The Lost Explorer: Finding Mallory on Mt. Everest
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Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day
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South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917
In 1914, as the shadow of war falls across Europe, a party led by veteran explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton sets out to become the first to traverse the Antarctic continent. Their initial optimism is sho…
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The Third Pole: Mystery, Obsession, and Death on Mount Everest
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“If you’re only going to read one Everest book this decade, make it The Third Pole. . . . A riveting adventure.”— Outside
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Dark Summit: The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season
The inside story of the deadly 2006 climbing season on Everest
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On May 15, 2006, a young British climber named David Sharp lay dying near the top of Mount Everest while forty other climbers walked past … -
Ascent into Hell
There is but one aim: the summit, the summit of Mount Everest.
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What starts with a trouble-free trek into the Nepalese highlands explodes into a gripping tale of hardship, peril, and adversity. Pushed… -
Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest
As featured in the upcoming motion picture Everest, starring Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, Robin Wright, Emily Watson, Keira Knightley, Sam Worthington, and Jake Gyllenhaal
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The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest
As the climbers of the 1996 Mt. Everest disaster vanished into thin air, one man had the courage to bring them down alive...
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Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
The Cod. Wars have been fought over it, revolutions have been triggered by it, national diets have been based on it, economies and livelihoods have depended on it. To the millions it has sustained, it…
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion. As…
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Shook: An Earthquake, a Legendary Mountain Guide, and Everest's Deadliest Day
Winner of the 2021 National Outdoor Book Award (History/Biography category)
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Winner of the 2021 Zia Book Award
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No Way Down: Life and Death on K2
In the tradition of Into Thin Air and Touching the Void, No Way Down by New York Times reporter Graham Bowley is the harrowing account of the worst mountain climbing disaster on K2, second to Everest …
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Fatal North: Murder and Survival on the First North Pole Expedition
It began as President Ulysses S. Grant's bid for international glory after the Civil War—America's first attempt to reach the North Pole. It ended with Captain Charles Hall's death under suspicious ci…
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Erebus: The Story of a Ship
In the early years of Queen Victoria’s reign, HMS Erebus undertook two of the most ambitious naval expeditions of all time.
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Annapurna, First Conquest of an 8000-Meter Peak: (26,493 Feet)
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