1912, The Year the World Discovered Antarctica

by Chris Turney

• EXPLORATION
• 2012
• HARD COVER
• 358 PAGES

Turney looks at the great leap forward in Antarctic science that was made 100 years ago with the expeditions of not just Scott and Amundsen but also those of Mawson, Filchner and Shirase in this brisk and engaging history of science and exploration in the Antarctic. An Australian scientist himself, Turney sees Mawson as the scientific hero of the age. (ANT368, $27.00)

90 Degrees South, with Scott to the Antarctic

by Herbert Ponting

• EXPLORATION
• 1933
• DVD
• OUT OF PRINT

Herbert Ponting's extraordinary documentary footage of Scott's expedition. (ANT111, $29.95)

Across Arctic America, Narrative of the Fifth Thule Expedition

by Knud Rasmussen

• EXPLORATION
• 1999
• PAPER
• 415 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

A facsimile edition of Rasmussen's 1927 account of a 20,000-mile journey by dogsled across the top of North America. (ARC90, $24.95)

Across the Top of the World

by James P. Delgado

• EXPLORATION
• 2009
• PAPER
• 224 PAGES

Covering all the major expeditions in detail, and written with passion and authority, this richly illustrated history by James Delgado covers the quest for the fabled Northwest Passage, from the disaster of the Franklin Expedition, to the triumph of Roald Amundsen, all the way up to present-day research. (ARC61, $19.95)

Across the Top of the World, To the North Pole by Sled, Balloon, Airplane and Nuclear Icebreaker

by Andrew Fisher

• EXPLORATION
• 1998
• PAPER
• 305 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

An entertaining account of Arctic exploration. (ARC45, $12.00)

The Adventurers' Handbook: An Extreme, Extraordinary, and Exciting Journey Around the World

by Anita Ganeri

• EXPLORATION
• 2010
• HARD COVER
• 128 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

Learn practical skills such as how to say hello in 16 languages, beat jet lag and use chopsticks, learn about racing a dog team and crossing the Sahara Desert on a camel and other amazong feats in this imaginative guide. (TVL500, $9.99)

Adventures at Sea in the Great Age of Sail, Five Firsthand Narratives

by Elliot Snow

• EXPLORATION
• 1986
• PAPER
• 353 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

The first of these five narratives of adventure on the high seas is the account by Captain Charles Bernard, whose ship crew left him marooned on New Island in the Falklands. (ANT57, $14.95)

The Airmen and the Headhunters

by Judith Heimann

• EXPLORATION
• 2008
• PAPER
• 304 PAGES

Heimann tracked down the Borneo side of the nearly forgotten saga of 11 young American airmen shot down over Kalimantan in WWII -- and the Australian pilots, missionaries and, especially, the Dayak villagers who helped them to survive and evade capture. (BRN29, $15.95)

Alone, The Classic Polar Adventure

by Richard E. Byrd | Kieran Mulvaney

• EXPLORATION
• 2003
• PAPER
• 309 PAGES

The classic journal kept by Byrd through the long Antarctic night. (ANT74, $27.50)

America Discovered, A Historical Atlas of Exploration

by Derek Hayes

• EXPLORATION
• 2009
• PAPER
• 280 PAGES

Derek Hayes artfully traces the discovery, exploration, and settlement of North America in 300 beautiful map in this sumptuous book, a testimony not only to Columbus, Coronado, Hudson, Lewis and Clark and others but also to the prairies, plains, waterways and mountains of the continent. (NAM22, $35.00)

Annapurna, A Woman's Place

by Arlene Blum

• EXPLORATION
• 1998
• PAPER
• 247 PAGES

This account of the historic 1978 climb celebrates the first American ascent of Annapurna by a team of 13 women. The climbers were also, notably, the first women to scale any of the world's 8,000 meter-peaks. (HML30, $19.95)

Annapurna, The Epic Account of a Himalayan Conquest and its Harrowing Aftermath

by Maurice Herzog

• EXPLORATION
• 2010
• PAPER
• 256 PAGES
• FAVORITE

Conrad Anker provides a new foreword for this 60th-anniversary edition of Maurice Herzog's classic, dictated from his hospital bed in Paris. French minister of youth and sport in the 1960s and former mayor of Chamonix, Herzog recovered nicely (he's 103 in 2012). (HML07, $16.95)

Antarctica, An Adventure of a Different Nature

by IMAX

• EXPLORATION
• 1999
• DVD

A breathtakingly beautiful IMAX documentary of Antarctic wildlife, research and exploration featuring innovative aerial and underwater photography. 38 minutes. (ANT199, $19.99)

Antarctica, Both Heaven and Hell

by Reinhold Messner | Jill Neate

• EXPLORATION
• 1991
• HARD COVER
• 383 PAGES

A riveting account of the author's 92-day, 1,600-mile journey across Antarctica on foot. (GEN43, $24.95)

Antarctica, Firsthand Accounts of Exploration and Endurance

by Charles Neider

• EXPLORATION
• 2000
• PAPER
• 460 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

An anthology of eyewitness reports by 14 Antarctic explorers raging from Scott, Shackleton and Amundsen to Edmund Hillary. Excellent reading. (ANT109, $18.95)

Arabian Sands

by Wilfred Thesiger

• EXPLORATION
• 2007
• PAPER
• 400 PAGES
• FAVORITE

The last of the great British traveler-explorers, Thesiger (1910-2003) journeyed among the nomadic camel-breeding peoples of Southern Arabia in the late 1940s, falling in love with the desert and ways of life of the Bedouin. This eloquent book is his tribute to them. (ARB15, $16.00)

Arctic Adventure, My Life in the Frozen North

by Peter Freuchen | Gretel Ehrlich

• EXPLORATION
• 2013
• PAPER
• 400 PAGES

A marvelous account of life in remote northwest Greenland, originally published in 1935. Freuchen ran a trading post at Thule with Knud Rasmussen. (ARC133, $24.95)

Arctic Grail, The Quest for the Northwest Passage and the North Pole

by Pierre Berton

• EXPLORATION
• 2000
• PAPER
• 672 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

An engaging narrative history of Arctic exploration, and especially of the politics, personalities and ambitions of those who sought the Northwest Passage and North Pole. (ARC86, $24.95)

Arctic Labyrinth, The Quest for the Northwest Passage

by Glyn Williams

• EXPLORATION
• 2011
• PAPER
• 464 PAGES

Drawing on letters, archives and explorer accounts, Williams charts the full sweep of the history of discovery and the quest for the Northwest Passage. (ARC254, $24.95)

Arctic Superstars

by William Putnam

• EXPLORATION
• 2001
• PAPER
• 320 PAGES

An American Alpine Club centennial celebration of Adolphus Greely and George Melville. (ARC144, $19.95)

Around Cape Horn

by Irving Johnson

• EXPLORATION
• 1986
• DVD

Captain Irving Johnson memorably narrates this documentary of his 1929 voyage as a young man aboard the Peking, featuring a remarkable sequence about the ship rounding the Horn in a storm. Talk about bad weather! (PAT68, $29.95)

The Art of Rough Travel: From the Peculiar to the Practical, Advice from a 19th Century Explorer

by Sir Francis Galton | Katharine Harmon

• EXPLORATION
• 2006
• HARD COVER
• 124 PAGES

In this charming guide, both hilariously outdated and ridiculously relevant, Sir Francis Galton offers offbeat advice to fellow explorers (and a glimpse into his own travels in southwest Africa). Originally published in 1872. (TVL114, $15.95)

Assault in Norway, Sabotaging the Nazi Nuclear Bomb

by Thomas Gallagher

• EXPLORATION
• 2010
• PAPER
• 234 PAGES

A small team of Norwegian ski commandos on a mission to destroy the Vemork heavy water plant -- and stop the Germans from getting the atomic bomb. A gripping true story of bravery and endurance against all odds, featuring hair-raising escapades -- some of which are so outrageous they seem lifted from an action novel. Non-fiction. (NOR62, $18.95)

Baffin Island

by Al Lee

• EXPLORATION
• 2012
• HARD COVER
• 128 PAGES

Photographer and mountaineer Alastair Lee reveals Baffin Island's astonishing landscapes with panoramic photos, accompanied by individual accounts from each member of the eight-man expedition team to Mount Asgard. (ARC303, $40.00)

Barrow's Boys: A Stirring Story of Daring, Fortitude, and Outright Lunacy

by Fergus Fleming

• EXPLORATION
• 2001
• PAPER
• 512 PAGES

A vivid tale of 19th century British exploration, a time when the British Admiralty in search of territory and glory dispatched expeditions to discover the Northwest Passage, source of the Nile and other grails of geographic exploration. (EXP06, $15.00)

Bayonets to Lhasa

by Peter Fleming

• EXPLORATION
• 2012
• PAPER
• 328 PAGES

In this classic, originally published in 1961, Fleming relates the story of Colonel Francis Younghusband and his colossaly misguided 1904 invasion of Tibet with flair. The curious adventure which brought British bayonets to Tibet's Forbidden City in 1904 was conceived by Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, as a move in the Great Game between Russia and England in Central Asia. Younghusband was key in the signing of a treaty between Britain and Tibet, laying the grounds for Anglo-Tibetan friendship. (TBT146, $18.00)

Before the Heroes Came, Antarctica in the 1890s

by Tim Baughman

• EXPLORATION
• 1999
• PAPER
• 160 PAGES

This well written account of the pioneering Antarctic encounters stars Carsten Borchgrevnink, who spent the first winter on the continent in 1898 at the hut still standing at Cape Adare, and other early explorers. (ANT105, $16.00)

Before the Wind: The Memoir of an American Sea Captain, 1808-1833

by Charles Tyng

• EXPLORATION
• 2000
• PAPER
• 270 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

The entertaining true-life adventures of a 19th-century shipping merchant. (EXP04, $19.00)

Below the Convergence, Voyages Toward Antarctica 1699-1839

by Alan Gurney

• EXPLORATION
• 2007
• PAPER
• 336 PAGES

A polished storyteller (and popular lecturer on Antarctic voyages), Gurney weaves remarkable tales of early exploration in this riveting account. (ANT43, $15.95)

Beyond the Edge, The Search for Ultima Thule

by Gerald Johnson

• EXPLORATION
• 2011
• HARD COVER
• 109 PAGES

Robert Peary figures proiminatently in this captivating tale of the Northernmost Land on Earth, vairously Peary's Cape Morris Jesup to recently discovered offshore islands, including Koffeklubben, Oodaaq and Euro-American Island, happened upon in 2003. (ARC301, $39.95)

Beyond the Hundredth Meridian, John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West

by Wallace Stegner

• EXPLORATION
• 1992
• PAPER
• 438 PAGES

The classic, Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of explorer John Wesley Powell by the great Wallace Stegner, first published in 1954. It's both an adventure and an insightful look at the politics of development in the American West. (USW78, $17.00)

Beyond the Sea of Ice, Voyages of Henry Hudson

by Joan Elizabeth Goodman

• EXPLORATION
• 1999
• HARD COVER
• 48 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

A colorfully illustrated account of the voyages of Henry Hudson to Spitsbergen, Novaya Zemlya and Eastern North America. (EXP11, $22.95)

The Big Open, On Foot Across Tibet's Chang Tang

by Rick Ridgeway | Conrad Anker

• EXPLORATION
• 2004
• HARD COVER
• 304 PAGES

An adventure writer recounts his trek across Tibet's inhospitable northern region in search of the chiru, an endangered species of antelope. (TBT80, $26.00)

The Black Hills

by Richard Irving Dodge

• EXPLORATION
• 1998
• PAPER
• 188 PAGES

An account of an 1875 expedition into the Black Hills. Lieutenant Colonel Dodge journeyed from Cheyenne, Wyoming with geologist Walter P. Jenney and 452 other men on a five-month expedition in search of gold. (USP09, $14.95)

Blue Nile, Ethiopia's River of Magic and Mystery

by Virginia Morell

• EXPLORATION
• 2001
• PAPER
• 324 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

A spirited, insightful account of an expedition by raft from the Ethiopian highlands to the Sudan. (ETP27, $14.00)

The Boardman Tasker Omnibus

by Joe Tasker | Peter Boardman

• EXPLORATION
• 1995
• HARD COVER
• 166 PAGES

This gripping collection includes four classics of climbing literature: Savage Arena, the Shining Mountain, Everest the Cruel Way, and Sacred Summits, Tasker's 1979 ascent of Kangchenjunga with Joe Tasker and Doug Scott. (HML99, $38.00)

Bone Hunters in Patagonia: Narrative of the Expedition

by J.B. Hatcher

• EXPLORATION
• 1985
• PAPER
• 209 PAGES

A classic account of paleontological discovery in remote Patagonia, originally published in 1903 as part of Hatcher's multi-volume expedition report. (PAT21, $22.00)

The Book of Exploration

by Ray Howgego

• EXPLORATION
• 2009
• HARD COVER
• 360 PAGES

Author of the four-volume Encyclopedia of Exploration, Howgego here chooses 150 of the most significant journeys, setting the stories alongside period illustrations, maps, journal entries and photographs. 50% off. (EXP74, $50.00)

Brazilian Adventure

by Peter Fleming

• EXPLORATION
• 1999
• PAPER
• 384 PAGES

A classic and very entertaining account of a 3,000-mile quest through the Amazon in search of a missing English colonel, first published in 1933. (AMZ55, $16.95)

Brewing Justice: Fair Trade Coffee, Sustainability, And Survival

by Daniel Jaffee

• EXPLORATION
• 2007
• PAPER
• 331 PAGES

This vivid study of coffee farmers in Mexico explores the social, economic and environmental benefits of fair trade. (GEN464, $29.95)

Call of the North Wind

by Marlin Bree

• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• 1996
• PAPER
• 232 PAGES

A newspaperman and sailor, Bree combines his love of cold weather, storms and history in this enthralling yachtsman's account of adventures aboard a 20-foot sloop on Lake Superior. (GLK21, $16.95)

Can You Survive Antarctica?

by Rachael Hanel

• EXPLORATION
• 2011
• PAPER
• 112 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

You choose what you'll do next in this interactive survival adventure for ages 8-10. (ANT348, $6.95)

Cape Horn

by Felix Riesenberg | William A. Briesemeister

• EXPLORATION
• 1985
• HARD COVER
• 450 PAGES

Magellan, Drake and Darwin are all covered in Captain Riesenberg's lively tale of exploration and discovery, first publsihed in 1939. A master mariner, Reisenberg draws on his own long association with seafaring and the sea. (PAT10, $39.95)

Captain Cook's Endeavour, Anatomy of the Ship

by Karl Heinz Marquardt

• EXPLORATION
• 2002
• HARD COVER
• 136 PAGES

This superbly illustrated and detailed overview of the ship and its history includes a scale plan. (WLD203, $35.00)

Captain James Cook

by Richard Hough

• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• 1997
• PAPER
• 398 PAGES

This fine, vividly written narrative includes a gripping account of Cook's discoveries throughout the Pacific. (PAC24, $18.95)

The Challenge of K2, A History of the Savage Mountain

by Richard Sale

• EXPLORATION
• 2012
• HARD COVER
• 227 PAGES

Sale traces the climbing history of K2 over the last 150 years in vivid detail in this absorbing account of often disasaterour attempts to summit the world's second highest mountain. (HML105, $39.95)

