John Escott: Detective Work

Скачать книгу (размер 361 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 72) Аннотация: Penguin Readers are written by specialist ELT authors. The language, vocabulary, style and content of every book is carefully graded to make sure it suits the learner's own language ability. Every Penguin Reader has a range of activities in the book and accompanying Factsheet to help increase comprehension and develop reading, writing, listening and speaking skills.

Daphne du Maurier: Rebecca

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Classic / British English (Available February 2008) After the death of his beautiful wife Rebecca, Maxim de Winter goes to Monte Carlo to forget the past. There he meets and marries a quiet young woman and takes her back to Manderley, his family home in Cornwall. But will the memory of Rebecca destroy the new marriage?

John Steinbeck: The Grapes of Wrath

Скачать книгу (размер 524 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 104) Аннотация: Classic / American English (Available April 2008) During the Great Depression in the United States, and after the loss of their farm in Oklahoma, the Joad family is faced with a journey of more than one thousand miles to California in search of a better life. Can hope defeat poverty, illness, hunger, and even death as they follow their dream?

Stephen King: Misery

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: Contemporary / British English (Available April 2008) A story by Stephen King the master of horror. Paul Sheldon is Annie Wilkes's favourite writer. She loves all his books about Misery Chastain. When Annie finds Paul after a car accident, she takes him home to look after him. The Annie discovers that Paul wants to kill Misery and to write different kinds of book. She is determined to stop him,…

Leslie Dunkling: Six Sketches

Скачать книгу (размер 95 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 20) Аннотация: Original / British English (Available April 2008) Norma is always right. But has she got the right train tickets? What happens when Mrs Roberts has coffee with Mrs Price? And is David ready for his wedding? The answers are in these six sketches.

Stephen Rabley: Marcel Goes to Hollywood

Скачать книгу (размер 95 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 20) Аннотация: Original / British English (Available April 2008) Marcel and his friend Celine are on holiday in Los Angeles. They are staying in the home of Arnold Waldman, a famous film director. But on the first night of their holiday, kidnappers take away Arnold's daughter.

Leslie Dunkling: Mike's Lucky Day

Скачать книгу (размер 95 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 20) Аннотация: Original / British English (Available April 2008) Mike is an assistant van driver. He meets Jennifer in her father's shop and he likes her very much. Jennifer is going to go to the cinema with him. But he is very late, and Jennifer is very angry. Is it really Mike's lucky day?

Paul Victor: Lisa in London

Скачать книгу (размер 95 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 20) Аннотация: Original / British English (Available April 2008) It is Lisa's first visit to London. She is going to learn English. Then she meets Michael. And suddenly her English lessons are very exciting.

Alexander McCall Smith: The No: 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: Contemporary / British English (Available February 2008) Precious Ramotswe is a kind, warm-hearted and large African lady. She is also the only female private detective in Botswana. Her agency the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency is the best in the country. With help of her secretary, Mma Makutsi, and her best friend, Mr JLB Matekoni, she solves a number of difficult problems. A missing husband, a…

Adeline Yen Mah: Falling Leaves

Скачать книгу (размер 442 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 88) Аннотация: Contemporary / British English (Available April 2008) This book is the life story and family history of Adeline Yen Mah. Adeline was born in China at a time of great change and trouble. At the same time, she suffered terrible unkindness from the members of her own family. Falling Leaves is a story of pain and fear, but also of hope as Adeline fights for her independence.

Michael Crichton: The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Скачать книгу (размер 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 80) Аннотация: Contemporary / American English (Available April 2008) Six years ago the dinosaurs were destroyed and Jurassic Park was closed. But now people are finding dead animals again — are they dinosaurs? Dr. Levine is going to find out. On Isla Sorna, off the coast of Costa Rica, he and his friends find themselves in a lost world.

Jack Kerouac: On the Road

Скачать книгу (размер 442 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 88) Аннотация: Contemporary / American English (Available April 2008) One of the most famous American books of the century. Love, jazz, and excitement! These are all part of Sal Paradise's adventures on the road with wild friend Dean Moriarty, and their crazy companions, as they travel across the USA.

James D. Watson: The Double Helix

Скачать книгу (размер 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 120) Аннотация: Contemporary / British English (Available June 2008) James D. Watson and Francis Crick won the Nobel Prize in 1962 for the discovery of the double helix, the structure of DNA. In this book, James D. Watson tells the exciting story of this discovery.

Maya Angelou: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Скачать книгу (размер 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 120) Аннотация: Contemporary / American English (Available June 2008) Today Maya Angelou is one of the world's most respected writers and poets. In the 1930s and 1940s she was a poor Black girl growing up in the segregated American South. She suffered prejudice and cruelty from people she trusted as well as at the hands of an unjust society. Above all, Maya learned about the power of love and hope.

Wilkie Collins: The Moonstone

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Classic / British English (Available April 2008) The Moonstone is an ancient Indian diamond which brings disaster to everyone who owns it. Rachel Verinder's uncle gives her the diamond as a birthday present, but that same night it is stolen The Moonstone is now seen as the first, and one of the best, English detective novels.

Anthony Hope: The Prisoner of Zenda

Скачать книгу (размер 524 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 104) Аннотация: Classic / British English (Available April 2008) Rudolf Rassendyll, a daring young Englishman looking for adventure, arrives in Ruritania for the new king's coronation. The two men meet by chance the day before and are shocked to find that they look exactly the same! A trick leaves Rudolf in the king's place while the king becomes the Prisoner of Zenda.

Kevin Hood: Becoming Jane

Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: Contemporary / British English (Available February 2008) Jane, a 20-year-old writer falls in love with Tom Lefroy who studies law. Jane's romance inspired her to write Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. Read the story of Jane Austen and how she became one of the greatest writers of English literature.

Michael Dean: Extreme Sports

Скачать книгу (размер 177 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 36) Аннотация: Original / American English (Available June 2008) Up in the air! Down on the ground! Under the water! Extreme sports are new, exciting, and dangerous! Learn about extreme sports from aerial ballet to zorbing. Read about the crazy people who love extreme sports. Are extreme sports for you?

James V. Marshall: Walkabout

Скачать книгу (размер 223 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 45) Аннотация: Contemporary / British English (Available May 2008) This is the story of an Aboriginal boy and two American children in the Australian desert. When they meet the boy, Mary and Peter learn about the desert. They follow him to food and water. But they are lost. Can they finish their journey and find their way home?

John Grisham: The Runaway Jury

Скачать книгу (размер 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 120) Аннотация: Contemporary / American English (Available June 2008) Pynex, a tobacco company, could lose hundreds of millions of dollars in a big court case. The jury is being watched. One of the jurors is working with a mysterious woman outside the court. Both sides will do anything to win.