Based on the story of Frances Hodgson Burnett . Retold by Clare West . ... Little Mary Lennox is a bad-tempered, disagreeable child. When her parents die in India, she is sent back to England to live with her uncle in a big, lonely, old house. There is nothing to do all day except walk in the gardens - and watch the robin flying over the high walls of the Secret garden ... which has been locked for ten years. And no one has the key. Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1 - C1 of the CEFR. Word count: 10. ... |
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Everybody knows about the United States of America. You can see its films, hear its music, and eat its food just about everywhere. Cowboys, jazz, hamburgers, the Stars and Stripes - that's the United States. But it's a country with many stories to tell. Stories of busy cities, beautiful forests and parks. Stories of a country that fought against Britain, and then against itself, to make the United States of today. Stories of rich and poor, black and white, Native American and immigrant. And the story of what it is like to be an American today... Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles are non-fiction graded readers ... |
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Based on the story of James Fenimore Cooper . Text adaptation by Bill Bowler . ... The year is 1757. The English and the French are at war in North America. Two sisters - Cora and Alice - want to visit their father, General Munro. They begin their dangerous journey with the handsome English officer, Duncan Heyward and the Indian guide, Magua. On the way they meet friends and enemies, and many adventures. Some people will be heroes and some people will die. And what will happen to their friend Uncas, the last of the Mohican Indians? Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive readers series that offers students a fun ... |
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On a day in 1821, a man and six children stood around a grave. They were burying a wife and mother. The children were all very young, and within a few years the two oldest were dead, too. Close to the wild beauty of the Yorkshire moors, the father brought up his young family. Who had heard of the Brontes of Haworth then? Branwell died young, but his sisters became famous writers. But they did not live to grow old or to enjoy their fame. Only their father was left, alone with his memories. Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven ... |
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Знаменията на 666. ... "Третият антихрист" е кулминацията на трилогията исторически трилъри от Марио Рийдинг за предсказанията на Нострадамус. Късметлията ще го зоват. В "Предсказанията на Нострадамус" американският писател Адам Сабир рискува живота си, за да открие изчезнали четиристишия на Нострадамус. Преди 5 века великият гадател предсказва трима Антихристи. Първите двама вече са печално известни на човечеството. Кой е третият? Дошло ли е неговото време? В планините на Молдова жесток тиранин е приветстван като новия месия. В цигански катун в Румъния нероденото дете на една жена може да промени ... |
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The Uncover Class Audio Program CDs include the complete audio program to support listening comprehension. Developed in partnership with Discovery Education™, Uncover features stimulating global topics to motivate students and spark their curiosity, while a wealth of guided, step-by-step language building activities and personalized learning tasks lead to greater fluency. ... |
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You're fast asleep, and nothing is happening. Or is it? In fact, your body is hard at work. Your lungs are taking oxygen from the air, and your heart is pumping blood round your body. Millions of pieces of information are travelling backwards and forwards to your brain all the time. Muscles are repairing themselves, and in your lymph nodes special cells are cleaning germs and waste from the body. You may think that nothing is happening, but in the extraordinary machine that is the human body, it is very busy indeed... Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles are non-fiction graded readers from the Oxford Bookworms Library ... |
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Книга с 60 идеи за вечеря, приготвени само в един съд. ... Книгата има за цел да отговори на въпроса Какво ще вечеряме? и е съобразена с вашето свободно време и останалата ви енергия след делничният ви ден. Рецептите в книгата са интересни, лесни и разнообразни и имат за цел да създадат желание да готвите повече за себе си и семейството здравословна и вкусна храна. Концепцията на рецептите е лесна - щом се приберете от работа, отделете няколко минути за приготвяне на продуктите, сложете ги в любимата си тава за печене и оставете фурната да свърши останалото! През това време може да се занимавате с каквото си поискате! С ... |
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"Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles" are non-fiction graded readers from the "Oxford Bookworms Library" available for Levels 1 to 4 (CEFR A1 - B2). Students learn about different countries and cultures, science and nature, history and historical figures all while practising and improving their English. 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, while the temperature falls to -20°C or lower. Every year, some who try to climb the highest mountain in the world do not return. But for a century people ... |
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Дръж главата си наведена и разкажи цялата истина. Брин напуска Сейнт Амброуз заради убийството на любимия ѝ учител. Той е намерен от трима ученици в гората зад училището, а случаят със смъртта му не е разрешен... Сега, четири години по-късно, Брин има нов дом и прекрасен стаж пред себе си - в криминално ТВ предаване. Тя обаче е твърдо решена да разбере какво се е случило в действителност. Тримата, намерили господин Ларкин, са по петите ѝ. Сред тях е бившият ѝ най-добър приятел Трип Талбот. Другите двама няма да забравят какво е направил Трип за тях, както той няма да забрави лъжите, изговорени пред ... |
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In the year in which the debut novel Life in 3 was born, Stanimir Kiskinov won Bulgarian National Culture funding for translation of Bulgarian fiction into foreign languages. The author holds a Ph.D. in Political Science and a B.A. in Astrology. He holds dual US-Bulgarian citizenship. He teaches in the sociology department at Sofia University and through the foundation Europartners 2007. The entirety of his entire professional and emotional experience is in evidence in his literary project–including short theatrical and journalistic careers, 15 years in the Cultural Office of the US Embassy in Bulgaria, and extensive ... |
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Моят живот в двора на Далай Лама . ... Незабравим портрет на тибетската религия, култура и обичаи, превърнал се във вечна класика. Когато знаменитият австрийски алпинист Хайнрих Харер се отправя на експедиция до Нанга Парбат през 1939 г., той не подозира, че няма да види родината си в продължение на повече от десетилетие. Избухването на Втората световна война го застига и Хайнрих е изпратен в британски концентрационен лагер в Индия. С цената на нечовешки усилия, глад и жажда успява да избяга, да прекоси планините на Тибет и да стигне до "Забранения град" - Лхаса, където намира убежище. Хайнрих научава езика и ... |