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Brazil That Never Was by A. J. Lees
RRP: £14.99£12.55As a boy growing up near Liverpool in the 1950s, Andrew Lees would visit the docks with his father to watch the ships from Brazil unload their exotic cargo of coffee, cotton bales, molasses, cocoa - the ships' names and goods noted down in loving detail... -
Ascent of Everest by John Hunt
RRP: £14.99£9.80'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... -
The Lost Pilots: The Spectacular Rise and Scandalous Fall of Aviation's Golden Couple by Corey Mead
RRP: £20.00£14.29The Sahara Desert, February 1962: the wreckage of a plane emerges from the sands revealing, too, the body of the plane's long-dead pilot. But who was he? And what had happened to him?Baker Street, London, June 1927: twenty-five-year-old Jessie Miller... -
After the Lost Franklin Expedition: Lady Franklin and John Rae by Peter Baxter 9781526765864
RRP: £14.99£10.95The fate of the lost Franklin Expedition of 1847 is an enigma that has tantalised generations of historians, archaeologists and adventurers. The expedition was lost without a trace and all 129 men died in what is arguably the worst disaster in Britain's... -
Memories of Chinatown by Geraldene Lowe-Ismail 9789810958299
RRP: £8.99£8.08Memories of Chinatown is a Singapore classic and is now republished with a new visual interpretation by watercolour artist Graham Byfield. Both a memoir and a narrative guide to the vibrant spirit of a bygone Singapore, it is written by much loved... -
One Man's Climb: A Journey of Trauma, Tragedy and Triumph on K2 by Adrian Hayes 9781526751652
RRP: £12.99£9.09A deeply moving story of the beauty and brutality of life, and death, on the world's most unpredictable and perilous mountain. Sitting just lower than Everest at 8,611 metres above sea level on the China-Pakistan border, the Savage Mountain claims the... -
That Place We Call Home: A journey through the place names of Ireland by John Creedon 9780717189854
RRP: £21.99£18.10John Creedon has always been fascinated by place names, from when he was a young boy growing up in Cork City to travelling around Ireland making his popular television show. In this brilliant new book, he digs beneath the surface of familiar place names,... -
Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson and the Opening of the American West by Steven Ambrose 9780684826974
£15.44"Unduanted Courage" is the story of a heroic and legendary man, and the saga of a great nation creating itself. In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson chose Captain Meriwether Lewis to lead the first government-backed exploration of the vast and... -
Temptation & Downfall of the Vicar of Stanton Lacy by Peter Klein
RRP: £12.00£9.72Apologies 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 -
Out There: The Batshit Antics of the World's Great Explorers by Peter Rowe 9781990823336
RRP: £18.99£12.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781990823336Author Peter RoweFormat HardbackPage Count 257Imprint The Sutherland House Inc.Publisher The Sutherland House Inc. -
Ice Blink: The Tragic Fate of Sir John Franklin's Lost Polar Expedition by Scott Cookman 9780471404200
RRP: £14.99£13.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780471404200Author Scott CookmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams)... -
The Age of Uncertainty: how the greatest minds in physics changed the way we see the world by Tobias Hurter
RRP: £25.00£16.59The epic, page-turning history of how a group of physicists toppled the Newtonian universe in the early decades of the twentieth century. Marie Curie, Max Planck, Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schroedinger, and Albert Einstein didn't only... -
In The Footsteps Of Adam by Thor Heyerdahl
RRP: £12.99£8.60Thor Heyerdahl is one of the greatest explorers of our day. At the age of 84 he has chosen to take a journey through his memories. This is not a chronological autobiography but rather an epic exploration of the world and the amazing events that Heyerdahl... -
Arabia Felix by Thorkild Hansen
RRP: £17.99£12.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681370729Author Colin ThubronFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint The New York Review of Books, IncPublisher The New York Review of Books,... -
Kursk: Film tie-in by Robert Moore
RRP: £9.99£7.11____________________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... -
The Coldest March: Scott's Fatal Antarctic Expedition by Susan Solomon 9780300099218
RRP: £22.50£22.08"These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale." So penned Captain Robert Falcon Scott in 1912 as he confronted defeat and death in the crippling subzero temperatures of Antarctica. In this riveting book, Susan Solomon finishes the interrupted... -
The Magnetism of Antarctica: The Ross Expedition 1839-1843 by John Knight
RRP: £18.99£15.65This under-documented expedition was a pivotal moment in the annals of polar exploration and was the starting point, in historical terms, of revealing the great unknown continent of Antarctica. It was the first time in nearly 70 years since Captain James... -
James Fitzjames: Commander of HMS Erebus by William Battersby 9781803994123
RRP: £14.99£11.55'A riveting detective story ... Revelation follows revelation.' - Benedict Allen, author, explorer and TV presenterJames Fitzjames was a hero of the early nineteenth-century Royal Navy. A charismatic man with a wicked sense of humour, he pursued his... -
A Stain in the Blood: The Remarkable Voyage of Sir Kenelm Digby by Joe Moshenska
RRP: £12.99£9.09SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY and THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY'A thrilling account' The Times'As heroic as Digby himself, Moshenska has defied the tyranny of genre and made his own absorbing account'... -
The Search for Life on Mars: The Greatest Scientific Detective Story of All Time by Elizabeth Howell 9781950691395
RRP: £20.00£13.26With a focus of the Perseverance rover mission, here is the "Quintessential account of one of humanity's most intriguing quests" (Pail Halpern, Medium), "A remarkable, timely, and up-to-date account of Mars exploration" (Leonard David, "Space Insider,"... -
The East India Company: A Captivating Guide to the English Company That Was Created for the Exploitation of Trade with East and Southeast Asia and India by Captivating History 9781647483326
