Robert Louis Stevenson
Author
Pub. Date
p2009
Description
A swashbuckling triumph of storytelling, Flint and Silver provides a thrilling ride back to the rich and wondrous world of Long John Silver and his fiendish nemesis Joseph Flint in this prequel to the beloved classic Treasure Island. John Silver had never killed a man. Until now, his charisma, sheer size and, when all else failed, powerful fists had been enough to dispatch his enemies. But on a smoldering deck off the coast of Madagascar, his shipmates...
Pub. Date
p2001, c1920
Description
'The Picture of Dorian Gray', that ingenious novel by Oscar Wilde, is here brought elegantly to life in this classic 1948 black-and-white film by American director Albert Lewin. It's a rather tasteful version too, given that Dorian Gray is supposed to become the epitomy of depraved immorality. Thus his descent into depravity is mostly implied - one has to stretch one's imagination and wonder just what it was the wicked man got up to ...
64) Treasure Island
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
A simple adaptation of the adventures of young Jim Hawkins as he embarks on a search for treasure and is captured by pirates.
66) Hyde: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
c2021.
Description
"Victorian Edinburgh. Captain Edward Henry Hyde is chief detective for the City of Edinburgh Police; as such, he is responsible for investigating all murders and serious crimes in the city. Hyde is a striking but severe-looking man who provokes unease, and often fear, in those who encounter him. Nevertheless, Edward Hyde is truly a good man … though he wrestles fiercely with his own unique demons. When Hyde finds himself at the scene of a heinous...
67) Treasure Island
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2004, c2002
Description
An innkeeper's son finds a treasure map that leads him to a pirate's fortune.
68) Kidnapped
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Davie Balfour is kidnapped while attempting to claim his inheritance from his Uncle Ebenezer. He joins forces with the exiled hero Alan Brack and the two embark on a quest across Scotland in pursuit of justice.
71) Treasure Island
Author
Pub. Date
c1999
Description
Presents an abridged version of the classic story in which an innkeeper and her son, searching the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune.
72) Dog overboard!
Pub. Date
c1998
Description
Wishbone imagines that he is David Balfour, the young Scottish Lowlander bound for adventure in Kidnapped, the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.
76) Treasure Island
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006.
Formats
Description
The story begins with the death of an old sailor and the discovery of a secret treasure map. Young Jack Hawkins sets out on the biggest adventure of his life. Will he live to tell the tale?
Author
Pub. Date
1997.
Description
"There's treasure in Oakdale! To find it, Wishbone, Joe, Samantha, and David must enter the condemned Trumbull barn. This reminds Wishbone of the high-seas tale Treasure Island, and he imagines himself as the orphaned Jim Hawkins, who follows up a map to excitement -- and treasure! Soon Jim finds himself face to face with dangerous pirates and involved in the adventure of a lifetime. Only a special breed of hero -- one with canine courage and...
80) Treasure Island
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1973
Description
Classic abridged and adapted to low reading level.