Příběhy lásky s rozdílem . . . Je tu polibek u ohně, který byl omylem, teta nenávidící muže u moře a střelec v Texasu, který hledá potyčku. Je tu bílá volavka letící nad lesem a posel běžící mezi dvěma lavičkami v parku. A samozřejmě, je tu dívka, která se setkává s chlapcem . . . Tyto příběhy lásky napsali američtí autoři Kate Chopin, Stephen Crane, Sarah Orne Jewett, O. Henry a kanadská autorka Lucy Maud Montgomery (autorka slavné Anny ze Zelených střech).
Shirley Homes is a private investigator. She is clever with computers, and knows London like the back of her hand. She laughs when people say, 'Was Sherlock Holmes your grandfather?' Sherlock Holmes, of course, was not a real person, but, like Sherlock, Shirley has good eyes, and good ears. And she knows the right questions to ask.And in the Lithuanian Case, the right questions are important. Because Shirley must find a missing person - Carrie Williams, aged fifteen. Where is she? Who is she with?
K romantickému příběhu o bývalém galejníkovi, který zbohatne a pomáhá svým přátelům, se vracejí nové generace čtenářů, kteří spolu s Hugovými hrdiny prožívají jeden z nejkrásnějších příběhů o utrpení a lásce. Sledujme dobrodružství Jeana Valjeana a jeho věčného stínu Javerta, osudem pronásledované Fantiny a její malé Cossety, ušlechtilého Maria a vykutáleného Thénardiera. Kouzlo románu spočívá také v tom, že děj se odehrává v romantické scenérii staré Paříže třicátých let devatenáctého století, v zákoutí úzkých uliček, za tajuplnými zdmi kláštěrů a hřbitovů a dokonce i v podzemních stokách Paříže.
Good luck in Malaysia, bad news in New Zealand, a chicken and a jug of cider in Britain, a goat and a pumpkin in India, fun and games in a cyber café in Nigeria...The countries change in these stories, but people's lives are always strange and wonderful in any place.
In Edinburgh a detective listens to a confession; in Orkney an old man lives with the ghosts of his past. In the Outer Hebrides some travellers learn a lesson; in Glasgow a young woman steals a meeting with a famous actor; and in a small town somewhere a pigeon dies. These stories are as richly varied as the land of Scotland itself
This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading skills for low-beginning through advanced students. Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students' reading confidence. Introductions at the beginning of each story, illustrations throughout, and glossaries help build comprehension. Before, during, and after reading activities included in the back of each book strengthen student comprehension. Audio versions of selected titles provide great models of intonation and pronunciation of difficult words.
"He smiled, showing teeth yellow from cigarette smoke. He looked at his desk diary, then at her papers again. 'Mmm ... a hundred pesos a month. Why, that's one thousand two hundred pesos a year. Surely, you can afford to buy me a forty-peso dinner!' How can Marian say no? How can she refuse the Chief's next request? He is an evil man, but she needs her promotion ..."--Page 4 of cover
Reading a complete story in English gives students a great sense of achievement -- and encourages them to read more. The Oxford Bookworms Library offers a variety of titles. The books are graded at six vocabulary levels ranging from 250 words (Starter) to 2,500 (Advanced).
This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading skills for low-beginning through advanced students. Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students' reading confidence. Introductions at the beginning of each story, illustrations throughout, and glossaries help build comprehension. Before, during, and after reading activities included in the back of each book strengthen student comprehension. Audio versions of selected titles provide great models of intonation and pronunciation of difficult words.
