4.26 avg rating — 567,499 ratings

"Best book on Mountaineering ever"

4.01 avg rating — 83,125 ratings

"a classic"

4.10 avg rating — 26,565 ratings

"the original now old but much better than the film"

4.16 avg rating — 25,072 ratings

"Filled my boyhood dreams"

4.46 avg rating — 164,854 ratings

"the title says it all"

3.98 avg rating — 15,910 ratings

"Really interesting if depressing book about foreign aid in Africa."

4.17 avg rating — 118,721 ratings

"Factual and good read"

4.30 avg rating — 123,549 ratings

"another classic"

4.05 avg rating — 10,493 ratings

"gives a great understanding of Cook and his times."

4.16 avg rating — 63,568 ratings

4.24 avg rating — 21,872 ratings

"hard to imagine - a great read."

3.56 avg rating — 17,331 ratings

"A must read if you intend to or have visited Venice."

4.14 avg rating — 81,940 ratings

"Chilling - the thought of it!"

4.37 avg rating — 765 ratings

"These were some guys- "

4.15 avg rating — 11,180 ratings

"A classic still a good read"

4.16 avg rating — 891 ratings

"The best book on africa old but valid try the White Nile by the same Author"

3.67 avg rating — 9,778 ratings