The best survival and adventure books

A Listmania! list by Gooner George (london, uk)
 
As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me
1.  As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me by Josef M. Bauer
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  "The benchmark"
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The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom
2.  The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom by Slavomir Rawicz
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  "The benchmark number 2"
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Man is Wolf to Man: Surviving Stalin's Gulag
3.  Man is Wolf to Man: Surviving Stalin's Gulag by Janusz Bardach
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  "How to stay one step ahead"
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Shallow Graves in Siberia
4.  Shallow Graves in Siberia by Michael Krupa
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  "Another classic escape"
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Seven Years in Tibet (Paladin Books)
5.  Seven Years in Tibet (Paladin Books) by Heinrich Harrer
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  "A great travel adventure"
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Into The Wild
6.  Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer
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  "great book, suprisingly well filmed"
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Touching The Void
7.  Touching The Void by Joe Simpson
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  "needs no introduction"
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Through the Jungle of Death: A Boy's Escape from Wartime Burma
8.  Through the Jungle of Death: A Boy's Escape from Wartime Burma by Stephen Brookes
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  "WWII again, family escape Burma purused by the invading Japanese"
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Survive the Savage Sea
9.  Survive the Savage Sea by Dougal Robertson
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  "classic, worth 1p second hand!"
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117 Days Adrift (World of cruising)
10.  117 Days Adrift (World of cruising) by Maurice Bailey
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  "117 days"
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Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea
11.  Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea by Steven Callahan
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  "76 days"
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66 Days Adrift: A True Story of Disaster and Survival on the Open Sea
12.  66 Days Adrift: A True Story of Disaster and Survival on the Open Sea by William Butler
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  "66 days, nagging wife does not help much..............."
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Dark Wind: A Survivor's Tale of Love and Loss
13.  Dark Wind: A Survivor's Tale of Love and Loss by Gordon Chaplin
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  "not every one survives"
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Shackleton's Boat Journey
14.  Shackleton's Boat Journey by F A Worsley
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  "escape from ice crushed ship"
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Mawson's Will: The Greatest Polar Survival Story Ever Written
15.  Mawson's Will: The Greatest Polar Survival Story Ever Written by Lennard Bickel
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  "not for the faint hearted"
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In the Land of White Death: An Epic Story of Survival in the Siberian Arctic (Modern Library Exploration)
16.  In the Land of White Death: An Epic Story of Survival in the Siberian Arctic (Modern Library Exploration) by Valerian Ivanovich Al?banov
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  "a russian escape from ice crushed ship"
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Karluk: Great Untold Story of Arctic Exploration
17.  Karluk: Great Untold Story of Arctic Exploration by William Laird McKinley
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  "another escape from an ice crushed ship - under rated"
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The Sheltering Desert: A Classic Tale of Escape and Survival in the Vastness of the Namib Desert
18.  The Sheltering Desert: A Classic Tale of Escape and Survival in the Vastness of the Namib Desert by Henno Martin
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  "Germans hiding out in the Namib desert during WWII"
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Longest Walk, The
19.  Longest Walk, The by Guiseppe Maniscalco
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  "keep meaning to read this..."
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Left for Dead in the Outback: How I Survived 71 Days Lost in a Desert Hell
20.  Left for Dead in the Outback: How I Survived 71 Days Lost in a Desert Hell by Ricky Megee
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  "not a lot happens, he survives"
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Sailing Alone Around the World
21.  Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum
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  "early round the world sailing adventure"
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The Venturesome Voyages (Century travellers)
22.  The Venturesome Voyages (Century travellers) by J.C. Voss
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  "more early sailing adventures"
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Long Range Desert Group (Greenhill Military Paperback)
23.  Long Range Desert Group (Greenhill Military Paperback) by W.B.Kennedy Shaw
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  "the ingenious brits in n africa behind enemy lines"
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A Woman in Berlin: Diary 20 April 1945 to 22 June 1945
24.  A Woman in Berlin: Diary 20 April 1945 to 22 June 1945 by Hans Magnus EnzensBerger
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  "harrowing account in WWII Berlin"
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Rogue Male (CRIME MASTERWORKS)
25.  Rogue Male (CRIME MASTERWORKS) by Geoffrey Household
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  "fiction but such a ripping yarn"
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