books by subject
History of Discovery & Exploration

Something Lost Behind the Ranges

The Seashell on the Mountaintop

James Cook: The story of the man who mapped the world

The Home of the Blizzard: Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-14

The Greatest Adventure. The Balloonists' own epic tale of their round-the-world voyage.

Neutral Buoyancy: Adventures in a Liquid World

Hearts of Darkness: European Exploration of Africa

The Gates of Africa: Death, Discovery and the Search for Timbuktu

The Voyages of Captain Cook

Almost Human

Captain James Cook

Rivers of Gold: The Rise of the Spanish Empire

The Sea Hunters

Xanadu

Lost Explorers: Adventurers Who Disappeared Off the Face of the Earth

Hunter to Hunted - Surviving Hitler's Wolf Packs: Diaries of a Merchant Navy Radio Officer, 1939-45

Discoveries: The Voyages of Captain Cook

Fish on Friday: Feasting, Fasting, and Discovery of the New World

Thin White Line

The Sinbad Voyage

Before Columbus CB

Collecting the World: The Life and Curiosity of Hans Sloane

Journey into Africa: The Life and Death of Keith Johnston, Scottish Cartographer and Explorer (1844-79)

Awfully Ancient: Gory Gladiators, Savage Centurions and Caesar's Sticky End: A menacing history of the unruly Romans!

From Blantyre To Chitambo: A Brief Life Of David Livingstone

Colder: The Illustrated Story of Britain's Greatest Polar Explorer

The Lost Ark of the Covenant: The Remarkable Quest for the Legendary Ark

Death in the Ice: The Mystery of the Franklin Expedition

David Livingstone: Mission and Empire
