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  • The Philosophy of an Explorer

    16 Life-lessons from Surviving the Extreme

    by Erling Kagge ...
    ** The North Pole: The History of an Obsession by Erling Kagge is out now **'Erling Kagge transforms and consoles us' Alain de Botton____________________________Surviving extreme conditions can teach us to lead a fulfilled life. No one knows this better than Erling Kagge, who was the first man in history to reach all of the Earth's poles by foot - the North, the South, and the summit of Everest. ... Read more

    S$ 13.61 SGD

  • Beyond Possible

    The inspirational autobiography of the celebrated mountaineer

    by Nimsdai Purja ...
    The brave and inspiring true story of renowned climber Nims Purja's mission to summit the fourteen highest peaks on Earth - as seen on Netflix.'Whether or not you are a lover of the mountains, you will marvel at his tenacity, his fearlessness. No one can fail to be inspired by what he achieved.' - The TimesFourteen mountains on Earth tower over 8,000 metres above sea level, an altitude where the ... Read more

    S$ 18.85 SGD

  • Into Thin Air

    A Personal Account of the Everest Disaster

    by Jon Krakauer ...
    Series series Picador Collection
    **Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air is the true story of a 24-hour period on Everest. Members of three separate expeditions were caught in a storm and faced a battle against hurricane-force winds, exposure, and the effects of altitude.The disaster ended in the worst single-season death toll in the peak's history.'A harrowing tale of the perils of high-altitude climbing, a story of bad luck and worse ... Read more

    S$ 17.43 SGD

  • 心向群山:人類如何從畏懼高山,走到迷戀登山

    Translated by 林建興 ...
    Series series Common
    **  「山是所有自然風景的起點,同時也是終點。」  羅伯特.麥克法倫一舉成名之作**  「聖母峰有我生平僅見最陡峭的稜線和最驚心動魄的懸崖。我心愛的……我沒辦法告訴妳,這座山讓我有多著迷。」這是1921年馬洛里在聖母峰營地上寫給愛妻的家書,幾天後,他在攻頂聖母峰的過程中,在離峰頂不遠的山坡上,永遠消失在一陣突然飄來的濃霧中。  本書就是試圖解釋怎麼會有這種事:一座山如何能夠全然「迷住」一個人?那樣非比尋常的強烈愛慕,如何能夠投注在終究也不過就是岩石和冰所堆起來的龐然大物上?那些父母、子女、丈夫、妻子,為何會把所愛之人輸給了山?這樣的著迷,並非馬洛里所獨有。越是文明、富裕的時代,就有越多人甘願拋棄平地舒適及所愛的一切,忍受各種精神及肉體痛苦,登上幾千公尺的高處。「為何登山?」成了最根本但也最難回答的問題,困惑著無數爬山及不爬山的人。  然而,人類登山,也不過是近代的事。在三個世紀以前 ... Read more

    S$ 11.86 SGD

  • Dark Summit

    The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season

    by Nick Heil ...
    **Written by experienced climber Nick Heil, Dark Summit is both a riveting account of a notorious climbing season and a troubling investigation into whether the pursuit of the ultimate mountaineering prize has spiraled out of control."A dramatic story, ably and convincingly told . . . A chilling look at the precarious line between success and tragedy."**—Kirkus ReviewsOn May 15, 2006, a young ... Read more

    S$ 14.49 SGD

  • High

    A Journey Across the Himalayas Through Pakistan, India, Bhutan, Nepal and China

    by Erika Fatland ...
    Translated by Kari Dickson ...
    ***Shortlisted for the 2023 STANFORD TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR******A Financial Times Travel Book of the Year 2022***"Enchanting" Independent"Fatland distinguishes herself from the stereotypes" Guardian"Fatland is a sensitive and insightful chronicler of quotidian lives and a compelling narrator" Observer"Erika Fatland ascend... ... Read more

    S$ 21.57 SGD

  • Himalaya

    by Michael Palin ...
    Michael Palin tackles the full length of the Himalaya in this terrific number one bestseller.Having risen to the challenge of seas, poles, dhows and deserts, the highest mountains in the world were a natural target for Michael Palin. In a journey rarely, if ever, attempted before, in 6 months of hard travelling Palin takes on the full length of the Himalaya including the Khyber Pass, the hidden ... Read more

