adventure and adventurers

Presents eight adventurous episodes that took place in British Guyana, Saudi Arabia, the Arctic, and other parts of the world.

Presents true stories of survival, including those of Anne Frank, Nelson Mandela, and the people involved in the Iranian embassy siege.

While accompanying his father on an expedition up the Amazon River to a jaguar preserve in Brazil, fourteen-year-old Jacob must contend with dangerous animals and fortune hunters.

Tag Jones and his friend Cowboy are offered a job by a couple of shady characters who want them to retrieve a package from the ocean, and since it coincides with the boys' plans to dive for lost treasure, they agree and wind up in fear of their lives.

Driven from their impoverished Irish village, fifteen-year-old Maura and her younger brother meet their landlord's runaway son in Liverpool while all three wait for a ship to America; their fates continue to interwine on board ship and in the new world.

Roman Sanchez, still suffering from the death of his father, must use all his skills and knowledge to save himself and the lives of three classmates when they are kidnapped from school and held for ransom.

A mute orphan boy, with only shadowy recollections of his past, runs away from his cruel master and eventually joins Robin Hood and his followers in their forest hideaway.

While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune.

Ten true stories of people who had to escape harrowing circumstances, such as an avalanche or being stranded in a desert.

Tells the story of Chris McCandless, a twenty-four-year-old who walked into the Alaskan wilderness on an idealistic journey and was found dead of starvation four months later. Attempts to discover what led the young man to that point.