What really happened on board the famous ship, the Bounty? Why did the sailors mutiny against their captain, and where did they take the ship? How did the captain and his loyal crew survive a 5,000 mile journey? Join Captain Bligh, Fletcher Christian and Tom on their incredible adventures at sea, and discover what the Bounty mutiny was really about.

The Rajah’s Diamond, the most precious diamond in the world, seems to bring bad luck on everyone who comes into contact with it. The diamond is the property of a certain Sir Thomas Vandeleur, but Sir Thomas’s wife tries to sell it to pay her debts. But the diamond is stolen and then falls into the hands of various people, who are all corrupted by its great beauty and value. Follow the diamond as it travels from London to Edinburgh to Paris and find out what happens to it...

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.

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.

Three young women need to get to London from Ireland in time for Christmas. When all flights are cancelled, they are forced to share a car and make the journey by road. They each have their own personal problems, but they have to decide together what to do when they find a briefcase full of money. Then they realise that a car is following them...

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.

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...

“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”?.

A selection from the famous collection of Oriental stories, including the classic favorites “All Baba and the Forty Thieves” and “Sindbad the Sailor”, “The Story of Shahrayar and Shahrazad”, his “Vizier’s Daughter”, “The Enchanted Horse” and “The Story of the Young King of the Black Islands”. Travel through the streets of old Baghdad, around luxurious palaces and gardens in India, to desert islands in the China seas... all in the company of kings, sultans, princesses, merchants, enchanted

A minstrel arrives in the court of King Arthur and tells the king and his knights the story of Tristan, who kills a dragon and wins the hand of the beautiful Isolde for marriage to his uncle King Mark. But on their journey back to Mark’s court, they drink a love potion that was intended for the king and his young bride. They instantly fall in love - but their love is impossible...