Adventure books from United States of America
Recommended adventure books (34)
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If you are into adventure here are some adventure books from United States of America for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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Dragons of Winter Night : The Dragonlance Chronicles by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
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Featuring the stunning art and design that graced the cover of the paperback edition, this hardcover version is a follow-up to the release of the first title of the series, "Dragons of Autumn Twilight, " earlier this year.
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Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
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As war grows more deadly, Violet Sorrengail joins the elite Navarre: the dragon riders. But she'll need to keep her wits because once you enter the Basgiath War College, there are only two ways out: graduate or die.
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Guarded Treasure by Mae Lovette EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Follow a librarian with something to prove, and a scoundrel with nothing to lose through the catacombs of a cursed tomb built for a pharaoh's first love in this steamy mystery romance.
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Into Thin Air : A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion. As he turned to begin his long, dangerous descent from 29,028 feet, twenty other climbers were still pushing doggedly toward the top. No one had noticed that the sky had begun to fill with clouds. Six hours later and 3,000 feet lower, in 70-knot winds and blinding snow, Krakauer collapsed in his tent, freezing, hallucinating from exhaustion and hypoxia, but safe. The following morning, he learned th... continue
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Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'dell EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
A young Indian girl learns the art of survival when she is stranded on an isolated Pacific island.
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Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
A breakthrough in genetic engineering leads to the development of a technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA, a method that brings about the creation of Jurassic Park, a tourist attraction populated by creatures extinct for eons. Reissue.
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Moby-Dick by Herman Melville EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
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Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read First published in 1851, Herman Melville’s masterpiece is, in Elizabeth Hardwick’s words, “the greatest novel in American literature.” The saga of Captain Ahab and his monomaniacal pursuit of the white whale remains a peerless adventure story but one full of mythic grandeur, poetic majesty, and symbolic power. Filtered through the consciousness of the novel’s narrator, Ishmael, Moby-Dick draws us into a universe full of fascinating characters and stories, from the noble cannibal Queequeg to the natural history of ... continue
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My Absolute Darling : A Novel by Gabriel Tallent EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALIST NBCC JOHN LEONARD PRIZE FINALIST ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES'S MOST NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2017 ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST’S MOST NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2017 ONE OF NPR’S ‘GREAT READS’ OF 2017 A USA TODAY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR AN AMAZON.COM BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A BUSINESS INSIDER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR "Impossible to put down." —NPR "A novel that readers will gulp down, gasping.” —The Washington Post "The word 'masterpiece' has been cheapened by too many blurbs, but My Absolute Darling absolutely is one." —Stephen King A brilliant and immersive,... continue
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On The Plain of Snakes by Paul Theroux EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
WINNER OF THE EDWARD STANFORD AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO TRAVEL WRITING 2020 The master of contemporary travel writing, Paul Theroux, immerses himself in the beautiful and troubled heart of modern Mexico Nogales is a border town caught between Mexico and the United States of America. A forty-foot steel fence runs through its centre, separating the prosperous US side from the impoverished Mexican side. It is a fascinating site of tension, now more than ever, as the town fills with hopeful border crossers and the deportees who have been caught and brought back. And it is here that Pau... continue
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