Exploration and Discovery

Alfred Wainwright - A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells ( The Western Fells ) - HB

Wainwright's hand-drawn walking guides are perhaps the most distinctive and unusual such guides ever devised. This guide, originally published in 1966, ( and the 7th book in his series covering the entire area)  contains Wainwright's original...

Danny Sheehy - In the Wake of St Brendan - PB - BRAND NEW

A translation by Camilla Dinkel of Danny Sheehy’s book, Iomhramh Bhréanainn. The book is an account of Danny ‘s voyage from Dingle to Iceland in 2011 and back as one of the crew of the 45-foot sailing boat Ar Seachrán, skippered...

Fergus Fleming / Barrow's Boys

There's something about the overwhelming emptiness and terrifying beauty of the polar regions that never fails to attract. They are the most powerful symbols we have left of a world where human-made laws and values count for nothing; no one conquers...

James Cook / Hunt For The Southern Continent

Burying the bottle, James Cook wondered if it would ever be found. He was leaving New Zealand on a search for the great Southern Continent and knew he faced unimaginable dangers in his small ship. Embarking on his second loop of the south Pacific, Cook...

Robert Macfarlane / Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination

The most exhilarating history of mountaineering ... a riveting read' Jeremy Paxman 'A truly inspiring read' Sir Ranulph Fiennes 'It simply fizzes with insights into the sublime madness of mountaineering' Roger Deakin Once we thought monsters lived there...

James Benson / Above Us the Waves: The Story of Midget Submarines and Human Torpedoes

It was the Italians who pioneered the use of two-man human torpedoes or 'chariots', and their attacks on ships of the Royal Navy in Alexandria Harbour in 1941 caused Winston Churchill to write to the Chief of Staff's committee to enquire what was being...

Ian Mackersey / Smithy: The Life of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith

During his brief 38 years of life, Sir Charles Kingsford Smith was one of the most celebrated public idols in history, becoming for a few years in the early 30's a legend across the world for his brilliance as a pilot and his charismatic style among...

David L. Mearns / The Shipwreck Hunter: A Lifetime of Extraordinary Discoveries on the Ocean Floor

David Mearns has discovered some of the world's most fascinating and elusive shipwrecks. From the mighty battlecruiser HMS Hood to the crumbling wooden skeletons of Vasco da Gama's 16th century fleet, David has searched for and found dozens of sunken...

Wallace Clark / The Call of the Running Tide (Large Paperback)

This book spans the full range of Wallace Clark's sailing endeavours, from boyhood adventures on local dams and rivers to his last trip, a voyage in the Adriatic in 2010 when he was in his eighty-fourth year. It tells of visits to creeks, islets, secret...

Chris Bonington / The Climbers: A History of Mountaineering (Coffee Table Book)

Mountaineering has always demanded a fine balancing act between calculated risk-taking and the basic instinct for survival. The pioneers of the Victorian golden age tested this balance as they pushed themselves further and further, first in the Alps and...

Chris Bonington / The Climbers : A History of Mountaineering (Coffee Table Book)

Mountaineering has always demanded a fine balancing act between calculated risk-taking and the basic instinct for survival. The pioneers of the Victorian golden age tested this balance as they pushed themselves further and further, first in the Alps and...

Ellen MacArthur / Race Against Time (Coffee Table Book)

Just after 10.00 on the night of February 7th 2004, Ellen MacArthur crossed an imaginary line in the sea off Brittany to become the fastest person ever to sail solo round the world. The record was held by a Frenchman, Francis Joyon. He'd slashed over 20...

Charles Darwin / Charles Darwin's The Voyage of the Beagle (Coffee Table Book)

Well may we affirm that every part of the world is habitable! Whether lakes of brine, or those subterranean ones hidden beneath volcanic mountains#151;warm mineral springs#151;the wide expanse and depths of the ocean#151;the upper regions of the...

Robert D. Ballard & Rick Archbold / The Discovery of the Bismarck (Coffee Table Book)

Three miles beneath the Atlantic a feared Nazi warship stands proudly defiant....   Here, from the man who brought the world the Titanic, is the unforgettable story of Hitler's most famous battleship -- how she sailed, was sunk under fire, and...

John Bakeless - The Journals of Lewis and Clark - Vintage NEL PB - 1964

Published by NEL Mentor USA, 1964.  In the spring of 1805, Captain Meriwether Lewis and Captain William Clark, with a small band of men set out of a voyage of discovery into the western American continent, and headed into hitherto unexplored...

Benedict Allen / Into the Abyss : Explorers on the Edge of Survival(Hardback)

As he fell into the abyss, he asked himself: Why do explorers put themselves in dangerous situations. And, once the worst possible situation occurs, how do explorers find the resources to survive? In answering these questions, Benedict Allen weaves a...

Leo Houlding / Closer to the Edge: Climbing to the Ends of the Earth (Hardback)

One 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...

Lawrence Hacking, Wil De Clercq / To Dakar and Back: 21 Days Across North Africa by Motorcycle (Large Paperback)

The Paris-Dakar Rally is without question the most arduous and notorious off-road motorsports event on the planet. Since its inception in 1979, it has attracted more than 3,000 adventurers from all walks of life. The men and women who have taken up...

Alec Crawford / Treasure Islands: True Tales of a Shipwreck Hunter (Large Paperback)

In 1971 Alec Crawford is determined to make his fortune from ship salvage. Early attempts lead nowhere until he teams up with a new partner, Simon Martin. Diving in Hebridean waters, they explore remains of the Spanish Armada, and the wreck of the SS...

Tim Flannery / An Explorer's Notebook - Essays on Life, History & Climate (Large Paperback)

The Weather Makers catapulted Tim Flannery’s name into global consciousness; now he is known as one of the world’s foremost experts on climate change. But he didn’t just come into his knowledge and interest overnight. With its selection...

Andy Cave / Thin White Line

In 1997, Andy Cave returned from the Himalayas, having climbed the stupendous north face of Changabang but losing his friend and climbing partner in the process. Traumatized by the savage ordeal, he must examine his relationship with the mountains that...

Trevor Norton / Stars Beneath the Sea: The Extraordinary Lives of the Pioneers of Diving (Hardback)

This is a remarkable true story of some of the brave, brilliant and often barmy men that 'invented' diving. It is a story of explosive tempers and exploding teeth, of how to juggle live hand grenades and steer a giant rubber octopus. The book reveals...

Tim. Ecott / Neutral Buoyancy: Adventures in a Liquid World (Hardback)

This title includes a brilliant mix of vivid reportage, history and science. Historical diving bells, Greek sponge divers, world war two frogmen and record-setting breath hold divers compete for space with misunderstood sharks, weeping turtles,...

Bob Roberts / Last of the Sailormen (Large Paperback)

This work brings to life the last days of carrying cargo under sail, written in Bob Roberts' lively and evocative style.     All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are...

Jimmy Cruickshank / High Endeavours: The Life and Legend of Robin Smith (Large Paperback)

Robin Smith was one of the most legendary climbers ever to have tackled a mountain. This definitive biography draws on contributions from people who knew this charismatic and complex young man, as well as diary extracts from Smith himself. As Smith was a...

David Courtney / Nine Lives (Large Paperback)

  A rescue pilot with some 300 missions under his belt, David Courtney has seen tragedy and triumph up close. Nine Lives is an account of being a rescue from learning to fly to the thrills and terrors of dangerous night rescues. Courtney explains...