| LIST A (continued) Lorna Doone One winter’s day in 1673 young John Ridd is riding home from school, across the wild lonely hills of Exmoor. He has to pass Doone valley – a dangerous place, as the Doones are famous robbers and murderers. All Exmoor lives in fear of the Doones. At home there is sad news waiting for young John, and he learns that he has good reason to hate the Doones. But in the years to come he meets Lorna Doone, with her lovely smile and big dark eyes. And soon he is deeply, hopelessly in love … The silver sword Jan opened his wooden box and took out the silver sword. “This will bring me luck,” he said to Mr Balicki. “And it will bring you luck because you gave it to me.” The silver sword is only a paper knife, but it gives Jan and his friends hope. Hungry, cold and afraid, the four children try to stay alive among the ruins of bombed cities in war-torn Europe. Soon they will begin the long and dangerous journey south, from Poland to Switzerland, where they hope to find their parents again. King’s ransom “Calling all cars, calling all cars." Here’s the story on the Smoke Rise kidnapping. The missing boy is eight years old, fair hair, wearing a red sweater. His name is Jeffry Reynolds, son of Charles Reynolds, chauffeur to Douglas King. The police at the 87th Precinct hate kidnappers. And these kidnappers are stupid, too. They took the wrong boy – the chauffeur’s son instead of the son of the rich tycoon, Douglas King. And they want a ransom of $500,000. A lot of money. But it’s not too much to pay for a little boy’s life … is it ? |
| Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde You are walking through the streets of London. It is getting dark and you want to get home quickly. You enter a narrow side-street. Everything is quiet, but as you pass the door of a large windowless building, you hear a key turning in the lock. A man comes out and looks at you. You have never seen him before, but you realize immediately that he hates you. You are shocked to discover, also, that you hate him. Who is this man that everybody hates ? And why is he coming out of the laboratory of the very respected Dr Jekyll ? Cry freedom They said Steve Biko was a man of violence; then why did he talk of peace ? They said he wanted revolution; so why did he talk of friendship ? They said he died of hunger; why was his body broken and bruised ? This is the story of a man’s fight with the government of South Africa. It is the story of all people who prefer truth to lies. It is the story of all people who cry “Freedom !”, and who are not afraid to die. Night without end On the polar ice-cap, 640 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle, the deadly, icy winds can freeze a man to death in minutes. But the survivors of the crashed airliner are lucky – they are rescued by three scientists from a nearby weather station. But why did the airliner crash in the first place ? Who smashed the radio to pieces ? And why does the dead pilot have a bullet hole in his back ? The rescue quickly turns into a nightmare : a race through the endless Arctic night, a race against time, cold, hunger – and a killer with a gun. |
| Lord Jim A hundred years ago a seaman’s life was full of danger, but Jim, the first mate on board the Patna, is not afraid of danger. He is young, strong, confident of his bravery. He dreams of great adventures – and the chance to show the world what a hero he is. But the sea is no place for dreamers. When the chance comes, on a calm moonlit night in the Indian Ocean, Jim fails the test, and his world falls to pieces around him. He disappears into the jungles of south-east Asia, searching for a way to prove himself, once and for all … Deadlock V.I. Warshawski, private investigator, Chicago, USA. People imagine private detectives to be tired-looking men in raincoats, but Vic is female. She’s tough, beautiful, carries a gun – and goes on asking questions until she gets answers. When her cousin Boom Boom dies in an accident, Vic is naturally upset. She wants to know how and why the accident happened, and she isn’t satisfied by the answers she gets. So she goes on asking questions … and more people start to die. |