Best Adventure Books

Blair Braverman fell in love with the North at an early age: By the time she was nineteen, she had left her home in California, moved to Norway to learn how to drive sled dogs, and worked as a tour guide on a glacier in Alaska.By turns funny and sobering, bold and tender,…

Alaska, 1974.Unpredictable. Unforgiving. Untamed.For a family in crisis, the ultimate test of survival.Ernt Allbright, a former POW, comes home from the Vietnam war a changed and volatile man.

In August 1978, thirteen women left San Francisco for the Nepal Himalaya to make history as the first Americans_x0097_and the first women_x0097_to scale the treacherous slopes of Annapurna I, the world_x0092_s tenth highest peak.

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.

From the star of No Reservations, Anthony Bourdain's New York Timesbestselling chronicle of travelling the world in search the globe's greatest cuilnary adventuresThe only thing "gonzo gastronome" and internationally bestselling author Anthony Bourdain loves as much as cooking…

One of Winston Churchill's favorite books.

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…

The age of exploration is not over. When Adam Shoalts ventured into the largest unexplored wilderness on the planet, he hoped to set foot where no one had ever gone before. What he discovered surprised even him. Shoalts was no stranger to the wilderness.

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.

The main character, YOU, is a young person in a magical medieval village seeking a unicorn horn to purify tainted water in a multipleending interactive adventure.

All five books in the Heroes of Olympus series in a hardcover boxed set of heroic proportions. From The Lost Hero to the long awaited Blood of Olympus, this collection will thrill loyal readers and be a goto gift for new fans of the bestselling series.

Gary Paulsen drops you into the crash and keeps the prose spare and immediate. Most of the book is a close, day-by-day account of a teen learning to fish, make fire, treat wounds, and think clearly under pressure. Its strength is tactile, concrete survival detail and an inward focus that turns practical skills into a rite of passage. Its limits are repetition and a narrow cast—long stretches replay the same problems from slightly different angles, and if you want multiple plotlines or social drama you'll be disappointed.

Experience the magic of Artimé and the chills of Quill with all seven fantastical books in the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Unwanteds series, now available in one paperback boxed set.Kirkus Reviews describes The Unwanteds as _x0093_The Hunger Games meets Harry…

Your parents are scientists and when they leave a broken robot at home one day, you are sure you can make it work. Your Very Own Robot By R.A.

Package includes the following paperbacks in the FABLEHAVEN series: FABLEHAVEN RISE OF THE EVENING STAR GRIP OF THE SHADOW PLAGUE SECRETS OF THE DRAGON SANCTUARY KEYS TO THE DEMON PRISON

Magnus Chase, a oncehomeless teen, is on a deathdefying quest across the Norse realms, literally. As a resident of the Hotel Valhalla, this son of the god Frey is now one of Odin's chosen warriors.

This handsome boxed set brings together the first three paperbacks in the exciting, hilarious, and poignant series about Apollo, an arrogant god turned hapless human who must restore five ancient Oracles and battle a triumvirate of evil Roman emperors in order to regain his…

Brisk, plug-and-play fantasy that reads like a mapped-out treasure hunt: you move from cliffhanger to clue to fight across three books. What works best is steady momentum — puzzles, worldbuilding touches, and straightforward stakes keep pages flipping. Limitations are visible: secondary characters can feel underdeveloped, many scenes follow familiar quest beats, and the trilogy’s rhythm leans on serial cliffhangers that can feel repetitive. Best enjoyed for momentum and imaginative set pieces rather than subtle characterization.

A collection fit for the (Egyptian) gods! All three hardcover books in the blockbuster Kane Chronicles trilogy are together at last, encased in a deluxe box along with two bonus posters.

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.

A legendary trailblazer, Arlene Blum defied the climbing establishment of the 1970s by leading the first allfemale teams on successful ascents of Mount McKinley and Annapurna and by being the first American woman to attempt Mount Everest.

Rusty Young was backpacking in South America when he heard about Thomas McFadden, a convicted English drug trafficker who ran tours inside Bolivia's notorious San Pedro prison. Intrigued, the young Australian journalisted went to La Paz and joined one of Thomas's illegal tours.

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…

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

More than a halfcentury ago the naturalist Farley Mowat was sent to investigate why wolves were killing arctic caribou. Mowat's account of the summer he lived in the frozen tundra alone_x0097_studying the wolf population and developing a deep affection for the wolves (who were…

Alternate cover edition for ISBN 9781480169111For previous cover edition see hereShortlisted for Outdoor Book of the Year by The Great Outdoors Magazine The second book from award winning writer Keith Foskett The Pacific Crest Trail stretches some 2,650 miles from the Mexican…

The powerful and affirming story of a father's journey with his teenage daughter to the far reaches of AlaskaAlaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, home to only a handful of people, is a harsh and lonely place.

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.

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…

In the tradition of Wild and H Is for Hawk, an Outside magazine writer tells her story_x0097_of fathers and daughters, grief and renewal, adventure and obsession, and the power of running to change your life.I_x0092_m running to forget, and to remember.For more than a decade,…

From prominent outdoorsman and nature writer Mark Kenyon comes an engrossing reflection on the past and future battles over our most revered landscapes_x0097_America_x0092_s public lands.Every American is a publicland owner, inheritor to the largest publicland trust in the…

Includes a detailed historical note and bibliography 1242. On a dark night, travelers from across France cross paths at an inn and begin to tell stories of three children.

The Nile, one of the world_x0092_s great rivers, has long been an object of fascination and obsession. From Alexander the Great and Nero, to Victorian adventurers David Livingstone, John Hanning Speke, and Henry Morton Stanley, the river has enticed many into wild adventures.

A devastating and lyrical work of nonfiction, Young Men and Fire describes the events of August 5, 1949, when a crew of fifteen of the US Forest Service_x0092_s elite airborne firefighters, the Smokejumpers, stepped into the sky above a remote forest fire in the Montana…

Now in her midthirties, Loewen has become a wife, a mother, and a leader of Seattle Mountain Rescue (SMR), a volunteerbased searchandrescue operation.

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.

In 1831, Charles Darwin embarked on an expedition that, in his own words, determined my whole career. The Voyage of the Beagle chronicles his fiveyear journey around the world and especially the coastal waters of South America as a naturalist on the H.M.S. Beagle.