H. G. Wells skilfully combines tension, wit and terror in The Invisible Man, a masterpiece of science fiction. Complete & Unabridged. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. A mysterious stranger arrives at a rural Sussex inn on a cold winter's night with his face obscured by bandages and his body cloaked in a long, heavy coat. He locks himself in his room and spends his stay labouring over chemicals in intricate glass bottles. The ... |
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Retold by Lisa Suett. ... Is it OK to trust everyone? Read about the Gingerbread Man as he runs away from an old woman, an old man, a cow and a horse. No one can catch him! But then he meets a fox... Who is more clever? The fox or the Gingerbread Man? Vocabulary areas: Food and cooking, The rooms in the house, Parts of the body, Actions. Grammar and Structures: Present simple, Present continuous (not with future reference), conjunctions: because, and Verb + ing, Verb + infinitive, Can / Can't for ability, Comparative and superlative adverbs, Have (got) for possession. Topic: Adventure. Level: Beginner A1. ... |
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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. A plane crashes in the middle of the desert in Oman leaving a pilot and his family hurt and stranded. The pilot begins a journey across the desert to get help but collapses from exhaustion. He is found and taken to a nearby hospital but he is unconscious and no one has any idea who he is or where he has come from. Meanwhile time is running out for his wife and son who are waiting in the desert for help to arrive. ... |
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A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Rollo Martins, a failing novelist, is invited to Vienna by his best friend, Harry Lime. The city he arrives in is unrecognisable - torn apart by the Second World War and shared between the occupying Allies. What’s more, Lime is dead, accusations of racketeering have been laid at his feet, and the circumstances of his demise look suspicious. Determined to uncover the truth, Martins starts asking questions, but soon begins to fear for his own life. Accompanied here by twelve further stories that exhibit the full range of Graham Greene’s masterly storytelling, "The Third Man" ... |
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It's time to catch a killer. A journey that took him to hell... Having survived combat tours in Afghanistan and Iraq and been decorated with medals, Travis Devine mysteriously leaves the Army under a cloud of suspicion. And at thirty-two years old, he's swapping fighting the Taliban and Al Qaeda for a different kind of danger in the cut throat world of high finance. His daily commute on the 6.20 a.m. train into New York's financial district, to his new job as an analyst at the minted powerhouse investment bank Cowl and Comely, takes him into a world where greed, power, jealousy and ambition result in the ... |
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Retold by Sue Arengo. ... Find out what happens when the old woman makes a gingerbread man and he jumps out of the oven... Children love stories. Bring the magic of good storytelling into your classroom with Classic Tales, and they'll love their English lessons too. This new edition of the award-winning series uses traditional tales to bring English to life through more than 30 beautifully illustrated stories - now with accompanying: e-Books, Audio Packs and Activity Books and Plays. Project the story and accompanying American English audio onto the Interactive Whiteboard - a digital Big Book! Students can also ... |
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Написана просто, но въздействащо, това е притча за съвремието. В подножието на Френските Алпи разказвачът среща овчар, който тихо се е заел със задачата да засажда по сто жълъда на ден, в опит да залеси своя пуст район. Дори двете световни войни не могат да попречат на самотния му труд. Постепенно упоритата дългогодишна работа дава плодове: ландшафтът се променя, а животът и надеждата се завръщат по тези места. Жан Жионо 1895 - 1970 е френски пацифист, поет и писател. Част от историите му показват селския бит в областта Прованс. ... |
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Книга по комиксите на "Marvel". ... Злият Мандарин атакува! Единствено непобедимият Железен човек може да попречи на злодея. Но ще успее ли Железния човек да надвие Мандарина с неговите десет магически пръстена, от които черпи свръхчовешки сили? ... |
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Retold by Sue Arengo. ... Children love stories. Bring the magic of good storytelling into your classroom with Classic Tales, and they'll love their English lessons too. This new edition of the award-winning series uses traditional tales to bring English to life through more than 30 beautifully illustrated stories - now with accompanying: e-Books, Audio Packs and Activity Books and Plays. Project the story and accompanying American English audio onto the Interactive Whiteboard - a digital Big Book! Students can also watch and listen to the story on their home computer or tablets - great for children who prefer ... |
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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. A young man appears at the door and seems to be the answer to Marina's wishes. She and her husband Tom have moved from London to a quiet village, and Marina is bored with her life, as it seems she does nothing but housework. One day she wishes for somebody to help with the ironing, and the 'ironing man' appears. Not only does he help Marina with the housework, but he also helps Tom realise just how ... |
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53 години преди думата робот да бъде въведена в английския език, 27 години преди Х. Уелс да издаде Машината на времето и 35 години преди първия Модел A на Форд е имало Огромният ловец или парния гигант от прериите. Историята започва, когато Итън Хопкинс и Мики Максуизъл се натъкват на колосален човек, задвижван от пара, в американските прерии. Машината е конструирана от гениалния тийнейджър Джони Брейнард, който се включва в опасната златотърсаческа мисия на капанджията Балди Бикнел. Едуард Силвестър Елис е американски писател и журналист, автор на книги и стотици статии, писани под различни псевдоними. Огромният ... |
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Божията изкупителна история. ... The Action Bible включва над 230 кратки истории в хронологичен ред, което улеснява следването на Библейската история и подсилва развитието до вълнуващата кулминация на Божията изкупителна история. Усъвършенстваните сюжетни линии се събират в на-пълната илюстрована Библия, събирани някога в една книга. Всяка страница предизвиква вълнение да изследваме Божието Слово и да Го познаваме лично. Историите в The Action Bible предават Библейската истина ясно и убедително на съвременните читатели. Това неустоимо съчетание на ясен текст и драматични изображения привлича хора от всички възрасти. ... |
