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1.		Facing Up: A Remarkable Journey to the Summit of Everest from Pan Books Price: £4.99 Customer Review: If you like Bear then you'll like this book. He's obviously made of strong stuff and he has a story to tell but unfortunately he isn't really a writer and doesn't capture the real essence of high altitude mountaineering and its inherent risks as succinctly as other writers within the genre. The... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

2.		Psychovertical from Hutchinson Price: £11.39 Customer Review: Though far from conventional it is pleasing, after a couple of years with conceptual winners, to have the 2008 Boardman Tasker Award presented to an uncomplicated climbing book telling terrifying tales of epics in the mountains. `Psychovertical' is a welcome addition to the ever expanding legacy of... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

3.		Into Thin Air: Personal Account of the Everest Disaster from Pan Books Price: £5.19 Customer Review: This has to be the best book I have read in a long time. I literally could not put it down ! It was gripping. The mountineering side of it is explained in laymans terms and overall it is extremely well written. Probably the kind of book I will even read twice over.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

4.		Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes from Yale University Press Price: £25.00	Click here for more information

5.		Learning to Breathe from Arrow Books Ltd Price: £6.99 Customer Review: My mother-in-law recommended this book and I was a bit sceptical. However it is absolutely brilliant! I laughed & cried. A really honest account. I couldn't put the book down. I hope one day I'm lucky enough to meet the guy because he seems like a top chap. I climb a little bit myself although... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

6.		The Beckoning Silence from Vintage Price: £5.99 Customer Review: In the world of mountaineering writing Joe Simpson is without peer. There seem to be two reasons for this. First, Simpson is one of those people to whom things just keep happening. Famously, in "Touching the Void", he shatters a leg in a fall, is left to die at high altitude by his climbing partner... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

7.		Thin White Line from Hutchinson Price: £13.29 Customer Review: I thoroughly enjoyed "Learning To Breath" as it dealt with the people involved in climbing and the author's pre-climbing history. This volume rather dwells on the tragic events at the end of the author's Changabang ascent and to be frank, drifts rather aimlessly to a conclusion. The conclusion,... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

8.		Everest: Mountain Without Mercy (Imax): Mountain Without Mercy (Imax) from National Geographic Books Price: £11.89 Customer Review: This book is the definitive guide, on what the people who climb the world's highest mountain, think, and are like as people. It recounts a sad tale, in enough detail to be interesting, and horrifying, but not enough to be sick. If anyone is thinking about wanting to climb Everest, then I would... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

9.		The Villain: The Life of Don Whillans from Arrow Books Ltd Price: £6.99 Customer Review: 'The Villain' is an account of the life of Donald Desbrow Whillans (1933-1985), one of Britain's greatest climbers and mountaineers, but one of the most controversial. This biography is by well known Jim Perrin, accomplished climber, highly respected author, and regular contributor to magazines and... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

10.		Dark Summit: The Extraordinary True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season from Virgin Books Price: £13.29 Customer Review: This is a well written account of an amazing year on Everest but climbing the highest peak on the planet is only half of it. This book opens the door into the darkest recesses of the human mind and shows the extraordinary determination, mental strength and overriding will to survive that we as... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

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