The Third Pole - My Everest climb to find the truth about Mallory and Irvine by Mark Synnott
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Veteran climber Mark Synnott never planned on climbing Mount Everest, but a hundred-year mystery lured him into an expedition–and an awesome history of passionate adventure, chilling tragedy, and human aspiration unfolded. On June 8, 1924, George Mallory and “Sandy” Irvine set out to stand on the roof o ...Show more
Dreams of Leaving and Remaining - The Fragments of a Nation by James Meek
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The anatomy of Britain on the edge of Brexit, by Orwell Prize winning journalist Since Britain's 2016 referendum on EU membership, the nation has been profoundly split: one side fantasizing that the referendum will never be acted upon, the other entrenched in questionable assumptions about reclaimed ...Show more
To Shake the Sleeping Self - A Quest for a Life with No Regret by Jedidiah Jenkins
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'A thrilling, tender, utterly absorbing book. It's an unforgettable debut' Cheryl Strayed A soul-stirring read for the wanderer in each of us, To Shake the Sleeping Self is an unforgettable reflection on adventure, identity and a life lived without regret. On the eve of turning thirty, terrified of bein ...Show more
New Yorkers: A City and Its People in Our Time by Craig Taylor
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TerrorBlackoutHurricane RecessionPandemicA symphony of contemporary New York told through the magnificent words of its people - from the best-selling author of Londoners.In the first twenty years of the twenty-first century, New York City has been convulsed by terrorist attack, blackout, hurricane, rece ...Show more
The Road to Oxiana by Robert Byron
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In 1933, Robert Byron began a journey through the Middle East via Beirut, Jerusalem, Baghdad, and Teheran to Oxiana - the country of the Oxus, the ancient name for the river Amu Darya which forms part of the border between Afghanistan and the Soviet Union. "The Road to Oxiana" offers not only a wonderfu ...Show more
The World Beneath Their Feet by Scott Ellsworth
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Longlisted for the 2020 William Hill Sports Book of the Year 'A gripping history' THE ECONOMIST'The World Beneath Their Feet contains plenty of rollicking stories' THE TIMES'Gripping' THE SUNDAY TIMES'So far as adventure stories go, this book is tops.' Winston Groom, author of Forrest Gump'[Ellswort ...Show more
My Good Life in France: In Pursuit of the Rural Dream by Janine Marsh
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Category: Travel Vicarious | Series: The\Good Life France Ser.
Janine Marsh takes a day trip to France to pick up some cheap wine. A few hours later, she returns to England, having put in an offer on a rickety old barn in the rural Seven Valleys area of Pas-de-Calais. Giving up her job in London, she moves to France with her husband in order to enjoy the good life ...Show more
The Best American Travel Writing 2020 by Jason Wilson (Editor)
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Category: Travel Vicarious | Series: The\Best American Series ® Ser.
The year's best travel writing, as chosen by series editor Jason Wilson and guest editor Robert Macfarlane. An eclectic compendium of the best travel writing essays published in 2019, collected by esteemed guest editor Robert Macfarlane, author of Mountains of the Mind and Underland. The Best Americ ...Show more
Te Marae: A Guide to Customs and Protocol by Pat Tauroa; Hiwi Tauroa
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A guide - complete with glossary - to customs, protocol and etiquette for visitors to New Zealand marae.Hiwi and Pat Tauroa outline the sequence of events that begins when visitors arrive at the gates of a marae and ends with their departure. Appropriate behaviour is described at each stage; the spiritu ...Show more
From the Holy Mountain by William Dalrymple
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In the spring of 587 A.D., 2 men set out from the great desert monastery of St Theodosius, near Bethlehem. It was the start of an extraordinary journey across the entire Byzantine world, and William Dalrymple has followed in their footsteps.
Fearless Footsteps - True Stories That Capture the Spirit of Adventure by Nathan James Thomas (Editor); Jennifer Roberts (Editor)
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Travelling the world is an exhilarating, eye-opening, life-affirming experience. But it can also be scary to even think about. There are language barriers, borders to cross, planes to fly in, and of course, the mystery of an unknown land. It can be difficult to take the chance, even when you're yearni ...Show more
Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other by Sam Heughan, Graham McTavish
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From their faithful camper van to boats, kayaks, bicycles, and motorbikes, join stars of Outlander, Sam and Graham on a road trip with a difference, as two Scotsmen explore a land of raw beauty, poetry, feuding, music, history, and warfare.Unlikely friends Sam and Graham begin their journey in the heart ...Show more