Showing titles in Expeditions & Discoveries
-
-
Wanderlust
- An Eccentric Explorer, an Epic Journey, a Lost Age
- By: Reid Mitenbuler
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 19 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall7
-
Performance5
-
Story5
The mesmerizing, larger-than-life tale of an eccentric adventurer who traversed some of the greatest frontiers of the twentieth century, from uncharted Arctic wastelands to the underground resistance networks of World War II. Deep in the Arctic wilderness, Peter Freuchen awoke to find himself...
-
-
An incredible story wonderfully told!
- By Martin Rees on 13-08-23
Preview -
Wanderlust
- An Eccentric Explorer, an Epic Journey, a Lost Age
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 19 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 21-02-23
- Language: English
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.Add to basket failed.
Please try again laterAdd to wishlist failed.
Please try again laterRemove from wishlist failed.
Please try again laterAdding to library failed
Please try againFollow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
£15.11 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £5.99/month after trial. See eligibility.
-
-
-
The Best Sailing Stories Ever Told
- By: Stephen Brennan - editor
- Narrated by: Mark Ashby
- Length: 21 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall10
-
Performance8
-
Story7
For thousands of years, we have set out sailing for all kinds of reasons - for battle, for infinite wealth, for the excitement of exploring the unknown, and for escape from the mundane. We have always had a primal relationship with the sea - even those who have never been to sea remain fascinated by the seafaring life and tales of salty adventure. Now in a brand–new series collection, The Best Sailing Stories Ever Told brings together such diverse authors as Charles Dickens, Jack London, John Masefield, Stephen Crane, Herman Melville, and dozens more.
-
-
doesn't stand up to its title
- By tfdodo on 20-09-25
Preview -
The Best Sailing Stories Ever Told
- Narrated by: Mark Ashby
- Length: 21 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 11-02-13
- Language: English
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.Add to basket failed.
Please try again laterAdd to wishlist failed.
Please try again laterRemove from wishlist failed.
Please try again laterAdding to library failed
Please try againFollow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
£22.61 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £5.99/month after trial. See eligibility.
-
-
-
Merchant Kings
- When Companies Ruled the World, 1600-1900
- By: Stephen R. Bown
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall21
-
Performance19
-
Story19
It was an era when monopoly trading companies were the unofficial agents of European expansion, controlling vast numbers of people and huge tracts of land, and taking on governmental and military functions. The leaders of these trading enterprises exercised virtually unaccountable, dictatorial political power over millions of people.
-
-
Thoroughly enjoyable, informative and thought-provoking.
- By Mild Max on 09-07-25
Preview -
Merchant Kings
- When Companies Ruled the World, 1600-1900
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 25-01-22
- Language: English
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.Add to basket failed.
Please try again laterAdd to wishlist failed.
Please try again laterRemove from wishlist failed.
Please try again laterAdding to library failed
Please try againFollow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
£14.50 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £5.99/month after trial. See eligibility.
-
-
-
Everest, Inc.
- The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World
- By: Will Cockrell
- Narrated by: Pete Simonelli
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall11
-
Performance10
-
Story10
Featuring original interviews with Everest mountain guides and climbers, this is “a fast-moving, nuanced account of the peak’s transformation from the ultimate mountaineering challenge into a booming business opportunity” (Joshua Hammer, New York Times bestselling author). Anyone who has...
-
-
Boomer Slop
- By john and donna on 30-07-25
Preview -
Everest, Inc.
- The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World
- Narrated by: Pete Simonelli
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 16-04-24
- Language: English
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.Add to basket failed.
Please try again laterAdd to wishlist failed.
Please try again laterRemove from wishlist failed.
Please try again laterAdding to library failed
Please try againFollow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
£13.84 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £5.99/month after trial. See eligibility.
-
-
-
The River of Doubt
- Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
- By: Candice Millard
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall1
-
Performance1
-
Story1
At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Doubt is the true story of Theodore Roosevelt’s harrowing exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth. The River of Doubt—it is a black, uncharted tributary of the Amazon that snakes...
Preview -
The River of Doubt
- Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 21-10-05
- Language: English
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.Add to basket failed.
Please try again laterAdd to wishlist failed.
Please try again laterRemove from wishlist failed.
Please try again laterAdding to library failed
Please try againFollow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
£12.78 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £5.99/month after trial. See eligibility.
-
-
-
The White Ship
- Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I’s Dream
- By: Charles Spencer
- Narrated by: Richard Trinder
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall274
-
Performance234
-
Story235
THE #2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘As gripping as any thriller. History doesn't get any better than this’ BILL BRYSON ’A brilliant read … Game of Thrones but in the real world’ ANTHONY HOROWITZ PICKED AS A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 BY THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, THE GUARDIAN, THE DAILY MAIL AND...
