John Escott crea narrativas cautivadoras, a menudo adentrándose en los géneros de crimen y misterio. Sus obras, ya sean creaciones originales o adaptaciones, están diseñadas para atraer a lectores de todas las edades, especialmente a estudiantes. Con un estilo distintivo, Escott se enfoca en construir tramas inmersivas que satisfacen el apetito del lector por el suspenso y la intriga.
When beautiful Scarlett O'Hara learns that Ashley Wilkes, the man she loves, is going to marry another woman, her broken heart seems far worse than the tragedies of the Civil War. However, one man knows her secret, and he wants her for himself.
"Colmillo Blanco" ilustrado, único en su clase. Colmillo Blanco es una novela del escritor estadounidense Jack London (1876-1916). Inicialmente aparecida por entregas en la revista Outing, fue publicada en 1906. La historia transcurre en el Territorio del Yukón, Canadá, durante la Fiebre del oro de Klondike a fines del siglo XIX. Narra el camino hacia la domesticación de un perro lobo salvaje. La mayor parte de la novela está escrita desde el punto de vista del personaje canino, lo que le permite a London explorar la forma en que los animales ven su mundo y a los seres humanos. Colmillo Blanco examina el violento mundo de los animales salvajes y el igualmente violento mundo de los humanos. La novela además explora temas complejos, como la moral y la redención. Ha sido adaptada al cine varias veces. Esta edición contiene 11 ilustraciones de Dino Di Lena, un reconocido artista italiano.
Todo empezó con una invitación a una fiesta... Meg, Jo, Beth y Amy viven en las páginas de esta historia el período más importante de sus vidas, entre peleas y reconciliaciones, sueños, miedos, esperanzas y nuevas amistades. Un aventura que dura un año, en un camino que las llevará a crecer y a convertirse en... ¡mujercitas!
Matilda es genial. Sin haber cumplido los cinco años ha leído ya a numerosos autores y atesora unos asombrosos conocimientos. Sus mediocres padres, sin embargo, la consideran una inútil. Por eso decide desquitarse. Y cuando empieza a ir a la escuela y se enfrenta a la terrible señorita Trunchbull, entonces la niña hace algo maravilloso...
Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. It is more than forty years since the Great Train Robbery. But what happened to the rest of the money that was taken? Two million pounds has never been found. Perhaps some of the robbers would like to know the answer to this question too...Many great crimes end in a question. Who really killed President Kennedy? What happened to Shergar? Who knows the truth about Azaria Chamberlain? Not all the answers are known. Join the world's detectives and discover the love, death, hate, money, and mystery held in the stories of these great crimes. CEFR B1/B2 Word count 15,747
Young Tess Durbeyfield attempts to restore her family's fortunes by claiming their connection with the aristocratic d'Urbervilles. But Alec d'Urberville is a rich wastrel who seduces her and makes her life miserable. When Tess meets Angel Clare, she is offered true love and happiness, buther past catches up with her and she faces an agonizing moral choice.Hardy's indictment of society's double standards, and his depiction of Tess as "a pure woman," caused controversy in his day and has held the imagination of readers ever since. Hardy thought it his finest novel, and Tess the most deeply felt character he ever created. This unique critical textis taken from the authoritative Clarendon edition, which is based on the manuscript collated with all Hardy's subsequent revisions.
Original / American English Ricardo and Gisela are going home to Rio. Gisela likes reading and quiet people. Ricardo likes noise ... and he likes Gisela. In Rio, a thief takes Gisela's bag. What can Ricardo do?
Get set for true terror in one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous short stories.We enter the mind of a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition. The dank prison room is without light and he begins to feel his way around the walls. Later, as a little light enters the room, he discovers two things: a deep and dangerous pit in the centre into which he had almost fallen when he explored the cell blindly, and a scythe-like pendulum suspended from the ceiling which is slowly descending as it swings back and forth with his body as its target. You'll feel his terror.Contents:- The Pit and the Pendulum- The Black Cat- The Tell-Tale Heart- The Premature Burial
