Best Action & Adventure Books

Touching the Void is the heartstopping account of Joe Simpson's terrifying adventure in the Peruvian Andes. He and his climbing partner, Simon, reached the summit of the remote Siula Grande in June 1985.

Over the course of nine novels, Tom Clancy’s “genius for big, compelling plots” and his “natural narrative gift” (The New York Times Magazine) have mesmerized hundreds of millions of readers and established him as one of the preeminent storytellers of our time.

Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst

As the Royal Navy takes part in the wars against Napoleonic France, young Jack Aubrey receives his first command, the small, old, and slow HMS Sophie.

An alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here.On the snowy Utah slopes, thirty Secret Service agents are viciously executed and the vacationing president of the United States kidnapped, seemingly by the Fatah, a lethal terrorist organization in the Middle East.

In No Picnic on Mount Kenya, Felice Benuzzi recounts one of the most bizarre and daring adventures of this century. In 1943, Benuzzi and two fellow Italian prisoners of war escaped from a British camp in equatorial East Africa with one goalto climb the seventeenthousandfoot…

Lean, muscular prose propels a tense manhunt: a traumatized Vietnam veteran clashes with local authority and the book commits to survival, tactics, and escalating violence. What works best is relentless pacing and immediate, cinematic set pieces that keep pages turning; the main limitation is a blunt moral frame, episodic repetition, and occasional dated attitudes that undercut psychological subtlety. Best for readers who prioritize action and momentum over interior nuance.

When Eric Newby, fashion industry worker and inexperienced hill walker, decided after 10 years in haute couture he needed a change he took 4 days training in Wales then walked the Hindu Kush. This is his account of an entertaining time in the hills!

In 1996, Allan Weisbecker sold his home and his possessions, loaded his dog and surfboards into his truck, and set off in search of his longtime surfing companion, Patrick, who had vanished into the depths of Central America.

Jack and Annie are ready for their next Fantasy, adventure in the bestselling middlegrade series_x0097_the Magic Tree House!

_x0093_A brave and marvelous book. A pageturner that will rip your heart out._x0094__x0097_Jon KrakauerIn the tradition of Into the Wild comes an instant classic of outdoor literature, a riveting work of uncommon depth. "I_x0092_m planning on doing 4 days in the jungle. . . .

One of the great works of American exploration literature, this account of a scientific expedition forced to survive famine, attacks, mutiny, and some of the most dangerous rapids known to man remains as fresh and exciting today as it was in 1874.The Exploration of the Colorado…

The voyage began in the lunar terrain of the Peruvian Andes, where coca leaf is the only remedy against altitude sickness. It continued down rapids so fierce they could swallow a raft in a split second.

For modernday adventurers exploring the roots of the old west.Part fact, part fiction, Mark Twain's Roughing It takes readers on a highspirited journey from Missouri to Nevada, California to Hawaii.

In this gripping novel, SaintExupéry tells about the brave men who piloted night mail planes from Patagonia, Chile, and Paraguay to Argentina in the early days of commercial aviation. Preface by André Gide. Translated by Stuart Gilbert.

On an icy night in October 1984, a Piper Navajo commuter plane carrying 9 passengers crashed in the remote wilderness of northern Alberta, killing 6 people. Four survived: the rookie pilot, a prominent politician, a cop, and the criminal he was escorting to face charges.

On a January day, a Presidential inauguration day, a onemegaton blast ripped through the Soviet embassy in Washington, D.C. Subsequent explosions around the globe changed the face and the shape of the earth forever. Out of the ruins emerged Deathlands.

When two young women meet under extraordinary circumstances in the eighteenth century West Indies, they are unified in their desire to escape their oppressive lives.

Hoist the Jolly Robin! Fly with a swashbuckling crew as they soar through the air ? and evade danger on the ground ? in search of treasure and lofty adventure. Captain Blue Jay, notorious and feared pirate of the skies, has a fondness for collecting treasure, especially eggs.

"Takes readers into the maelstrom and shows nature's splendid and dangerous havoc at its utmost".October 1991. It was "the perfect storm"a tempest that may happen only once in a centurya nor'easter created by so rare a combination of factors that it could not possibly have been…

In this _x0093_hypnotic, violent, unsparing_x0094_ (A.J. Banner, USA TODAY bestselling author) thriller from the author of the _x0093_haunting, twisting thrill ride_x0094_ (Megan Miranda, New York Times bestselling author) The River at Night, a young woman leaves behind…

Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocketsized gift editions of much loved classic titles.

What we have all now and then dreamed of doing, Tom Neale did: go and live alone on a desert island. For years while storekeeping in the South Pacific, he planned, read and talked until the great day when he was landed on his little kingdom, aware of (but undismayed by) the fact…

An updated edition including new color photographs and a new afterword looking back at the journeyAlastair Humphreys? aroundtheworld journey of 46,000 miles was an oldfashioned adventure: long, lonely, lowbudget, and spontaneous.

A 2016 Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People (National Council for the Social StudiesChildren's Book Council )Set your spirit of adventure free with this lavishly illustrated trip around the world.

