Adventure, to put it simply, is the movement from safety to danger then back again. In the classic adventure story the adventurer leaves home, encounters great hazards, risks horrible death.
Captain Blood
Rafael Sabatini and Kate Mosse
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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY KATE MOSSE. Wrongfully arrested following the Monmouth rebellion of 1685,...
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The Wise Man's Fear
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Sequel to the extraordinary THE NAME OF THE WIND, THE WISE MAN'S FEAR is the second instalment of...
The Name of the Wind
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My name is Kvothe, I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town...
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The Mark of Zorro
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Timid Don Diego Vega grows faint at even the mention of bloodshed and would rather read poetry than...
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The Three Musketeers
Alexandre Dumas, Bill Homewood, Bruch and F. Raf
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Just arrived in Paris and looking for adventure, D'Artagnan finds more than he bargains for. Within...
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Here’s a list of all the books I’ve read in 2018! Let me know your thoughts on any of the ones you’ve read too or any recommendations!!
Feminine Gospels
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In Feminine Gospels, Carol Ann Duffy draws on the historical, the archetypal, the biblical and the...
Blame my Brain: The Amazing Teenage Brain Revealed
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Contrary to popular (parental) opinion, teenagers are not the lazy, unpleasant louts they...
The Kissing Booth
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Meet Elle Evans: pretty, popular - and never been kissed. Meet Noah Flynn: badass, volatile - and...
The Psychology Book
Sarah Tomley, Marcus Weeks, Catherine Collin, Nigel Benson, Joannah Ginsburg, Voula Grand and Merrin Lazyan
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Explaining more than 100 of the most important big ideas and groundbreaking theories in the field of...
The Woman in Cabin 10
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This is the top ten best-seller from the best-selling author of Richard and Judy Pick. In A Dark,...
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A list of Tom Hank's top 10 favorite books to read from Radical Reads! https://radicalreads.com/tom-hanks-favorite-books/
1939: The Lost World of the Fair
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1939 evokes a time when America and the world were unknowingly poised on the brink of an irrevocable...
What It Takes: The Way To The Whitehouse
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"Quite possibly the finest book on presidential politics ever written, combining meticulous...
A World Lit Only By Fire
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From tales of chivalrous knights to the barbarity of trial by ordeal, no era has been a greater...
An Army At Dawn
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The liberation of Europe and the destruction of the Third Reich is a story of courage and enduring...
Supreme City
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Supreme City" captures a vanished Gotham in all its bustle, gristle, and glory" ("Vanity Fair"). In...
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Readerware 3 (Books) is not a standalone app, it works with Readerware on your desktop, (Windows,...
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Worn in New York: 68 Sartorial Memoirs of the City
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"a homage to the city's style, with everyone from Lena Dunham to Adam Horovitz contributing."...
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Dries Van Noten 1-100
Dries Van Noten, Tim Blanks and Susannah Frankel
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'Dries Van Noten is one of the world's most successful independent designers. An original member of...
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Fiorucci
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Fifty years after its founding by Elio Fiorucci in 1967, the iconic Milanese fashion label is...
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Love, Cecil: A Journey with Cecil Beaton
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In Love, Cecil, Lisa Immordino Vreeland offers an evocative portrait of this talented whirlwind...
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Donald: The Book
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It is no coincidence that Donald Robertson has become the fashion world’s favorite illustrator....
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American Gods
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American Gods by Neil Gaiman, the epic road trip novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of...
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Slaughterhouse-Five
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Kurt Vonnegut's absurdist classic Slaughterhouse-Five introduces us to Billy Pilgrim, a man who...
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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A special edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams reissued with a bright...
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The Hobbit
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The Hobbit is the unforgettable story of Bilbo, a peace-loving hobbit, who embarks on a strange and...
The Lord of the Rings
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Continuing the story begun in The Hobbit, this three-volume paperback boxed set of Tolkien's epic...
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The Cruel Prince
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"Of course I want to be like them. They're beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will...
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The Long Walk
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16-year-old Ray Garraty participates in a competition known as "The Long Walk". He and 99 other boys...
The Gunslinger
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'The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed'. The iconic opening line of...
Under the Dome
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The second season of the television adaptation of UNDER THE DOME will receive its UK premiere on...
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In this latest adventure with Uncle Henry, he has had a secret kept for many years that he now...
This season is going to be awesome for book lovers. Entertainment Weekly has put together some irresistible new books from some of our favourite authors.
Artemis
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Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon,...
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After the Eclipse: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Search
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A fierce memoir of a mother's murder, a daughter's coming-of-age in the wake of immense loss, and...
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Renegades
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From #1 New York Times-bestselling author Marissa Meyer, comes a high-stakes world of adventure,...
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Ali: A Life
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When the frail, trembling figure of Muhammad Ali lit the Olympic flame in Atlanta in 1996, a TV...
A Loving, Faithful Animal
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It is New Year’s Eve 1990, in a small town in southeast Australia. Ru's father, Jack, one of...
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