Книги жанра Pearson
Название: Dangerous Game (+ Audio CD)
Жанр: Pearson
Год: 2008
Рейтинг:
Описание:
For a number of years, William plays a game with a ghost before he goes to sleep. The ghost is a poltergeist that William calls Poldy'. At the beginning William and Poldy play a friendly game every night, but then the game begins to change. It becomes a dangerous game. Who will win?
Название: David Copperfield (+ Audio CD)
Жанр: Pearson
Год: 2008
Рейтинг:
Описание:
David Copperfield's happy life suddenly changes when his mother marries again. Her new husband is cruel to him and sends him away to school. When David's mother dies, he is sent to work in London. He hates his job so he runs away. He has no money for food or for travelling. But it is the beginning of his life of adventure.
Название: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (+ Audio CD)
Жанр: Pearson
Год: 2008
Рейтинг:
Описание:
Why is the frightening Mr Hyde a friend of the nice Dr Jekyll? Who is the evil little man? And why does he seem to have power over the doctor? After a terrible murder, everyone is looking for Mr Hyde. But he has disappeared. Or has he?
Жанр: Pearson
Год: 2008
Рейтинг:
Описание:
There are five stories in this book. The Fall of the House of Usher' and The Barrel of Amontillado' are stories of madness; The Maelstrom' describes fear of death during a storm on the ocean; and in The Murders of the Rue Morgue' and The Stolen Letter' meet C. Auguste Dupin, Poe's famous Parisian detective.
Название: Food for Thought (+ Audio CD)
Жанр: Pearson
Год: 2008
Рейтинг:
Описание:
Farm work isn't Joe's idea of holiday fun. He wanted to spend the summer surfing. But when he finds himself in the middle of a disagreement about GM (genetically-modified) crop trials, life becomes more interesting. He also meets two very different girls. But what do they really want from him?
Название: How to be an Alien (+ Audio CD)
Жанр: Pearson
Год: 2008
Рейтинг:
Описание:
This is the funniest book that you will read about English people! Why are the English different from Europeans? George Mikes' book describes the strange things the English do and say. And the English don't get angry when they read the book. They love it! You will too!
Название: The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (+ Audio CD)
Жанр: Pearson
Год: 2008
Рейтинг:
Описание:
Ugly and unwanted by the outside world, Quasimodo the hunchback lives under the protection of the priest in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame. Then his quiet life is destroyed by the priest's evil plans for a beautiful gypsy girl. The priest needs Quasimodo's help. But the hunchback has other ideas.
Название: The Interpreter
Жанр: Pearson
Год: 2008
Рейтинг:
Описание:
Silvia Broome is an interpreter at the United Nations. One night she hears a plan to kill the President of the African state of Matobo. Agent Tobin Keller of the US Secret Service must stop the killers. But is Silvia telling the truth? Is she hiding something from him? Is she more dangerous than the President's other enemies?
Название: The Island of Dr Moreau (+ Audio CD)
Жанр: Pearson
Год: 2008
Рейтинг:
Описание:
Edward Prendick is travelling in the South Pacific when his ship goes down. He is saved after many days at sea by another ship, and a passenger, Montgomery, nurses him back to health. Prendick becomes interested in the mystery of Montgomery's life. Why does he live on an unknown Pacific island? Why is he taking animals there? And should Prendick fear the dark secrets of Montgomery's master the even more mysterious Doctor Moreau?
Жанр: Pearson
Год: 2008
Рейтинг:
Описание:
In these six stories, strange and frightening things happen. Dead people return as ghosts. One ghost returns to catch a murderer; another ghost brings bad luck and death; and another gives warning of danger. You may or may not believe in ghosts, but we all enjoy a good story.
Название: A Midsummer Night's Dream (+ Audio CD)
Жанр: Pearson
Год: 2008
Рейтинг:
Описание:
This wonderful story of fairies, dreams and lovers is as popular today as it was in Shakespeare's time. In a wood outside Athens, four young people are following their dreams, while fairies play strange games with them. Their world seems unreal but is it really very different from our own?
Название: My Fair Lady (+ Audio CD)
Жанр: Pearson
Год: 2008
Рейтинг:
Описание:
My Fair Lady is the story of a poor young flower-seller and a professor who doesn't like women. The professor decides to teach the flower-seller to speak better English. He wants to change her from street-girl to lady. But what will he learn from her?
Название: New York (+ Audio CD)
Жанр: Pearson
Год: 2008
Рейтинг:
Описание:
Every year, millions of tourists visit New York — the most exciting city in the world. Read about its history, its sights and its people. What makes New York the city that never sleeps?
Название: Notting Hill (+ Audio CD)
Жанр: Pearson
Год: 2008
Рейтинг:
Описание:
Anna Scott is an American film star. She is rich, beautiful and very famous. William Thacker is a shy man who has a small, unsuccessful bookshop in London. Their lives are different in every way, but they are both looking for someone special. Can a future together be more than a dream? Notting Hill is a wonderful and very funny love story.
Название: Rain Man (+ Audio CD)
Жанр: Pearson
Год: 2008
Рейтинг:
Описание:
Charlie Babbit needs money. But when his rich father dies, Charlie gets two surprises. One: he has a brother, Raymond, who lives in a special hospital. Two: all their father's money goes to Raymond. Charlie is angry, but the journey across America with Raymond changes his life.
Название: The Ring (+ Audio CD)
Жанр: Pearson
Год: 2008
Рейтинг:
Описание:
One day Rafael was well; the next day he was completely mad. What happened to him? The story of Rafael and his gold ring is a strange story of murder, mystery and love. Many people know part of the story. But only Rafael knows the true facts. And Rafael is mad.
Название: The Road Ahead (+ Audio CD)
Жанр: Pearson
Год: 2008
Рейтинг:
Описание:
Bill Gates, the richest man in the world, started Microsoft in 1975 with a friend when he was only nineteen years old. Twenty years later he wrote this book about the future of computers and the Internet. Read the ideas and dreams of a man who has changed the world.
Название: Romeo and Juliet (+ Audio CD)
Жанр: Pearson
Год: 2008
Рейтинг:
Описание:
Romeo and Juliet is one of the most famous love stories in the world. But it is more than a great love story. It is also about life and death, happiness and sadness, and the terrible hate between two great families. Shakespeare's beautiful tale is still as popular today as it was more than 400 years ago.
Название: A Scandal in Bohemia (+ Audio CD)
Жанр: Pearson
Год: 2008
Рейтинг:
Описание:
All kinds of people, from shopkeepers to kings, want the help of Sherlock Holmes in these six stories about the adventures of the famous detective. Who put a diamond in a chicken? Why is there a club for men with red hair? How did the man at the lake die? Can Sherlock Holmes solve the mysteries?
Название: Jane Eyre (+ Audio CD)
Жанр: Pearson
Год: 2008
Рейтинг:
Описание:
Jane Eyre, a poor girl, leaves her cruel aunt’s house and goes away to school. Later, she becomes a teacher and works for the rich Mr Rochester. She loves him and wants to marry him. He loves her too, but he has a dark secret ...