    S$ 13.72 SGD

  • Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day

    The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day

    “Gripping, intense. . . . Buried in the Sky will satisfy anyone who loved [Into Thin Air].”—Kate Tuttle, Boston GlobeWhen Edmund Hillary first conquered Mt. Everest, Sherpa Tenzing Norgay was at his side. Indeed, for as long as Westerners have been climbing the Himalaya, Sherpas have been the unsung heroes in the background. In August 2008, when eleven climbers lost their lives on K2, the world’s ... Read more

    S$ 16.99 SGD

  • Betty

    The International Bestseller

    'So engrossing! Betty is a page-turning Appalachian coming-of-age story steeped in Cherokee history, told in undulating prose that settles right into you' Naoise Dolan, author of Exciting Times'Beautiful and devastating' Observer, Books of the Year'Breathtaking' Vogue'A girl comes of age against the knife.'Born in a bathtub in 1954 to a white moth... ... Read more

    S$ 16.45 SGD

  • Seven Years in Tibet

    Translated by Richard Graves ...
    A landmark in travel writing, this is the incredible true story of Heinrich Harrer’s escape across the Himalayas to Tibet, set against the backdrop of the Second World War.Heinrich Harrer, already one of the greatest mountaineers of his time, was climbing in the Himalayas when war broke out in Europe. He was imprisoned by the British in India but succeeded in escaping and fled to Tibet. Settling ... Read more

    S$ 11.33 SGD

  • Underland

    A Deep Time Journey - The bestselling nature book from the author of Is a River Alive?

    Follow Robert Macfarlane to the furthest corners of the globe....A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2019WINNER OF THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2020'You'd be crazy not to read this book' The Sunday TimesA Guardian Best Book of the 21st CenturyIn Underland, Robert Macfarlane takes us on... ... Read more

    S$ 18.96 SGD

  • The Ghost of the Mountains

    Unraveling the Secrets of the Snow Leopard

    **“Thrilling and intrepid. A beautiful tale of dramatic, wild landscapes and the entangled lives of snow leopards, their prey, and the humans who share their terrain.” —Andrea Wulf, bestselling author of The Invention of Nature“By turns beautiful, terrible, and encouraging.” —Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sixth ExtinctionThe vivid account of a leading conservationist’s ... Read more

    S$ 19.83 SGD

  • Alone at the Top

    Climbing Denali in the Dead of Winter

    What goes through your mind when you’re dropped alone in the middle of the Alaska Range, the cold and darkness surrounding you without another human being for miles? Arctic explorer Lonnie Dupre had made a career out of working in teams to survive in extreme conditions and places most humans wouldn't dare to tread. But shortly after Dupre found himself alone after a twenty-year marriage, he ... Read more

    S$ 15.90 SGD

  • Etna

    by G. F. Rodwell ...
    While preparing an account of MOUNT ETNA for the Encyclopedia Britannica, I was surprised to find that there exists no single work in the English language devoted to the history of the most famous volcano in the world. I was consequently induced to considerably enlarge the Encyclopedia article, and the following pages are the result. ... Read more

    S$ 2.66 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Montagne immaginarie

    by Michele Sasso ...
    Series series VerdeNero Inchieste
    Le montagne immaginarie e da immaginare possono e devono essere contemporanee senza per questo rigettare la propria storia, e possono insegnare molto in termini di sperimentazioni e innovazioni. La fine della snow economy è ineluttabile, nonostante la politica nostrana perseveri nell'obiettivo di portare tutti, ma proprio tutti, in vetta, con una inarrestabile artificializzazione di questi luoghi. ... Read more

    S$ 15.98 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Die Karpaten

    Balthasar Hacquet und das "vergessene" Gebirge in Europa

    by Kurt Scharr ...
    Die Karpaten zählen neben den Alpen zu den wichtigsten, zentral gelegenen Gebirgsformationen Europas. Während des 19. Jahrhunderts versuchte man zunehmend, sie für den Tourismus zu erschließen. Mit August 1914 fand diese Entwicklung jedoch ein jähes und lang andauerndes Ende. Der Karpatenbogen zerfiel in einzelne nationalstaatliche Teilsegmente: Tschechoslowakei, Polen, Sowjetunion, Rumänien und ... Read more

    S$ 28.98 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Killing the Buddha on the Appalachian Trail

