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Free Spirit: A Climber's Life

By Messner, Reinhold

The Munros in Winter: 277 Summits in 83 Days

By Moran, Martin

Boundless Horizons: The Autobiography of Chris Bonington: I Chose to Climb / The Next Horizon / The Everest Years

By Bonington, Chris

To Asia With Love: A Connoisseurs' Guide to Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam

By Kim Fay, Julie Fay

High Achiever: The Life and Climbs of Chris Bonington: The Life and Times of Chris Bonington

By Curran, Jim

Left For Dead: My Journey Home from Everest

By Weathers, Beck

Touching The Void

By Joe Simpson, Chris Bonington

Seven Years in Tibet: Heinrich Harrer

By Harrer, Heinrich

Preposterous Tales: The International Climbing Escapades of Neil Gresham, Tim Emmett and Friends

By Gresham, Neil, Emmett, Tim

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster

By Krakauer, Jon

Everest: The Struggle to Reach the Top of the World

By Tibballs, Geoff

Higher Than the Eagle Soars: A Path to Everest

By Stephen Venables

Life and Limb: A True Story of Tragedy and Survival Against the Odds

By Jamie Andrew

Kingdoms of Experience: Everest, the Unclimbed Ridge

By Greig, Andrew

The Kon-Tiki Expedition

By Heyerdahl, Thor

An Unsung Hero: Tom Crean - Antarctic Survivor

By Smith, Michael

In High Places

By Haston, Dougal

DK Readers L4: Danger on the Mountain: Scaling the World's Highest Peaks (DK Readers Level 4)

By Donkin, Andrew

Lost on Everest: The Search for Mallory and Irvine

By Firstbrook, Peter

Evolution (A Ladybird Expert Book) (The Ladybird Expert Series, 3)

By Jones, Steve

Ueli Steck: My Life in Climbing (Legends and Lore)

By Ueli Steck

The Push: A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk and Going Beyond Limits to Climb the Dawn Wall

By Caldwell, Tommy

Pondlife: A Swimmer's Journal

By Alvarez, Al

E/W Guide: 116 Everest

By Stevens, Rebecca

I Chose to Climb

By Bonington, Sir Chris

An Extravagant Hunger: The Passionate Years of M.F.K. Fisher

By Zimmerman, Anne

The Moth and the Mountain: Shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award 2021

By Caesar, Ed

Fearless on Everest: The Quest for Sandy Irvine

By Summers, Julie

One for the Road: Revised Edition (Vintage Departures)

By Horwitz, Tony

Walking Through Shadows: A Journey of Loss and Renewal

By Mike Cawthorne