A man framed for the murder of his best friend seeks revenge against the four men who put him in Belmarsh prison, the highest-security jail in the land, from where no inmate has ever escaped.

The Jungle Book introduces Mowgli, the human foundling adopted by a family of wolves. It tells of the enmity between him and the tiger Shere Khan,who killed Mowgli's parents, and of the friendship between the man-cub and the Bagheera, the black panther, and Baloo, the sleepy brown bear, who instruct Mowagli in the laws of the jungle. The second jungle book contains some of the most thrilling of Mowgli stories. It includes Red Dog in which Mowgli forms...

"A Connecticut engineer named hank Morgan gets knocked on the head and is transported back in time to medival England during King Arthur's reign. He is initially captured but uses his Yankee ingenuity to eventually become the boss of the realm. The book recounts his adventures and use of his 'modern' technology against the royalty, knights, and church of the day. He continually makes fun of the backwards nature of the citizens and rulers, and contrasts...

English literature's first and greatest superhero, Sherlock Holmes still fascinates readers more than 100 years after Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created the beloved detective. In this, the first collection of Holmes's stories, the detective uses his uncanny skills to rescue a king from blackmail, to capture an ingenious bank robber, and to save an innocent son accused of patricide. Though readers have good reason to believe Holmes will somehow triumph...

Presents the classic English nursery rhyme alongside illustrations that feature a curious chipmunk marveling at the natural world during the day and setting sail in his imagination at night.

Retells the story of how the young Arthur became High King of all Britain and assembled his Knights of the Round Table.

The only person able to draw a sword from an anvil, a young boy proves himself to be the successor to the throne of all Britain.

A collection of ghost stories by such authors as H. G. Wells, Madeleine L'Engle, and Bram Stoker.

The adventures of a kind-hearted doctor, who is fond of animals and understands their language, as he travels to Africa with some of his favorite pets to cure the monkeys of a terrible sickness.

Various writers and artists express the influence that the book "The Wizard of Oz" had on them.