Rocket Men The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon
Robert Kurson
Published 2018
400 pages
The most popular exploration & adventure books
These are true stories of people who went to the edge. Polar expeditions, mountain climbs, ocean crossings, jungle treks and survival against the odds are told by those who were there or by writers who followed their trail. Gripping, humbling and often hard to put down.
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A Waiter in Paris
Edward Chisholm
Published 2022
384 pages
Femina
Janina Ramirez
2022 · 2026 edition
464 pages
Failure Is Not an Option Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
Gene Kranz
1999 · 2009 edition
416 pages
AWOL on the Appalachian Trail
David Miller
2006 · 2010 edition
330 pages
Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven
Susan Jane Gilman
Published 2009
306 pages
Bourdain
Laurie Woolever, Fernando Garí Puig
Published 2021
464 pages
Carrying the Fire An Astronaut's Journeys
Michael Collins
1974 · 2019 edition
528 pages
Following Atticus Forty-Eight High Peaks, One Little Dog, and an Extraordinary Friendship
Tom Ryan
Published 2011
288 pages
The Honey Bus A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees
Meredith May
Published 2019
335 pages
Elephant Company The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II
Vicki Croke
Published 2014
343 pages
A Country of Vast Designs James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent
Robert W. Merry
Published 2009
592 pages
Space Chronicles
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Avis Lang
Published 2012
364 pages
Dirt Adventures in Lyon as a Chef in Training, Father, and Sleuth Looking for the Secret of French cooking
Bill Buford
2020 · 2021 edition
432 pages
First Man
James R. Hansen
2005 · 2018 edition
441 pages
A Primate's Memoir
Robert M. Sapolsky
2001 · 2019 edition
352 pages
The Adventurer's Son A Memoir
Roman Dial
2020 · 2021 edition
368 pages
One Man's Wilderness An Alaskan Odyssey
Richard Proenneke, Keith Sam
1973 · 1999 edition
223 pages
Adventures in the Screen Trade A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting
William Goldman
1984 · 1996 edition
418 pages
The Push A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk and Going Beyond Limits
Tommy Caldwell
2017 · 2018 edition
464 pages
Dark Summit
Nick Heil
2008 · 2009 edition
304 pages
Waypoints My Scottish Journey
Sam Heughan
2022 · 2023 edition
304 pages
Adventures of a Young Naturalist
David Attenborough
2017 · 2018 edition
400 pages
Desert Queen
Janet Wallach
1991 · 2015 edition
464 pages