''''there were only seven out of the twenty-six on whom we knew we could rely; and out of those seven one was a boy.'''' When a mysterious seafarer puts up at the Admiral Benbow, young Jim Hawkins is haunted by his frightening tales; the sailor''''s sudden death is the beginning of one of the most exciting ...
#1 "NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLER They are at the center of a multimillion-dollar legal hurricane: twelve men and women who have been investigated, watched, manipulated, and harassed by high-priced lawyers and consultants who will stop at nothing to secure a verdict. Now the jury must make a decision in ...
The heartbreaking tale of the doomed lovers Heathcliff and Catherine, Emily Bronte''s gothic masterpiece, "Wuthering Heights", has enthralled readers for more than a century and a half-spawning film and televison adaptations, operas, musicals, and a hit single by British pop superstar Kate Bush. It is ...
An eleven-year-old had discovered a secret that not even an adultshould know. A US State Senator is dead, and Mark Sway is the only onewho knows the body is hidden. The FBI want him to tell them where is atwhatever cost to Mark and his family. The killer wants him silencedforever. Reggie Love has been ...
This classic Seussian tale tells the story of the disgruntled Grinch and his fiendish attempts to steal Christmas from the citizens of Who-ville. With wacky rhymes and zany illustrations from the master himself, it has been a seasonal favourite with young readers for over 40 years.The Grinch hated Christmas! ...
Agatha Christie is the most popular mystery writer of all time. With over two billion copies of her books in print, her genius for detective fiction is unparalleled. She is truly the one and only Queen of Crime. Linnet Ridgeway has almost everything: youth, beauty, style, and wealth. What she doesn''''t ...
Historický román Alias Grace je založen na skutečných událostech, vraždách Thomase Kinneara a Nancy Montgomeryové, z nichž byla obviněna mladičká služebná Grace Marksová a sluha James McDermott. Za mladou Grace, trpící ztrátou paměti, přijíždí do věznice po deseti letech mladý psychiatr Simon Jordan, ...
John Buchan wrote The Thirty-Nine Steps while he was seriously ill at the beginning of the First World War. In it he introduces his most famous hero, Richard Hannay, who, despite claiming to be an ''ordinary fellow', is caught up in the dramatic race against a plot to devastate the British war effort. ...
The definitive text of Jane Austen''s penetrating and sparkling satire, "Emma", this "Penguin Classics Edition" includes an introduction by Fiona Stafford. Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, rich - and fiercely independent - is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. ...
Extravagant, inventive, emotionally sweeping, Captain Corelli''''s Mandolin is the story of a timeless place that one day wakes up to find itself in the jaws of history. The place is the Greek island of Cephallonia, where gods once dabbled in the affairs of men and the local saint periodically rises ...
A good portrait is a portrait of the artist, not the sitter. I am afraid I show my soul in this painting.’ Tag Fantasy In this Reader you will find: - Information about Oscar Wilde’s life - Sections focusing on background and context - Glossary of difficult words - Comprehension activities - PET-style ...
With the perennial popularity of classic writers like Charlotte Bronte and Lewis Carroll, Baby Lit is a fashionable way to introduce your toddler to the world of classic literature. With clever, simple text by Jennifer Adams, paired with stylish design and illustrations by Sugar''s Alison Oliver, Little ...
When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton''''s type is girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact. On a road trip miles from home, this anagram-happy, washed-up child prodigy has ten thousand dollars in his pocket, ...
"A true genius.Roald Dahl is my hero" - David Walliams A phizz-whizzing rebrand for the world''''s No.1 storyteller - Roald Dahl! Exciting, bold and instantly recognisable with Quentin Blake''''s inimitable artwork. Charlie Bucket has won Willy Wonka''''s chocolate factory and is on his way to take possession ...