This beautifully presented slipcase edition offers a selection of the master detective's greatest cases, including the most popular Holmes story ever written, "The Hound of the Baskervilles". In addition to this full-length novel, the compendium comprises short stories drawn from his major collections "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" and "The Return of Sherlock Holmes". Features include: "The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Conan Doyle's most famous Holmesian novel; 13 classic short stories; authentic, atmospheric illustrations ... |
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A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Throughout his career, Charles Dickens often turned his hand to fashioning short pieces of ghostly fiction, and began the tradition of "the ghost story at Christmas". Many of his supernatural tales are presented here, including the brilliant novella "The Haunted man and the ghost's bargain", which deserves to be as well known as "A Christmas carol". While all aim to send a shiver down the spine, they are not without the usual traits of Dickens' flamboyant style: his subtle wit, biting irony, humorous incidents and moral observations. This & ... |
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Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library - a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket - sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition has an afterword by David Stuart Davies and original illustrations by H. K. Browne. Bleak House is not only a love story and a tightly plotted murder mystery, but also a condemnation of the corruption at the heart of English society. The inheritance case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce has been going on for generations involving myriad characters from all walks of life. There's Esther ... |
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Award-winning readers series of original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Alex Forley had everything: good looks, money, a beautiful house in London, an attractive girlfriend and a close group of friends. But now he is dead - an apparent case of suicide. Detective Inspector Rod Eliot isn't sure Alex killed himself and he wants the answers to two simple questions.Was it murder? And if so, who did it? ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Lily Bart is twenty-nine, beautiful and charming. She has expensive tastes, loves to gamble and socializes with the wealthy upper-class families of New York. But her meagre finances are dwindling and her place in society is slipping away from her. Her only hope of security is to find a suitable husband. However, Lily has an independence of spirit that stands in the way of her committing to the suitors available to her. As her options diminish, her friends become her enemies and her situation grows increasing perilous. In "The House of Mirth", ... |
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Marinka dreams of a normal life, where her house stays in one place long enough for her to make friends. But her house has chicken legs and moves on without warning. For Marinka's grandmother is Baba Yaga, who guides spirits between this world and the next. Marinka longs to change her destiny and sets out to break free from her grandmother's footsteps, but her house has other ideas..."A bold and beautifully-built adventure, The House With Chicken Legs is enticing, a little bit dangerous, and thrumming with possibilities." Kiran Millwood Hargrave ... |
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Illustrated by Annie Farrall. ... "– Where do you live? - asked Paul. – In the big white house on the hill - said Maria. – Where do you live? – In the little brown house near the market - said Paul. They laughed. But Paul was sad. The house on the hill was big and important. Maria was rich and he was poor. And Paul was in love." Included CD contains audio versions of all the chapters of the book. Free resources including worksheets, tests and author data sheets at www.macmillanreaders.com. ... |
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Award-winning readers series of original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. In the Big Eye House, Annie is the only female contestant left in a reality TV show. Viewers follow the contestants' every move and regularly vote to eject one of them. There is a big prize for the winner, and another for any couple to have a romance in the house. What will Annie learn about the remaining four male contestants, and about herself? And which prize will she win, if any? ... |
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In this book illustrated by Alan Burton, there are two nineteenth-century ghost stories - "The House in the Picture" and "Abbot Thomas' Treasure". The House in the Picture Mr. Williams has an old picture of a house. It is not a very good picture. It is not a very good picture. It is not a very interesting picture. Then the picture tells Mr. Williams a terrible story. Abbot Thomas' Treasure An archaeologist finds some gold in an old church. It has been hidden for three hundred years. But the guardian of the gold returns, and the guardian of the treasure is angry. This book is in ... |
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Award-winning readers series of original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Carl begins to worry when his wife Linda does not arrive for the weekend at their seaside house in the east of England. When he asks local people whether they have seen her, they appear helpful, but he soon begins to wonder whether they are hiding information from him about his missing wife. ... |
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Учете английски език с криминалните хорър разкази. ... Нова поредица увлекателни криминални разкази за възрастни, които ще ви оставят без дъх. Книгите са предназначени за нива А1 - В2 и включват кратки разкази с превод на трудните думи, интересна допълнителна информация и английско-български речник. Поредицата включва два варианта - книга за почитателите на хартията и аудиокнига с приложение за любителите на интересно разказани истории, които искат да тренират уменията си за слушане на английски. Внимание! Не се препоръчва за читатели със слаби нерви. ... |
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Учете английски с криминалните хорър разкази. ... Нова поредица увлекателни криминални разкази за възрастни, които ще ви оставят без дъх. Книгите са предназначени за нива А1 - В2 и включват кратки разкази с превод на трудните думи, интересна допълнителна информация и английско-български речник. Поредицата включва два варианта - книга за почитателите на хартията и аудиокнига с приложение за любителите на интересно разказани истории, които искат да тренират уменията си за слушане на английски. Внимание! Не се препоръчва за читатели със слаби нерви. ... |