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People of the Rainforest: The Villas Boas Brothers, Explorers and Humanitarians of the Amazon by John Hemming 9781787381957
RRP: €29.75€22.94In 1945, three young brothers joined and eventually led Brazil's first government-sponsored expedition into its Amazonian rainforests. After more expeditions into unknown terrain, they became South America's most famous explorers, spending the rest of... -
Viking London by Thomas Williams
RRP: €17.84€11.54Viking 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... -
Wonders All Around: The Incredible True Story of Astronaut Bruce McCandless II and the First Untethered Flight in Space by Bruce McCandless III 9781626348653
RRP: €27.07€19.66One of the most powerful images in the history of space exploration is of an astronaut in a spacesuit, untethered, and seemingly floating alone in an expanse of blue. Bruce McCandless II was the man in that spacesuit, and Wonders All Around is the... -
Ghost Ship by Brian Hicks
RRP: €19.03€14.04Apologies 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 *... -
Shackleton's Forgotten Men: The Untold Tale of an Antarctic Tragedy by Lennard Bickel
RRP: €20.22€14.61When 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... -
Black Gold: The Dark History of Coffee by Antony Wild
RRP: €11.89€7.90Your 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... -
An Ancient Mesopotamian Herbal by Barbara Böck 9781842467985
€49.30Throughout the world, traditional medical systems continue to impact the lives of many people. These systems vary greatly in their underlying beliefs - but all commonly rely on the consumption of plant matter as a central practice. An Ancient... -
Ancient Bones: Unearthing the Astonishing New Story of How We Became Human by Madelaine Boehme
RRP: €16.65€11.02"Splendid and important... Scientifically rigorous and written with a clarity and candor that create a gripping tale... [Boehme's] account of the history of Europe's lost apes is imbued with the sweat, grime, and triumph that is the lot of the... -
A Short History of Seafaring by Brian Lavery 9780241379691
RRP: €11.89€7.76Discover 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,... -
Nile River Gunboats 1882-1918 by Angus Konstam
RRP: €15.46€13.10For 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... -
Ice Ghosts: The Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition by Paul Watson 9780393249385
RRP: €26.17€22.55Ice Ghosts weaves together the epic story of the Lost Franklin Expedition of 1845-whose two ships and crew of 129 were lost to the Arctic ice-with the tale of the incredible discovery of the flagship's wreck in 2014. Paul Watson, who was on the... -
The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder by Douglas Preston 9781538741221
RRP: €35.70€20.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538741221Author Douglas PrestonFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Grand Central PublishingPublisher Grand Central PublishingWeight(grams)... -
The Faber Book of Exploration by Benedict Allen
RRP: €20.22€13.78What does it feel like to walk off the edge of a map? To emerge dazed, dying yet triumphant, from the Amazon? Benedict Allen's anthology of human exploration ranges across various terrains - hot and cold deserts, mountains and plains, jungles and high... -
The Wreck of Annie Jane by Allan F Murray
RRP: €15.41€13.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789071238Author Allan F MurrayFormat PaperbackImprint AcairPublisher Acair -
Willoughbyland: England's Lost Colony by Matthew Parker
RRP: €19.03€13.82At 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... -
Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West by H. W. Brands
RRP: €29.75€24.41By the time he became president in 1801, Thomas Jefferson had already been looking west for decades. He saw the country's population expanding and he judged that America's territory must expand too, lest America become as crowded and conflict-prone as... -
The Mapmaker's Wife: A True Tale Of Love, Murder And Survival In The Amazon by Robert Whitaker
RRP: €17.84€13.03In 1735 a team of French scientists set out on a daring expedition into the South American wilderness to resolve one of the great scientific challenges of the time: the precise size and shape of the Earth. Scaling the Andes and journeying along the... -
The Explorers: A Story of Fearless Outcasts, Blundering Geniuses, and Impossible Success by Martin Dugard 9781451677584
RRP: €22.60€14.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451677584Author Martin DugardFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 213mm *... -
Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World by Matthew Goodman
RRP: €17.84€11.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345527271Author Matthew GoodmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 420gDimensions(mm)... -
The First Treasure Divers: The True Story of How Two Brothers Invented the Diving Helmet and Sought Sunken Treasure and Fame by John Bevan 9781905492169
RRP: €15.46€10.82The recorded history of the diving industry has been fundamentally corrupted over the past 150 years. The result is a complete misunderstanding of how it all began. Who invented the diving helmet? Refer to any encyclopaedia or history book and the... -
A Book of Voyages by Patrick O'Brian 9780007487127 [USED COPY]
