Exploration and Discovery

Kira Salak / The White Mary (Hardback)

Returning to the U.S. after a harrowing assignment in the Congo during which she had been held hostage by rebel soldiers, Marika Vecera is stunned to learn that her long-time hero, Pulitzer...

J. R. R. Tolkien / The Return of the King

THE RETURN OF THE KING, which brings to a close the great epic of war and adventure begun in The Fellowship of the Ring and continued in The Two Towers, is the third and final part of J. R. R...

Philip Pullman / His Dark Materials

The unforgettable His Dark Materials trilogy that began with The Golden Compass and continued with The Subtle Knife, reaches its astonishing conclusion in The Amber Spyglass. These modern fantasy...

Will Ottley / Mountain garden (Hardback)

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Lloyd Alexander / The Black Cauldron (Older Edition Small Paperback)

Taran, Assistant Pig-Keeper of Prydain, faces even more dangers as he seeks the magical Black Cauldron, the chief implement of the evil powers of Arawn, lord of the Land of Death.   The picture shown...

Richard Burton - The Source of the Nile - HB Slipcased Folio Society - 1993 ( The Lake Regions of Central Africa)

First published in 1960 as The Lake Regions of Central Africa, this is an illustrated 1993 Folio Society UK Edition.  Previous owner's adhesive bookplate to inside front endpage, handwritten name on...

Mick Conefrey / Everest 1922

Though it remains by far the world's most famous mountain, in recent years Everest's reputation has changed radically, with long queues of climbers on the Lhotse Face, lurid tales of frozen corpses...

Edward Wilson - Diary of the Discovery Expedition to the Antarctic Regions 1901-1904 - HB 1966

A hardcover first edition, Blandford UK 1966, edited and collected by Ann Savours from original manuscripts in the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge UK.  A key feature of the book is the use...

Andrew Langley / Exploring the Pacific (Coffee Table Book)

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Lorna Siggins / Everest Calling (Coffee Table Book)

The story of the expedition by Dawson Stelfox to be the first Irishman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, following the fateful route of Mallory and Irvine who disappeared in 1924. It tells of the...

Maurice Isserman / Fallen Giants : A History of Himilayan Mountaineering (Coffee Table Book)

The first successful ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa teammate Tenzing Norgay is a familiar saga, but less well known are the tales of many other adventurers who...

David Whitehouse / One Small Step - The Inside Story of Space Exploration (Coffee Table Book)

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Andy McNab / The Ultimate Survival Handbook (Coffee Table Book)

Learn crucial survival skills from world-famous ex-SAS author and survival expert Andy McNab. If you want to be ready for the outdoors, street-smart in the city, and even safe online, this book will...

Chris Ryan / Chris Ryan's Ultimate Survival Guide (Coffee Table Book)

This title takes us through three extreme terrains - desert, rainforest and arctic tundra, with a special section on urban survival, and shows us how to survive in such hostile environments.     This...

John Wiseman / SAS Driver's Survival Handbook (Coffee Table Book)

How to stay safe and be confident on and off the road. Almost every family owns a car, and every year more vehicles are introduced on to roads which are already congested, adding to the danger and...

Robin Hanbury Tenison / The Great Explorers (Coffee Table Book)

Penetrating biographies written by a group of distinguished travel writers, broadcasters, and historians reveal the lives, motives, and passions of forty major explorers in history. It has always...

Bear Grylls / Epic Expeditions (Coffee Table Book)

Ever wanted to be an adventurer like Bear

Chris McNab / The SAS Handbook of Living off the Land (Coffee Table Book)

Jonathan Shackleton & John McKenna - Shackleton : An Irishman in Antarctica - HB - 2002

Hardcover, published by Blackstaff Press, 2002. Light edgewear to the upper front edge of the dustjacket, but no tears or damage.  A 2002 biography of explorer Ernest Shackleton, lavishly illustrated...

Oliver Morton / Mapping Mars (Hardback)

A narrative history of the men and women who have explored Mars and mapped its surface from afar, and in so doing conditioned our understanding of our nearest planetary neighbour. When Columbus first...

Gavin Menzies / 1421 (Hardback)

The incredible true story of the discovery of America before Columbus was even born.Gavin Menzies's extraordinary findings rewrite history. On March 8, 1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen...

Hugh McManners / The Commando Survival Manual (Coffee Table Book)

Since th

Enda O'Coineen - Journey to the Edge - PB - 2019

From Enda O’Coineen, in business and adventure, we can learn much. The man sails on a sea of obsession in life - guided only by the goals he sets himself.He became the first ever Irish entry to...

