A collection of five short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, including the title selection in which a condemned man is slowly tortured after being judged guilty by the Inquisition. Contains reading activities and notes about the author.
After the death of her husband, King Henry VIII, Catherine Parr finds a box of letters from his previous wives that describe what it was like to be the queen. Includes a glossary and reading activities.
A concise overview of Marco Polo's travels along the Silk Road, describing how the famed explorer set off from Venice at age seventeen to travel to China with his father and uncle. Includes a glossary and reading activities.
A biography of mystery writer Agatha Christie, discussing what kind of person she was, her two marriages, her successful career, and the true-life mystery of her disappearance and seeming amnesia.
