What do you find in these two countries at the end of the world? One is an enormous island, where only twenty million people live - and the other is two long, narrow islands, with ten sheep for every person.

It's an exciting life - full of fast cars, money, and travel. The names of Formula One champions are known all over the world. And everywhere young drivers dream of success one day in Monaco, Melbourne, Monza ...

Victor Frankenstein thinks he has found the secret of life. He takes parts from dead people and builds a new `man`.

What will we do when there is nowhere to put our rubbish?

The human mind is a dark, bottomless pit, and sometimes it works in strange and frightening ways. 

It is beautiful to look at, hard to reach, and terribly difficult to climb. Winds of 200 kilometres per hour or more scream across it day and night,

`When we are happy, we are always good,` says Lord Henry, `but when we are good, we are not always happy.

'We must leave for Zenda at once, to find the King!' cried Sapt. 'If we're caught, we'll all be killed!' So Rudolf Rassendyll and Sapt gallop through the night to find the King of Ruritania.

Everybody knows about the United States of America. You can see its films, hear its music, and eat its food just about everywhere in the world.