Christopher Columbus and the Conquest of Paradise

by Kirkpatrick Sale

• EXPLORATION
• 2006
• PAPER
• 464 PAGES

A new edition of this wide-ranging and lucid portrait of the man and the legends surrounding him, originally published in 1990. Columbus is no hero in Sale's view but rather a sea-faring adventurer in search of glory, gold and god. (USA134, $21.00)

Climbing Everest, Tales of Triumph and Tragedy on the World's Highest Mountain

by Audrey Salkeld | Jennifer Emmett

• EXPLORATION
• 2003
• HARD COVER
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

Six true tales of mountaineering on Everest, for kids 10 and older. (HML56, $21.00)

Cloud Forest, A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness

by Peter Matthiessen

• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• 1987
• PAPER
• 280 PAGES
• FAVORITE

Matthiessen recounts with wit, insight and style his odyssey to the Amazon and Andes, including Machu Picchu and Tierra del Fuego. (SAM02, $17.00)

Cold Front, Conflict Ahead in Arctic Waters

by David Fairhall

• EXPLORATION
• 2012
• PAPER
• 352 PAGES

Fairhall's clear-sighted and penetrating investigation of the Arctic's pivotal role in international relations places the polar region in its historical, political and legal context. (ARC306, $16.95)

Cold, The Record of an Antarctic Sledge Journey

by Laurence McKinley Gould

• EXPLORATION
• 2011
• PAPER
• 258 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

Published by Carelton College, where Gould was president, This new ediuon of Gould's riveting account of adventure with Richard E. Byrd includes historic images from the original 1931 edition and materials at the National Archives. (ANT358, $16.95)

Confronting the Coffee Crisis: Fair Trade, Sustainable Livelihoods and Ecosystems in Mexico and Central America

by Chri Bacon

• EXPLORATION
• 2008
• PAPER
• 400 PAGES

In this wide-ranging analysis, contributors review the historical, political, economic and agro-ecological processes of the coffee industry. (GEN462, $30.00)

Conquering the Desert of Death, Across the Taklamakan

by Charles Blackmore | Peter Hopkirk

• EXPLORATION
• 2008
• PAPER
• 268 PAGES

Blackmore's vivid account of tenacity and courage is all the better for its matter of fact detail and generous credit to the Uyghur camel handlers who made it possible. (CAS68, $16.95)

Cook and Peary, The Polar Controversy Resolved

by Robert M. Bryce

• EXPLORATION
• 1997
• HARD COVER
• 1152 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

A massive and massively detailed book, the most thorough examination yet of Peary and Cook's competing claims to have been the first-ever at the North Pole. (ARC44, $50.00)

Cook, The Extraordinary Voyages of Captain James Cook

by Nicholas Thomas

• EXPLORATION
• 2004
• PAPER
• 464 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

The vivid, richly detailed story of the three great voyages of Cook -- and a superb portrait of the man. Thomas, a British anthropologist, plumbs the extensive literature of Cook for anecdote and telling detail. (PAC141, $18.95)

The Coolest Race on Earth, Mud, Madmen, Glaciers, and Grannies at the Antarctica Marathon

by John Hanc

• EXPLORATION
• 2009
• HARD COVER

A reflection on the challenges and pleasures posed by the Antarctic landscape, and the people who embark to run across it. From quirky runningmates to passing penguins and melting glaciers, Hanc recalls his marathons with light-hearted reverence. (ANT289, $22.95)

Coronation Everest

by Jan Morris

• EXPLORATION
• 2000
• PAPER
• 150 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

An eyewitness account from the Everest base camp on the return of Hillary and Norgay from the summit of Mt. Everest, a classic by the great British historian and travel writer. The electrifying news of Hillary and Norgay's successful summit coincided with the coronation of Queen Elizabeth -- and the dawn of a new age for the British Empire. (HML42, $14.95)

Crossing Antarctica

by Will Steger | Jon Bowermaster

• EXPLORATION
• 2010
• PAPER
• 312 PAGES

Steger and Bowermaster's now classic account of their 3,700-mile Trans-Antarctic expedition, the first crossing of the continent on foot. (ANT321, $15.95)

Crossing the Heart of Africa, An Odyssey of Love and Adventure

by Julian Smith

• EXPLORATION
• 2010
• PAPER
• 336 PAGES

Smith retraces the 1988 journey of Ewart Grogan, a 4,500-mile trek from Mozambique across the Rift Valley to the wilds of Sudan, interweaving his own adventures with that of the 24-year-old, besotted English explorer. (AFR281, $14.99)

The Cruise of the Corwin

by John Muir | William Frederic Bade

• EXPLORATION
• 2000
• PAPER
• 320 PAGES

An account of an 1881 voyage with Muir and others in search of the Jeanette Expedition, this book is also an eyewitness report of little-known lands including the Chukchi Peninsula, Diomede, Wrangel and Herald islands. (ALA76, $18.95)

The Cruise of the Snark

by Jack London

• EXPLORATION
• 2000
• PAPER
• 320 PAGES

A facsimile edition of London's richly evocative account of his ambitious 1906-7 voyage aboard a 43-foot ketch from San Francisco to Hawaii, the Marquesas, Tuomotos, Fiji and the Solomon Islands with his wife and two crew members. With 119 original photographs of places and people. (PAC17, $14.95)

The Crystal Horizon

by Reinhold Messner | Jill Neate | Audrey Salkeld

• EXPLORATION
• 1998
• PAPER
• 322 PAGES

Messner's account of the first successful solo ascent of Everest, which he accomplished without the aid of supplemental oxygen in 1980. (HML69, $29.95)

The Curve of Time

by Muriel Wylie Blanchet

• EXPLORATION
• 1993
• PAPER
• 170 PAGES
• FAVORITE
• OUT OF PRINT

Blanchet's delightful, unlikely account of life aboard a 25-foot ketch with her young family. It's a funny, vivid account of Vancouver Island, full of memorable detail on people and place. (PNW48, $15.95)

Deep Atlantic: Life, Death, and Exploration in the Abyss

by Richard Ellis

• EXPLORATION
• 1998
• PAPER
• 400 PAGES

A lively history of submersibles and what they have discovered in the ocean depths. (OCE14, $18.95)

Deep Freeze: The United States, the International Geophysical Year, and the Origins of Antarctica's Age of Science

by Dian Olson Belanger

• EXPLORATION
• 2006
• HARD COVER
• 494 PAGES

Belanger draws on interviews, memoirs, and official records in this comprehensive history of U.S. participation in the 1957-1958 International Geographysical Year, which brought 11 nations together on the Antarctic continent (and prefigured the Antarctic Treaty). (ANT241, $29.95)

Deep-Ocean Journeys, Discovering New Life at the Bottom of the Sea

by Cindy Lee Van Dover

• EXPLORATION
• 1997
• PAPER
• 208 PAGES

The author recounts her research in the great depths of the ocean. (OCE15, $14.00)

The Desert and the Sown

by Gertrude Bell | Rosemary O'Brien

• EXPLORATION
• 2008
• PAPER
• 368 PAGES

A fierce explorer and archaeologist, lyrical writer and cunning politician, Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) spent much of her life traveling throughout present-day Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan & Israel. (MDE59, $12.95)

The Devil's Teeth

by Susan Casey

• EXPLORATION
• 2006
• PAPER
• 304 PAGES

This is not the book you'd want to read before your next diving trip. Casey's high adrenaline account features, for example, her stint with surfer-biologists Scot Anderson and Peter Pyle in the water the great whites off Farallon Island. Dubbed by sailors in the 1850s the "devil's teeth," the nickname for these remote islands off the California coast becomes abundantly clear. (OCE173, $15.99)

Did Marco Polo Go to China?

by Frances Wood

• EXPLORATION
• 1998
• PAPER
• 208 PAGES

A critical look at the manuscripts and evidence regarding this most famous journey. (CAS28, $39.00)

The Discoverers

by Daniel Boorstin

• EXPLORATION
• 1985
• PAPER
• 745 PAGES

This wide-ranging and readable account of exploration by Daniel Boorstin includes a chapter on some of the great sea voyages, including Magellan's voyage to Tierra del Fuego and Cook's extraordinary journey into the Southern Ocean. (EXP01, $18.95)

The Discovery of Jeanne Baret: A Story of Science, the High Seas, and the First Woman to Circumnavigate the Globe

by Glynis Ridley

• EXPLORATION
• 2011
• PAPER
• 291 PAGES

Ridley (Clara's Grand Tour) delivers rich historical drama in this sparkling biography of the young French peasant -- and knowledgable plantswoman in her own right -- who disguised herself as a teenage boy to join her lover, the brilliant, wily botanist Philibert Commerson, on commander Louis-Antoine de Bougainville's 1765 expedition around the world. (FRN995, $15.00)

The Discovery of Slowness

by Sten Nadolny | Ralph Freedman

• LITERATURE
• 2005
• PAPER
• 325 PAGES

A late 20th century fictional biography of the 19th century polar explorer Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), a man who makes history by discovering the power of his own slowness. (ARC59, $16.95)

The Discovery of the Titanic

by Robert D. Ballard

• EXPLORATION
• 1995
• PAPER
• 336287 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

The first-hand account of Dr. Ballard's quest to find the Titanic. (OCE22, $13.99)

Dragon Bones and Dinosaur Eggs, A Photobiography of Explorer Roy Chapman Andrews

by Ann Bausum

• EXPLORATION
• 2000
• HARD COVER
• 64 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

Bausum's absorbing biography of Chapman Andrews, one of the greatest fossil hunters, features archival photographs of daring camel-and-car Central Asiatic Expedition to the Gobi, which made big news in the 1920s (bringing back the first dinosaur eggs ever discovered). (MGL26, $17.95)

Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900

by Alfred W. Crosby

• NATURAL HISTORY
• 2004
• PAPER
• 370 PAGES

The story of how early explorers, colonists and settlers reshaped our biological world. (NAT22, $30.99)

Edge of the Jungle

by William Beebe

• EXPLORATION
• 2001
• PAPER
• 303 PAGES

A collection of 12 essays on the Amazon and its ecology and wildlife. A scientist-explorer with the soul of a poet, Beebe wrote dozens of books about his adventures in tropical America and Guyana. (AMZ75, $17.95)

Eiger Dreams, Ventures Among Men and Mountains

by Jon Krakauer

• EXPLORATION
• 2009
• PAPER
• 192 PAGES

A collection of some of Krakauer's (Into Thin Air) best journalism, these stories and essays focus on the mindset and determination of world-class mountaineers, including Alpine and Himalayan climbers. (ALP10, $14.95)

Eight Feet in the Andes

by Dervla Murphy

• EXPLORATION
• 2003
• PAPER
• 274 PAGES

The indomitable Murphy treks 1,300 miles through the Andes (with a mule) on the trail of the conquistadors in this spirited account. (AND07, $15.95)

An Empire of Ice: Scott, Shackleton, and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science

by Edward Larson

• EXPLORATION
• 2012
• PAPER
• 326 PAGES

In this fresh history, enriched by his own Antarctic travels with the National Science Foundation writers and Artists program, Pulitzer Prize-winner Ed Larson places the famed expeditions of Robert Scott and Ernest Shackleton and the Heroic Age in the larger context of Edwardian politics and society. Not just geography and empire, science was an integral part of the whole Antarctic enterprise. (ANT337, $16.00)

Encounters at the End of the World

by Werner Herzog

• EXPLORATION
• 2008
• DVD

Ever the iconoclast, Herzog eschews the nature - the usual focus of polar docs - and looks instead at the eccentric mix of characters who live and work in Antarctica, in this beautiful ode to the human yearning for exploration. (ANT292, $27.98)

Endurance, An Epic of Polar Adventure

by Frank Worsley | Patrick O'Brian

• EXPLORATION
• 2000
• PAPER
• 320 PAGES

A 1931 memoir by the captain of the Endurance, the companion to Shackleton's Boat Journey. (ANT73, $15.95)

Endurance, Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

by Alfred Lansing

• EXPLORATION
• 1998
• PAPER
• 280 PAGES
• FAVORITE

Lansing's gripping day-by-day story of Shackleton's legendary perseverance is essential reading for any Antarctic traveler; it captures all the fortitude, drama and cheer of this most famous Antarctic expedition. (ANT03, $14.95)

The Endurance, Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition

by Caroline Alexander

• EXPLORATION
• 1998
• HARD COVER
• 160 PAGES

A retelling of the ill-fated expedition featuring 170 well chosen photographs by Shackleton's expedition photographer Frank Hurley -- many previously unpublished. (ANT67, $35.00)

Epic Climbs

by John Cleare

• EXPLORATION
• 2011
• HARD COVER
• 64 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

Discover how mountaineers achieved the first summit of five legendary peaks -- the Eiger, K2, Everest, McKinley, and the Matterhorn. All the tragedy and thrill of these historic climbs are related with the aid of fascinating photos, illustrations, diagrams, and maps. The book features several fold-out full-color posters. (EXP89, $19.99)

Epic Voyages

by Robyn Mundy

• EXPLORATION
• 2011
• HARD COVER
• 64 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

This colorful book introduces the amazing feats of intrepid nautical explorers (Magellan, Cook, Shackleton, Heyerdahl, and Chichester) in dozens of photos, illustrations, and maps -- including a number of fantastic fold-out posters. (EXP88, $19.99)

Eric Shipton, The Six Mountain Travel Books

by Eric Shipton

• EXPLORATION
• 2011
• PAPER
• 800 PAGES

Shipton's extraordinary adventures in the mountains of the Himalayas, East Africa, Central Asia and Patagonia, now in paper. (EXP12, $34.95)

The Essential Lewis and Clark

by Landon Y. Jones | Meriwether Lewis | William Clark

• EXPLORATION
• 2002
• PAPER
• 224 PAGES

Edited by American Book Award nominee Landon Y. Jones, this compact book features well-chosen selections from Lewis and Clark's journals focusing on natural history, people and landscapes of the West. (PNW70, $13.99)

Everest the First Ascent, How a Champion of Science Helped to Conquer the Mountain

by Harriet Tuckey

• EXPLORATION
• 2013
• HARD COVER
• 432 PAGES

Harriet Tuckey's book is both the history of what went into the first successful ascent of Mt. Everest in 1953 and a biography of her father, Dr Griffith Pugh, who transformed the British approach to high-altitude mountaineering, opening the way to the golden age of Himalayan climbing. (HML118, $26.95)

Everest, 60 Years of Struggle to Reach the Top of the World

by George Craig

• EXPLORATION
• 2013
• HARD COVER
• 128 PAGES
• COMING IN OCTOBER

Craig traces the history of fascination with climbing the world's highest peak, from its "discovery" in the 19th century right up to the most recent triumphs and tragedies. (HML123, $29.95)

Everest, The Mountaineers Anthology IV

by Peter Potterfield

• EXPLORATION
• 2003
• PAPER
• 240 PAGES

A collection of eyewitness accounts. (NPL49, $16.95)

Everest, the West Ridge

by Thomas F. Hornbein

• EXPLORATION
• 2013
• HARD COVER
• 194 PAGES

The 50th anniversary edition of Hornbein's vivid account of the 1963 American Mount Everest Expedition, a classic of mountain climbing literature. Long thought out of reach, by Hornbein and Willi Unsoeld make a first ascent on the mountain via the spectacular West Ridge, which involved -- among other things -- an emergency bivouac at 28,000-feet. (HML10, $29.95)

