Best of
Adventure

1962

Three Cheers for Me


Donald Jack - 1962
    Bartholomew Bandy, fourth-year medical student, decides that it is time to join the War. The prim young Canadian expects that he will have few problems remaining clean and virtuous. But he is aware that his bland, horse-like face drives people crazy, and that he has a certain tendency to be accident-prone. How will the war affect him, and vice versa? The realities of trench war at the front provide a contrasting backdrop for his adventures, as he blunders into contact with all sorts of people, both fictional and historical (the King, Lester Pearson, and Winston Churchill). Three Cheers For Me was first published in 1962, to wide critical acclaim. This expanded version first appeared in 1973, to launch the series now known as The Bandy Papers.

Bristle Face


Zachary Ball - 1962
    When the two enter Lute Swank's general store, they know they've found another friend--and maybe even a home. ALA Notable Book.

The Sinking of the Bismarck: The Deadly Hunt


William L. Shirer - 1962
    But the Allies had to sink it - or risk losing the war. Shirer, famed WWII correspondent and author of 'The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich', captures every moment of the perilous mission. However, a mixture and luck and new technology turned the tide in the Allies' favour.

The Marvelous Inventions of Alvin Fernald


Clifford B. Hicks - 1962
    Maybe it's the Foolproof Burglar Alarm for his bedroom door, or a Sure Shot Paper Slinger for delivering newspapers from his bike. But there's no doubt about it, as his sister the Pest says, Alvin is a genius! With his best friend Wilfred Shoemaker (Shoie for short) and the Pest, who always tags along, there is never a dull moment as Alvin unfolds the most brilliant plan of his career to solve the mystery surrounding the old Huntley place.

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase


Joan Aiken - 1962
    Left in the care of the cruel Miss Slighcarp, the girls can hardly believe what is happening to their once happy home. The servants are dismissed, the furniture is sold, and Bonnie and Sylvia are sent to a prison-like orphan school. It seems as if the endless hours of drudgery will never cease.With the help of Simon the gooseboy and his flock, they escape. But how will they ever get Willoughby Chase free from the clutches of the evil Miss Slighcarp?

The Diamond in the Window


Jane Langton - 1962
    After all, they live in one of the most remarkable houses in all of Concord. But they never guessed just how extraordinary their house really is, or what tremendous secrets about their family's past it holds. That is, until they discover the magical attic room with its beautiful stained-glass window, abandoned toys, and two perfectly made-up, empty beds that seem to be waiting, perhaps for two children just like themselves....

The Moonspinners


Mary Stewart - 1962
    Then on her day off, she links up with two hiking companions who have inadvertently stumbledupon a scene of blood vengeance. And suddenly the life Nicola adores is in danger of coming to an abrupt, brutal, and terrifying end . .

Torpedo Run


Robb White - 1962
    Navy PT boat, the Slewfoot, is off the coast of New Guinea during World War II. The new captain can only operate "by the book" which causes deep resentment and even mutiny, resulting in a test of wills.

Mountaineering in Scotland / Undiscovered Scotland


W.H. Murray - 1962
    This is an omnibus edition of the two books, published a ye ar after Murray''s death. '

Once Long Ago: Folk and Fairy Tales of the World


Roger Lancelyn Green - 1962
    A collection of tales from around the world:- The Boy and the Wolves- The Son of the Wolf Chief- The Blacksmith and the Devil- The Prince and teh Fairy- Zoulvisia- The Bunyip- The Nyamatsanes- The Story of Yara- The Fairy Wife- The Young Man and the Sea Maid- Long, Stout, and Sharpeyes- Hans, the Mermaid's Son- The Magic Book- The Treasure Thief- Jack and the Beanstalk- Coat of Rushes- The Three Bears- The Six Sillies- Sedna and the Hunter- The Dragon of the North- The Hungry Beasts- The Twelve Dancing Princesses - Johnny Nut and the Golden Goose- The Sleeping Beauty- Puss in Boots- Cinderella- Little Snow White- The Singing, Soaring Lark- The Three Treasures- The Fisherman and his Wife- The Hungry Prince- The Princess Atalanta- Yannikas and Marika- The Boy and the Dragon- The Grateful Animals- The Witch in the Stone Boat- The Lucky Adventurer- The Black Thief- The Leprechaun- The Frog Princess- The Cat Lovers- The Foolish Giant- The Three Princes- The Wonderful Twins- The Cunning Tortoise- Why the Sea is Salt- Soria Moria Castle- The Magic Bird- The Prince and the Maiden- The Glass Mountain- The Bones of Djulung- The Prince and the Dove- The Magic Mirror- The Two Kings- The Voice of Death- Koschei the Undying- The Witch in the Wood- Childe Roland- The Brown Bull of Norrows- The Three Beggars- The Cunning Shoemaker- The Half-Chick- The Water of Life- The Coward- The Prince and teh Fox- The Griffin- Abu Nowas and his Wife- Madschun- The Fairy of the Lake

