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Gaston Leroux's novel The Phantom of the Opera, first published in 1910, remained a perennial favorite throughout the twentieth century and into the early 2000s. It was adapted to several popular motion pictures and into one of the most successful stage musicals of all time. Its main character, Erik, is a romantic figure whose appeal reaches across different cultures and times. He is a sensitive soul, an accomplished composer and musician whose great...

The Pirate Cats travel to the 18th Century to do what they do best...be pirates! So they steal an old ship sailing on the Indian Ocean to pillage the East India Company's merchant ships! It's up to Geronimo Stilton to travel through time, become a sailor, and stop the cats from changing history forever! Will Geronimo get his sea legs in time to save the day.

"Japan, 1603, Geronimo and his friends don't know why the pirate cats went back to this precise point in time, but they are sure the pirate cats are up to no good! Posing as a traveling troupe of actors, Geronimo somehow manages to convince the locals that he's really a shogun, and not the first samurai! Will Geronimo be able to uncover the pirate cat's plan in time to stop them? Or have the pirate cats finally won?"--The publisher.

An aviator whose plane is forced down in the Sahara Desert encounters a little man from a small planet who describes his adventures in the universe seeking the secret of what is really important in life.