Action & Adventure Fiction - a genre of audiobooks on the website knigi-audio.com/en/. Page - 11
First on the Moon - Jeff SUTTON
First on the Moon - Jeff SUTTON
- Author: Jeff SUTTON
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Science Fiction
The four men had been scrutinized, watched, investigated, and intensively trained for more than a year. They were the best men to be found for that first, all-important flight to the Moon--the pioneer manned rocket that would give either the East or...
Ten Years Later - Alexandre Dumas
Ten Years Later - Alexandre Dumas
- Author: Alexandre Dumas
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Historical Fiction
After The Three Muskateers and Twenty Years After the adventurous story of Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan continues! The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later (French: Le Vicomte de Bragelonne ou Dix ans plus tard) is the last of the...
Treasure Island (version 3, dramatic reading) - Robert Louis Stevenson
Treasure Island (version 3, dramatic reading) - Robert Louis Stevenson
- Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Dramatic Readings / Nautical & Marine Fiction
When a rough old seaman calling himself "the Captain" appears at the inn owned by Jim Hawkins' father, young Jim little dreams what adventures will follow in the man's wake. Soon, the once-peaceful inn is threatened by pirates, Jim's father is laid...
Thorstein of the Mere: A Saga of the Northmen in Lakeland - William Gershom COLLINGWOOD
Thorstein of the Mere: A Saga of the Northmen in Lakeland - William Gershom COLLINGWOOD
- Author: William Gershom COLLINGWOOD
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Historical Fiction
A fine adventure set in 10th-century England at a time when everyday life in north was made hazardous by wars and shifting alliances among Saxon, British and Norse rulers. Thorstein, like his father Swein before him, is a peaceful Norse settler but...
Inca Lands - Hiram Bingham
Inca Lands - Hiram Bingham
- Author: Hiram Bingham
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / *Non-fiction / History
Prof. Hiram Bingham of Yale Makes the Greatest Archaeological Discovery of the Age by Locating and Excavating Ruins of Machu Picchu on a Peak in the Andes of Peru.There is nothing new under the sun, they say. That is only relatively true. Just now,...
A Desert Drama: Being the Tragedy Of The Korosko - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A Desert Drama: Being the Tragedy Of The Korosko - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Historical Fiction
Also published under the title The Tragedy of the Korosko (1898). A group of European tourists are enjoying their trip to Egypt in the year 1895. They are sailing up the River Nile in a "a turtle-bottomed, round-bowed stern-wheeler", the Korosko....
The Snow-Burner - Henry OYEN
The Snow-Burner - Henry OYEN
- Author: Henry OYEN
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction
The Snow-Burner is what the Native Americans called Reivers, and it was a rough and tumble life in the land where Reivers chose to live up to his name. The name was attributed to Reivers upon his proof after arriving in the north country because of...
The Master of the World - Jules Verne
The Master of the World - Jules Verne
- Author: Jules Verne
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Detective Fiction / Science Fiction
Chief Inspector Strock gets the tough cases. When a volcano suddenly appears to threaten mountain towns of North Carolina amid the non-volcanic Blue Ridge Mountains, Strock is posted to determine the danger. When an automobile race in Wisconsin is...
The Blockade Runners - Jules Verne
The Blockade Runners - Jules Verne
- Author: Jules Verne
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Historical Fiction / War & Military Fiction
Writing at the end of the American Civil War, Verne weaves this story of a Scottish merchant who, in desperation at the interruption of the flow of Southern cotton due to the Union blockade, determines to build his own fast ship and run guns to the...
David and the Phoenix - Edward ORMONDROYD
David and the Phoenix - Edward ORMONDROYD
- Author: Edward ORMONDROYD
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Action & Adventure Fiction / Fantastic Fiction
David knew that one should be prepared for anything when one climbs a mountain, but he never dreamed what he would find that June morning on the mountain ledge. There stood an enormous bird, with a head like an eagle, a neck like a swan, and a...
Dorothy Dixon and the Mystery Plane - Noel E. SAINSBURY, JR.
Dorothy Dixon and the Mystery Plane - Noel E. SAINSBURY, JR.
- Author: Noel E. SAINSBURY JR.
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Action & Adventure
Young peoples book of adventure in aviation with young women in the lead rolls. This is in the earlier days of aviation. - Summary by Susan Morin...
The Odyssey - Homer
The Odyssey - Homer
- Author: Homer
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Nautical & Marine Fiction
The Odyssey is one of the two major ancient Greek epic poems (the other being the Iliad), attributed to the poet Homer. The poem is commonly dated to between 800 and 600 BC. The poem is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, and concerns the events that...
The Rover Boys in the Jungle - Arthur M. Winfield
The Rover Boys in the Jungle - Arthur M. Winfield
- Author: Arthur M. Winfield
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
Third entry in the then-popular boys' adventure series has the Rover brothers (Tom, Dick, & Sam) heading to Africa to search for their long-missing father, after a few more adventures at their upstate New York boarding school, Putnam Hall. -...
