Adventure genre books (114)


101.

Tintin in the Land of the Soviets by Hergé EN

Rating: 3 (3 votes)
Country: Europe / Belgium flag Belgium
Description:
Tintin is a reporter sent to the Soviet Union to give a weekly report of his adventures.


103.

Tracks : A Woman's Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback by Robyn Davidson EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Oceania / Australia flag Australia
Description:
The author recounts her almost two-thousand mile journey across Australia with nothing but a dog and some camels for company.

104.

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson EN

Rating: 5 (4 votes)
Description:
'Fifteen men on the dead man's chest - Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!' All hands on deck for the swashbuckling adventure of a lifetime! Treasure Island has captivated children for decades and remains Robert Louis Stevenson's most famous book. With the legendary Long John Silver leading a mutinous pirate crew, children won't want to miss the boat on this classic tale of treasure and treachery.

105.

Twenty thousand leagues under the sea by Jules Verne EN

Rating: 3 (4 votes)
Country: Europe / France flag France
Description:
The year 1866 was signalised by a remarkable incident, a mysterious and puzzling phenomenon, which doubtless no one has yet forgotten. Not to mention rumours which agitated the maritime population and excited the public mind, even in the interior of continents, seafaring men were particularly excited. Merchants, common sailors, captains of vessels, skippers, both of Europe and America, naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several States on the two continents, were deeply interested in the matter. For some time past vessels had been met by "an enormous thing," a long object, ... continue

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Vorosjylovhrad : terug naar de woeste velden van Oost-Oekraïne

Vorosjylovhrad : terug naar de woeste velden van Oost-Oekraïne by Serhij Viktorovyč Žadan NL

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Ukraine flag Ukraine
Description:
Wanneer een jongeman teruggaat naar zijn geboortestad in de Oekraïne om de verdwijning van zijn broer te onderzoeken, belandt hij in een chaotisch land en beleeft surrealistische avonturen.

107.

Watership Down by Richard Adams EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Description:
An allegorical tale of survival in which a band of wild rabbits leave their ancestral home to build a more humane society

108.

We, the Drowned by Carsten Jensen EN

0 Ratings
Country: Europe / Denmark flag Denmark
Description:
Follows a century in the port town of Marstal on an island off the coast of Denmark, whose citizens' lives are indelibly shaped by forces ranging from wars and shipwrecks to taboo survival practices and forbidden passions.

109.

When I'm Gone, Look for Me in the East : A Novel by Quan Barry EN

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
Country: Asia / Vietnam flag Vietnam
Description:
From the acclaimed author of We Ride Upon Sticks comes a luminous novel that moves across a windswept Mongolia, as estranged twin brothers make a journey of duty, conflict, and renewed understanding. Tasked with finding the reincarnation of a great lama—a spiritual teacher who may have been born anywhere in the vast Mongolian landscape—the young monk Chuluun sets out with his identical twin, Mun, who has rejected the monastic life they once shared. Their relationship will be tested on this journey through their homeland as each possesses the ability to hear the other’s thoughts. Proving once a... continue

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Wildwitch:Wildfire by Lene Kaaberbøl EN

0 Ratings
Country: Europe / Denmark flag Denmark
Description:
From Lene Kaaberbøl, known as the Danish J.K. Rowling: Book one in the Wildwitch series, an acclaimed new children's fantasy series about a young girl who can communicate with and control the natural world. Twelve-year-old Clara is an ordinary girl, so small and shy that her mum calls her Little Mouse. Then, one day, she meets a cat. A huge, strange, black cat, with glowing yellow eyes. And so begins her new life as a wildwitch. Suddenly, Clara is plunged into a world of mystery and magic. With her Aunt Isa to guide her, she finds she can talk to animals and walk the mysterious Wildways. But t... continue