Shipwrecked on a remote, wild island, Robot Roz learned from the unwelcoming animal inhabitants and adapted to her surroundingsbut can she survive the challenges of the civilized world and find her way home to Brightbill and the island

The world_x0092_s youngest and smartest genius is forced to use her unbelievable codebreaking skills to outsmart Einstein.Charlie Thorne is a genius. Charlie Thorne is a thief. Charlie Thorne isn_x0092_t old enough to drive.

The first book in the actionpacked trilogy from New York Times bestselling author Gordon Korman is perfect for fans of Stranger Things and James Patterson.

A wellloved, classic tale of adventure, a book you'll find yourself recommending again and againThis is the story of Barbara and Larry Savage's sometimes dangerous, often zany, but ultimately rewarding 23,000 miles global bicycle odyssey, which took them through 25 countries in…

In the highflying, heady world of 1920s aviation, brash pilot Robert _x0093_Hitch_x0094_ Hitchcock_x0092_s life does a barrel roll when a young woman in an oldfashioned ball gown falls from the clouds smack in front of his biplane.

The dragons that have been kept in sanctuaries want their freedom_x0097_and their revenge_x0097_and the world_x0092_s only hope is the reformation of the ancient order of Dragonwatch in this New York Times bestselling first novel of a new sequel series to Fablehaven from author…

Matt Cruse is a cabin boy on the Aurora, a huge airship that sails hundreds of feet above the ocean, ferrying wealthy passengers from city to city.

Captain Blood: His Odyssey (1922) by Rafael Sabatini is just possibly the novel that gave rise to the modern definition of a gentleman pirate.

One of the best books ever written about sailing' Time 27,000 miles, three and a half to five months alone at sea, chilling casualty rates, the unrelenting strain of handling 60foot boats day and night, the absolute certainty of weather and waves that could destroy them.

"Arabian Sands" is Wilfred Thesiger's record of his extraordinary journey through the parched "Empty Quarter" of Arabia. Educated at Eton and Oxford, Thesiger was repulsed by the softness and rigidity of Western life"the machines, the calling cards, the meticulously aligned…

In 1965, 16yearold Robin Lee Graham began a solo aroundtheworld voyage from San Pedro, California, in a 24foot sloop. Five years and 33,000 miles later, he returned to home port with a wife and daughter and enough extraordinary experiences to fill this bestselling book, Dove.

A collection of stories that inspires unforgettable adventure. Beautiful, empowering and exhilarating: She Explores is a spirited celebration of female bravery and courage, and an inspirational companion for any woman who wants to travel the world on her own terms.

When Suzanne, the new girl in Amelia Bedelia's class, arrives at school riding the most beautiful bicycle in the whole world, Amelia Bedelia decides she wants a new bike, too. But Amelia Bedelia's mom says that a bike like Suzanne's is so expensive it will cost an arm and a leg!

For twelveyearold Emily, the best thing about moving to San Francisco is that it's the home city of her literary idol: Garrison Griswold, book publisher and creator of the online sensation Book Scavenger (a game where books are hidden in cities all over the country and clues to…

They have always scared him in the past ? the Rangers, with their dark cloaks and shadowy ways. The villagers believe the Rangers practice magic that makes them invisible to ordinary people.

When Edmund Hillary first conquered Mt. Everest, Sherpa Tenzing Norgay was at his side. Indeed, for as long as Westerners have been climbing the Himalaya, Sherpas have been the unsung heroes in the background.

From the author of the bestseller Eat and Run, a thrilling memoir about his grueling, exhilarating, and immensely inspiring 46day run to break the speed record for the Appalachian Trail. Scott Jurek is one of the world's best known and most beloved ultrarunners.

It's November, 1922. In a valley in Egypt the tomb of a long dead pharaoh is about to be discovered. The world watches and waits for news with bated breath. Thirteenyearold Lilian Kaye, who lives in a flat above a shop in London, is eagerly following the story.

It began in fine weather, then suddenly became a terrifying ordeal. A Force 10, sixtyknot storm swept across the North Atlantic with a speed that confounded forecasters, slamming into the fleet with epic fury.

17 hours, 31 minutes On July 8, 1879, Captain George Washington De Long and his team of thirtytwo men set sail from San Francisco on the USS Jeanette.

ARE YOU A GIFTED CHILD Looking for special opportunities When this peculiar ad appears in the newspaper, dozens of children enroll to take a series of mysterious, mindbending tests.

Pirates! Magic! Treasure! A gargoyle!Caroline Carlson's funny tween novel The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates #1: Magic Marks the Spot is perfect for fans of Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events and Trenton Lee Stewart's Mysterious Benedict Society.Hilary…

In the summer of 1869, John Muir, a young Scottish immigrant, joined a crew of shepherds in the foothills of California's Sierra Nevada Mountains.

