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Voyagers: The Settlement of the Pacific by Nicholas Thomas 9781803284637
RRP: $27.28$19.09The extraordinary sixty-thousand-year history of how the Pacific islands were settled. 'Takes readers on a narrative odyssey' Wall Street Journal, Books of the Year 'Highlights a dizzying burst of new research' The Economist 'A refreshing... -
Magnificence - and Princely Splendour in the Middle Ages by Richard Barber
RRP: $63.00$55.55This highly-illustrated volume, by bestselling author Richard Barber, shows how medieval princes proclaimed their special status through displays of magnificence. The book is stunning, in every respect, and will be the gold standard in its subject for... -
Ship, The Lady and the Lake by Meriel Larken 9781903071427
RRP: $42.00$30.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903071427Author Larken MerielFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Bene Factum Publishing LtdPublisher Bene Factum Publishing Ltd -
An Introduction to Geophysical Exploration by Philip Kearey 9780632049295
RRP: $121.70$106.30This 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... -
No Earthly Pole: The Search for the Truth about the Franklin Expedition 1845 by E. C. Coleman
RRP: $27.28$17.81Ernest 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... -
Life Lessons from Explorers: How to scale life's summits and think like an explorer by Felicity Aston
RRP: $27.28$18.06Great explorers are known for their hard-earned skills and meticulously honed character traits which have made their astonishing endeavours possible. Valuable lessons are waiting to be learned from the feats attained by the most revered names in... -
Admiral Byrd's Secret Journey Beyond The Poles by Tim R Swartz 9780938294986
RRP: $46.10$37.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780938294986Author Tim R SwartzFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Inner Light - Global CommunicationsPublisher Inner Light - Global... -
The Devil's Teeth: The True Story of Great White Sharks by Susan Casey
RRP: $33.58$24.38A New York Times Bestseller.Great white sharks are enigmas. They ruled the oceans long before dinosaurs inhabited the earth, yet we know surprisingly little about them. Scientists speculate they can live for 60 years and grow to a massive 20 feet long... -
Convict Colony: The remarkable story of the fledgling settlement that survived against the odds by David Hill
$34.34The British plan to settle Australia was a high-risk venture. We now take it for granted that the first colony was the basis of one of the most successful nations in the world today. But in truth, the New World of the 18th century was dotted with failed... -
John Houbolt: The Unsung Hero of the Apollo Moon Landings by William F. Causey 9781612496573
RRP: $46.10$34.76In May 1961, President Kennedy announced that the United States would attempt to land a man on the moon and return him safely to the earth before the end of that decade. Yet NASA did not have a specific plan for how to accomplish that goal. Over the next... -
Among the Coal Dust by Christine Jones
RRP: $18.88$13.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800747265Author Christine JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Olympia PublishersPublisher Olympia Publishers -
Antarctic Destinies: Scott, Shackleton, and the Changing Face of Heroism by Stephanie Barczewski 9780826445629
$60.44Presenting a study of the Antarctic explorers Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton as well as their most heroic expeditions, the author looks in detail at just how and why their individual reputations have evolved over the course of the last century... -
Aftershock: The Ancient Cataclysm That Erased Human History by Brien Foerster 9781534907102
RRP: $25.10$23.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781534907102Author Brien FoersterFormat PaperbackPage Count 322Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey by Rinker Buck
RRP: $44.08$27.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451659177Author Rinker BuckFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Simon & Schuster Children's PublishingPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams)... -
The Frontier Below: The Past, Present and Future of Our Quest to Go Deeper Underwater by Jeff Maynard 9780008532765
RRP: $23.08$14.95Triumphs and disasters in the deep sea This is a journey through time and water, to the bottom of the ocean and the future of our planet. We do not see the ocean when we look at the water that blankets more than two thirds of our planet. We only see... -
The Mapmaker's Wife: A True Tale Of Love, Murder, And Survival In The Amazon by Robert Whitaker
$33.08In the early years of the 18th century, a band of French scientists set off on a daring, decade-long expedition to South America in a race to measure the precise shape of the earth. Like Lewis and Clark's exploration of the American West, their... -
New Worlds, Ancient Texts: The Power of Tradition and the Shock of Discovery by Anthony Grafton 9780674618763
$82.19Describing an era of exploration during the Renaissance that went far beyond geographic bounds, this book shows how the evidence of the New World shook the foundations of the old, upsetting the authority of the ancient texts that had guided Europeans so... -
Honouring High Places: The Mountain Life of Junko Tabei by Junko Tabei
RRP: $48.28$45.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771602167Author Junko TabeiFormat HardbackPage Count 376Imprint Rocky Mountain BooksPublisher Rocky Mountain Books -
Falling Upwards: Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture The Aeronauts by Richard Holmes
RRP: $18.88$12.64NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING EDDIE REDMAYNE AND FELICITY JONES A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A NEW STATESMAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A DAILY TELEGRAPH BEST BOOK OF... -
Road To Gondwana The: In search of the lost supercontinent by Bill Morris
RRP: $41.98$28.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922539335Author Bill MorrisFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Exisle PublishingPublisher Exisle PublishingWeight(grams) 272g -
Sailing on the Edge: Alone Across the Atlantic by Peter Keating 9780645153231
$24.70At the age of 57, Peter Keating set out to sail, single-handed, across the Atlantic. It was a lifelong dream of a lifelong sailor and though it was to be a solo journey, his waking and sleeping hours were spent in the 'company' of his memories and... -
The Dutch East India Company: A Captivating Guide to the First True Multinational Corporation and Its Impact on the Dutch War of Independence from Spain by Captivating History 9781950922680
RRP: $41.94$25.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781950922680Author Captivating HistoryFormat PaperbackPage Count 66Imprint Captivating HistoryPublisher Captivating HistoryWeight(grams) 109gDimensions(mm)... -
Dead Men by Richard J. Pierce, Jr.
