Shining Mountain - The first ascent of the West Wall of Changabang (Boardman Peter)(Paperback / softback)

Shining Mountain - The first ascent of the West Wall of Changabang (Boardman Peter)(Paperback / softback)

'It's a preposterous plan. Still, if you do get up it, it'll be the hardest thing that's been done in the Himalayas.'So spoke Chris Bonington when Peter Boardman and Joe Tasker presented him with their plan to tackle the unclimbed West Wall of Changabang - the Shining Mountain - in 1976

In Some Lost Place: The first ascent of Nanga Parbat's Mazeno Ridge (Allan Sandy)(Paperback)

Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature.In the summer of 2012, a team of six climbers set out to attempt the first ascent of one of the great unclimbed lines of the Himalaya - the giant Mazeno Ridge on Nanga Parbat, the world's ninth highest mountain. At ten kilometres in

Ogre - Biography of a mountain and the dramatic story of the first ascent (Scott Doug CBE)(Paperback / softback)

'One of the greatest mountaineering survival stories never told.' - The Sunday TimesSome mountains are high; some mountains are hard. Few are both.On the afternoon of 13 July 1977, having become the first climbers to reach the summit of the Ogre, Doug Scott and Chris Bonington began their long

Mostly Mischief Paperback - Including the first ascent of a mountain to start below sea level (Tilman Major H. W. CBE DSO MC Bar)(Paperback / softback)

South West Mountain Biking - Quantocks, Exmoor, Dartmoor (Cotton Nick)(Paperback / softback)

A guide to the mountain biking in the south west of England. It features 26 of the best mountain bike rides in Dartmoor, Exmoor and the Quantock Hills, between 10km and 30km in length, suitable for different levels of mountain bikers. It also features industry-standard Ordnance Survey

White Spider (Harrer Heinrich)(Paperback / softback)

A classic of mountaineering literature, this is the story of the harrowing first ascent of the North Face of the Eiger, the most legendary and terrifying climb in

Quest into the Unknown - My life as a climbing nomad (Howard Tony)(Paperback / softback)

In 1965 Tony Howard made the first British ascent of Norway's Troll Wall. He went on to found Troll Climbing Equipment but never stopped exploring. Quest into the Unknown, his autobiography, covers his extensive travels in North Africa, the Middle East, Scandinavia, Canada and much

Tunnels - The True Story of Tunnel 29 and the Daring Escapes Under the Berlin Wall (Mitchell Greg)(Paperback / softback)

In the summer of 1962, one year after the rise of the Berlin Wall, a group of daring young West Germans risked prison, Stasi torture and even death to liberate friends, lovers, and strangers in East Berlin by digging tunnels under the Wall. This book tells their

Troll Wall - The untold story of the British first ascent of Europe's tallest rock face (Howard Tony)(Pevná vazba)

Norway, 1965. A team of young climbers from the north of England camp at the bottom of the tallest vertical rock face in Europe - the Troll Wall. No one has dared attempt this gigantic challenge before. Some say it will never be climbed. This will be the adventure of a

Cinema West Sussex - The First 100 Years (Eyles A)(Paperback / softback)

A history of cinema in West

Barbarians at the Wall - The First Nomadic Empire and the Making of China (Man John)(Paperback / softback)

Rivers of London - The First Rivers of London novel (Aaronovitch Ben)(Paperback / softback)

The first of the Sunday Times Bestselling Peter Grant series. My name is Peter Grant and until January I was just probationary constable in that mighty army for justice known to all right-thinking people as the Metropolitan Police Service (and as the Filth to everybody else). My only concerns in

Civilization: The West and the Rest (Ferguson Niall)(Paperback)

From the bestselling author of The Ascent of Money and The Square and the Tower 'A dazzling history of Western ideas.' --The Economist 'Mr. Ferguson tells his story with characteristic verve and an eye for the felicitous phrase.' --Wall Street Journal ' W]ritten with vitality and verve . . . a tour

Ascent of Money - A Financial History of the World (Ferguson Niall)(Paperback / softback)

West Yorkshire Mountain Biking - South Pennine Trails (Haworth Benjamin)(Paperback / softback)

West Yorkshire Mountain Biking - South Pennine Trails features 23 of the best mountain bike rides in West Yorkshire, between 10.5km and 32km in length, suitable for all levels of mountain bikers. Written by local expert and MTB journalist Benjamin Haworth, each route features clear and easy to

Persian Fire - The First World Empire, Battle for the West (Holland Tom)(Paperback / softback)

A brilliant new account of the world's very first clash of civilisations between the Persians and the Greeks in

Deep Play - Climbing the world's most dangerous routes (Pritchard Paul)(Paperback / softback)

Winner of the 1997 Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature, Paul Pritchard's Deep Play is a unique, stylish and timeless commentary reflecting the pressures and rewards of climbing some of the world's hardest and most challenging rock climbs. It is a unique first-hand account of what many

Everest 1953 - The Epic Story of the First Ascent (Conefrey Mick)(Paperback / softback)

Discover one of Britain's greatest triumphs, drawing on never-before-seen diaries and exclusive

London - The Biography (Ackroyd Peter)(Paperback / softback)

Describes London from the time of the Druids to the beginning of the twenty-first century, noting magnificence in both epochs. This title includes chapters on the history of silence and the history of light, the history of childhood and the history of suicide, the history of Cockney speech and the

Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective - Secrets and Lies in the Golden Age of Crime (Stapleton Susannah)(Paperback / softback)

The enthralling true story of the curious life and career of Maud West, one of Britain's first and best-known female

British Army Cap Badges of the First World War (Doyle Peter)(Paperback / softback)

The fascination with the British involvement in the First World War extends to all aspects of the conflict. The battles and their outcomes; the armies and their leaders; the conditions of trench warfare; and the controversies form part of the growing literature examining every aspect of a war that

Wall Jumper (Schneider Peter)(Paperback / softback)

Berlin before the fall of the Wall is a city divided, yet its ordinary residents find ways to live and survive on both sides. All are, in their different ways, wall jumpers, trying to lose themselves but still trapped wherever they

Undaunted Courage - The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier (Ambrose Stephen E.)(Paperback / softback)

The incredible story of the opening of the American West, by the #1 bestselling author of BAND OF

Empire of Democracy - The Remaking of the West since the Cold War, 1971-2017 (Reid-Henry Simon)(Paperback / softback)

The first panoramic history of the Western world from the 1970s to the present day: Empire of Democracy is the story for those asking how we got to where we