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#10

Soldier Five: The Real Truth about the Bravo Two Zero Mission

Soldier Five: The Real Truth about the Bravo Two Zero Mission
ByMike Coburn

1998 • 1 Reader • 320 pages • 3

#25

Paddy O'Brien: Whistle While You Work

Paddy O'Brien: Whistle While You Work
ByBob Howitt

2004 • 1 Reader • 208 pages • 4

#29

Legs On Everest : The Full Story Of His Most Remarkable Adventure Yet

Legs On Everest : The Full Story Of His Most Remarkable Adventure Yet
ByMark Inglis

2006 • 191 pages

#35

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Red Dust: A Path Through China
ByMa Jian

2001 • 2 Readers • 336 pages • 4.5

#36

The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl

#1 of 5 in Belle de Jour

The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl
ByBelle de Jour

2005 • 12 Readers • 304 pages • 3.6

#41

My Life

My Life
ByDavid Lange

2005 • 1 Reader • 316 pages • 3

#47

Autobiography of a geisha

Autobiography of a geisha
BySayo Masuda

2 Readers

#53

Bridge Across My Sorrows

Bridge Across My Sorrows
ByChristina Noble

1994 • 315 pages

#65

The Meaning of Everything

The Meaning of Everything
BySimon Winchester

2003 • 9 Readers • 288 pages • 4.5

#74

Travels With My Family

Travels With My Family
ByJohn Balasoglou

1994 • 1 Reader • 180 pages

#76

Mao: The Unknown Story

Inimene ja ajalugu

Mao: The Unknown Story
ByJung Chang

2002 • 6 Readers • 801 pages

#79

Rory & Ita

Rory & Ita
ByRoddy Doyle

2002 • 338 pages

#81

The Sleeping Buddha

The Sleeping Buddha
ByHamida Ghafour

2007 • 336 pages

#82

Return to Tibet

Return to Tibet
ByHeinrich Harrer

1983 • 184 pages

#85

Edmund Hillary: the Life of a Legend

Edmund Hillary: the Life of a Legend
Bypat-booth

1993

#86

The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood

#1 of 2 in Elspeth Huxley's Childhood Memoirs

The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood
ByElspeth Huxley

1959 • 7 Readers • 281 pages • 4

#89

The Terminal Man

The Terminal Man
BySir, Alfred Mehran,Andrew Donkin,+1 more

2004 • 1 Reader • 254 pages • 5

#91

Tropic of Capricorn

Tropic of Capricorn
ByHenry Miller

2015 • 42 Readers • 320 pages • 3.9

#93

Unveiled: Love and Death among the Ayatollahs

Unveiled: Love and Death among the Ayatollahs
ByCherry Mosteshar

1995 • 352 pages

#94

Jeff Wilson: Seasons of Gold

Jeff Wilson: Seasons of Gold
ByWilson Jeff

2000 • 256 pages

#95

The Shah's Last Ride

The Shah's Last Ride
ByWilliam Shawcross

1988 • 2 Readers • 463 pages

#99

Anton Oliver Inside

Anton Oliver Inside
ByBrian Turner

2005 • 242 pages

#100

Man of Everest: The Autobiography of Tenzing

Man of Everest: The Autobiography of Tenzing
ByTenzing Norgay,James Ramsey Ullman

1955 • 320 pages

#101

The Mapmaker's Wife : A True Tale of Love, Murder and Survival in the Amazon

The Mapmaker's Wife : A True Tale of Love, Murder and Survival in the Amazon
ByRobert Whitaker

2004 • 368 pages

#108

The Open Side

The Open Side
ByRichie McCaw,Greg McGee

2012 • 1 Reader • 272 pages

#112

A Bridge for Passing

A Bridge for Passing
ByPearl S. Buck

1962 • 190 pages

#122

Behind the Veil: An Australian Nurse in Saudi Arabia

Behind the Veil: An Australian Nurse in Saudi Arabia
ByLydia Laube

1991

#133

Siberian Dream

Siberian Dream
ByIrina Pantaeva

1998 • 309 pages

#139

Travels in the Interior of Africa

Travels in the Interior of Africa
ByMungo Park

1799 • 1 Reader • 406 pages

#147

My Kenya Days

My Kenya Days
ByWilfred Thesiger

1994 • 1 Reader • 224 pages • 5

#158

Touching My Father's Soul: In the Footsteps of Sherpa Tenzing

Touching My Father's Soul: In the Footsteps of Sherpa Tenzing
ByJamling Tenzing Norgay

