Příběhy lásky s rozdílem . . . Je tu polibek u ohně, který byl omylem, teta nenávidící muže u moře a střelec v Texasu, který hledá potyčku. Je tu bílá volavka letící nad lesem a posel běžící mezi dvěma lavičkami v parku. A samozřejmě, je tu dívka, která se setkává s chlapcem . . . Tyto příběhy lásky napsali američtí autoři Kate Chopin, Stephen Crane, Sarah Orne Jewett, O. Henry a kanadská autorka Lucy Maud Montgomery (autorka slavné Anny ze Zelených střech).
Jennifer Bassett Orden de los libros (cronológico)
Jennifer Bassett es una autora consumada cuyo extenso trabajo para estudiantes de idiomas tiende un puente entre la narrativa cautivadora y la apreciación literaria. Sus contribuciones como editora de series y escritora prolífica demuestran una profunda comprensión de cómo adaptar y crear narrativas que resuenen con los lectores. La habilidad de Bassett para crear historias accesibles pero significativas la convierte en una figura importante en la literatura educativa. Su dedicación radica en hacer que las diversas experiencias literarias sean accesibles y disfrutables para una audiencia global.






Shirley Homes and the Lithuanian Case
- 64 páginas
- 3 horas de lectura
Shirley Homes is a private investigator. She is clever with computers, and knows London like the back of her hand. She laughs when people say, 'Was Sherlock Holmes your grandfather?' Sherlock Holmes, of course, was not a real person, but, like Sherlock, Shirley has good eyes, and good ears. And she knows the right questions to ask.And in the Lithuanian Case, the right questions are important. Because Shirley must find a missing person - Carrie Williams, aged fifteen. Where is she? Who is she with?
"El argumento de la novela Los miserables de Víctor Hugo se centra en la historia de Jean Valjean, condenado a prisión por robar una hogaza de pan para sus sobrinos. Al salir de la cárcel, Valjean reincide en el robo, pero la buena voluntad de un sacerdote lo hace reformar su vida. El inspector Javert se obsesiona con capturarlo de nuevo". Editor
Songs from the soul : stories from around the world
- 55 páginas
- 2 horas de lectura
Good luck in Malaysia, bad news in New Zealand, a chicken and a jug of cider in Britain, a goat and a pumpkin in India, fun and games in a cyber café in Nigeria...The countries change in these stories, but people's lives are always strange and wonderful in any place.
A Cup of Kindness: Stories from Scotland
- 71 páginas
- 3 horas de lectura
In Edinburgh a detective listens to a confession; in Orkney an old man lives with the ghosts of his past. In the Outer Hebrides some travellers learn a lesson; in Glasgow a young woman steals a meeting with a famous actor; and in a small town somewhere a pigeon dies. These stories are as richly varied as the land of Scotland itself
Playing with Fire: Stories from the Pacific Rim
- 80 páginas
- 3 horas de lectura
This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading skills for low-beginning through advanced students. Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students' reading confidence. Introductions at the beginning of each story, illustrations throughout, and glossaries help build comprehension. Before, during, and after reading activities included in the back of each book strengthen student comprehension. Audio versions of selected titles provide great models of intonation and pronunciation of difficult words.
Playing with Fire
- 80 páginas
- 3 horas de lectura
"He smiled, showing teeth yellow from cigarette smoke. He looked at his desk diary, then at her papers again. 'Mmm ... a hundred pesos a month. Why, that's one thousand two hundred pesos a year. Surely, you can afford to buy me a forty-peso dinner!' How can Marian say no? How can she refuse the Chief's next request? He is an evil man, but she needs her promotion ..."--Page 4 of cover
Teacher's Handbook, Level 2
- 88 páginas
- 4 horas de lectura
Reading a complete story in English gives students a great sense of achievement -- and encourages them to read more. The Oxford Bookworms Library offers a variety of titles. The books are graded at six vocabulary levels ranging from 250 words (Starter) to 2,500 (Advanced).
Changing Their Skies. Stories from Africa
- 55 páginas
- 2 horas de lectura
This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading skills for low-beginning through advanced students. Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students' reading confidence. Introductions at the beginning of each story, illustrations throughout, and glossaries help build comprehension. Before, during, and after reading activities included in the back of each book strengthen student comprehension. Audio versions of selected titles provide great models of intonation and pronunciation of difficult words.