Exploration Fawcett

by Col. Percy Fawcett

• EXPLORATION
• 2010
• PAPER
• 368 PAGES

Colonel Fawcett's classic account of exploring the Matto Grosso, as complied by his son. Fawcett disappeared on an expedition in 1925. (AMZ81, $15.95)

Exploration of Africa, From Cairo to the Cape

by Ann Hugon

• EXPLORATION
• 1993
• PAPER
• 173 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

This jewel of a book chronicles the 19th-century exploration of Africa with hundreds of contemporary paintings and prints, brief chapters on the expeditions, and a very useful chronology. Livingstone, Burton and others are featured in a series of journal excerpts. (AFR03, $15.95)

The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons

by John Wesley Powell

• EXPLORATION
• 2003
• PAPER
• 397 PAGES

The classic tale of adventure and exploration of the rivers and canyonlands of the Colorado Plateau, originally published in 1875 -- and still terrific reading for any traveler to the Grand Canyon. (USW80, $17.00)

Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon

by William Herndon | Gary Kinder

• EXPLORATION
• 2000
• PAPER
• 343 PAGES

An original account of 19th-century exploration of the Amazon by Captain Herndon, who traveled from Lima to the Pacific coast of Brazil. (AMZ67, $14.00)

Explorations into Highland New Guinea, 1930-1935

by Michael Leahy

• EXPLORATION
• 1991
• PAPER
• 253 PAGES

The tale of a young man in search of excitement and gold in the interior of Papua New Guinea. (NGA10, $34.95)

Explorations of Captain James Cook in the Pacific as Told by Selections of His Own Journals, 1768-1779

by James Cook | A. Grenfell Price | Geoffrey C. Ingleton

• EXPLORATION
• 1971
• PAPER
• 292 PAGES

The editors have chosen well from Cook's own journals of his three great voyages, highlighting his many historic discoveries and encounters. (PAC160, $16.95)

Explorations, Great Moments of Discovery from the Royal Geographical Society

by Royal Geographical Society

• EXPLORATION
• 2002
• PAPER
• 340 PAGES

Sometimes words aren't enough. This gift-worthy compendium, drawing on the archives of the Royal Geographical Society, features 300 photographs, many in color, some never before published, of the great expeditions, explorers and places, including an excellent section on polar exploration. (EXP34, $35.00)

Explorers of the Amazon

by Anthony Smith

• EXPLORATION
• 1994
• PAPER
• 344 PAGES

In this well told overview of the region, Anthony Smith presents a history of exploration of the Amazon, scientific and otherwise. (AMZ31, $37.50)

Explorers of the Infinite

by Maria Coffey

• EXPLORATION
• 2008
• HARD COVER

The Secret Spiritual Lives of Extreme Athletes. (GEN470, $26.95)

A Fabulous Kingdom, Exploration in the Arctic

by Charles Officer | Jake Page

• EXPLORATION
• 2012
• PAPER
• 228 PAGES

A short history of Arctic exploration from Pythagoras to Nansen, Amundsen, and Peary. (ARC136, $19.95)

The Far Traveler, Voyages of a Viking Woman

by Nancy Marie Brown

• EXPLORATION
• 2008
• PAPER
• 320 PAGES

Brown's intriguing account of the life of the young Viking woman Gudrid sheds light on early Norse settlements in Iceland, Newfoundland and beyond. It's an archaeological mystery, a history of ancient seamanship and a biography all rolled into one. (VIK26, $15.95)

The Farfarers, Before the Norse

by Farley Mowat

• HISTORY
• 2011
• PAPER
• 377 PAGES

A rabble-rouser by nature, Mowat posits that a group of Europeans, whom he calls the Albans, may have come to America hundreds of years before the Vikings in this original and provocative history of Atlantic exploration. (VIK10, $16.95)

Farthest North

by Fridtjof Nansen

• EXPLORATION
• 2008
• PAPER
• 678 PAGES

The great Norwegian polar explorer Fridtjof Nansen's classic account of the voyage of the Fram, originally published in 1897, interspersed with dozens of original photographs. (ARC60, $17.95)

The Fast Runner, Filming the Legend of Atanarjuat

by Michael Robert Evans

• EXPLORATION
• 2010
• PAPER
• 192 PAGES

Evans shows the culture, history and traditions of the Inuit of the Canadian Arctic in this behind-the-scenes look at the making of the remarkable Atanarjuat, filmed on location on Baffin Island, directed, acted and performed in Inuktitut. (ARC255, $19.95)

Fatal Journey, The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson

by Peter Mancall

• EXPLORATION
• 2010
• PAPER
• 320 PAGES

Mancall's account of Hudson's last, great voyage, a quest for the elusive Northwest passage tackles the mystery of his death, set adrift by his mutinous crew in the southern reached of what is now called Hudson Bay after a winter trapped in the ice. (CND330, $16.95)

Fatal Passage, The Story of John Rae, the Arctic Hero Time Forgot

by Ken McGoogan

• EXPLORATION
• 2003
• PAPER
• 328 PAGES

A compelling biography of the Scottish explorer who pioneered Inuit methods, completed the Northwest Passage and found Franklin. (ARC118, $15.95)

The Fellowship of Ghosts, Travels in the Land of Midnight Sun

by Paul Watkins

• EXPLORATION
• 2006
• PAPER
• 233 PAGES

Novelist Watkins tries his hand at travel, interweaving a memoir of his own experiences in Norway with those of early eccentric visitors. His solo wanderings also take into account the beautiful Norwegian countryside, with vivid descriptions of dramatic cliffs and expansive snowfields. (NOR35, $17.00)

The Field Book of a Jungle Wallah: Being a Description of the Shore, River and Forest Life in Sarawa

by Charles Hose

• EXPLORATION
• 1986
• PAPER
• 392 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

A naturalist, ethnologist and longtime resident of Sarawak, Hose is a down-to-earth guide to the nature and people of the region. Written with insight, humor and affection. A classic, first published in 1929. (BRN08, $8.95)

First Footsteps in East Africa or, An Exploration of Harar

by Richard Francis Burton

• EXPLORATION
• 1987
• PAPER
• 276 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

The original amazing account of Burton's explorations in North and East Africa, including his visit to the forbidden city of Harar. This book provides great insight into the mind of the Victorian explorer. (AFR21, $21.95)

A First Rate Tragedy, Robert Falcon Scott and the Race to the South Pole

by Diana Preston

• EXPLORATION
• 1999
• PAPER
• 269 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

Preston tackles the classic questions of Scott's judgment and character with insight. (ANT53, $17.95)

Four Against the Arctic, Shipwrecked for Six Years at the Top of the World

by David Roberts

• EXPLORATION
• 2005
• PAPER

Roberts pieces together the gripping tale of four Russian walrus hunters stranded on Svalbard. (ARC210, $19.99)

The Four Voyages

by J. M. Cohen | Christopher Columbus

• EXPLORATION
• 1992
• PAPER
• 320 PAGES

Christopher Columbus's own accounts of his monumental discoveries (CRB129, $15.00)

The Franz Josef Land Archipelago, E. B. Baldwin's Journal of the Wellman Polar Expedition, 1898-1899

by E.B. Baldwin | P.J. Capelotti

• EXPLORATION
• 2004
• PAPER
• 200 PAGES

The previously unpublished journal of Arctic explorer Evelyn Briggs Baldwin (1862-1933), second in command on the first American expedition to Franz Josef Land. (ARC146, $49.95)

Frost on My Moustache, The Arctic Exploits of a Lord and a Loafer

by Tim Moore

• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• 2001
• PAPER
• 280 PAGES

In this inspired folly, a British comic heads to Iceland, Spitsbergen and other northern locales in pursuit of a fictitious Arctic hero. (ARC74, $17.99)

Frozen in Time, The Fate of the Franklin Expedition

by Owen Beattie | John Geiger

• EXPLORATION
• 2004
• PAPER
• 185 PAGES

An exhaustive examination of the evidence surrounding the disappearance of the Franklin Expedition. Beattie and Geiger, a forensic anthropologist and historian, build a credible tale of the disappearance of the expedition. (ARC81, $22.95)

The Frozen Ship, The Histories and Tales of Polar Exploration

by Sarah Moss

• EXPLORATION
• 2009
• PAPER
• 244 PAGES

Moss demolishes cherished myths of the golden age of polar exploration -- and retells many of the greatest stories -- in this elegantly written, revisionist account of the cult of heroism. (ARC206, $13.95)

The Future of Ice, A Journey into Cold

by Gretel Ehrlich

• EXPLORATION
• 2005
• PAPER
• 200 PAGES

The marvelous Ehrlich (This Cold Heaven) continues her fascination with out-of-the-way places with this account of journeys to the ends of the earth, including chapters set in Patagonia and Spitsbergen. The book is not so much about place as the experience of cold. (ANT215, $13.95)

Galapagos, World's End

by William Beebe

• EXPLORATION
• 1988
• PAPER
• 442 PAGES

This wry, wonderfully evocative account of a 1924 scientific expedition includes an excellent chapter on the human history of the Galapagos. (GPS01, $19.95)

The Gates of Hell, Sir John Franklin's Tragic Quest for the North West Passage

by Andrew Lambert

• EXPLORATION
• 2010
• PAPER
• 428 PAGES

In this re-examination of the life of Sir John Franklin and his final, doomed Arctic voyage, Lambert shows the savvy, stamina and navigational acumen of the great explorer. (ARC249, $22.00)

The Gentleman in the Parlour

by Somerset Maugham

• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• 2005
• PAPER
• 300 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

Maugham's much-loved portrait of the land and people of Burma circa 1925. (SEA05, $18.95)

Ghosts of Cape Sabine, The Harrowing True Story of the Greely Expedition

by Leonard F. Guttridge

• EXPLORATION
• 2000
• PAPER
• 320 PAGES

Abandoned to their fate, all but six of the 25 men of the Greely Expedition died before their much-delayed rescue at "Starvation Camp" on Pym Island in the Canadian Arctic in 1883. (ARC71, $26.95)

The Gold-Mines of Midian

by Richard Burton

• EXPLORATION
• 1995
• PAPER
• 416 PAGES

An account of the intrepid Burton's 1877 two-week journey to the deserts of Northwest Arabia in search of the source of King Solomon's gold. (ARB77, $10.95)

Great Ancient Egypt Projects You Can Build Yourself

by Carmella Van Vleet

• EXPLORATION
• 2006
• PAPER
• 144 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

Thirty fun, Egypt-themed crafts projects, related to topics like mummies, the Pyramids, farming and hieroglyphs. (EGY191, $15.95)

The Great Explorers

by Hanbury-Tenison, Robin

• EXPLORATION
• 2010
• HARD COVER
• 304 PAGES

Jammed with beautiful archival photographs and illustrations, specially commissioned maps and concise accounts of the great explorers, this sumptuous book captures the spirit of discovery from Marco Polo, Ferdinand Magellan and David Livingstone to Amelia Earhart and Neil Armstrong. (EXP79, $39.95)

Great White South

by Herbert Ponting | Roland Huntford

• EXPLORATION
• 2001
• PAPER
• 305 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

Ponting's classic and often revealing account account of Scott's last expedition. (ANT94, $18.95)

Greenland Expedition, Where Ice is Born

by Lonnie Dupre | Will Steger

• EXPLORATION
• 2000
• HARD COVER
• 159 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

An illustrated account of a 15-month expedition by dog sled and kayak around Greenland -- a 3,200-mile odyssey using traditional modes of transport. With hundreds of excellent large color photographs and maps. (ARC96, $24.95)

A Guide to the Coral Reefs of the Caribbean

by Mark D. Spalding | Sylvia Earle

• FIELD GUIDE
• 2004
• PAPER

A diver's guide and atlas of coral reefs of the Caribbean (CRB176, $31.95)

H. W. Tilman, The Seven Mountain-Travel Books

by H. W. Tilman

• EXPLORATION
• 2004
• PAPER
• 896 PAGES

This omnibus edition of Tilman's brilliant, marvelous accounts of high altitude adventure includes The Ascent of Nanda Devi. (HML94, $34.95)

Half Moon, Henry Hudson and the Voyage That Redrew the Map of the New World

by Douglas Hunter

• EXPLORATION
• 2010
• PAPER
• 336 PAGES

Just in time for the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's remarkable voyage, sailor, scholar, and storyteller Douglas Hunter explores all the difficulty, personalities, backstage drama and import of the 1609 adventure that put New York on the map. (NYS91, $18.00)

The Happy Isles of Oceania

by Paul Theroux

• EXPLORATION
• 2006
• PAPER
• 480 PAGES
• FAVORITE

The peripatetic author flies off to Australia and New Zealand with a kayak and ends up exploring much of Melanesia and Polynesia, including Tonga, Fiji and the Marquesas in this wickedly funny, wide-ranging tale. (PAC03, $15.95)

The Hard Way Around

by Geoffrey Wolff

• EXPLORATION
• 2011
• PAPER
• 240 PAGES

Geoffrey Wolff captures all the drama and gumption of his audacious hero's life in this enchanting biography of Joshua Slocum, first man to complete a solo circumnavigation. A great admirer of Sailing Alone Around the World, Wolff includes long, affecting passages from Slocum's masterpiece, never out of print since its publication in 1909. (OCE159, $15.00)

The Hastings

by Replogle

• EXPLORATION
• GLOBE

A 12-inch antique globe with a solid hardwood base in a walnut finish. (GLB08, $68.00)

The Heart of the Antarctic and South

by Ernest Shackleton

• EXPLORATION
• 1999
• PAPER
• 768 PAGES

This omnibus edition, with a forward by Beau Riffenburgh, includes Shackleton's account of both the Nimrod and Endurance expeditions. (ANT92, $16.95)

The Heart of the Great Alone: Scott, Shackleton, and Antarctic Photography

by David Hempleman-Adams | Emma Stuart | Sophie Gordon

• EXPLORATION
• 2009
• HARD COVER
• 240 PAGES
• NEW

One hundred years ago, during the reign of King George V, Britain sent two great expeditions, that of Robert Falcon Scott in 1910, and four years later, that of Ernest Shackleton, into the great unknown. The rest is stuff of legend. Here in one handsome book are not only hundreds of haunting photographs by Herbert George Ponting and Frank Hurley, drawn from the albums presented to the king, but also lively essays, maps, paintings and other ephemera from the Royal Collection. (ANT298, $47.50)

The Heart of the World, A Journey to Tibet's Lost Paradise

by Ian Baker | The Dalai Lama

• EXPLORATION
• 2006
• PAPER
• 544 PAGES

Climber and Buddhist scholar Ian Baker's account of discovery in the upper reaches of the Tsangpo Gorge in the heart of the Tibetan Himalayas. Before Baker's expedition, the gorge -- a mystical sanctuary of Tibetan Buddhism -- had not been explored since 1925. (TBT78, $18.00)

Hell on Ice, The Saga of the Jeanette

by Edward Ellsberg

• EXPLORATION
• 2003
• HARD COVER
• 421 PAGES

This limited edition of the dramatic fictionalized account of the doomed Jeanette Expedition and their time in the New Siberian Islands includes a CD of the original 1938 radio play by Orson Welles's Mercury Theater. (ARC138, $27.95)

