Selected Short Stories by British and American Writers Selected by Gabriella Bonavoglia These short stories by Graham Greene, Kate Chopin, Bernard MacLaverty, Roald Dahl and Shirley Jackson – all with a surprise ending – explore themes such as appearances and reality, prejudices and beliefs, and isolation – all raising questions which relate to the human condition. Text analysis activities focus on comprehension, characters, setting and plot, as well as style, language, narrative techniques and themes. Follow-up work offers creative tasks for students – imagining a different ending and point-of-view re-writing – which highlight their personal response to the texts. Book + CD
ISBN: 978887754-268-7
Издательство:
CIDEB
Дата выхода: июль 2011
- A fascinating introduction to Shakespeare`s life, work and times. - Includes the `tricks of the trade` employed by Shakespeare and how his works have been interpreted over the past few centuries. - Useful glossary included. - Fully-updated Internet links.
ISBN: 978-0-7460-6720-8
Издательство:
Usborne
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
This is the life of , the bastard son of Jenny Fields-a feminist leader ahead of her time. This is the life and death of a famous mother and her almost-famous son; theirs is a world of sexual extremes-even of sexual assassinations. It is a novel rich with "lunacy and sorrow"; yet the dark, violent events of the story do not undermine a comedy both ribald and robust. In more than thirty languages, in more than forty countries-with more than ten million copies in print-this novel provides almost cheerful, even hilarious evidence of its famous last line: "In the world according to Garp, we are all terminal cases". Формат: 10,5 см x 17,5 см.
ISBN: 0-345-36676-X
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2004
This is the life and times of , the bastard son of Jenny Fields - a feminist leader ahead of her times. It is also the life and death of a famous mother and her almost-famous son; theirs is a world of sexual extremes - even of sexual assassinations. It is a novel rich with `lunacy and sorrow`; yet the dark, violent events of the story do not undermine a comedy both ribald and robust. It provides almost cheerful, even hilarious evidence of its famous last line: "In the world according to Garp, we are all terminal cases".
ISBN: 978-0-552-77678-3
Издательство:
Transworld publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2011
We survived the zombie apocalypse, but how many of us are still haunted by that terrible time? We have (temporarily?) defeated the living dead, but at what cost? Told in the haunting and riveting voices of the men and women who witnessed the horror firsthand, World WarZ is the only record of the plague years.
ISBN: 978-0-307-88868-6
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Gabrielle `Coco` Chanel is an icon of fashion, and can lay claim to having invented the look of the 20th century. At the height of the Belle Epoque, she stripped women of their corsets and feathers, bobbed their hair, put them in bathing suits and sent them out to get tanned in the sun. She introduced the little black dress; trousers for women; costume jewelry; the exquisitely comfortable suit that became her trademark. Early in the Roaring Twenties, Chanel made the first ever couture perfume - No. 5 - presenting it in the famous little square-cut flagon that, inspired by Picasso and Cubism, became the arch symbol of the Art Deco style. No. 5 remains the most popular scent ever created. Chanel knew instinctively that the road to success...
ISBN: 978-0-500-51216-6
Издательство:
Thames & Hudson
Дата выхода: август 2011
n 1989 Ken Follett astonished the literary world with The Pillars of the Earth, a sweeping epic novel set in twelfth-century England centered on the building of a cathedral and many of the hundreds of lives it affected. Critics were overwhelmed-"it will hold you, fascinate you, surround you" (Chicago Tribune)-and readers everywhere hoped for a sequel. World Without End takes place in the same town of Kingsbridge, two centuries after the townspeople finished building the exquisite Gothic cathedral that was at the heart of The Pillars of the Earth. The cathedral and the priory are again at the center of a web of love and hate, greed and pride, ambition and revenge, but this sequel stands on its own. This time the men and women of an...
ISBN: 978-0-451-22446-0
Издательство:
Penguin USA
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Six little board books in a slipcase, all celebrating positive and uplifting values: love, friendship, happiness, fun, respect and teamwork. When you`ve read the books, turn them over and together they make a jigsaw picture. From the creator of "Purple Ronnie, Edward Monckton" and a whole host of winning children`s books.
ISBN: 978-1-4052-5963-7
Издательство:
Egmont Books Ltd
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
From Snuff: `Vimes` prompt arrival got a nod of approval from Sybil, who gingerly handed him a new book to read to Young Sam. Vimes looked at the cover. The title was The World of Poo. When his wife was out of eyeshot he carefully leafed through it. Well, okay, you had to accept that the world had moved on and these days fairy stories were probably not going to be about twinkly little things with wings. As he turned page after page, it dawned on him that whoever had written this book, they certainly knew what would make kids like Young Sam laugh until they were nearly sick. The bit about sailing down the river almost made him smile. But interspersed with the scatology was actually quite interesting stuff about septic tanks and dunnakin...
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.
ISBN: 978-1-4082-8959-4
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
On the day after Halloween, in the year 1327, four children slip away from the cathedral city of Kingsbridge. In the forest they see two men killed. As adults, their lives become braided together by desire, determination, avarice and retribution. They will see prosperity and famine, plague and war. Yet they will always live under the shadow of the unexplained killing on that fateful childhood day. Ken Follett`s masterful epic "The Pillars of the Earth" enchanted millions of readers with its compelling drama of war, passion and family conflict, set around the building of a cathedral. Now "World Without End" takes readers back to medieval Kingsbridge two centuries later, as the men, women and children of the city once again grapple with...
