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On April 25, 2015, Jim Davidson was climbing Mount Everest when a 7.8 magnitude earthquake released avalanches all around him and his team, destroying their only escape route and trapping...

Join the treacherous mission to conquer Earth's highest peak in David Long's enthralling retelling of the first expeditions to climb Everest. Everest is the world's highest mountain, towering like an...

Everest brings the world's mightiest peak alive in a way no traditional book can. Readers can chart a route on an early map of Everest, hold a Tibetan prayer flag...

Author: James Ramsey UllmanBinding: HardbackPublished: The Reprint Society London, 1956Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsMan Of Everest: The Autobiography Of Tenzing chronicles the extraordinary life of Tenzing Norgay,...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the autumn of 1975, a team of Britain's finest mountaineers set their sights on the most audacious...

Author: Sangma Francis Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 80 Mount Everest is undoubtedly one of the most famous mountains on Earth. Hundreds of people clamber to its summit every year,...

This magnificent volume celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first successful ascent of the world's highest mountain, and chronicles the history of Everest exploration from the early years of the...

Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersCondition remarks: Mylar sleeve on jacketOn the 29th of...

Featuring original interviews with mountain guides and climbers-including Jimmy Chin and Conrad Anker-this vivid and authoritative adventure history chronicles one of the least likely industries on Earth: guided climbing on...

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Sixty years after the first ascent of Mount Everest, this unique book of letters from New Zealander George Lowe celebrates, in a very personal way, this most majestic of mountains....

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'The definitive back story of Mount Everest' Stewart Weaver, co-author of Fallen Giants 'Craig Storti has given us the Everest book that we've needed all along' Scott Ellsworth, author of...

In the autumn of 1973, Chris Dewhirst was living and working in Yosemite National Park, and part of a counterculture group of rock climbers tackling some of the most difficult...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: DamagedPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis gripping mountaineering classic, The Ascent Of Everest, chronicles the monumental 1953 expedition that achieved the first successful summit of the world's...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA landmark work of mountaineering history and adventure narrative, The Ascent of Everest chronicles the triumphant 1953 British expedition that...

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On 6 June, 1924 George Mallory donned an oxygen set and set off for the summit of Everest with his young partner Andrew Irvine. Next day they were glimpsed through...

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Bumbling Mangoland academic, Professor Dr Grafton Everest, has been elected to the Australian Senate, without really knowing why, and due to the influx of weird Independents, finds himself holding the...

'An extraordinary treasure trove' Andrew Marr A unique collection of unpublished letters from the climbing legend George Mallory to his family, revealing his innermost thoughts about people, places and mountains....

A vivid description of one of the most ambitious scientific projects undertaken in the 19th century, and the men who undertook the measurement of the Himalayas and the mapping of...

'Mick Conefrey's Fallen is a marvellously researched and written story about the enigma of George Mallory and the fulfilment of his "Because it's there!"' Peter Hillary'Mick Conefrey's gripping account explores...

'An extraordinary treasure trove' Andrew Marr A unique collection of unpublished letters from the climbing legend George Mallory to his family, revealing his innermost thoughts about people, places and mountains....

A collection of diamond-sharp stories from an award-winning writer, for fans of Eliza Clark's She's Always Hungry and Carmen Maria Machado's Her Body and Other Parties . What happens when...

'Funny and astute, Lewis has a keen eye for both the echoing loneliness and transcendent moments of connection in our increasingly atomised lives.' Marie Claire What happens when you reach...

Author: Ben Hubbard Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 32 A gripping illustrated account of how Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay made history by being the first men to conquer Mount...

A collection of diamond-sharp stories from an award-winning writer, for fans of Eliza Clark's She's Always Hungry and Carmen Maria Machado's Her Body and Other Parties . What happens when...

An extraordinary treasure trove Andrew Marr A unique collection of unpublished letters from the climbing legend George Mallory to his family, revealing his innermost thoughts about people, places and mountains....

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 SPORTS BOOK AWARDS'The best Everest book I've read since Into Thin Air. Synnott's climbing skills take you places few will ever dare to tread, but it's...

'No one could fail to be gripped by his heartfelt excitement and emotion over what was the adventure of a lifetime.' Independent At the age of twenty-three, Bear Grylls became...

'An extraordinary treasure trove' Andrew Marr A unique collection of unpublished letters from the climbing legend George Mallory to his family, revealing his innermost thoughts about people, places and mountains....

The husband and wife team behind the popular Earls Family Vlogs share their inspiring love story for the first time, revealing how an expedition to climb Mount Everest deepened their...

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Author: Wilfrid NoyceBinding: HardbackPublished: William Heinemann, 1954Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsPublished the year after the successful first ascent, this book provides a unique and intimate account...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: DamagedPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Tear on front of jacketThis compelling historical account, Forerunners To Everest: The Story Of The Two Swiss Expeditions Of 1952,...

The eighth book in the Grafton Everest series sees the hapless ex- President of the Republic of Australia, Dr Professor Grafton Everest, caught up in a web of international espionage...

An inspirational story of business and personal change "Experiential education at its best! Jim's story pushes us to extend ourselves, to grow, to dream."----Wendy Pieh, Former Program and Executive Director...

In this, the ninth book of the Grafton Everest series, our hapless hero reaches the culmination of his haphazard career by being appointed the first AustralianSecretary-General of the United Nations....

The bestselling follow-up to the international hit EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY HAS KILLED SOMEONE - another deliciously witty locked room mystery, for fans of Richard Osman and Anthony Horowitz -...