-
-
Awful narration
- By Amazon Customer on 30-03-21
Preview -
The White Ship
- Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I’s Dream
- Narrated by: Richard Trinder
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 17-09-20
- Language: English
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.Add to basket failed.
Please try again laterAdd to wishlist failed.
Please try again laterRemove from wishlist failed.
Please try again laterAdding to library failed
Please try againFollow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
£15.50 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £5.99/month after trial. See eligibility.
-
-
-
Dreams of El Dorado
- A History of the American West
- By: H. W. Brands
- Narrated by: Matt Kugler
- Length: 17 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall14
-
Performance12
-
Story12
From a New York Times bestselling author, a masterful history of the American West—from the California Gold Rush to the settling of Oklahoma and beyond. "Epic in its scale, fearless in its scope, this is a bravura performance from one of our master historians." —Hampton Sides, bestselling...
-
-
Powerful and rich
- By Kath on 01-05-25
Preview -
Dreams of El Dorado
- A History of the American West
- Narrated by: Matt Kugler
- Length: 17 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 22-10-19
- Language: English
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.Add to basket failed.
Please try again laterAdd to wishlist failed.
Please try again laterRemove from wishlist failed.
Please try again laterAdding to library failed
Please try againFollow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
£21.76 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £5.99/month after trial. See eligibility.
-
-
-
Everest 1953
- The Epic Story of the First Ascent (Legends and Lore)
- By: Mick Conefrey
- Narrated by: Mick Conefrey
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall1
-
Performance1
-
Story1
Reaching the top of the world in 1953 was one of the most significant achievements in the history of human endurance.
-
-
Mick is the Everest exper
- By Mr Mead on 06-01-26
Preview -
Everest 1953
- The Epic Story of the First Ascent (Legends and Lore)
- Narrated by: Mick Conefrey
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 04-06-25
- Language: English
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.Add to basket failed.
Please try again laterAdd to wishlist failed.
Please try again laterRemove from wishlist failed.
Please try again laterAdding to library failed
Please try againFollow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
£18.39 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £5.99/month after trial. See eligibility.
-
-
-
The World Beneath Their Feet
- The British, the Americans, the Nazis and the Mountaineering Race to Summit the Himalayas
- By: Scott Ellsworth
- Narrated by: Scott Ellsworth
- Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall20
-
Performance18
-
Story18
From 1931 to 1953, there was a race like no other. It was a race to the top of the world - a race primarily between Great Britain, Nazi Germany and the United States. Carried on across nearly the entire sweep of the Himalayas, it involved not only the greatest mountain climbers of the era, but statesmen and millionaires, world-class athletes and bona fide eccentrics, scientists and generals, obscure villagers and national heroes.
-
-
Great Story Disappointing Narration
- By Ovekat on 02-03-20
Preview -
The World Beneath Their Feet
- The British, the Americans, the Nazis and the Mountaineering Race to Summit the Himalayas
- Narrated by: Scott Ellsworth
- Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 20-02-20
- Language: English
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.Add to basket failed.
Please try again laterAdd to wishlist failed.
Please try again laterRemove from wishlist failed.
Please try again laterAdding to library failed
Please try againFollow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
£15.79 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £5.99/month after trial. See eligibility.
-
-
-
When Montezuma Met Cortes
- The True Story of the Meeting that Changed History
- By: Matthew Restall
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 16 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall8
-
Performance6
-
Story7
A dramatic rethinking of the encounter between Montezuma and Hernando Cortés that completely overturns what we know about the Spanish conquest of the Americas On November 8, 1519, the Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortés first met Montezuma, the Aztec emperor, at the entrance to the capital...
-
-
nothing ever happens even when a man changes history.
- By Anonymous on 21-02-26
Preview -
When Montezuma Met Cortes
- The True Story of the Meeting that Changed History
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 16 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 30-01-18
- Language: English
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.Add to basket failed.
Please try again laterAdd to wishlist failed.
Please try again laterRemove from wishlist failed.
Please try again laterAdding to library failed
Please try againFollow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
£13.60 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £5.99/month after trial. See eligibility.
-
-
-
-
A Brief History of Thailand
- Monarchy, War and Resilience: The Fascinating Story of the Gilded Kingdom at the Heart of Asia
- By: Richard A. Ruth
- Narrated by: Anne James
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall7
-
Performance6
-
Story6
A Brief History of Thailand offers an engaging look at the country's last 250 years - from coups and violent massacres to the invention of Pad Thai in the 1930s. Listeners will learn the vibrant story of Thailand's emergence as a prosperous Buddhist state, its transformation from traditional kingdom to democratic constitutional monarchy, and its subsequent rise to prominence in Southeast Asian affairs. Thailand's dramatic history spans centuries of conflict, and this book recounts many of these fascinating episodes
-
-
You don’t write history like this nowadays!
