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Hunger and History: The Impact of Changing Food Production and Consumption Patterns on Society

By Robert I. Rotberg, Theodore K. Rabb

Explorers of the Nile: The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure

By Tim Jeal

Uganda'S Katakiro in England

Shackleton

By Kim Heacox

The Last Crusade: The Epic Voyages of Vasco da Gama

By Nigel Cliff

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

By Alfred Lansing

A Labyrinth of Kingdoms: 10,000 Miles through Islamic Africa

By Steve Kemper

The Discovery of Mankind: Atlantic Encounters in the Age of Columbus

By David S. H. Abulafia

Rivers of Gold: The Rise of the Spanish Empire 1490-1522

By Hugh Thomas

Empire's Crossroads: A History of the Caribbean from Columbus to the Present Day

By Carrie Gibson

Paths Without Glory: Richard Francis Burton in Africa

By James L. Newman

The Sea Inside

By Hoare, Philip

Evolution's Captain: The Tragic Fate of Robert Fitzroy, the man who sailed Charles Darwin around the world

By Peter Nichols

Shackleton (A Ladybird Expert Book)

By Ben Saunders

Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know: Updated and revised to celebrate the author's 75th year

By Ranulph Fiennes

The Worst Journey in the World

By Apsley Cherry-Garrard

Exploring the World: Two centuries of remarkable adventurers and their journeys

By Alexander Maitland

Burke and Wills: The Triumph and Tragedy of Australia's Most Famous Explorers

By Peter FitzSimons

Columbus

By Dr. Felipe Fernandez-Armesto

Ghosts of the Abyss

By Don & Marschall Ken Lynch

"Titanic"

By Leo Marriott

Rebel Cities: Paris, London and New York in the Age of Revolution

By x Mike Rapport

Adventures in Ocean Exploration: From the Discovery of the "Titanic" to the Search for Noah's Flood

By Robert D. Ballard, Malcolm McConnell

The Book Nobody Read: In Pursuit of the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus

By Gingerich, Owen

Usborne Book of Explorers: From Columbus to Armstrong (Famous Lives)

By Felicity Everett, S. Reid, E. Everott, Everett, Felicity, Reid, S., Everott, E.

The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen (Egypt)

By Howard Carter

Access to Geography: Population

By Gillet, Jack, Gillett

Treasure!

By Glenys Roberts

To the Ends of the Earth

By Fiennes Bt OBE, Sir Ranulph, Sir Ranulph Fiennes Bt OBE

The Oxford Book of Exploration

By Hanbury-Tenison, Robin