Based on the story of Geoffrey Chaucer. Text adaptation by Bill Bowler. ... The year is 1386 and the first flowers of spring are here. A number of pilgrims are going to Canterbury to visit the tomb of Saint Thomas Becket, and they all tell stories on the way. Who should be the stronger in a marriage - the husband or the wife? And what happens when two men fall in love with the same woman? In these five stories from Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales we find different answers to these questions from the Knight, the Wife of Bath, the Clerk of Oxford, the Merchant, and the Franklin. Dominoes is a full-colour, ... |
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Retold by John Escott. ... The men and the woman in this book - William Tell, Tom Blood, Lord Bao, King Matthias, Johnny Appleseed, and Lady Godiva - are all real people from history. But every time someone tells an old story, they change things in it, to make them bigger, better, and more exciting. So what is true in this book and what is not? Read all six of the stories, and see what you think. Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive readers series that offers students a fun reading experience while building their language skills. With integrated activities and on-page glossaries the new edition of the series makes ... |
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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 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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Retold by Rosemary Border. ... "After dinner we turned the lights out and played hide and seek. In the dark, I touched a hand, a very cold hand. Now, because of the game, I had to hide in the dark with... with this cold person - not speaking, not knowing who it was. Slowly the others found us, hid with us, until we were all there - all thirteen. Thirteen? But there were only twelve people in the house! We touched each other in the dark, counting. Thirteen. Quickly, nervously, I lit a match to see..." By the book Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the ... |
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Based on the story of Thomas Hardy. Retold by Clare West. ... On a stormy winter night, a stranger knocks at the door of a shepherd's cottage. He is cold and hungry, and wants to get out of the rain. He is welcomed inside, but he does not give his name or his business. Who is he, and where has he come from? And he is only the first visitor to call at the cottage that night... In these three short stories, Thomas Hardy gives us pictures of the lives of shepherds and hangmen, dukes and teachers. But rich or poor, young or old, they all have the same feelings of fear, hope, love, jealousy... Classics, modern fiction, ... |
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По пиесите на Уилям Шекспир от Чарлз и Мери Ламб, преразказани от Силвана Сарди. ... An excellent introduction to the world of Shakespeare. This edition includes seven of Shakespeare's plays: As You Like It; The Merchant of Venice; The Tempest; Twelfth Night; Macbeth; Much Ado About Nothing; A Midsummer Night's Dream. They tell stories of love, romance, ambition, jealousy and death, to name but a few of Shakespeare's favourite themes and introduce us to some of his most famous characters. Книгата е част от поредицата Young Adult Readers от издателство Клет България. ... |
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Елена е във Венеция за конгрес и се възползва от възможността да разгледа града по време на Карнавала и да се запознае на живо с Алвизе - неин приятел от Инстаграм. Те двамата се впускат във вълшебната атмосфера на Венецианския карнавал, преобличат се в костюми и се разхождат в града заедно. И в крайна сметка им се случва нещо наистина мистериозно... Un fine settimana е колекция от адаптирани разкази, с помощта на чиито интересни истории ще откриете и научите любопитни факти за италианските градове. В книгите ще откриете: бележки за пътуването с обща информация и културни забележителности; упражнения за практикуване ... |
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Лучия подарява пътуване до Рим на майка си - Франка, която не е била във Вечния град от дълги години... Освен че се наслаждават на прелестите на столицата, майка и дъщеря се впускат в търсене на една много важна за Франка личност. Ще успеят ли да я открият? "Un fine settimana" е колекция от адаптирани разкази, с помощта на чиито интересни истории ще откриете и научите любопитни факти за италианските градове. В книгите ще откриете: бележки за пътуването с обща информация и културни забележителности; упражнения за практикуване на слушане с разбиране и речник; речници на английски, френски, немски и ... |
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Преди да замине за Сиена, за да участва в курс по История на изкуството, Макс прекарва един уикенд във Флоренция. Щом пристига там, той се натъква на мистериозната Беатрис, която го въвлича в зрелищен лов на съкровища. "Un fine settimana" е колекция от адаптирани разкази, с помощта на чиито интересни истории ще откриете и научите любопитни факти за италианските градове. В книгите ще откриете: бележки за пътуването с обща информация и културни забележителности; упражнения за практикуване на слушане с разбиране и речник; речници на английски, френски, немски и нидерландски. Аудиозаписите са достъпни за ... |
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Compiler: Nevena Dishlieva-Krasteva. ... This is a collection of stories about our fathers who, although physically gone, are nevertheless always present. These poetic essays deliver a book about life, death, and loss; about happiness, which is always intimately personal; about life's fundamental lessons and the communication between generations. Besides drawing a dispersed but convincing portrait of life from the years of World War II through the Cold War era to the beginning of the twenty-first century, the stories included in the anthology are also of great literary quality and artistic value. And though they offer ... |
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Лежерният самоучител за учащи с начални познания покрива нивата A1 - A2. Поредицата "Самоучител в разкази за начинаещи" съдържа забавни, романтични, криминални - кратки разкази за всеки вкус, с които да проверите себе си и да разширите познанията си. С помощта на граматичните правила и разнообразните упражнения затвърждавате наученото. Отличен избор за всеки, който обича книгите и предпочита да учи езика, без да зубри правила. ... |
