Lord Orville did me the honour to hand me to the coach, talking all the way of the honour I had done him! O these fashionable people!\'Frances Burney\'s first and most enduringly popular novel is a vivid, satirical, and seductive account of the pleasures and dangers of fashionable life in late eighteenth-century London. As she describes her heroine\'s entry into society, womanhood and, inevitably,

Third book of the original and best CITY WATCH series, now reinterpreted in BBC\'s The Watch \'The work of a prolific humorist at his best\' Observer The Discworld is very much like our own - if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is . . .

Darkness falls ...Despair abounds ...Evil reigns ...Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have just saved the rebel state from destruction by the mighty forces of King Galbatorix, cruel ruler of the Empire. Now Eragon must travel to Ellesmera, land of the elves

Sinuhé, el egipcio nos introduce en el fascinante y lejano mundo del Egipto de los faraones. En el ocaso de su vida, el protagonista de este relato confiesa: «Porque yo, Sinuhé, soy un hombre y como tal he vivido en todos los que han existido antes que yo, y viviré en todos los que existan después de mí. Viviré en las risas y en las lágrimas de los hombres, en su bondad y su maldad, en su debilidad

Fände in der Tschechischen Republik ein Wettbewerb in existenzieller Kurzprosa statt, so würde Vladimíra Valová einen der ersten Plätze belegen. Sie schreibt sparsam, geballt und berührt tief im Inneren. Sie thematisiert Grenzsituationen und Wendepunkte im Leben. Psychologische Mikrodramen des grauen Alltags, die in zwei, drei schnellen Zügen die Pointe erreichen der Rest wird beim Lesen durch die

When Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert decide to adopt an orphan who can help manage their family farm, they have no idea what delightful trouble awaits them. 11-year-old Anne with red hair and incredible imagination can turn everyday moments into something extraordinary. Will Green Gables become her home? Když se Matthew a Marilla Cuthbertovi rozhodnou adoptovat sirotka, který by jim pomáhal na rodinné

Shocking and controversial when it was first published in 1939, Steinbeck\'s Pulitzer prize-winning epic remains his undisputed masterpiece. Set against the background of dust bowl Oklahoma and Californian migrant life, it tells of the Joad family, who, li

Persuasion

How does a writer compose a suicide note? This was not a question that the prize-winning novelist William Styron had ever contemplated before. In this true account of his depression, Styron describes an illness that reduced him from a successful writer to a man arranging his own destruction. He lived to give us this gripping description of his descent into mental anguish, and his eventual success in

I Malavoglia č un romanzo che nasce da una profonda riflessione di Verga sull’uomo e sulla letteratura. biografia di Giovanni Verga | dossier informativi sull’opera e il suo contesto storico | glossario delle parole piů difficili | attivitŕ linguistiche di comprensione del testo | test finale. Temi: Famiglia | Verismo | Vita di mare Un romanzo corale che racconta la storia di una famiglia di pescatori

Kafkas unangefochten Meisterwerk, das die Verwandlungen des jungen Gregor erzählt. Vereinfachter und gekürzter Text mit Erklärung schwieriger Wörter in Fußnoten Themen: Familie | Gefühle | Wetter | Gesundheit und Körper Franz Kafka ist einer der bedeutendsten deutschsprachigen Erzähler des 20. Jahrhunderts. Seine Erzählung „Die Verwandlung” thematisiert in ungewohnter Weise ein immer aktuelles Problem

E könyvecske 1934-ben jelent meg először. Jelen kiadvány ennek átdolgozott kiadása. A könyv eredetileg a magyar konyha iránt érdeklődő külföldi szakácsok és háziasszonyok részére íródott, s így lehetséges, hogy a mai hazai Olvasók számára talán csalódást okoz majd. De a külföldre szakadt hazánkfiainak a legegyszerűbb ételek leírása is lényeges, és az éppen főzni tanuló honleányok részére is nélkülözhetetlen.

Extensive reading improves fluency and there is a real need in the ELT classroom for motivating graded material that will encourage students to read. Sherlock Holmes is the world\'s most famous detective and students will love this modern adaptation of Conan Doyle\'s story \'A Study in Scarlet\'. Based on the award-winning BBC TV series \'Sherlock\'.

Další publikace z edice Adaptovaná česká próza, určené studentům češtiny jako cizího jazyka, přináší tradiční pohádky české i zahraniční provenience. Kratší pohádky O veliké řepě, O kohoutkovi a slepičce, Tři prasátka, O perníkové chaloupce a Červená Karkulka, i klasické příběhy, jako jsou Popelka, Sněhurka, Šípková Růženka, O dvanácti měsíčkách nebo Princ Bajaja, představují vhodnou, nenáročnou četbu

Extensive reading improves fluency and there is a real need in the ELT classroom for motivating, contemporary graded material that will instantly appeal to students. \"The Mask of Zorro\" is based on the hugely successful movie of the same name and the character of Zorro will be immediately recognisable to teens of all nationalities.

A világ minden táján ősidők óta törik az emberek a fejüket, hogyan adjanak értelmet életüknek, hogyan tegyék kellemesebbé, könnyebbé a mindennapjaikat. A boldogsághoz vezető út titkainak tucatjait halmozták fel minden kultúrában, melyekből egy csokorra valót nyújt át könyvünk.

Oliver Twist‘s life is hard and desperate one. His mother is dead, so he is brought up in a workhouse. Beaten and starved he runs away to London, where he joins Fagin’s gang of pickpockets to survive. Will the boy manage to find a real home in such a mercyless world? Život Olivera Twista je těžký a zoufalý. Maminka mu zemřela, a tak je vychováván v sirotčinci. Zbitý a vyhladovělý uteče do Londýna,

A beautiful and informative history of life on our planet. It is difficult to conceive of the vast scale of the history of life on Earth, from the very first living organisms sparking into life in hydrothermal deep-sea vents to the dizzying diversity of life today. The evolution of life is a sweeping epic of a tale, with twists and turns, surprising heroes and unlikely survivors. The Earth beautifully

What could a lacemaker have in common with vascular surgeons? A Savile Row tailor with molecular scientists? A fighter pilot with jazz musicians? At first glance, very little. But Roger Kneebone is the expert on experts, having spent a lifetime finding the connections. In Expert, he combines his own experiences as a doctor with insights from extraordinary people and cutting-edge research to map out

The Counterlife is about people enacting their dreams of renewal and escape, some of them going so far as to risk their lives to alter seemingly irreversible destinies. Wherever they may find themselves, the characters of The Counterlife are tempted unceasingly by the prospect of an alternative existence that can reverse their fate. Illuminating these lives in transition and guiding us through the