''people get out of prison, and when they get out, and their name is Edmond Dants, they take their revenge!'' Falsely accused of treason, the young sailor Edmond Dants is arrested on his wedding day and imprisoned in the island fortress of the Château d''If. Having endured years of incarceration, he ...
''''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 ...
Oxford Bookworms Library (1000 headwords). ´When we are happy, we are always good´, says Lord Henry, ´but when we are good, we are not always happy.´ Lord Henry´s lazy, clever words lead the young Dorian Gray into a world where it is better to be beautiful than to be good, a world where anything can ...
Zbierka The Tales of Beedle the Bard je prvá kniha J. K. Rowling, ktorá vychádza od vydania poslednej časti úspešnej série o malom čarodejníkovi Harry Potter a dary smrti. Predaj knihy sa začne 4. decembra 2008 a zisky pôjdu na konto nadácie Children\''s High Level Group. Príbehy rozprávača Beedla sa ...
Po Harrym Potterovi Pánovi prstenů a Letopisech Narnie přichází další dobrodružné fantasy Chudý farmářský chlapec Eragon najde v Dračích horách podivný modrý kámen Zprvu ho chce pouze zpeněžit a zabezpečit jím rodinu na nadcházející krutou zimu jenže když se z kamene "vyklube" dračí vejce a z něj později ...
Set 300 years before the events in A Song of Ice and Fire, FIRE AND BLOOD is the definitive history of the Targaryens in Westeros as told by Archmaester Gyldayn, and chronicles the conquest that united the Seven Kingdoms under Targaryen rule through to the Dance of the Dragons: the Targaryen civil war ...
A fun, thriller of an adventure told in words and pictures from master storyteller, Philip Pullman, including beautiful cover illustration by Peter Bailey and sumptuous illustrations throughout by David Mostyn. Rose and Lily and their little brother Ned live in an orphanage - a terrible place, where ...
Around the World in Eighty Days Family and Friends 5 An exceptionally strong skills training programme which covers language skills, phonics, and civic education skills. This six-level course offers a fast-paced syllabus and a wide range of optional resources to support a high number of teaching hours ...
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. ...
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. ''''Alas that mortals Should blame the gods! From us, they say, All evils come. Yet they themselves It is who through defiant deeds Bring sorrow on them-far more sorrow Than fate would have them bear.'''' Attributed to ...
Susan Sontag is most often remembered as a brilliant essayist - inquisitive, analytical, fearlessly outspoken. Yet all throughout her life, she also wrote short stories: fictions which wrestled with those ideas and preoccupations she couldn\''t address in essay form. These short fictions are allegories, ...
´But I don´t want to go among mad people,´ Alice remarked. ´Oh, you ca´n´t help that,´ said the Cat. ´We´re all mad here.´ The ´Alice´ books are two of the most translated, most quoted, and best-known books in the world, but what exactly are they? Apparently delightful, innocent fantasies ...
''The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick,'' said the Witch; ''so you cannot miss it. When you get to Oz do not be afraid of him, but tell your story and ask him to help you.'' A cyclone hits Kansas and whirls away Dorothy and her little dog Toto to the magical Land of Oz, where wild ...
A sharp, witty and hugely entertaining debut novel, The Devil Wears Prada is The Nanny Diaries set in the world of high fashion. Welcome to the dollouse, baby! When Andrea first sets foot in the plush Manhattan offices of Runway she knows nothing. She's never heard of the world's most fashionable ...
A powerful study of bigotry, persecution, obsession and hypocrisy in early American society, the "Penguin Classics" edition of Nathaniel Hawthorne''s. "The Scarlet Letter" contains an introduction by Nina Baym and notes by Thomas E. Connolly. Set in the harsh Puritan community of seventeenth-century ...
The Picture of Dorian Gray was a succčs de scandale. Early readers were shocked by its hints at unspeakable sins and the book was later used as evidence against Wilde at the Old Bailey in 1895.Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray makes a Faustian bargain to sell his soul in exchange ...
Black Beauty is a young black colt and loves roaming Farmer Gray''s fields with his mother. As Black Beauty grows into a handsome stallion, he is trained into the use of a saddle and whip and sold to Squire Gordon of Birtwick Hall. Here, he makes many friends including the angry Ginger, the well-meaning ...
''Simply the most consistently inventive, brilliant, curious and creative writer going'' Gillian Flynn Best-selling author Joyce Carol Oates blends sexual violence, racism, brutality, and power in her latest incendiary novel. Best-selling author Joyce Carol Oates returns with an incendiary novel that ...
HBO s hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R. R. Martin s internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A FEAST FOR CROWS is the fourth volume in the series. The Lannisters are in power on the Iron Throne. The war in the Seven Kingdoms ...
Fourteen terrifying ghost stories chosen by the master of the macabre, Roald Dahl. ''''Spookiness is the real purpose of the ghost story. It should give you the creeps and disturb your thoughts.'''' Who better to choose the ultimate in spine-chillers than Roald Dahl, whose own sinister stories have teased ...
