Nothing Ventured, Nothing Win

Nothing Ventured, Nothing Win

1975 • 396 pages

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204 books

New Zealand

My Life
Travels With My Family
Edmund Hillary: the Life of a Legend
Jeff Wilson: Seasons of Gold
Anton Oliver Inside
There and Back
Hang On A Minute Mate

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39 books

Switzerland

Husky Be My Guide
The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia
North Wall
The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories
Our Kind of Traitor
Dear Abroad
The Letters of Gertrude Bell: Volumes 1 and 2

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768 books

4 Star

Sea of Poppies
City of Djinns
The Age of Kali
The Return of the King
Slumdog Millionaire
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
Across the Nightingale Floor

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2,153 books

Non Fiction

Days and Nights in Calcutta
The Real "Bravo Two Zero"
Soldier Five: The Real Truth about the Bravo Two Zero Mission
In Xanadu: A Quest
Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers
Infiltrators: Guns Drugs Deception And Murder Duty Calls
Paddy O'Brien: Whistle While You Work

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344 books

India

Days and Nights in Calcutta
City of Djinns
The Age of Kali
Losing Gemma
Sea of Poppies
The Vine Of Desire
Travels Through Sacred India

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91 books

Nepal

Man of Everest: The Autobiography of Tenzing
The Ascent of Everest
Schoolhouse In the Clouds
Touching My Father's Soul: In the Footsteps of Sherpa Tenzing
Sir Edmund Hillary and the People of Everest
Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts, and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge
A Day To Die For: 1996: Everest's Worst Disaster - One Survivor's Personal Journey to Uncover the Truth

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64 books

Antarctica

Shadows on the Wasteland: Crossing Antarctica with Ranulph Fiennes
Ice Bird
Daughters of Erebus
End of the Earth: Voyages to Antarctica
On Blue Ice: A Not Very Brave Journey to Antarctica
Where the Wild Things Were: Travels of a Conservationist
Cherry: A life of Apsley Cherry-Garrard

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57 books

Canada

Forest of Memories
The Five Pound Look
Where the Wild Things Were: Travels of a Conservationist
Blue Sky Kingdom: An Epic Family Journey to the Heart of the Himalaya
Due North
A Vagabond Journey Around the World
Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw: Travels in Search of Canada

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24 books

Fiji

A History of the Pacific Islands
The Shark God: Encounters with Ghosts and Ancestors in the South Pacific
Transit of Venus
Minerva Reef
In the Wake of Madness
The World Is All Islands
A Tale of Tahiti

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2,755 books

Owned

Two Under the Indian Sun
Sailing with Mohammed
Beowulf
Slowly Down the Ganges
One Lonely Night
Killer Mine
The Snake

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26 books

Austria

Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts, and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge
Amber, Furs and Cockleshells: Bike Rides with Pilgrims and Merchants
The Rise and Fall of Prussia
Better Than Fiction: True Travel Tales from Great Fiction Writers
First Overland
What the Traveller Saw
The Grand Tour

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310 books

Usa

The Minotaur Takes A Cigarette Break
Lucky You
Interpreter of Maladies
The Bonesetter's Daughter
The Vine Of Desire
Tropic of Capricorn
The Snatching of Bookie Bob and Other Stories

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480 books

Bio Memoir

Soldier Five: The Real Truth about the Bravo Two Zero Mission
Paddy O'Brien: Whistle While You Work
Legs On Everest : The Full Story Of His Most Remarkable Adventure Yet
Red Dust: A Path Through China
The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl
My Life
Autobiography of a geisha