Feminist fairytales for young and old. Await no princes to save you through their lips touching yours whilst you are in unwilling slumber. Wake each other up instead. Step into this world of empowering re-imagined fairytales where the stereotypes of obliging lovers, violent men and girls that need rescuing are transformed into brave princesses, blurred lines between heroes and villains, and a courageous Gretel who can bring down monsters on her own. ... |
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20 типично британски кратки разказа за учене на английски език. С помощта на 20 вълнуващи кратки разказа, свързани с живота на Острова, бързо ще подобрите знанията и уменията си. Преводът на трудните думи на всяка страница за ви улесни. Специалните страници с информация за местата на действието и героите ще превърнат ученето на нови думи в истинско забавление. Текстовете и снимките са взаимосвързани и улесняват бързото четене и запомняне. Книгата е част от поредицата "Разкази в илюстрации" на издателство "Клет България". ... |
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Based on the story of Arthur Conan Doyle . Retold by Clare West . ... Sherlock Holmes is famous around the world. When the police cannot solve a crime, they turn to Holmes. He never misses a clue, and when he looks carefully at a person, he can understand everything about them. These are two of the best Sherlock Holmes stories. In The Dead Coachman, Holmes investigates a burglary and a murder while he is staying in the countryside with his friend Doctor Watson. In The Last Mystery, Holmes is in danger from the evil Professor Moriarty, who is as clever as the detective himself. They are both ready to fight to the death. ... |
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Сборник с двайсет неиздавани разказа на Тери Пратчет . ... "Далеч и отдавна, когато все още съществуваха дракони и единствената електронна игра беше черно-бял пинг-понг, един магьосник предпазливо влезе в задимен пъб в злия, древен, мъглив град Морпорк и се примъкна до бара..." Из книгата В Едно драсване на перото са събрани двайсет "изгубени" разказа на гениалния сър Тери Пратчет, които за пръв път излизат в книга. Запознайте се с Ог Изобретателя, който ще даде огън на пещерните хора, посетете (крайно злополучното) Министерство на неудобствата, разходете се из юрската епоха по следите на един ... |
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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 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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Award-winning readers series of original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Five entertaining stories about the power of discovery set in countries across the globe. A perfume made from some very unusual ingredients becomes more effective than expected. A remarkable change in a woman's life leaves her family to make a decision. The secret and danger of high intelligence are revealed to a university student. A teacher discovers a way of making time stand still. And a book tells a young ... |
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Изданието е на британски английски (British English). ... Три вълнуващи истории на Катрин Мансфийлд, преразказани от Маргарет Джонсън . В първата история Лаура и семейството ѝ се подготвят за парти, когато тя прави шокиращо откритие. Във втората - магията на първия танц на Лейла е предизвикана от думите на възрастен мъж. В последната Изабел, Кеция и Лоти получават невероятен подарък, но се вкарват в неприятности, когато избират на кого да го покажат. ... |
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Retold by Sarah Walker. ... In Sweden nobody wants a troll to come into their garden, but how do you stop them? On a lonely road at night in Oman, Abdul's car breaks down and he takes a ride with a stranger, but perhaps it is safer to walk. In England some young people play a scary game, and in Asia, a soldier returns home - at last. Every country in the world has stories about ghosts and spirits and monsters of one kind or another. Some people believe in ghosts and some don't - but everyone enjoys a good ghost story. Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the ... |
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Based on the story of Oscar Wilde . Text adaptation by Bill Bowler . ... The three stories in this book are about ordinary people, people like you and me; but they find themselves in surprising situations. Lord Arthur Savile, a rich man with no enemies, finds out that he must do something terrible before he can marry. Poor young Hughie Erskine gives money to an old beggar - but the beggar is not what he seems. And Lord Murchison falls in love with a mystery woman - but what is the strange secret behind the door in Cumnor Street? Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive readers series that offers students a fun reading ... |
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Малкото бухалче не иска да си ляга. Ту му се хапва гофрета, ту пък чаршафът го драска... Ама какъв е този странен шум, който не му дава мира? Дали приказка за лека нощ ще помогне? Мама изпробва различни начини да успокои бухалчето и накрая отново ѝ хрумва чудесна идея как да го приспи. И то се унася в сладки сънища... Забавна история за всички трудно заспиващи малки бухалчета и техните търпеливи родители! Илюстрации: Алисън Браун . ... |
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Eight stories by the famous American journalist and writer, Ambrose Bierce : "Owl Creek Bridge" - A man is hanged on a bridge. But then the rope breaks... "Beyond the Wall" - A pretty girl lives on the other side of the wall. What is her secret message? "An Adventure at Brownville" - Two young women are staying in the town of Brownville. Then one of them dies mysteriously. "The Damned Thing" - A man dies. What is the strange animal or "thing" that kills him? "One of the Missing" - A young soldiers's tragic experience of the American Civil War. "The ... |
