A Son Of The Sun

A Son Of The Sun

Jack London

Literature & Fiction / Adventure / Classics

A Son of the Sun is a 1912 novel by Jack London. It is set in the South Pacific at the beginning of the 20th century and consists of eight separate stories. David Grief is a forty-year-old English adventurer who came to the South seas years ago and became rich. As a businessman he owns offices in Sydney, but he is rarely there. Since his wealth spreads over a lot of islands, Grief has some adventures while going among these islands. London depicts the striking panorama of the South seas with adventurers, scoundrels, swindlers, pirates, and cannibals.
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Balsamo, the Magician; or, The Memoirs of a Physician

Balsamo, the Magician; or, The Memoirs of a Physician

Alexandre Dumas

Adventure / Romance / Fiction

Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) is one of the most famous French writers in history, known for his historical novels of swashbuckling adventure. Dumas’ work, including The Three Musketeers and Twenty Years After, are still widely read in classrooms throughout the world and remain entertaining upon rereading. Dumas’ works were serialized, as he was a magazine correspondent and journalist. Also among Dumas’ best adventures is The Count of Monte Cristo, which is now a staple of Western classrooms and has been made into many movies. 
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White Peak

White Peak

Ronan Frost

Adventure / Horror / Thriller

Ronan Frost's White Peak is a fast-paced action thriller full of death-defying adventure.Greg Rask, a dying tech billionaire, has invested millions chasing miracle cures. None of them are worth a damn, but he refuses to give up. Now, he's gathering a team willing to go to the ends of the earth chasing life.Each of Rask's crew has beaten incredible odds to rise from the ashes of their old lives to where they are now. Together, their next task is to retrieve a painting that is believed to hide a map which, if genuine, marks it as a treasure of the Ahnenerbe, the occult wing of the SS, who had devoted dozens of expeditions in search of the three cintamani stones for their combined properties, and the lost city where they were rumored to lay hidden: Shambhala. But a mystical brotherhood sworn to protect the secrets of the ancients—the same secrets that allow its members to defy death—will stop at nothing to ensure that Rask's crew fail.In an...
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Beyond the Trees

Beyond the Trees

Adam Shoalts

Nonfiction / Adventure / Travel

A mesmerizing odyssey through an unforgiving landscape, and the rich history it reveals.What does it mean to explore and confront the unknown? Beyond the Trees recounts Adam Shoalts's epic, never-before-attempted solo crossing of Canada's mainland Arctic in a single season. It's also a multilayered story that weaves the narrative of Shoalts's journey into accounts of other adventurers, explorers, First Nations, fur traders, dreamers, eccentrics, and bush pilots to create an unforgettable tale of adventure and exploration. Interspersed with his stories of navigating mazes of shifting ice floes, facing down snarling bears and galloping musk-ox, and portaging along knife-edge cliffs above furious rapids, are the fascinating legends, historic persons, and incredible anecdotes that make up the lore of the North. They include the saga of the Mad Trapper, a man whose feats of endurance and ingenuity were almost as legendary as his violent end; the story of the...
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The Hallowed Grail

The Hallowed Grail

Will Adams

Adventure / Mystery & Thrillers

When Anna Warne and ex-detective Ben Elias are asked to investigate a spate of ugly threats and vicious attacks in a sleepy Wiltshire village, they have little idea where the case will lead. But the recent excavation of a nearby mosaic with a possible Arthurian connection suggests there may be more to it than first meets the eye. A hoard of immense significance is found, yet missing a vital piece. A man is murdered. As the stakes rise, so does the urgency, forcing Anna and Elias to unearth long-buried secrets in their quest for answers, while also drawing closer to a discovery of unparalleled importance. But it isn't just the truth they're fighting for any more. It's their own survival.
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Her Highland Protector (Scottish Highlander Romance)

Her Highland Protector (Scottish Highlander Romance)

Barbara Bard

Romance / Historical Romance / Adventure

He is the only one who can save her, but what if she is the only one who can save them all?Myra Travers is a young maid in the castle of the brutal Earl of Primshire. Her life is calm and quiet, until one evening everything changes. Myra witnesses something that she shouldn’t have and now she is in mortal danger. Weak and unprotected, only a miracle can help her survive…Greer, the heir of the Laird of the MacEilish Clan, is at a loss. A savage killer is stalking the moors for the Highland women. Until he finds one that is still alive – one that refuses to open up to him…. But he will stop at nothing. And as Greer and Myra get closer, He will find the killer, even if that means war, and protect the beautiful and mysterious lass that is holding his heart.As Myra and Greer get closer, they will soon realize that in order to get to the bloodthirsty monster roaming the Highland moors, they must find their inner strength and trust each other. Before he gets to them first…
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A Treacherous Tide

A Treacherous Tide

Franklin W. Dixon

Mystery & Thrillers / Juvenile / Adventure

Brother detectives Frank and Joe dive deep into the Florida Keys to find a missing person in the twenty-first book in the thrilling Hardy Boys Adventures series.Frank and Joe Hardy have been invited to take part in a conservation mission by a marine biologist at the Bayport Aquarium. The boys get to go on an all-expenses paid trip to the lush and beautiful Florida Keys to help save sharks! But the trip's purpose is suddenly sidelined when a paddle boarder goes missing and rumors start that the disappearance is the result of a shark attack. After spending so much time learning about the local shark population, the Hardy Boys aren't buying the story. It will take all of Frank and Joe's recently acquired knowledge about sharks and their habitat to solve this case. Will they be able to discover what's really going on before it's too late?
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Celebration

Celebration

Anna Lowe

Romance / Paranormal / Adventure

A Blue Moon Saloon holiday story by Anna Lowe. It's been a long, hard couple of months, but the bear and wolf shifters of the Blue Moon Saloon are ready to celebrate their hard-won peace with a few days off. While some couples use the time to relax with breakfast in bed, others head out for small, intimate adventures in the desert Southwest. A few are still busy stuffing stockings and wrapping presents for little Teddy, the youngest member of the growing new clan. But Teddy won't be the only Blue Moon baby for long, because Santa has a very special surprise in store – not just for the extended Blue Moon family, but for the wolves of Twin Moon Ranch, too!
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