LOOK, I DIDN`T WANT TO BE A HALF-BLOOD. I NEVER ASKED TO BE THE SON OF A GPEEK GOD.I was just a normal kid, going to school, playing basketball, skateboarding. The usual. Until I acidentally vaporized my maths teacher. That`s when things really started going wrong. Now I spend my time fighting with swords, battling monsters with my friends and generally trying to stay alive.This is the one where Zeus, God of the Sky, thinks I`ve stolen his lightning bolt - and making Zeus angry is a very bad idea.CAN PERCY FIND THE LIGHTNING BOLT BEFORE A FULLY FLEDGED WAR OF THE GODS ERUPTS?
Caught in mountainous seas and hurricane-force winds are the swordfishing fleet from Gloucester, Massachusetts and a sailing yacht. The rescue services cannot locate the swordfishing boat "Andrea Gail", and Captain Billy Tyne and his crew of six are feared lost. This is a simplified adaptation of Sebastian Junger`s best-seller about a terrible storm that occurred in 1991. It is an intermediate-level story in a series of ELT readers comprising a wide range of titles - some original and some simplified - from modern and classic novels, and designed to appeal to all age groups, tastes and cultures. The books are divided into five levels: Starter Level, with about 300 basic words; Beginner Level (600 basic words); Elementary Level (1100);...
ISBN: 978-1-4050-7312-7
Издательство:
Langenscheidt
Дата выхода: июль 2011
The house looked right, felt right to Dr Louis , old, unsmart and comfortable. A place where the family could settle; the children grow and play and explore. The rolling hills and meadows of Maine seemed a world away from the fume-choked dangers of the occasional big truck out on the two-lane highway, grinding up through the gears, hammering down the long gradients, growled out an intrusive behind the house and far away from the road: that was safe. Just a carefully cleared path up into the woods where generations of local children have processed with the solemn innocence of the young, taking with them their dear departed pets for sad place maybe, but safe. Surely a safe place. Not a place to seep into your dreams, to wake you, sweating...
ISBN: 978-1-4447-0813-4
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Джеймс Барри – шотландский драматург и романист, подаривший миру незабываемую историю о мальчике, который хотел навсегда остаться ребенком. Но как же так? Ведь все дети рано или поздно взрослеют. Да, все. Кроме одного. Перед сном родители рассказывают своим детям удивительную историю о мальчике по имени Питер Пен. Говорят, он умеет летать, благодаря волшебной пыльце феи Тинкер Белл. Живет Питер Пен в...
ISBN: 978-5-17-155252-7
Издательство:
АСТ
Дата выхода: июнь 2023
Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, poet, and playwright. Although he was an advocate and legal administrator by profession, Scott is most famous for his great literary works and activities in the Royal Highland Society. "Peveril of the Peak" is a wonderful historical novel set near the end of the seventeenth century in the years following the English Civil War. Most of the story takes place in locations of Derbyshire, London, and on the Isle of Man and revolves around a Cavalier Julian Peveril who is in love with Alice Bridgenorth. Nevertheless, both he and his father are accused of accused of involvement with the Popish Plot of 1678, which breaks all the plans for a happy future.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07551-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018
Льюис Кэрролл (1832–1898) - английский писатель и математик, известный читателям всего мира как автор "Алисы в Стране чудес" и "Алисы в Зазеркалье". В настоящем издании публикуется поэтическое наследие Кэрролла, открывающееся поэмой "Фантасмагория" - дискуссией призрака Фантома и человека по имени Тиббетс в семи песнях. Неадаптированное издание на английском языке.
ISBN: 978-5-517-09698-2
Издательство:
RUGRAM
Дата выхода: октябрь 2023
Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) was an American abolitionist and author. She is best known for her novel "Uncle Tom`s Cabin," which depicts the harsh conditions for enslaved African Americans. "Pink and White Tyranny" is a comedy of manners on the institution of marriage in the nineteenth century. The main character, Lillie Ellis, has been spoiled, petted, and flattered since the day she was born. When she tricks the adoring and upright John Seymour into marriage, it is unclear who is the victim and who is the victimizer.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08306-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: май 2019
The adventures of this extraordinary redheaded girl have been entertaining youngsters around the world for the past 30 years. Astrid Lindgren s particular brand of humor is at its best in this story of an outlandish nine-year-old orphan who can handle any situation in the most ingenious and unexpected ways.
