Tag search:adventure

Eastbound

by Maylis de Kerangal
Paperback, 2023
Tags
'library book', Maylis de Kerangal, trains, Trans Siberian Express, Siberia, travel, traveling, Russian conscripts, Aliocha, Vladivostok, adventure — 14 more, unexpected encounters, French novella, Wellcome Book Prize 2017, Hélène, escape, railroads, sleeping cars, transport, 2023, Archipelago Books, shared loneliness, Russia, fiction, love
Status
Available
Call number
813

The golden specific

by S. E. Grove
Paper Book, 2015
Tags
'library book', fantasy, novel, sequel, S. E. Grove, fiction, maps, missing persons, quest, adventure, Boston — 11 more, junior fiction, Mapmakers Series, shifting borders, Great Disruption, Papal States, New Occident, the Badlands, Ausentinia, Viking, alternate history, teen fantasy
Series
The Mapmakers Trilogy (2)
Status
Available
Call number
[Fic]

Endymion

by Dan Simmons
Paperback, 1995
Tags
'library book' science fiction, Dan Simmons, Endymion, Catholic Church, future Catholic church, far future, quest, rescue, many worlds, multiple resurrections, shrike — 14 more, Hyperion, farcaster portals, escape, Bantam Books, 1996, fiction, space opera, time travel, space travel, artificial intelligence, Hawking Drive, religion, adventure, immortality
Series
Hyperion Cantos (3)
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

The starless sea

by Erin Morgenstern
Paper Book, 2019
Tags
'library book', fiction, libraries, women - fiction, storytelling, secret societies, fantasy, seas, imaginary seas, man-woman relationship, symbols — 15 more, Vermont - fiction, 'Sweet Sorrows', books about books, doors, 'Fortunes & Fables', The Ballad of Simon & Eleanor, Zachary Ezra Rawlins, Erin Morgenstern, novel, Doubleday, fantasy fiction, magical realism, adventure, Collector's Club, New York City
Status
Available
Call number
813/.6

The municipalists : a novel

by Seth Fried
Paper Book, 2019
Tags
'library book', fiction, science fiction, fictional New York City, urban life, adventure, technology fiction, Metropolis, Seth Fried, OWEN, public transit -fiction — 11 more, Esperanto, disorder, Kirklin, android, tie clip, Penguin original, municipal government, urban landscapes, humorous, bureaucrat, artificial intelligence
Status
Available
Call number
813/.6

The inquisitor's tale, or, the three magical children and their holy dog

by Adam Gidwitz
Paper Book, 2016
Tags
adventure, adventurers, fiction, historical fiction, France, Middle Ages, friars, juvenile, juvenile fiction, persecution, Jews — 21 more, prophets, Louis IX, history, Adam Gidwitz, Hatem Aly, Puffin Books, dog resurrection, Mont-Saint-Michel, peasants, narrator driven, illustrations throughout, illustrated, margin illustrations, line drawings, children, religion, medieval, friendship, saints, fantasy, 13th century
Status
Available
Call number
[Fic]

Paper and fire

by Rachel Caine
Ebook, 2016
Tags
Great Library of Alexandria, YA, Nook, alternate world, fantasy and magic, Alexandrian Library - fiction, juvenile fiction, action, adventure, dystopia, alternative history — 5 more, fiction, Alexandria Egypt, Jess Brightwell, Rome, automata
Collection
Nook
Series
The Great Library (2)
Status
Available
Call number
[Fic]

The Mapmaker's War: Keeper of Tales Trilogy: Book One (The Keeper of Tales Trilogy)

by Ronlyn Domingue
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
fiction, fantasy, Ronlyn Domingue, Aoife, mapmaker, Keeper of Tales, adventure, Atria Books, women warriors, fictional autobiography, frequent second person narrative
Series
Keeper of Tales Trilogy (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Ghost train to the eastern star on the tracks of the great railway bazaar

by Paul Theroux
Ebook, 2009
Tags
travel, Asia, description, railroad travel, traveloogue, night trains, express trains, Paul Theroux, adventure, Nook, travel writing — 1 more, memoir
Collection
Nook
Status
Available
Call number
EBOOK915.04/425092

Anathem

by Neal Stephenson
Paper Book, 2008
Tags
science fiction, monasteries, life on other planets, future world, avouts, mathematics, philosophy, religion, disasters, monks, Nook — 4 more, quest, novel, adventure, alternate world
Collection
Nook
Status
Available
Call number
813/.54

