"Factfiles" are a sub-series of "Bookworms" with a non-fiction angle providing factual information for students on a wide variety of themes. Exercises at the back of each book check students' understanding of the text and provide ideas for activities and project work.
Published 2016. Upper Intermediate CEF B2 - 1800 Headwords Oxford Bookworms enjoy a world-wide reputation for high-quality storytelling and a great reading experience. Research shows reading a lot improves all your language skills. Experts recognize Oxford Bookworms as the most consistent series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story - very important for fluent reading and extensive reading. There's a wide choice of titles too - something for everyone. Dublin, Ireland, in the early years of the twentieth century. It is a poor city, and there is hard drinking, dishonesty, and violence just beneath the surface everywhere you look. Glance inside a few people's lives, and you soon find loneliness and disappointment, self-hate, and despair. The people in these stories are paralysed: locked into the circles of their everyday lives, where they are caught waiting between life and death. For some, there is a way out - but will circumstances, or their own fear, stop them from taking it?
Word count 33,060 Read at a comfortable level with word count and CEFR level on every cover Illustrations, photos, and diagrams support comprehension Activities build language skills and check understanding Glossaries teach difficult vocabulary Free editable tests for every book
This first of Jane Austen's published novels is the story of two starkly different English sisters: Elinor Dashwood, the epitome of prudence & self-control, and her younger, more impetuous sister Marianne, who embodies emotion, openness, & sheer enthusiasm.
In The Merchant of Venice, the penniless but attractive Bassanio seeks, and finally wins, the hand of the fabulously wealthy Portia. But even as the play provokes laughter, it also provokes something disturbing, as Bassanio's courtship is actually financed by the magnificent villain Shylock the moneylender -- the focus of anti-Semitic sentiment, and one of the most controversial yet strangely sympathetic of Shakespeare's characters, whose actions and whose treatment in the play are still debated to this day.This simplified retelling of the Shakespearean comedy also includes activities related to the text.
What happens when a man lives his life backwards, or a family owns a diamond as big as the Ritz Hotel? How can a boring girl become more popular, a careless young woman become more sensible, or a cut-glass bowl destroy a married woman's life? What does a young man do to save the girl that he likes from an evil ghost, or to forget old feelings for a woman when she marries another man? Read this collection of short stories by one of America's finest storytellers to find out.
Now the subject of a major film by Baz Luhrmann, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan, this work is F. Scott Fitzgerald's brilliant fable of the hedonistic excess and tragic reality of 1920s America. Edited with an introduction and notes by Tony Tanner, it follows young, handsome, and fabulously rich Jay Gatsby, the bright star of the Jazz Age. As writer Nick Carraway becomes immersed in Gatsby's extravagant world, he confronts the mystery of Gatsby's origins and desires. Beneath the glamorous facade lies a secret: a silent longing that can never be fulfilled, leading to a destructive obsession that unravels Gatsby's life. Fitzgerald captures the disillusionment of post-war America and the moral failures of a society fixated on wealth and status. More than a reflection of a specific era, the narrative chronicles Gatsby's tragic pursuit of his dream, embodying the universal conflict between illusion and reality. Fitzgerald, who married Zelda Sayre, whose struggles influenced his writing, has attained mythical status in American literary history. His masterwork is often regarded as the 'great American novel.' After his death, The New York Times noted that he 'created a "generation"' in both fact and literary sense.
When did you last meet a polar bear, or go to a magician for help? These stories offer many different experiences. Some are strange, some are scary, some are sad, some are blackly funny. A few are shocking - when Lin Lin returns home for a funeral, she learns a dark and terrible family secret which may destroy her. Bookworms World Stories collect stories written in English from around the world. These stories are from Australia, Canada, India, Malaysia, Nigeria, Singapore, South Africa, and Trinidad
A series of four books that provide extensive guidance and English practice in key areas of the language. This book for lower-intermediate to intermediate students provides extensive guidance and practice in four crucial areas: Grammar, Vocabulary, Situations and Writing. Recycling Intermediate English can be used to supplement any coursebook at this level, in class or for self-study. It provides useful extra practice for the Cambridge Preliminary English Test (PET) and the Skills for Life Entry 3 examination.
Bookworms World Stories collect stories written in English from around the world. The stories in this volume are from China, India, Malaysia and Singapore
Introduces intermediate-level students to a wide range of authors and encourages them to develop their English by reading for pleasure.