Pack of ten best-selling iBookworms/i and– ideal for building up class libraries. Each Pack contains one copy of each listed title. liThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer/libr / liThe Elephant Man/libr /liA Little Princess/libr / liLove or Money?/libr / liThe Monkey's Paw/libr / liThe Phantom of the Opera/libr / liThe President's Murderer/libr / liSherlock Holmes and the Duke's Son/libr / liWhite Death/libr / liThe Wizard of Oz/li
"Horseracing is the sport of kings, perhaps because racehorses are very expensive animals. But when they win races, they can make a lot of money too - money for the owners, for the trainers, and for the people who put bets on them to win. Silver Blaze is a young horse, but already the winner of many races. One night he disappears from his stables, and someone kills his trainer. The police want the killer, and the owner wants his horse, but they can't find them. So what do they do? They write to 221B Baker Street, London, of course - to ask for the help of the great detective, Sherlock Holmes."--Publisher
In Carroll's sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Alice once again finds herself in a bizarre and nonsensical place when she passes through a mirror and enters a looking-glass world where nothing is quite as it seems. From her guest appearance as a pawn in a chess match to her meeting with Humpty Dumpty, "Through the Looking Glass" follows Alice on her curious adventure.
The Bookworms series offers six graded stages provide more than 130 stories at different levels of ability. The lower levels feature a wide choice of original stories, while the higher levels feature adaptations of well-known works originally published for native speakers. There are titles to suit all tastes: fantasy and horror; thriller and adventure; classics; true stories; crime and mystery; human interest.
Following an Australian government edict in 1931, black Aboriginal children and children of mixed marriages were gathered up and taken to settlements to be institutionally assimilated. In Rabbit-Proof Fence, Doris Pilkington traces the story of her mother, Molly, one of three young girls uprooted from their community in Southwestern Australia and taken to the Moore River Native Settlement. There, Molly and her relatives Gracie and Daisy were forbidden to speak their native language, forced to abandon their heritage, and taught to be culturally white. After regular stays in solitary confinement, the three girls planned and executed a daring escape from the grim camp
From Botswana to New Zealand, from Jamaica to Nigeria, from Uganda to Malaysia, from India to South Africa, these moving stories show us that the human heart is the same in every place. Fear and pain, happiness and sadness belong to us all. These eight stories were winning entries in the 2004 Commonwealth Short Story Competition. The writers are Sefi Atta, Adrienne M. Frater, Lauri Kubuitsile, Erica N. Robinson, Jackee Budesta Batanda, Janet Tay Hui Ching, Anuradha Muralidharan, and Tod Collins.
'It' is a Psammead, an ancient, ugly and irritable sand-fairy the children find one day in a gravel pit. It grants them one wish a day, lasting until sunset. But they soon learn it is very hard to think of really sensible wishes, and each one gets them into unexpected difficulties. Magic, the children find, can be as awkward as it is enticing.
This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading skills for low-beginning through advanced students. Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students' reading confidence. Introductions at the beginning of each story, illustrations throughout, and glossaries help build comprehension. Before, during, and after reading activities included in the back of each book strengthen student comprehension. Audio versions of selected titles provide great models of intonation and pronunciation of difficult words.
Level 3: 1000-Word Vocabulary
When gold is found in the frozen north of Canada, men need strong sled dogs to pull them to the mines and back. Buck is stolen from his home in the south and has to learn a new way of life, plus how to fight-- and win. Includes activities at the end of the story.
This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading skills for low-beginning through advanced students. Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students' reading confidence. Introductions at the beginning of each story, illustrations throughout, and glossaries help build comprehension. Before, during, and after reading activities included in the back of each book strengthen student comprehension. Audio versions of selected titles provide great models of intonation and pronunciation of difficult words.
