Краткое описание: Three stories filled with suspense by one of America’s greatest writers. Discover how a midnight ritual transforms the life of a young Puritan in “Young Goodman Brown”. Experience the tragedy of the scientist who tries to achieve perfection at all costs in “The Birthmark”. And witness what happens to three old friends who discover the potion of eternal youth in “Dr Heidegger’s Experiment”.

Краткое описание: Four frightening tales take you to a world where anything can happen. In “The Signalman” Charles Dickens adds extra horror with his famous tale of a haunted railwayman. In Edgar Allan Poe’s classic story, “Ligeia”, the ghost of a beautiful woman returns and defeats death. E. Nesbit shows us how there really is a good reason to be scared of the dark in “In the Dark”. And in “The Upper Berth” F.M.Crawford tells of a ship’s passenger who encounters a horrible ‘thing’ in his cabin.

Краткое описание: Ellie is mad about music: she dreams of becoming a singer and she desperately wants to go to the Glastonbury Festival, where her favourite singer, Murphy, will be playing. But with an overprotective Dad and important exams to take, it seems that Ellie’s dreams will have to remain just that, dreams. But one day she sees a competition in a music magazine...

Краткое описание: The Chumash, an American Indian people, protest when a property developer builds new homes on their ancient cemetery in Coyote Canyon, California. Then, during the night of the Fourth of July celebrations, a murder is committed by a mysterious American Indian warrior. Suspicion falls on the Chumash, but when Michelle, Bill, Nick and Pam investigate they find that the truth is much more complicated...

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In this story, which inspired King Kong and Jurassic Park, a team of brave explorers set out for a “lost world” in the middle of the Amazon rain forest.

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O.Henry, America’s master of the short story, is famous for his ability to provide a surprise ending to his stories. The five great stories chosen for this book range from the comic to the poignant.

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After a UFO sighting near Seattle, Washington, everyone is excited. But no one believes there could possibly be an alien in town, until Karen and her friends start noticing some strange things happening.

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Peter O’NelI, Montego High School’s favorite teacher, goes missing in the Bermuda Triangle, and the Miami Police can’t seem to solve the case. After an unusual Halloween party, three of his teenage students decide to investigate the case with the help of O’Nell’s dog, Rover. A ghostly appearance and strange clues lead Bill, Michelle and Nick to the popular wax museum, to O’Nell’s old home and to a millionaire’s yacht.

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Three best friends are traveling around Australia in search of adventure before they start university. After celebrating Christmas Day on Sydney’s Bondi Beach one of them goes missing. Lisa is just 18 years old, so why would anyone want to kidnap her? Amy and Claire are determined to find her and they desperately look for her throughout the city of Sydney...

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“The Red-Headed League” and “The Speckled Band” are taken from Conan Doyle’s The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. In these two stories we join Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson in Victorian London as they try to solve two of their most mysterious and terrifying cases. What is the secret behind the Red-Headed League? And why does a young shop assistant spend so much time in a dark cellar? How can a young woman be murdered inside her bedroom after she locked the door one night? And why were her last words “the speckled band”?.