Penguin Readers is a graded reading series for English Language Teaching (ELT) markets, designed for teenagers and young adults learning English as a foreign or second language.With carefully adapted text, new illustrations, language practise activities and additional online resources, the Penguin Readers series introduces language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction.Plastic, a Level 1 Reader, is A1 in the CEFR framework. Short sentences contain a maximum of two clauses, introducing the past simple tense and some simple modals, adverbs and gerunds. Illustrations support the text throughout, and many titles at this level...
"The story begins with my father, actually, and the fact that I`m the one who`s answerable for his death. It was not my first crime, as you will see, but it is the one my mother couldn`t forgive." In her astonishing "New York Times bestseller, acclaimed author Elizabeth George reveals the even darker truth behind this startling confession. "Playing for the Ashes is a rich tale of passion, murder and love in which Inspector Thomas Lynley and Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers once again find themselves embroiled in a case where nothing--and no one--is really what it seems. Intense, suspenseful and brilliantly written, "Playing for the Ashes will make readers "search out the sleuthing pair`s first six adventures...a treasure," as...
ISBN: 0-553-57251-2
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
Mysterious figures are somehow involved with the serial murders of the great robots of the world. Europol s top robot-detective Gesicht is on the case, and he s mere steps away from discovering the horrifying truth.
ISBN: 9781421527215
Издательство:
Simon & Schuster UK
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2009
Оскар Уайльд (1854–1900) известен в России прежде всего как автор едких сатирических пьес, эпатажного романа «Портрет Дориана Грея», увлекательных сказок и блестящих афоризмов. Однако его творчество начиналось с поэзии, когда еще студентом он получил престижную премию Оксфордского университета за поэму «Равенна» (1878), - и закончилось знаменитой «Балладой Редингской тюрьмы», написанной вскоре после...
ISBN: 978-5-517-10777-0
Издательство:
RUGRAM
Дата выхода: март 2024
Someone is awake early on the farm. Do you know who? He has lots of fluffy feathers and goes cock-a-doodle-doo!It`s a beautiful morning on the farm - time to wake up! Help Cockerel find his farmyard friends hiding under the flaps, and watch them pop up from the page!Children will delight in the collage-like illustrations of their favourite farmyard animals, by renowned artist Jonny Lambert, and will love joining in with the story as they visit characters one by one. The sturdy board-book format is perfect for little hands, and fun pop-ups under flaps will entertain children again and again.
ISBN: 9780241388402
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: январь 2023
Snuggle up with Poppy and Sam, and enjoy these ten gentle tales of their adventures on Apple Tree Farm. Stories include a runaway tractor, a journey on an old steam train, a camping trip and lots more. Each story features charming illustrations by Stephen Cartwright, and there`s a Little Yellow Duck to spot in every picture too.Adapted by Lesley Sims.
Precaution is the first novel written by American author James Fenimore Cooper. It was written in imitation of contemporary English domestic novels like those of Jane Austen and Amelia Opie. In the customary practice of the day Cooper was reading aloud to his wife one evening from a current English novel, but found the story dull. Throwing it aside, he declared, "I could write a better book than that myself,"
ISBN: 978-5-521-06639-1
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: февраль 2018
Гордость не позволяет вам читать английские книги в адаптации? Предубеждены против сокращений? Тогда ознакомьтесь с шедевром Джейн Остен в оригинале! "Гордость и предубеждение" – роман нравов, рассказывающий о неравной любви аристократа и девушки из семьи небогатого дворянина, которому отчаянно необходимо пристроить куда-нибудь пять своих дочерей. Эта история любви вот уже два столетия находит себе...
ISBN: 9785171523381
Издательство:
АСТ
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2022
