Antonio Maínez Books

Světová četba pro školáky je edice bohatě ilustrovaných, citlivě převyprávěných a zkrácených děl světové literatury. Legenda z doby vlády krále Richarda Lví Srdce. O udatném zbojníkovi Robinu Hoodovi, který bere bohatým a dává chudým.

The famous swashbuckling adventure When hot-blooded young d'Artagnan comes to Paris to seek his fortune, he finds himself challenged to a duel with not one, but three of the King's Musketeers. But Athos, Porthos and Aramis are to become his greatest friends, and companions in dangerous adventure when he becomes embroiled in the intrigues of the Court and the beautiful, evil Lady de Winter. This edition has been specially abridged for Puffin Classics.

As well as the complete and unabridged text, each play in this series has an extensive range of student's notes. These include detailed and clear explanations of difficult words and passages, a synopsis of the plot, summaries of individual scenes, and notes on the main characters. Also included is a wide range of questions and activities for work in class, together with the historical background to Shakespeare's England, a brief biography of Shakespeare, and a complete list of his plays. For this new edition, the text of the play, the notes, and the introductory matter have all been revised so as to make them clearer and more accessible. In addition, the entire text of the book has been redesigned and reset to make it easier to read. The illustrations have been completely redrawn, photographs of recent stage production have been included and there is a new, attractive cover design.

Classic / British English The Time Traveller has built a time machine and has gone into the future to the year 802,701. He expects to find a better world with highly-intelligent people and great inventions. Instead, he finds that people have become weak, child-like creatures. They dance and sing and wear flowers. They seem happy, but why are they so frightened of the dark? And who or what has taken his time machine? Will the Time Traveller ever be able to return to the present?

Převyprávění anglické středověké legendy. Text je výrazně zjednodušen, doplněn celostránkovými ilustracemi. Robin Hood - psanec a zbojník, který se svou družinou v Sherwoodském lese olupoval boháče a jejich bohatství rozdával chudým a potřebným. Legenda o mytické postavě ztělesňuje boj za svobodu proti nespravedlivým zákonům středověké šlechty.