The life of an American slave
- 48 pages
- 2 hours of reading






Black Boy is Richard Wright’s unforgettable story of growing up in the Jim Crow South. Published in 1945, it is often considered a fictionalized autobiography or an autobiographical novel because of Wright’s use of fiction techniques (and possibly fictional events) to tell his story. Nevertheless, the book is a lyrical and skillfully wrought description of Wright’s hungry youth in rural Mississippi and Memphis, told from the perspective of the adult Wright, who was still trying to come to grips with the cruel deprivations and humiliations of his childhood."
Humour: The well-known story about an American family who moves into an old English castle. We follow the trag-comic complications between a poor ghost and the modern American family.
Part of the High Impact series this classic text is retold in an accessible style for those with a reading age of six to seven years. Can Sherlock Holmes solve the mystery of the death of Helen's sister in time to save Helen's own life?
Seit Jahrhunderten lastet ein dämonischer Fluch auf der Familie Baskerville. Ein riesiger Hund soll sich in den Mooren rund um den Landsitz der Familie herumtreiben. Das Tier scheint wieder zugeschlagen zu haben, als Sir Charles Baskerville ermordet aufgefunden wird. Werden Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson den Mörder finden bevor auch das letzte Mitglied der Familie getötet wird?
This classic story is has been simplified and abridged to suit the needs of learners of English. For use in schools and private study.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY IAN THOMPSONThe Third Man is Graham Greene's brilliant recreation of post-war Vienna, a smashed dreary city occupied by the four Allied powers. Rollo Martins, a second-rate novelist, arrives penniless to vi