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The early twentieth century was the 'heroic age' of Antarctic exploration - a time when adventurers such as Scott and Shackleton were national icons. ... More

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In August 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance set sail for the South Atlantic. The object of the expedition was to cross the Antarctic ... More

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'Those eyes. They were the faded blue of a clear winter sky, a luminous, translucent, glacier blue. They had invited me into a strange new world of ... More

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Picture a frustrated office worker of twenty-five. One rainy, miserable Monday he resolves to grab life with both hands and embark on an adventure: ... More

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The last time John Harrison ventured into the jungle a member of his group died. This time he brought his wife. The Tumucumaque Hills on Brazil's ... More

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In April 2011, four soldiers - each a veteran of recent conflicts, who suffered devastating injuries in the line of duty - set out on an ... More

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This is the epic first hand account of the Endurance expedition. As the first world war broke out in Europe, Shackleton's expedition to the South ... More

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The remarkable story of two women, the first in the world to drive the length of Africa, and the first to cross the Sahara on a motorcycle. London ... More

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'So there I was - a twenty-one year old black female university student walking down a suburban street with a gun, no shoes and murder on my mind. I ... More

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Mike's journey begins when the chance discovery of geology at school inspires purpose and ambition, but he denies the need to curtail social ... More

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Peking, 18 August 1967: With many foreign embassies already battered and defaced in a wave of mindless xenophobia, a frenzied mob invades the home of ... More

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On Christmas Eve 1971, the packed LANSA flight 508 from Lima to Pucallpa was struck by lightning and went down in dense jungle hundreds of miles from ... More

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UNSUNG ORDINARY MEN by Sally Dingo is a very personal investigation into the ongoing effects of war on the soldiers, their wives and children when a ... More

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In 1994, Xinran met a woman whose story was so extraordinary, it came to obsess her. Of all the Chinese women that Xinran had interviewed for her ... More

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Capt. Max Hardberger uses every trick, tool and tactic at his disposal to right wrongs and outpirate pirates in this action-packed expose of the ... More

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Ships of Mercy tells the riveting true story of Mercy Ships, the astonishing fleet of hospital ships that sail the globe, bringing dramatic change to ... More

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What would you do if you suddenly had all the time in the world? For Shally Hunt and her husband Richard, one week at home was enough before they set ... More

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In May 2003, the country was gripped by the fate of arctic explorer Pen Hadow, stranded with diminishing supplies on the ice cap after successfully ... More

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* The perfect gift for any adventurer * Fantastic, awe-inspiring photographs in both colour and black and white * Contains biographies and detailed ... More

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Hear the stories of men and women battling the elements, and sometimes each other, to stay alive--confronting savage storms, rogue waves, icebergs, ... More

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