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 ...

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 ...

Pathfinder's sci-fi sibling is getting its second adventure book for the game's Second Edition. And it leans into a recent ...

Reaching the chapter-book phase of reading comprehension as a kid is an exciting thing. Suddenly, books aren’t all illustrations and happy endings: they have extended narratives, character development ...

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 ...

Travel is more than just reaching a destination-it's an immersive journey where each mile offers an opportunity for exploration and reflection. And let’s not kid ourselves: A long plane ride also is a ...