A potted history of the Special Air Service, Britain\'s elite fighting force.

When you become a detective in Warsaw Indiana - you go to , where you play against some of the best cops in the business. They tell you stories about their time on the job - ...

A look at the life and music of Nigerian singer Fela Kuti.

Teacher\'s Pet: James Gannon, the hardboiled city editor of a newspaper, believes that the only way to learn the business is by way of the School of Hard Knocks, and has a very low regard for college-taught journalism, so he\'s not pleased when his managing editor orders him to help Erica Stone, a...

In Rio, M?iquel is without prospects. He\'s philosophical and low-key. When he loses a bet and must dye his hair blond, life changes: he finds new confidence, he asks Cledir, the hairdresser, on a date, and when he\'s teased by a local tough kid, he murders him. Instead of an arrest, M?iquel\'s a...

is a fast talking, hard drinking traveling salesman who always has a risqu? story and a hip flask to entertain cronies and customers alike. He is immediately taken with Sister Sharon Falconer, a lay preacher whose hellfire and damnation revivalism has attracted quite a following. Gantry uses his...

and cheated out of his inheritance, young David Balfour falls in with a Jacobite adventurer, Alan Breck Stewart. Falsely accused of murder, they must flee across the Highlands, evading the redcoats.

One spring, Mole decides that he can ignore the spring cleaning for a little longer, and begins a series of adventures with his new friend Rat. They go for a picnic on the riverbank, on a caravan expedition with Toad, until Toad switches allegiance to his new car and his reckless driving makes Mole...

prominent defense attorney Tony Lord returns to his hometown to defend an old friend, a teacher accused of murdering one of his students. The case re-opens the heartache from Tony\'s own high school days, when he was a student falsely accused of murdering his first love.

This anthology tells three stories: a man buys a car that takes him back and forth through time; a tale...

Young lawyer meets and marries girl after knowing her one day. Takes bride home to meet his mother who disapproves of the marriage...

The classic Dickens tale of an orphan boy who escapes the horrors of the orphanage only to be taken in by a band of thieves and pickpockets.