This is the fantastic story of Cyrano de Bergerac, who lived in one of the most exciting and dangerous periods of the sensational history of France - about 1640. It is also the story of Cyrano de Bergerac's nose, a very large nose indeed. So sensitive was Cyrano abou the size of his nose that he made himself his country's foremost swordsman defending it, became her most talked of poet in spite of it, and yet ran away from the one great love of his life because of it!

You undoubtedly have heard the story of Captain Kidd and his fabulous treasure. But did you know that a goodly portion of that treasure was at one time buried near Charleston, South Carolina? Make yourself comfortable while I tell you the story of the Gold Bug and Captain Kidd's buried treasure.

Through a series of unforeseen and shocking events, Humphrey van Weyden and Maud Brewster find themselves aboard the "Ghost", captained by the cruel and vicious Wolf Larsen. This is the story of their individual weaknesses and how, through each other, they found a great strength within themselves.

The classic story of a dog named Buck (cross between a St. Bernard and a German Shepherd), who starts his life journey in California, travels through the Yukon Territory and Klondike gold rush to Alaska where he endures many hardships of survival, mistreatment by owners and eventually living off the wilds to survive. It is a powerful gripping story of endurance against all odds.

"Will I be a coward?" This is the haunting thought that torments every soldier as he enters his first battle. Into the fevered heat of the fight he advances. The roar of artillery deafens him ... the sight of his comrades falling all around him horrifies him. This is the gripping, stirring story of how one boy answered the question - either to stand and possibly die or to run away and later face his comrades and himself as a coward.