High Adventure

by Sir Edmund Hillary

• EXPLORATION
• 2003
• PAPER
• 245 PAGES

A classic of 20th-century mountaineering, this 50th anniversary edition of young Hillary's personal account of his historic ascent of Everest, written the heady days after the celebrated climb, includes a new preface by the author. With black-and-white photos. Hillary modestly attributes his success to "a goodly share of imagination and plenty of energy." (NPL48, $19.95)

Himalaya

by Eric Valli

• EXPLORATION
• 2001
• DVD

Filmed entirely in the Dolpo region using local villagers, this tale set in remote Nepal features fine performances against a breathtaking backdrop. (NPL55, $29.95)

Himalayan Enchantment, An Anthology

by Frank Kingdon-Ward

• EXPLORATION
• 1990
• HARD COVER
• 288 PAGES

An anthology by the great Himalayan explorer and plant-collector Frank Kingdon-Ward. (HML03, $19.95)

Himalayan Quest, Ed Viesturs on the 8,000-Meter Giants

by Ed Viesturs

• EXPLORATION
• 2009
• PAPER
• 176 PAGES

A photographic chronicle of the first American to scale all 14 peaks above 8,000 meters without the use of supplemental oxygen. (HML63, $21.95)

Historical Atlas of the Arctic

by Derek Hayes

• EXPLORATION
• 2003
• HARD COVER
• 208 PAGES

A handsome collection of 300 striking maps, most in glorious color and many presented here for the first time. Hayes provides captivating, scholarly commentary. (ARC135, $64.95)

Historical Atlas of the Pacific Northwest

by Derek Hayes

• EXPLORATION
• 2001
• HARD COVER
• 208 PAGES

An impressively researched, fascinating collection of maps covering exploration and discovery from British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and the Yukon. (PNW119, $40.00)

A History of Arctic Exploration

by Juha Nurminen

• EXPLORATION
• 2010
• HARD COVER
• 349 PAGES

The ancient Inuit, Vikings, Vitus Bering, whalers, explorers and James Cook are all paid tribute in this sumptuously illustrated history, drawing on the collections of Helsinki's Nurminen Foundation. (ARC257, $60.00)

History of Copper Canyon and the Tarahumara Indians

by Carl Lumholtz | Grant Shepherd

• EXPLORATION
• 2000
• PAPER
• 107 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

An anthology of two of the great books on the region, Carl Lumholtz's "Unknown Mexico," an account of exploring in the region in the 1890s; and Grant Shepherd's beloved memoir of life at Hacienda San Miguel, "Silver Magnet." (MEX80, $19.95)

The History of Seafaring

by Juha Nurminen | Donald Johnson

• EXPLORATION
• 2010
• HARD COVER
• 344 PAGES

The challenges, science and development of navigation, seafaring and shipbuilding from the Phoenicians to modern navies and round-the-world sailing yachts are all revealed in this sumptuously illustrated history. (OCE166, $60.00)

A History of the Arctic

by John McCannon

• EXPLORATION
• 2012
• HARD COVER
• 320 PAGES

This chronicle covers nature, exploration and exploitation across the Circumpolar North. (ARC314, $35.00)

Home of the Blizzard, The Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914

by Douglas Mawson

• EXPLORATION
• 2013
• PAPER
• 734 PAGES

This 1915 classic by explorer and Australian national hero Sir Douglas Mawson, one of the great stories of Antarctic adventure and exploration. (ANT65, $16.95)

Homeric Responses

by Gregory Nagy

• EXPLORATION
• 2004
• PAPER
• 1112 PAGES

A highly theoretical attempt at answering age-old questions regarding Homeric poetics. (GRE215, $25.00)

Honest Dogs, A Story of Triumph and Regret from the World's Greatest Sled Dog Race

by Brian Patrick O'Donoghue

• EXPLORATION
• 1999
• PAPER
• 335 PAGES

A wry, absorbing account of Brian Patrick O'Donoghue's valiant attempt to salvage his youth and honor in the 1998 Yukon Quest Sled Dog Race. (ALA206, $19.95)

The Horizontal Everest, Extreme Journeys on Ellesmere Island

by Jerry Kobalenko

• EXPLORATION
• 2003
• PAPER
• 277 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

A warm tribute to a very remote, cold place. Kobalenko combines tales of personal adventure, history and rumination with a handsome collection of photographs. (ARC115, $15.00)

Hoshino's Alaska

by Michio Hoshino

• EXPLORATION
• 2007
• PAPER
• 160 PAGES

This collection of Michio Hoshino's remarkable work showcases 145 of his color photographs of the land, seascapes and wildlife of Alaska. (ALA245, $24.95)

How We Crossed the West

by Rosalyn Schanzer

• EXPLORATION
• 1997
• HARD COVER
• 48 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

The adventures of Lewis and Clark are recast for ages 6-10 in this National Geographic picture book depicting the explorers and the people, wildlife and landscapes they encountered. (PNW40, $18.00)

Hudson

by Janice Weaver

• EXPLORATION
• 2010
• HARD COVER
• 64 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

This biography of Henry Hudson focuses on his expeditions, discoveries and contributions. Geared toward ages 8-12. (NAM57, $22.95)

The Humboldt Current: 19th-Century Exploration and the Sources of American Envionmentalism

by Aaron Sachs

• EXPLORATION
• 2007
• PAPER
• 512 PAGES

Aaron Sachs takes on the towering figure of the early 19th-century scientist explorer, Alexander von Humbodt, revered by Darwin and celebrated in Europe and America, to trace the history of American exploration. (EXP43, $16.00)

I May Be Some Time, Ice and the English Imagination

by Francis Spufford

• EXPLORATION
• 2003
• PAPER
• 372 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

An imaginative history of the myths, symbols and culture of British polar exploration -- and especially its focus on the martyr, suffering and death with a stiff upper lip. Fascinating. (ANT58, $19.95)

The Ice Balloon

by Alec Wilkinson

• EXPLORATION
• 2013
• PAPER
• 272 PAGES

New Yorker writer Wilkinson recounts in thrilling detail the ill-fated attempt by Swedish engineer and aeronaut Salomon August Andree to reach the North Pole from Svalbard by balloon in 1897. (ARC289, $15.95)

The Ice Master, The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk

by Jennifer Niven

• EXPLORATION
• 2001
• PAPER
• 402 PAGES

Nivens draws on diaries, journals and letters to reconstruct, month by month, the tragic fate of the ambitious Canadian Arctic Expedition in 1913-1918. Eleven men died. The charismatic, scene-stealing Stefannson (who blamed Captain Bob Bartlett and leaves the ship as soon as it is trapped in the ice) gets a good drubbing by Niven. (ARC130, $19.95)

Icebound, The Jeanette Expedition's Quest for the North Pole

by Leonard F. Guttridge

• EXPLORATION
• 2006
• PAPER
• 327 PAGES

The tale of being crushed in the ice and making it ashore on the New Siberian Islands. (ARC43, $22.95)

The Illustrated Virago Book of Women Travellers

by Mary Morris | Larry O'Connor

• EXPLORATION
• 2007
• PAPER
• 256 PAGES

An anthology of mostly British and American women writing around the world, with diverse selections including Mary Wollenstonecraft, Edith Wharton, Rose Macaulay, Gertrude Bell and Freya Stark. With archival and color photographs throughout. (EXP29, $24.95)

The Impossible Rescue, The True Story of an Amazing Arctic Adventure

by Martin W. Sandler

• EXPLORATION
• 2012
• HARD COVER
• 163 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

Expedition photographs, maps and excerpts from diaries and journals add to the tension in this chronicle of the Overland Relief Expedition, an 1897-98 rescue mission to the ice north of Point Barrow, Alaska, where nearly 300 whalers and their ships were stranded in the ice. Geared for ages 10-14. (ARC315, $22.99)

In Search of Genghis Khan, An Exhilarating Journey on Horseback across the Steppes of Mongolia

by Tim Severin

• EXPLORATION
• 2003
• PAPER
• 272 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

This grand adventure across the steppes, one of Severin's many recreations of famous expeditions, mixes history, politics and travel in a compelling portrait of contemporary Mongolia. (MGL42, $16.95)

In Search of the South Pole

by Herbert Kari | Huw Lewis-Jones

• EXPLORATION
• 2011
• HARD COVER
• 192 PAGES

Kari Herbert (daughter of polar explorer Sir Wally) and husband Huw Lewis-Jones collared an international who's who of explorers, historians, scientists and polar experts for this irresistible portrait of place. It's a scrapbook of Antarctic exploration, featuring excerpts from the logbooks, journals and books, a timeline, color reproductions of period posters and other arcana. With 150 photographs, this new book is an essential reference for all Antarcticans. (ANT347, $29.95)

In Secret Mongolia

by Henning Haslund

• EXPLORATION
• 1995
• PAPER
• 366 PAGES

First published in 1934 as "Tents in Mongolia," Haslund's account of Sven Hedlin's 1927-30 Central Asiatic Expedition combines his tales of adventure and misadventure with notes on gods, myths and Shamans. (MGL13, $16.95)

In Shackleton's Footsteps, A Return to the Heart of the Antarctic

by Henry Worsley

• EXPLORATION
• 2011
• HARD COVER
• 288 PAGES

Henry Worsley and other descendents set out from Shackleton's hut at Cape Royd to celebrate the centenary of the 1908 Nimrod expedition, retracing the exact 870-mile route -- and going on to finish the last 97 miles that eluded Shackelton. Team leader Worsley's book explores the history of the original expedition and reasons behind its failure, while capturing the meticulous planning, fundraising and training for the new expedition. (ANT330, $24.95)

In the Footsteps of Marco Polo

by Dennis Belliveau

• EXPLORATION
• 2008
• HARD COVER
• 256 PAGES

The companion book to the PBS series, this beautifully illustrated account documents Belliveau and O'Donnell's staggering 3,000-mile odyssey by jeep, train, rickshaw, horse, camel and foot across Asia. They intersperse their travels with quotes from Marco Polo and hundreds of color photographs of places, monuments and people they encountered. (ASA71, $32.95)

In the Land of White Death, An Epic Story of Survival in the Siberian Arctic

by Valerian Albanov | David Roberts | Jon Krakauer

• EXPLORATION
• 2001
• PAPER
• 243 PAGES

A Russian sailor trapped aboard a ship in the ice sets out over the pack for Franz Josef Land. (SIB16, $16.00)

In the Shadow of Denali

by Jonathan Waterman

• EXPLORATION
• 2009
• PAPER
• 208 PAGES

A classic of mountaineering, Jon Waterman's exhilarating account of doomed expeditions, solo ascents, the great Brad Washburn and many others documents the extraordinary power of North America's highest mountain. (ALA308, $16.95)

In Trouble Again

by Redmond O'Hanlon

• EXPLORATION
• 1990
• PAPER
• 272 PAGES
• FAVORITE

As funny as he is insightful, O'Hanlon starts his comic masterpiece of a journey between the Orinoco and the Amazon with a litany of the insects, protozoa, snakes and predators that can do you harm. (AMZ04, $13.95)

Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan: Volume One

by John Lloyd Stephens

• EXPLORATION
• 1969
• PAPER
• 396 PAGES

The first volume of Stephens' 1841 account, an instant bestseller and still an excellent introduction to the people, culture and archaeology of Central America. It follows Stephens through Belize and Guatemala, with several chapters on Copan. With 127 engravings by Frederick Catherwood. We also carry Volume Two. ($14.95, Item MYA05) (MYA33, $16.95)

Innocents in the Arctic, The 1951 Spitsbergen Expedition

by Colin Bull

• EXPLORATION
• 2007
• PAPER
• 272 PAGES

A marvelous account of adventure and scientific inquiry, glaciologist Colin Bull recounts his role in the 1951 Spitsbergen Expedition with humor and humility. Drawn from Bull's field notes, journals and published reports, this book paints a compelling portrait of what it means to be young and daring. (ARC176, $19.95)

Into Africa, The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone

by Martin Dugard

• EXPLORATION
• 2004
• PAPER
• 340 PAGES

A nicely paced tale of the Scottish explorer and Stanley's headline-grabbing efforts to locate him. Dugard has done his homework well, drawing on a wide variety of sources to paint a lively and nuanced portrait of the two men. (AFR130, $16.00)

Into the Heart of Borneo

by Redmond O'Hanlon

• EXPLORATION
• 1987
• PAPER
• 190 PAGES

An absurd (and true) story of a biologist's journey into the mountains of Sarawak in search of the fabled Borneo rhino. O'Hanlon's entertaining account mixes plenty of humor, detail on local peoples and natural history. (BRN03, $14.00)

Into the Silence

by Wade Davis

• EXPLORATION
• 2011
• PAPER
• 656 PAGES

In this thrilling portrait of George Mallory and fellow climbers, Davis vividly recreates Britain's heroic attempts to scale Everest in the 1920s, putting the whole enterprise into the context of World War I and British Imperial ambitions. (HML101, $16.95)

Into the Unknown, How Great Explorers Found Their Way by Land, Sea, and Air

by Stewart Ross

• EXPLORATION
• 2011
• HARD COVER
• 96 PAGES
• YOUNG ADULTS

With the help of fold-out cross sections, dramatic stories and sidebars that highlight key concepts, places and technology, readers can immerse themselves in 14 historic expeditions, from Leif Erikson's voyage to North America to Edmund Hillary's first summit of Mount Everest. (EXP87, $19.99)

Into Thin Air, A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster

by Jon Krakauer

• EXPLORATION
• 1997
• HARD COVER
• 256 PAGES

A best-selling, minute-by-minute account of the 1996 disaster on Everest. (HML08, $28.00)

Into Thin Air, A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster

by Jon Krakauer

• EXPLORATION
• 1999
• PAPER
• 360 PAGES

In this bestseller, climber and journalist Krakauer reconstructs a minute-by-minute account of what went wrong on the great mountain in 1996. (HML13, $15.00)

Irresistible North, From Venice to Greenland on the Trail of the Zen Brothers

by Andrea Di Robilant

• EXPLORATION
• 2012
• PAPER
• 228 PAGES

T his delightful journey begins with di Robilant's serendipitous discovery of a 1558 travel account by the Renaissance statesman Nicolo Zen, which recreated the travels of two of Zen's ancestors who explored the North Atlantic in the 1380s and 1390s. di Robilant set out to discover why later, in the 19th century, the Zens' account came under attack as one of the greatest frauds in geographical history. (ATL44, $15.95)

The Island Within

by Richard Nelson

• EXPLORATION
• 1991
• PAPER
• 284 PAGES

A beautifully written tribute to the Pacific Northwest. Drawn from the author's journals, this is an account of the natural and cultural history of an island in the waters of Haida Strait, with emphasis on the relationship between people and the land. (ALA17, $17.00)

Jenny Goes To Sea

by Esther Averill

• EXPLORATION
• 2005
• HARD COVER
• 126 PAGES
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)

Miss Jenny Linsky and her cat friends set forth on a round-the-world cruise aboard the good ship Sea Queen with their master Captain Tinker. (TVL81, $17.95)

Joseph Banks, A Life

by Patrick O'Brian

• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• 1997
• PAPER
• 328 PAGES

A biography of naturalist and explorer Joseph Banks. (AUS47, $20.00)

Journal of a Trapper

by Osborne Russell | Aubrey L. Haines

• EXPLORATION
• 2002
• PAPER
• 241 PAGES

A simply told account of the life of a fur trapper in the 1830s and 1840s, mainly in and around Yellowstone. It's both an eyewitness report from the heydey of fur trading and an engaging account of the region. (USW439, $18.95)