2001 • 317 pages

#170

A Death in Brazil

A Death in Brazil
ByPeter Robb

2003 • 1 Reader • 372 pages • 5

#172

Sir Edmund Hillary and the People of Everest

Sir Edmund Hillary and the People of Everest
ByAnne Keiser

2002 • 174 pages

#189

The Tongan: A South Pacific Adventure

The Tongan: A South Pacific Adventure
ByDieter Dyck

2007 • 212 pages

#190

Stanley I Presume

Stanley I Presume
ByStanley Johnson

2009 • 304 pages

#192

Jade Eye: The Life of a Chinese Peasant Boy

Jade Eye: The Life of a Chinese Peasant Boy
ByLi Chun-Ying

2003 • 1 Reader • 496 pages

#203

Story of the Niger

Story of the Niger
ByRobert Richardson

1893 • 357 pages

#206

Bagpipes in Babylon: A Lifetime in the Arab World and Beyond

Bagpipes in Babylon: A Lifetime in the Arab World and Beyond
ByGlencairn Balfour Paul

2005 • 352 pages

#211

Cruises and Caravans

Cruises and Caravans
ByElla Maillart

1942 • 161 pages

#212

The Crippled Tree

The Crippled Tree
ByHan Suyin

1965 • 447 pages

#217

Over the River

Over the River
ByMona Anderson

1966 • 207 pages

#218

The Good Logs of Aldigus

The Good Logs of Aldigus
ByMona Anderson

1965 • 199 pages

#223

Jungle Child

Jungle Child
ByNorah Burke

1956 • 223 pages

#227

Life on the Golden Horn

Life on the Golden Horn
ByMary Wortley Montagu

2007 • 119 pages

#235

The Jadu House: Travels In Aglo-India

The Jadu House: Travels In Aglo-India
ByLaura Roychowdhury

2000 • 330 pages

#236

Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter

Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter
ByCarmen Aguirre

2011 • 8 Readers • 277 pages • 5

#240

Robbie Deans: Red, Black & Gold

Robbie Deans: Red, Black & Gold
ByMatt Mcilraith

2014 • 368 pages

#243

From Le Pigeonnier

From Le Pigeonnier
ByDirk Bogarde

1993 • 84 pages

#247

Seeking 'Robinson Crusoe

Seeking 'Robinson Crusoe
ByTim Severin

2001 • 353 pages

#248

Aphra Behn

Aphra Behn
ByEmily Hahn

319 pages

#255

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The Life of Mary Kingsley
ByStephen Lucius Gwynn

1932 • 1 Reader • 285 pages

#256

The Education of Frederick Douglass

The Education of Frederick Douglass
ByFrederick Douglass

1845 • 64 pages

#265

The Restless Voyage

The Restless Voyage
ByStanley Porteus

280 pages

#268

Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure

Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure
ByArtemis Cooper

2012 • 2 Readers • 448 pages

#271

Once Upon A Time In Beirut: A Journey To The Heart of the Middle East

Once Upon A Time In Beirut: A Journey To The Heart of the Middle East
ByCatherine Taylor

2007 • 364 pages

#274

At Home in the Himalayas

At Home in the Himalayas
ByChristina Noble

1991 • 210 pages

#275

The Deprat Affair: Ambition, Revenge and Deceit in French Indo-China

The Deprat Affair: Ambition, Revenge and Deceit in French Indo-China
ByRoger Osborne

1999 • 1 Reader • 244 pages

#277

Only 2 Seats Left: The Incredible Contiki Story

Only 2 Seats Left: The Incredible Contiki Story
ByJohn Anderson

2009 • 304 pages

#291

No Place For Men

No Place For Men
ByPeter Mulgrew

1964 • 1 Reader • 199 pages • 4

#292

The Survival of Jan Little

The Survival of Jan Little
ByJohn Man

1986 • 1 Reader • 432 pages

#300

Martin Cash

Martin Cash
ByFrank Clune

1955 • 335 pages

#303

Andris, Where are You? From Latvia to New Zealand: The Family Story of Andris Apse

Andris, Where are You? From Latvia to New Zealand: The Family Story of Andris Apse
ByRon Crosby

