt 9781444760897

    Ascent of Everest John Hunt 9781444760897

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    'This is the story of how, on 29 May, 1953, two men, both endowed with outstanding stamina and skill, reached the top of Everest and came back unscathed to rejoin their comrades. 'Yet this will not be the whole story, for the ascent of Everest was not...
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  • Where The Falcon Flies: A 3,400 Kilometre Odyssey From My Doorstep to the Arctic by Adam Shoalts 9780735241015

    Where The Falcon Flies: A 3,400 Kilometre Odyssey From My Doorstep to the Arctic by Adam Shoalts 9780735241015

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    Apologies 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
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  • Life As Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal by Juan Jose Millas

    Life As Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal by Juan Jose Millas

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    A New Scientist Book of the Year Prehistory is all around us. We just need to know where to look. Juan Jose Millas has always felt like he doesn't quite fit into human society. Sometimes he wonders if he is even a Homo sapiens at all. Perhaps he is a...
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  • Viking London by Thomas Williams

    Viking London by Thomas Williams

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    Viking Britain author Thomas Williams returns with a brief history of the interaction between the Vikings and the British to tell the story of the occupation of London. The Vikings remoulded the world, changed the...
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  • The Treasures of Tutankhamun by Garry J Shaw

    The Treasures of Tutankhamun by Garry J Shaw

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780500052181Author Garry J ShawFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Thames & Hudson LtdPublisher Thames & Hudson LtdWeight(grams) 121g
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  • Facing the Frozen Ocean: One Man's Dream to Lead a Team Across the Treacherous North Atlantic by Bear Grylls 9780330427074

    Facing the Frozen Ocean: One Man's Dream to Lead a Team Across the Treacherous North Atlantic by Bear Grylls 9780330427074

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    'An epic story of hardship, friendship and faith.' Daily Telegraph Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award, this is the compelling account of the most recent adventure of the bestselling author of Facing Up. It started out as a...
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  • Adventures in Maps by Debbie Hall 9781851245451

    Adventures in Maps by Debbie Hall 9781851245451

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    The twenty intriguing journeys and routes featured in this book range from distances of a few miles to great adventures across land, sea, air and space. Some describe the route that a traveller followed, some are the results of exploration and others...
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  • No Earthly Pole: The Search for the Truth about the Franklin Expedition 1845 by E. C. Coleman

    No Earthly Pole: The Search for the Truth about the Franklin Expedition 1845 by E. C. Coleman

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    Ernest Coleman has led or participated in four expeditions to find out the fate of the Franklin expedition. 129 men were lost from the two ships the Erebus and the Terror, looking for the North-West Passage. Many theories have been put forward - and some...
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  • Black Gold: The Dark History of Coffee by Antony Wild

    Black Gold: The Dark History of Coffee by Antony Wild

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    Your morning flat-white helped shape the modern world 'Elegantly written, witty and so wide in scope, so rich in detail and so thought provoking' Joanna Blythman It may seem like just a drink, but coffee's...
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  • Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home by Nando Parrado 9781400097692

    Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home by Nando Parrado 9781400097692

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Green Mountain Book Award 2009.Book InformationISBN 9781400097692Author Nando ParradoFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random...
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  • An Introduction to Geophysical Exploration Philip Kearey (University of Bristol) 9780632049295

    An Introduction to Geophysical Exploration Philip Kearey (University of Bristol) 9780632049295

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    This new edition of the well-established Kearey and Brooks text is fully updated to reflect the important developments in geophysical methods since the production of the previous edition. The broad scope of previous editions is maintained, with even...
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  • Footsteps in the Snow by John Dudeney 9781849955393

    Footsteps in the Snow by John Dudeney 9781849955393

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    Footsteps in the Snow recounts a life shaped and dominated by Antarctica, a multi-facetted account of a life dedicated to Antarctic science, policy and governance. It is also the story of growth from callow youth to Antarctic professional in the most...
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  • Alpine Rising: Sherpas, Baltis, and the Triumph of Local Climbers in the Greater Ranges by Bernadette McDonald 9781680515787