For lower-intermediate to intermediate students who wish to improve their istening skills in English.
Polish translation of Dumas' famous historical novel, "The Three Musketeers." A young Gascon nobleman, d'Artagnan, sets off for Paris in hopes of joining the Musketeers. He proves himself fighting with them and earns a place in their ranks. With d'Artagnan the three preserve the honor of the king and thwart the schemes of Cardinal Richelieu.
Abridged and simplified but retaining as much as possible of the author's original style.
Word count 10,300 Suitable for younger learners
This book contains nine stories. They are told by characters from India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. Some of these stories have something in common, they refer to turning points in their lives. In addition to this, all of them tell experiences of their childhood
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.
Sent to prison on a false accusation in 1815, Edmond Dantes escapes many years later and finds a treasure which he uses to exact his revenge.
"Into the narrow social world of New York in the 1870s comes Countess Ellen Olenska, surrounded by shocked whispers about her failed marriage to a rich Polish Count. A woman who leaves her husband can never be accepted in polite society. Newland Arthur is engaged to young May Welland, but the beautiful and mysterious Countess needs his help. He becomes her friend and defender, but friendship with an unhappy, lonely woman is a dangerous path for a young man to follow - especially a young man who is soon to be married." --Back cover
A collection of short stories written in English, and simplified for students. Innocence and experience, loss and longing, humor and sadness run hand in hand through these stories by Irish authors Brian Friel, Edna O'Brien, William Trevor, Lorcan Byrne, Frank O'Connor, Claire Keegan, Eamonn Sweeney, and Somerville & Ross
Suitable for adult literacy and ESL students.
Barchester towers is the story of the church war that takes place between Mrs Proudie, the wife of Barsetshire's newly installed bishop, and Mr Slope, the sly, scheming chaplain.
Sherlock Holmes is the greatest detective of them all. He sits in his room, and smokes his pipe. He listens, and watches, and thinks. He listens to the steps coming up the stairs; he watches the door opening - and he knows what question the stranger will ask. In these three of his best stories, Holmes has three visitors to the famous flat in Baker Street - visitors who bring their troubles to the only man in the world who can help them.
An Englishman is shipwrecked in a land where the people are only six inches tall.
Classic and Modern Fiction and Non-Fiction in English; [Council of Europe Level B1 (Alte 2)]
Originals introduces intermediate-level students to a wide range of authors and encourages them to develop their English by reading for pleasure. The book contains extracts from classic and modern fiction and non-fiction, written in English by authors from many different countries. There are extracts from classic novels and short stories, spy and ghost stories, thrillers, war, fantasy novels, a biography and contemporary fiction. The texts has been carefully selected for the level so that intermediate students, and those preparing for the Cambridge Preliminary English Test (PET), will be able to understand them with the help of the notes and exercises.
Sent down from Oxford after a wild, drunken party, Paul Pennyfeather is oddly surprised to find himself qualifying for the position of schoolmaster at a boys' private school in Wales. His colleagues are an assortment of misfits, rascals and fools, including Prendy (plagued by doubts) and Captain Grimes, who is always in the soup (or just plain drunk). Then Sports Day arrives, and with it the delectable Margot Beste-Chetwynde, floating on a scented breeze. As the farce unfolds in Evelyn Waugh's dazzling debut as a novelist, the young run riot and no one is safe, least of all Paul.
A series of four books that provide extensive guidance and English practice in key areas of the language. The first in the popular series of four workbooks by the same author, this book provides revision and practice in four main areas: Situations, Vocabulary, Grammar and Writing. Recycling Elementary English can be used to supplement any elementary coursebook, and offers useful extra practice for the Cambridge Key English Test (KET), and the Skills for Life Entry 2 examination. This edition contains an answer key.
A collection of anthologies, resource and reference books, including titles from Oscar Wilde, Mary Shelley, Alex Madina, Jo Phillips and Adrian Barlow.
Short Stories. 700 Grundwörter.
Oxford Bookworms offer students at all levels the opportunity to extend their reading and appreciation of English. There are six stages, taking students from elementary to advanced level. At the lower stages, many of the texts have been specially written for the series, to provide elementary and lower-intermediate students with an introduction to real reading in English. At the higher stages, most of the books have been adapted from works originally published for native speakers.