- By Dennis Sommers on 15-04-22
Preview -
A Brief History of Thailand
- Monarchy, War and Resilience: The Fascinating Story of the Gilded Kingdom at the Heart of Asia
- Narrated by: Anne James
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 29-03-22
- Language: English
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.Add to basket failed.
Please try again laterAdd to wishlist failed.
Please try again laterRemove from wishlist failed.
Please try again laterAdding to library failed
Please try againFollow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
£15.27 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £5.99/month after trial. See eligibility.
-
-
-
Race for the South Pole
- The Expedition Diaries of Scott and Amundsen
- By: Roland Huntford
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 15 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall1
-
Performance1
-
Story1
Bloomsbury presents Race for the South Pole by Roland Huntford. read by David Thorpe For the first time ever Roland Huntford presents each man's full account of the race to the South Pole in their own words. In 1910 Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen set sail for Antarctica, each from his...
-
-
The Artic debacle.
- By D Mackey on 26-02-26
Preview -
Race for the South Pole
- The Expedition Diaries of Scott and Amundsen
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 15 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 30-10-25
- Language: English
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.Add to basket failed.
Please try again laterAdd to wishlist failed.
Please try again laterRemove from wishlist failed.
Please try again laterAdding to library failed
Please try againFollow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
£17.69 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £5.99/month after trial. See eligibility.
-
-
-
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone to the Zambesi and its Tributaries
- By: Dr. Stanley Livingstone
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 14 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5
-
Performance4
-
Story4
Livingstone's first book revolutionized the way European readers saw Africa and made him a hero in England. He returned again to the Zambesi with his brother Charles and others, this time with more equipment and funds. Again he faced hippopotami, crocodiles, impossible terrain, and disease, but his greatest enemies on this trip prove to be human. The British eventually lost faith in the expedition, but Livingstone proved in the end to have had tremendous foresight.
Preview -
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone to the Zambesi and its Tributaries
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 14 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 26-07-10
- Language: English
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.Add to basket failed.
Please try again laterAdd to wishlist failed.
Please try again laterRemove from wishlist failed.
Please try again laterAdding to library failed
Please try againFollow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
£15.35 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £5.99/month after trial. See eligibility.
-
-
-
The Voyage of the Beagle
- By: Charles Darwin
- Narrated by: Richard Dawkins
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
- Abridged
-
Overall21
-
Performance18
-
Story18
The Voyage of the Beagle - or, to give it its full title, Journal of researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries visited during the Voyage round the World of H.M.S. Beagle under command of Captain FitzRoy, R.N. - is much more than merely an account of Darwin's scientific observations in his 1831 - 36 travels across the globe: it is fine travel writing in its own right.
-
-
fantastic tales of Darwin's infamous voyage
- By P. Winter on 14-02-15
Preview -
The Voyage of the Beagle
- Narrated by: Richard Dawkins
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 28-09-09
- Language: English
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.Add to basket failed.
Please try again laterAdd to wishlist failed.
Please try again laterRemove from wishlist failed.
Please try again laterAdding to library failed
Please try againFollow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
£11.51 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £5.99/month after trial. See eligibility.
-
-
-
Moon Shot
- The Inside Story of Man's Greatest Adventure
- By: Dan Parry
- Narrated by: John Chancer
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall82
-
Performance63
-
Story64
‘It didn’t matter that they were now three miles beyond their target site, that communications were dropping out and that they were running low on fuel. All that mattered to Neil as he searched for a safe spot to land was that boulders littered the surface below. “Thirty seconds,” called mission control. In truth, the flight controllers were now no more than spectators, just like everybody else. No more needed to be said. It was down to Armstrong
-
-
Great story
- By Caro on 22-11-12
Preview -
Moon Shot
- The Inside Story of Man's Greatest Adventure
- Narrated by: John Chancer
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 22-02-11
- Language: English
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.Add to basket failed.
Please try again laterAdd to wishlist failed.
Please try again laterRemove from wishlist failed.
Please try again laterAdding to library failed
Please try againFollow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
£9.48 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £5.99/month after trial. See eligibility.