RRP: £19.97£12.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647483326Author Captivating HistoryFormat PaperbackPage Count 78Imprint Captivating HistoryPublisher Captivating HistoryWeight(grams) 127gDimensions(mm)... -
The Duchess's Shells: Natural History Collecting in the Age of Cook's Voyages by Dr. Beth Fowkes Tobin
RRP: £30.00£25.85Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, the 2nd Duchess of Portland (1715-1785), was one of the wealthiest women in eighteenth-century Britain. She collected fine and decorative arts (the Portland Vase was her most famous acquisition), but her great love was... -
The Routledge Handbook of the History of Settler Colonialism by Edward Cavanagh 9780367581480
RRP: £44.99£39.68The Routledge Handbook of the History of Settler Colonialism examines the global history of settler colonialism as a distinct mode of domination from ancient times to the present day. It explores the ways in which new polities were established in freshly... -
Naturalists in Paradise: Wallace, Bates and Spruce in the Amazon by John Hemming 9780500252109
RRP: £19.95£14.33Alfred Russel Wallace, Henry Walter Bates and Richard Spruce were English naturalists who went to Amazonia 150 years ago. This book is the first to combine all three young men's experiences of the Amazon, drawing heavily on their own letters and books... -
Extreme Survivors: 60 epic stories of human endurance by Collins Maps
£14.55Foreword by Bear Grylls, presenter of Running Wild and The Island. The most daring escapes, famous shipwrecks, and ultimate survival stories. These are astonishing stories of human endurance and endeavour. Compelling descriptions combined with... -
The Last Voyage of the Karluk: A Survivor's Memoir of Arctic Disaster by William Laird McKinlay 9780312206550
RRP: £17.99£11.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312206550Author William Laird McKinlayFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint GriffinPublisher GriffinWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 140mm * 13mm -
Sailing Alone Around the World: a Personal Account of the First Solo Circumnavigation of the Globe by Sail by Captain Joshua Slocum 9780857064233
£18.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857064233Author Captain Joshua SlocumFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Leonaur LtdPublisher Leonaur LtdWeight(grams) 390g -
The Four Voyages of Christopher Columbus by Christopher Columbus 9780140442175
£11.67No 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... -
The Modern Explorers by Robin Hanbury-Tenison 9780500516843 [USED COPY]
RRP: £24.95£2.80Exploration has never been more popular and any idea that there is nowhere left to explore is instantly disproved by the contemporary explorers who are showcased here. Most of the accounts are written by the explorers themselves, and they all vividly... -
A Wild Idea: The True Story of Douglas Tompkins--The Greatest Conservationist (You've Never Heard Of) by Jonathan Franklin
RRP: £28.99£17.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062964120Author Jonathan FranklinFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint HarperOnePublisher HarperOneWeight(grams) 152g -
Conquering the Impossible: My 12,000-Mile Journey Around the Arctic Circle by Mike Horn 9780312382049
RRP: £14.99£14.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312382049Author Mike HornFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 137mm... -
Our Story: Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the 1998 TITANIC EXPEDITION by Bill Willard 9781604950410
RRP: £30.00£24.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604950410Author Bill WillardFormat PaperbackPage Count 274Imprint Jomaga HousePublisher Jomaga HouseWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 19mm -
The Dinosaur Artist: obsession, betrayal, and the quest for Earth's ultimate trophy by Paige Williams 9781911617907
RRP: £14.99£10.20New Yorker magazine staff writer Paige Williams delves into the surprisingly perilous world of fossil collectors in this riveting true tale. In 2012, a New York auction catalogue boasted an unusual offering: 'a superb Tyrannosaurus skeleton'. In fact,... -
Mapmaker: Philip Turnor in Rupert's Land in the Age of Enlightenment by Barbara Mitchell
RRP: £28.00£27.63"[M]arvelous and compelling..." - John Milloy, author of The Plains Cree and A National Crime As the first inland surveyor for the Hudson's Bay Company, Philip Turnor stands tall among the explorers and mapmakers of Canada. Accompanied by Cree guides... -
Over the Edge of the World, Updated Edition: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe by Laurence Bergreen 9780062890481
RRP: £19.99£12.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062890481Author Laurence BergreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)... -
Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery by Mark Charles 9780830845255
RRP: £16.99£15.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830845255Author Mark CharlesFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Inter-Varsity Press,USPublisher InterVarsity PressWeight(grams) 390gDimensions(mm)... -
Neutral Buoyancy: Adventures in a Liquid World by Tim Ecott 9780802139078
RRP: £12.99£12.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802139078Author Tim EcottFormat PaperbackPage Count 376Imprint Black CatPublisher Black Cat -
Empires of the Weak: The Real Story of European Expansion and the Creation of the New World Order by Jason Sharman
RRP: £35.00£27.74How the rise of the West was a temporary exception to the predominant world orderWhat accounts for the rise of the state, the creation of the first global system, and the dominance of the West? The conventional answer asserts that superior technology,... -
Hunt for Gold: Sunken Galleons In The New World by John Christopher Fine
RRP: £25.00£19.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683343219Author John Christopher FineFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Pineapple Press Inc.,U.S.Publisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams)... -
Belle: The True Story of Dido Belle by Paula Byrne
RRP: £12.99£9.16The inspiration behind the powerful new film starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson and Emily Watson, this is the story of Dido Belle, whose adoption by an aristocratic family challenged the conventions of 18th century England. In one of the...