- Hardcover: 212 pages
- Publisher: Andre Deutsch Ltd (4 Sep 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0233001999
- ISBN-13: 978-0233001999
- Product Dimensions: 25.8 x 23.4 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 615,957 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Faces of Exploration" is a lavishly produced collection of interviews, photographs and biographies of fifty of the world's most famous and inspirational explorers. It will appeal to anyone motivated by examples of human endeavour, fascinated by exploration or interested in what makes people risk their lives to undertake epic journeys. Anthropologists, ethnologists, cavers, climbers, balloonists, pilots, astronauts, polar specialists, desert explorers, and sailors are all included. Each pioneer has been interviewed and photographed exclusively by award-winning photographer Joanna Vestey. Best-selling travel writer Justin Marozzi compliments the stunning images with evocative text, an additional photograph is supplied by the explorers themselves from their personal archives. Many were previously unpublished. "Faces of Exploration" is the first collection to focus entirely on contemporary explorers. It is endorsed with the double authority of the Royal Geographic Society and the Explorers Club, and is filled with inspirational stories and images that will bring this defining period of history to life. Explorers featured include: Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Dame Ellen MacArthur, Buzz Aldrin, Sir Edmund Hilary, Sir Richard Branson, Steve Fossett, Sir Chris Bonnington, Bear Grylls, Jean-Michel Cousteau, and many more.
About the Author
Joanna Vestey is an award-winning photographer based in London. Her work has been published in major national and international newspapers and in magazines from National Geographic to GQ. Her work has been exhibited widely and is held in several prominent collections. Justin Marozzi's previous publications include Sunday Times 'Book of the Week': South from Barbar and Tamerlane (both HarperCollisn).
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At 11.30am on 29 May 1953, a lanky beekeeper from Auckland stepped onto the summit of Mount Everest and into the legend hooks. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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At 11.30am on 29 May 1953, a lanky beekeeper from Auckland stepped onto the summit of Mount Everest and into the legend hooks. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This beautifully presented book looks fantastic on my coffee table and I was content to just look at it for a couple of weeks, occasionally flicking through the stunning photographs.
On reading the contents I found it was a book filled with dreams and aspirations, which transferred into some of the most amazing achievements imaginable.
If you are looking for inspiration then read this book. It will fill you with renewed energy for the things you dreamed of doing as a child.
I am hoping that this energy will spill over and motivate me to take the kind of risks necessary to really live life to the full - what are we all waiting for!
On reading the contents I found it was a book filled with dreams and aspirations, which transferred into some of the most amazing achievements imaginable.
If you are looking for inspiration then read this book. It will fill you with renewed energy for the things you dreamed of doing as a child.
I am hoping that this energy will spill over and motivate me to take the kind of risks necessary to really live life to the full - what are we all waiting for!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Fantastic text and images, thoroughly enjoyed it - Informative and elegantly compiled - full of people who have achieved extraordinay things.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
To much show to little substance, but definitely much better than recent Allen's book `Into the Abyss' filled with dilemma and possible fabrications of solo explorer. Stunning pictures by the author and wide selection of extraordinary people with proof able achievements and claims.
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