Books about exploration

623 books in our catalogue · showing 337–384

Writing on exploration

Queen of the Desert : The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell

Queen of the Desert : The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell

Georgina Howell

Quest for Kim

Quest for Kim

Peter Hopkirk

Race to the Pole

Race to the Pole

Ben Fogle

Red Dust

Red Dust

Ma Jian

Reluctant Twitcher : A Quite Truthful Account of My Big Birding Year

Reluctant Twitcher : A Quite Truthful Account of My Big Birding Year

Richard Pope

Remote People

Remote People

Evelyn Waugh

Riding the Iron Rooster : By Train Through China

Riding the Iron Rooster : By Train Through China

Paul Theroux

Riding The Retreat : Mons to the Marne 1914 Revisited

Riding The Retreat : Mons to the Marne 1914 Revisited

Richard Holmes

Rowing the Northwest Passage

Rowing the Northwest Passage

Kevin Vallely

Running The World : My World-Record-Breaking Adventure to Run a Marathon in Every Country on Earth

Running The World : My World-Record-Breaking Adventure to Run a Marathon in Every Country on Earth

Nick Butter

Russia : A Journey to the Heart of a Land and its People

Russia : A Journey to the Heart of a Land and its People

Jonathan Dimbleby

Sahara

Sahara

Michael Palin

Sailing Alone

Sailing Alone

Richard J. King

Sailing Alone Around the World

Sailing Alone Around the World

Joshua Slocum

Sailing Alone Around the World (Adlard Coles Maritime Classics)

Sailing Alone Around the World (Adlard Coles Maritime Classics)

Capt Joshua Slocum, Dame Ellen MacArthur

Sailing to the Edge of Time : The Promise, the Challenges, and the Freedom of Ocean Voyaging

Sailing to the Edge of Time : The Promise, the Challenges, and the Freedom of Ocean Voyaging

John Kretschmer

SBS – Silent Warriors: The Authorised Wartime History

SBS – Silent Warriors: The Authorised Wartime History

Saul David

Scary Monsters and Super Creeps : In Search of the World's Most Hideous Beasts

Scary Monsters and Super Creeps : In Search of the World's Most Hideous Beasts

Dom Joly

Scott and Amundsen

Scott and Amundsen

Roland Huntford

Scott's Last Expedition

Scott's Last Expedition

Robert Falcon Scott

See You Again in Pyongyang

See You Again in Pyongyang

Travis Jeppesen

Seek : Reports from the Edges of America and Beyond

Seek : Reports from the Edges of America and Beyond

Denis Johnson

Seven Years in Tibet

Seven Years in Tibet

Heinrich Harrer

Sextant : A Voyage Guided by the Stars and the Men Who Mapped the World’s Oceans

Sextant : A Voyage Guided by the Stars and the Men Who Mapped the World’s Oceans

David Barrie

Shackleton

Shackleton

Ranulph Fiennes

Shackleton's Boat

Shackleton's Boat

Harding McGregor Dunnett

Shackleton's Heroes : The Epic Story of the Men Who Kept the Endurance Expedition Alive

Shackleton's Heroes : The Epic Story of the Men Who Kept the Endurance Expedition Alive

Wilson McOrist

Shadow Divers

Shadow Divers

Robert Kurson

Shadow of the Silk Road : (Vintage Voyages)

Shadow of the Silk Road : (Vintage Voyages)

Colin Thubron

Shine Your Eye : In Search of West Africa

Shine Your Eye : In Search of West Africa

Adewale Maja-Pearce

Short Walks from Bogota : Journeys in the new Colombia

Short Walks from Bogota : Journeys in the new Colombia

Tom Feiling

Shots Across the Water : Tales of a Journey Through Africa

Shots Across the Water : Tales of a Journey Through Africa

Patrick Nash

Sir John Franklin’s Erebus and Terror Expedition : Lost and Found

Sir John Franklin’s Erebus and Terror Expedition : Lost and Found

Gillian Hutchinson

Skyfaring : A Journey with a Pilot

Skyfaring : A Journey with a Pilot

Mark Vanhoenacker

Slow Trains to Istanbul : ...And Back: A 4,570-Mile Adventure on 55 Rides

Slow Trains to Istanbul : ...And Back: A 4,570-Mile Adventure on 55 Rides

Tom Chesshyre

Small Earthquakes : A Journey Through Lost British History in South America

Small Earthquakes : A Journey Through Lost British History in South America

Shafik Meghji

Snow Widows : Scott’S Fatal Antarctic Expedition by the Women Left Behind

Snow Widows : Scott’S Fatal Antarctic Expedition by the Women Left Behind

Katherine MacInnes

Guides and practical books

Rough Guides Make the Most of Your Time on Earth

Rough Guides Make the Most of Your Time on Earth

Rough Guides

Climbing and mountaineering

Quest for Adventure : Remarkable feats of exploration and adventure

Quest for Adventure : Remarkable feats of exploration and adventure

Sir Chris Bonington

Quest into the Unknown : My life as a climbing nomad

Quest into the Unknown : My life as a climbing nomad

Tony Howard

Rucksack Guide - Mountaineering in Remote Areas of the World

Rucksack Guide - Mountaineering in Remote Areas of the World

Alun Richardson

Scotland's Mountains Before the Mountaineers

Scotland's Mountains Before the Mountaineers

Ian R. Mitchell

Sea, Ice and Rock : Sailing and climbing Above the Arctic Circle

Sea, Ice and Rock : Sailing and climbing Above the Arctic Circle

Robin Knox-Johnston, Sir Chris Bonington

Search and Rescue Rocky Mountains

Search and Rescue Rocky Mountains

Kent Dannen

Seven Climbs : Finding the finest climb on each continent

Seven Climbs : Finding the finest climb on each continent

Charles Sherwood

Seven Mountain-travel Books

Seven Mountain-travel Books

H.W. Tilman

Sherpa : The Memoir of Ang Tharkay

Sherpa : The Memoir of Ang Tharkay

Ang Tharkay

Shisha Pangma : The alpine-style first ascent of the south-west face

Shisha Pangma : The alpine-style first ascent of the south-west face

Doug CBE Scott, Alex MacIntyre

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