greed

Presents a short fable for early readers about how the hyena came to slink about on the African plain.

Nineteenth-century American realist Frank Norris's brutal story of a San Francisco dentist and his greedy wife, two people doomed to lives of violence by their respective obsessions.

A graphic novel adaptation of "The Creature from the Depths," in which one man's greed leads to tragedy for everyone involved in an attempt to find an underwater treasure.

As summer draws to a close, everyone tries to finish the season as a champion as the surfing competition heats up, with Lucas putting his reputation on the line and Kai wanting to stay in Sun Haven.

Beaver's excitement at finding a mussel that doubtless contains a pearl is tempered by the realization that such a treasure could stir the greed of his friends, causing a chain of environmentally disasterous events.

A shepherd boy follows a lost sheep to the secret lake in which the moon bathes, but greedy townspeople soon learn that its banks are encrusted with silver, gold, and precious jewels.

Set in Victorian England, the story portrays a family splintered by lust yet bound inexorably by a shared legacy; and brings us men and women swept toward a perilous climax where greed, fed by the shocking truth of a boy's death, must be stopped--or not just one man's dreams, but those of a nation, will die.

Eleven-year-old Sport Rocque, living happily with his absent-minded father and new stepmother, runs into trouble when his greedy mother kidnaps him in an effort to get a share of the millions left to Sport by his wealthy grandfather.

Grunt, a young cave boy, can draw animals that are so realistic they come to life, but when the tribe's hunters kill the animals for food, their greed almost depletes the supply altogether.

A diary account of fourteen-year-old Susanna Fairchild's life in 1849, when her father succumbs to gold fever on the way to establish his medical practice in Oregon after losing his wife and money on their steamship journey from New York. Includes a historical note.