Jim Hawkins and his parents have a quiet inn by the sea. Then one day, an old sailor arrives at the inn. What is he afraid of? Dangerous men come to the inn. Jim`s quiet life changes, and he goes across the sea by ship to Treasure Island.
ISBN: 978-1-4058-7878-4
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: июль 2012
"Fifteen men on the dead man`s chest - Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!" Treasure Island is a tale of pirates and villains, maps, treasure and shipwreck, and is perhaps the best adventure story ever written. When young Jim Hawkins finds a packet in Captain Flint`s sea chest, he could not know that the map inside would lead him to unimaginable treasure. Shipping as cabin boy on the Hispaniola, he sails with Squire Trelawney, Captain Smollett, Dr Livesey, the sinister Long John Silver and a frightening crew to Treasure Island. There, mutiny, murder and mayhem lead to a thrilling climax.
ISBN: 1-85326-103-3
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: январь 2001
When Jim Hawkins sets off as a cabin boy on the Hispaniola, he looks forward to searching for buried treasure. But spine-chilling adventure awaits him on Treasure Island, including murderous struggles with Long John Silver and his cut-throat pirate band.
ISBN: 978-1-4093-1128-7
Издательство:
Ladybird Books
Дата выхода: январь 2013
Do you have trouble with your pronunciation? Are you sometimes misunderstood, even when you know the word is right? This book can help you! This fully-revised edition of the classic title, now in full colour, will help you make the distinction between similar sounds and make sure that you are understood - first time. The new edition has been re-written to make it suitable for either self-study or classroom use. More audio. Three audio CDs give lots of listening and pronunciation practice. Easy to use. Stand-alone units allow you to focus on sounds that you find difficult. Systematic. Each unit offers comprehensive practice of sounds, with additional work on stress and intonation. Extra web support. The book comes in a self-study pack...
ISBN: 978-0-521-68527-6
Издательство:
Cambridge
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Once, when Benet was about fourteen, she and her mother had been alone in a train carriage and Mopsa had tried to stab her with a carving knife. It was some time since Benet had seen her mad mother. So when Mopsa arrived at the airport, looking drab and colourless in a dowdy grey suit, Benet tried not to hate her. But the tragic death of a child begins a chain of deception, kidnap and murder. Domestic dramas exploding into deaths and murders ...threads are drawn tightly together in a lethal last pattern.
ISBN: 978-0-09-943470-2
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
This is a revised and updated edition of the classic pronunciation title, `Tree or Three?`. This new edition retains many of the features that make the original edition so popular. In particular, the overall simplicity of the text and straightforward syllabus with an emphasis on minimal pairs, that makes the subject of pronunciation so accessible has been retained. Although the artwork remains simple, this new edition is in full colour to make the material more user-friendly. Still ideal for classroom use, the new edition is also more suitable for learners working on their own (at home or in self-access centres), as clearer rubrics for exercises have been included together with better overall navigation and a clear answer key. Unlike the...
ISBN: 978-0-521-68526-9
Издательство:
Cambridge
Дата выхода: июль 2011
A new edition of Tolkien`s Tree and Leaf, complete with his rare translation and commentary of The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, the Battle of Maldon. Fairy-stories are not just for children, as anyone who has read Tolkien will know. In his essay On Fairy-Stories, Tolkien discusses the nature of fairy-tales and fantasy and rescues the genre from those who would relegate it to juvenilia. The haunting short story, Leaf by Niggle, recounts the story of the artist, Niggle, who has `a long journey to make` and is seen as an allegory of Tolkien`s life. The poem Mythopoeia relates an argument between two unforgettable characters as they discuss the making of myths. Lastly, and published for the very first time, we are treated to the translation of...
Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley is a long way from Hollywood. And that’s exactly how Cilla McGowan wants it. Cilla, a former child star who has found more satisfying work as a restorer of old houses, has come to her grandmother’s farmhouse, tools at her side, to rescue it from ruin. Sadly, no one was able to save her grandmother, the legendary Janet Hardy. An actress with a tumultuous life, Janet entertained glamorous guests and engaged in decadent affairs—but died of an overdose in this very house more than thirty years earlier. To this day, Janet haunts Cilla’s dreams. And during waking hours, Cilla is haunted by her melodramatic, five-times-married mother, who carried on in the public spotlight and never gave her a chance at a...
ISBN: 978-0-515-14636-3
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Ensconced in a lovely tropical villa on idyllic Triggerfish Lane, Jim Davenport anticipates the good life to come. But this isn`t living - it`s Florida and the neighborhood is not quite what it seems. It`s got overly aggressive Little League parents, drug-free Rastafarians, homicidal hookers, unnatural sex and casual violence. Oh, yes, and there`s a psychopathic serial killer-cum-Sunshine-State folklorist named Serge A. Storms living directly across the street. So it`s only a matter of time before Jim up and actually kills somebody ...
A class of young South African schoolchildren go on a trip to a safari park. They have been looking forward to it and they can hardly contain their enthusiasm, so their teacher has to be very patient! They have a lot of laughs and a lot of fun, but they also manage to learn something!
ISBN: 978885300-886-2
Издательство:
CIDEB
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
"Triple" is the riveting story of the most successful espionage coup - and best-kept secret - of this century. It is 1968. Israeli intelligence has learned that Egypt, with Soviet help, will develop atomic bombs within months - an untimely end for the young nation unless a source of uranium for Israeli bombs can be had in complete secrecy. Impossible, of course, unless someone as improbable as the plan can be found to steal Working alone, Israeli agent Nat Dickstein concocts an ingenious scenario for the biggest, and quietest, hijacking in history. Against him are the Russian KGB, Egyptian Intelligence and the Arab extremist Fedayeen. With him is a half-English, half-Arab young woman of uncertain allegiance, who discovers Dickstein`s...
ISBN: 978-0-330-35228-4
Издательство:
Pan Macmillan
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Jack Reacher is not pleased when Costello, a private detective, comes nosing around asking questions. Determined to keep out of trouble, he conceals his identity. But when Costello is found dead Reacher has two questions: who was Costello`s employer, and why is she determined to find him.
ISBN: 978-0-553-81185-8
Издательство:
Bantam
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Moscow-a city under siege by hardcore Communists threatening to plunge the country back into Stalinist darkness. Into the heart of the firestorm, American ambassador Stephen Metcalf has been summoned to find the one man who controls the levers of power in absolute secrecy-an official known only as the Dirizhor. His support of the bloody coup will bring the entire world to the brink of nuclear war. Metcalfe is the only man with the cunning to reach him and to convince him to resist. It`s up to Metcalf to change the course of history. He`s done it before. For Metcalf, returning to Russia is also a personal mission that will stretch across three continents and fifty years into his past where the loyalties of a former love-a woman both...
