"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. For a child in the great city of Venice in the thirteenth century, there could be nothing better than the stories of sailors. There were stories of strange animals, wonderful cities, sweet spices, and terrible wild deserts where a traveller could die. One young boy listened, waited, and dreamed. Perhaps ... |
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Every four years, the world's best athletes come together for one of the most exciting competitions in sport: the Olympic Games. After years of training, competitors in more than forty different sports win and lose their events, and set new world records, in front of crowds of people. The Olympic Games are more than two thousand five hundred years old. So how did they start, how have they changed over the years, and what have been some of the most important times in their history? Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles are non-fiction graded readers from the Oxford Bookworms Library available for Levels 1 to 4 (CEFR A1 - ... |
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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 ... |
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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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Based on the story of Charles Dickens . Retold by Clare West . ... "Please, Mr Murdstone! Don't beat me! I've tried to learn my lessons, really I have, sir!" sobs David. Although he is only eight years old, Mr Murdstone does beat him, and David is so frightened that he bites his cruel stepfather's hand. For that, he is kept locked in his room for five days and nights, and nobody is allowed to speak to him. As David grows up, he learns that life is full of trouble and misery and cruelty. But he also finds laughter and kindness, trust and friendship... and love. Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction ... |
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"Äîìúò íà ãàðâàíèòå" å êíèãà øåñò îò ïîðåäèöàòà "Ñêðúáíèòå ìèñòåðèè íà áðàò Àòåëñòàí" íà èçäàòåëñòâî "Åäíîðîã". ... Áðàò Àòåëñòàí è ñúð Äæîí Êðàíñòúí ñå èçïðàâÿò ñðåùó êîâàðåí óáèåö, êîéòî ïîëó÷àâà çàïîâåäè îò íàé-âèñîêî íèâî, â íîâèÿ ðîìàí íà Ïîë Äîõúðòè "Äîìúò íà ãàðâàíèòå". Íåâåðîÿòíàòà äâîéêà - ìîíàõúò áðàò Àòåëñòàí è êîðîíåðúò ñúð Äæîí Êðàíñòúí, ëþáèìöè íà õèëÿäè ÷èòàòåëè ïî ñâåòà, îòíîâî ñå âïóñêàò â ðàçãàäàâàíå íà íåâúçìîæíîòî èç óëèöèòå íà ñðåäíîâåêîâåí Ëîíäîí. Ñòîãîäèøíàòà âîéíà å â ðàçãàðà ñè. Àíãëèéñêèÿò ïàðëàìåíò çàñåäàâà â Óåñòìèíñòúð, çà äà áúäàò îáñúäåíè íîâè ðàçõîäè ... |
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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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Ìåãëåíà Êóíåâà å ïúðâèÿò áúëãàðñêè åâðîêîìèñàð è ïúðâèÿò êîìèñàð ñ ðåñîð „Çàùèòà ïðàâàòà íà ïîòðåáèòåëèòå” â Åâðîïåéñêàòà êîìèñèÿ. Îò 2002 ã. äî 2006 ã. å ìèíèñòúð ïî åâðîïåéñêèòå âúïðîñè è ãëàâåí ïðåãîâàðÿù çà ïðèñúåäèíÿâàíåòî íà Áúëãàðèÿ êúì Åâðîïåéñêèÿ ñúþç. Çàâúðøâà Þðèäè÷åñêèÿ ôàêóëòåò íà Ñîôèéñêèÿ óíèâåðñèòåò „ Ñâ. Êëèìåíò Îõðèäñêè ” è å äîêòîð íà þðèäè÷åñêèòå íàóêè. Ñïåöèàëèçèðà „Ìåæäóíàðîäíè îòíîøåíèÿ” è „Ìåæäóíàðîäíî åêîëîãè÷íî ïðàâî” â óíèâåðñèòåòà Äæîðäæòàóí, Âàøèíãòîí, ÑÀÙ ïðåç 1995 ã. è ïðåç 1999 - 2000 ã., à ïðåç 1996 ã. – åêîëîãè÷íî ïðàâî â Îêñôîðä, Âåëèêîáðèòàíèÿ. Âëàäåå àíãëèéñêè, ôðåíñêè è ðóñêè åçèöè. ... |
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Mr James Conway wants to make money. He wants to build new houses and shops - and he wants to build them on an old graveyard, on the island of Haiti. There is only one old man who still visits the graveyard; and Mr Conway is not afraid of one old man. But the old man has friends - friends in the graveyard, friends who lie dead, under the ground. And when Mr Conway starts to build his houses, he makes the terrible mistake of disturbing the sleep of the dead... 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 ... |
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Êíèãà îò ïîðåäèöàòà "Ñâåòîâíèòå ðåëèãèè". ... Îùå ñ âúçíèêâàíåòî ñè â Èíäèÿ ïðåäè ïîâå÷å îò äâå õèëÿäè ãîäèíè áóäèçìúò å çàïî÷íàë äà ñå ðàçïðîñòðàíÿâà èç Àçèÿ, çà äà ñòèãíå äî äíåøíèÿ äåí, êîãàòî âå÷å óïðàæíÿâà çíà÷èòåëíî âëèÿíèå è âúðõó çàïàäíàòà êóëòóðà. Òàçè êíèãà ñ ÿñíèÿ ñè è äèðåêòåí åçèê, ñ ïîìîùòà íà êàðòè, ñõåìè è èëþñòðàöèè íè ðàçêàçâà çà ðàçâèòèåòî íà áóäèçìà îò ïúðâèòå ìó ñòúïêè äî äíåøíàòà ìó ôîðìà. Îñíîâíîòî â ó÷åíèåòî è ïðàêòèêàòà íà áóäèçìà å èçëîæåíî ïî åäèí ðàçáèðàåì íà÷èí è öåíòðàëíèòå ìó òåìè - êàòî âÿðàòà â êàðìàòà è â ïðåðàæäàíåòî, ìåäèòàöèÿòà, åòèêàòà, à ñúùî è áóäèçìúò íà Çàïàä ñå ... |
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Based on the story of F. Scott Fitzgerald . Retold by Clare West . ... Gatsby's mansion on Long Island blazes with light, and the beautiful, the wealthy, and the famous drive out from New York to drink Gatsby's champagne and to party all night long. But Jay Gatsby, the owner of all this wealth, wants only one thing - to find again the woman of his dreams, the woman he has held in his heart and his memory for five long years. The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece, is one of the great American novels of the twentieth century. It captures perfectly the Jazz Age of the 1920s, and goes deep into ... |
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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 ... |
