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 ...

Magic, adventure, and romance go together perfectly. Now, Goodreads users have declared their favorite books across the mix ...

Shawnté Salabert is a Los Angeles–based freelance writer. Her book Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail: Southern California is available via Mountaineers Books.

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 ...