Adventure books from France
Recommended adventure books (21)
Travel the world without leaving your chair.
If you are into adventure here are some adventure books from France for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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Annapurna by Maurice Herzog EN
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This day-by-day account of the French expedition that first conquered a 26,493-foot peak in the Himalayas presents the thrills and dangers of such a venture.
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Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne EN
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Verne's classic novel of global voyaging One night in the reform club, Phileas Fogg bets his companions that he can travel across the globe in just eighty days. Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life, he immediately sets off for Dover with his astonished valet Passepartout. Passing through exotic lands and dangerous locations, they seize whatever transportation is at hand - whether train or elephant - overcoming set-backs and always racing against the clock. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world.... continue
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Five Weeks in a Balloon by Jules Verne EN
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Five Weeks in a Balloon, or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen is an adventure novel by Jules Verne published in 1863.
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Flight to Arras by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry EN
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The World War II aviator and author of The Little Prince tells his true story of flying a reconnaissance plane during the Battle of France in 1940. When the Germans first invaded France in May of 1940, the French Air Force had a mere fifty reconnaissance crews, twenty-three of which served in Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s Group II/33. After only a few days, seventeen of the crews in Saint-Exupéry’s unit had already perished. Flight to Arras is the harrowing story of a single mission over the French town of Arras, an endeavor Saint-Exupéry realized the futility of even as he witnessed it unfolding... continue
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From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne EN
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A scientist and members of a gun club decide they will build a spaceship that can reach the moon.
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Harold and Maude by Colin Higgins EN
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Nineteen-year-old Harold Chasen is obsessed with death. He fakes suicides to shock his self-obsessed mother, drives a hearse, and attends funerals of complete strangers. Seventy-nine-year-old Maude Chardin, on the other hand, adores life. She liberates trees from city sidewalks and transplants them to the forest, paints smiles on the faces of church statues, and "borrows" cars to remind their owners that life is fleeting—here today, gone tomorrow! A chance meeting between the two turns into a madcap, whirlwind romance, and Harold learns that life is worth living, and how to play the banjo. Har... continue
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In Search of the Castaways by Jules Verne EN
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A Romantic Narrative of the Loss of Captain Grant of The Brig Britannia and of the Adventures of his Children and Friends in his Discovery and Rescue. In Search of the Castaways (French: Les Enfants du capitaine Grant, lit. 'The Children of Captain Grant') is a novel by the French writer Jules Verne, published in 1867–68. The book tells the story of the quest for Captain Grant of the Britannia. After finding a bottle the captain had cast into the ocean after the Britannia is shipwrecked, Lord and Lady Glenarvan of Scotland contact Mary and Robert, the young daughter and son of Captain Grant, t... continue
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La nuit des fugitifs by Manon Fargetton FR
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Trois ans après avoir échappé au Pr Klein, Morgane et Izia sont réunies par Nathan, leur ami décédé et réincarné en intelligence artificielle. Elles veulent récupérer la vidéo de Klein, qui y révèle l’identité des commanditaires de son projet. Au cours d’un huis-clos angoissant, les adolescents hybrides héros du Suivant sur la liste tentent de découvrir la vérité sur leurs origines et de trouver leur place dans une société qui les exhibe comme des bêtes de foire.
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Le Suivant sur la liste by Manon Fargetton FR
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Adolescent doué mais discret, Nathan est percuté mortellement par un automobiliste devant son collège. Témoin de la scène grâce à sa vision exceptionnelle, Izia sait que le chauffeur a agi intentionnellement. Non loin de là, Morgane, une irrésistible jeune fille, rend visite à sa mère internée et rencontre Timothée, que le moindre contact physique avec autrui fait souffrir. Bientôt tous trois reçoivent des messages posthumes de Nathan. Réunis puis traqués, ils découvrent qu’ils sont nés dans la même clinique par procréation médicalement assistée. De quelles manipulations ont-ils été cobayes ?... continue