Книги жанра Pearson
Название: The Canterbury Tales (+ Audio CD)
Жанр: Pearson
Год: 2008
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'We’ll give a free dinner to the person who tells the best story. Now, put up your hands if you agree'. The pilgrims all held up their hands. A group of pilgrims are travelling together for five days from London to Canterbury. On the way, each pilgrim has to tell a story to keep the others amused. Some stories are happy, and some are sad. But they all have a message, and we can learn from them.
Название: Dracula (+ Audio CD)
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Год: 2008
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Count Dracula is a vampire. He drinks people’s blood. He lives in a lonely castle in the mountains of Transylvania. But then he comes to England and strange things start happening. People change. People become ill. Professor Van Helsing knows about vampires, but can he stop Count Dracula?
Название: Emil and the Detectives (+ Audio CD)
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Год: 2008
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Emil is travelling alone to his grandmother’s house in the city. He is carrying money toher from his mother. Then a man on the train steals the money. Emil follows the thief and an exciting adventure begins, with lots of detectives, a lift boy, and a fight in a bank!
Название: Forrest Gump (+ Audio CD)
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Год: 2008
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Everybody tells Forrest Gump that he’s an idiot. But he’s a great football player, and he plays the harmonica beautifully. He’s also a brave soldier. But can he ever marry the girl he loves? This story of his journey through life is sometimes sad and sometimes very funny.
Название: Grey Owl (+ Audio CD)
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Год: 2008
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In the 1930s Grey Owl was the most famous North American Indian in the world. He wanted to save his land, its forests and animals. He wanted to change the world. He also had a very strange secret. This book tells his true story.
Название: A History of Britain (+ Audio CD)
Жанр: Pearson
Год: 2008
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Britain is a small country but it has a long history. Two thousand years ago it was part of the Roman Empire. In the 1930s the British Empire was the biggest empire in world history. In the past, kings and queens fought to rule Britain. Discover how wars, revolutions and religion have changed its history. Read about the different countries of the United Kingdom – and the great men and women who have shaped the British nation.
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Год: 2008
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A grammar reference practice with 5 levels, New Grammar Time is specially written for learners in Primary and mid-secondary schools for use either in the classroom or at home. The lower levels of New Grammar Time has simplified grammar boxes and an oral activity at the end of each unit which gives students plenty of opportunity to use the language. New Grammar Time can also be used as a supplement to any course book. The Teacher’s book expands into a resource file and includes photocopiable activities that help the teacher to deliver lively and varied lessons. — Easy-to-teach units presented in a consistent format — Regular reviews and tests to monitor students’ progress — New CD-ROM allows parents to see their children practising at home — Lots of extra written practice including fun games — Introduces CYLETS, KET and PET tasks to help students familiarise themselves with the exams
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Год: 2008
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Mark Twain is one of America’s most famous and best-loved writers. He wrote about every important subject of his time. Twain’s stories are usually amusing but with a serious message too. You will read about people’s hopes and fears, happiness and terrible sadness—and wonderful practical jokes!
Название: Princess Diana (+ Audio CD)
Жанр: Pearson
Год: 2008
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Princess Diana, one of the most famous and popular women in the world – the People’s Princess. Read here about Diana’s short life, her marriage to Prince Charles, her ‘war’ with the Royal Family and her love and hard work for sick and poor people all over the world.
Название: 1984 (+ Audio CD)
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Год: 2008
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Winston Smith lives in a society where the government controls people’s lives every second of the day. Alone in his small, one-room apartment, Winston dreams of a better life. Is freedom from this life of suffering possible? There must be something that the Party cannot control – something like love, perhaps?
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Год: 2008
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The famous Canterville Ghost haunts an old house, but the ghost becomes unhappy when the new owners play tricks on him! In the other stories, we meet Lord Arthur Savile, who has to murder someone before he can get married, and we discover the secret life of beautiful Lady Alroy.
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Год: 2008
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Katherine Mansfield is one of the most famous short story writers in the English language. These four stories take place about a hundred years ago in England and New Zealand. They are sometimes funny, sometimes sad and often cruel.
Название: Strangers on a Train (+ Audio CD)
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Год: 2008
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Guy Haines is travelling through Texas on a train when a stranger invites him to share a meal. But the stranger has a terrible plan. ‘You murder my father, and I’ll murder your wife’, he suggests. So begins Guy’s journey into a world of madness, lies and death.
Название: Ripley's Game (+ Audio CD)
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Год: 2008
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One night, Tom Ripley is insulted by a man at a party. An ordinary person would just be upset by this, but Tom Ripley is not an ordinary person. Months later, when a friend asks him for help with two simple murders, he remembers the night and plans revenge. He starts a game — a very nasty game, in which he plays with the life of a sick and innocent man. But how far will he go?
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Год: 2008
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Dr Jekyll is a London doctor who is liked and respected for his work. Mr Hyde is an evil man, completely unknown in London society. There is a murder and Hyde seems to be responsible. So why does the good doctor give Mr Hyde the key to his house – and decide to leave everything to Mr Hyde in his will?
Название: A Tale of Two Cities (+ Audio CD)
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Год: 2008
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This great story is set against the background of the French Revolution. Two men – one French, one English, but very similar in appearance – are in love with the same woman. The three of them, like the people of France, are faced with the dangers of life at a time when the guillotine never rests.
Название: Tales from Shakespeare (+ Audio CD)
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Год: 2008
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This Book includes stories based on seven of Shakespeare’s greatest plays. We meet many of Shakespeare’s most famous characters – magical Prospero; Puck, the badly-behaved fairy; evil Macbeth; Shylock, the greedy moneylender, and many more. This is a wonderful first step on the journey into the world of Shakespeare.
Название: World Folktales (+ Audio CD)
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Год: 2008
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These nine stories will take the reader on an exciting journey to distant cultures and times. The collection includes folktales from South America, Africa, India, China, and Europe.
Название: The Beach (+ Audio CD)
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Год: 2008
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»Close your eyes … imagine idyllic white sands and coral gardens». Richard arrives in Thailand. He hears about ‘the beach’, a secret island. It is paradise on earth. He goes there, but paradise soon turns into hell…
Название: Great Expectations (+ Audio CD)
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Год: 2008
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Pip is a poor orphan whose life is changed forever by two very different meetings – one with an escaped convict and the other with an eccentric old lady and the beautiful girl who lives with her. And who is the mysterious person who leaves him a fortune?
