This ‘adventure plus’ book charts a largely solo bike ride the length of the Andes mountains, and an exploration of biodiversity. What is it, what’s happening to it and why is losing it as great a threat as climate change?
More: Life on the Edge of Adventure and Motherhood by Majka Burhardt
More is an emotional epistolary memoir by top rock and ice climber, Majka Burhardt. When Burhardt learns that she’s pregnant—with twins—Burhardt is forced to explore the transformative experience of motherhood and its irreversible impact on career, identity, marriage, and self.
Wish I Was Here by M. John Harrison
M. John Harrison has produced one of the greatest bodies of fiction of any living British author, encompassing space opera, speculative fiction, fantasy, magical and literary realism. But is there even an M. John Harrison and where do we find him?
This is the question the author asks in this memoir-as-mystery, turning for clues to forty years of notebooking: 'A note or it never happened. A note or you never looked.' Are these notebooks, or 'nowtbooks', records of failed presence? How do they shine light on a childhood in the industrial Midlands, a portrait of the young artist in countercultural London, on an adulthood of restless escape into hill and moorland landscapes? And do they tell us anything about the writing of the books, each one so different from the last that it might have been written by another version of the author?
Elixir by Kapka Kassabova
Set in the valley of the Mesta, one of the oldest inhabited river valleys in Europe and a nexus for wild plant gatherers, Elixir is an unforgettable exploration of the deep connections between people, plants and place.
The Hidden Fires by Merryn Glover
In The Hidden Fires, Merryn Glover undertakes that challenge with Nan Shepherd as companion and guiding light. Following in the footsteps and contours of The Living Mountain, she explores the same landscapes and themes as Shepherd’s seminal work.
In Her Nature by Rachel Hewitt
A trail-blazing book about women's fights to access the great outdoors, following the foremothers of mountaineering in the nineteenth century and how running took the author from bereavement to belonging.
Towards The Ogre by Clive Rowland
Highly respected British climber of the ‘Golden age’ cohort, Clive Rowland, finally tells his story. From his early climbs in the Peak District, Snowdon and the Scottish Highlands to the world’s most challenging ascents including Denali, Everest and The Ogre.
Points Of Astonishment by David Stevenson
In Points of Astonishment, Stevenson presents eight short stories describing the fates of their fictional climbers on stages as intimate as their own living room and as vast and unforgiving as the remote Himalayas.
Return to the Scene of the Climb by James T. Lester
A surprising, perceptive chronicle of the first American ascent of Everest in 1963, in which psychologist James T. Lester participated to study the climbers, and Lester’s subsequent search in 1998 for the Sherpas who made that adventure possible.
When the Mountains Dance: Love, Loss and Hope in the Heart of Italy by Christine Toomey
Christine Toomey spent years renovating her home in Italy, then in 2016 a series of earthquakes struck the Apennines. When The Mountains Dance is about the places that make us, and the life-changing thunderbolts that can come at any time.
Unraveled: A Climber’s Journey Through Darkness and Back by Katie Brown
As a teenager in the 1990s, Katie Brown was one of climbing’s first "comp kids"--a young natural who redefined the image of a strong and successful climber. Now, more than two decades later, Brown is ready to share her story.
The Art of Shralpinism: Lessons from the Mountains by Jeremy Jones
A personal approach to how to think about mountains, snow, and adventure, The Art of Shralpinism reflects the remarkable journey of snowboarding legend Jeremy Jones, reveling in the power of experience, the impact of stoke, and the beauty that underscores all outdoor adventure.
All and Nothing: Inside Free Soloing by Jeff Smoot
All and Nothing delves into the cultural history of free soloing. From inside his complex connection to free soloing, writer and climber Jeff Smoot examines our relationship with risk, how we perceive our sense of control, and our perspective on mortality.
Cold dawn by James Ellson
DCI Rick Castle attempts to bring down his nemesis who is rumoured to be the next Osama Bin Laden. He sets off on the mission in Everest’s foothills, through the shadow of snow-capped mountains and through earthquake-flattened villages.
The Gathering Place by Mary Colwell
In this delightful book, Mary Colwell makes a 500-mile solo winter pilgrimage along the Camino Francés, winding through forests, mountains, farmland, industrial sprawls and places of worship, weaving her experiences of the Camino with natural history, spirituality and modern environmentalism.
The Flow by Amy-Jane Beer
A visit to the rapid where she lost a friend unexpectedly reignites Amy-Jane Beer’s love of rivers – from West Country torrents to Levels and Fens, rocky Welsh canyons, the salmon highways of Scotland and chalk rivers of the Yorkshire Wolds.
British Mountaineers by Faye Rhiannon Latham
Written in 1942, F.S. Smythe's British Mountaineers recounts the history of a sport, telling the story of the brave, triumphant and tragic. Using erasure, Latham reshapes Smythe's text into a dream-like tale told from the perspective of an avalanche victim.
Closer To The Edge by Leo Houlding
Honest, raw and exhilarating, Closer to the Edge is an insight into the extreme life of one of Britain's best climbers, Leo Houlding, who has conquered the world’s most dangerous and impressive rock faces.
One Man’s Legacy: Tom Patey by Mike Dixon
One Man’s Legacy chronicles the brief but brilliant life of Dr Tom Patey: bard, musician, and one of Scotland’s foremost mountaineers. His story, of pioneering ascents, boundless enthusiasm, spontaneity and a carefree approach, remains legendary, decades after his untimely death.
Sherpa by Pradeep Bashyal & Ankit Babu Adhikari
Changing the narrative of mountaineering books, Sherpa looks at the people’s evolution as climbing crusaders. With previously unpublished stories from the most notable and incredible Sherpas in history, it shows first-hand their existence at the edge of life and death.