CAPTAIN HORATIO HORNBLOWER—C. S. Forester—Little, Brown ($2.75). It was bargain day this week for adventure-story readers. For the price of one big book, they could get three. Captain Horatio ...

What makes something an adventure? Does it have to happen far away? Is it always new and big and exciting? Or can you find adventure closer to home, on an ordinary day, surrounded by familiar people ...

We’re always up for a good adventure. Unfortunately, our most daring escapades these days involve trying to squeeze one more item in the freezer. But even though COVID-19 has us all locked inside, we ...

There’s almost nothing better than cracking open a book right where the action takes place—reading Cheryl Strayed’s Wild on the Pacific Crest Trail or Sebastian Junger’s The Perfect Storm beside the ...

It is a book filled with adventures from around the world in the form of cultural celebrations. In this segment, author Teri ...

JOURNEY TO THE FAR AMAZON (353 pp.) — Alain Gheerbrant — Simon & Schusfer ($5). THE VOYAGE OF THE HERETIQUE (214 pp.)—Alain Bombard—Simon & Schusfer ($3.50). One of the hallmarks of a Frenchman ...