ISBN: 978-0-330-45692-0
Издательство:
Picador USA
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
The First World War was the overwhelming disaster from which everything else in the twentieth century stemmed. Fourteen million combatants died, a further twenty million were wounded, four empires were destroyed and even the victors` empires were fatally damaged. The sheer complexity and scale of the war have encouraged historians to write books on a similar scale. But now Norman Stone, one of Britain`s greatest historians, has achieved the almost impossible task of writing a terse, brilliantly written, opinionated and witty short history of the conflict. In only 140 pages he distils a lifetime of teaching, arguing and thinking into what will be one of the most talked about history books of years to come.
ISBN: 978-0-14-103156-9
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: август 2011
In the greedy, grasping media business, married men don`t stay that way for long ...David Cooper cheats ...his wife doesn`t ...but then Claudia comes into his life and David wants out of his marriage. But Claudia wants her name in lights and doesn`t care how she gets there. Phony showbiz promises ...hustlers with little talent and no principles ...the power of the casting couch ...all play their part in Jackie Collins` devastatingly raunchy expose of life in the fastest lane of them all. 3 reissues of classic Collins novels, with brand new jackets.
ISBN: 978-0-330-51845-1
Издательство:
Picador
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
Help students become world savvy with this bulletin board set that features the seven continents. Includes color-coded fact cards and photographs of animals and places that students can match with each continent, a complete world map, and an activity guide. For use with Grades 25.
ISBN: 978-0-545-11839-2
Издательство:
Scholastic Inc
Дата выхода: август 2011
Classic / American English These nine stories will take the reader on an exciting journey to distant cultures and times. The collection includes folktales from South America, Africa, India, China, and Europe.
ISBN: 978-1-4058-6252-3
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Smidge is used to Karlson, the funny little man with a propeller on his back, living on the roof. They are firm friends. Now, anytime Karlson pops in, Smidge knows that there`s fun and adventure in store. In this collection of stories, they flood the bathroom, celebrate Karlson`s birthday, and prompt a newspaper to offer a reward when Karlson is mistaken for a spy!
ISBN: 9780192727732
Издательство:
OXED
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Is anything bothering you? Problems in class or at home? Don`t know where to turn for help? Log on to the Worry Website! Type in your worry and wait for the good advice to flow in. At least that`s the plan when Mr Speed sets up his super-cool new Worry Website for the class. Holly, Greg, Natasha and the rest feel that they`ve got shedloads of worries. But, as they find out, sometimes the best advice comes from the most unexpected place. Lots of the kids in Mr Speed`s class have something to worry about. From a new stepmum to coping with Maths, everyone has their own private concerns and it`s sometimes difficult to discuss them - even when you need advice. So Mr Speed sets up the Worry Website on the classroom computer. Anybody in the...
ISBN: 978-0-440-86826-2
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: август 2011
All I will say is – prepare to be astounded! Mildred Hubble has always been the worst witch at Miss Cackle`s Academy, but she just knows this term will be different. She`s done the best holiday project ever and she`s sure that her form teacher, the fearsome Miss Hardbroom, will be impressed. Even her arch-enemy, Ethel Hallow, is being friendly to her! But is it all too good to be true – will disaster strike again for the Worst Witch? Mildred may be the worst witch at the academy but she`s the best friend you could ever have. Millions of readers love her. And so will
ISBN: 978-0-14-132152-3
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Jill Murphy started putting books together (literally with a stapler) when she was six. Her Worst Witch series, the first of which was published in 1974, is hugely successful. She has also written and illustrated several award-winning picture books for younger children.
Jill Murphy started putting books together (literally with a stapler) when she was six. Her Worst Witch series, the first of which was published in 1974, is hugely successful. She has also written and illustrated several award-winning picture books for younger children.
ISBN: 978-0-14-132307-7
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: август 2011
The son of one of New York`s wealthiest families is snatched off the street and held hostage. His parents can`t save him, because this kidnapper isn`t demanding money. Instead, he quizzes his prisoner on the price others pay for his life of luxury. In this exam, wrong answers are fatal. Detective Michael Bennett leads the investigation. With ten kids of his own, he can`t begin to understand what could lead someone to target anyone`s children. As another student disappears, one powerful family after another uses their leverage and connections to turn up the heat on the mayor, the press, anyone who will listen, to stop this killer. Their reach extends all the way to the FBI, who send their top Abduction Specialist, Agent Emily Parker....
ISBN: 978-0-09-954953-6
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011
It`s the start of a new term at Miss Cackle`s Academy for Witches and Mildred Hubble is determined not to be the worst witch this year. Everything starts so well. Mildred`s class has a new form teacher - no more Miss Hardbroom for Mildred and her friends! But then the new teacher, Miss Granite, starts acting fishy; Mildred has a very bad hair day when a hair growth spell goes wrong and she has to put up with know-it-all Ethel Hallow being `helpful`. To top it all, her beloved cat Tabby is having a nervous breakdown and refuses to fly.
ISBN: 978-0-14-131434-1
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Riding a broomstick is no easy matter! Mildred Hubble is the worst witch at Miss Cackle`s Academy for Witches - she`s always getting her spells wrong. But she manages to get by until she turns Ethel, the teacher`s pet, into her deadly
ISBN: 978-0-14-131450-1
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: август 2011