No Mercy: True Stories of Disaster, Survival and Brutality by Eleanor Learmonth
$12.00 NZD
Category: Adventure & Exploration
Disaster strikes. A ship goes down, a plane crashes, a party of travellers is cut off. But when the panic and confusion subside and the dead are counted, the survivors must find a way to keep surviving. And in desperation, unconstrained by law or conventional authority, the tactics they resort to can be ...Show more
Dead Lucky by Lincoln Hall
$12.00 NZD
Category: Adventure & Exploration | Reading Level: very good
AWARDED SPECIAL JURY MENTION AT THE BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM AND BOOK FESTIVAL 2007 "The day I summitted Mount Everest was the day I died" Lincoln Hall set off for Everest in early May 2006. Five weeks after reaching Base Camp in Tibet, he began his push for the summit. After three days of climbing higher in ...Show more
Historical Paradors by Galan Eslara
$30.00 NZD
Category: Adventure & Exploration
Spain is presented ... through a tour of its most beautiful Paradors, important and historical buildings turned into exclusive hotels.
Climb (PB) by BOUKREEV
$8.00 NZD
Category: Adventure & Exploration
On May 10, 1996, two commercial expeditions headed by expert leaders attempted to scale the world's largest peak. But things went terribly wrong. Crowded conditions, bad judgement, and a bitter storm stopped many climbers in their tracks. Others were left for dead, or stranded on the frigid mountain. ...Show more
Living Wild: The Ultimate Guide to Scouting and Fieldcraft by Bear Grylls
$15.00 NZD
Category: Adventure & Exploration
In this essential guide to living wild, Bear Grylls reveals the secrets of his years of fieldcraft experience. This is the information you really need to know about living in the field from the man who has passed 21 SAS selection, climbed Everest and survived in some of the most inhospitable regions on ...Show more
Dead Lucky : Life after death on Mount Everest by Lincoln Hall
$15.00 NZD
Category: Adventure & Exploration
The day I summitted Mount Everest was the day I diedLincoln Hall set off for Everest in early May 2006. Five weeks after reaching Base Camp in Tibet, he began his push for the summit. After three days of climbing higher into the oxygenless air, he was blessed with a perfect summit day. For a few minutes ...Show more
Great Outdoor Adventures: An Extreme Guide to the Best Outdoor Pursuits by Bear Grylls
$25.00 NZD
Category: Adventure & Exploration
Do you long for adventure without being quite sure how to find it? Do you want to sleep under the stars and experience the wonders of the natural world? More of us than ever are spending weekends and holidays climbing mountains, surfing waves or simply walking in the wilderness, as well as indulging in ...Show more
Blue Water - Stories from a life afloat by Lindsay Wright
$18.00 NZD
Category: Adventure & Exploration | Reading Level: very good
Blue Water is a collection of true adventure stories from a writer in love with the sea ...From an action-packed journey to the Arctic ice pack, encounters with whales and storms, to rescuing a derelict yacht - only to later be washed ashore on a New Zealand beach - Lindsay Wright has experienced it all ...Show more
Antarctic Odyssey - In the Footsteps of the South Polar Explorers by Graham Collier; Patricia Collier
$25.00 NZD
Category: Adventure & Exploration
Both a journey in the footsteps of others and an account of the author's own experiences with the spectacular wildlife: from Emperor penguins to skuas, which prey on their chicks, to leopard seals and the Orcas. Through his reflections and observations upon the waste of irridescent ice and snow, the boo ...Show more
Incredible Journeys by Thomas Cussans
$25.00 NZD
Category: Adventure & Exploration
Testing the boundaries of the Earth and challenging modern technology, these intrepid men and women demonstrate the human spirit at its most resilient.
Mountaineer - Thirty Years of Climbing the World's Greatest Peaks by Chris Bonington
$30.00 NZD
Category: Adventure & Exploration | Series: Teach Yourself Ser.
A photographic autobiography with theme-setting essays and extended captions that depict the author's complete mountaineering career plus other adventurous exploits with which he has been associated. Blue Nile, volcano climbing in Equador, trips in the Arctic and Antarctic. As it spans a period of 30 ye ...Show more
The Last Great Adventure of Sir Peter Blake by Peter Blake
$20.00 NZD
Category: Adventure & Exploration
This beautifully illustrated book follows the late Sir Peter Blake on his ill-fated voyage. It tracks the legendary yachtsman/adventurer as he takes the polar exploration yacht Seamaster to the environmental pulse points of the planet. The voyage began in New Zealand and reached the icy waters of Antarc ...Show more