"Most of these stories are about murder: We see what can drive a person to murder. Some people are angry or frightened. Others are clever planners. In one of the stories we meet a man who is making careful preparations for his third murder. WIll he succeed?"--Back cover note.
It is difficult to be really bad at something, but the people in this book manage to succeed! The book features tales of drivers who can't drive, travellers who get lost all the time and policemen who can't catch criminals.
In 1960s America, four young boys go on a journey to search for the body of a boy killed by a train. As they travel, they discover how cruel the world can be, but also how wondrous.
Every year, millions of tourists visit New York--the most exciting city in the world. Read about its history, its sights and its people. What makes New York "the city that never sleeps?"
"She was a brazen hussy." "She wasn't. And she was pretty, wasn't she?" "I didn't look ... And tell your girls, my son, that when they're running after you, they're not to come and ask your mother for you - tell them that - brazen baggages you meet at dancing classes"
A horse is a horse of course unless of course the horse is Black Beauty. Animal-loving children have been devoted to Black Beauty throughout this century, and no doubt will continue through the next.
So begins the Time Traveller’s astonishing firsthand account of his journey 800,000 years beyond his own era—and the story that launched H.G. Wells’s successful career and earned him his reputation as the father of science fiction. With a speculative leap that still fires the imagination, Wells sends his brave explorer to face a future burdened with our greatest hopes...and our darkest fears.
Mitch McDeere is young, intelligent and ambitious. When he gets a job with the law firm of Bendini, Lambert, & Locke it seems to be the path to money and power. But soon Mitch finds that the firm is listening to all his phone calls, and the FBI wants to speak to him. Money and power has a price, and it could be Mitch's life.
The mysterious StarGate is 10,000 years old. When a group of soldiers go through it, they travel millions of miles to a strange new world. There they have to fight to stay alive. Will they live? Will they find a way to get back to Earth?
While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune.
Based on recent American presidents, this is the story of Jack Stanton, a young governor who wants to become President of the USA. Henry Burton can help him to achieve his dream, but he is about to discover the dark secrets in Stanton's past and must decide for himself what is right and wrong.
Every year, Peter and Susan go to Lea-on-Sea for their holiday: every year they stay at the Hotel Vista. This year things start to go wrong. A man is pretending to be Peter. But why? Is he friendly or dangerous - what does he want? Will this, their thirteenth visit to Lea-on-Sea be their last?
The War of the Worlds is one of the most frightening science fiction novels ever written. When a spaceship falls from the sky and lands in southern England, few people are worried. But when strange creatures climb out and start killing, nobody is safe.
The Godfather—the epic tale of crime and betrayal that became a global phenomenon.
The story of Robin Hood is very famous. Robin Hood robbed rich people and gave the money to the poor people. He loved adventure, and he was the best fighter in England. The greedy Sheriff of Nottingham hated Robin, and the beautiful Lady Marian loved him.
"The Gift of the Magi" is a short story, written by O. Henry (a pen name for William Sydney Porter), about a young married couple and how they deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money. As a sentimental story with a moral lesson about gift-giving, it has been a popular one for adaptation, especially for presentation at Christmas time. The plot and its twist ending are well-known, and the ending is generally considered an example of comic irony. It was allegedly written at Pete's Tavern on Irving Place in New York City.
Meet Forrest Gump, the lovable, herculean, and surprisingly savvy hero of this remarkable comic odyssey.
Donna meets Mark on a boat to Spain. She likes him and he likes her, but then Mark sees Donna dancing with his brother Dave. Is Donna in love with Mark and, if so, why is she dancing with Dave?
In suburban Georgetown a killer's Reeboks whisper on the front floor of a posh home...
The Wave is based on a true incident that occured in a high school history class in Palo Alto, California, in 1969.