RRP: $18.88$12.87'Fascinating.' Telegraph Birdie Bowers is a woman with a dead man's name. Her parents had been fascinated by Henry 'Birdie' Bowers, one of Captain Scott's companions on his ill-fated polar expedition. A hundred years after the death of Bowers and... -
Chronicle of the Narvaez Expedition by Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca 9780142437070
RRP: $18.88$18.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780142437070Author Alvar Nunez Cabeza de VacaFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Penguin Random House AustraliaPublisher Penguin Random House... -
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]
RRP: $20.98$11.00Apologies 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 *... -
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
RRP: $20.98$18.69Apologies 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 *... -
The Oxford Handbook of the Atlantic World: 1450-1850 by Nicholas Canny 9780199672424
$94.73The essays in this volume provide a comprehensive overview of Atlantic history from c.1450 to c.1850, offering a wide-ranging and authoritative account of the movement of people, plants, pathogens, products, and cultural practices--to mention some of the... -
Icy Graves: Exploration and Death in the Antarctic by Stephen Haddelsey
RRP: $27.28$20.20Ever since Captain Cook first sailed into the Great Southern Ocean in 1773, mankind has sought to push back the boundaries of Antarctic exploration. The first expeditions tried simply to chart Antarctica's coastline, but then the Sixth International... -
The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story by Douglas Preston
RRP: $41.98$25.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781455540013Author Douglas PrestonFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint FaithWordsPublisher Time Warner Trade PublishingWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm)... -
The Moon's Galactic History: A Look at the Moon's Extraterrestrial Past and its Connection to Earth by Constance Victoria Briggs 9781948803502
RRP: $50.40$44.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948803502Author Constance Victoria BriggsFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint Adventures Unlimited PressPublisher Adventures Unlimited... -
President Eisenhower's Close Encounters by Paul Blake Smith 9781645830382
RRP: $35.68$30.98Apologies 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)... -
In the Land of White Death: An Epic Story of Survival in the Siberian Arctic by Valerian Albanov
RRP: $29.38$21.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age.Book InformationISBN 9780679783619Author Valerian AlbanovFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Modern Library... -
Ice Captain: The Life of J.R. Stenhouse: A Forgotten Hero of Shackleton's Endurance Expedition by Stephen Haddelsey
RRP: $31.48$24.26Much has been written on Antarctic explorer, Ernest Shackleton. This is the story of the Endurance expedition's other hero, Joseph Russell Stenhouse (1887-1941) who, as Captain of the SS Aurora, freed the ship from pack ice and rescued the survivors of... -
Paddling My Own Canoe: A Solo Adventure On the Coast of Molokai by Audrey Sutherland 9781938340765
RRP: $27.28$24.21Go Simple, Go Solo, Go Now In 1958, while flying from one island to another, Audrey Sutherland sees the remote and roadless northeast side of Molokai, with its spectacular sea cliffs and waterfalls. Always an adventurer, she decides that she must find... -
Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern Media by Darrell Hartman
RRP: $63.00$34.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593297162Author Darrell HartmanFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint VikingPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 624gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 160mm *... -
Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition by Owen Beattie 9781771641739
RRP: $39.80$26.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771641739Author Owen BeattieFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Greystone BooksPublisher Greystone BooksWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 140mm... -
Race to Hawaii: The 1927 Dole Air Derby and the Thrilling First Flights That Opened the Pacific by Jason Ryan 9780912777252
RRP: $50.30$39.02Today, a trip to Hawaii is a simple six-hour flight from the West Coast, but almost a century ago, it was a nerve-wracking and twenty-six-hour journey across 2,400 miles of the open Pacific. Race to Hawaii chronicles the thrilling first flights during... -
The Adventures of Alexander Von Humboldt by Andrea Wulf
RRP: $62.90$49.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524747374Author Andrea WulfFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint PantheonPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 1406gDimensions(mm) 311mm * 248mm *... -
History's Greatest Mysteries: Easter Island by Charles River Editors 9781492766179
RRP: $21.50$16.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781492766179Author Charles RiverFormat PaperbackPage Count 42Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing... -
Making A Friend Smile by Paul Clutterbuck
RRP: $27.28$19.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788307703Author Paul ClutterbuckFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint Olympia PublishersPublisher Olympia Publishers