Sherlock Holmes and the Duke's Son
- 56 páginas
- 2 horas de lectura
Pack of ten best-selling iBookworms/i and– ideal for building up class libraries. Each Pack contains one copy of each listed title. liThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer/libr / liThe Elephant Man/libr /liA Little Princess/libr / liLove or Money?/libr / liThe Monkey's Paw/libr / liThe Phantom of the Opera/libr / liThe President's Murderer/libr / liSherlock Holmes and the Duke's Son/libr / liWhite Death/libr / liThe Wizard of Oz/li
Sherlock Holmes and the Sport of Kings
- 56 páginas
- 2 horas de lectura
Horseracing is the sport of kings, perhaps because racehorses are very expensive animals. But when they win races, they can make a lot of money too - money for the owners, for the trainers, and for the people who put bets on them to win. Silver Blaze is a young horse, but already the winner of many races. One night he disappears from his stables, and someone kills his trainer. The police want the killer, and the owner wants his horse, but they can't find them. So what do they do? They write to 221B Baker Street, London, of course - to ask for the help of the great detective, Sherlock Holmes.
Alicia a través del espejo y lo que Alicia encontró allí
- 144 páginas
- 6 horas de lectura
Mientras fuera nieva, Alicia juega al ajedrez con su gatita Kiti y medita sobre cómo será el mundo al otro lado del espejo colgado en la pared de su salón. Se sorprenderá al comprobar que puede atravesarlo. De ese lado le espera otra partida de ajedrez. Esta vez jugará con sus propias reglas: allí las flores hablan, los unicornios pelean con leones, el tiempo avanza en sentido contrario Todo es posible en el mundo al revés
Tales from Longpuddle
- 64 páginas
- 3 horas de lectura
The Bookworms series offers six graded stages provide more than 130 stories at different levels of ability. The lower levels feature a wide choice of original stories, while the higher levels feature adaptations of well-known works originally published for native speakers. There are titles to suit all tastes: fantasy and horror; thriller and adventure; classics; true stories; crime and mystery; human interest.
Rabbit-proof fence
- 80 páginas
- 3 horas de lectura
Following an Australian government edict in 1931, black Aboriginal children and children of mixed marriages were gathered up and taken to settlements to be institutionally assimilated. In Rabbit-Proof Fence, Doris Pilkington traces the story of her mother, Molly, one of three young girls uprooted from their community in Southwestern Australia and taken to the Moore River Native Settlement. There, Molly and her relatives Gracie and Daisy were forbidden to speak their native language, forced to abandon their heritage, and taught to be culturally white. After regular stays in solitary confinement, the three girls planned and executed a daring escape from the grim camp
From Botswana to New Zealand, from Jamaica to Nigeria, from Uganda to Malaysia, from India to South Africa, these moving stories show us that the human heart is the same in every place. Fear and pain, happiness and sadness belong to us all. These eight stories were winning entries in the 2004 Commonwealth Short Story Competition. The writers are Sefi Atta, Adrienne M. Frater, Lauri Kubuitsile, Erica N. Robinson, Jackee Budesta Batanda, Janet Tay Hui Ching, Anuradha Muralidharan, and Tod Collins.
Five Children and it
- 192 páginas
- 7 horas de lectura
The five children find a cantankerous sand fairy or 'psammead' in a gravel pit. Every day 'It' will grant each of them a wish that lasts until sunset, often with disastrous consequences.
This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading skills for low-beginning through advanced students. Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students' reading confidence. Introductions at the beginning of each story, illustrations throughout, and glossaries help build comprehension. Before, during, and after reading activities included in the back of each book strengthen student comprehension. Audio versions of selected titles provide great models of intonation and pronunciation of difficult words.
Oxford Bookworms Library - 1: Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp
- 56 páginas
- 2 horas de lectura
Word count 5,240 Suitable for young learners
Mujercitas
- 688 páginas
- 25 horas de lectura
«Yo intentaré ser lo que él llama una mujercita, y procuraré no ser tan tosca e indomable y cumpliré con mis obligaciones en casa en lugar de querer estar siempre en otra parte explicó Jo, convencida de que dominar su temperamento era una misión mucho más ardua que la de mantener a raya a unos cuantos rebeldes surenos.» Gracias a la edición de Austral el lector puede acercarse a las aventuras de las cuatro hermanas March a través de la traducción de Gloria Méndez, que recupera el texto de la primera edición de la obra, publicada entre 1868 y 1869, y mantiene intactos el vigor y la contundencia de la novela de Louisa May Alcott.
