Books about exploration

623 books in our catalogue · showing 289–336

Writing on exploration

Mountains of Fire : The Secret Lives of Volcanoes

Mountains of Fire : The Secret Lives of Volcanoes

Clive Oppenheimer

Muscat and Oman : The End of an Era

Muscat and Oman : The End of an Era

Ian Skeet

My Holiday in North Korea

My Holiday in North Korea

Wendy E. Simmons

My Journey to Lhasa

My Journey to Lhasa

Alexandra David-Neel

My Kenya Days

My Kenya Days

Wilfred Thesiger

News From Tartary : A Journey from Peking to Kashmir

News From Tartary : A Journey from Peking to Kashmir

Peter Fleming

Nigel Sylvester: Go

Nigel Sylvester: Go

Nigel Sylvester

No Country For a Woman : The Adventurous Life of Lady Dorothy Mills, Explorer and Writer

No Country For a Woman : The Adventurous Life of Lady Dorothy Mills, Explorer and Writer

Jane Dismore

North of South : An African Journey

North of South : An African Journey

Shiva Naipaul

Occupational Hazards

Occupational Hazards

Rory Stewart

On the Hippie Trail : Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer

On the Hippie Trail : Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer

Rick Steves

On The Map : Why the world looks the way it does

On The Map : Why the world looks the way it does

Simon Garfield

On the Trail of Genghis Khan : An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads

On the Trail of Genghis Khan : An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads

Tim Cope

On the Wilder Shores of Love : A Bohemian Life

On the Wilder Shores of Love : A Bohemian Life

Lesley Blanch, Georgia de Chamberet

One Day as a Tiger

One Day as a Tiger

John Porter

One River : Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest

One River : Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest

Wade Davis

One's Company

One's Company

Peter Fleming

Oracle Bones

Oracle Bones

Peter Hessler

Origins

Origins

Lewis Dartnell

Orison for a Curlew : In Search of a Bird on the Edge of Extinction

Orison for a Curlew : In Search of a Bird on the Edge of Extinction

Horatio Clare

Ottoman Odyssey : Travels through a Lost Empire: Shortlisted for the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year Award

Ottoman Odyssey : Travels through a Lost Empire: Shortlisted for the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year Award

Alev Scott

Out of Istanbul

Out of Istanbul

Bernard Ollivier

Outpost : A Journey to the Wild Ends of the Earth

Outpost : A Journey to the Wild Ends of the Earth

Dan Richards

Owls of the Eastern Ice : The Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl

Owls of the Eastern Ice : The Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl

Jonathan C. Slaght

Palestine Unwrapped : Stories from real people and places of the Holy Land

Palestine Unwrapped : Stories from real people and places of the Holy Land

Kirsty Le Grice

Pathless Forest : The Quest to Save the World’s Largest Flowers

Pathless Forest : The Quest to Save the World’s Largest Flowers

Dr Chris Thorogood

Patria : Lost Countries of South America

Patria : Lost Countries of South America

Laurence Blair

Patrick Leigh Fermor : An Adventure

Patrick Leigh Fermor : An Adventure

Artemis Cooper

Peak Beyond Peak : The Unpublished Scottish Journeys of Isobel Wylie Hutchison

Peak Beyond Peak : The Unpublished Scottish Journeys of Isobel Wylie Hutchison

Kenneth MacLean, Isobel Wylie Hutchison

Persian Pictures : From the Mountains to the Sea

Persian Pictures : From the Mountains to the Sea

Gertrude Bell

Polar Explorations

Polar Explorations

Sebastian Copeland, Jimmy  Chin

Pole To Pole

Pole To Pole

Michael Palin

Pravda Ha Ha : Truth, Lies and the End of Europe

Pravda Ha Ha : Truth, Lies and the End of Europe

Rory MacLean

Climbing and mountaineering

Mountain Fever : Historic Conquests of Rainier

Mountain Fever : Historic Conquests of Rainier

Aubrey L. Haines, Ruth Kirk

Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada

Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada

Clarence King, James M. Shebl

Mountaineers : Great Tales of Bravery and Conquest

Mountaineers : Great Tales of Bravery and Conquest

Royal Geographical Society, The Alpine Club

Nanda Devi : Exploration and Ascent

Nanda Devi : Exploration and Ascent

Eric Shipton, Stephen Venables

Nine Lives : Expeditions to Everest

Nine Lives : Expeditions to Everest

Robert Mads Anderson

No Easy Way : The challenging life of the climbing taxman

No Easy Way : The challenging life of the climbing taxman

Mick Fowler

No Picnic on Mount Kenya

No Picnic on Mount Kenya

Felice Benuzzi

No Place To Fall : Superalpinism in the High Himalaya

No Place To Fall : Superalpinism in the High Himalaya

Victor Saunders

Norton of Everest : The biography of E.F. Norton, soldier and mountaineer

Norton of Everest : The biography of E.F. Norton, soldier and mountaineer

Mr Hugh Norton

On the Roof of the World

On the Roof of the World

Richard Nelsson

One Man's Everest : The Autobiography of Kenton Cool

One Man's Everest : The Autobiography of Kenton Cool

Kenton Cool

Over the Edge : The True Story of the Kidnap and Escape of Four Climbers in Central Asia

Over the Edge : The True Story of the Kidnap and Escape of Four Climbers in Central Asia

Greg Child

Painted Mountains : First ascents in the Indian Himalaya

Painted Mountains : First ascents in the Indian Himalaya

Stephen Venables

Prelude to Everest

Prelude to Everest

Ian R Mitchell, George Rodway

On the water

North American Odyssey : 12,000 Miles Across the Continent by Kayak, Canoe, and Dogsled

North American Odyssey : 12,000 Miles Across the Continent by Kayak, Canoe, and Dogsled

Amy and Dave Freeman, Dave Freeman

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