Climbing the Pole: Edmund Hillary & the Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-1958 by John Thomson
45.00 NZD
Category: Adventure
In 1957 on the Antarctic Plateau Sir Edmund Hillary, the great New Zealand mountaineer, raced his expedition leader, Vivian Fuchs, to the South Pole for reasons that were never fully explained. Hillary’s spin was that the Pole was there and he had time and fuel to get there first: so he did. Hillary’s a ...Show more
127 Hours by Aron Ralston
30.00 NZD
Category: Adventure
On Sunday April 27, 2003, 27-year old Aron Ralston set off for a day's hiking in the Utah canyons. Dressed in a t-shirt and shorts, Ralston, a seasoned climber, figured he'd hike for a few hours and then head off to work. 40 miles from the nearest paved road, he found himself on top of an 800-pound boul ...Show more
North by Northwestern: A Seafaring Family on Deadly Alaskan Waters by HANSEN Sig SUNDEEN M
41.00 NZD
Category: Adventure
This is the story of a family of survivors - part memoir and part adventure tale. It brings readers on deck, into the dockside bars and into the history of a family with a common destiny. Built around the gripping tale of a deadly shipwreck like the Perfect Storm, this is the multi-generational tale of ...Show more
Shackleton: The Story of Ernest Shackleton and the Antarctic Explorers by Gavin Mortimer
49.99 NZD
Category: Adventure
Antarctica is a land still locked in the grip of an ice age, where the sun disappears for months at a time, and temperatures can drop as low as -78[degrees]F. It was the last great region of the world to be discovered, and even today great tracts of Antarctica lie unexplored. In 1914 Sir Ernest Shacklet ...Show more
Don't Sleep, There are Snakes - Life and language in the Amazonian jungle by Daniel Everett
29.99 NZD
Category: Adventure | Reading Level: very good
Although Daniel Everett was a missionary, far from converting the Pirahas, they converted him. He shows the slow, meticulous steps by which he gradually mastered their language and his gradual realisation that its unusual nature closely reflected its speakers' startlingly original perceptions of the wor ...Show more
A Day to Die for: 1996: Everest's Worst Disaster - The Untold True Story by Graham Ratcliffe
39.99 NZD
Category: Adventure
On the night of 10-11 May 1996, eight climbers perished in what remains the worst disaster in Everest's history. Following the tragedy, numerous accounts were published, with Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air becoming an international bestseller. But has the whole story been told? A Day to Die For reveals fo ...Show more
With Friends in High Places by Malcolm Slesser
27.99 NZD
Category: Adventure
Mountain climbing, like life itself, is not without risk. Some brilliant climbers like Hermann Buhl and Dougal Haston have perished through a momentary lapse of judgement. Too many die young, failing to appreciate that safety lies in the awareness of danger. But the motivation for mountain climbing is ...Show more
The Campcraft Handbook: A Guide to Outdoor Living Skills by Peter G. Drake
18.99 NZD
Category: Adventure
More and more people are taking part in active pursuits such as walking, orienteering, rock climbing and camping as a means of getting away from the stresses and strains of everyday modern urban life. Life outdoors can be as simple as a weekend's camping and gentle walking or as challenging as whitewate ...Show more
Space by Sir Patrick Moore
65.00 NZD
Category: Adventure
"Space: The First Fifty Years" chronicles the amazing advances and discoveries made during the momentous last half century, including the first manned spaceflight and first man in orbit, the first unmanned landing on the moon, the first craft to leave the Earth's orbit, the manned moon landings, the adv ...Show more
The Mammoth Book of on the Edge by Jon E. Lewis
29.99 NZD
Category: Adventure
No one sees clearer than an individual whose life is hanging by the finger tips on the edge of an abyss. Probing the furthest reaches of human daring and endurance, here are 28 of the great first-hand accounts of extreme mountaineering, from legendary names. Featuring: Heinrich Harrer - first conqueror ...Show more