Victor Frankenstein thinks he's found the secret of life as he takes parts from dead people and builds a new man. But this monster is so big and frightening and scares everyone, including Frankenstein himself, away. Includes activities at the end of the story
Najsłynniejsza powieść z gatunku coming-of-age należąca do kanonu literatury światowej w tłumaczeniu Anny Bańkowskiej Stany Zjednoczone, lata 60. XIX wieku. W domostwie zwanym Orchard House od pokoleń mieszka rodzina Marchów. Pod nieobecność ojca walczącego w wojnie secesyjnej opiekę nad czterema córkami sprawuje ich matka, Marmee, która wyraźnie wyprzedza swoją epokę, wpajając dziewczynkom ideały wolności i namawiając je, by znalazły własną drogę w życiu. Córki pani March – stateczna Meg, żywiołowa Jo, nieśmiała Beth oraz nieco przemądrzała Amy – starają się urozmaicić swoje naznaczone ciągłym brakiem pieniędzy życie, chociaż boleśnie odczuwają niedostatek i tęsknotę za ojcem. Nieważne, czy układają plan zabawy czy zawiązują tajne stowarzyszenie, wszystkich zarażają swoim entuzjazmem. Poddają mu się nawet Laurie, samotny chłopiec z sąsiedniego domu, oraz jego tajemniczy, bogaty dziadek. Młody dziedzic z zazdrością patrzy na skromny dom Marchów, bo któż nie chciałby ogrzać się w jego cieple? Kto odrzuciłby przyjaźń czterech dziewczynek o diametralnie różnych osobowościach, ale jednakowo dobrych sercach? Książka, która od półtora wieku łączy kolejne pokolenia
This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading skills for low-beginning through advanced students. Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students' reading confidence. Introductions at the beginning of each story, illustrations throughout, and glossaries help build comprehension. Before, during, and after reading activities included in the back of each book strengthen student comprehension. Audio versions of selected titles provide great models of intonation and pronunciation of difficult words.
Życie Macona Leary'ego jest zorganizowane z precyzją zegara. Dzień po dniu jego egzystencja toczy się według starannie ustalonych zasad, między pisaniem przewodników turystycznych dla biznesmenów, spacerami z Edwardem, sympatycznym, lekko neurotycznym pieskiem, a ciągłym doskonaleniem swoich nawyków. Nawet ból, spowodowany tragiczną śmiercią syna i późniejszym porzuceniem przez żonę, wydaje się nie naruszać uporządkowanego świata Macona. Jednak los ma dla niego niespodziankę. Nazywa się Muriel Pritchett, ma burzę nieokiełznanych loków, dziecko potrzebujące opieki i jest wirującym chaosem. Żadne opory, cierpliwość, metoda ani ucieczka nie będą miały znaczenia; życie przyszło, a Macon nie może się już ukrywać.
Strange things happen in the world. You can hear all sorts of sensational stories, but are they true? Who can you trust? Some stories will never be published in newspapers because the government does not want people to know about them. But their stories will appear in The Omega Files.
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In just five stories, Edgar Allan Poe laid down most of the ground rules of detective fiction. In the three tales featuring Auguste Dupin (The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Mystery of Marie Roget and The Purloined Letter) he created the Great Detective, not to mention the locked-room mystery, the notion of armchair detection and the secret-service story; The Gold Bug revolved around the use of cyphers; and Thou Art the Man made use of false clues and the least likely suspect.
Siedmioletnia Sara Crewe wiedzie zycie jak z bajki Na pensji dla dziewczat w Londynie jest holubiona przez wszystkich Ma wlasny salon garderobe kucyka a nawet pokojowke Co wiecej ma odziedziczyc po rodzicach wielka fortune Nie jest jednak rozpieszczonym dzieckiem wrodzona skromnoscia i przyjaznym usposobieniem zjednuje sobie ludzi Jej zycie zmienia sie gdy w dniu jedenastych urodzin dowiaduje sie o naglym bankructwie i smierci ojca Z dnia na dzien z pupilki staje sie sluzaca a z pieknego pokoju przenosi sie na zimny strych Schronienie przed okrutna rzeczywistoscia znajduje w swiecie wyobrazni Co wieczor przekradaja sie do niej Ermengarda i Lottie by wysluchac opowiadanych przez nia niezwyklych historiiS
This series offers six graded stages providing more than 130 stories at different levels of ability. The lower levels feature a wide choice of original stories, while the higher levels feature adaptations of well-known works originally published for native speakers. There are titles to suit all tastes: fantasy and horror; thriller and adventure; classics; true stories; crime and mystery; human interest. The Activities section at the back of each title has been extended to include extra activities before, while and after reading, helping students to interact with the text and get the most out of each story. Each title also has an introduction, a glossary of key topic words, and an About the Author section.