Journal of a Voyage with Bering, 1741-1742

by Georg Wilhelm Steller | O. W. Frost

• EXPLORATION
• 1994
• PAPER
• 252 PAGES

The original account of the European discovery of Alaska, including a vivid description of the harrowing return voyage. (RUS63, $25.95)

The Journals of Lewis and Clark

by Frank Bergon

• EXPLORATION
• 1995
• PAPER
• 505 PAGES

An expanded version of the journals with more on the natural history and peoples encountered. (USW48, $17.00)

K2, Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain

by David Roberts | Ed Viesturs

• EXPLORATION
• 2010
• PAPER

Focusing on seven of the mountain's most dramatic campaigns, from his own troubled ascent to the 2008 tragedy, Viesturs and Roberts crafts an edge-of-your-seat tale of K2, raising questions of risk, ambition, loyalty, self-sacrifice -- and the price of glory. (HML111, $14.99)

K2, the Savage Mountain

by Charles H., M.D. Houston

• EXPLORATION
• 2008
• PAPER
• 184 PAGES

The remarkable first-hand account of the 1953 first American expedition, led by Dr. Houston. (HML108, $18.95)

K2, Triumph and Tragedy

by Jim Curran

• EXPLORATION
• 1997
• PAPER

This is a tense account of disaster on the world's second highest mountain in 1986. The author was on the mountain when 13 climbers in 9 different expeditions died. (PKN05, $16.95)

Kabloona, Among the Inuit

by Gontran De Poncins

• EXPLORATION
• 1996
• PAPER
• 339 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

Travels among the Inuit of Gjoahaven and points further north in the Canadian Arctic of 1938 (ARC18, $14.95)

Kilimanjaro, To the Roof of Africa

by David Breashears

• EXPLORATION
• 2002
• DVD

This strikingly beautiful celebration of Kilimanjaro, originally presented in IMAX theatres, focuses on the history, nature and beauty of the mountain along with the experiences of the trekkers. (EAF112, $19.99)

Killing Dragons, The Conquest of the Alps

by Fergus Fleming

• EXPLORATION
• 2001
• PAPER
• 398 PAGES

Fleming spins lively tales of man against nature in this entertaining history of the eccentrics, adventurers and publicity-hounds who sought to conquer the Alps, including Whymper and his first ascent of the Matterhorn (where four of the seven-man team perished). (ALP16, $14.00)

Kon-Tiki, Across the Pacific by Raft

by Thor Heyerdahl | F. H. Lyon

• EXPLORATION
• 1990
• PAPER
• 304 PAGES

The hugely popular account of a daring 1947 voyage sailing along the Humboldt and Equatorial currents from Peru to Tahiti. Apart from the sheer adventure, Heyerdahl wanted to show the world that Polynesians could have settled the region. With photographs. (PAC10, $5.99)

A Labyrinth of Kingdoms, 10,000 Miles Through Islamic Africa

by Stephen Kemper

• EXPLORATION
• 2012
• HARD COVER
• 432 PAGES

In this impressive true story, Steve Kemper shines a light on the travels of Heinrich Barth, who traveled 10,000 miles through North and Central Africa in the mid-19th century (AFR301, $28.95)

Lands that Hold One Spellbound, A Story of East Greenland

by Spencer Appolonio

• EXPLORATION
• 2008
• PAPER
• 322 PAGES

An avid sailor, marine biologist and research fellow of the Arctic Institute of North America, Appolonio writes with authority and enthusiasm of native settlements and the long history of exploration and adventure in icebound East Greenland. (ARC219, $39.95)

The Last Gentleman Adventurer

by Edward Beauclerk Maurice | Lawrence Millman

• EXPLORATION
• 2006
• PAPER
• 416 PAGES

Maurice's poignant tale of coming-of-age with the Hudson Bay Company in the Canadian Arctic in the 1930s. Posted to Pangnirtung as a remarkably unlikely 17-year-old recruit, Maurice grew into a man with the fur traders and Inuit of Baffin Island, earning the name of Issumatak (One Who Thinks). (ARC173, $14.95)

The Last Great Quest, Captain Scott's Antarctic Sacrifice

by Max Jones

• EXPLORATION
• 2005
• PAPER
• 352 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

A fresh look at exploration, empire and the memory of the British polar explorer. (ANT202, $35.00)

Last Hours on Everest, The Gripping Story of Mallory and Irvine's Fatal Ascent

by Graham Hoyland

• EXPLORATION
• 2013
• HARD COVER
• 320 PAGES

Climber, author and film director Graham Hoyland was the 15th Briton to climb Everest and during one of his nine expeditions to the mountain was responsible for the discovery of George Mallory s body. (HML119, $26.99)

The Last Man on the Mountain

by Jennifer Jordan

• EXPLORATION
• 2011
• PAPER
• 302 PAGES

Jordan brings back with vivid clarity the life and death of middle-aged, inexperienced Dudley Wolfe, of Boston and Rockport, Maine, who set out to become the first man to climb K2 in 1939. (HML109, $16.95)

The Last Place on Earth, Scott and Amundsen's Race to the South Pole

by Roland Huntford

• EXPLORATION
• 1999
• PAPER
• 576 PAGES
• FAVORITE

Igniting huge controversy when it first appeared, Huntford's rousing dual biography contrasts Amundsen's well-planned campaign to achieve the Pole with Scott's ill-fated quest. (ANT100, $15.95)

The Last Place on Earth, Scott and Amundsen's Race to the South Pole

by Roland Huntford

• EXPLORATION
• 2009
• AUDIO CD
• 576 PAGES

British actor Tim Pigott-Smith reads Huntford's dramatic tale of hardship, technical challenge, political ambition and fortitude, interweaving the expeditions of Scott and Amundsen. Presented on 6 CDs, this abridged version runs 7.5 hours. (ANT303, $31.95)

The Last Season

by Eric Blehm

• EXPLORATION
• 2006
• PAPER
• 352 PAGES

Eric Blehm's account of the disappearance of experienced ranger Randy Morgenson in the wilderness of the Sierras is a tribute to the man and the natural beauty of the mountains. (CAL207, $14.99)

The Last Step, The American Ascent of K2

by Rick Ridgeway

• EXPLORATION
• 1999
• PAPER
• 304 PAGES

Ridgeway's riveting account of 67 days on the mountain and the first American summit with Louis Reichardt, Jim Wickwire and John Roskelley in September 1978. Ridgeway and companions pioneered the Northeast Ridge. (HML107, $21.95)

Let Heroes Speak, Antarctic Explorers, 1772-1922

by Michael Rosove

• EXPLORATION
• 2002
• PAPER
• 384 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

In this nicely written history, Rosove traces 150 years of Antarctic exploration from Captain James Cook and Bellingshausen, to the polar exploits of Mawson, Scott, Shackleton, Byrd and Ellsworth. Best of all, he quotes generously from the explorers themselves, drawing on journals, diaries and published accounts. (ANT122, $14.00)

Lewis & Clark, An Illustrated History

by Dayton Duncan | Ken Burns

• EXPLORATION
• 1999
• HARD COVER
• 248 PAGES

The handsomely produced companion volume to Ken Burns' PBS documentary film, featuring essays and 150 illustrations, most in full color. (PNW36, $45.00)

Lewis and Clark, Partners in Discovery

by John E. Bakeless

• EXPLORATION
• 1996
• PAPER
• 498 PAGES

Applying his own original research and the journals of expedition members, Bakeless has put together an authoritative biography of the two explorers. (USW376, $14.95)

The Life and African Exploration of Dr. David Livingstone

by David Livingstone

• EXPLORATION
• 2002
• PAPER
• 656 PAGES

A reproduction of Livingstone's original 1876 report on his exploration of Africa. Includes lithographic illustrations and facsimiles of notebooks, diary entries and letters. (AFR192, $28.95)

Life and Death on Mt. Everest, Sherpas and Himalayan Mountaineering

by Sherry B. Ortner

• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• 2001
• PAPER
• 376 PAGES

A vividly written, scholarly study of the relationship between the Sherpas and the mountaineers who come to "conquer" the Himalayas. (TBT33, $35.00)

The Life of Captain James Cook

by John C. Beaglehole

• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• 1974
• PAPER
• 760 PAGES

The definitive biography of perhaps the greatest of the European explorers. (PAC01, $39.95)

Life, A Journey Through Time

by Frans Lanting

• EXPLORATION
• 2012
• HARD COVER
• 303 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

From fiery eruptions, geysers and stark geology, through single-celled organisms and fish, to the rise of amphibians and reptiles, birds, flowering plants and mammals, this is a splendid tale of biodiversity and wonder. (NAT110, $59.99)

The Long Walk

by Slavomir Rawicz

• EXPLORATION
• 2010
• HARD COVER
• 288 PAGES

Peter Weir's film adaptation of this classic tale of endurance, releasing nationwide in January. The harrowing tale of Slavomir Rawicz and six fellow prisoners, who marched out of a Siberian gulag across the Gobi and through China and Tibet over the Himalayas to British India. Jim Sturgess, Colin Farrell and Ed Harris star in the film adaptation by Peter Weir. An Oscar contender, it Now in a handsome hardcover edition. (EXP82, $24.95)

Lost City of the Incas

by Hiram Bingham

• EXPLORATION
• 2003
• PAPER
• 286 PAGES
• BEST SELLER
• FAVORITE

This first-rate adventure story by the man who brought Machu Picchu to the attention of the world 100 years ago is not just a gripping tale of exploration and archaeology, it also sets the scene for any visitor to the site. Hugh Thomson (A Sacred Landscape, The Search for Ancient Peru) provides the introduction to this Centenary Edition. (AND05, $12.99)

Lost City, The Discovery of Machu Picchu

by Ted Lewin

• EXPLORATION
• 2003
• HARD COVER
• 48 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

Caldecott-winning author Ted Lewin traveled in the footsteps of the 1911 explorer for this captivating tale of Hiram Bingham and the discovery of Machu Picchu, geared for ages 9-12. With detailed watercolor illustrations of Cuzco, the Urubamba Valley and Machu Picchu, it will appeal to the whole family. (PRU51, $17.99)

Lost Men, The Harrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Expedition

by Kelly Tyler-Lewis

• EXPLORATION
• 2007
• PAPER
• 416 PAGES

The dramatic tale of Shackleton's support team, stranded at Cape Evans when their ship the Aurora was set adrift in a gale. Tyler-Lewis draws on a rich source of newly discovered journals and diaries, interviews and her own experiences in the Antarctic to bring the story to life. (ANT225, $16.00)

The Lost Photographs of Captain Scott

by David Wilson

• EXPLORATION
• 2011
• HARD COVER
• 192 PAGES

This gorgeous book of Scott's own photographs -- fought over, lost and forgotten -- supplemented by maps and incisive commentary, is a significant contribution to Antarctic history. Wilson's great uncle was expedition artist Edward Wilson, who died with Scott on his way back from the Pole. (ANT343, $35.00)

The Lost Tribe, A Harrowing Passage into New Guinea's Heart of Darkness

by Edward Marriott

• EXPLORATION
• 1999
• PAPER
• 256 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

Marriott tells of his "discovery" and experiences among the Liawep people. (NGA14, $13.00)

Lost World of the Kalahari

by Laurens van der Post

• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• 1986
• PAPER
• 279 PAGES

Originally published in 1958, this poetic book is the story of a quest to find the San people in the remote desert. It has become a classic romanticized tale of an encounter between the literate European and "noble savage": mystical, captivating and a useful record of a time. (SAF24, $21.95)

Lost Worlds, Ruins of the Americas

by Arthur Drooker

• EXPLORATION
• 2011
• HARD COVER
• 160 PAGES

The sugar mills of St. John, Brimstone Hill Fortress in St. Kitts, Mitla, Teotihuacan, Chichen-Itza, Palenque, Tikal, Antigua, Copan, Chan Chan, Ollantaytambo, Sacsayhuaman and Machu Picchu are all included in this arresting visual survey, atmospherically photographed in black and white. (NAM68, $49.95)

Love and Obstacles, Stories

by Aleksandar Hemon

• EXPLORATION
• 2010
• PAPER
• 224 PAGES

A new book of linked stories by the author of the National Book Award finalist The Lazarus Project. (WLD170, $15.00)

The Magnificent Mountain Women, Adventures in the Colorado Rockies

by Janet Robertson

• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• 1991
• PAPER
• 220 PAGES

A collection of biographical stories based on the adventures of Colorado's pioneering explorers, sportswomen, lady botanists and modern climbers, quite a colorful group. (USW199, $16.95)

The Making of an Explorer: George Hubert Wilkins and The Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-1916

by Stuart E. Jenness

• EXPLORATION
• 2004
• HARD COVER
• 418 PAGES

A portrait of the young Australian Wilkins, expedition leader Vilhjalmur Stefansson, and the Canadian Arctic Expedition. (ARC177, $65.00)

The Man Who Ate His Boots

by Anthony Brandt

• EXPLORATION
• 2011
• PAPER
• 448 PAGES

The enthralling tale of the adventurers who searched in vain for the Northwest Passage, holy grail of 19th-century British exploration. (ARC246, $16.95)

The Many Landfalls of John Cabot

by Peter E. Pope

• EXPLORATION
• 1997
• PAPER

A scholarly analysis of Cabot's journey and the debate over where he landed -- and what difference it might make to national identity. (NFL18, $23.95)

Marco Polo and the Discovery of the World

by John Larner

• EXPLORATION
• 2001
• PAPER
• 288 PAGES

A scholarly, insightful study of the impact of the venetian merchant-explorer's impact on European ideas and knowledge of the world. (EXP22, $21.00)

Masters of All They Surveyed: Exploration, Geography, and a British El Dorado

by D. Graham Burnett

• EXPLORATION
• 2001
• PAPER
• 314 PAGES

A lively, well-illustrated account of the 19th-century exploration, mapping and British Imperial adventures in what is now Guyana. (SAM94, $37.50)

Matthew A. Henson's Historic Arctic Journey

by Matthew Henson | Deirdre Stam

• EXPLORATION
• 2009
• HARD COVER
• 232 PAGES

This Explorer's Club edition of Matthew Henson's polar exploits, originally published in 1912, includes a thoughtful overview of his life by editor Deirdre Stam and period photographs. Drawing on the Explorer's Club archives, it is published in commemoration of the centennial of Peary and Hanson's 1909 quest for the Pole. (ARC113, $19.95)

Mawson and the Ice Men of the Heroic Age

by Peter Fitzsimons

• EXPLORATION
• 2012
• HARD COVER
• 738 PAGES

A Australian journalist, Fitzsimons weaves the stories of Roald Amundsen, Ernest Shackleton and Robert Scott with that of the great Douglas Mawson. (ANT371, $39.95)

Mawson's Will, The Greatest Polar Survival Story Ever Written

by Leonard Bickel

• EXPLORATION
• 2000
• PAPER
• 261 PAGES

The classic tale of Sir Douglas Mawson's 1911 journey back to camp after losing his two men, his dogs, and most of his food and equipment. (ANT121, $15.99)

Men & Gods in Mongolia

by Henning Haslund

• EXPLORATION
• 1992
• PAPER
• 358 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

A first-person account of travels among the Torgut Mongols by the Swedish explorer who accompanied Sven Hedin on his exploration of Mongolia and Central Asia in the 1920s and 1930s. (MGL16, $15.95)