UAE Off-Road

by Explorer Publishing
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
United Arab Emirates, off-road, explorer, travel, illustrated, adventure, non-fiction, sightseeing, Northern Emirates, East Coast (UAE), UAE — 5 more, Hatta, Al Ain, Liwa, Jeep, driving
Status
Available
Call number
915.35704

The last cato : a novel

by Matilde Asensi
Paper Book, 2006
Tags
'library book', fiction, novel, secret societies, Catholic Church, Matilde Asensi, Italy, Vatican, adventure, Holy Cross, relics — 12 more, manuscripts, Divine Comedy, mystery, religious fiction, Staurofílakes, quest, hidden clues, Purgatorio, thriller, testing through hardships, Spanish literature, Dante
Series
Catón (1)
Status
Available
Call number
863/.64

The phantom tollbooth

by Norton Juster
Paper Book, 1996
Tags
juvenile fiction, illustrated, fantasy, Lands Beyond, quest, children, wordplay, mathematics, adventure, puns, animal characters — 1 more, Norton Juster
Status
Available
Call number
[Fic]

Bay of spirits : a love story

by Farley Mowat
Paper Book, 2006
Tags
'library book', memoir, Newfoundland, love story, fishing, village life, Farley Mowat, boating, travelogue, Atlantic Ocean, adventure
Status
Available
Call number
971.8

The journey

by Kathryn Lasky
Paper Book, 2003
Tags
fantasy, fiction, owls, Ga'hoole, juvenile, mythic, journey, quest, good and evil, adventure, animals
Series
Guardians of Ga'hoole (2)
Status
Available
Call number
813/.54

The book of flying

by Keith Miller
Paper Book, 2004
Tags
'library book', fiction, novel, book about books, Keith Miller, fantasy, storytelling, quest, search, love, adventure — 5 more, librarian, wings, mythopoeic, coming of age, learning
Status
Available
Call number
813/.6

The mirror of Merlin

by T. A. Barron
Paper Book, 1999
Tags
fiction, Merlin, wizards, Arthurian, Fincayra, haunted marsh, fantasy, magic, adventure, lost years of Merlin
Series
The Lost Years of Merlin (4), The Merlin Saga (4)
Status
Available
Call number
[Fic]

Fire and ice

by Erin Hunter
Paper Book, 2003
Tags
cats, warriors, clans, adventure, young adult, animals, anthropomorphic, fantasy, fiction
Series
Warriors Chronology (The Prophecy Begins: 2), Warriors Publication (2), Warriors: The Prophecies Begin (2)
Status
Available
Call number
[Fic]

Into the wild

by Erin Hunter
Paper Book, 2003
Tags
wild cats, feral cats, clans, warriors, adventure, young adult, fiction, animals
Series
Warriors Chronology (The Prophecy Begins: 1), Warriors Publication (1), Warriors: The Prophecies Begin (1)
Status
Available
Call number
[Fic]

Travels with Charley : in search of America

by John Steinbeck
Paper Book, 1962
Tags
travel, Steinbeck, USA, travelogue, quest, memoir, dogs, non-fiction, Americana, adventure, journalism — 3 more, travel narrative, poodles, wanderlust
Status
Available
Call number
818/.5203B

Arctic drift

by Clive Cussler
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
novel, Northwest Passage, global warming, Arctic, Canada, British Columbia, Nunavit, Royal Geographic Society Islands, adventure, Dirk Pitt, suspense — 1 more, 'withdrawn - Aug 09'
Collection
Withdrawn
Series
Dirk Pitt (20)
Status
Available
Call number
813/.54

Hippolyte's island

by Barbara Hodgson
Hardcover, 2001
Tags
fiction, illustrated novel, terra incognia, islands, adventure, South Atlantic, imaginary
Status
Available
Call number
813/.54

The Return of the King : Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings

by J.R.R. Tolkien
Book, 1966
Tags
fantasy, Middle Earth, Lord of the Rings, epic, Frodo Baggins, Gollum, hobbits, war, destruction, quest, darkness — 3 more, evil, triumph, adventure
Series
The Lord of the Rings (3)
Status
Available
Call number
823.912