RRP: €11.89€2.92An anthology of 17th and 18th century travel writing that inspired the hugely popular Aubrey/Maturin series, collected and introduced by Patrick O'Brian, beautifully repackaged to mark the centenary of his birth. Patrick O'Brian has unearthed... -
A Book of Voyages by Patrick O'Brian
RRP: €11.89€7.76An anthology of 17th and 18th century travel writing that inspired the hugely popular Aubrey/Maturin series, collected and introduced by Patrick O'Brian, beautifully repackaged to mark the centenary of his birth. Patrick O'Brian has unearthed... -
Mayflower Manual: The Pilgrim Fathers' historic voyage of 1620 by Jonathan Falconer
RRP: €29.75€17.55Published to mark the 400th anniversary of the voyage of the Mayflower in 1620 and the establishment of the first colony at Plymouth, Massachusetts, the Haynes Mayflower Manual tells the story of how the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth in Devon to... -
The Loss of the Ship Essex Sunk By a Whale by Owen Chase 9780140437966
€12.64The gripping first-hand story of the disaster that inspired Melville's Moby-Dick and is the basis for a major new feature film, In the Heart of the Sea.In 1820, the Nantucket whaleship Essex was sailing in the South Pacific when it was rammed by an angry... -
Who Discovered America?: The Untold History of the Peopling of the Americas by Gavin Menzies 9780062236784
€16.01Greatly expanding on his blockbuster 1421, distinguished historian Gavin Menzies uncovers the complete untold history of how mankind came to the Americas-offering new revelations and a radical rethinking of the accepted historical record in Who... -
K2 by David Roberts 9780767932608
RRP: €17.84€11.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767932608Author Ed ViestursFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)Publisher... -
The Discovery of Mankind: Atlantic Encounters in the Age of Columbus by David Abulafia 9780300158212
RRP: €23.79€20.67A 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... -
The Greatest Polar Exploration Stories Ever Told by Tom McCarthy
RRP: €17.84€13.03Apologies 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 *... -
American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race by Douglas Brinkley
RRP: €23.79€21.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062655073Author Douglas BrinkleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 592Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 635gDimensions(mm) 218mm... -
Born to Be Hanged: The Epic Story of the Gentlemen Pirates Who Raided the South Seas, Rescued a Princess, and Stole a Fortune by Keith Thomson
RRP: €29.75€21.44The year is 1680, in the heart of the Golden Age of Piracy, and more than three hundred daring, hardened pirates-a potent mix of low-life scallywags and a rare breed of gentlemen buccaneers-gather on a remote Caribbean island. The plan: to wreak havoc on... -
Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver by Jill Heinerth
RRP: €21.41€11.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062691552Author Jill HeinerthFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 226mm *... -
Daredevils of the Atlantic Ocean: Unusual Crossings in Unlikely Vessels by Peter Firstbrook 9781948494342
RRP: €24.99€17.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948494342Author Peter FirstbrookFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Seaworthy Publications Inc.Publisher Seaworthy Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
The True History of The Conquest of New Spain by Bernal del Diaz Castillo
RRP: €23.79€20.04This rugged new translation--the first entirely new English translation in half a century and the only one based on the most recent critical edition of the Guatemalan MS--allows Diaz to recount, in his own battle-weary and often cynical voice, the... -
The Travels by Marco Polo 9780140440577
€13.60Marco 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... -
Men Without Country: The True Story of Exploration and Rebellion in the South Seas by Harrison Christian
RRP: €22.60€15.49'What joy to be at sea again, adrift on the vast Pacific, in the clutches of a gifted storyteller. Harrison Christian and the mutineers of Men Without Country held me happily captive to the very last page.' - Dava Sobel, author of Longitude'Men Without... -
No Earthly Pole: The Search for the Truth about the Franklin Expedition 1845 by E. C. Coleman 9781398102118
RRP: €29.75€19.67Ernest 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... -
The River of Doubt by Candice Millard
€13.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767913737Author Candice MillardFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday DelPublisher Broadway Books (A... -
Sea Dogs: Life Aboard an English Galleon by James Seay Dean
RRP: €17.84€13.74'James Seay Dean is the noted authority on these voyages ... he provides a sympathetic treatment of life aboard ship in some of the most challenging circumstances these redoubtable sailors faced "beyond the line".' - Professor Barry Gough, maritime... -
In Patagonia: (Vintage Voyages) by Bruce Chatwin
RRP: €13.08€9.25Chatwin's brilliantly unique record of his adventures in Patagonia and the fascinating people he meets along the way. Beautifully written and full of wonderful descriptions and intriguing tales, In Patagonia is an account of Bruce Chatwin's travels to a... -
Penguin Diplomacy: Brian Roberts, polar explorer, treaty maker and conservationist by June Roberts
RRP: €25.59€17.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781861519634Author June RobertsFormat PaperbackPage Count 484Imprint Mereo BooksPublisher Mereo Books