Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: «Close your eyes … imagine idyllic white sands and coral gardens». Richard arrives in Thailand. He hears about ‘the beach’, a secret island. It is paradise on earth. He goes there, but paradise soon turns into hell…»
Скачать книгу (размер 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 120) Аннотация: The horror of death row is that you die a little each day. The waiting kills you. Seventy-year-old Sam Cayhall is on Mississippi's death row. Sam hates lawyers but his date with the gas chamber is close, and time is running out. Then Adam Hall, a young lawyer arrives. Can he and his secret persuade Sam to accept his help?
Скачать книгу (размер 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 120) Аннотация: Nate O’Riley is a powerful Washington lawyer. Returning to work after a long stay in hospital is difficult for Nate. Then he is sent on a journey that takes him from the tense courtrooms of Washington to the dangerous swamps of Brazil. It is a journey that will change his life forever…
Скачать книгу (размер 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 120) Аннотация: Only the Woman in White knows the truth of Laura Fairlie's cruel husband. Can Walter Hartwright discover the terrible secret? From the moment Walter meets this mysterious woman, his future and that of Laura are linked forever.
Скачать книгу (размер 75 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 16) Аннотация: One of Hollywood's most successful actors, Tom Cruise has starred in numerous films since his debut in Risky Business. Read about his life and career, his major film roles, his involvement with Scientology and his marriages.
Скачать книгу (размер 340 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 68) Аннотация: Don Quixote wants a different life, so he leaves his village with Sancho Panza. The two men want to be a knight and his squire from an earlier age. Will they find adventures? Will they be famous? Will they change the world? This is their story.
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Will Freeman wants an easy life with no responsibilities. But then he meets Marcus – an unusual twelve year old boy with serious problems. About a Boy is a modern classic – a very funny story about a very serious subject: love. It’s also a popular movie starring Hugh Grant.
Скачать книгу (размер 361 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 72) Аннотация: A tree full of enormous spiders, a living thing with no face, a picture that comes alive, and a boy with no heart. These are some of the frightening things in these stories by M. R. James, one of the greatest horror writers of all time.
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: The House of the Seven Gables is the home of an important family: the Pyncheons. They have the house and a lot of land, but no money and many problems. Is there a curse on the family? This is a story about money, murder, and love.
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: «How to Teach Listening» is a practical guide to the theory of listening in the language classroom. It includes: *a discussion of key topics such as authenticity, tersting, and using technology for listening *practical ideas for conducting an effective listening lesson *strategies to ensure the long term development of students' listening skills *a task file of photocopiable training activities»
Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: Boston in the 1600s is a small town, but a large crowd waits for Hester Prynne outside the prison. She carries a baby in her arms and the scarlet letter A is on her dress. A is for adulteress. Who is the father of her baby? Nobody knows and Hester will not say.
Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: After his parents die, young David Balfour goes to the house of his uncle Ebenezer. But his uncle is a dangerous man. When he puts David on a ship to America, a difficult and dangerous time begins. But who is the stranger on the ship? Can he help David?
Скачать книгу (размер 361 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 72) Аннотация: Romeo and Juliet is one of the most famous love stories in the world. But it is more than a great love story. It is also about life and death, happiness and sadness, and the terrible hate between two great families. Shakespeare's beautiful tale is still as popular today as it was more than 400 years ago.
Скачать книгу (размер 769 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 152) Аннотация: Jane and Elizabeth Bennet are the oldest of five sisters in need of husbands, but it isn’t easy to find the right man. Are Mr Bingley, Mr Darcy and Mr Wickham all that they seem? Will pride and prejudice ever be defeated in the search for true love?
Скачать книгу (размер 386 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 77) Аннотация: A stranger arrives in a small village wearing a long coat and gloves. His head is covered in bandages and dark glasses hide his eyes. The villagers are curious. Who is he? When they discover the stranger’s terrible secret, they realize that they are in great danger.
Скачать книгу (размер 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 120) Аннотация: Edgar Allan Poe, the father of the detective story' and a master of horror, is one of the greatest American short story writers. In these stories we meet people struggling with fear, revenge, mental illness and death. Which of them will win and which will lose their battles?
Скачать книгу (размер 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 120) Аннотация: This collection brings together some of the best examples of late nineteenth and early twentieth-century short stories. Some are about ordinary people to whom something unexpected happens. Others are about unusual characters or events. Some of the stories are funny and others are more serious. All of them are highly enjoyable.
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: This Book includes stories based on seven of Shakespeare’s greatest plays. We meet many of Shakespeare’s most famous characters – magical Prospero; Puck, the badly-behaved fairy; evil Macbeth; Shylock, the greedy moneylender, and many more. This is a wonderful first step on the journey into the world of Shakespeare.
Скачать книгу (размер 595 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 118) Аннотация: In these six stories we join the brilliant detective, Sherlock Holmes, and his friend Dr Watson, in a variety of exciting adventures. These include several suspicious deaths, the mystery of the engineer with the missing thumb, and the strange case of the two men who share a very unusual name.
Скачать книгу (размер 524 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 104) Аннотация: «The War of the Worlds» is one of the most frightening science fiction novels ever written. When a spaceship falls from the sky and lands in southern England, few people are worried. But when strange creatures climb out and start killing, nobody is safe.»