The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, Part 1)

by J.R.R. Tolkien
Hardcover, 1965
Tags
fantasy, Tolkien, Middle Earth, Lord of the Rings, quest, Frodo, Frodo Baggins, Dark Riders, Council of Elrond, ring, adventure — 2 more, war, shire
Series
The Lord of the Rings (1)
Status
Available
Call number
823.912

The little ark

by Jan De Hartog
Paper Book, 1953
Tags
novel, Netherlands, floods, dikes, adventure, children
Status
Available
Call number
823.91

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

by Kate Dicamillo
Paperback, 2007
Tags
children, fiction, china rabbit, illustrated, adventure, journey, fantasy
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

A Trip to the Stars

by Nicholas Christopher
Hardcover, 2000
Tags
"library book", astronomy, fiction, magical realism, adventure, kidnapping
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Inkheart

by Cornelia Funke
Paperback, 2005
Tags
young adult, fantasy, fiction, books about books, magic, adventure, fairy, Meggie, "withdrawn - May 08"
Collection
Withdrawn
Series
Inkworld (1)
Status
Available
Call number
833.914

Are You My Mother?

by P.D. Eastman
Hardcover, 1960
Tags
children, illustrated, birds, chick, adventure, Dr. Seuss, board book, family, fiction, animals, withdrawn - Oct 2013
Collection
Withdrawn
Status
Available
Call number
813.52

Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori, Book 1)

by Lian Hearn
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
"library book", Japan, medieval, novel, fantasy, Otori, adventure, alternate history, feudal Japan, Tales of the Otori, suspense — 1 more, Samurai
Series
Tales of the Otori (1)
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

Dream Weaver

by Penina Keen Spinka
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
novel, Native American, Norse, adventure, Greenland
Series
Clan van de Wolf (2)
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Third-class Ticket (Penguin Travel Library)

by Heather Wood
Paperback, 1990
Tags
travel, India, railroads, adventure
Status
Available
Call number
915.4

Riding the Iron Rooster

by Paul Theroux
Paperback, 1989
Tags
China, travel, train, steam locomotives, railroads, railways, travelogue, Paul Theroux, adventure, rail journeys
Status
Available
Call number
915.1

Legend of Weathertop (Tolkien Quest)

by Heike Kubasch
Paperback, 1985
Tags
Tolkien, adventure, role-playing, game
Series
Tolkien Quest
Status
Available
Call number
793.93

The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream

by Paulo Coelho
Paperback, 1995
Tags
"2 copies", fable, journey, Coelho, destiny, inspiration, Egypt, North Africa, fiction, allegory, personal development — 7 more, self-discovery, adventure, shepherd, travel, wisdom, Maghreb, Paulo Coelho
Status
Available
Call number
869.342

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Signet Classics)

by Mark Twain
Paperback, 1959
Tags
novel, American, Mississippi River, boys, journey, adventure, slavery, classic
Status
Available
Call number
813.4

The Odyssey : the story of Odysseus

by Homer
Book, 1951
Tags
Greek, epic, journey, odyssey, classic, Homer, literature, adventure, Odysseus, Ancient Greece, Mediterranean Sea — 2 more, Ithaca, The Odyssey
Series
Homer's Epic Cycle (2)
Status
Available
Call number
883.01

The Heavenly Horse from the Outermost West

by Mary Stanton
Paperback, 1988
Tags
fantasy, horses, fable, adventure
Series
The Heavenly Horse from the Outermost West (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

The Cricket in Times Square

by Garth Selden
Paperback, 1960
Tags
children, cats, New York, mouse, crickets, New York City, adventure, anthropomorphic, George Selden, Garth Williams, talking animals — 1 more, mice
Series
Chester Cricket and Friends (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

The Eight

by Katherine Neville
Paperback, 1990
Tags
fiction, time shift, France, NYC, chess, Montglane Service, suspense, adventure, secret societies, Algiers, nuns — 5 more, Charlemagne, Paris, Russia, freemasons, intrigue
Series
Montglane Service (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

The Scarlet Pimpernell

by Baroness Orczy
Book, 196?
Tags
historical fiction, French Revolution, adventure, France, romance
Series
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1), The Scarlet Pimpernel, French Publication Order (1)
Status
Available
Call number
823.912

Life of Pi

by Yann Martel
Paperback, 2003
Tags
stranded, lifeboat, imaginary, novel, shipwrecks, survival, tigers, fiction, adventure, India, animals — 1 more, Canadian literature
Status
Available
Call number
813.54
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