Sherpa: Stories of Life and Death from the Forgotten Guardians of Everest
By: Ankit Babu Adhikari
4.11
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 BOARDMAN TASKER AWARD FOR MOUNTAIN LITERATUREChanging the narrative of mou…
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1. Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival
By: Joe Simpson
4.23
Format: 218 pages, Paperback
Touching the Void is the heart-stopping account of Joe Simpson's terrifying adventure in the Peruvi… read more
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- mountaineering
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"Life can deal you an amazing hand. Do you play it steady, bluff like crazy or go all in?"-Joe Simpson, Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival
2. Cry of the Kalahari
By: Mark Owens , Delia Owens
4.33
Format: 342 pages, Paperback
This is the story of the Owens' travel and life in the Kalahari Desert. Here they met and studied u… read more
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"For a scavenger, patience is the key to the pantry."-Mark Owens, Cry of the Kalahari
"I've about had it with flying," he grumbled, switching off the plane's systems, "It's ninety-nine percent boring and one percent sheer terror."-Mark Owens, Cry of the Kalahari
"The entire Blue Pride, nine in all, surrounded us, nearly all of them asleep. We were quite literally in bed with a pride of wild Kalahari lions."-Mark Owens, Cry of the Kalahari
"Especially after our Makgadikgadi experiences, we were very aware that the two absolute essentials for survival in the Kalahari were water and the truck."-Mark Owens, Cry of the Kalahari
3. Belle de Jour: Diary of an Unlikely Call Girl (Belle De Jour #1)
By: Belle de Jour , Brooke Magnanti
4.40
Format: 436 pages, Hardcover
Belle couldn't find a job after University. Her impressive degree was not paying her rent or buying… read more
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4. Notes from a Small Island
By: Bill Bryson
3.42
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Suddenly, in the space of a moment, I realized what it was that I loved about Britain-which is to … read more
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5. Walking the Nile
By: Levison Wood
3.87
Format: 144 pages, ebook
A major Channel 4 series and a Sunday Times bestseller His journey is 4,250 miles long. He is walki… read more
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6. Trinity (Wars of the Roses, #2)
By: Conn Iggulden
4.15
Format: 462 pages, Hardcover
The brilliant retelling of the Wars of the Roses continues with Trinity, the second gripping novel … read more
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"The right words are always there, if a man's sharp enough to see them."-Conn Iggulden, Trinity (Wars of the Roses, #2)
7. Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan’s Disaster Zone
By: Richard Lloyd Parry
4.58
Format: None pages, Hardcover
On 11 March 2011, a massive earthquake sent a 120-foot-high tsunami smashing into the coast of nort… read more
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8. Will You Love Me?: Lucy's Story: The Heartbreaking True Story of My Adopted Daughter and Her Desperate Search for a Loving Home
By: Cathy Glass
4.23
Format: 528 pages, Paperback
The eleventh memoir and latest title from the internationally bestselling author and foster carer C… read more
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9. Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
By: Anna Funder
4.20
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell; shortly afterwards the two Germanies reunited, and East Germany ceas… read more
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"People were crazy with pain and secrets."-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
"When I got out of prison, I was basically no longer human,' Miriam says."-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
"Why are some things easier to remember the more time has passed since they occurred?"-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
"Ten days is time enough to die, to be born, to fall in love and to go mad. Ten days is a very long time."-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
10. Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within
By: Rory Stewart
4.36
Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition
A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabi… read more
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"Proper searching could stop drugs being carried through the gates. In the US and Sweden, where there was proper searching, I had discovered, the drug rates were far lower. But when I shared these sug…"-Rory Stewart, Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within
11. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
By: David Mitchell
4.16
Format: 433 pages, ebook
A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more
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"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
12. All That's Left Unsaid
By: Tracey Lien
3.97
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Everything I Never Told You and The Mothers, a deeply moving and unflinching debut foll… read more
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"Wenn sie noch beste Freundinnen gewesen wären, hätte Ky Minnie gestanden, was für sie das Beste an ihrem Job war, nämlich den Leuten sagen zu können, dass sie Journalistin war, aber dass sie die Arbe…"-Tracey Lien, All That's Left Unsaid
"Ky laughed, felt the tingling warmth that bloomed within her whenever she talked to someone for whom she didn't need to fill in the blanks - someone who understood that the act of complaining about h…"-Tracey Lien, All That's Left Unsaid
"Ky didn't allow her mother to have feelings, because to grant her those would mean acknowledging that she was a person who had desires and dreams beyond what Ky saw. It was easier to imagine her as a…"-Tracey Lien, All That's Left Unsaid
"Now that she was twenty-two, the words were there in her head, jumbled. The feeling was still too hot to approach but was slowly beginning to make sense. If she would just give herself the time and s…"-Tracey Lien, All That's Left Unsaid
13. Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas
By: Adam Kay
4.12
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. Twas The Nightshift Before Christm… read more
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"Who's that you can see in his suit of magenta? It's me - I've been soaked head to toe in placenta."-Adam Kay, Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas
"Full marks to the anaesthetist wearing a badge that says; 'He sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake'."-Adam Kay, Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas
"ENT is commonly known as Early Nights and Tennis - a good choice of specialty if you like a quiet Christmas. See also, dermaholiday."-Adam Kay, Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas
