A man accused of murder! Can Holmes prove his innocence?
James McCarthy is the only suspect in his father’s murder. Yet Sherlock Holmes and James’s childhood friend Alice Turner believe he is innocent. Can Holmes unveil the real story behind the murder in Boscombe valley in time?
Is Violet Hunter’s new job too good be true?
Violet Hunter takes a job as a governess at the Copper Beeches. But she is puzzled when her employees ask her to cut her hair ad wear a special dress. Things get stranger still when she finds a lock of hair that looks like her own and a mysterious hallway. Violet turns to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson for help, but is it already too late?
It was the band. The speckle band!
After her sister Julia dies suddenly, Helen Stoner worries that she is the killer’s next target. With her last words, Julia insisted that the “speckled band” murdered her. Can Holmes and Watson discover the identity of the speckled band before Helen falls victim as well?
Can Napoleon vandal be caught?
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson learn from a criminal destroying Napoleon busts all over London. At first, they aren’t sure what to think. But when the criminal turns to murder, they know they must take action. Can they solve the case before the statue-smashing lunatic strikes again?
Ha Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are asked to help the king of Bohemia find a very important photograph. It won’t be easy. The king’s former love, Irene Adler, has hidden the photograph. Holmes must don a clever disguise, stage a brawl, and even a fake house fire to find the mysterious image! But has Holmes underestimated Irene Adler?
The supreme chief of the Sioux Indians, sitting bill waged war against the Americans for the freedom of his people and their sacred land. He famously defeated the US cavalry led by General custer at the battle of little bighorn in 1876. A wise and fearless warrior, he was the last Indian to surrender to the Us government.
Spartacus, an army deserter and slave, is forced to fight to the death as a gladiator for the entertainment of his masters. But Spartacus rebels. After a daring escape, he and his fellow slaves rise up to face the might of Rome.
Running away seemed like a good idea at the same time…
The widow Douglas I doing her best to civilize Huckleberry Finn, but it just isn’t working. Wearing clean clothes, going to school, and having a hot Meal waiting for him when he gets home are becoming bring and tedious.
There is an area to the east of north America in atlantic ocean that has seen many strange occurrences. From planes disappearing from radar screens, to ghost ships whose crews have vanished, one thing links these mysteries……. Nobody has been able to solve them.
When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead on the moors, a heart attack seems to be the likely cause. However, a certain Dr Mortimer thinks there is kore to it than that. Although it seems impossible, he believes that a supernatural hound is haunting the area. His theory suggests that this beast has been on the rampage for years, killing generations of male Baskervilles.
With the heir to the Baskerville estate returning home from Canada, and the mystery still unsolved, Dr Mortimers turns to Sherlock Holmes for help. He is worried that the deaths will continue until all the Baskerville men are wiped out-or someone discovers the truth.
Abandoned as a baby and raised in the cathedral of Notre Dame, the hunchback, Quasimodo lives as an outcast. The arrival of the beautiful gypsy girl, Esmeralda begins a tragic series of events that lead to jealousy, betrayal and murder.
Your ship sinks, your rescuers are attacked by a hostile U-boat built by your own family’s shipyard, and your fate is inextricably tied to those of your fellow survivors and adversaries. Then, to make matters infinitely worse, you land on a remote, pre-historic island that was assumed to be extinct!
How would you survive? Who would you trust and what would you do?
Bowen, our young hero, could never have imagined the adventures he’d be forced to embark upon when he arrived on the inhospitable coast of Caspak and set up camp there. He could never have fathomed having to cope in an alien landscape inhibited by dinosaurs, Neanderthals, aerial monsters and an almost unearthly flora and fauna…
When a naïve group of English settlers journey through the untamed wilderness of 18th-century America, they quickly become victims of an enemy attack. Their only hope of rescue lies with Hawkeye, an expert woodsman, and Uncas and Chingachgook, the last survivors of the Mohican tribe.
The famous musketeers – Athos, Aramis, porthos and D’Artagnan – are not as young as they were, but they are still ready for adventure. They become involved in a dangerous, top-secret plot- and find themselves fighting for their lives against impossible odds.
A sleepy American town is awoken up in the middle of the night by horrifying noises. The terror-stricken citizens claim to have heard unexplained rumblings and there are reports of bright lights emanating from a nearby mountain.
As the head of police inspector in Washington DC, John Strock is assigned to investigate the mysterious happenings. He sets out on the case, having no idea what shocking secrets will be discovered.
During his investigation, reports of other inexplicable events around the country start to come to light. Unusual boats, fast cars and flying machines all play a part in the mystery as it unfolds. Strock starts to suspect that all these incidents are connected in some way, and strives to get to the bottom of it.
Will he succeed in his quest? Or will the Master of the World live up to his name?
Antonio needs to borrow a huge sum of money to help out his friend Bassanio. Shylock, a rich banker, agrees to lend him the money but if Antonio can’t pay it back on time, the consequences will be terrible.
THE ODYSSEY HOMER
The ancient Greek hero Odysseus fought for nine long years in the terrible siege of Troy. Now all he wants is to go home to his wife and son. But the voyage is long and perilous, and the god of the sea is his enemy. Will he ever see his home and family again?
A chance meeting between a member of the royal family and a street urchin triggers a course of events that form the basis of this enthralling story.
When a boat travelling to Australia hits a reef and is destroyed, only one family survives. Shipwrecked on an island,, and with no sign of rescue, the Robinsons are forced to use whatever means possible to stay alive.
Through their struggles, the members of the family learn, not only how to survive, but also how to enjoy themselves in the face of adversity. The pastor, his wife and four children share many experiences together – both arduous and fun – and grow closer as a result.
Join D’Artagnan, the most famous of all daredevil heroes, in his very first adventure with the King’s Musketeers.
What would you do if you could travel in time?
An intrepid adventurer, known simply as the Time Traveler, meets his friends for dinner one night. During the conversation, he baffles them with his wild ideas about moving forwards or backwards in time. His claims are met with disbelief. Even when he proves his theory with real a life experiments, his associates simply claim that he is a trickster-a magician. A week later, he enthralls his acquaintances yet again. He tells a story so unbelievable that it can’t be true…or can it?
A child downloads a song to her mobile phone, then forwards it to her stereo system – al without plugging in a single cable or wire. The eyepiece o a soldier’s helmet has a GPS map of the battlefield, showing the positions of his squad members. An artificial heart can be recharged wirelessly- right through the patient’s ribcage
In the years leading up to the French revolution, paris is in the grip of terror. The aristocrats have bullied the people for centuries, and now the people are fighting back. Three French exiles have taken refuge in London- but can they and their English friends avoid being sucked into the disastrous events in France?
On Afuwe’s birthday, his godfather, Tortoise, gives him a gift that grants him five wishes. Afuwe’s ultimate wish is to become the greatest animal in the jungle instead of the mouse that he is.
Follow Afuwe on his exciting adventure as he discovers what true greatness is about.