Love Among the Haystacks
- 56 páginas
- 2 horas de lectura
This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading skills for low-beginning through advanced students. Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students' reading confidence. Introductions at the beginning of each story, illustrations throughout, and glossaries help build comprehension. Before, during, and after reading activities included in the back of each book strengthen student comprehension. Audio versions of selected titles provide great models of intonation and pronunciation of difficult words.
El turista accidental
- 382 páginas
- 14 horas de lectura
Macon Leary se dedica a escribir guías para lo que llama turistas accidentales, personas que no están acostumbradas a viajar y necesitan tener cualquier imprevisto bajo control. Él mismo odia todas las eventualidades que rompen su rutina: no quiere que nada se le escape de las manos. La muerte de su hijo en un atraco y la ruptura de su matrimonio ponen a Macon entre la espada y la pared.. Descubre, por fin, que su vida carece de sentido. Pero pronto Muriel Pritchett una alegre adiestradora de perros, romperá con todos sus esquemas.
Strange things happen in the world. You can hear all sorts of sensational stories, but are they true? Who can you trust? Some stories will never be published in newspapers because the government does not want people to know about them. But their stories will appear in The Omega Files.
Language Teaching and Research Publisher : Foreign Language Teaching and Research
Cuentos macabros
- 224 páginas
- 8 horas de lectura
Una edición de lujo de los cuentos de Edgar Allan Poe, maestro del terror. Los inquietantes relatos, que se presentan con la traducción de Julio Cortázar, van acompañados de las espectaculares ilustraciones de Benjamin Lacombe. Esta edición única incluye además un texto de Baudelaire sobre la vida y obra de Poe. Contiene los relatos Berenice, El gato negro, La isla del hada, El corazón delator, La caída de la casa Usher, El retrato oval, Morella y Ligeia.
Motherless Sara Crewe was sent home from India to school at Miss Minchin's. Her father was immensely rich and she became "show pupil" - a little princess. Then her father dies and his wealth disappears, and Sara has to learn to cope with her changed circumstances.Her strong character enables her to fight successfully against her new-found poverty and the scorn of her fellows.
The Riddle of the Sands
- 288 páginas
- 11 horas de lectura
Childers's lone masterpiece, The Riddle of the Sands, considered the first modern spy thriller, is recognisable as the brilliant forerunner of the realism of Graham Greene and John le Carre. Its unique flavour comes from its fine characterization, richly authentic background of inshore sailing and vivid evocation of the late 1890s - an atmosphere of mutual suspicion and intrigue that was soon to lead to war.
In EDI (the European Department of Intelligence in Brussels) there are some very secret files - the Omega Files. There are strange, surprising, and sometimes horrible stories in these files, but not many people know about them. You never read about them in the newspapers. Hawker and Jude know all about the Omega Files, because they work for EDI. They think fast, they move fast, and they learn some very strange things. They go all over the world, asking difficult questions in dangerous places, but they don't always find the answers...
El club de la buena estrella
- 300 páginas
- 11 horas de lectura
En 1949, cuatro mujeres chinas que recientemente han emigrado a San Francisco inician una serie de reuniones durante las que comen dim sum, juegan al mah-jong y hablan. Unidas por lo que comparten, la pérdida y la esperanza, se hacen llamar El Club de la Buena Estrella. Con grandes dosis de ingenio y de sensibilidad, Amy Tan explora la conexión a veces dolorosa y a veces tierna, pero siempre profunda, entre las protagonistas y sus hijas ya nacidas en Estados Unidos, un mundo tan distinto al suyo. A medida que cada una de ellas nos va revelando sus secretos y nos van mostrando la verdad sobre sus vidas, los hilos se van entrelazando de una manera casi mágica.
Oxford Bookworms Factfiles
- 60 páginas
- 3 horas de lectura
Supplementary teaching material for the Oxford Bookworms Factfiles.
Oxford Bookworms Library - 1: The Phantom of the Opera
400 Grundwörter. - Bisherige Ausgabe
- 56 páginas
- 2 horas de lectura
The Oxford Bookworms Starters Teacher's Handbook Answer Keys and Photocopiable Tests for Bookworms Starters.
