Corky is a champion windsurfer and Shiner is still learning. Shiner has mixed feelings about going on holiday with Corky as he doesn't think he'll be able to cope with surfing at sea after only practising on the reservoir. However, not only does Shiner cope with the sea, but he joins Corky in rescuing a boy - an illegal immigrant - who has been abandoned on an offshore island. Together the boys outrun and outwit the men behind the immigration scam and secure the boy's freedom.
"Penguin Readers" is a series of simplified novels, film novelizations and original titles that introduce students at all levels to the pleasures of reading in English. Originally designed for teaching English as a foreign language, the series' combination of high interest level and low reading age makes it suitable for both English-speaking teenagers with limited reading skills and students of English as a second language. Many titles in the series also provide access to the pre-20th century literature strands of the National Curriculum English Orders. "Penguin Readers" are graded at seven levels of difficulty, from "Easystarts" with a 200-word vocabulary, to Level 6 (Advanced) with a 3000-word vocabulary. In addition, titles fall into one of three sub-categories: "Contemporary", "Classics" or "Originals". At the end of each book there is a section of enjoyable exercises focusing on vocabulary building, comprehension, discussion and writing. Some titles in the series are available with an accompanying audio cassette, or in a book and cassette pack. Additionally, selected titles have free accompanying "Penguin Readers Factsheets" which provide stimulating exercise material for students, as well as suggestions for teachers on how to exploit the Readers in class
Mitch McDeere, a Harvard Law graduate, becomes suspicious of his Memphis tax firm when mysterious deaths, obsessive office security, and the Chicago mob figure into its operations.
Claws is an Elementary-level book written by John Landon for the Macmillan Readers Series. This book tells the story of Larry who applies for a job as a cook for a team on an expedition in the mountains of Afghanistan searching for the fearsome Toruk. Will they find this scary creature that has killed people before?
Des reliques d'or, des pierres précieuses, des pièces d'argent..., commente le guide. Le seigneur de Roquépine reçut ce trésor en dépôt et l'enfouit dans une cachette connue de lui seul. Hélas ! il emporta son secret dans sa tombe... " " Wouf ! " fait Dagobert, réprobateur. Claude et ses trois cousins sont fascinés par ces explications. Venus visiter les ruines de Roquépine, les voici entraînés dans une passionnante chasse au trésor...
This is one of a series of graded readers for elementary to intermediate level English, designed to lead into levels 4 and 5 of Simple Stories. Some robbers steal money and escape in a stolen car. A diamond necklace is stolen from a museum. Everyone who works at the museum could be guilty, but who really took it and why? There are approximately three pages of pre- and post-reading exercises in this book.
Love Among the Haystacks and Other Stories gathers together all of Lawrence's short stories not collected in the Prussian Officer volume. It offers a range of work from Lawrence's earliest surviving published story, 'A Prelude', to 'New Eve and Old Adam' written at the height of his early maturity in 1913. Each story in this edition appears in a new, authoritative text based on the manuscripts, typescripts, corrected proofs and early printings drawn from libraries and private collections in England, Italy and America. All the stories have thus been stripped of the layers of errors introduced by typists, editors and printers in their previous publication. John Worthen's introduction sets out the composition and publication history of each story, and gives a full account of the context in which it was created. A textual apparatus records all variant readings and explanatory notes explain allusions, dialect forms and foreign words.
The narrative unfolds further in the saga of The Drover's Curse, delving deeper into the lives of its characters as they navigate challenges and confront their pasts. Themes of resilience, redemption, and the harsh realities of life on the frontier are explored, highlighting the struggles and triumphs of those affected by the curse. Richly drawn landscapes and vivid character arcs enhance the emotional depth of the story, making it a compelling continuation of this gripping tale.
"There were five of us altogether - five children, I mean, not counting my mother and father, who don't really have much to do with the stories. They don't know about all the adventures I'm going to tell you - and the ones they did know about...well, you'll see what they thought of them!"
Finalmente hai recuperato le Pergamene di Kettsuin, e il tuo Dio Kwon ti appare circonfuso da un'aureola di luce: ma non è ancora giunto per te il momento di sapere chi era il tuo vero padre... per adesso il tuo compito è di raggiungere l'Isola Mistica dei Sogni Tranquilli. Tuttavia sarà un viaggio che ti riserverà molte sorprese...
Z otevřené tlamy mu šlehal oheň, oči mu zářily a čumák, chřtán i krk byly obaleny plameny. Nikdy bych si v mysli nepředstavoval něco tak barbarského, tak ohavného, jako bylo tohle černé tělo a vrčící hlava, které vyrazily ze závěje mlhy.
Když je sir Charles Baskerville nalezen mrtev za podivných okolností, jsou k vyšetřování povoláni Sherlock Holmes s Dr. Watsonem. Má se smrtí něco společného strašlivý pes, který údajně pronásleduje rod Baskervillů? Holmes s Watsonem musejí riskovat životy, aby záhadu vyřešili.
Město TAK je největším doupětem zlodějů, pirátů a hrdlořezů, jaké kdy civilizovaný svět poznal. V tomto městě vyvrhelů žijí dva piráti proslulí nesmírnou hrabivostí, smělými nájezdy a nepočetnými boji tváří v tvář smrti. Jedním z těchto lotrů je Abdul Řezník. Tím druhým jsi TY! Jen jeden z vás může být králem pirátů. Uzavřete tedy sázku; začíná boj o poklad a závod s časem. Ale který z vás zvítězí?