Minox 8 X 42 Binoculars

by Minox

• EXPLORATION
• 2005
• GEAR
• OUT OF PRINT

Birders take note! These rugged, water- and fog-proof binoculars, with features that you'd usually find in Leica or Zeiss, have whopping long eye-relief (19.5 mm, perfect for eyeglass wearers), close focus (8-feet) and, made of polycarbonate, weigh just 22.9 ounces. (STF28, $475.00)

Mont Blanc, Discovery and Conquest of the Giant of the Alps

by Stefano Ardito

• EXPLORATION
• 2008
• HARD COVER
• 228 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

With color and archival photographs, historic paintings and illustrations, this handsome book celebrates the history of climbing at Mont Blanc. (ALP37, $19.99)

Mount McKinley, The Conquest of Denali

by Bradford Washburn

• EXPLORATION
• 2000
• PAPER
• 206 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

One hundred and thirty glorious photographs of North America's highest mountain. (ALA95, $27.98)

The Mountain, Epic Adventures on Everest

by Ed Viesturs

• EXPLORATION
• 2013
• HARD COVER
• 352 PAGES
• COMING IN OCTOBER

Viesturs -- who has been on eleven expeditions to Everest and has stood on the summit seven times -- brings experience to this richly detailed account. (HML124, $27.00)

Mountains of Madness, A Scientists's Odyssey in Antarctica

by John Long | Tim Bowden

• EXPLORATION
• 2001
• HARD COVER
• 250 PAGES

A lively account of two fossil hunting expeditions in Antarctica. (ANT143, $24.95)

Mrs. Chippy's Last Expedition, The Remarkable Journal of Shackleton's Polar-Bound Cat

by Caroline Alexander

• EXPLORATION
• 1999
• PAPER
• 148 PAGES
• YOUNG ADULTS

Sir Ernest Shackleton's most famous expedition, as told by his cat. (ANT56, $13.99)

Mrs. Harkness and the Panda

by Alicia Potter

• EXPLORATION
• 2012
• HARD COVER
• 40 PAGES
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)

Potter traces the adventures of Ruth Harkness from New York across the seas to Shanghai and up the Yangtze to the wilds of China to bring back the first panda in this inspiring tale for ages five to eight. With illustrations by Caldecott Honor artist Melissa Sweet. (CHN732, $16.99)

My Attainment of the Pole

by Frederick A. Cook | Robert Bryce

• EXPLORATION
• 2001
• PAPER
• 624 PAGES

Cook's original, and much disputed, account of his expedition to the North Pole. This edition includes several new assessments of the dispute whether he ever made it to the Pole. (ARC100, $19.95)

My Life as an Explorer

by Sven Hedin | Anthony Brandt

• EXPLORATION
• 2003
• PAPER
• 546 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

One of the great adventure books of all time (it's on National Geographic's list of the 100 greatest, My Life as an Explorer chronicles the extraordinary feats of the indomitable Swede Sven Hedin (1865-1952) across Asia. (CAS06, $16.00)

The Mystery of Easter Island

by Katherine Routledge

• EXPLORATION
• 1998
• PAPER
• 404 PAGES

Captivating in its period detail, this record of a remarkable 1913 scientific voyage from Southampton to Easter Island includes unforgettable early impressions of the island. (EIL10, $16.95)

N by E

by Rockwell Kent | Edward Hoagland

• EXPLORATION
• 1996
• PAPER
• 282 PAGES

The classic account of a 1929 sailing voyage from Labrador to Greenland, illustrated with wood-block prints by the author on every other page. (ARC35, $22.95)

Nanda Devi, A Journey to the Last Sanctuary

by Hugh Thomson

• EXPLORATION
• 2005
• PAPER
• 126 PAGES

An account of the history, allure and exploration of the isolated Himalayan sanctuary on the border of India and Tibet. (HML66, $14.00)

Nanda Devi, Exploration and Ascent

by Eric Shipton | H. W. Tilman

• EXPLORATION
• 2000
• PAPER
• 288 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

A compilation of two mountaineering classics, "Nanda Devi" and "Ascent of Nanda Devi." (HML54, $18.95)

Nansen

by Roland Huntford

• EXPLORATION
• 2001
• PAPER
• 750 PAGES

The centerpiece of Huntford's masterful biography of the polar explorer is the gripping account of the drift of the Fram -- and Nansen's epic trek across the ice to Franz Josef Land. (ARC121, $29.95)

National Geographic Bowers

by National Geographic

• EXPLORATION
• 2011
• GLOBE

This 12-inch, blue-ocean classic has a satin nickel semi-meridian and base. With bright updated cartography, raised relief and tap-on illumination. Batteries not included! (GLB58, $119.00)

National Geographic Byrd

by National Geographic

• EXPLORATION
• 2011
• GLOBE

The thousands of place names on this 16-inch diameter blue-ocean beauty are complemented by crisp National Geographic cartography, raised relief that you can touch and feel and tap-on illumination. With a hardwood base, steel yoke and diecast, gyro-matic meridian. (GLB59, $229.00)

The National Geographic Eaton

by National Geographic

• EXPLORATION
• 2011
• GLOBE

The antique brass-plated gyro-matic meridian and hardware add to the classic look of this handsome tripod stand (adjustable from 41 to 52 inches). With National Geographic cartography, the globe itself is 16 inches in diameter, with raised relief that you can touch and feel and thousands of place names. (GLB60, $350.00)

National Geographic Grosvenor

by National Geographic

• EXPLORATION
• 2011
• GLOBE

Named after the recently retired Gil Grosvenor, president of National Geographic from 1980 to 1996 and the fifth generation of his family to have served in that position, this 12-inch globe with raised relief combines classic styling with antique brass-plated semi-meridian and base. (GLB57, $79.00)

The Naturalist on the River Amazons

by Henry Walter Bates

• EXPLORATION
• 2009
• PAPER
• 409 PAGES

A spell-binding early account of the river and its environs, first published in 1863. This classic chronicle of Bates's scientific adventures, part natural history and part travelogue, has inspired generations of tropical biologists. (AMZ07, $17.95)

Ninety Degrees North, The Quest for the North Pole

by Fergus Fleming

• EXPLORATION
• 2003
• PAPER
• 496 PAGES

A thrilling, artfully told chronicle of the mostly 19th-century adventurers, madmen and explorers who quested after the North Pole. (ARC124, $15.00)

No Picnic on Mount Kenya

by Felice Benuzzi

• EXPLORATION
• 2005
• PAPER
• 240 PAGES

This daring tale of the author's escape from a prisoner of war camp to climb Mount Kenya is not just great reading. Benuzzi's account of landscapes, animals and habitats encountered on his way could also be of interest to anyone contemplating scaling the peak. (EAF59, $14.95)

No Shortcuts to the Top, Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks

by Ed Viesturs

• EXPLORATION
• 2007
• PAPER
• 368 PAGES

An exhilarating account of mountaineering by the first American to scale the world's 14 peaks that over 8,000 meters high, without the aid of bottled oxygen. (EXP45, $14.99)

No Way Down, Life and Death on K2

by Graham Bowley

• EXPLORATION
• 2011
• PAPER
• 253 PAGES

Bowley interviews surviving climbers and many Sherpas, porters, and family and friends, for this dramatic account of the disaster on K2 in August 2008 in which many were injured and 11 died. (HML110, $14.99)

North by Northwestern, A Seafaring Family on Deadly Alaskan Waters

by Mark Sundeen | Sig Hansen

• EXPLORATION
• 2011
• PAPER
• 320 PAGES

A true, rags-to-riches epic about a seafaring family on the deadly Alaskan seas, by captain and reality TV-star Hansen. (OCE177, $15.99)

The North Pole, A Narrative History

by Anthony Brandt

• EXPLORATION
• 2004
• PAPER
• 413 PAGES

Anthony Brandt samples the literature of exploration for this anthology. Organized chronologically, the book is divided into three parts: early exploration; the quest for the Northwest Passage; and North Pole journeys. (ARC155, $15.00)

North Pole, South Pole

by Bertrand Imbert

• EXPLORATION
• 1992
• PAPER
• 192 PAGES

A shirt pocket encyclopedia of exploration, featuring hundreds of well-chosen maps, historic photographs and journal excerpts. (ANT02, $15.95)

North to the Night, A Spiritual Odyssey in the Arctic

by Alvah Simon

• EXPLORATION
• 1999
• PAPER
• 328 PAGES

A well crafted tale of adventures in the Canadian Arctic and Greenland aboard a 36-foot sailing yacht, including most memorably a solo winter frozen in the sea ice off Bylot Island. (ARC97, $15.00)

North to the Orient

by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

• EXPLORATION
• 1966
• PAPER
• 168 PAGES

A classic account of pioneering aviation, this wonderfully written memoir includes adventures in Petropavlovsk and the Russian Far East, Japan and the Yangtze. (ARC36, $12.95)

Northwest Passage, The Quest for an Arctic Route to the East

by Mike Breedell | Edward Struzik

• EXPLORATION
• 1991
• HARD COVER
• 152 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

This handsome oversize photography book chronicles Arctic explorers of the Golden Age. (ARC28, $29.95)

Off the Map, Tales of Endurance and Exploration

by Fergus Fleming

• EXPLORATION
• 2006
• PAPER
• 518 PAGES

Master storyteller Fleming (Killing Dragons, Ninety Degrees North) recounts 43 tales of adventure, both well-known and obscure, in this wonderfully diverse sampling. He opens with the exploits of Marco Polo and the Mongol Empire, moving briskly through the centuries up to Albert Nobile's fateful attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. (EXP36, $18.95)

Off the Wall, Death in Yosemite

by Michael Ghiglieri | Charles Farabee

• EXPLORATION
• 2007
• PAPER
• 608 PAGES

The irresistible and instructive roundup of "All Known Fatal Mishaps in America's First Protected Land of Scenic Wonders." (SWU235, $24.95)

Oil and Ice, A Story of Arctic Disaster and the Rise and Fall of America's Last Whaling Dynasty

by Peter Nichols

• EXPLORATION
• 2010
• PAPER
• 306 PAGES

Nichols tells the riveting history of America's whaling industry and it's sudden fall in 1871, when a fleet of ships from New Bedford was destroyed in an arctic ice storm. (ARC264, $17.00)

Old New Zealand and Other Writings

by Frederick Edward Maning

• EXPLORATION
• 2001
• PAPER
• 256 PAGES

This scholarly edition of this important early account of the Maori, originally pblished in 1863, puts the work in historical context. (NZL104, $60.00)

Once in a Lifetime Trips, The World's 50 Most Extraordinary and Memorable Travel Experiences

by Chris Santella

• EXPLORATION
• 2009
• HARD COVER
• 224 PAGES

Chris Santella interviewed 50 travel experts for this well-illustrated roundup of nature, adventure and culture tours around the world. (TVL482, $24.95)

One Island, One Ocean, Ocean Watch and the Epic Journey Around the Americas

by Herb McCormick

• EXPLORATION
• 2011
• HARD COVER
• 240 PAGES

A project of David Rockefeller's Sailors for the Sea, this photo book documents the 13-month, Around-the-Americas adventures of the 64' steel hull cutter Ocean Watch on a voyage from Seattle, through the Northwest Passage, south around Cape Horn, and back to Seattle. (OCE183, $35.00)

Ordeal by Ice, Ships of the Antarctic

by Rorke Bryan

• EXPLORATION
• 2011
• HARD COVER
• 554 PAGES

With technical information, plans, photos, paintings and maps Rorke Bryan covers Antarctic vessels, from 15th-century voyages south through the heroic age of exploration up to the expedition ships and the sophisticated research vessels of today. (ANT364, $45.00)

Out West

by Dayton Duncan

• EXPLORATION
• 2000
• PAPER
• 464 PAGES

In this spirited tale of history, exploration and travel, Duncan recounts his adventures in the footsteps of Lewis and Clark (USW374, $24.95)

Over the Edge of the World, Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the World

by Laurence Bergreen

• EXPLORATION
• 2004
• PAPER
• 458 PAGES

This uncommonly well written biography brings to life the complex, difficult 16th-century Portuguese captain and his discoveries. Bergreen follows the great navigator from his origins in Seville and on his voyages to the Americas, and through the Pacific. (WLD44, $16.99)

Paddle to the Arctic

by Don Starkell

• EXPLORATION
• 2001
• PAPER
• 304 PAGES

Not simply the story of a man in a kayak, this diary of a 3,000-mile journey from Churchill to Tuktoyaktut captures the challenges of the Northwest Passage. (ARC26, $16.95)

Paddle-to-the-Sea

by Holling C. Holling

• EXPLORATION
• 1980
• PAPER
• 62 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

Holling's captivating tale introduces youngsters to the geography and history of North America through the story of a young Indian boy and the toy canoe he launches on a journey from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic. (NAM25, $11.95)

The Paper Road, Archive and Experience in the Botanical Exploration of West China and Tibet

by Erik Mueggler

• EXPLORATION
• 2011
• PAPER
• 361 PAGES

With a focus on the Chinese minorities in Southwest China, anthropologist Mueggler brings to life the expeditions in the borderlands between China, Tibet, and Burma of two early 20th-century botanists, Scotsman George Forrest and American Joseph Francis Charles Rock. (CHN700, $29.95)

Pathfinders, A Global History of Exploration

by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto

• EXPLORATION
• 2007
• PAPER
• 432 PAGES

Fernandez-Armesto tracks the evolution of travel over five millennia in this brisk history. (EXP46, $21.95)

Peak

by Roland Smith

• EXPLORATION
• 2008
• PAPER
• 246 PAGES
• YOUNG ADULTS

Pushed to become the youngest person ever to summit Everest, Peak Marcello (named by his mountain-climbing parents) has to overcome a rival team, his resentful father, searing cold -- and many frozen corpses -- in this suspenseful, gripping tale of adventure for young adults. (NPL70, $6.95)

Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent

by Alexander von Humboldt

• EXPLORATION
• 1996
• PAPER
• 310 PAGES

This is the book that Darwin took on his voyage around the world -- a classic account of naturalist and explorer Humboldt's 18th-century discoveries in South America. (SAM08, $17.00)

Pilgrims on the Ice, Robert Falcon Scott's First Antarctic Expedition

by Tim Baughman

• EXPLORATION
• 2008
• PAPER
• 334 PAGES

Baughman brings to life all the excitement and accomplishments of Captain Scott's first Antarctic expedition of 1901-1904 in this scholarly, level-headed evaluation of the Discovery expedition. (ANT106, $18.95)

The Pioneer

by Replogle

• EXPLORATION
• 2011
• GLOBE

These are the much-loved globes with real topography that you can touch and feel -- since 1930 the most popular globes in the classrooms of America. Each globe is covered in sturdy, coated paper applied by hand. Our bestselling globe, the Pioneer, is a brightly colored, blue-ocean model with a handy gyro-mount. Made largely by hand in Chicago, Replogle offers more than 100 models, from this classic to floor models and the imposing Diplomat (GLB25, $7,225), the world's most detailed globe. (GLB11, $69.00)

A Pirate of Exquisite Mind, The Life of William Dampier

by Michael Preston | Diana Preston

• EXPLORATION
• 2005
• PAPER
• 384 PAGES

A marvelously well researched, absorbing biography of the 17th century English explorer, sea captain naturalist and buccaneer. Long our favorite pirate, it's a pleasure to see the accomplishments of the swashbuckler laid out so effectively. (GBR436, $15.00)

