An Empire of Ice: Scott, Shackleton, and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science by Edward J. Larson
41.95 NZD
Category: Adventure | Reading Level: very good
Over The Top by Adrian Flanagan
65.00 NZD
Category: Adventure
In 1975, when Adrian Flanagan was fifteen, he read Sir Francis Chichester's account of his record-breaking circumnavigation and a dream began to form. Thirty years later, on 28 October 2005, Adrian set sail from the south coast of England on his quest to voyage vertically around the earth by the most di ...Show more
The Royal Geographical Society: Polar Exploration by Beau Riffenburgh
79.99 NZD
Category: Adventure
DoP August 2009UK 283x245mm / 64pp Hardcover with slipcase During the last quarter of the nineteenth century and the first two decades of the twentieth, explorers from around the world conquered nature's last closely guarded bastions. Between them they navigated the Northwest and Northeast Passages, att ...Show more
Bear Grylls : Two All-Action Adventures by Bear Grylls
42.99 NZD
Category: Adventure | Reading Level: 16
A collection combining two of Bear Grylls' most exciting adventures - Facing Up and Facing the Frozen Ocean. At extreme altitude youth holds no advantage over experience, and it is generally acknowledged that younger climbers have more difficulty coping with the adverse effects of mountaineering. Nevert ...Show more
Hot Steel by Terence White
29.99 NZD
Category: Adventure
From Soviet-Era Afghanistan to Post 9/11 : Frontline Encounters of the Longest-Serving Foreign Correspondent in Kabul.Part war correspondent's memoir, part adventure-travel journal, this is the remarkable story of the author's exploits as a frontline photo journalist: from Soviet-era Afghanistan, coveri ...Show more
First Pass Under Heaven - One Man's 4,000-Kilometre Trek Along the Great Wall of China by Nathan Gray
29.99 NZD
31.00 (3% off)
Category: Adventure | Reading Level: good-very good
The Great Wall of China is the largest man-made structure ever built, stretching for over 4,000 kilometres from central Asia, across the Gobi Desert, through the remote, cold mountains of northern China to end on the shores of the Pacific Ocean. Nathan Gray, a young New Zealand lawyer, wanted to be the ...Show more
The Last Great Adventure Of Sir Peter Blake by Alan Sefton
30.00 NZD
Category: Adventure
This captivating book follows the late Sir Peter Blake - legendary yachtsman and adventurer - on his final, ill-fated voyage. It tracks him and his dedicated team on the blakexpeditions exploration vessel Seamaster to the environmental pulse points of the planet as they look to generate greater awarenes ...Show more
Unclaimed Coast: The First Kayak Journey Around Shackleton's South Georgia by Mark Jones
16.99 NZD
40.00 (57% off)
Category: Adventure
A gripping account of one of the most extreme sea kayak expeditions undertaken - the first successful circumnavigation of South Georgia in the South Atlantic ocean.Includes South Georgia's whaling station history and its connection with Ernest Shackleton. First published October 2007.
Reaching the Summit: Sir Edmund Hillary's Story by Alexa Johnston, David Larson
17.99 NZD
19.99 (10% off)
Category: Adventure
Working closely with the author of the highly acclaimed 'Sir Edmund Hillary: An Extraordinary Life', writer David Larsen has produced a readable, exciting book aimed at young readers in the 9-14 age range. The book tells the story of the young Ed Hillary growing up in the Waikato, his increasing love of ...Show more
No Way Down: Life And Death On K2 by Graham Bowley
32.00 NZD
Category: Adventure
It's the summit of K2, 1 August 2008. An exhausted band of climbers pump their fists into the clear blue sky - joining the elite who have conquered the world's most lethal mountain. But as they celebrate, far below them an ice shelf collapses and sweeps away their ropes. They don't know it yet, but they ...Show more
Amazing Tales for Making Men Out of Boys by Neil Oliver
30.00 NZD
Category: Adventure
Captain Robert Falcon Scott didn't start out life as a hero. In fact, as a boy and young man he was considered small, frail and shy. So what was it that turned this ordinary man into a legend? Through his gripping new account of how this modest naval officer became Scott of the Antarctic, Neil Oliver vi ...Show more
Force of Nature: Racing around the world - a true story of courage and adventure by Robin Knox-Johnston
28.00 NZD
Category: Adventure
In January 1969, aboard his home-built wooden boat Suhaili, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston became the first person ever to sail solo, non-stop around the world. 25 years later, Sir Robin again completed a record-breaking circumnavigation, co-skippering Enza with Kiwi yachting legend Sir Peter Blake. His place ...Show more