The Oxford Bookworms Library is a new edition of the original Oxford Bookworms Black and Green series, merging the two series into one with new covers. The new edition builds on the success of the original series and provides enhanced teaching support. Sixteen additional pages inside each book allow extra pages of activities and increased author and series information. Some of the titles have new illustrations. For those titles which had associated cassettes, the cassettes will remain available with the same ISBNs as before.
The Oxford Bookworms Library offers new editions of the original Oxford Bookworms Black and Green series, merging the two series into one with new covers. The new editions build on the success of the original series and provide enhanced teaching support. Sixteen additional pages inside each book allow extra pages of activities and increased author and series information. Some of the titles have new illustrations. For those titles which had associated cassettes, the cassettes will remain available with the same ISBNs as before.
Dziwne losy Jane Eyre ukazały się po raz pierwszy w październiku 1847 roku i stały się wielkim sukcesem wydawniczym. Powieść, zaliczana do szczytowych osiągnięć literackich epoki wiktoriańskiej, harmonijnie łączy melodramatyczną fabułę z wnikliwą obserwacją psychologiczną oraz nastrojem tajemnicy i grozy. Osierocona dziewczyna podejmuje pracę nauczycielki w posiadłości Edwarda Fairfaxa Rochestera. Zostaje jego narzeczoną, ale Rochester ukrywa przed światem ponury sekret. Charlotte Bront opowiada o wielkim uczuciu, które połączyło ludzi z różnych, tak odległych od siebie sfer w świecie, gdzie konwenanse stanowiły o towarzyskim być albo nie być.
Duma i uprzedzenie - Jane Austen schovat popis
'I don't know that you have done anything wrong,' Miss Hepplewhite said. 'But it is possible that you have done something rather dangerous.' William and Susie thought they were just playing a game when they cooked a witch's brew in the old barn and said a spell over it, but Martha was not so sure. And indeed, the three friends soon learn that they have called up something dark and evil out of the distant past . . .
A school reader for secondary pupils, in the OXFORD BOOKWORMS. BLACK SERIES STAGE 6. This new series offers students at all levels the opportunity to extend their reading and appreciation of English.
In a gloomy, neglected house Miss Havisham sits, as she has sat year after year, in a wedding dress and veil that were once white, and are now faded and yellow with age. Her face is like a death's head ; her dark eyes burn with bitterness and hate. By her side sits a proud and beautiful girl, and in front of her, trembling with fear in his thick country boots, stands young Pip. Miss Havisham stares at Pip coldly, and murmurs to the girl at her side : " Break his heart, Estella. Break his heart ! "
Powieść Josepha Conrada Lord Jim wydana po raz pierwszy w 1900 roku, należy do kanonu literatury światowej. Centralnym tematem powieści jest wartość i cena honoru. Młody oficer marynarki brytyjskiej, Jim, uważa się za człowieka honoru i wyczekuje sytuacji, w której będzie się mógł nim wykazać. Jednak kiedy nadchodzi taka chwila, Jim nie zdaje egzaminu. Zamiast popisać się heroizmem, okazuje się tchórzem i popełnia haniebny czyn. Odtąd jego życie przemienia się w długą drogę ku odkupieniu winy i zmyciu ciążącej na nim infamii. Powoli, z fascynującej i pełnej conradowskiego magnetyzmu opowieści, wyłania się odpowiedź na pytanie, czym jest moralność i z jakimi wewnętrznymi wrogami musi zmierzyć się człowiek, aby odzyskać swój utracony honor. Lektura dla szkół średnich
Jak tu nie dziwić się wiktoriańskim krytykom, którzy uważali wspaniałą powieść Emily Brontë za ekscentryczną, a nawet brutalną. Nigdy jeszcze (i chyba nigdy później) taka opowieść o wszechpotężnym, niszczącym uczuciu i zgubnej namiętności nie wyszła spod pióra żadnej kobiety. To dzieło wyobraźni czerpiącej z mitycznego świata posępnych i wietrznych wrzosowisk Yorkshire; to również dzieło niewinności - bowiem autorka przedstawia w nim zło w czystej postaci, jakie nie zdarza się w świecie ludzi. wartość artystyczna Wichrowych Wzgórz stawia tę powieść w rzędzie arcydzieł literatury.
