Adventurers & Explorers
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Thirty Below: The Harrowing and Heroic Story of the First All-Women’s Ascent of Denali
$28.00 Add to cartThe gripping story of a group of female adventurers and their treacherous pioneering ascent of Denali in 1970
Cassidy Randall draws on extensive archival research and original interviews to tell an- Author: Randall, Cassidy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1419771531
- Language: English
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Six Walks: In the Footsteps of Henry David Thoreau
$17.95 Add to cartOn an autumn morning in 1849, Henry David Thoreau stepped out his front door to walk the beaches of Cape Cod. Over a century and a half later, Ben Shattuck does the same. With little more than a loaf
- Author: Shattuck, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 1959030825
- Language: English
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The Journals of Captain Cook
$33.99 Add to cartDepicted by the man himself, The Journals of James Cook is an intimate first-hand account, providing an uncensored and reliable narrative of adventures spanning across the globe. The Journals of Jam
- Series: Mint Editions (in Their Own Words: Biographical and Autobiographical Narratives)
- Author: Cook, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 548
- Publish Date: July 27 2021
- ISBN10: 1513206818
- Language: English
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Tough Women Adventure Stories: Stories of Grit, Courage and Determination
$14.99 Add to cartIt’s time we celebrated women in adventure
An inspiring anthology full of stories from women who have completed incredible adventures and achieved amazing feats around the globe. The perfect collectio- Author: Tough, Jenny
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 28 2022
- ISBN10: 1787833003
- Language: English
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The Diaries of Sofia Tolstoy
$22.99 Add to cart“[A] testament to a great spirit, a woman who lived in terrifying proximity to one of the greatest writers of all time, and who understood exactly the high price she would have to pay for this privile
- Author: Porter, Cathy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: September 07 2010
- ISBN10: 0061997412
- Language: English
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Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West
$22.99 Add to cart“Epic in its scale, fearless in its scope” (Hampton Sides), this masterfully told account of the American West from a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist sets a new standard as it sweeps from the Califor… [more below]
- Author: Brands, H. W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: October 20 2020
- ISBN10: 1541672542
- Language: English
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Horn of the Hunter: The Story of an African Safari
$19.95 Add to cartNo other book can give you the feel of Africa like this one can.
- Author: Ruark, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 354
- Publish Date: August 26 2002
- ISBN10: 1571572635
- Language: English
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River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
$32.50 Read moreNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – The harrowing story of one of the great feats of exploration of all time and its complicated legacy–from the New York Times bestselling author of The River of Doubt and De… [more below]
- Author: Millard, Candice
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 0385543107
- Language: English
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The Catch Me If You Can: One Woman’s Journey to Every Country in the World
$35.00 Read moreIn this inspiring travelogue, celebrated traveler and photographer Jessica Nabongo–the first Black woman on record to visit all 195 countries in the world–shares her journey around the globe with fa… [more below]
- Author: Nabongo, Jessica
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 14 2022
- ISBN10: 1426222262
- Language: English
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Alexander Von Humboldt: A Concise Biography
$24.95 Add to cartAn engaging account of the life and work of the legendary polymath Alexander von Humboldt
In this lucid biography, Andreas Daum offers a succinct and novel interpretation of the life and oeuvre of Ale- Author: Daum, Andreas W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 0691247366
- Language: English
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Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades
$18.99 Add to cartA New York Times Editors’ Choice
“Delivers everything its title promises and much more.” – NPR
“Remarkable… Every species, and every person who fights for its continued existence, deserves a book like- Author: Renner, Rebecca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 125084259X
- Language: English
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The World Walk: 7 Years. 28,000 Miles. 6 Continents. a Grand Meditation, One Step at a Time.
$28.99 Add to cartThe World Walk is the invigorating true story of a man and his dog who circled the globe on foot.
After the death of a close friend at seventeen, Tom Turcich resolved to make the most out of life; to- Author: Turcich, Tom
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 1510779019
- Language: English
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A Window to Heaven: The Daring First Ascent of Denali: America’s Wildest Peak
$27.95 Read moreThe captivating and heroic story of Hudson Stuck–an Episcopal priest–and his team’s history-making summit of Denali.
In 1913, four men made a months-long journey by dog sled to the base of the talle- Author: Dean, Patrick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1643136429
- Language: English
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Path of Light: A Walk Through Colliding Legacies of Glen Canyon
$19.95 Read more“Path of Light is a true adventure of
a read.”–DAVID GESSNER, New York Times bestselling author
Explorer Morgan Sjogren retraces the 1920s Bernheimer expeditions into the heart of Glen Canyon and Bears… [more below]
- Author: Sjogren, Morgan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 317
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1948814730
- Language: English
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The Broken Road: From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos
$18.95 Add to cartPatrick Leigh Fermor recounts the last leg of his epic walk across Europe as he makes his way through Bulgaria, Romania, and finally Greece.
In the winter of 1933, eighteen-year-old Patrick (“Paddy”)- Series: Nyrb Classics
- Author: Leigh Fermor, Patrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: January 20 2015
- ISBN10: 1590177797
- Language: English
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Hudson Bay Bound: Two Women, One Dog, Two Thousand Miles to the Arctic
$16.95 Read moreThe remarkable eighty-five-day journey of the first two women to canoe the 2,000-mile route from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay
Unrelenting winds, carnivorous polar bears, snake nests, sweltering heat, and
- Author: Warren, Natalie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: April 12 2022
- ISBN10: 1517913748
- Language: English
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The White Ladder: Triumph and Tragedy at the Dawn of Mountaineering
$32.50 Add to cartWhether in the name of conquest, science, or the divine, humans across the centuries have had myriad reasons to climb mountains. From the smoking volcanoes of South America to the great snowy ranges o
- Author: Light, Daniel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1324066210
- Language: English
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Cabin: Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman
$29.00 Read moreA memoir of the author’s journey from an office job to restoring a cabin in the Pacific Northwest, based on his wildly popular Outside Magazine piece.
Wit’s End isn’t just a state of mind. It’s the na- Author: Hutchison, Patrick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1250285704
- Language: English
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Flying Free: My Victory Over Fear to Become the First Latina Pilot on the Us Aerobatic Team
$16.99 Read moreThe daughter of a Chilean father and a Filipina mother, Cecilia Rodriguez Aragon grew up as a shy, timid child in a small midwestern town during the 1960s. Targeted by school bullies and dismissed by
- Author: Aragon, Cecilia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: September 21 2021
- ISBN10: 1665088087
- Language: English
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Smokejumper: A Memoir by One of America’s Most Select Airborne Firefighters
$18.99 Add to cartA Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association bestseller
“A fascinating look” (Esquire) inside the world of smokejumpers, the airborne firefighters who parachute into the most remote and rugged areas of
- Author: Ramos, Jason A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: July 05 2016
- ISBN10: 0062319639
- Language: English