A Plant Hunter in Tibet

by Frank Kingdon-Ward

• EXPLORATION
• 2006
• PAPER
• 317 PAGES

Long out of print, this facsimile edition of Kingdon-Ward's lively 1934 account of the people, culture, landscapes and adventures in Southeast Tibet includes his original photographs and two maps. (TBT105, $26.00)

The Plant Hunters

by Tyler Whittle

• EXPLORATION
• 1997
• PAPER
• 288 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

Tales of the botanist-explorers who enriched our gardens, including adventures in the Himalayas. (NAT29, $16.95)

Points Unknown, A Century of Great Exploration

by David Roberts

• EXPLORATION
• 2000
• HARD COVER
• 416 PAGES

Luminaries as Sir Ernest Shackleton and Freya Stark bump against modern journalist-adventurers like Eric Newby, Eric Hansen and Tom Wolfe in this anthology of 20th-century exploration. Edited by Outside contributor, author and mountaineer David Roberts. (EXP08, $29.95)

Polar Explorers for Kids

by Maxine Snowden

• EXPLORATION
• 2004
• PAPER
• 150 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

The history and adventures of 16 polar explorers, including Erik the Red, Henry Hudson, Robert Peary, Roald Amundsen, Robert Scott and Ernest Shackleton, are brought to life in 21 puzzles, games, projects and activities for kids ages 9 and up. (ARC191, $16.95)

Polar Journeys, The Role of Food and Nutrition in Early Exploration

by Robert Feeney

• EXPLORATION
• 1998
• PAPER
• 279 PAGES

This is the book for anyone who has ever wondered about hoosh, pemmican and all the other makings of the early explorers' diets. The author, a biochemist, looks at the nutrition and diet of explorers, linking developments in food preservation techniques to the history of polar exploration. (ANT107, $27.95)

Polar Reaches, The History of Arctic and Antarctic Exploration

by Richard Sale

• EXPLORATION
• 2002
• HARD COVER
• 192 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

A lively, nicely illustrated survey of exploration of the polar regions. (ANT170, $29.95)

Polar Wives

by Kari Herbert

• EXPLORATION
• 2012
• PAPER
• 347 PAGES

Eva Nansen, Jane Franklin, Emily Shackleton, Kathleen Scott and her own mother Marie Herbert are included in this group biography. (ANT363, $18.95)

Poles Apart

by Galen Rowell

• EXPLORATION
• 1997
• PAPER
• 184 PAGES

Noted landscape photographer Galen Rowell turns his attention to the ends of the earth: a gorgeous collection of 188 color photographs with insightful commentary on the story behind each picture. (ANT27, $45.00)

The Quest for Frank Wild

by Angie Butler

• EXPLORATION
• 2011
• HARD COVER
• 224 PAGES

Angie Butler's gripping -- and superbly illustrated -- tale of Frank Wild and her seven-year quest to unravel the mystery of the last days of one of the great polar explorers, includes Wild's heretofore unpublished memoirs. Butler has just returned from South Georgia, where Wild's remains were finally laid to rest next to his boss, Ernest Shackleton, in the cemetery in Grytviken. (ANT355, $60.00)

Race for the South Pole

by Roland Huntford

• EXPLORATION
• 2011
• PAPER
• 352 PAGES

Side by side, day by day, Huntford lets Scott and Amundsen speak for themselves, placing the original diary entries of each man on facing pages. He includes superb original maps and photographs, and the never-before-translated diary of Amundsen's charismatic lead skier. (ANT326, $16.95)

Race for the South Pole -- The Antarctic Challenge

by Fred L. Israel

• EXPLORATION
• 1999
• HARD COVER
• 144 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

A facsimile of 27 articles, complete with maps and archival photographs, as they originally appeared in National Geographic Magazine. (ANT108, $22.95)

Race to the End: Amundsen, Scott and the Attainment of the South Pole

by Ross MacPhee

• EXPLORATION
• 2010
• HARD COVER
• 245 PAGES
• FAVORITE

Curator of the riveting exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History, MacPhee includes panoramic maps, never-before-seen photographs of artifacts from Scott's last camp, iconic photographs by Ponting and Hurley, and contemporary accounts of the two celebrated expeditions in this month-by-month and day-by-day look at the two iconic expeditions. (ANT322, $27.95)

Race to the Pole: Tragedy, Heroism, and Scott's Antarctic Quest

by Ranulph Fiennes

• EXPLORATION
• 2005
• PAPER
• 480 PAGES

British polar adventurer Fiennes reconsiders the legacy of Robert Falcon Scott. (ANT220, $14.95)

Race to the South Pole Coloring Book

by Patricia J. Wynne

• EXPLORATION
• 2010
• PAPER

Ross MacPhee (Race to the End) collaborated with illustrator Patricia Wynne for this historically accurate, thrilling account of Antarctic exploration in 30 ready-to-color illustrations. (ANT332, $3.99)

The Race to the White Continent, Voyages to the Antarctic

by Alan Gurney

• EXPLORATION
• 2002
• PAPER
• 288 PAGES

Gurney captures the fanfare, ego and discovery of 19th-century polar exploration in this compelling narrative of the 1837-1842 Antarctic voyages of Dumont d'Urville, James Clark Ross and Charles Wilkes. (ANT136, $21.95)

The Raven's Gift, A Scientist, a Shaman, and Their Remarkable Journey Through the Siberian Wilderness

by Jonathan Turk

• EXPLORATION
• 2011
• PAPER
• 336 PAGES

Scientist adventurer Turk's illuminating account of a physical and spiritual journey to Siberia -- and his encounters with Moolynaut, a Koryak shaman. (SIB62, $17.99)

The Real Tripitaka, And Other Pieces

by Arthur Waley Estate

• EXPLORATION
• 2011
• PAPER
• 292 PAGES

First published in 1952, Waley relates the story of the Tang Dynasty monk Prince Tripitaka, whose pilgrimage to India to study and bring Buddhist text back to China became the stuff of legend. China's perennially popular folk epic, Monkey, A Journey to the West, was also translated by scholar Waley. (CHN709, $44.95)

A Republic of Rivers, Three Centuries of Nature Writing from Alaska and the Yukon

by John A. Murray

• NATURAL HISTORY
• 1992
• PAPER
• 325 PAGES

A comprehensive anthology of nature writing on Alaska and the Yukon. (ALA91, $34.99)

The River at the Center of the World

by Simon Winchester

• EXPLORATION
• 2004
• PAPER
• 410 PAGES
• FAVORITE

Winchester writes about the character of the Yangtze and the people and places along its banks with easy grace in this absorbing portrait of the great river flowing through the heart of China. (CHN31, $17.00)

River Road to China, The Search for the Source of the Mekong, 1866-73

by Milton Osborne

• EXPLORATION
• 1999
• PAPER
• 247 PAGES

An excellent modern account of a 19th-century French expedition 4,000 miles from Vietnam and Cambodia into unknown regions of China in search of the source of the Mekong. (SEA29, $16.95)

The Road to Ubar, Finding the Atlantis of the Sands

by Nicholas Clapp

• EXPLORATION
• 1999
• PAPER
• 342 PAGES

A fascinating day-by-day account of Clapp's search in the 1980s for the ruins of Ubar, an ancient Arabian trading center on the frankincense route in Oman's Empty Quarter. (ARB49, $19.95)

The Roof at the Bottom of the World

by Edmund Stump

• EXPLORATION
• 2011
• HARD COVER
• 272 PAGES

With detailed maps and 100 stunning color photographs, Antarctic veteran Ed Stump shows the Transantarctic range in all its icy glory and, for aficionados, Stump has plotted the routes of the historic expeditions across mountains and glaciers with unprecedented accuracy. (ANT341, $29.95)

Round About the Earth

by Joyce E. Chaplin

• EXPLORATION
• 2012
• HARD COVER
• 560 PAGES

Harvard Historian Joyce Chaplin's rollicking Round About the Earth traces the outsized personalities, grand enterprises and inspired folly of those globe-trotting men and women who have circled the planet over the last 500 years. Beginning, naturally with Magellan, she covers scientists, explorers, pirates and empire builders from James Cook to Charles Darwin, Phileas Fog (she includes fictional characters too), Amelia Earhart, Yuri Gagarin, and John Glenn. (EXP99, $35.00)

Rounding the Horn

by Dallas Murphy

• EXPLORATION
• 2005
• PAPER
• 358 PAGES

A sailor at heart, Dallas Murphy gets himself down to Ushuaia, embarks a sturdy vessel and heads out to experience the wind and weather of Tierra del Fuego. In his informative account, Dallas interweaves plenty of history, a little rather naive politics and the story of his own adventures. (PAT65, $18.00)

Royal Geographical Society Illustrated

by Royal Geographical Society

• EXPLORATION
• 2002
• HARD COVER
• 340 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

A treasure trove of archival photographs from the RGS, bundled in a lavish oversize book with accompanying text on great expeditions, explorers and places. (GEN94, $80.00)

Running the Amazon

by Joe Kane

• EXPLORATION
• 1990
• PAPER
• 278 PAGES

A best-selling account of a 4,000-mile expedition from the high Andes to the Atlantic by foot, raft and kayak -- an expedition only four of the ten participants finished. (AMZ13, $14.95)

Sailing Alone Around the World

by Joshua Slocum

• EXPLORATION
• 2008
• PAPER
• 272 PAGES
• FAVORITE

A born storyteller and American hero, Slocum recounts his many adventures aboard the 36-foot wooden sloop Spray on the first-ever solo circumnavigation of the globe. (EXP03, $14.00)

Savage Summit: The True Stories of the First Five Women Who Climbed K2, the World's Most Feared Mountain

by Jennifer Jordan

• EXPLORATION
• 2008
• PAPER
• 300 PAGES

The stories of five women who made it to the top of K2 from 1986 to 1995, told in order of their summits: Wanda Rutkiewicz, Liliane Barrard, Julie Tullis, Chantal Mauduit and Alison Hargreaves. (HML68, $13.99)

Scott of The Antarctic

by Charles Frend

• EXPLORATION
• 1948
• DVD

John Mills stars as Robert Falcon Scott in this 1948 epic, a film which helped to elevate Scott to national hero. In Technicolor with a magnificent soundtrack by Vaughn Williams. (ANT325, $9.99)

Scott's Last Expedition, The Journals

by Robert Falcon Scott | Max Jones

• EXPLORATION
• 2008
• PAPER
• 529 PAGES

Scott's account of his last doomed expedition, recovered beside his frozen body. With an introduction by Bainbridge and extensive annotations by editor Max Jones (including a contemporary account of Scott by J.M. Barrie). (ANT46, $17.95)

Scrambles Amongst the Alps: In the Years 1860-69

by Edward Whymper

• EXPLORATION
• 2002
• PAPER
• 320 PAGES

Edward Wymper's classic account of Victorian-era mountaineering captures the geography, beauty and allure of the Alps. (ALP02, $16.00)

The Sea and the Jungle

by H.M. Tomlinson

• EXPLORATION
• 1995
• PAPER
• 258 PAGES

First published in 1912, this is a thoroughly unromanticized, absorbing account of a 2,000-mile journey by steamship deep into the Amazon. Understated and often hilarious. (AMZ10, $18.00)

Sea of Dangers, Captain Cook and His Rivals in the South Pacific

by Geoffrey Blainey

• EXPLORATION
• 2009
• HARD COVER
• 322 PAGES

The stirring tale of the great navigator Captain James Cook and his French rival, Jean de Surville, both in search of Terra Incognita, by the great Australian historian. (PAC225, $27.50)

Sea of Glory, America's Voyage of Discovery: The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842

by Nathaniel Philbrick

• EXPLORATION
• 2004
• PAPER
• 416 PAGES

An accomplished, vivid history of an around-the-world expedition commanded by Charles Wilkes. (PAC140, $16.00)

Seafaring Women: Adventures of Pirate Queens, Female Stowaways, and Sailors' Wives

by David Cordingly

• EXPLORATION
• 2007
• PAPER

A fascinating survey of women who went to sea, as wives, crossdressing cabin boys or even lighthouse keepers, during the age of sail. (OCE94, $17.00)

The Search for the North West Passage

by Ann Savours

• EXPLORATION
• 2005
• PAPER
• 342 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

Three hundred years in search of the North West Passage. (ARC64, $17.95)

Searching for Paradise

by Thurston Clarke

• EXPLORATION
• 2002
• PAPER
• 352 PAGES

In the grip of Islomania, which he describes as a common malady, Clarke romps around the world visiting 13 islands from Mas a Tierra to FDR's sleepy Campobello, quirkily organized into islands "famous, personal and symbolic." (EXP10, $19.00)

Seeking Western Waters, the Lewis & Clark Trail from the Rockies to the Pacific

by Emory M. Strong | ruth Strong

• EXPLORATION
• 1995
• PAPER
• 383 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

An illustrated selection from the journals of Lewis and Clark focusing on native people along the Columbia River. (PNW55, $18.95)

Seven Summits

by Dick Bass | Frank Wells | Rick Ridgeway

• EXPLORATION
• 1988
• PAPER
• 336 PAGES

For those heading to Africa, this book about two men trying to conquer the world's seven summit includes a detailed description of the (non-technical) Machame route on Kilimanjaro. (EXP48, $16.99)

Shackleton

by Charles Sturridge

• EXPLORATION
• 2002
• DVD
• OUT OF PRINT

Kenneth Branagh stars as the polar explorer Ernest Shackleton in this dramatization. (ANT291, $19.95)

Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure

by George Butler

• EXPLORATION
• 2002
• DVD
• OUT OF PRINT

A stunning film of Shackleton's 1914 trans-Antarctic expedition, originally presented in IMAX theaters in glorious 70 mm. With aerial photography, documentary footage and the modern expedition by three great mountaineers in the footsteps of Shackleton across the mountains and glaciers of South Georgia. (ANT203, $19.99)

Shackleton's Boat Journey

by Sir Edmund Hillary | Frank Worsley

• EXPLORATION
• 1998
• PAPER
• 220 PAGES

This classic account by the captain of the Endurance features the team's remarkable two-week boat journey from Elephant Island to South Georgia. (ANT72, $14.95)

Shackleton's Boat Journey, The Story of the James Caird

by Harding McGregor Dunnett

• EXPLORATION
• 1999
• NTSC VIDEO
• OUT OF PRINT

A 30-minute video focusing on Shackleton's 800-mile journey to South Georgia. With original photographs by Frank Hurley from the expedition and modern footage. (ANT163, $19.95)

Shackleton's Forgotten Men, The Untold Tragedy of the Endurance Epic

by Rt. Hon. Lord Shackleton | Leonard Bickel

• EXPLORATION
• 2001
• PAPER
• 241 PAGES

The tale of Shackleton's team on the Ross Ice Shelf, who completed a 199-day sledge journey under harrowing conditions. (ANT103, $19.95)

Shackleton's Stowaway

by Victoria McKernan

• EXPLORATION
• 2006
• PAPER
• 336 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

McKernan deftly interweaves actual explorers and events in this fictionalized account of Shackleton's voyage for ages 12 and up. (ANT226, $6.50)

Shackleton's Way, Leadership Lessons from the Great Antarctic Explorer

by Margot Morrell | Stephanie Capparell

• EXPLORATION
• 2002
• PAPER
• 224 PAGES

The authors of this volume use the Shackleton story to illustrate principles of leadership, including the importance of hiring an outstanding crew, creating camaraderie and leading effectively in a crisis. (ANT140, $16.00)

