Mark Twain

Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court: Chaos results when a resident of 20th-century America is transported back in time to medieval England and encounters the Knights of Camelot. The prince and the pauper: A poor commoner and a young prince each find out how the other half lives in this adventure story based on the classic tale by Mark Twain.

Eddie and Tom are two teenagers with one thing in common: they look exactly alike. So when the boys accidentally meet on the set of Eddie's new movie, they impulsively agree to trade places for the afternoon. But when the production company abruptly leaves the city, Tom and Eddie soon find themselves in deep double trouble when no one believes who they both really are.

The stories in "Survive" are full of suffering: From the savagery of the Donner Party snowbound in the Sierra Nevada mountains during the winter of 1846, to the extreme hunger and brutal cold endured by Ernest Shackleton’s support team in Antarctica in 1915. Such suffering may be hard to listen to, but it engages us, offering glimpses of something essential. When the most basic needs become paramount, some people can achieve a kind of clarity....