Fergus Fleming / The Explorer's Eye : First-Hand Accounts of Adventure and Exploration (Coffee Table Book)

The Explorer's First-hand Accounts of Adv

Andrew Chaikin / Air and Space: The National Air and Space Museum Story of Flight (Coffee Table Book)

Depicts the milestones of aviation and sp

Ranulph Fiennes / Above the World (Coffee Table Book)

Above the Stunning Satellite Images From

Ranulph Fiennes / Living Dangerously (Coffee Table Book)

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Broughton Coburn / Triumph on Everest : A Photobiography of Sir Edmund Hillary (Coffee Table Book)

This exc

Ed Viesturs / Himalayan Quest : Ed Viesturs on the 8,000-Meter Giants (Coffee Table Book)

Now updated to include the triumphant culmination of a monumental quest—to stand on the summits of all fourteen of the world’s highest mountains— Himalayan Quest offers an unforgettable glimpse into...

Parragon Books / 100 Diving Sites: Underwater Paradises Around the Globe (Coffee Table Book)

100 Divi

Beth Tierney / Diving Southeast Asia: A Guide To Asia's Tropical Seas (Coffee Table Book)

The newe

Pamela Stephenson / Murder or Mutiny: An Adventure Story (Coffee Table Book)

As famil

Pat Falvey / A Journey to Adventure: Stories I Never Thought I'd Tell (Coffee Table Book)

Pat Falv

Jeff Lowe / Ice World: Techniques and Experiences of Modern Ice Climbing (Coffee Table Book)

Climbing veteran Jeff Lowe provides a his

Miriam Estensen / Discovery - The Quest for the Great South Land (Hardback)

Discovery: The Quest for the Great South Land

Bear Grylls / Mud, Sweat and Tears (Hardback)

Bear Gry

Mark Finnan / Oak Island Secrets (Large Paperback)

Updated with information on the results of high-tech underwater scans, Oak Island Secrets offers a complete and up-to-date account of Canada's most puzzling and intriguing historical and...

Chris Bonington / Boundless Horizons (Hardback)

Individu

Bear Grylls / Facing the Frozen Ocean

Five Bri

Jon E. Lewis / The Mammoth Book Of How It Happened: Everest

Begining

Michael Smith / An Unsung Hero (Coffee Table Book)

Kerry-born Tom Crean ran away from home as a youth, and joined Scott's Discovery voyage in December 1901, not returning to England until 1904. He went back to the Antarctic with Scott on his fateful...

Ranulph Fiennes / Beyond the Limits: The Lessons Learned from a Lifetime's Adventures (Coffee Table Book)

On 5th February 2000 Sir Ranulph Fiennes set off on the most direct - and most difficult - route to the North Pole from Canada. It involved towing a heavily laden sledge over 425 nautical miles of...

Ernest Shackleton / South: The story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition (Coffee Table Book)

South: the story of Shackleton's last expedition 1914-1917 By Sir Ernest Shackleton South! The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917 is the factual blow-by-blow narrative of the ill-fated...

Tracy Edwards & Tim Madge / Maiden (Coffee Table Book)

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Aldus Books / A History of Discovery and Exploration - 1973 (3 Book Collection)

A History of Discovery and Exploration (3 Book Collection)   Earth's Last Frontiers The New World The Search Begins

Mark Carwardine , Stephen Fry / Last Chance to See: In the Footsteps of Douglas Adams (Coffee Table Book)

Join Britain's best-loved wit and raconteur, Stephen Fry, as he follows in his great friend Douglas Adams' footsteps with zoologist Mark Carwardine, in search of some of the rarest and most...

Jon Balchin / To the Ends of the Earth: Journeys of the Great Explorers (Coffee Table Book)

Fascinated by what lies beyond the boundaries of human experience, men and women have throughout history been irresistibly drawn to venture into the unknown. Lavishly illustrated, 'To The Ends Of The...

Robin Hanbury-Tenison / The Seventy Great Journeys in History (Coffee Table Book)

The adventurous stories of the greatest explorers in history, illustrated with hundreds of evocative portraits, photographs, paintings, and maps.Marco Polo, Ferdinand Magellan, David Livingstone,...

Jochen Hemmleb / Ghosts of Everest: The Search for Mallory & Irvine (Coffee Table Book)

Did Mallory and Irvine reach Everest's summit 30 years before Hillary and Tenzing? Until now, clues about what happened to these two Everest pioneers had been scant and misleading. Until now, no one...

John Hawkridge / Uphill All the Way (Hardback)

John Hawkridge was slightly handicapped at birth and by an unfortunate operation was rendered fully disabled Despite this, his remarkable determination and energy enabled him to become a formidable...

Jarlath Cunnane / Northabout: Sailing the North East and North West Passages (Coffee Table Book)

The story of the crew of a small yacht cr

Tom Bergin - In the Steps of Burke and Wills - HB

The journey of Burke and Wills across Australia from Coopers Creek to the Gulf of Carpentaria was retraced in 1977 by two white Australians and two Aborigines in order to test the hypothesis on use...