The Macmillan Graded Readers series is one of the most popular simplified readers for learners of English. The series is published at six levels - Starter, Beginner, Elementary, Pre-intermediate, Intermediate and Upper Intermediate. The information, structure and vocabulary are controlled at each level to suit the students` ability.The Macmillan Readers provide a choice of enjoyable reading materials for learners of English from a range of prestigious authors from around the world.Retold by Anne Collins.
Bridget Jones`s Diary is the devastatingly self-aware, laugh-out-loud account of a year in the life of a thirty-something Singleton on a permanent doomed quest for self-improvement. Caught between the joys of Singleton fun, and the fear of dying alone and being found three More... Weeks later half eaten by an Alsatian; tortured by Smug Married friends asking, How`s your love life with lascivious, yet patronizing leers, Bridget resolves to reduce the circumference of each thigh by 1.5 inches, visit the gym three times a week not just to buy a sandwich, form a functional relationship with a responsible adult and learn to program the VCR. With a blend of flighty charm, existential gloom, and endearing self-deprecation, the diary has...
ISBN: 978-0-230-71670-4
Издательство:
Macmillan ELT
Дата выхода: январь 2011
When Helen Fielding first wrote Bridget Jones` Diary, charting the life of a 30-something singleton in London in the 1990s, she introduced readers to one of the most beloved characters in modern literature. The book was published in 40 countries, sold more than 15 million copies worldwide, and spawned a best-selling sequel, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. The two books were turned into major blockbuster films starring Renee Zellweger, Hugh Grant and Colin Firth. With her hotly anticipated third instalment, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Fielding introduces us to a whole new enticing phase of Bridget`s life set in contemporary London, including the challenges of maintaining sex appeal as the years roll by and the nightmare of...
The man who wakes up in the extraordinary world of a bridge has amnesia, and his doctor doesn`t seem to want to cure him. Does it matter? Exploring the bridge occupies most of his days. But at night there are his dreams. Dreams in which desperate men drive sealed carriages across barren mountains to a bizarre rendezvous; an illiterate barbarian storms an enchanted tower under a stream of verbal abuse; and broken men walk forever over bridges without end, taunted by visions of a doomed sexuality. Lying in bed unconscious after an accident wouldn`t be much fun, you`d think. Oh yes? It depends who and what you`ve left behind. Which is the stranger reality, day or night? Frequently hilarious and consistently disturbing, The Bridge is a novel...
ISBN: 978-0-349-10215-3
Издательство:
Orion Publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011
Bridget Jones`s Diary was first published in 1996 and applauded by critics from Salman Rushdie to Jilly Cooper. A number one best-seller, Helen Fielding`s book has sold over fifteen million copies worldwide and has been turned into an Academy Award-nominated film starring Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth and Hugh Grant. Bridget Jones`s Diary is followed by Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason and Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy. Bridget Jones is everyone`s favourite spinster. In Bridget Jones`s Diary she documents her struggles through the social minefield of her 30s and tries to weigh up the eternal question: Daniel Cleaver of Mark Darcy? She is supported through the whole process by four indispensable friends, Shazzer, Jude, Tom and a bottle...
ISBN: 0-330-37525-3
Издательство:
Pan Macmillan
Дата выхода: февраль 2007
Jess Aarons` greatest ambition is to be the fastest runner in his grade. He`s been practicing all summer and can`t wait to see his classmates` faces when he beats them all. But on the first day of school, a new girl boldly crosses over to the boys` side and outruns everyone. That`s not a very promising beginning for a friendship, but Jess and Leslie Burke become inseparable. Together they create Terabithia, a magical kingdom in the woods where the two of them reign as king and queen, and their imaginations set the only limits. Then one morning a terrible tragedy occurs. Only when Jess is able to come to grips with this tragedy does he finally understand the strength and courage Leslie has given him.
