Harker had written a Poem before he was killed. But why? Harker wasn't a poet. He didn't even read poetry. He was aclever man, a tough man but he was interested in money, not in poetry. John Samuel Fame didn't understand it.
Ed Malone, a young newspaper reporter, joins a team of explorers, headed by the eccentric Professor Challenger, who claims he has found a lost world where animals believed to have become extinct millions of years ago still survive. Are there really dinosaurus living deep intje Amazon jungle?
Basil Hallward painted a picture of a young Dorian Gray, he admires. Dorian isa angry because he will grow old and the picture will stay the same. He wishes that the picture would age instead of him. He buys the picture and he hides it. The years pass and Dorian never seems to age. But his wishe has tragic consequences for many people.
Nancy Roberts was forty-six when her father died and Nancy was left alone in the world.rnrnThen she met Henry Jones and his sister. Nancy thought she would never be lonely again.rnrnBut a view weeks later she was alone - and she was ill. she was locked in a room at the top of a strange house.rnrnWould anyone find her before it was too late ?
Several of the best-loved Roman myths are gathered in this one beautiful abridged collection, from “Romulus and Remus” (which tells how Rome came to be) to “Cupid and Psyche,” “Oedipus and the Sphinx,” and more. For easy reference, there's also a detailed list and family tree of all the important gods and goddesses right at the start.
Here is the ultimate dog story, one filled with emotion, adventure, and excitement. During the Gold Rush, Buck is snatched away from his peaceful home and brought to the harsh and bitter Yukon to become a sled dog. Will he adapt, and learn to trust men? Or will his newly awakened primitive instincts lead him to search for the freedom he has never known?
The long-ago mysteries of the great opera house in Paris have never been explained. Why did so many terrible tragedies happen there? Why did everyone flee from it in fear? This gripping story about the opera ghost and the beautiful singer he loves launched one of most popular musicals in Broadway history - and it serves up enough thrills, chills, and surprises to keep even the most reluctant re…
Incredible sorcery, feats of great heroism, frightful battles and terrible curves astound in these fabled Greek myths of ancient times. Join Icarus on his legendary fight, journey into the underworld with Orpheus, and discover King Mida's golden touch! From Heracles's impossible quest to Perseus's battle with Medusa, thrills and excitement await in these fantastic tales. With Classic Starts,…
Once upon a time… there were two brothers, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, who gave the world some of the best-loved fairy tales ever written. From “Cinderella” and “Rumpelstiltskin” to “Snow White” and “The Brave Little Tailor,” this charming anthology offers young readers a wonderful introduction to 12 of the Grimms' most popular stories.
One boy, penniless and in rags, forced to beg in the street. The other, a king’s son, coddled and given all he could want. What happens when the two boys change clothes and places, and each one learns how the other half lives? Mark Twain’s satirical and suspenseful novel about the thin line that separates prince and pauper is a perennial favorite.