In EDI (the European Department of Intelligence in Brussels) there aresome very secret files - the Omega Files. There are strange, surprising, andsometimes horrible stories in these files, but not many people know about them.You never read about them in the newspapers. Hawker and Jude know all about theOmega Files, because they work for EDI.They think fast, they move fast, and they learn some very strange things. Theygo all over the world, asking difficult questions in dangerous places, but theydon't always find the answers
A first novel which became a major US film. From the wealthy homes of pre-Revolutionary China to downtown San Francisco, this is the story of four mothers and their first-generation Chinese-American daughters; two generations of women struggling to come to terms with their cultural identity.
Supplementary teaching material for the Oxford Bookworms Factfiles.
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The Oxford Bookworms Starters Teacher's Handbook Answer Keys and Photocopiable Tests for Bookworms Starters.
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The teacher's handbooks offer an introduction to the Oxford Bookworms Library series with guidance on using graded readers, answers to the exercises in the books, photocopiable tests and an answer key.
These stories by John Updike, Graham Greene, William Boyd, Susan Hill, D.H. Lawrence, Saki, Penelope Lively, Bernard McLaverty, Frank Tuohy, Morley Callaghan explore life from a child's perspective, and show that the world can be a strange, baffling, and sometimes very frightening place.
Rat, Mole, Toad, and Badger roam the English countryside for a memorable series of adventures. Timeless tales of friendship amid the natural world.
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. Each new edition builds on the success of the original series and provides enhanced teaching support.
Hurricane Mabel is far out in the Atlantic Ocean and moving slowly northwards. Perhaps it will never come near land at all. But if it hits the island of San Fernandez, many thousands of people will die. There could be winds of more than 250 kilometres an hour. There could be a huge tidal wavefrom the sea, which will drown the capital city of St Pierre. Mabel will destroy houses, farms, roads, bridges . . . Only one man, David Wyatt, believes that Mabel will hit San Fernandez, but nobody will listen to him...
Lubisz czytać powieści i jednocześnie doskonalić swój angielski? Mamy idealne połączenie! Klasyka literatury światowej w wersji do nauki języka angielskiego. CZYTAJ – oryginalny tekst powieści „Alicja w Krainie Czarów” pomoże Ci przyswoić nowe słówka i poszerzyć słownictwo. Wciągająca fabuła sprawi, że nie oderwiesz się od lektury, co zapewni regularność nauki. Czytanie tekstów po angielsku to najlepsza metoda nauki. SŁUCHAJ – pobierz bezpłatne nagranie oryginalnego tekstu dostępne na poltext.pl/pobierz. Czytaj, słuchając nagrania, aby utrwalić wymowę. ĆWICZ – do każdego rozdziału przygotowano specjalne dodatki i ćwiczenia; na marginesach znajdziesz minisłownik oraz objaśnienia trudniejszych wyrazów. W części O słowach poszerzysz słownictwo, a w części gramatycznej poznasz struktury językowe. Dzięki testom na końcu rozdziału sprawdzisz zrozumienie tekstu, a odpowiedzi do zadań znajdziesz w kluczu. Nauka języka obcego może być przyjemnością. Alicja nie oszalała, to Ty wpadłeś w świat języka. Magiczna podróż małej dziewczynki do fantastycznej krainy, gdzie wszystko może się zdarzyć, czeka na Ciebie. Powodzenia!
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. Each 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.
In 2008, Sally Gardiner makes friends with Milo, a young student. When he tells Sally why he is different from other boys of his age, she does not believe him. Many years later, however, she realises that he was right. She sits dow to write a letter of warning to her grandmother, Lola. Storylines are new editions of selected Streamline Graded Readers with a new design and new colour artwork. Aimed at beginner to intermediate levels, each story is graded and has a contemporary feel that should appeal to teenagers and young adults.