A series of four books that provide extensive guidance and English practice in key areas of the language. Recycling Your English: Fourth Edition provides extensive guidance and practice in five key areas of language: Grammar; Phrasal verbs; Vocabulary; Word study and Writing. This popular book has been revised throughout to take account of recent revisions to the FCE syllabus, and has been expanded to include a new Writing unit on Reviews. It can be used to supplement any coursebook at upper-intermediate level, in class or for self-study, and is suitable for students preparing for the Cambridge FCE or IGCSE in English as a Second Language examinations.
Ulubiona książka dzieciństwa naszych dziadków i rodziców. Opowieść o serdecznej przyjaźni, prawdziwej dobroci i wielkiej tajemnicy. Zafascynowała też Agnieszkę Holland, która zachowując wierność powieści stworzyła urzekająco malarski film o dziecięcej przyjaźni.
This book addresses five key areas of difficulty at the advanced level: grammar, phrasal verbs, vocabulary, word study, and writing. It features concise explanations and extensive practice for each topic, emphasizing recycling to reinforce learning. The user-friendly layout enhances accessibility, while a variety of non-exam-specific exercises keeps engagement high. It includes examples of all CAE and revised CPE task types for Papers 2 and 3, along with a helpful appendix of reference materials. The content is divided into five sections: 1. **Grammar (25 units)** covers major advanced grammatical points with practice and revision exercises. 2. **Phrasal Verbs (15 units)** organizes phrasal verbs by particle and includes a focus on three-part verbs and their use as nouns. 3. **Vocabulary (22 units)** presents and practices vocabulary from key topics relevant to advanced coursework and exams. 4. **Word Study (17 units)** explores linguistic challenges like idioms, false friends, and collocations, with recycling units for consolidation. 5. **Writing (11 units)** provides guidance on various writing tasks and styles, complete with model answers and additional practice exercises. The revised edition updates material based on reader feedback, aligns tasks with CAE and CPE syllabus revisions, and introduces new units on discourse markers, vocabulary related to the internet and UK government, and word study topics like humour and
Two young people discover unknown strengths within themselves when one of them is kidnapped and the other tries to save him.
Życie w Zielonych Szczytach, spokojnej farmie na wyspie Księcia Edwarda w Kanadzie, zmienia się na zawsze wraz z przybyciem rudowłosej gaduły o imieniu Ania. Ta pełna energii, bystra 11-letnia sierota dostrzega "możliwości wyobraźni" wszędzie, gdzie spojrzy, przekształcając życie Matthew i Marilli Cuthbert, swoich starszych opiekunów, dzięki swoim wesołym wybrykom i przygodom. Ania — pisana z "e", jak poważnie informuje nowych znajomych — buduje świat czarów wokół Zielonych Szczytów oraz okolicznych lasów, jezior i dolin. Dzięki wyobraźni rudowłosej dziewczynki naturalne piękno rustykalnego regionu zamienia się w krainę wróżek pełną nieskończonego romansu. Inspirujące gadanie Ani, jej życzliwość i radość życia zdobywają ciepłe grono przyjaciół, tak jak podbiły serca czytelników na całym świecie. Od momentu swojego debiutu w 1908 roku powieść prowadzi pokolenia dzieci do śmiechu i łez — ale przede wszystkim do śmiechu — razem z tą ukochaną bohaterką.
This book is intended for young teenage students of English as a foreign language.
Bathsheba Everdene is young, proud, and beautiful. She is an independent woman and can marry any man she chooses - if she chooses. In fact, she likes her independence, and she likes fighting her own battles in a man's world. But it is never wise to ignore the power of love. There are three men who would very much like to marry Bathsheba. When she falls in love with one of them, she soon wishes she had kept her independence. She learns that love brings misery, pain, and violent passions that can destroy lives . ..
A heartbreaking portrayal of a woman faced by an impossible choice in the pursuit of happiness When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune, meeting her 'cousin' Alec proves to be her downfall. A very different man, Angel Clare, seems to offer her love and salvation, but Tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent in the hope of a peaceful future. With its sensitive depiction of the wronged Tess and powerful criticism of social convention, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, subtitled "A Pure Woman," is one of the most moving and poetic of Hardy's novels. Based on the three-volume first edition that shocked readers when first published in 1891, this edition includes as appendices: Hardy's Prefaces, the Landscapes of Tess, episodes originally censored from the Graphic periodical version, and a selection of the Graphic illustrations. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