Shackleton, An Antarctic Map Map Primer

by Earl B. McElfresh

• EXPLORATION
• 2002
• MAP

A collection of historic maps of Shackleton's Endurance expedition. (ANT187, $24.95)

Shackleton, The Antarctic Challenge

by Kim Heacox | Alexandra Shackleton

• EXPLORATION
• 1999
• HARD COVER
• 216 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

An illustrated overview of Shackleton's expeditions featuring diary excerpts and an excellent selection of archival photographs. Heacox is a popular staff member on Antarctic tour expeditions. (ANT101, $35.00)

Ships of Exploration and Discovery

by Lincoln Paine

• EXPLORATION
• 2000
• PAPER
• 160 PAGES

A lively, illustrated survey of 125 ships of exploration from Columbus to modern times. (OCE49, $21.95)

Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World, The True Story of the Endurance Expedition

by Jennifer Armstrong

• EXPLORATION
• 2000
• PAPER
• 128 PAGES
• YOUNG ADULTS

This book retells the story of the Endurance for kids ages 12 and up. (ANT68, $12.95)

Shooting the Boh: A Woman's Voyage Down the Wildest River in Borneo

by Tracy Johnston

• EXPLORATION
• 1992
• PAPER
• 256 PAGES

The adventure story of a rafting expedition down Borneo's Boh river. (BRN12, $12.00)

Siberia, Siberia

by Valentin Rasputin

• EXPLORATION
• 1997
• PAPER
• 443 PAGES
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE

A sweeping account of the exploration, conquest and colonization of Russia's "West," beginning with the crossing of the Ural Mountains by the Cossacks in 1580. (SIB01, $22.95)

The Silk Road, Ten Thousand Miles Through Central Asia

by Sven Hedin

• EXPLORATION
• 2009
• PAPER
• 344 PAGES

Hedin's enthralling account of adventure and derring-do -- and a telling portrait of Central Asia and its people in the 1930s, first in a trilogy that includes The Trail of War (CAS169, $16.95) and The Wandering Lake (CHN596, $19.00). (CAS170, $20.00)

Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker: Traveller and Plant Collector

by Raymond Desmond

• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• 1999
• HARD COVER
• 286 PAGES

A biography of the Victorian explorer and botanist featuring Hooker's illustrations and excerpts from his "Himalayan Journals" (GEN79, $49.50)

The Sisters of Sinai, How Two Lady Adventurers Discovered the Hidden Gospels

by Janet Soskice

• EXPLORATION
• 2010
• PAPER
• 316 PAGES

Soskice vividly recounts the story of Agnes and Margaret Smith, two unlikely and unsung heroines, and their discovery in 1892 of one of the earliest known copies of the gospels at St. Catherine's. (EGY334, $16.95)

Skeletons on the Zahara, A True Story of Survival

by Dean King

• EXPLORATION
• 2005
• PAPER
• 368 PAGES

King weaves a gripping tale of Captain James Riley and the men of the merchant ship Commerce, shipwrecked, captured and sold into slavery in 1815. King relies on published journals and his own travels to recreate the drama and hardship of the four-month trek across the Sahara. (NAF16, $14.99)

The Snow Leopard

by Peter Matthiessen

• EXPLORATION
• 2008
• PAPER
• 368 PAGES
• FAVORITE

The most perceptive, acutely observed and personal of all his books, Matthiessen's account of a five-week journey through Nepal with naturalist George Schaller combines their quest for the elusive cat with a moving introduction to Buddhism and the people and culture of the Himalayas. (NPL03, $16.00)

Snowstruck, In the Grip of Avalanches

by Jill Fredston

• EXPLORATION
• 2007
• PAPER
• 342 PAGES

Statistics, stories and practical information that could save your life from an avalanche expert. (ALA244, $20.95)

Some Folk Think the South Pole's Hot, The Three Tenors Play the Antarctic

by Quint Buchholz

• EXPLORATION
• 2001
• HARD COVER
• 64 PAGES

With wit and whimsy, and told entirely in rhyming verse, this exquisitely illustrated tale has Carreras, Domingo and Pavarotti arrive by ship to perform for the amusement of the penguins. Some folk think the South Pole's hot. With ice and snow? Of course it's not! (ANT310, $17.95)

The South Pole, A Historical Reader

by Anthony Brandt

• EXPLORATION
• 2004
• PAPER
• 463 PAGES

An anthology of accounts of Antarctic Exploration and the quest for the South Pole. (ANT216, $15.00)

The South Pole, An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram, 1910-1912

by Roald Amundsen | Roland Huntford

• EXPLORATION
• 2001
• PAPER
• 1008 PAGES

Amundsen's vivid narrative, first published as 2 volumes, reflects his modesty -- and focus on the practical details of getting to the Pole. (ANT148, $28.00)

South, The Endurance Expedition

by Ernest Shackleton

• EXPLORATION
• 2004
• PAPER
• 324 PAGES

Shackleton's classic first-person account of the loss of the Endurance. With an introduction by Fergus Fleming and the remarkable photos by expedition photographer Frank Hurley. (ANT61, $19.95)

South, The Endurance Expedition

by Ernest Shackleton

• EXPLORATION
• 1999
• PAPER
• 418 PAGES

A mass market edition of the Shackleton classic. (ANT96, $7.99)

The Southern Gates of Arabia, a Journey in the Hadhramaut

by Freya Stark

• EXPLORATION
• 2001
• PAPER
• 270 PAGES

An account of Stark's quest to find the ancient city of Shabwa, the heretofore unexplored oasis on Yemen's frankincense route. Witty, rapturous and full of incident. (MDE52, $15.00)

The Species Seekers, Heroes, Fools, and the Mad Pursuit of Life on Earth

by Richard Conniff

• EXPLORATION
• 2011
• PAPER
• 480 PAGES

Conniff weaves tales of the bold adventures of Linneaus and others who explored the farthest conrers of the world with the grand-breaking ideas that their findings brought about in this thrilling tale of popular science and discovery. (EXP80, $17.95)

The Spice Islands Voyage, The Quest for the Man who Shared Darwin's Discovery of Evolution

by Tim Severin

• EXPLORATION
• 2000
• PAPER
• 267 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

With the classic Malay Archipelago as his guide, Severin sets out to recreate the 19th-century adventures of Alfred Russel Wallace, interweaving history, biology and conservation with his own voyage to Sulawesi, Moluccas, Aru, Bacan, Ternate and other islands. (INS82, $14.95)

The Spoken Word: Travel Writers

by British Library

• EXPLORATION
• 2012
• AUDIO CD

Compiled from the estimable British Library Sound Archive, this two-disc set mixes radio broadcasts, live talks and recordings of the most celebrated adventurers and literary explorers of the 20th century, including Peter Fleming, Laurie Lee, Ella Maillart, Jan Morris, Eric Newby, Freya Stark, Wilfred Thesiger and Laurens Van der Post -- in their own words. (TVL548, $25.00)

The Starlight

by Replogle

• EXPLORATION
• GLOBE

The black-ocean globe is back, here as a 12-inch tabletop model with a matte sliver base (GLB10, $74.00)

Stickeen

by John Muir

• EXPLORATION
• 1990
• PAPER
• 96 PAGES

Muir's exhilarating tale of crossing Brady Glacier in Alaska during a storm with his dog, a classic. (ALA334, $7.95)

Still Life, Inside the Antarctic Huts of Scott and Shackleton

by Jane Ussher

• EXPLORATION
• 2012
• HARD COVER
• 224 PAGES

Handsomely bound in cloth, this striking collection of photographs showcases Jane Ussher's rich color portraits of interiors and surroundings of the historic Antarctic headquarters at Cape Evans and Cape Royds. With an eye for exquisite detail, Ussher captures the decayed splendor of the huts, untouched by time, showing, for example, one wall with a portrait of King Edward VII hanging amidst seal blubber and mutton, a jar of pickles, penguin eggs, cufflinks and a pair of trousers. (ANT361, $50.00)

Tent Life in Siberia

by George Kennan | Larry McMurtry

• EXPLORATION
• 2011
• PAPER
• 425 PAGES

Kennan's spirited account of his adventures among the people, little-known cultures and snow-capped volcanoes of Kamchatka and the Russian Far East, originally published in 1871. (RUS142, $17.95)

Terra Antarctica, Looking into the Emptiest Continent

by William Fox

• EXPLORATION
• 2007
• PAPER
• 328 PAGES

Fox explores the relationship of art, land and history in the Antarctic, weaving his philosophic inquiry with observations of life, scientific research and daily operations at McMurdo Station and Pole. (ANT230, $19.95)

Through the Dark Continent, Volume 1

by Henry M. Stanley

• EXPLORATION
• 1988
• PAPER
• 400 PAGES

A reprint of the original accounts of Henry Morton Stanley in Africa. (CAF06, $24.95)

Throwim Way Leg

by Tim F. Flannery

• EXPLORATION
• 2000
• PAPER
• 336 PAGES

Subtitled "Tree-Kangaroos, Possums and Penis Gourds, On the Track of Unknown Mammals in Wildest New Guinea," this witty account of a scientific expedition to New Guinea combines natural history, adventure and insightful commentary. Flannery returned from the expedition with 20 new species of mammals -- including a tree kangaroo and bat thought extinct since the Pleistocene. (NGA18, $14.00)

Tibet Wild, A Naturalist's Journeys on the Roof of the World

by George B. Schaller

• EXPLORATION
• 2012
• HARD COVER
• 372 PAGES

Schaller's account of three decades of field work in the Chang Tang and remote Tibet plateau shows his love for the people, culture, lanscapes and wildlife of the region. (TBT151, $29.95)

Timbuktu, The Sahara's Fabled City of Gold

by Marq de Villiers | Sheila Hirtle

• EXPLORATION
• 2008
• PAPER
• 320 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

The husband-and-wife duo spin a lively tale of founding myths, Tuareg traditions, Moroccan invasions and the fate of the city as a center of trade and learning in this anecdotal history. The authors have also written Sahara (NAF13, $14.00). (WAF113, $21.00)

Time on Ice, A Winter Voyage to Antarctica

by Deborah Shapiro | Rolf Bjelke

• EXPLORATION
• 1999
• PAPER
• 290 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

The adventures of a Swedish husband and wife team aboard a yacht in the Antarctic winter. (ANT60, $16.95)

To the Arctic! The Story of Northern Exploration from Earliest Times

by Jeanette Mirsky

• EXPLORATION
• 1997
• PAPER
• 334 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

Mirsky recounts tales of Arctic exploration, from the Dutch discovery of Spitsbergen to the search for Franklin and the quest for the North Pole in this classic history. (ARC31, $17.00)

To the Ends of the Earth, Adventures of an Expedition Photographer

by Gordon Wiltsie | Alex Lowe

• EXPLORATION
• 2006
• HARD COVER
• 224 PAGES

National Geographic photographer Wiltsie chronicles his inspiring adventures from bouldering as a youth in California's Chalk Bluff cliffs to early climbs in the Himalayas, and expeditions to the Arctic, Antarctic, Patagonia, Mongolia and beyond in this illustrated journal. (ANT242, $35.00)

To the Top of Denali

by Bill Sherwonit

• EXPLORATION
• 2012
• PAPER
• 368 PAGES

This classic account of true life stories brings to life the adventure, heroism, triumph and tragedy of climbing North America's highest peak. (ALA29, $18.99)

To the Top of the Continent

by Frederick A. Cook

• EXPLORATION
• 1996
• PAPER
• 368 PAGES

The 90th anniversary edition of the much-debated account by Frederick Cook of his first-ever ascent of Mount McKinley (1903-1906). (ALA83, $19.95)

Tom Crean's Rabbit, A True Story from Scott's Last Voyage

by Meredith Hooper

• EXPLORATION
• 2005
• PAPER
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)

Based on the diaries of Tom Crean and the men who sailed to the South Pole on board the Terra Nova in 1910 with Captain Robert Falcon Scott. (ANT246, $8.99)

Tom Crean, Unsung Hero of the Scott and Shackleton Antarctic Expeditions

by Michael Smith

• EXPLORATION
• 2002
• HARD COVER
• 304 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

A solid biography of the Irish explorer. (ANT169, $24.95)

Tracks, A Woman's Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback

by Robyn Davidson

• EXPLORATION
• 1995
• PAPER
• 256 PAGES

The true-life story of a woman's trek across the Australian outback -- an adventurous tale shot through with a feel for the landscape and empathy for the Aborigines she meets along the way. (AUS15, $15.95)

Trapped by the Ice, Shackleton's Amazing Antarctic Adventure

by Michael McCurdy

• EXPLORATION
• 2002
• PAPER
• 32 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

An illustrated retelling of the Endurance expedition geared for children. (ANT75, $8.95)

Travels in Alaska

by John Muir

• EXPLORATION
• 2002
• PAPER
• 248 PAGES

The centerpiece of this beloved classic is Muir's wide-eyed account of the discovery of Glacier Bay. (ALA16, $15.00)

Travels in British Guiana, 1840-1844

by Robert Schomburgk

• EXPLORATION
• HARD COVER

An early account of his travels in Guiana on behalf of the Royal Geographical Society. (SAM148, $)

Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa

by Mungo Park

• EXPLORATION
• 2010
• PAPER
• 272 PAGES

Park chronicles the culture, society and nature of West Africa before the colonial period in this classic account of a 24-year-old Scotsman exploring, often alone, in uncharted Africa. First published in 1799. (WAF40, $12.95)

The Travels of Marco Polo

by Marco Polo | Colin Thubron

• EXPLORATION
• 2008
• HARD COVER
• 421 PAGES

The intrepid Colin Thubron (Shadow of the Silk Road) provides the appreciate introduction to this new Everyman's Library edition, highlighting the places that still bring a start of recognition to the modern traveler. It's a rich portrait of China at the height of Mongol rule that strains credulity. (ASA72, $26.00)

The Trial of the Cannibal Dog

by Anne Salmond

• HISTORY
• 2003
• HARD COVER
• 536 PAGES
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE

The remarkable story of Captain Cook's encounters in the South Seas, told with authority and verve by a leading historian. (PAC138, $25.00)

Tristes Tropiques

by Claude Levi-Strauss | John Weightman | Doreen Weightman

• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• 2011
• PAPER
• 464 PAGES

The classic, insightful account of the peoples of the Amazon by the inventor of structural anthropology. A demanding read, yet humorous and worthwhile. (AMZ14, $20.00)

True North, Travels in Arctic Europe

by Gavin Francis

• EXPLORATION
• 2010
• PAPER
• 316 PAGES

Francis follows in the wake of ancient explorers and Viking settlers from Scotland and the Shetland Isles to the Faroes, Iceland, Greenland and beyond in this thoughtful tale of adventures across the Atlantic. (ARC271, $18.00)

True North: Peary, Cook, and the Race to the Pole

by Bruce Henderson

• EXPLORATION
• 2006
• PAPER
• 331 PAGES

Henderson tackles the bitter rivalry between Robert Peary and Frederick Cook, along with the competing claims, controversy and politics of who first reached the North Pole. (ARC158, $24.95)

Tsangpo Gorges

by Frank Kingdon-Ward

• EXPLORATION
• 2010
• PAPER
• 336 PAGES