Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Only the next king can pull the sword out of the stone. Many people try, but they cannot move the sword. Then young Arthur tries, but it comes out easily. Now he will be king. But will he be a good king? And will his life be happy?
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Charles Hatfield Baker III, one of the richest men in New York City, suddenly disappears. His daughter, Julia, wants to find him. The directors of his company want power and money. Do they know where he is? And what is Project Omega? Can Julia find her father and save his company?
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) 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 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Hans Andersen wrote many stories, and these are some of the best. We meet a very, very small child, a bird with a beautiful voice, a mermaid with legs, an ugly duckling with no friends and an emperor with some very strange new clothes. These stories teach us lessons for life.
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: This is the story of four friends Toad, Rat, Mole and Badger. Rat loves the river. Mole is often afraid. Badger likes to stay at home. But Toad is always looking for new adventures and some of his ideas are dangerous.
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful politician and an honest man. He is an ideal husband for the beautiful and serious Lady Chiltern. But somebody knows a dangerous secret about Sir Robert. Can Sir Robert's charming Society friends save his job and his marriage? This Penguin Reader play is written for acting making English come alive.
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: For a number of years, William plays a game with a ghost before he goes to sleep. The ghost is a poltergeist that William calls Poldy'. At the beginning William and Poldy play a friendly game every night, but then the game begins to change. It becomes a dangerous game. Who will win?
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Why is the frightening Mr Hyde a friend of the nice Dr Jekyll? Who is the evil little man? And why does he seem to have power over the doctor? After a terrible murder, everyone is looking for Mr Hyde. But he has disappeared. Or has he?
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: There are five stories in this book. The Fall of the House of Usher' and The Barrel of Amontillado' are stories of madness; The Maelstrom' describes fear of death during a storm on the ocean; and in The Murders of the Rue Morgue' and The Stolen Letter' meet C. Auguste Dupin, Poe's famous Parisian detective.
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Farm work isn't Joe's idea of holiday fun. He wanted to spend the summer surfing. But when he finds himself in the middle of a disagreement about GM (genetically-modified) crop trials, life becomes more interesting. He also meets two very different girls. But what do they really want from him?
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: This is the funniest book that you will read about English people! Why are the English different from Europeans? George Mikes' book describes the strange things the English do and say. And the English don't get angry when they read the book. They love it! You will too!
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Ugly and unwanted by the outside world, Quasimodo the hunchback lives under the protection of the priest in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame. Then his quiet life is destroyed by the priest's evil plans for a beautiful gypsy girl. The priest needs Quasimodo's help. But the hunchback has other ideas.
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Silvia Broome is an interpreter at the United Nations. One night she hears a plan to kill the President of the African state of Matobo. Agent Tobin Keller of the US Secret Service must stop the killers. But is Silvia telling the truth? Is she hiding something from him? Is she more dangerous than the President's other enemies?
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Edward Prendick is travelling in the South Pacific when his ship goes down. He is saved after many days at sea by another ship, and a passenger, Montgomery, nurses him back to health. Prendick becomes interested in the mystery of Montgomery's life. Why does he live on an unknown Pacific island? Why is he taking animals there? And should Prendick fear the dark secrets of Montgomery's master the…
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: This wonderful story of fairies, dreams and lovers is as popular today as it was in Shakespeare's time. In a wood outside Athens, four young people are following their dreams, while fairies play strange games with them. Their world seems unreal but is it really very different from our own?
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: My Fair Lady is the story of a poor young flower-seller and a professor who doesn't like women. The professor decides to teach the flower-seller to speak better English. He wants to change her from street-girl to lady. But what will he learn from her?
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) 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 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: All kinds of people, from shopkeepers to kings, want the help of Sherlock Holmes in these six stories about the adventures of the famous detective. Who put a diamond in a chicken? Why is there a club for men with red hair? How did the man at the lake die? Can Sherlock Holmes solve the mysteries?
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Jane Eyre, a poor girl, leaves her cruel aunt’s house and goes away to school. Later, she becomes a teacher and works for the rich Mr Rochester. She loves him and wants to marry him. He loves her too, but he has a dark secret ...
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: ‘It was the seventh day of the storm. We didn’t know where we were. Everyone on the ship believed that death was very near’. The Robinson family do not die at sea; they find their way to a small island. But what can they do now? Where will they live? What will they eat? Luckily, the father and their mother have useful skills and they can teach their four young sons. But how long will they be…