Aces Up - Covington CLARKE
Aces Up - Covington CLARKE
- Author: Covington CLARKE
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction
A crack American flying troop has been sent to France, where they await further instructions. They are concerned that their extensive talents will not be put to good use in the war. Major Cowan introduces Lt. McGee as the British instructor for the...
Isobel - James Oliver Curwood
Isobel - James Oliver Curwood
- Author: James Oliver Curwood
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction
Action, intrigue, and a touch of romance in the farthest reaches of northern Canada. Sergeant Billy MacVeigh of the Canadian Northwest Mounted, with his only partner Pelliter are the only official representatives in the lonely and desolate reaches...
Kazan - James Oliver Curwood
Kazan - James Oliver Curwood
- Author: James Oliver Curwood
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Nature & Animal Fiction
Kazan (sometimes published with the subtitle The Wolf Dog) is a once very popular novel by environmentalist and author James Oliver Curwood. After a trip to the Yukon area of Canada and Alaska, Curwood wrote a series of wilderness adventure novels...
Blake of the "Rattlesnake" - Frederick Thomas JANE
Blake of the "Rattlesnake" - Frederick Thomas JANE
- Author: Frederick Thomas JANE
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Nautical & Marine Fiction / War & Military Fiction
Fred Jane, who later went on to publish his famous "Jane's Fighting Ships", doubtless was noting the success of other books that forecast a British defeat in the event of war in the late 19th century when he wrote this fictional account of "The Man...
Historic Girls - Elbridge Streeter BROOKS
Historic Girls - Elbridge Streeter BROOKS
- Author: Elbridge Streeter BROOKS
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Action & Adventure Fiction / Short Stories
Twelve short stories of real girls who have influenced the history of their times. (Summary by Carmen H)...
Queen Sheba's Ring - H. Rider Haggard
Queen Sheba's Ring - H. Rider Haggard
- Author: H. Rider Haggard
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
A famed archeologist, an aging doctor, and a young army engineer set out across the African desert on a great adventure. Professor Higgs is in search of new archeological discoveries, Dr. Adams seeks to rescue his kidnapped son, and Captain Orme...
The Pride of Jennico - Egerton CASTLE
The Pride of Jennico - Egerton CASTLE
- Author: Egerton CASTLE
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Fictional Biographies & Memoirs
"The death of a patriarch, unexpected inheritance of a second son, dark and stormy castle, faithful retainers, scary governess who never speaks, star-crossed lovers -- I could go on, but that would involve spoilers! All you'd want and expect from a...
The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu - Sax Rohmer
The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu - Sax Rohmer
- Author: Sax Rohmer
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Detective Fiction
Burmese Commisioner Nayland Smith and his faithful friend Dr Petrie continue their fight against the evil genius of Dr Fu-Manchu when they seek to save the good doctor's lost love and protect the British Empire from disaster when their malignant...
Tangled Trails - William MacLeod RAINE
Tangled Trails - William MacLeod RAINE
- Author: William MacLeod RAINE
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Westerns / Published 1900 onward
The aptly titled "Tangled Trails, A Western Detective Story" takes the listener through a web of curious incidents revolving around the murder of a prominent man in Denver. Kirby Lane was quite obviously the guilty party in the murder of his uncle....
The Pony Rider Boys in the Rockies - Frank Gee Patchin
The Pony Rider Boys in the Rockies - Frank Gee Patchin
- Author: Frank Gee Patchin
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction
The Pony Rider Boys in the Rockies is the first book in the 12 part series by Frank Gee Patchin. (Summary by ashleighjane) Next book in the series: The Pony Rider Boys Texas...
Topsy-Turvy - Jules Verne
Topsy-Turvy - Jules Verne
- Author: Jules Verne
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Science Fiction
Topsy Turvy is a translation of Sans dessus dessous (1889) . This anonymous translation was first published by J. G. Ogilvie (New York, 1890). We meet our old friends Barbicane and J.T. Maston from βEarth to the Moonβ who now give us their own...
The Web of the Golden Spider - Frederick O. BARTLETT
The Web of the Golden Spider - Frederick O. BARTLETT
- Author: Frederick O. BARTLETT
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction
The Web of the Golden Spider is a tale of mystery, intrigue and adventure that begins in the city, progresses to a mutinous open sea voyage, eventually leading to the remotest areas on the slopes of the Andes of South America. Wilson, our hero,...
Beowulf - Unknown
Beowulf - Unknown
- Author: Unknown
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Poetry
Beowulf. [Translated by Francis Barton Gummere].This is a short but beautiful book, and the Gummere translation really captures the feel of the Old English. Beowulf tells the story of a mysterious young warrior who saves the Spear-Danes from the...
The Texan Star - Joseph A. Altsheler
The Texan Star - Joseph A. Altsheler
- Author: Joseph A. Altsheler
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
This is the first story in the Texan series by Joseph Altsheler. The Texan Star outlines the great Texan struggle for freedom, following the adventures of the main character, Ned Fulton. (Summary by Edmonds)...