This gripping and triumphant memoir from the author of The Mountain follows a living legend of extreme mountaineering as he makes his assault on history, one 8,000meter summit at a time.For eighteen years Ed Viesturs pursued climbing_x0092_s holy grail: to stand atop the…

On April 24, 1895, Captain Joshua Slocum set out on a threeyear journey to circumnavigate the world alone by boat. Crossing the Pacific and Atlantic oceans in his sloop, the Spray, Slocum visited South Africa, South America, and Australia before returning home as the first man…

Robert Macfarlane's Mountains of the Mind is the most interesting of the crop of books published to mark the 50th anniversary of the first successful ascent of Everest. Macfarlane is both a mountaineer and a scholar. Consequently we get more than just a chronicle of climbs.

Before The Perfect Storm, before In the Heart of the Sea, Steven Callahan's dramatic tale of survival at sea was on the New York Times bestseller list for more than thirtysix weeks.

This is a biography and astonishing adventure story of a woman who, left a widow in 1927, packed her five children onto a 25foot boat and cruised the coastal waters of British Columbia, summer after summer.Muriel Wylie Blanchet acted singlehandedly as skipper, navigator,…

When Isaac Bell attempts to decipher the forbidding deaths of nine men, he encounters a secret so powerful it could dictate the fate of the world in this riveting thriller by the #1 New York Timesbestselling author.A century apart, NUMA Director Dirk Pitt and detective Isaac…

By age 25, Heather Anderson had hiked what is known as the "Triple Crown" of backpacking: the Appalachian Trail (AT), Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), and Continental Divide Trail (CDT)?a combined distance of 7,900 miles with a vertical gain of more than one million feet.

Recounts how the author, an Austrian, escaped from an English internment camp in India in 1943 and spent the next seven years in Tibet, observing its social practices, religion, politics, and people.

Annapurna is the unforgettable account of this heroic climb and of its harrowing aftermath, including a nightmare descent of frostbite, snow blindness, and near death.

Also Available in an Audio Edition from Audible via AmazonIn Flight of the Intruder Jake Grafton is an A6 Intruder pilot during the Vietnam War who flies his bomber on sorties past enemy flak and SAM missiles, and then must maneuver his plane, often at night, onto the relatively…

In this 10th Anniversary edition, with a new afterword from the author, G.Bruce Knecht tells the harrowing story of a worldrenowned sailing race gone fatally bad.On December 26, 1998, 115 sailboats crossed the starting line of the famous Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.

Carrot Quinn fears that she's become addicted to the internet. The city makes her feel numb, and she's having trouble connecting with others. In a desperate move she breaks away from everything to walk 2,660 miles from Mexico to Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail.

ALL that could be discovered, however, on these pieces of paper was a few words here and there, the remainder of the lines being almost completely obliterated by the action of the water.

Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's BoyLife as a ship's boy aboard HMS Dolphin is a dream come true for Jacky Faber. Gone are the days of scavenging for food and fighting for survival on the streets of eighteenthcentury London.

For fans of the I Survived series, this classic rollicking adventure about the California Gold Rush and one determined twelveyearold has sold nearly a million copies!When Jack's aunt is forced to sell her beloved mansion but is still unable to raise enough money to pay her…

The Man Who Walked Through Time is a remarkable classic of nature writing, an account of a journey both physical and spiritual. A detour from U.S. 66 to visit the Grand Canyon on a June morning in 1963 inspired Fletcher to walk the length of the Canyon below the rim.

Six fearsome beasts have been cast under an evil spell by the Dark Wizard Malvel, and are destroying the kingdom of Avantia. Our hero Tom and his friend Elenna must free the beasts from the spell and save the land. Let the battle commence!

The waters of Antarctica, June 6th 1998.23yearold Matt Lewis has just started his dream job. An observer aboard a deep sea fishing boat, he is mesmerized by his new surroundings: glistening icebergs, killer whales and majestic albatross.

Aar! Hoist the sails for a lavish new discovery filled with treasures _x0097_ a magnificent resource for pirate lovers everywhere.

A spectacular true odyssey through the extremes of the Sahara Desert in the early 19th century. Reader and protagonist alike are challenged into new ways of understanding culture clash, slavery and the place of Islam in the social fabric of desertdwelling peoples.In a calm May…

After graduating from college, Jennifer isn't sure what she wants to do with her life. She is drawn to the Appalachian Trail, a 2175mile footpath that stretches from Georgia to Maine.

An exemplary travelogue of danger and achievement by the Frenchwoman Madame Alexandra David_x0096_Neel of her 1923 expedition to Tibet, the fifth in her series of Asian travels, and her personal recounting of her journey to Lhasa, Tibet's forbidden city.

Drawing on rarely examined diaries and journals, Down the Great Unknown is the first book to tell the full, dramatic story of the Powell expedition.

From New York Times bestselling author Nic Stone comes a middle grade roadtrip story through American race relations past and present perfect for fans of Jacqueline Woodson and Jason Reynolds.How to Go on an Unplanned Road Trip with Your Grandma: Grab a Suitcase: Prepacked from…

Four travelers meet in Bolivia and set off into the heart of the Amazon rainforest, but what begins as a dream adventure quickly deteriorates into a dangerous nightmare, and after weeks of wandering in the dense undergrowth, the four backpackers split up into two groups.