A level 4 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Peter Hawkins. If you find a locked room in a lonely inn, don't try to open it, even on a bright sunny day. If you find a strange whistle hidden among the stones of an old church, don't blow it. If a mysterious man gives you a piece of paper with strange writing on it, give it back to him at once. And if you call a dead man from his grave, don't expect to sleep peacefully ever again. Read these five ghost stories by daylight, and make sure your door is locked.
While staying with her mother's godmother, Minty finds herself drawn to a mysterious sundial which takes her back in time and links her life to that of two unhappy children she meets in two different centuries.
This series of readers is aimed at students at 6 levels from elementary to advanced. All stages have exercises for classroom or private use, plus a glossary to help with vocabulary. This elementary level book features three stories of love, death and deception on train journeys.
The President is dead! A man is running in the night. He is afraid and needs to rest. But there are people behind him - people with lights, and dogs, and guns. A man is standing in front of a desk. His boss is very angry, and the man is tired and needs to sleep. But first he must find the other man, and bring him back - dead or alive. Two men: the hunter and the hunted. Which will win and which will lose? Long live the President!
What does the future hold in store for the human race? Aliens from distant galaxies, telepathic horror, interstellar war, time-warps, the shriek of a rose, collision with an asteroid - the unknown lies around every corner, and the universe is a big place. These nine science-fiction stories offer possibilities that are fantastic, humorous, alarming, but always thought-provoking.This collection contains stories by Ray Bradbury, Bill Brown, Philip K. Dick, Arthur C. Clarke, Jerome Bixby, Isaac Asimov, Brian Aldiss, Roald Dahl, and John Wyndham.
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Murder: the unlawful, intentional killing of a human being - a terrible crime. But murder stories are always fascinating. Who did it? And how? Or why? And was it murder, or just an unfortunate accident? Who will triumph, the murderer or the detective? This collection contains a wide range of murder stories, from the astute detection of the famous Sherlock Holmes, to the chilling psychology of Ruth Rendell. This collection contains stories by Agatha Christie, Ruth Rendell, Graham Greene, Angela Noel, Dorothy L. Sayers, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Margery Allingham, and Patricia Highsmith.
The story of William Shakespeare's life is told by an imaginery friend, Toby.
Based on William Shakespeare's K̀ing Lear'. Retold in narrative form in modern language and reinterpreted for today's world. Suitable for adult literacy and learners of English-as-a-second-language.
It is 1880, in the Opera House in Paris. Everybody is talking about the Phantom of the Opera, The gost that lives somewhere under the Opera House. The Phantom is a man in black clothes. He is a body without a head, he is a head without a body. He has a yellow face, he has no nose, he has black holes for eyes. Everybody is afraid of the Phantom - the singers, the dancers, the directors, the stage workers
Independent and spirited Bathsheba Everdene has come to Weatherbury to take up her position as a farmer on the largest estate in the area. Her bold presence draws three very different suitors: the gentleman-farmer Boldwood, soldier-seducer Sergeant Troy and the devoted shepherd Gabriel Oak. Each, in contrasting ways, unsettles her decisions.
Trwa II wojna światowa: na Pacyfiku Stany Zjednoczone walczą z Japonią. W Los Angeles Philip Marlowe nie narzeka jednak na brak roboty. Otrzymuje zlecenie, by odnaleźć żonę bogatego przemysłowca. Uciekła z kochankiem? Zaginęła? Sprawa wydaje się prosta, ale kłopoty to w końcu specjalność Marlowea. Pogrążone w narkotycznym śnie przedmieścia rozrastającej się metropolii i zwodniczo spokojna tafla jeziora w górskim kurorcie stanowią scenerię kilku splątanych ze sobą przegranych ludzkich losów.
This reader is one in a series of redesigned new editions of the most popular titles in the Streamline Graded Readers series, which contain a new design and new colour artwork.
Kenneth Grahame was a British author best known for writing books for children. The Wind in the Willows is Grahame's most famous work and is considered one of the greatest classics in children's literature. The story follows four anthropomorphised animals living in England.