813 - Maurice Leblanc
813 - Maurice Leblanc
- Author: Maurice Leblanc
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Detective Fiction
As usual, gentleman thief Arsène Lupin finds himself wrongfully accused of murder, and must find the real killer to clear his coloured name. (Summary by Cathy Barratt)...
The Four Stragglers - Frank L. Packard
The Four Stragglers - Frank L. Packard
- Author: Frank L. Packard
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Crime & Mystery Fiction
This thrilling novel teems with intrigue and unforgettable characters. It opens during WWI with a few allied soldiers lost at night behind German lines. One of them shoots at another in the darkness. Members of a criminal gang before the war, the...
The Yellow Sheet (LibriVox NaNoWriMo novel 2007) - LIBRIVOX VOLUNTEERS
The Yellow Sheet (LibriVox NaNoWriMo novel 2007) - LIBRIVOX VOLUNTEERS
- Author: LIBRIVOX VOLUNTEERS
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Crime & Mystery Fiction / Fantastic Fiction
An atomic bomb explodes in the mountains of Montana. But was there really a bomb? And was it really in Montana, or in Tokyo? Are Liz and Elizabeth the same woman, is she married with children, is her husband a spy? These and many other questions are...
The Game - Jack London
The Game - Jack London
- Author: Jack London
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Sports Fiction
Jack London wrote at least four stories about boxing; A Piece of Steak (1909), The Mexican (1911), The Abysmal Brute (1911), and The Game (1905). The Game is told, in part, from the point of view of a woman, the fiancΓ©e of one of the competitors....
Snowdrift - James B. HENDRYX
Snowdrift - James B. HENDRYX
- Author: James B. HENDRYX
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction
The story revolves around Carter Brent, an alcoholic and gambler who had struck gold many times in the Yukon, but gambled and drank it away in Dawson; and Snowdrift, the half-breed who had spent her life with a wandering band of Indians in the...
Five Children and It (Version 2) - E. Nesbit
Five Children and It (Version 2) - E. Nesbit
- Author: E. Nesbit
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Action & Adventure Fiction / Fantastic Fiction
This delightful novel begins when a family of five children moves from London to the English countryside. While playing in a gravel pit soon after the move, they discover an ancient and rather grumpy sand-fairy known as the Psammead, who agrees to...
Havelok the Dane: A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln - Charles Watts WHISTLER
Havelok the Dane: A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln - Charles Watts WHISTLER
- Author: Charles Watts WHISTLER
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Culture & Heritage Fiction / Historical Fiction
Troy, Athens, Rome... each has its founding legend. So too does the Lincolnshire town of Grimsby, once the largest fishing port in the world. Havelok the Dane probably derives from a folk-tale, orally passed down before assuming written form - first...
The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke - C. J. Dennis
The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke - C. J. Dennis
- Author: C. J. Dennis
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Poetry
The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke is a verse novel by Australian novelist and poet C. J. Dennis. The book sold over 60,000 copies in nine editions within the first year, and is probably one of the highest selling verse novels ever published in...
The Moorland Cottage - Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
The Moorland Cottage - Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
- Author: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Literary Fiction / Nautical & Marine Fiction
"Maggie Brown is torn between her mother who constantly tells her to live for her selfish brother (to whom she gives all her love) to her wish to marry Frank and live for herself. Maggie's plight for independence shows the change in women's role,...
Brazilian Gold Mine Mystery - Andy ADAMS
Brazilian Gold Mine Mystery - Andy ADAMS
- Author: Andy ADAMS
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
Mystery adventure, fiction ( Peter Thomlinson). This is a very exciting and gripping story set in the jungles of Brazil and Venezuela, and the quest for the famous El Dorado gold. Incidents with dangerous wild animals, not to mention encounters with...
Through Glacier Park, Seeing America First with Howard Eaton - Mary Roberts Rinehart
Through Glacier Park, Seeing America First with Howard Eaton - Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Author: Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / *Non-fiction / Nature
This is about a three-hundred mile trip across the Rocky Mountains on horseback with Howard Eaton. It is about fishing, and cool nights around a camp-fire, and long days on the trail. It is about a party of all sorts, from everywhere, of men and...
The Land of Frozen Suns - Bertrand W. SINCLAIR
The Land of Frozen Suns - Bertrand W. SINCLAIR
- Author: Bertrand W. SINCLAIR
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
Bertrand W. Sinclair was known for his novels which centered in and around the rugged and frozen terrain of Montana and later, British Columbia. The Land of Frozen Suns is primarily an action and adventure novel which takes place near the northern...
Bill Bolton and Hidden Danger - Noel E. SAINSBURY, JR.
Bill Bolton and Hidden Danger - Noel E. SAINSBURY, JR.
- Author: Noel E. SAINSBURY JR.
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
Third entry in series of mystery-adventures about Midshipman Bill Bolton, a 17-year-old US Navy pilot. - Summary by Matt Pierard...
