Books with title The Port of Adventure

USA Today bestselling writer, Dean Wesley Smith takes us on a thrill-ride adventure in some of the world’s most exotic places. In search of his missing father, Danny Hawk must survive against all odds and a long way from home. In 1970, Egypt breeds danger for Hawk and his friends. Hawk’s only hope to find his father rests in staying alive and ahead of the dangerous men chasing him. Sometimes only a half-step ahead.

Enid Blyton’s classic adventure series fantastically repackaged for a new generation of readers. When Bill takes Philip, Dinah, Lucy-Ann and Jack on a mysterious trip to the desolate northern isles, everything looks set for an exciting time. But then Bill is kidnapped and the children, marooned far from the mainland, find themselves playing a dangerous game of hide-and-seek with an unknown enemy.

The series of The Adventures of Angus are the most representative works of Marjorie Flake, including Angus and the Ducks, Angus and the Cat, Angus Lost, Angus and Wagtail Bess, Angus and Topsy. Angus and the Ducks is the third picture book of hers, and it is also the first story picture book in the real sense in the history of picture books. It is called 'the work laying the foundation of picture books'.

The latest entry in the Red Circle reprint series, this historical edition highlights one of the pioneering super-hero titles of the Silver Age: The Fly! Tommy Troy is a young boy whose world is turned upside down when he meets an emissary of the Fly World and is given a special ring that magically transforms him into the superhuman Fly! Considered an early prototype of Spider-Man, the Fly's earliest adventures were charted by some of the most legendary creative talent in comics: Jack Kirby! Joe Simon! Jack Davis! Al Williamson! All of these artists and more are featured in this special edition that collects titanic tales from 1959 and 1960. This Red Circle imprint features a special foreword by Joe Simon and a front cover illustration by fan-favorite Joe Staton.

A rare foray into all-ages work, “The Adventures of Venus” was Gilbert Hernandez’s contribution to the kids’ anthology Measles, which he edited in 1999 and 2000. Luba’s niece Venus creates and collects comic books, walks through a scary forest, plays soccer, schemes to get the cute boy she likes, laments the snowlessless of a California Christmas, catches measles, and travels to a distant planet (OK, the last one may be a dream).

Meet Bert.Say hallo to Bert.Bert is a friendly chap who has many strange and exciting adventures. For instance, one morning as he struggles to put on a shirt, Bert falls down the stairs, out the door, and into the back of a truck, which takes him on an unplanned journey to Scotland.Another time, Bert is chased down the street by a giant sausage.Not to worry! Plucky, enthusiastic Bert always rises to the occasion, in this high-spirited collaboration between an internationally acclaimed author and illustrator, who are working together for the first time.