The year is 1984. The country is impoverished and permanently at war, people are watched day and night by Big Brother and their every action and thought is controlled by the Thought Police. Winston Smith works in the department of propaganda, where his job is to rewrite the past. Spurred by his longing to escape, Winston rebels. He breaks the law by falling in love with Julia and, as part of the clandestine organization the Brotherhood, they attempt the unimaginable - to bring down the Party. George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is one of the most famous and influential novels of the 20th century. This terrifying ... |
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It is winter. It is raining and Tom is bored. He hates working in the library. He wants to be an artist and a photographer. But he failed his exams. So he can't go to art college. Then door of the library opens ans a girl walks in. A beautiful girl in a red coat. She smiles at him - and Tom falls in love. This book is in British English and here you can find a story, points for understanding comprehension questions. Free resources including worksheets, tests and author data sheets at www.macmillanreaders.com . ... |
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Based on the story of Daniel Defoe . Retold by Diane Mowat . ... "I often walked along the shore, and one day I saw something in the sand. I went over to look at it more carefully... It was a footprint - the footprint of a man!" By the book In 1659 Robinson Crusoe was shipwrecked on a small island off the coast of South America. After fifteen years alone, he suddenly learns that there is another person on the island. But will this man be a friend - or an enemy? Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels ... |
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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. What will we do when there is nowhere to put our rubbish? Every day, all over the world, people drop cans, boxes, paper, and bottles into bins and never think about them again. And the rubbish mountains get bigger and bigger. But there is another way - a way that makes old paper into houses, broken ... |
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Shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize 2021. In Sweden, refugee children fall asleep for months and years at a time. In upstate New York, high school students develop contagious seizures. In the US Embassy in Cuba, employees complain of headaches and memory loss after hearing strange noises in the night. These disparate cases are some of the most remarkable diagnostic mysteries of the twenty-first century, as both doctors and scientists have struggled to explain them within the boundaries of medical science and - more crucially - to treat them. What unites them is that they are all examples of a particular ... |
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Edited by Becky Brown. ... Offering indispensable inspiration for wedding readings, this gorgeous compilation of writing on love and marriage is also the perfect gift for couples and wedding guests alike. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library ; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful hardbacks make perfect gifts for book lovers, or wonderful additions to your own collection. This elegant anthology is filled with readings to light up every kind of wedding ceremony. There are poems about falling in love, joyful prose celebrating marriage ... |
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The Laser A1+ Student's Book contains comprehensive coverage of reading, writing, listening and speaking skills, while the CD-ROM reinforces the material learnt with unit-specific exercises. Macmillan Practice Online offers a wealth of extra information and exercises online, while the accompanying eBook provides an electronic version of the Student's Book. This is book for the student with activities for the preparation of Cambridge English exams. Includes access to the digital version of the Student's Book. "Laser" is now a five-level course designed to cater to younger exam students. It is the ... |
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Äâóåçè÷íî èçäàíèå íà àíãëèéñêè è áúëãàðñêè åçèê. ... "Ìàëêè èñòèíè çà Ãîëåìèòå õîðà" ñúáèðà ìèñëè è ñòèõîâå çà ñâåòà îêîëî íàñ è çà íà÷èíà, ïî êîéòî ñå îïèòâàìå äà æèâååì â íàøàòà ñîáñòâåíà ðåàëíîñò. Òîâà å è êíèãà çà ìíîãîïëàñòîâèòå óñåùàíèÿ è ëè÷íèòå èçáîðè. Çà òúðñåùèÿ ÷îâåê, êîéòî îòêðèâà ñâîèòå èñòèíè. ×ðåç èíäèâèäóàëíàòà ãëåäíà òî÷êà ïî îïðåäåëåíè âúïðîñè "Ìàëêè èñòèíè çà Ãîëåìèòå õîðà" îòêðåõâà âðàòàòà çà ÷èòàòåëÿ è îñòàâÿ â íåãîâèòå ðúöå èçáîðà äàëè äà òúðñè è êàê äà ïîñðåùíå ñâîèòå îòãîâîðè. È òúé êàòî èñòèíàòà âèíàãè ùå îñòàíå "îòíîñèòåëíà", çàùîòî òÿ å ôèëîñîôñêî ïîíÿòèå, êíèãàòà ... |
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Film Tie-In. A Netflix Film. ... Soon to be a major film starring Elle Fanning and Justice Smith. A compelling and beautiful story about a girl who learns to live from a boy who wants to die. Theodore Finch constantly thinks of ways he might kill himself, but each time something good stops him. Violet Markey exists for the future, counting the days until she can escape her Indiana town and her aching grief for her late sister. When they meet on the ledge of a tower, what might have been their end turns into their beginning. It's only with Violet that Finch can truly be himself - a funny guy who's able to find ... |
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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 elements of history and national psychology, ... |
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From the genius of New York Times bestselling author David Levithan , author of Every Day, Marly's Ghost and co-author of Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist, comes a collection of short stories (tracks) celebrating love in all of its wonderful, life-affirming and at times heart-breaking forms. It's the perfect collection for Valentine's Day. A resentful member of a high school Quiz Bowl team with an unrequited crush. An extraordinary "snow day" that changes two lives forever. A Valentine's Day in the life of Every Day's protagonist "A". 19 Love Songs was born from Levithan' ... |
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Ever heard of surrealist fine dining? This must-have reprint of Les diners de Gala reveals the exotic flavors and elaborate imaginings behind the legendary dinner parties of Salvador and Gala Dali. With recipes from such leading Paris restaurants as La Tour d'Argent and Maxim's, a special section on aphrodisia, and bespoke illustrations from Dali himself, this book is at once an artwork, a practical cookbook, and a delicious morsel of multisensory pleasure."Les diners de Gala is uniquely devoted to the pleasures of taste... If you are a disciple of one of those calorie-counters who turn the joys of eating ... |
