Stories of a retired house-wrecking contractor, 93 years old, and determined to live to the age of 115.

"Joseph Ferdinand Gould - better known as Joe Gould - was a member of one of the oldest families in Massachusetts and a graduate of Harvard, and his parents took it for granted that he would go on to medical school and become a surgeon and a distinguished civic leader, as many of his ancestors, including his father and grandfather, had been. Instead, in 1916, in his middle twenties, he abruptly broke with his background and came to New York City and...

Oh no! Liz is missing! Ms. Frizzle's class is pretty sure their class lizard has gone on a trip to visit her family in its natural habitat. Join Ms. Frizzle's class as they search for everyone's favorite lizard. Along the way, use the stickers to learn about animal habitats.

Edmund Wilson's personal and informative study on the plight of the Native American Indians, Apologies to the Iroquois. As Wilson writes, "[In August 1975] I discovered in the New York Times what seemed to me a very queer story. A band of Mohawk Indians, under the leadership of a chief called Standing Arrow, had moved in on some land on Schoharie Creek, a little river that flows into the Mohawk not far from Amsterdam, New York, and established a...

Widely regarded as one of the most visually inventive silent comedies ever made, Sherlock Jr. offers fast-paced slapstick as well as a brilliant deconstruction of the filmmaking process. Keaton stars as a movie theater projectionist who dreams of becoming a super-sleuth and , in one breathtaking sequence, literally steps into the screen to bring his fantasies to life. Another comedy for film-lovers (that plays upon the conventions of cinema), Three...

[Seven chances] A romantically jinxed young man must marry by 7 PM to inherit seven million dollars. While fate seems to thwart his efforts to woo the object of his true affection, public announcement of his strange predicament provides him with a throng of would-be brides. [Neighbors] Buster tries to woo his tenement sweetheart in spite of the barriers that stand between them. [The balloonatic] Buster is carried by hot air from a cityside amusement...