Exploration and Discovery

Tim Jeal / Explorers of the Nile : The Triumph and the Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure

Between 1856 and 1876, five explorers – Richard Burton, John Hanning Speke, Samuel Baker, David Livingstone and Henry Morton Stanley – risked their lives in the name of a quest to discover the source of the White Nile.They journeyed through...

Douglas Preston / The Lost City Of The Monkey God

A five-hundred-year-old legend. An ancient curse. A stunning medical mystery. And a pioneering journey into the unknown heart of the world's densest jungle.Since the days of conquistador Hernán Cortés, rumors have circulated about a lost...

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,...

Graham Bowley / No Way Down: Life and Death on K2 (Hardback)

No Way Down is the the gripping, terrifying story of a brutal struggle for survival on the upper slopes of the Himalayan K2, the world's most hostile terrain, by Graham Bowley.K2, August 1st, 2008.Thirty climbers are attempting the summit of the most...

Emily Chappell / Where There's a Will: Hope, Grief and Endurance in a Cycle Race Across a Continent (Hardback)

Emily Chappell's story of transformation into a cross-continental bike racer, pushing the limits of her enduranceA London cycle courier with a taste for adventure, Emily Chappell entered an extraordinary new race - The Transcontinental - in which riders...

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...

Tim Peake / Limitless: Soldier Pilot Parent Astronaut

 ‘I looked down below my feet and suddenly noticed Australia flashing by. The vertigo hit me then. My gloved hands gripped the handrail as tightly as I could. I had been on my spacewalk for over an hour. I had trained for this moment for years...

Michael Palin / Erebus: The Story of a Ship

 _______________THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER: the remarkable true story of the exploration ship featured in The TerrorIn the early years of Queen Victoria's reign, HMS Erebus undertook two of the most ambitious naval expeditions of all time.On the...

Roland Huntford / Shackleton

  Ernest Shackleton was the quintessential Edwardian hero. A contemporary - and adversary - of Scott, he sailed on the 'Discovery' expedition of 1900, and went on to mount three expeditions of his own. Like Scott, he was a social adventurer; snow...

Graham Bowley / No Way Down : Life and Death on K2 (Large Paperback)

 The summit of K2. 1st August 2008. An exhausted band of climbers pump their fists into the clear blue sky - joining the elite who have conquered the world's most lethal mountain. But as they celebrate, far below them an ice shelf collapses and...

Graham Bowley / No Way Down : Life and Death on K2

   No Way Down is the the gripping, terrifying story of a brutal struggle for survival on the upper slopes of the Himalayan K2, the world's most hostile terrain, by Graham Bowley.K2, August 1st, 2008.Thirty climbers are attempting the summit...

Tim Severin - The Brendan Voyage - HB 1978 - Ireland to North America

Tim Severin and his companions built a boat using only techniques and materials available in the sixth-century A.D., when St Brendan was supposed to have sailed to America. The vessel comprised forty-nine ox hides stitched together in a patchwork and...

Aron Ralston / 127 Hours: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

127 HoursTo view the synopsis (blurb) from the back of this book click on the picture to enlarge it. 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 in very good condition...

Charley Boorman / Race to Dakar - PB

To view the synopsis (blurb) from the back of this book click on the picture to enlarge it. 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 in very good condition. Removing stickers...