Activity Worksheets + Teacher's Handbook. Stage 3
Oxford Bookworms Library
- 2 volúmenes
- 132 páginas
- 5 horas de lectura
The teacher's handbooks offer an introduction to the Oxford Bookworms Library series with guidance on using graded readers, answers to the exercises in the books, photocopiable tests and an answer key.
The Eye of Childhood
- 156 páginas
- 6 horas de lectura
These stories by John Updike, Graham Greene, William Boyd, Susan Hill, D.H. Lawrence, Saki, Penelope Lively, Bernard McLaverty, Frank Tuohy, Morley Callaghan explore life from a child's perspective, and show that the world can be a strange, baffling, and sometimes very frightening place.
The Wind in the Willows
- 74 páginas
- 3 horas de lectura
Rat, Mole, Toad, and Badger roam the English countryside for a memorable series of adventures. Timeless tales of friendship amid the natural world.
Arthur C. Clarke is one of the greatest science fiction writers of the century, and surely the most celebrated science fiction writer alive. He is -- with H. G. Wells, Isaac Asimov and Robert A. Heinlein -- one of the writers who define the genre. Now, at the dawn of the year 2001, Sir Arthur C. Clarke has cooperated in the preparation of a massive definitive edition of his collected shorter works, which will be made available on audio in five chronological volumes, followed by a 10 CD volume of favorite selection and a 30 cassette gift set...the most ambitious science fiction audio project in history.In addition to the well-known and ever popular stories "The Other Side of the Sky," "I Remember Babylon," and The Songs of Distant Earth," this volume features comic cosmic narratives originally collected in Tales From the White Hart, including "The Defenestration of Ermintrude Inch," "The Next Tenants," and "The Man Who Ploughed the Sea."
Wyatt's Hurricane
- 304 páginas
- 11 horas de lectura
A U.S. Naval aircraft on a routine weather patrol in the Caribbean encounters 'Mabel', a ferocious hurricane that should, nevertheless, pass harmlessly among the islands. But David Wyatt, civilian weather expert, has developed a sixth sense about hurricanes and is convinced that Mabel will change course and strike the island of San Fernandez and its capital, St Pierre. Scientific evidence is against him, the Commander of the U.S. Base refuses to evacuate, and Wyatt's lone voice is finally overwhelmed when a rebellion against the tyrannical dictator who rules San Fernandez sweeps down on St Pierre. Wyatt is forced to pit himself against insuperable odds, aided only by a small and diverse group of English and American civilians - and by Hurricane Mabel herself.
Alicia en el pais de las maravillas
- 181 páginas
- 7 horas de lectura
Escrito en 1865, Alicia en el País de las Maravillas es un clásico no sólo de la literatura juvenil, sino de la literatura en general. Popularizado por las decenas de versiones que de él se han llevado a cabo, el relato que el reverendo Charles Dodgson, verdadero nombre de Lewis Carrol, escribiera para la niña Alicia Liddell, de diez años, es un delicioso entramado de situaciones verosímiles y absurdas, metamorfosis insólitas de seres y ambientes, juegos con el lenguaje y con la lógica y asociaciones oníricas que hacen de él un libro inolvidable.
Dublin people : short stories
- 128 páginas
- 5 horas de lectura
A young country girl comes to live and work in Dublin. Jo is determined to be modern and independent, and to have a wonderful time. But life in a big city is full of strange surprises for a shy country girl . . . Gerry Moore is a man with a problem – alcohol. He knows he must give it up, and his family and friends watch nervously as he battles against it. But drink is a hard enemy to fight . . . These stories by the Irish writer Maeve Binchy are full of affectionate humour and wit, and sometimes a little sadness.
Storylines - 3: Milo
- 32 páginas
- 2 horas de lectura
In 2008, Sally Gardiner makes friends with Milo, a young student. When he tells Sally why he is different from other boys of his age, she does not believe him. Many years later, however, she realises that he was right. She sits dow to write a letter of warning to her grandmother, Lola. Storylines are new editions of selected Streamline Graded Readers with a new design and new colour artwork. Aimed at beginner to intermediate levels, each story is graded and has a contemporary feel that should appeal to teenagers and young adults.
The Unquiet Grave
- 79 páginas
- 3 horas de lectura
A level 4 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Peter Hawkins. If you find a locked room in a lonely inn, don't try to open it, even on a bright sunny day. If you find a strange whistle hidden among the stones of an old church, don't blow it. If a mysterious man gives you a piece of paper with strange writing on it, give it back to him at once. And if you call a dead man from his grave, don't expect to sleep peacefully ever again. Read these five ghost stories by daylight, and make sure your door is locked.
