The Borrowers are tiny people who live under the floor of the Lender family's house. A nasty lawyer, Ocious P. Potter, wants to pull down the Lender's home, but young Peter Lender meets Arrietty Clock, a Borrower, and they join forces to try and stop him.
Pubblicato nel 1844 Il conte di Montecristo divenne subito uno dei romanzi più popolari del secolo scorso, quello che adesso si direbbe un bestseller, uno dei più alti capolavori letterari di tutti i tempi. Racconta la vicenda di Edmondo Dantès, marinaio, conte, viaggiatore dai volti diversi, che viene imprigionato nel 1815, nel giorno delle nozze, con la falsa accusa di parteggiare per Napoleone Bonaparte che, costretto ad abdicare nel 1814, stava vivendo i "cento giorni" prima della caduta definitiva a Waterloo. Dantès è rinchiuso nel castello d'If, sull'Isola di Montecristo (a Sud dell'Isola d'Elba) e vi rimane per quattordici anni vittima innocente dei suoi nemici. Ma Dantès riuscirà a vendicarsi... Il conte di Montecristo è stato scritto, ispirandosi a un fatto di cronaca, dal romanziere e drammaturgo francese "Alexandre Dumas (1803-1870), uno degli autori più fecondi dell'Ottocento, celebre anche per opere come I tre moschettieri, Il visconte di Bragelonne e omonimo del figlio anche lui noto scrittore.
When Peter Quill finds the Orb, he doesn't know that it is a stone with unimaginable power that everyone is looking for. Soon he is being chased by outlaws and aliens. But the real enemy is Ronan the Accuser, who wants to use the Orb's power to control the galaxy. Can peter bring together a... číst celé
George Mikes describes the strange things the English do and say.
Richard Branson's life is an adventure, from record-breaking balloon flights to courtroom battles with British Airways. This autobiography of the founder of the Virgin empire, offers an insight into the private and public world of this larger-than-life entrepreneur.
This classic has been simplified, the vocabulary controlled to a level of approximately 1300 words, and the sentence structures chosen with care for this pre-intermediate stage. The introduction gives information on the author and story, and exercises for comprehension and discussion are included.
George Mikes says, 'the English have no soul; they have the understatement instead'. But they do have a sense of humour - they provide it by buying over three hundred thousand copies of a book that took them quietly and completely apart, a book that really took the Mikes out of them.
A woman is murdered and the police have a prime suspect, but cannot prove it. Detective Jane Tennison fights to solve the crime and win the respect of her fellow, male, officers.
Contemporary / British English Eleven-year old Billy Elliot is different from other boys. He is not very clever or good at sport. Then, one day, he discovers ballet dancing. Finally he has found something that he can do well. But everybody knows that ballet is for girls, not boys! Will Billy continue to dance? Or have his father and brother got other plans for him?
The Ugly Duckling; The Nightingale; The Little Mermaid; The Emperor's New Clothes; Thumbelina.
When Patty Bergen sold a red pencil sharpener to the German prisoner in her father's store, a friendship was started that was to bring her much unhappiness, but also the greatest joy she'd ever known. An unusual and moving story set in wartime Arkansas.
Love potions, energy drinks, milk fresh from a cow, celery soda . . . or plain water? What do you want when you're thirsty?
While Thor, the God of Thunder, is a prisoner of the King of Muspelheim, the King describes his terrible plans for Asgard, Thor'... číst celé
