Adventure

An Undivided Union

Optic, Oliver; Stratemeyer, Edward

An Undivided Union is a juvenile adventure set amid the turmoil of the American Civil War, written by Oliver…

La cuerda del ahorcado Últimas aventuras de Rocambole: I El Loco de Bedlam

Ponson du Terrail

The People of the Black Circle

Robert E. Howard

The story opens in a sweltering night inside the gold‑domed throne room of Vendhya, where the dying king…

De la terre à la lune, trajet direct en 97 heures 20 minutes

Jules Verne

Ce roman de science‑fiction, signé Jules Verne, débute en plein cœur de la guerre de Sécession, où un groupe…

Shadows in Zamboula

Robert E. Howard

The story is a Conan adventure set in the bustling, multicultural bazaar of Zamboula, a desert outpost where…

Astounding Stories, August, 1931

Various

Astounding Stories, August 1931 is a pulp‑era science‑fiction magazine, and its opening story thrusts the…

Desert Conquest; or, Precious Waters

A. M. Chisholm

Desert Conquest; or, Precious Waters is a Western adventure that opens aboard a rattling Pullman train…

Astounding Stories, May, 1931

Various

This May 1931 issue of Astounding Stories presents a single, self‑contained adventure that thrusts its…

The Young Alaskans on the Missouri

Emerson Hough

The Young Alaskans on the Missouri is a juvenile adventure set along the Missouri River in the era of early…

The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity

Francis Lovell Coombs

The Young Railroaders is a juvenile adventure tale that places its youthful protagonists amid the gritty…

Rinkitink in Oz

L. Frank Baum

Rinkitink in Oz is a youthful adventure that begins far from the familiar Emerald City, on the pearl‑rich…

Jewels of Gwahlur

Robert E. Howard

The story is a classic Robert E. Howard adventure that places the legendary Cimmerian barbarian Conan in a…

The True Story Book

The True Story Book is a sprawling historical narrative that begins with a vivid first‑person account of a…

The warlord of Mars

Edgar Rice Burroughs

The novel places you squarely in Edgar Rice Burroughs’s Barsoomian saga, a swash‑buckling science‑fiction…

The Secret of the Ninth Planet

Donald A. Wollheim

Donald A. Wollheim’s The Secret of the Ninth Planet is a mid‑century science‑fiction adventure that opens…

Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930

Various

Astounding Stories of Super‑Science, December 1930, is a pulp‑era magazine anthology that plunges the reader…

Astounding Stories, June, 1931

Various

Astounding Stories, June 1931 is a pulp‑era science‑fiction magazine, and this excerpt plunges the reader…

The Chessmen of Mars

Edgar Rice Burroughs

The opening places you squarely in Burroughs’s barsoomian adventure, a science‑fiction tale set on a vividly…

Camp-fire and Wigwam

Edward Sylvester Ellis

Camp‑fire and Wigwam is a juvenile adventure set in the American frontier, blending a coming‑of‑age tale with…

Een strijd om de schatten van Alva: of De watergeuzen in 1572

Bertrand, H.; Gunter, Archibald Clavering

Dit boek is een historisch avonturenverhaal dat zich afspeelt tijdens de Nederlandse Opstand van 1572.

France and England in North America, Part III: La Salle, Discovery of The Great West

Francis Parkman

Francis Parkman’s third volume in the “France and England in North America” series offers a detailed…

Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure

Charles H. L. Johnston

Charles H. L. Johnston’s Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea is a nineteenth‑century compendium…

Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891

Various

Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII is a late‑Victorian children’s periodical, issued on January 3, 1891…

The Arabian Nights: Their Best-known Tales

The Arabian Nights: Their Best‑known Tales is a curated selection from the legendary “Thousand and One…