Годината е 1934-та. Едно осемгодишно момиченце стои на булевард Холивуд и съзерцава внушителния Китайски театър на Грауман, прочут киносалон в Лос Анджелис. Стиснало ръката на поредната си майка, то не може да повярва на щастието си - защото му предстои да види за пръв път кино, но най-вече защото жената до него обещава да е с него завинаги. Изоставено от родната си майка, познало сиропиталищата, отхвърлено от приемните си родители под предлог, че е трудно за отглеждане, момиченцето има само една мечта - дом и топлина. Новата му майка, красивата като киноактриса монтажистка от Холивуд Грейс, не спира да му рисува ... |
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"Фермерът е мъртъв, мъртъв е, а всички се интересуват единствено кой го е убил". Така започва историята на Бет и нейния нежен, мил съпруг Франк. Двамата са щастливо женени, като връзката им се основава на това, че миналото остава погребано. Не и до завръщането на Гейбриъл Улф, мъжът, когото Бет е обичала като момиче - мъжът, разбил сърцето ѝ преди години. Гейбриъл се е върнал в селото с малкия си син Лио, момче, което много напомня на Бет за собствения ѝ син, загинал при трагичен инцидент. Чувствата на Бет към някогашния ѝ любим отново пламват. Бет е принудена да направи избор между жената, ... |
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Based on the story of Desmond Bagley. Retold by Ralph Mowat. ... On a beautiful summer evening in the quiet town of Marlow, a young woman is walking home from church. She passes a man who is looking at the engine of his car. He turns round, smiles at her... and throws acid into her face. Then her father, the scientist George Ashton, disappears. And her sister, Penny, discovers that her husband-to-be, Malcolm, is a government agent. Why has Ashton disappeared, and why is Malcolm told to hunt for him? Who is George Ashton, anyway? And who is the enemy? Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary ... |
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Based on the story of Jane Austen. Retold by Clare West. ... The moment I first met you, I noticed your pride, your sense of superiority, and your selfish disdain for the feelings of others. You are the last man in the world whom I could ever be persuaded to marry' said Elizabeth Bennet. And so Elizabeth rejects the proud Mr Darcy. Can nothing overcome her prejudice against him? And what of the other Bennet girls - their fortunes, and misfortunes, in the business of getting husbands? This famous novel by Jane Austen is full of wise and humorous observation of the people and manners of her times. Classics, modern ... |
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Based on the story of Charlotte Bronte. Retold by Clare West. ... Jane Eyre is alone in the world. Disliked by her aunt's family, she is sent away to school. Here she learns that a young girl, with neither money nor family to support her, can expect little from the world. She survives, but she wants more from life than simply to survive: she wants respect, and love. When she goes to work for Mr Rochester, she hopes she has found both at once. But the sound of strange laughter, late at night, behind a locked door, warns her that her troubles are only beginning. Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. ... |
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Based on the story of Katherine Mansfield. Retold by Rosalie Kerr. ... "Oh, how delightful it is to fall in love for the first time! How exciting to go to your first dance when you are a girl of eighteen! But life can also be hard and cruel, if you are young and inexperienced and travelling alone across Europe... or if you are a child from the wrong social class... or a singer without work and the rent to be paid." By the book Set in Europe and New Zealand, these nine stories by Katherine Mansfield dig deep beneath the appearances of life to show us the causes of human happiness and despair. Classics, modern ... |
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Based on the story of Isaac Asimov. Retold by Rowena Akinyemi. ... A human being is a soft, weak creature. It needs constant supplies of air, water, and food; it has to spend a third of its life asleep, and it can't work if the temperature is too hot or too cold. But a robot is made of strong metal. It uses electrical energy directly, never sleeps, and can work in any temperature. It is stronger, more efficient - and sometimes more human than human beings. Isaac Asimov was one of the greatest sciencefiction writers, and these short stories give us an unforgettable and terrifying vision of the future. Classics, ... |
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Based on the story of Charles Dickens. Retold by Clare West. ... In a gloomy, neglected house Miss Havisham sits, as she has sat year after year, in a wedding dress and veil that were once white, and are now faded and yellow with age. Her face is like a death's head, her dark eyes burn with bitterness and hate. By her side sits a proud and beautiful girl, and in front of her, trembling with fear in his thick country boots, stands young Pip. Miss Havisham stares at Pip coldly, and murmurs to the girl at her side: 'Break his heart, Estella. Break his heart!' Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. ... |
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Retold by Rosemary Border. ... "After dinner we turned the lights out and played hide and seek. In the dark, I touched a hand, a very cold hand. Now, because of the game, I had to hide in the dark with... with this cold person - not speaking, not knowing who it was. Slowly the others found us, hid with us, until we were all there - all thirteen. Thirteen? But there were only twelve people in the house! We touched each other in the dark, counting. Thirteen. Quickly, nervously, I lit a match to see..." By the book Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the ... |
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Based on the story of Arthur Conan Doyle. Retold by Clare West. ... Sherlock Holmes is the greatest detective of them all. He sits in his room, and smokes his pipe. He listens, and watches, and thinks. He listens to the steps coming up the stairs; he watches the door opening - and he knows what question the stranger will ask. In these three of his best stories, Holmes has three visitors to the famous flat in Baker Street - visitors who bring their troubles to the only man in the world who can help them. Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms ... |
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Второ издание. ... Началото на XIII век. Цар Калоян е убит, а престолът на Второто българско царство е обгърнат от несигурност и амбиции. В тези бурни времена, когато мечът решава съдбата на царства и народи, една млада жена се оказва в центъра на жестока борба за власт и оцеляване. Дъщерята на Иваница... Мария е обещана за брак по политически причини - нейният съюз може да донесе мир или да разпали война. Докато царството е разтърсвано от предателства, междуособици и външни заплахи, Мария влиза в битка, която не се води с меч, а с ум, воля и смелост. Дворцови интриги, неочаквани съюзи и опасни врагове дебнат зад всеки ... |
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Лев Толстой заема централно място в руската класика, а в световната литература името му се нарежда до тези на най-гениалните писатели, творили някога. Чрез своите романи "Война и мир" и "Ана Каренина" той достига абсолютен творчески разцвет още на средна възраст, а това, което предстои на великия ум, е почти необикновено... В средата на жизнения си път Толстой изпада в духовна криза, която го води до пълен ценностен крах. След като се отказва от несметните си богатства, заможният и успял писател посвещава дните си на бедните и неуките. Ето защо заглавието на настоящия сборник с афоризми - " ... |