    Walking On through Self-Doubt and Aging

    by John Turner ...
    JOHN TURNER is a member of the Georgia Appalachian Trail Club board of directors, a Trail Ambassador, a maintainer of a short section of the A.T., and editor of the club’s flagship publication, the Georgia Mountaineer Quarterly. Turner began his career in journalism as a reporter first for the Macon Telegraph and then the Atlanta Journal. He lives, writes, and hikes in the mountains of North ... Read more

    S$ 42.06 SGD

  • Strata Stories: Narratives from Earth's Layers

    Beneath the surface of our world lies a vast and intricate record of Earth's history, written in layers of rock, fossils, and shifting landscapes. Every mountain range, ocean basin, and volcanic plain tells a story—one of immense geological forces, ancient ecosystems, and cataclysmic transformations. "Strata Stories: Narratives from Earth's Layers" takes you on a journey through deep time, ... Read more

    S$ 8.86 SGD

  • Wild Sonoma

    Exploring Nature in Wine Country

    by Charles Hood ...
    An all-access guide to the abundant natural splendor of Sonoma County.Wild Sonoma celebrates the spectacular and resilient natural landscapes of Sonoma County, which along with its neighboring counties is one of the world’s premier winegrowing regions. Our exploration launches with an entertaining primer on ecology basics, including the impact of fire, before a fun fact–filled survey of sixty-two ... Read more

    S$ 27.89 SGD

  • Mountain Nature

    A Seasonal Natural History of the Southern Appalachians

    The Southern Appalachians are home to a breathtakingly diverse array of living things — from delicate orchids to carnivorous pitcher plants, from migrating butterflies to flying squirrels, and from brawny black bears to more species of salamander than anywhere else in the world. Mountain Nature is a lively and engaging account of the ecology of this remarkable region. It explores the animals and ... Read more

    S$ 19.72 SGD

  • Du sentiment de la nature dans les sociétés modernes

    Series series Écrire la nature
    « La question de savoir ce qui dans l'œuvre de l’homme sert à embellir ou bien contribue à dégrader la nature extérieure peut sembler futile à des esprits soi-disant positifs : elle n'en a pas moins une importance de premier ordre. Les développements de l'humanité se lient de la manière la plus intime avec la nature environnante. Une harmonie secrète s'établit entre la terre et les peuples qu'elle ... Read more

    S$ 5.49 SGD

  • 水经注(四)

    《水经》,是三国魏时一部有关水道的专门著作,记录了川流137道,可惜仅一万多字,过于简略,北魏郦道元为了“因水以证地,即地以存古”,为之做注,其《水经注》30多万字,记述大小河流1252条,及相关郡县、历史人物与事件、风俗传说、物产等,旁征博引,兼以文辞优美,堪称六世纪一部百科全书式的地理名著。由于《水经注》在中国科学文化发展史上的巨大价值,历代许多学者专门对它进行研究,形成一门世界性的学问——“郦学”。本次出版,原文以陈先生《水经注校证》为底本,增以精炼允当的题解、力求全面精当的注释、流畅自然的译文,让普通人也可轻松读懂《水经注》。 ... Read more

    S$ 31.50 SGD

  • 水经注(一)

    《水经》,是三国魏时一部有关水道的专门著作,记录了川流137道,可惜仅一万多字,过于简略,北魏郦道元为了“因水以证地,即地以存古”,为之做注,其《水经注》30多万字,记述大小河流1252条,及相关郡县、历史人物与事件、风俗传说、物产等,旁征博引,兼以文辞优美,堪称六世纪一部百科全书式的地理名著。由于《水经注》在中国科学文化发展史上的巨大价值,历代许多学者专门对它进行研究,形成一门世界性的学问——“郦学”。本次出版,原文以陈先生《水经注校证》为底本,增以精炼允当的题解、力求全面精当的注释、流畅自然的译文,让普通人也可轻松读懂《水经注》。 ... Read more

    S$ 31.50 SGD

  • The Killing of Wolf Number Ten

    The True Story

    A killer. A manhunt. The triumph of justice and of the wolf.The greatest event in Yellowstone history.Greater Yellowstone was the last great truly intact ecosystem in the temperate zones of the earth-until, in the 1920s, U.S. government agents exterminated its top predator, the gray wolf. With traps and rifles, even torching pups in their dens, the killing campaign was entirely successful. The ... Read more

    S$ 12.09 SGD