    Alpine Rising: Sherpas, Baltis, and the Triumph of Local Climbers in the Greater Ranges by Bernadette McDonald 9781680515787

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781680515787Author Bernadette McDonaldFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Mountaineers BooksPublisher Mountaineers BooksWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm)...
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  • The Ice Master by Jennifer Niven 9780230768352

    The Ice Master by Jennifer Niven 9780230768352

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    Drawing on previously unpublished letters of journals of crew members, their descendants and, astonishingly, interviews with survivors, Jennifer Niven's book is a riveting account of one of the most ambitious - and disastrous - Arctic expeditions ever...
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  • Ernest Hemingway: A Biography by Mary Dearborn

    Ernest Hemingway: A Biography by Mary Dearborn

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525563617Author Mary DearbornFormat PaperbackPage Count 752Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 794gDimensions(mm) 233mm *...
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  • Headstrap: Legends and Lore from the Climbing Sherpas of Darjeeling by Nandini Purandare 9781680516401

    Headstrap: Legends and Lore from the Climbing Sherpas of Darjeeling by Nandini Purandare 9781680516401

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781680516401Author Nandini PurandareFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Mountaineers BooksPublisher Mountaineers BooksWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm)...
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  • The Greatest Polar Exploration Stories Ever Told by Tom McCarthy

    The Greatest Polar Exploration Stories Ever Told by Tom McCarthy

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781493071005Author Tom McCarthyFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint The Lyons PressPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 221mm *...
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  • Ghost Ship by Brian Hicks

    Ghost Ship by Brian Hicks

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345466655Author Brian HicksFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 261gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...
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  • President Eisenhower's Close Encounters by Paul Blake Smith 9781645830382

    President Eisenhower's Close Encounters by Paul Blake Smith 9781645830382

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645830382Author Paul Blake SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 318Imprint Foundations Book PublishingPublisher Foundations Book PublishingWeight(grams)...
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  • North by Northwestern: A Seafaring Family on Deadly Alaskan Waters by Captain Sig Hansen 9780312672546

    North by Northwestern: A Seafaring Family on Deadly Alaskan Waters by Captain Sig Hansen 9780312672546

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312672546Author Captain Sig HansenFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm)...
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  • Temptation & Downfall of the Vicar of Stanton Lacy by Peter Klein

    Temptation & Downfall of the Vicar of Stanton Lacy by Peter Klein

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781873674710Author Peter KleinFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Merlin Unwin BooksPublisher Merlin Unwin BooksWeight(grams) 370g
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  • Shackleton's Forgotten Men: The Untold Tale of an Antarctic Tragedy by Lennard Bickel

    Shackleton's Forgotten Men: The Untold Tale of an Antarctic Tragedy by Lennard Bickel

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    When Ernest Shackleton resolved to cross Antarctica in 1915, he knew the task would require two parties of men. Shackleton and his crew aimed to cross the continent - but were to meet with disaster when their ship, the Endurance, was frozen into the ice...
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  • Navigations: The Portuguese Discoveries and the Renaissance by Malyn Newitt

    Navigations: The Portuguese Discoveries and the Renaissance by Malyn Newitt

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    Navigations re-examines the Portuguese voyages of discovery by placing them in their medieval and Renaissance settings. It shows how these voyages grew out of a crusading ethos, as well as long-distance trade with Asia and Africa and developments in...
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  • The World Beneath Their Feet: The British, the Americans, the Nazis and the Mountaineering Race to Summit the Himalayas Scott Ellsworth 9781473649620

    The World Beneath Their Feet: The British, the Americans, the Nazis and the Mountaineering Race to Summit the Himalayas Scott Ellsworth 9781473649620

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    The 2020 National Outdoor Book Awards of the History of the YearShortlisted for the 2020 William Hill Sports Book of the Year'A gripping history' THE ECONOMIST 'The World Beneath Their Feet contains plenty of rollicking stories' THE TIMES'Gripping' THE...
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  • Willoughbyland: England's Lost Colony by Matthew Parker

