Hutchinson

Andy Cave grew up in a Yorkshire mining community and became one of Britain's best Himalayan climbers. His memoir spans both worlds — the claustrophobia of the coal face and the exposure of the north face. A working-class life in climbing.

Willis sailed a raft across the Pacific at 61, then again at 73. The voyages were more dangerous and more improbable than Kon-Tiki, and almost nobody remembers them.