"I ask why. then remember why most people do most things, and thus find myself introduced - at the tender age of twenty-four - to the sexual kink of mummification."-Adam Kay, Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas
14. What Eden Did Next
By: Sheila O'Flanagan
4.08
Format: 419 pages, Kindle Edition
Five years after the death of her firefighter husband, Eden knows better than anyone that life can … read more
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15. The Third Pole: Mystery, Obsession, and Death on Mount Everest
By: Mark Synnott
4.14
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
***NPR Books We Love selection*** “If you’re only going to read one Everest book this decade, make… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
16. Abroad in Japan: Ten Years In The Land Of The Rising Sun
By: Chris Broad
4.18
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
When Englishman Chris Broad landed in a rural village in northern Japan he wondered if he'd made a … read more
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17. My Dream Time: A Memoir of Tennis & Teamwork
By: Ash Barty
4.23
Format: 353 pages, Paperback
I'm only in my mid-twenties, and some might think that's young to write a memoir. Who does that, ri… read more
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18. In Control: Dangerous Relationships and How They End in Murder
By: Jane Monckton-Smith
4.67
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
In the UK, every week three women are killed by their partners. Over half the women killed by men a… read more
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19. The Dark Side of the Mind: True Stories from My Life as a Forensic Psychologist
By: Kerry Daynes
4.03
Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition
Welcome to the world of the forensic psychologist, where the people you meet are wildly unpredictab… read more
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"There is no them and us, it is just us."-Kerry Daynes, The Dark Side of the Mind: True Stories from My Life as a Forensic Psychologist
"It's a shithole but at least I can get a decent brew.' How very British, I thought to myself."-Kerry Daynes, The Dark Side of the Mind: True Stories from My Life as a Forensic Psychologist
"[t]he art of talking comes easier to some of us but others. For boys and men, so many of them still socialised in a myriad of destructive ways to hide weakness and took out their difficulties, the id…"-Kerry Daynes, The Dark Side of the Mind: True Stories from My Life as a Forensic Psychologist
20. Himalaya: Exploring the Roof of the World
By: John Keay
3.70
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
"Excellent ... packed with information and interesting anecdotes."-- The Washington Post A groundb… read more
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21. The Lost Rainforests of Britain
By: Guy Shrubsole
4.30
Format: 326 pages, Hardcover
From the Sunday Times-bestselling author of Who Owns England?, a mesmerising chronicle of our forgo… read more
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- nonfiction
"This was the very heart of Wales' rainforest zone, where the oceanic climate conspires to make conditions perfect for the rich profusion of plant life that we'd spent the past week exploring. Yet her…"-Guy Shrubsole, The Lost Rainforests of Britain
22. A Wild Idea
By: Jonathan Franklin
4.29
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
In 1991, Doug Tompkins abandoned his comfortable life in San Francisco and flew 6,500 miles south t… read more
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23. Scary Smart: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World
By: Mo Gawdat
3.82
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
Technology is putting our humanity at risk to an unprecedented degree. This book is not for enginee… read more
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24. Beyond Possible: One Soldier, Fourteen Peaks — My Life In The Death Zone
By: Nimsdai Purja
4.18
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781529312249. In Beyond Possible Nimsdai Purja tells the story … read more
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- mountaineering
- biography
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25. In the Shadow of the Mountain
By: Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
4.25
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Endless ice. Thin air. The threat of dropping into nothingness thousands of feet below. This is the… read more
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"We protect us."-Silvia Vasquez-Lavado, In the Shadow of the Mountain
"The host always said: 'Nothing you do is small. Everything begins from there."-Silvia Vasquez-Lavado, In the Shadow of the Mountain
"Even thought I rarely believed it myself, whenever I spoke it aloud, the dream grew. No matter how absurd it sounded, how impossible it seemed, dreaming got me closer to executing."-Silvia Vasquez-Lavado, In the Shadow of the Mountain
"Even while recuperating, we have to keep active. If you don't move at all, you're more likely to get sick. Continuous motion is the best way to manipulate our bodies into believing that we can fully …"-Silvia Vasquez-Lavado, In the Shadow of the Mountain
26. Unholy Murder (Tennison, #7)
By: Lynda La Plante
4.18
Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition
'Help me turn the coffin lid over.' Jane Tennison said, grabbing one end. 'What you looking for?' … read more
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27. The Traitor of Colditz: The Definitive Untold Account of Colditz Castle: 'Truly revelatory' Damien Lewis
By: Robert Verkaik
4.07
Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition
'A vastly entertaining tale, bursting with astonishing stories and extraordinary characters ... A f… read more
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28. The Survivor: How I Survived Six Concentration Camps and Became a Nazi Hunter
By: Josef Lewkowicz
4.20
Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition
WINNER OF THE CANADIAN JEWISH LITERARY AWARD FOR HOLOCAUST LITERATURE An amazing, untold story of … read more
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29. The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe: The true story of Anne Darwin and 'Canoe Man' John
By: David Leigh
3.95
Format: 339 pages, Kindle Edition
How did the most ordinary of couples pull off one of the most outrageous frauds of modern times? An… read more
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30. Sherpa: Stories of Life and Death from the Forgotten Guardians of Everest
By: Ankit Babu Adhikari
4.11
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 BOARDMAN TASKER AWARD FOR MOUNTAIN LITERATUREChanging the narrative of mou… read more
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- biography
- nonfiction
31. Mountain Guru: The Life of Doug Scott
By: Catherine Moorehead
3.00
Format: 567 pages, Kindle Edition
Doug Scott was a legend among mountaineers. His expeditions, undertaken over a period of five decad… read more
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