Survival

      MAWSON'S WILL by Lennard Bickel

      The greatest polar survival story ever written.

      THE LONG WALK by Slavomir Rawicz

      The true story of a trek to freedom.

      AS FAR AS MY FEET WILL CARRY ME by Josef M Bauer

      The extraordinary true story of one man's escape from a Siberian labour camp and his 3-year trek to freedom.

      THE WORST JOURNEY IN THE WORLD by Apsley Cherry-Garrard

      An epic journey through some of the worst conditions ever faced by man.

      KARLUK by William Laird McKinlay

      The great untold story of Arctic exploration.

      WE DIE ALONE by David Howarth

      A World War Two epic of escape and endurance.

      SHACKLETON'S BOAT JOURNEY by F A Worsley

      A classic account of the extraordinary story of Shackleton's boat journey.

      SHACKLETON'S FORGOTTEN MEN by Lennard Bickel

      Truly a tale of heroism and human fortitude against overwhelming odds.

      IN THE LAND OF WHITE DEATH by Valerian Albanov

      An epic story of survival in the Siberian Arctic.

      NO SURRENDER by Hiroo Onoda

      The amazing story of a junior Japanese officer, Lt Hiroo Onanda.

      PAPILLON by Henri Charriere

      An extraordinary story of the punishments this man endured and his will to find a way of dealing with them.

      THIS ACCURSED LAND by Lennard Bickel

      The greatest story of lone survival in polar exploration.

        Polar Exploration

      BARTLETT, THE GREAT CANADIAN EXPLORER by Harold Horwood

      Tales of a truly great explorer.

      AN UNSUNG HERO, TOM CREAN ANTARCTIC SURVIVOR by Michael Smith

      The biography of Tom Crean, Antarctic survivor and unsung hero of the Scott and Shackleton Arctic expeditions.

      THE FIFTH MAN by Henry R Bowers

      One of the strongest men and wills that Antarctica has ever seen.

      THE DARK COMPANION by Bradley Robinson

      The life story of Matthew Henson, the first of all great Negro explorers.

      FARTHEST SOUTH by Dr Fridtjof Nansen

      The incredible three-year voyage to the frozen latitudes of the north.

      ACROSS THE TOP OF THE WORLD by Walley Herbert

      The story of the British trans-Arctic expedition.

      TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH by Ranulph Fiennes

      An account of the 1979-82 transglobe expedition, the first circumpolar journey around the world.

      DEAD SILENCE by J Geiger & O Beatie

      The greatest mystery in Arctic discovery.

      IN THE LENA DELTA by George W Melville

      A narrative of the Jeanette Expedition and the search for Lt Cdr DeLong and his companions.

        Climbing

      THE DUKE OF ABRUZZI by M Tenderini & M Shandrick

      An extraordinary man who was one of the most enterprising of mountain and polar explorers around at the turn of the 19th century.

      NO PICNIC ON MOUNT KENYA by Felice Benuzzi

      A daring escape; a perilous climb.

      NANGA PARBAT PILGRIMAGE: THE LONELY CHALLENGE by Hermann Buhl

      A brilliant book about a truly brilliant mountaineer: a milestone in human mountaineering.

      ANNAPURNA: THE FIRST CONQUEST OF AN 8000-METRE PEAK by Maurice Herzog

      Herzog was the leader of the French expedition of Annapurna in 1952. This is his account of the conquest of the mountain which, at more than 8000 metres high, at that time was the highest mountain ever climbed.

      FEEDING THE RAT by Al Alvarez

      A climber's life on the edge.

      TIGER IN THE SNOW by Walter Unsworth

      The life and adventures of A F Mummery.

      TOUCHING THE VOID by Joe Simpson

      The true story of one man's miraculous survival.

      THE WHITE SPIDER by Heinrick Harrer

      A classic account of the ascent of the Eiger.

      ALL 14 EIGHT-THOUSANDERS by Reinhold Messner

      An amazing book by an amazing person.

        Adventure

      SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET by Heinrick Harrer

      Caught during the outbreak of World War Two climbing in the Himalayas, this is the story of Harrer's escape from the internment camp and his journey into Tibet.

      PADDLE TO THE AMAZON by Don Starkell

      The incredible story of the world's longest kayak expedition.

      INTO THE WILD by Jon Krakauer

      The true story of a young man who in 1992 walked deep into the Alaskan wilderness to explore the outer limits of the self, and to leave behind civilisation.

      A LIFE OF MY CHOICE by Wilfred Thesiger

      One of the last great gentleman explorers of the 20th century.

        Other

      JONATHAN LIVINGSTONE SEAGULL

      FLANNIGAN'S RUN by Tom McNab

      WOBBLE TO DEATH by Peter Lovesey

      ESCAPE FROM KATHMANDU by K S Robinson