A Noose for the Desperado by Clifton Adams

Outlaw Tall Cameron rides in to Ocotillo, Arizona and is immediatey set up by Marta, a Mexican hell-cat, for a gunning down by a bent US Marshall. Cameron survives the attempt and works his way into the local gang, joining in the vicious raids against smuggling parties from south of the border. Along the way we soon realize that Tall Cameron isn't much of a noble rogue, but is about as unhinged as they come. In fact, no one in Ocotillo is dealing with a full deck. It's the last town north of Hell, where loyalty lasts as long as the next silver dollar. It's dark and bloody, and as bleak as a desert-fried skull.

 A Monk of Fife by Andrew Lang

A Monk of Fife is a fictitious narrative purporting to be written by a young Scot in France from 1429 to 1431, During the time of Joan of Arc.

A Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne

This is the thrilling classic tale by Jules Verne about a voyage to the center of the earth, where a lost civilization is found.

The genre of subterranean fiction already existed long before Verne. However, Journey considerably added to the genre's popularity and influenced later such writings. For example, Edgar Rice Burroughs explicitly acknowledged Verne's influence on his own Pellucidar series.  The story involves German professor Otto Lidenbrock who believes there are volcanic tubes going toward the centre of the Earth. He, his nephew Axel, and their guide Hans descend into the Icelandic volcano Snæfellsjökull, encountering many adventures, including prehistoric animals and natural hazards, before eventually coming to the surface again in southern Italy, at the Stromboli volcano.

A Desert Drama by Arthur Conan Doylefb4+

A very telling tale of people aboard a ship traveling down the Nile who are captured and sometimes tortured by a group of Islamic Egyptians.  Terrifying tale of travelers being captured and tortured by historical Moslems over a century ago.

A Daughter of the Sioux by Charles King

A Daughter of the Sioux is a classic tale of the Old West and the demise of the Indian.  It appears that the heroine of the story learns to lie and cheat, just as she was taught to do by those who captured her.  An amazing tale of the end of an era.