Contemporary / American English Ten-year-old Tonya Hailey is attacked and raped by two local men. Carl Lee, Tonya`s father, shoots them. Now only his lawyer and friend, Jake Brigance, stands between him and the electric chair. Is there a legal defense for Carl Lee`s actions?
Original / British English Ali wants to take photos of people and places in Istanbul, but he has a big problem. He hasn`t got a camera. How can he get one?
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.
Издательство:
Pearson Education Limited
Дата выхода: июль 2012
Original / British English (Available February 2008) Billy and his sister want new bicycles, but they don`t have any money. Then their grandmother has an idea. There`s a competition in Palace magazine. The first prize is GBP500. What do you think?` Billy asks his sister. We can buy two new bicycles for GBP500,` she says.
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.
Издательство:
Pearson Education Limited
Дата выхода: октябрь 2012
Classic / British English ‘We’ll give a free dinner to the person who tells the best story. Now, put up your hands if you agree.’ The pilgrims all held up their hands. A group of pilgrims are travelling together for five days from London to Canterbury. On the way, each pilgrim has to tell a story to keep the others amused. Some stories are happy, and some are sad. But they all have a message, and we can learn from them.
Издательство:
Pearson Education Limited
Дата выхода: июль 2012
Contemporary / British English (Available June 2008) This is a great love story set in the tragedy of war. It is 1941. The Italian officer, Captain Corelli, falls in love with Pelagia, a young Greek girl. But Pelegia`s fiance is fighting the Italian army Captain Corelli`s Mandolin is now a film, starring Nicolas Cage.
Classic / British English David Copperfield`s happy life suddenly changes when his mother marries again. Her new husband is cruel to him and sends him away to school. When David`s mother dies, he is sent to work in London. He hates his job so he runs away. He has no money for food or for travelling. But it is the beginning of his life of adventure.
Серия книг Penguin Readers, включающая классические и современные произведения, предлагает литературу для изучающих английский язык на уровнях Beginner – Advanced. Увлекательное чтение может дополняться аудиозаписями.
Count Dracula is a vampire. He drinks people’s blood. He lives in a lonely castle in the mountains of Transylvania. But then he comes to England and strange things start happening. People change. People become ill. Professor Van Helsing knows about vampires, but can he stop Count Dracula?
Издательство:
Pearson Education Limited
Дата выхода: июль 2012
Contemporary / British English This is the funniest book that you will read about English people! Why are the English different from Europeans? George Mikes’ book describes the strange things the English do and say. And the English don’t get angry when they read the book. They love it! You will too! 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.
Издательство:
Pearson Education Limited
Дата выхода: июнь 2012
Ugly and unwanted by the outside world, Quasimodo the hunchback lives under the protection of the priest in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame. Then his quiet life is destroyed by the priest’s evil plans for a beautiful gypsy girl. The priest needs Quasimodo’s help. But the hunchback has other ideas.
Издательство:
Pearson Education Limited
Дата выхода: июль 2012
