Adventure and Biography

Vast Expanses is a cultural, environmental and geopolitical history that examines the relationship between humans and oceans, reaching back across ...

'There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting and enslaving than the life at sea,' wrote Joseph Conrad. There is certainly nothing more integral t...

By Dr Fridtjof Nansen Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram, 1893-96, and of a Fifteen Months' Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen ...

This solemn, rhythmic intonation of the shipping forecast on BBC radio is as familiar as the sound of Big Ben chiming the hour. Since its first bro...

The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition was perhaps the most ambitious, elaborate and confident of all the British attempts to master the South Pol...

A gripping tale that transforms our understanding of the Second World War The Battle of the Atlantic was - though often overlooked - crucial to vic...

The Antarctic is one the most hostile natural environments in the world. It is an extraordinary physical space, which changes significantly in shap...

Paul Kennedy's classic naval history, now updated with a new introduction by the author This acclaimed book traces Britain's rise and fall as a sea...

For over three thousand years, the Mediterranean Sea has been one of the great centres of civilization. David Abulafia's The Great Sea is the first...

'Wonderfully researched and beautifully written' Philip Hoare, author of Leviathan 'Succeeds in conjuring a lost world' Dava Sobel, author of Longi...

Travelling the circumference of the truly gigantic Pacific, Simon Winchester tells the story of the world's largest body of water, and - in matters...

The definitive biography of the world's most important body of water - the Atlantic. One hundred and ninety million years ago, the shifting of two ...

H W Tilman With a Foreword by Steve Bell Whether these mountains are climbed or not, smaller expeditions are a step in the right direction. It’s 1...

By Jim Gregson A beautifully presented hardback book illustrated with beautiful pictures taken on Jim Gregson's various expeditions. This book cove...

From deep winter to late autumn, from east to west, Adrift takes the reader on a tour of the people, politics, history and wildlife of London’s can...

By David Mercy Three men in a boat - as never seen before..."This is suicide!" Manuel screamed frantically. So begins David Mercy's amazing true st...

The tenth anniversary edition of the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest: the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude an...

By Dr Fridtjof Nansen In 1893 Fridtjof Nansen set sail for the North Pole in the Fram, a ship specially designed to be frozen into the poal ice cap...

Glorious Brest: the world’s largest maritime festival in photographs by Nigel Pert & Dan Houston with a foreword by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston Thi...

A Yachtman's Gossip H. Alker Tripp Illustrated with pen drawings and oil sketches by the author The ordinary yachtsman has many yarns to tell, b...

The unforgettable account of British naval experiencein World War II J. P. W. Mallalieu With a new Introduction by Brian Lavery First published t...

The first open boat voyage from the UK David Pyle With a new Introduction by the author I foolishly thought that I was indestructible and capabl...

The wooden fishing boats of Richard Irvin & Sons Gloria Wilson With a Foreword by Paul Gartside   Having recorded in pen and ink the Fishing Bo...

100 Drawings of Yorkshire's North Sea Fishery before the advent of steam By Ernest Dade With a Preface by Peter F. Anson & Foreword by Frank Wh...