Based on the story of Charlotte Bronte. Retold by Clare West. ... Jane Eyre is alone in the world. Disliked by her aunt's family, she is sent away to school. Here she learns that a young girl, with neither money nor family to support her, can expect little from the world. She survives, but she wants more from life than simply to survive: she wants respect, and love. When she goes to work for Mr Rochester, she hopes she has found both at once. But the sound of strange laughter, late at night, behind a locked door, warns her that her troubles are only beginning. Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. ... |
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Based on the story of Desmond Bagley. Retold by Ralph Mowat. ... On a beautiful summer evening in the quiet town of Marlow, a young woman is walking home from church. She passes a man who is looking at the engine of his car. He turns round, smiles at her... and throws acid into her face. Then her father, the scientist George Ashton, disappears. And her sister, Penny, discovers that her husband-to-be, Malcolm, is a government agent. Why has Ashton disappeared, and why is Malcolm told to hunt for him? Who is George Ashton, anyway? And who is the enemy? Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary ... |
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Неизлечимо болна млада жена и малкият ѝ син пристигат в Стария Созопол. Тук се запознават с няколко души, които скоро стават тяхно семейство: Михаил - бивш популярен актьор и настоящ пияница, Демир - мъдър и благ старец, Луиза - борбена и импулсивна арменка, и баба Настасия - ясновидка и гадателка. От този миг животът на всички се преобръща, а съдбите им се преплитат необратимо в любов, раздяла, смърт, прошка, мистика и усещане за предопределеност. Драматичната история на ръба между философията и притчата провокира читателя да си задава въпроси, да открива своите лични отговори и да изживее цяла палитра от човешки ... |
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Обсебващ трилър, вдъхновен от реални събития. ... Психиатричната болница "Гаустад", Осло. В едно смразяващо утро тялото на пациент е открито мъртво след удушаване в килията му, а устните му са застинали сякаш в последен опит да изкрещят. С разследването се заема опитният инспектор Сара Геринген, но тя разбира незабавно, че този случай е като никой друг... Стотици въпроси се сблъскват в опита ѝ да разгадае мистерията около вероятното самоубийство: Защо жертвата има белег с номер 488 на челото? Какво означават тайнствените рисунки на стената на стаята му? Защо болничният персонал отказва да разкрие ... |
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Историята на едно семейство, въвлечено в поредица от конфликти, тайни, обрати, мистерии и суеверия. Главната героиня минава през множество изпитания, срещи и раздели, преди да създаде семейство и да осинови две момичета. Съдбата ѝ е отредила дарбата да разгадава стъпките на човека, редейки пасианс с тесте старинни странни карти, и да разкрива отклоненията на хората от предначертания план на душите им. Животът я сблъсква с рождената майка на двете ѝ осиновени дъщери, на която тя разкрива тайните си, преди да умре. Конфликтът между двете сестри, оплетени в любовен триъгълник, и съдбата на извънбрачното дете, ... |
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Лев Толстой заема централно място в руската класика, а в световната литература името му се нарежда до тези на най-гениалните писатели, творили някога. Чрез своите романи "Война и мир" и "Ана Каренина" той достига абсолютен творчески разцвет още на средна възраст, а това, което предстои на великия ум, е почти необикновено... В средата на жизнения си път Толстой изпада в духовна криза, която го води до пълен ценностен крах. След като се отказва от несметните си богатства, заможният и успял писател посвещава дните си на бедните и неуките. Ето защо заглавието на настоящия сборник с афоризми - " ... |
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Based on the story of Charles Dickens. Retold by Clare West. ... In a gloomy, neglected house Miss Havisham sits, as she has sat year after year, in a wedding dress and veil that were once white, and are now faded and yellow with age. Her face is like a death's head, her dark eyes burn with bitterness and hate. By her side sits a proud and beautiful girl, and in front of her, trembling with fear in his thick country boots, stands young Pip. Miss Havisham stares at Pip coldly, and murmurs to the girl at her side: 'Break his heart, Estella. Break his heart!' Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. ... |
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Based on the story of Isaac Asimov. Retold by Rowena Akinyemi. ... A human being is a soft, weak creature. It needs constant supplies of air, water, and food; it has to spend a third of its life asleep, and it can't work if the temperature is too hot or too cold. But a robot is made of strong metal. It uses electrical energy directly, never sleeps, and can work in any temperature. It is stronger, more efficient - and sometimes more human than human beings. Isaac Asimov was one of the greatest sciencefiction writers, and these short stories give us an unforgettable and terrifying vision of the future. Classics, ... |
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Based on the story of Anne Tyler. Retold by Jennifer Bassett. ... Everyday life in Baltimore, USA, is full of problems - getting the washing done, buying groceries and dog food, avoiding the neighbours... After the death of his son and the departure of his wife, Macon's attempts to run his own life become increasingly desperate - and more and more odd. Meanwhile, he has to get on with his work, writing tourist guides for business people. Then his dog Edward starts to bite people, and he has to send for Muriel, the dog trainer. And day by day, Macon's life gets more and more complicated. Classics, modern fiction, ... |
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Based on the story of Katherine Mansfield. Retold by Rosalie Kerr. ... "Oh, how delightful it is to fall in love for the first time! How exciting to go to your first dance when you are a girl of eighteen! But life can also be hard and cruel, if you are young and inexperienced and travelling alone across Europe... or if you are a child from the wrong social class... or a singer without work and the rent to be paid." By the book Set in Europe and New Zealand, these nine stories by Katherine Mansfield dig deep beneath the appearances of life to show us the causes of human happiness and despair. Classics, modern ... |
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Based on the story of Buchi Emecheta. Retold by Rosemary Border. ... When her father dies, Aku-nna and her young brother have no one to look after them. They are welcomed by their uncle because of Aku-nna's bride price - the money that her future husband will pay for her. In her new, strange home one man is kind to her and teaches her to become a woman. Soon they are in love, although everyone says he is not a suitable husband for her. The more the world tries to separate them, the more they are drawn together - until, finally, something has to break. Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for ... |
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Based on the story of Jane Austen. Retold by Clare West. ... The moment I first met you, I noticed your pride, your sense of superiority, and your selfish disdain for the feelings of others. You are the last man in the world whom I could ever be persuaded to marry' said Elizabeth Bennet. And so Elizabeth rejects the proud Mr Darcy. Can nothing overcome her prejudice against him? And what of the other Bennet girls - their fortunes, and misfortunes, in the business of getting husbands? This famous novel by Jane Austen is full of wise and humorous observation of the people and manners of her times. Classics, modern ... |
