The Big Book of Adventure Stories

The Big Book of Adventure Stories
Author: Otto Penzler
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 898
Release: 2011-05-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 030747450X

A hair-raising collection of adventure stories that's so big and enthralling if you open it you may never be seen again: enter at your own risk. Everyone loves adventure, and Otto Penzler has collected the best adventure stories of all time into one mammoth volume. With stories by Jack London, O. Henry, H. Rider Haggard, Alastair MacLean, Talbot Mundy, Cornell Woolrich, and many others, this wide-reaching and fascinating volume contains some of the best characters from the most thrilling adventure tales, including The Cisco Kid; Sheena, Queen of the Jungle; Bulldog Drummond; Tarzan; The Scarlet Pimpernel; Conan the Barbarian; Hopalong Cassidy; King Kong; Zorro; and The Spider. Divided into sections that embody the greatest themes of the genre—Sword & Sorcery, Megalomania Rules, Man vs. Nature, Island Paradise, Sand and Sun, Something Feels Funny, Go West Young Man, Future Shock, I Spy, Yellow Peril, In Darkest Africa—it is destined to be the greatest collection of adventure stories ever compiled. Featuring: Lawless open seas Ferocious army ants Deadeyed gunmen Exotic desert islands Feverish jungle adventures Including: The story that introduced The Cisco Kid The complete novel of Tarzan the Terrible

Adventure Tales of America

Adventure Tales of America
Author: Jody Potts
Publisher:
Total Pages: 2
Release: 1993
Genre: American wit and humor, Pictorial
ISBN: 9780961667740

"This program seeks to tell the real-life, real-people stories of history with excitement and humor, so that you will hardly notice you are also learning the facts"--page vi.

Tales from the Land of Ooo

Tales from the Land of Ooo
Author: Max Brallier
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 61
Release: 2013-03-21
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0698143930

Tales from the Land of Ooo takes the reader on a unique journey into the world of Adventure Time in this 64-page collection of original, off-the-wall short stories featuring full-color illustrations and a flexi-bound cover.

Tales of Adventure

Tales of Adventure
Author: Jack London
Publisher: Garden City, N.Y : Hanover House
Total Pages: 590
Release: 1956
Genre: Adventure stories, American
ISBN:

From Introduction: "In preparing this anthology I had two goals in mind. I wanted first to compile a collection of Jack London's most entertaining, absorbing stories. My second aim, but perhaps the more important one, was to present for the first time in one volume a representative selection from all phases of this author's diverse literary career."

Tales of Magick

Tales of Magick
Author: Phil Brucato
Publisher: White Wolf Games Studio
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998-12
Genre:
ISBN: 9781565044043

"Kick Ass! And Live to Tell About It! Some people think the Awakened sit around dreaming about Ascension. Wrong. Dead wrong. When reality itself is on the brink of destruction, you don't contemplate your navel. You fight -- and sometimes die -- for the sake of the future. Tales of Magick takes Mage from the realm of abstraction and kicks it screaming into high gear. If you ever wondered how to run an epic, exciting modern sorcery chronicle, Dark Adventure is for you. Indeed, Tales of Magick is an ongoing series of books dedicated to playing Mage in a variety of genres and settings. Now your Mage game can go anywhere, anywhen".

The Man from Archangel, and Other Tales of Adventure

The Man from Archangel, and Other Tales of Adventure
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2021-04-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

The legendary writer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, famed as the creator of the character Sherlock Holmes, also wrote numerous short stories. This book is a collection of some of these short stories. Some of the stories such as "The Man from Archangel" are tales of adventure. Others are however inspired by his past medical career. In this lot are stories such as "A Physiologist's Wife" and "His First Operation."