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. An English company executive in India is dismissed after he tries to uncover corruption within his company. He returns to England where his life falls apart and his marriage breaks up. He then sets out on a one-man search for the truth behind his dismissal. He turns to the rich mystery and beauty of India and is finally forced to choose between love and revenge. ... |
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Join Monkey D. Luffy and his swashbuckling crew in their search for the ultimate treasure, One Piece! As a child, Monkey D. Luffy dreamed of becoming King of the Pirates. But his life changed when he accidentally gained the power to stretch like rubber... at the cost of never being able to swim again! Years later, Luffy sets off in search of the One Piece, said to be the greatest treasure in the world... It's a family brawl as Kaido faces off against Yamato! But Kaido and his powerful pirates aren't going to go down easily, even against the Straw Hats’ best fighters. The key to victory may be the peculiar ... |
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An abridged edition with an afterword by Peter Harness. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... The year is 1625 and France is under threat. D'Artagnan, a young nobleman, sets off to Paris to seek his fortune as a member of the King's Guard and befriends three musketeers - the mysterious Athos, ambitious and romantic Aramis, and bumbling Porthos. Together the friends must use all their guile and ingenuity to outwit the dastardly schemes of Cardinal Richelieu and the glamorous spy, Milady. As fresh and entertaining today as when it was first written, Alexandre Dumas's "The Three Musketeers" is a ... |
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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. On a hot August night in Milwaukee in the USA, a young artist and a gang leader's girlfriend are shot in the street, a woman dies mysteriously in the Mercy Hospital emergency room, and a famous artist is killed at the opening of an exhibition of his work. Dr Maxine Cassidy feels sure there must be a connection between these events and sets out to find it. ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Oft-copied but never bettered, Jane Austen's "Emma" is a remarkable comedy of manners that follows the charming but insensitive Emma Woodhouse as she sets out on an ill-fated career of match-making in the little town of Highbury. Taking the pretty but dreary Harriet Smith as her subject, Emma creates misunderstandings and chaos as she tries to find Harriet a suitor, until she begins to realize it isn't the lives of others she must try to transform. Gorgeously illustrated by the celebrated Hugh Thomson, this "Macmillan Collector' ... |
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In this Greek myth, Odysseus, king of Ithaca, sets sail from war in Troy to return to his island home. Before they can't reach Ithaca, Odysseus and his men must face one terrifying challenge after another, from deadly sea monsters to man-eating giants. "Macmillan English Explorers" is an eight-level reading scheme written specifically for young learners of English. They bring first language teaching methods to reading lessons in international classrooms. Informed by the National Literacy Strategy and by teaching methodology for first language speakers of English, "Macmillan Explorers" is supported ... |
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Това е историята на писател, изпаднал в творческа криза и решил да пише за първия човек, когото срещне на улицата. Попада на осемдесетгодишната Мадлен Трико, чийто живот ще опише, както и живота на семейството ѝ - семейство Мартен. Мадлен е имала любов с Ив, който обаче по мистериозни причини заминава за САЩ, а тя среща Рене, за когото се омъжва. Двамата имат две дъщери: Валери и Стефани, които не се разбират. Стефани живее в чужбина, Валери е омъжена за Патрик, от когото има две деца - Жереми, апатичен тийнейджър, и потайната Лола. И двамата претърпяват развитие. От някои намеци се разбира, че въпросният писател в ... |
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Умален модел на военни автомобили , използвани през Втората световна война. Оригинално описание: The Coles Mk 7 crane and the well-known "Queen Mary" trailer were both used extensively by the RAF during World War II. These two vehicles can be used with Airfix aircraft and diorama sets to enhance any scene. За да може да сглобите и залепите този макет, ви е необходимо лепило . Елементите на модела са направени от едноцветна пластмаса. Моделът може да се оцвети с боички . Ако искате да оцветите модела във варианта указан на кутията, боичките, които ще са ви необходими са: Емайлна боя "металик" ... |
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Because the missing pieces matter. ... Angie considers herself unremarkable. She likes history and science, running hard, grilled cheese with burned edges. But today, everything will change. A photo in an old box, in a drawer. Of her teenage mother with a boy she's never seen before - and yet Angie knows instantly that it's her father. The father who died before she was born. But Angie begins to understand that there are things she has not been told. Things that Angie now needs to know, more than anything. And so she sets off in search of her father's story. Her mother's story. And her own story. Because, ... |
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In this classic story, Ali Baba finds a cave full of gold. He is rich! But nothing in life can be so easy. Soon his greedy brother Kassim wants the treasure for himself. Then the forty thieves discover that Ali Baba has been steeling their gold and their leader sets out to find and kill him. "Macmillan English Explorers" is an eight-level reading scheme written specifically for young learners of English. They bring first language teaching methods to reading lessons in international classrooms. Informed by the National Literacy Strategy and by teaching methodology for first language speakers of English, " ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... When the chance discovery of an ancient cryptogram reveals a path to the Underworld, the adventurous Professor Otto Lidenbrock sets off to Iceland, determined to reach the centre of the earth. But nothing can prepare him and his nephew Axel for what they will find beneath the ground; measureless caverns and vast subterranean seas reveal all of the earth's known history and more, while dinosaurs do battle, giant men herd mastodons, and danger and excitement wait around every corner. Richly illustrated by Édouard Riou, the French painter and ... |
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Complete and unabridged with an afterword by Sam Giplin. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... When young Jim Hawkins finds a mysterious map in a dead sailor’s sea trunk, it marks the start of a thrilling treasure hunt - and a very dangerous adventure. Accompanied by the local doctor and squire, he sets off on the high seas as a cabin-boy, determined to find the buried hoard. But they are not alone in their quest, a band of pirates - led by the enigmatic, one-legged Long John Silver - will stop at nothing to take back what they believe is theirs. One of the best-loved children's stories of all time, Robert Louis ... |
