Best Adventure Short Stories - April 2024

The Best Short Stories of Mark Twain (Modern Library Classics)

• ASIN: B000XUDHNE
• ASIN: B000XUDHNE
• Manufacturer: Modern Library

The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume 6, Part 1: Crime Stories

The vibrant tales of adventure by Louis L’Amour, one of America’s most beloved storytellers, have brought the American West to life. In The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume 6, Part 1, L’Amour takes us beyond the frontier with gripping stories of crime, sports, and the murky world where the two often meet.   These electrifying stories roam from the naked glare of boxing arenas rife with corruption, and freight docks where laborers toil to earn just enough to get by, to the penthouses of the rich and arrogant who calculate the odds of how to get even more. From suspensefu... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0804179778
• ASIN: 0804179778
• ISBN: 9780804179775
• Manufacturer: Bantam

Best Short Stories of Jack London

"Raw and Raked, Wild and Free..."...that was the way Jack London saw life, and the more he lived it the more enamored of it he became. "All I saw," he once wrote, "was glamor of conquest, of scarlet adventure and yellow gold. ...The life was brave and wild, and I was living the adventure I had read so much about."Brilliant, poetic, swift with violence and action, his stories clearly illustrate the unique spirit of his unbridled genius. Critics admitted that the young firebrand -- "while frightfully primitive" -- was challenging Poe, Kipling and Melville as a one-in-a-million storyteller. The t... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0449300536
• ASIN: 0449300536
• ISBN: 0449300536
• Brand: London, Jack
• Manufacturer: Fawcett

To Kill a Mockingbird (Harperperennial Modern Classics)

• ASIN: B00K0OI42W
• ASIN: B00K0OI42W
• Manufacturer: Harper

The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century: Stories by Arthur C. Clarke, Jack Finney, Joe Haldeman, Ursula K. Le Guin, Larry Niven, Theodore Sturgeon, Connie Willis, and more

LEAP INTO THE FUTURE, AND SHOOT BACK TO THE PAST H. G. Wells’s seminal short story “The Time Machine,” published in 1895, provided the springboard for modern science fiction’s time travel explosion. Responding to their own fascination with the subject, the greatest visionary writers of the twentieth century penned some of their finest stories. Here are eighteen of the most exciting tales ever told, including “Time’s Arrow” In Arthur C. Clarke’s classic, two brilliant physicists finally crack the mystery of time travel—with appalling consequences. “Death Ship” Richard Ma... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0345460944
• ASIN: 0345460944
• ISBN: 0345460944
• Brand: Del Rey Books
• Manufacturer: Del Rey

Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain (Bantam Classics)

For deft plotting, riotous inventiveness, unforgettable characters, and language that brilliantly captures the lively rhythms of American speech, no American writer comes close to Mark Twain. This sparkling anthology covers the entire span of Twain’s inimitable yarn-spinning, from his early broad comedy to the biting satire of his later years.Every one of his sixty stories is here: ranging from the frontier humor of “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” to the bitter vision of humankind in “The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg,” to the delightful hilarity of “Is He Living... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0553211951
• ASIN: 0553211951
• ISBN: 9780553211955
• Manufacturer: Bantam Classics

Recursion: A Novel

• ASIN: B07HDSHP7N
• ASIN: B07HDSHP7N
• Manufacturer: Crown

The Secret Lake: A children's mystery adventure

A lost dog, a hidden time tunnel and a secret lake. A page-turning time travel adventure for children aged 8-11. Now enjoyed by thousands of young readers! When Stella and her younger brother, Tom, move to their new London home, they become mystified by the disappearances of Harry, their elderly neighbour’s small dog. Where does he go? And why does he keep reappearing wet-through? Their quest to solve the riddle over the summer holidays leads to a boat buried under a grassy mound, and a tunnel that takes them to a secret lake. Who is the boy rowing towards them who looks so terrified? And w... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0956932304
• ASIN: 0956932304
• ISBN: 0956932304
• Brand: imusti
• Manufacturer: Well Said Press

The Year's Best Military & Adventure SF, Vol. 5 (5) (Year's Best Military & Adventure Science)

The Year's Best Military and Adventure SF series enters its fifth year! Selected from the top print and online markets, these stories represent the best in modern military sf, space opera, and adventure sf.The Year's Best Military and Adventure SF series roars into its fifth year, with more stories of derring-do, military combat, and edge of your seat suspense. Thrilling tales of grand science fiction adventure and military action. Selected from the top print and digital markets, these stories are guaranteed to challenge, provoke, and entertain. Plus, you be the judge! INTERACTIVE READER ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1481484060
• ASIN: 1481484060
• ISBN: 1481484060
• Brand: Baen
• Manufacturer: Baen

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

• ASIN: B0192CTMX2
• ASIN: B0192CTMX2
• Manufacturer: Pottermore Publishing

No Middle Name: The Complete Collected Jack Reacher Short Stories

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Get ready for the ultimate Jack Reacher experience: a thrilling new novella and eleven previously published stories, together for the first time in one pulse-pounding collection from Lee Child. No Middle Name begins with “Too Much Time,” a brand-new work of short fiction that finds Reacher in a hollowed-out town in Maine, where he witnesses a random bag-snatching but sees much more than a simple crime. “Small Wars” takes readers back to 1989, when Reacher is an MP assigned to solve the brutal murder of a young officer found along an isolated forest road in... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0399593594
• ASIN: 0399593594
• ISBN: 0399593594
• Manufacturer: Dell

What Should Danny Do? (The Power to Choose Series)

THE "MUST-HAVE" BOOK OF THE YEAR IS FINALLY BACK IN STOCK!9 Stories in 1! What Should Danny Do? is an innovative, interactive book that empowers kids with the understanding that their choices will shape their days, and ultimately their lives into what they will be. Written in a "Choose Your Own Story" style, the book follows Danny, a Superhero-in-Training, through his day as he encounters choices that kids face on a daily basis. As your children navigate through the different story lines, they will begin to realize that their choices for Danny shaped his day into what it became. And in turn, t... [Read More]

• ASIN: 069284838X
• ASIN: 069284838X
• ISBN: 069284838X
• Manufacturer: Elon Books

365 Bedtime Stories (365 Stories)

Read along as Woody and the gang go on a campout, Cinderella tells her mouse friends a bedtime story, Pooh and Piglet have a best-friend sleepover, Pongo puts his puppies to bed, and more. With 365 stories, bedtime has never been so much fun!