2013 • 200 pages

#304

I, The Aboriginal

I, The Aboriginal
ByDouglas Lockwood

1960 • 240 pages

#317

Little Daughter: A Memoir of Survival in Burma and the West

Little Daughter: A Memoir of Survival in Burma and the West
ByZoya Phan

2009 • 334 pages

#333

Jaya: Which Means Victory

Jaya: Which Means Victory
ByBeatrice M. Harband

1914 • 302 pages

#337

Cherry: A life of Apsley Cherry-Garrard

Cherry: A life of Apsley Cherry-Garrard
BySara Wheeler

2002 • 386 pages

#347

Because it is There

Because it is There
ByGeorge Lowe

1959 • 216 pages

#354

I Came, I Saw : An Autobiography

I Came, I Saw : An Autobiography
ByNorman Lewis

1985 • 400 pages

#366

Figures In A Landscape: People and Places

Figures In A Landscape: People and Places
ByPaul Theroux

2018 • 4 Readers • 416 pages • 4

#367

Voices of the Old Sea

Voices of the Old Sea
ByNorman Lewis

1 Reader

#377

The Father of All Things

The Father of All Things
ByTom Bissell

#378

My Mate Dick

My Mate Dick
ByIon L. Idriess

1962 • 244 pages

#386

Doctor on Everest

Doctor on Everest
ByPeter Steele

1972 • 222 pages

#398

Childhood

Childhood
ByAnthony Burgess

1996 • 64 pages

#409

Sunrise With Seamonsters

Sunrise With Seamonsters
ByPaul Theroux

1985 • 5 Readers • 365 pages • 5

#415

Dust in the Lion's Paw

Dust in the Lion's Paw
ByFreya Stark

1961 • 296 pages

#416

The Road to Mecca

The Road to Mecca
ByMuhammad Asad

1954 • 9 Readers • 375 pages

#417

Shackleton, his Antarctic writings

Shackleton, his Antarctic writings
ByErnest Shackleton

1983 • 264 pages

#423

Hell West and Crooked

Hell West and Crooked
ByTom Cole

1988 • 2 Readers • 292 pages • 4.5

#442

Tibet Is My Country: Autobiography of Thubten Jigme Norbu, Brother of the Dalai Lama as Told to Heinrich Harrer

Tibet Is My Country: Autobiography of Thubten Jigme Norbu, Brother of the Dalai Lama as Told to Heinrich Harrer
ByThubten Jigme Norbu,Heinrich Harrer

1960 • 264 pages

#454

The Epic of Captain Scott

The Epic of Captain Scott
ByMartin Lindsay

1933 • 124 pages

#460

All Over Creation

All Over Creation
ByRuth Ozeki

1962

#475

Married to Bhutan: How One Woman Got Lost, Said 'i Do, ' and Found Bliss

Married to Bhutan: How One Woman Got Lost, Said 'i Do, ' and Found Bliss
ByLinda Leaming

2011 • 1 Reader • 264 pages

#1

Kingdom in the hills: The story of a struggle

Kingdom in the hills: The story of a struggle
ByDavid McLeod

1974 • 1 Reader • 223 pages

#1

The Notorious Captain Hayes: The Remarkable True Story of The Pirate of The Pacific

The Notorious Captain Hayes: The Remarkable True Story of The Pirate of The Pacific
ByJoan Druett

2016 • 2 Readers • 2

#1

Tangaroa's Godchild

Tangaroa's Godchild
ByOlaf Ruhen

1962 • 1 Reader • 256 pages

#1

Bound Feet & Western Dress

Bound Feet & Western Dress
ByPang-Mei Natasha Chang

1996 • 8 Readers • 250 pages • 4

#1

'80s Letters.

'80s Letters.
ByBob Jones

1990 • 1 Reader • 200 pages • 3

#1

Off the Front Foot

Off the Front Foot
ByMark Inglis

2003 • 1 Reader • 3

#1

Running a Hotel on the Roof of the World: Five Years in Tibet

Running a Hotel on the Roof of the World: Five Years in Tibet
ByAlec Le Sueur

1998 • 1 Reader • 346 pages

#1

Killing Pablo

Killing Pablo
ByMark Bowden

2001 • 20 Readers • 296 pages • 4.2

#1

Floreana

Floreana
ByMargret Wittmer

1961 • 1 Reader • 258 pages • 4

#1

Riders of Time

Riders of Time
ByMabel Brookes

1967 • 1 Reader • 217 pages

#1

Unimagined: A Muslim Boy Meets the West

Unimagined: A Muslim Boy Meets the West
ByImran Ahmad

2006 • 1 Reader • 288 pages

#1

Plain Tales from the Raj

Plain Tales from the Raj
ByCharles Allen(Editor)

1975

#1

Lady with a Spear

Lady with a Spear
ByEugenie Clark

1954 • 1 Reader • 198 pages • 5

#1

Banco: The Further Adventures of Papillon

#2 of 2 in Papillon

Banco: The Further Adventures of Papillon
ByHenri Charrière,Patrick O'Brian(Translator)

1972 • 7 Readers • 406 pages • 3

#1

Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino
ByWensley Clarkson

1995 • 1 Reader • 312 pages

#1

No One Here Gets Out Alive

No One Here Gets Out Alive
ByJerry Hopkins,Danny Sugerman

1980 • 13 Readers • 384 pages • 3.4

#1

Some girls

Some girls
ByJillian Lauren

2010 • 6 Readers • 370 pages • 2.7