Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect, after being thrown out of a Vogon spaceship, are quickl picked up by another ship called the "Heart of Gold", which houses the stolen Infinite Improbability Drive - a device that make the improbable happen. They arrive on the long, lost planet Magrathea to figure out what to do about their non-existent planet Earth. Douglas Adams' wildly funny, wickedly clever sci-fi novel is collected here as a three-installment, comic...

From a quiet morning on prehistoric Earth to a war-torn cricket field to the fastest spaceship in existence - what's a temporally displaced Earthman to do? Join Arthur Dent, Ford, Zaphod, Trillian, Slartibartfast, and yes, Marvin the Paranoid Android on their obviously hilarious journeys in the first installment of the comic ebook series, Life, the Universe and Everything. Adapted from the third novel of Douglas Adams's classic sci-fi satire series,...

Arthur Dent...superhero? Is it possible? Yes! In the final installment of the comic ebook series, Life, the Universe and Everything, you will see the mild-mannered victim Arthur Dent turn distinctly heroic; Trillian unraveling the mystery enshrouding the planet Krikkit; and Marvin the Paranoid Android taking great pleasure - no, really! - in destroying the Krikkit robots. Adapted from the third novel of Douglas Adams's classic sci-fi satire series,...

"Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny, four orphaned brothers and sisters, suddenly appear in a small town. No one knows who these young wanderers are or where they have come from. Frightened to live with a grandfather they have never met, the children make a home for themselves in an abandoned red boxcar they discover in the woods. Henry, the oldest, goes to town to earn money and buy food and supplies. Ambitious and resourceful, the plucky children make...

"Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny Alden discover that a mystery surrounds the run-down yellow house on Surprise Island. The children find a letter and other clues that could lead them on the trail of a man who vanished from the house ." --

"Benny's friend accompanies the Aldens to the South Seas for a vacation on a supposedly deserted island where they find an unusual mystery." --

When the Aldens take a summer trip to the New England coast, they have a fun place to stay: a lighthouse! But strange things happen after it gets dark - an unknown woman is seen walking around and Watch, the Aldens' dog, wakes up growling late at night. Can the Boxcar Children shed light on a seaside mystery?

This Hugo and Nebula Award winner tells the sweeping tale of a desert planet called Arrakis, the focus of an intricate power struggle in a byzantine interstellar empire. Arrakis is the sole source of Melange, the "spice of spices." Melange is necessary for interstellar travel and grants psychic powers and longevity, so whoever controls it wields great influence. The troubles begin when stewardship of Arrakis is transferred by the Emperor from the...

Claudia and her sister, Janine, may as well be from two different planets. But when something terrible happens to their grandmother, the two sisters discover they''re more alike than they originally had thought.