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Epic Journeys: Incredible Tales of Amazing Trails

Sam G.C. and Raquel Martin undertake their most ambitious and original work to date: the history of the routes that women and men have taken throughout the ages. Sam's telling of mankind's migrations ..

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Everest 1922: The Epic Story of the First Attempt on the World's Highest Mountain

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 an..

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Everest, Inc.: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World

Featuring original interviews with mountain guides and climbers-including Jimmy Chin and Conrad Anker-this vivid and authoritative adventure history chronicles one of the least likely industries on Ea..

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Graveyard of the Pacific: Shipwreck and Survival on America's Deadliest Waterway

Off the coast of Oregon, the Columbia River flows into the Pacific Ocean and forms the Columbia River Bar: a watery collision so turbulent and deadly that it's nicknamed the Graveyard of the Pacific. ..

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High Caucasus: A Mountain Quest in Russia's Haunted Hinterland

'A thrilling and beautiful book' Philip Marsden 'Tom Parfitt has re-invented travel writing for the 21st century' Oliver Bullough On 1 September 2004, Chechen and Ingush militant..

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Into the Wild

Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild examines the true story of Chris McCandless, a young man who walked deep into the Alaskan wilderness and whose SOS note and emaciated corpse were found four months later. ..

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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Everest Disaster

Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air is the true story of a 24-hour period on Everest, when members of three separate expeditions were caught in a storm and faced a battle against hurricane-force winds, expos..

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Kindred: A Cradle Mountain Love Story

An updated edition with one last story of the Cradle Mountain lovers, laid to rest together This updated edition includes a new development in Kate and Gustav's love story. When Kate died in 1916..

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Letters From Everest: Unpublished Letters from Mallory's Life and Death in the Mountains

A unique collection of unpublished letters from the climbing legend George Mallory to his family, revealing his innermost thoughts about people, places and mountains. On the 8th of June, 1924, Geor..

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Letters From Everest: Unpublished Letters from Mallory's Life and Death in the Mountains

A unique collection of unpublished letters from the climbing legend George Mallory to his family, revealing his innermost thoughts about people, places and mountains. On the 8th of June, 1924, Geor..

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Sailing Alone: A History

What compels a person to set out to sea? A solo sailor explores the exhilarating and frightening world of the wide ocean Sailing on a boat by yourself out at sea and out of sight of land can be e..

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Sailing the Graveyard Sea: The Deathly Voyage of the Somers, the U.S. Navy's Only Mutiny, and the Trial That Gripped the Nation

A "compelling" (The Wall Street Journal) account of the only mutiny in the history of the United States Navy-a little-known but once notorious event that cost three young men their lives-part murder m..

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Shackleton's Whisky: A Spirit of Discovery: Ernest Shackleton's 1907 Antarctic Expedition, and the Rare Malt Whisky He Left Behind

"Vivid account of Ernest Shackleton's 1907 Antarctic Expedition, and the cases of Mackinlay's single malt whisky that he left behind." "A vivid account of Ernest Shackleton's 1907 Antarctic Exped..

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Sherpa: Stories of Life and Death from the Guardians of Everest

Changing the narrative of mountaineering books, Sherpa focuses on the people who live and work on the roof of the world. Amid all the foreign adventurers that throng to Nepal to scale the w..

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Solo2Darwin: In the Footsteps of Amy Johnson

Whilst learning to fly, Amanda Harrison discovered a beautiful vintage Tiger Moth. After researching the amazing pioneers who flew this fragile aircraft, a spark was ignited, and Amanda dreamed of emu..

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South: The Endurance Expedition

Sir Ernest Shackleton's South is one of the greatest survival stories of all time. In 1914, Shackleton led a party of men hoping to be the first to traverse the Antarctic, but when their ship became c..

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States of Adventure: Stories About Finding Yourself by Getting Lost

30 exhilarating stories of adventuring across America and beyond, accompanied by stunning images from leading outdoor photographers. From completing the Great Divide Mountain Bike route in a whee..

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The White Ladder: Triumph and Tragedy at the Dawn of Mountaineering

The true story of the thrill-seekers, map-makers, soldiers, occultists, artists and porters who paved the way for modern mountaineering. 'A beautifully written and sure-footed history of mo..

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Tracks on the Ocean: A History of Trailblazing, Maps and Maritime Travel

'Ingenious. Caputo picks out a fascinating path and leads readers along it with the confidence of a practised pilot' Felipe Fernndez-Armesto, author of 1492'Accessible and entertaining, as well as dee..

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Voyages

Voyages is a celebration of the joys of adventure in places of breathtaking and pristine natural beauty.From paragliding part of the migration route of the Monarch butterfly, to sailing some of the re..

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Wanderlust: An Eccentric Explorer, an Epic Journey, a Lost Age

The mesmerizing, larger-than-life tale of an eccentric adventurer who traversed some of the greatest frontiers of the twentieth century, from uncharted Arctic wastelands to the underground resistance ..

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Wild Wisdom: Primal Skills to Survive in Nature

Donny Dust is a US Marine Corps veteran who now owns and operates Colorado's premier survival and wilderness self-reliance school. He's amassed two decades worth of primitive living skills everywhere ..

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