• ASIN: 1368018211
• ASIN: 1368018211
• ISBN: 1368018211
• Manufacturer: Disney Press

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

• ASIN: B0192CTMUU
• ASIN: B0192CTMUU
• Manufacturer: Pottermore Publishing

The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume 7: Frontier Stories

There is no story more distinctly American than the western and no writer as great a master of the form as Louis L’Amour. In this seventh volume of L’Amour’s collected short stories, you’ll find some of his most popular characters, heroes who have become a part of our cultural legacy, as well as the ordinary men and women whose adventures are chronicled with an immediacy no reader can resist–or ever forget. In Louis L’ Amour’s frontier stories, the American West is the crucible in which character is tested, reputations are won or lost, and life always hangs in the balance. Strugg... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0804179794
• ASIN: 0804179794
• ISBN: 0804179794
• Manufacturer: Bantam

The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume 4, Part 1 : Adventure Stories

Presents a collection of twenty-five tales of danger, courage, and adventure, including "May there be a road," "The diamond of Jeru," and "A friend of the

• UPC: 40569534

The Best American Short Stories 2018

Best-selling, award-winning, pop culture powerhouse Roxane Gay guest edits this year’s Best American Short Stories, the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short

• UPC: 746152764

The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume 4, Part 2 : Adventure Stories

Whether joining a U.S. captain navigating a cargo ship through pirate-infested Japanese-controlled waters during World War II or marveling at the resourcefulness of a young woman pushed to the limits of endurance as she flees

• UPC: 44655490

100 Years of The Best American Short Stories

An award-winning short-story writer introduces the stories she has selected from such authors as Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Alexie, Roth, Updike, Oates and more, to present a decade-by-decade examination of the literary trends captured by this series

• UPC: 45056350
• Rating: 5.0

The Best American Short Stories 2005

The Best American Series First, Best, and Best-SellingThe Best American series has been the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction since 1915. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from

• UPC: 34682001
• Rating: 3.75

The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoyevsky

9781420938036

• UPC: 21019188
• Rating: 4.25

The Best American Short Stories 2009

The oldest and bestselling Best American, THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 2009 will be selected by  Alice Sebold, author of the bestseller THE LOVELY

• UPC: 10976107
• Rating: 3.5

Princess Plum Learns Positive Thinking: (Short Moral Stories For Kids) Kids Books - Adventure Dream Bedtime Stories For Kids - Children Books - Kids R

Princess Plum encounters a fairy, unicorn, mermaid and an inspirational mouse who help develop her self-esteem through positive thinking and affirmations. In this short moral story, Princess Plum's self-esteem is challenged. Her friends help rebuild

• UPC: 294516041

Best Korean Short Stories Collection 3

The popular series is back! Meet the very finest of Korean short stories. This compilation of 17 short stories bring you the essence of Korean literature, covering the early 1900's to the late 1900's. Also

• UPC: 582197770

The Best American Short Stories 2018

Best-selling, award-winning, pop culture powerhouse Roxane Gay guest edits this year’s Best American Short Stories, the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short

• UPC: 616290935

1927 WORLD’S 100 BEST SHORT STORIES 5 VOLUMES Humor Adventure Romance Courage

• UPC: 401025561032
• Category: Antiquarian & Collectible
• Price: 14 USD

VTG 1927 Worlds 100 Best Short Stories Vol 1 ADVENTURE HCDJ Book Funk Wagnalls

• UPC: 402006280099
• Category: Antiquarian & Collectible
• Price: 9 USD

The Saint At Large The Best Short Stories of the Adventures of Simon Templar

• UPC: 254522137628
• Category: Antiquarian & Collectible
• Price: 12 USD

Saint at Large The Best Short Stories of the Adventures of Simon... (NoDust)

• UPC: 193355207737
• Category: Fiction & Literature
• Price: 9 USD

Vintage World’s Best 100 Short Stories Vol I Adventure

• UPC: 283364149678
• Category: Antiquarian & Collectible
• Price: 4 USD

Vintage 1927 The Worlds One Hundred Best Short Stories Vol. 1 Adventure

• UPC: 352661031390
• Category: Antiquarian & Collectible
• Price: 15 USD

The World's One Hundred Best Short Stories Vol 1 Adventure 1927 Hardback Book

• UPC: 262946261214
• Category: Antiquarian & Collectible
• Price: 9 USD

RARE 1927 Worlds 100 Best Short Stories LOT 8 Vol Adventure Ghost Mystery Love

• UPC: 254175725954
• Category: Antiquarian & Collectible
• Price: 70 USD

THE WORLD'S 100 BEST SHORT STORIES VOL. 1 ADVENTURE 1927

• UPC: 233318204863
• Category: Antiquarian & Collectible
• Price: 3 USD

The World's One Hundred Best Short Stories, Vol. 1, Adventure (English) Perfect

• UPC: 191203001180
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 16 USD