Room 13 and Other Ghost Stories is an Elementary Level reader written by M. R. James. This book consists of five short stories about ghosts, evil spirits and creatures of the night. The five stories are Room 13, The Whistle, The Message of Death, The Maze, and The Lost Crowns of Anglia. This book is in British English. Key features: carefully controlled information, structure and vocabulary; some difficult words and phrases are explained with pictures; the book has around 1100 basic words for Elementary-level students; free resources including worksheets, tests and author data sheets here. ... |
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Atlantic City, 1946. Bill, Constance and Brant can't help but feel like they are missing out on life. Bill craves an existence outside of his father's influence. Brant is willing to play a dangerous game to further his career and make a name for himself. Constance yearns for the freedom to be herself and do exactly what she loves. What these three teens don't know is that their desires will lead them all to a dark secret. Something inky just came to town in the form of a curious machine and a visit from a man named Joey Drew. When mysterious ink stains begin permeating their lives, will these teens ... |
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Based on the story of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Text adaptation by Susan Kingsley. ... "You said that you wanted danger, didn't you?" says McArdle, the editor of the Daily Gazette. And he sends his young reporter, Malone, on a strange journey into South America with the famous Professor Challenger. Challenger believes he can find a lost world full of dinosaurs in the middle of the Amazon forest. But this world is dangerous to reach, and, once the Professor and his small group of explorers arrive, things get even more dangerous for them. Will they return alive? Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive ... |
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Life is good for Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood. That is, until the night that two old acquaintances break into Magnus's apartment and steal the powerful Book of the White. Now Magnus and Alec will have to drop everything to follow the thieves to Shanghai. And Magnus has been stabbed with a strange magical weapon that is changing the very nature of his powers. Fortunately, they have backup in the form of Clary, Jace, Isabelle and Simon. In Shanghai, they learn that a much darker threat awaits them. Magnus's magic is growing unstable, and if they can't stop the demons flooding into the city, they might have ... |
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Добре дошли във времевото пространство - величествена библиотека, в чиито книги са събрани спомените на починалите. До нея може да се стигне само чрез специални часовници, някога предавани от баща на син, а сега почти изцяло попаднали в ръцете на правителството. Именно тук, през 1938 г., се оказва в капан единайсетгодишната Лисавет Леви, чакайки баща си - часовникар - да се върне за нея. Когато той не идва, момичето пораства сред книгите и духовете, виждайки света единствено чрез спомените на тези, които са били преди нея. Когато разбира, че правителствени агенти навлизат във времевото пространство, за да унищожават ... |
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Нови истории от Ресторант Камогава. Скрит в малка уличка в Киото, се намира необикновеният ресторант Камогава. Това уникално място се управлява от баща и дъщеря, които предлагат нещо повече от изкушаващи ястия. Двамата се преоткриват като хранителни детективи, предоставяйки услуга, която надхвърля традиционното хранене. Чрез своето кулинарно разследване те възстановяват любими ястия от спомените на своите клиенти, създавайки връзка със скъпи моменти от миналото. Сред хората, които търсят среща с тях, са поп певица с един-единствен хит, готова най-сетне да напусне Токио и да се откаже от музикалната си кариера, която ... |
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Едно петнадесетгодишно момче се събужда без спомени в училищен автобус, пълен с тинейджъри на екскурзия. Няма минало, но очевидно си има гадже на име Пайпър и най-добър приятел смешник, който се казва Лио. Когато странна буря отприщва група страховити създания срещу него и приятелите му, а после и една хвърковата колесница ги отнася на място, наречено лагера на нечистокръвните, той се надява да научи кой е и защо има способността да призовава мълнии и да контролира ветровете... С "Изчезналият герой" - първата книга от поредицата "Героите на Олимп", Рик Риърдън продължава историята за митичните ... |
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Long ago, Andrew made a childhood wish, and kept it in a silver box. When it finally comes true, he wishes he hadn't. Long ago, Ben made a promise and had a dream: to travel to Africa to volunteer at a lion reserve. When he finally makes it, it isn't for reason he imagined... Ben and Andrew keep meeting in unexpected places, and the intense relationship that develops seems to be guided by fate. Or is it? What if the very thing that drwas them together is tainted by past secrets that threaten everything? A dark, consuming drama that shifts from Zimbabwe to England, and then back into the past, "The Lion ... |
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"Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven." Blind, broken by the death of his wife and bitterly disappointed by the Restoration, Milton dictated his sweeping biblical epic Paradise Lost to a series of helpers. While the struggle between God and Satan rages across the cosmos, the human tragedy of Adam and Eve - the temptation and fall - is movingly depicted in language unsurpassed in its musicality and beauty. A staggering and audacious undertaking - seeking, in Milton's words, to justify the ways of God to men - Paradise Lost has been revered since its initial publication, inspiring writers from Mary ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. This edition of Henry James's classic ghost stories features an afterword by bestselling author Kate Mosse OBE. A young governess is employed to look after two orphaned siblings in a grand country house. Isolated and inexperienced, she is at first charmed by the children - but gradually suspects that they may not be as innocent as they seem. ... |
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Към албумът "The Endless River" на "Pink Floyd" ще получите и подвързана книжка от 16 страници с твърди корици, съдържаща неиздавани досега снимки от сесиите през 1993-та година. ... |