Lawrence of Arabia


Alistair MacLean - 1962
    That and more is what readers will find in this spellbinding biography of Lawrence of Arabia that is impossible to put down. Bestselling author and screenwriter Alistair MacLean follows Lawrence as he breaks with tradition to live with Arabs and, using modern-day guerrilla tactics, helps them defeat the Turks and gain an independent state. In addition to the enthralling details of the campaign, MacLean provides valuable insight into the origins of the Middle East we know today.

A Topsy-Turvy Planet


Nikolai Sladkov - 1962
    FROM THE BACK COVER Perhaps you would like to know how "A Topsy-Turvy Planet" came to be written. Well, it was this way: The launching of the first manned spaceship fired all our youngsters with the ambition to be astronauts. And who could blame them? There's such a thrill about the very words - stars, rockets, weightlessness. And the prospect of swimming in air as you do in water, even head down if you so please. And all the surprises sure to be waiting for you on those distant planets - all the extraordinary beasts, and birds, and plants, and landscapes, so different from all that we are accustomed to seeing here on Earth. But - I reflected - is not our own Earth rich in extraordinary beasts, and birds, and plants, and landscapes? And in the most amazing of adventures, too? Was it not here that Baron Munchausen and Tartarin of Tarascon performed their incredible exploits? And both Munchausen and Tartarin pale before my good friend Paramon, whose stories - and the name Paramon, I would have you know, means Firm and Reliable - whose stories are so fascinating that not even a ticket to the films, not even the most exciting of TV programmes can tear the youngsters away when he gets to talking. And so I decided to put some of these stories of Paramon's into a book, for all the youngsters to read; because I, too, like Paramon, am convinced that nowhere in creation can you find more beautiful, more amazing, more interesting a planet than our own Earth. Perhaps it is just that I have never visited outer space, not even in my dreams, that makes me feel that way about it. Or, perhaps, it is simply the deep love I bear to this Earth we live on, to its familiar - and unfamiliar - seas and mountains, forests and plains, birds and beasts. All the books I have written - fifteen of them - are devoted to Nature as we find her here on Earth. There's one about hunters after bird songs; another about mountain trails that lead no one knows where; a third about what you can see out of the corners of your eyes; a fourth about friendship among birds; a fifth about ten used cartridge cases and the memories each of them holds fresh for the hunter. You'll know these books if you come across them, for their titles reveal their content: "Hunting Bird Songs," "Nameless Trail," "Out of the Corners of Your Eyes," "Bird Friendship," and "Ten Used Cartridges." The remaining ten are of the same type. So much for my books. As to my own life story, there's no room left for that. Some other time, perhaps. N. SLADKOV

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (Little Golden Book)


Emma Gelders Sterne - 1962
    The tales of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table transcend time. Unavailable for decades, this collection combines the work of renowned illustrator Gustaf Tenggren with captivating storytelling, and reignites the magic of an age long ago and far away. Includes an Introduction by Mary Pope Osborne. Full-color illustrations.

Everybody Duck: Or, Family Plan to Buenos Aires


Virginia Hamilton - 1962
    

The Little White Hen


Anita Hewett - 1962
    

Hatari!


Michael Milner - 1962
    They were doing all right at it, too, until she came along. She was a famous news photographer, and when she'd written asking to cover their latest safari she'd signed herself A.M. D'Allesandro. Naturally they'd assumed she was a man. So when she turned up looking like she was off for a fashionable Roman cocktail party, it looked like trouble. It was, too, but not the kind that any of them had anticipated.