    Willoughbyland: England's Lost Colony by Matthew Parker

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    At the beginning of the 1650s, England was in ruins - wrecked, impoverished, grief-stricken by plague and civil war. Yet shimmering on the horizon was an intoxicating possibility, a vision of paradise: Willoughbyland.Ambitious and free-thinking...
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  • The Travels by Marco Polo 9780140440577

    The Travels by Marco Polo 9780140440577

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    Marco Polo was the most famous traveller of his time. His voyages began in 1271 with a visit to China, after which he served the Kubilai Khan on numerous diplomatic missions. On his return to the West, he was made a prisoner of war and met Rustichello of...
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  • Log of the Centurion: Based on the original papers of Captain Philip Saumarez on board HMS Centurion, Lord Anson's flagship during his circumnavigation, 1740-1744 by Philip Saumarez 9781913518035 [USED COPY]

    Log of the Centurion: Based on the original papers of Captain Philip Saumarez on board HMS Centurion, Lord Anson's flagship during his circumnavigation, 1740-1744 by Philip Saumarez 9781913518035 [USED COPY]

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913518035Author Philip SaumarezFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Sapere BooksPublisher Sapere BooksWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...
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  • Log of the Centurion: Based on the original papers of Captain Philip Saumarez on board HMS Centurion, Lord Anson's flagship during his circumnavigation, 1740-1744 by Philip Saumarez 9781913518035

    Log of the Centurion: Based on the original papers of Captain Philip Saumarez on board HMS Centurion, Lord Anson's flagship during his circumnavigation, 1740-1744 by Philip Saumarez 9781913518035

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913518035Author Philip SaumarezFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Sapere BooksPublisher Sapere BooksWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...
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  • The Discovery of Mankind: Atlantic Encounters in the Age of Columbus by David Abulafia 9780300158212

    The Discovery of Mankind: Atlantic Encounters in the Age of Columbus by David Abulafia 9780300158212

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    A new and fascinating perspective on the earliest phases of European exploration across the Atlantic Ocean The first landings in the Atlantic World generated striking and terrifying impressions of unknown peoples who were entirely foreign to anything...
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  • The Book Nobody Read by Owen Gingerich

    The Book Nobody Read by Owen Gingerich

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    1543 saw the publication of one of the most significant scientific works ever written: De revolutionibus (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres), in which Nicolaus Copernicus presented a radically different structure of the cosmos by placing the...
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  • Winds of Skilak: A Tale of True Grit, True Love and Survival in the Alaskan Wilderness by Bonnie Ward 9780692414088

    Winds of Skilak: A Tale of True Grit, True Love and Survival in the Alaskan Wilderness by Bonnie Ward 9780692414088

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692414088Author Bonnie WardFormat PaperbackPage Count 404Imprint Samuel Tree Publishing, LLCPublisher Samuel Tree Publishing, LLCWeight(grams)...
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  • Invasive Aliens: The Plants and Animals From Over There That Are Over Here by Dan Eatherley

    Invasive Aliens: The Plants and Animals From Over There That Are Over Here by Dan Eatherley

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    'The story of "invasive species" is really the story of human history, and Eatherley tells it with great verve ... Fascinating' Daily Telegraph A unique history of plant and animal invaders of the British isles spanning thousands...
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  • A Short History of Seafaring Brian Lavery 9780241379691

    A Short History of Seafaring Brian Lavery 9780241379691

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    Discover over 5000 years of seafaring history, packed with first-hand accounts of triumphs and disasters A fascinating journey through more than 5,000 years of seafaring history in this essential guide to the most impressive seafaring tales,...
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  • The Four Voyages of Christopher Columbus by Christopher Columbus 9780140442175

    The Four Voyages of Christopher Columbus by Christopher Columbus 9780140442175

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    No gamble in history has been more momentous than the landfall of Columbus's ship the Santa Maria in the Americas in 1492 - an event that paved the way for the conquest of a 'New World'. The accounts collected here provide a vivid narrative of his...
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