No one sees clearer than an individual whose life is hanging by the finger tips on the edge of an abyss. Probing the furthest reaches of human daring and endura

An anthology featuring 28 eyewitness accounts of triumph and tragedy on the world's greatest mountains.

Presenting first-hand accounts of climbs on the great peaks and big walls of five continents, spanning an arc in time from the new alpinism of the 1930s to the

This collection of compelling eye-witness accounts showcases the very best writing on the Antarctic, from Ernest Shackleton on the loss of the Endurance to Lynn

From the editor of The Mammoth Book of Steampunk, this anthology of steam-powered short stories, dirigibles aloft, retro-tech wonders, and astounding adventure