The room was on the fourth floor, and the door was locked--with the key in the side. The windows were closed and fastened--on the inside. The chimney was too narrow for a cat to get through. So …
Luke is a good-looking young man, but he's not very clever with words. Gemma is clever with words, but what does she want? Lucy and Becky are good friends, but what about Sam? He makes wonderful…
In the summer of 1910, a race began. A race to be the first man at the South Pole, in Antarctica. Robert Falcon Scott, an Englishman, left London in his ship, the Terra Nove, and began the long j…
Everyone knows about Brazil's beautiful beaches, the Amazon Rainforest, and the wonderful Carnival of Rio de Janeiro. But there is a lot more to Brazil than this: here you can find interesting ol…
Why does Hamlet, the young Prince of Denmark, look so sad? Why does he often say strange things? His family and friends are worried about him. Perhaps he is mad! But Hamlet thinks that he has d…
A housewife, a tramp, a lawyer, a waitress, an actress--ordinary people living ordinary lives in New York at the beginning of the century. The city has changed greatly since that time, but its peo…
Eddie is one of the famous Red Mask Gang of bank robbers. And he's feeling rich after the last bank robbery. He rents one of the beautiful Blue Lake Cabins in the mountains. One day, Eddie goes …
All he wanted to do was to marry the woman he loved. But his country said"No!" He was Edward VIII, King of Britain, King of India, King of Australia, and King of thirty-nine other countries. And…
Steve lives in Cado, and his father is the editor of the Cado Star newspaper. But today, the Cado Star reporter is ill and Steve's father wants something interesting for this week's newspaper. " …
The stories are about Sherlock Holmes and his friend, Dr. Watson. Sherlock Holmes is a private detective. People pay him to find things that are lost or stolen. Holmes likes to solve mysteries an…