Moondial
- 60 páginas
- 3 horas de lectura
While staying with her mother's godmother, Minty finds herself drawn to a mysterious sundial which takes her back in time and links her life to that of two unhappy children she meets in two different centuries.
One-way ticket. Short stories.
- 56 páginas
- 2 horas de lectura
Tom Walsh had a lot to learn about life. He liked travelling, and he was in no hurry. He liked meeting people, anyone and everyone. He liked the two American girls on the train. They were nice and very friendly. They knew a lot of places. Tom thought they were fun. Tom certainly had a lot to learn about life. This is a collection of short stories about adventures on trains. Strange, wonderful, and frightening things can happen on trains - and all of them happen here.
The President is dead! A man is running in the night. He is afraid and needs to rest. But there are people behind him - people with lights, and dogs, and guns. A man is standing in front of a desk. His boss is very angry, and the man is tired and needs to sleep. But first he must find the other man, and bring him back - dead or alive. Two men: the hunter and the hunted. Which will win and which will lose? Long live the President!
A window on the universe: short stories
- 160 páginas
- 6 horas de lectura
What does the future hold in store for the human race? Aliens from distant galaxies, telepathic horror, interstellar war, time-warps, the shriek of a rose, collision with an asteroid - the unknown lies around every corner, and the universe is a big place. These nine science-fiction stories offer possibilities that are fantastic, humorous, alarming, but always thought-provoking.This collection contains stories by Ray Bradbury, Bill Brown, Philip K. Dick, Arthur C. Clarke, Jerome Bixby, Isaac Asimov, Brian Aldiss, Roald Dahl, and John Wyndham.
William Shakespeare
- 56 páginas
- 2 horas de lectura
The story of William Shakespeare's life is told by an imaginery friend, Toby.
Based on William Shakespeare's K̀ing Lear'. Retold in narrative form in modern language and reinterpreted for today's world. Suitable for adult literacy and learners of English-as-a-second-language.
It is 1880, in the Opera House in Paris. Everybody is talking about the Phantom of the Opera, The gost that lives somewhere under the Opera House. The Phantom is a man in black clothes. He is a body without a head, he is a head without a body. He has a yellow face, he has no nose, he has black holes for eyes. Everybody is afraid of the Phantom - the singers, the dancers, the directors, the stage workers
A must have for all Biotechnology Students and technicians. It walks readers through the minefield of laboratory calculations, helping to prevent the types of errors which could mean the loss of weeks of work. Key Features: * Topics range from basic scientific notations to complex subjects like nucleic acid chemistry and recombinant DNA technology * Each chapter includes a brief explanation of the concept and covers necessary definitions, theory and rationale for each type of calculation * Recent applications of the procedures and computations in clinical, academic, industrial and basic research laboratories are cited throughout the text New to this Edition: * Updated and increased coverage of real time PCR and the mathematics used to measure gene expression * More sample problems in every chapter for readers to practice concepts
El Pais Serie Negra - 27: La dama del lago
- 284 páginas
- 10 horas de lectura
La desaparición de una mujer no anuncia nada bueno; peor aún si se encuentra un cadáver flotando en el lago. Hay quien se empeña en culpar a un pobre alcohólico que merodea siempre por allí, pero el cáustico y solitario Marlowe, que tiene su propia idea sobre la justicia de los hombres, empeñará hasta el fondo su insobornable ética para airear la hipocresía de la sociedad. Robert Montgomery rodó La dama del lago con cámara subjetiva desde el punto de vista del detective.
The Watchers
- 24 páginas
- 1 hora de lectura
This reader is one in a series of redesigned new editions of the most popular titles in the Streamline Graded Readers series, which contain a new design and new colour artwork.
Best Loved Books: The Scarlet Pimpernel. Tom Sawyer. The Wind in the Willows. Robin Hood
- 574 páginas
- 21 horas de lectura
Kenneth Grahame was a British author best known for writing books for children. The Wind in the Willows is Grahame's most famous work and is considered one of the greatest classics in children's literature. The story follows four anthropomorphised animals living in England.















