-
-
-
Four Points of the Compass
- The Unexpected History of Direction
- By: Jerry Brotton
- Narrated by: Liam Garrigan
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall3
-
Performance3
-
Story3
The Four Points of the Compass takes the listener on a journey of directional discovery. Jerry Brotton reveals why Hebrew culture privileges east; why Renaissance Europeans began drawing north at the top of their maps; why the early Islam revered the south; why the Aztecs used five colour-coded cardinal directions; and why no societies, primitive or modern, have ever oriented themselves westwards. He ends by reflecting on our digital age in which we, the little blue dot on the screen, have become the most important compass point.
Preview -
Four Points of the Compass
- The Unexpected History of Direction
- Narrated by: Liam Garrigan
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 05-09-24
- Language: English
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.Add to basket failed.
Please try again laterAdd to wishlist failed.
Please try again laterRemove from wishlist failed.
Please try again laterAdding to library failed
Please try againFollow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
£12.06 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £5.99/month after trial. See eligibility.
-
-
-
Vanished Beyond the Map
- The Mystery of Lost Explorer Hubert Darrell
- By: Adam Shoalts
- Narrated by: Adam Shoalts
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall1
-
Performance1
-
Story1
Canada’s greatest modern-day explorer sets out into the arctic wilderness to solve a mystery more than 100 years old. In November 1910, explorer Hubert Darrell vanished in the uncharted wilds of the Northwest Territories. A prospector who had been swept up in the Klondike Gold Rush, Darrell...
-
-
Fascinating story of an incredible man
- By And on 01-01-26
Preview -
Vanished Beyond the Map
- The Mystery of Lost Explorer Hubert Darrell
- Narrated by: Adam Shoalts
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 07-10-25
- Language: English
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.Add to basket failed.
Please try again laterAdd to wishlist failed.
Please try again laterRemove from wishlist failed.
Please try again laterAdding to library failed
Please try againFollow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
£17.25 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £5.99/month after trial. See eligibility.
-
-
-
Sherpa
- Stories of Life and Death from the Forgotten Guardians of Everest
- By: Ankit Babu Adhikari, Pradeep Bashyal
- Narrated by: Homer Todiwala
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5
-
Performance5
-
Story5
Amid all the foreign adventurers that throng to Nepal to scale the world's highest peaks, there exists a small tribe of mountain people at the foothills of Himalayas. Sherpa tells their story. It's the story of endeavour and survival at the roof of the world. The story dives into their culture and tells of their existence at the edge of life and death. It traces their story pre- and post-mountaineering revolution, their evolution as climbing crusaders with never previously published stories from the most notable and incredible Sherpas of the last 50 years.
Preview -
Sherpa
- Stories of Life and Death from the Forgotten Guardians of Everest
- Narrated by: Homer Todiwala
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 28-07-22
- Language: English
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.Add to basket failed.
Please try again laterAdd to wishlist failed.
Please try again laterRemove from wishlist failed.
Please try again laterAdding to library failed
Please try againFollow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
£15.79 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £5.99/month after trial. See eligibility.
-
-
-
Apollo 13
- By: Jim Lovell, Jeffrey Kluger
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 16 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall13
-
Performance13
-
Story13
An all-new recording of the landmark #1 bestseller! In April 1970, during the glory days of the Apollo space program, NASA sent Navy Captain Jim Lovell and two other astronauts on America’s fifth mission to the moon. Only fifty-five hours into the flight of Apollo 13, disaster struck: a...
-
-
excellent detail
- By C on 19-07-22
Preview -
Apollo 13
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 16 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 10-12-19
- Language: English
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.Add to basket failed.
Please try again laterAdd to wishlist failed.
Please try again laterRemove from wishlist failed.
Please try again laterAdding to library failed
Please try againFollow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
£16.81 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £5.99/month after trial. See eligibility.
-
-
-
Finding Franklin
- The Untold Story of a 165-Year Search
- By: Russell A. Potter
- Narrated by: Gary L. Willprecht
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5
-
Performance4
-
Story4
In 2014, the wreck of HMS Erebus, the flagship of Sir John Franklin’s lost expedition to find the Northwest Passage, was discovered. Finding Franklin outlines the larger story and the cast of detectives that led to the discovery, solving one of the Arctic’s greatest mysteries. In compelling and accessible prose, Russell Potter details his decades of work alongside key figures in the era of modern searches for the expedition and elucidates how shared research and ideas have led to a fuller understanding of the Franklin crew’s final months.
-
-
Nothing new
- By Gemma c on 14-03-24
Preview -
Finding Franklin
- The Untold Story of a 165-Year Search
- Narrated by: Gary L. Willprecht
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 11-01-19
- Language: English
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.Add to basket failed.
Please try again laterAdd to wishlist failed.
Please try again laterRemove from wishlist failed.
Please try again laterAdding to library failed
Please try againFollow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
£13.86 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £5.99/month after trial. See eligibility.
-