The Borrowers are tiny people who live under the floor of the Lender family's house. A nasty lawyer, Ocious P. Potter, wants to pull down the Lender's home, but young Peter Lender meets Arrietty Clock, a Borrower, and they join forces to try and stop him.
El conde de Montecristo, una de las novelas más populares de todos los tiempos, narra la historia de Edmond Dantés, un marinero traicionado que busca venganza tras pasar trece años en prisión. Esta obra de Dumas, rica en moralidad y emoción, sigue cautivando a los lectores desde su publicación en 1844.
When Peter Quill finds the Orb, he doesn't know that it is a stone with unimaginable power that everyone is looking for. Soon he is being chased by outlaws and aliens. But the real enemy is Ronan the Accuser, who wants to use the Orb's power to control the galaxy. Can peter bring together a... číst celé
George Mikes describes the strange things the English do and say.
Richard Branson's life is an adventure, from record-breaking balloon flights to courtroom battles with British Airways. This autobiography of the founder of the Virgin empire, offers an insight into the private and public world of this larger-than-life entrepreneur.
Romeo and Juliet are in love, but their families are enemies. In desperation, they marry in secret but tragedy unfolds ... Macbeth is to be King of Scotland-- but at what cost? King Lear divides his kingdom between his daughters with unexpected consequences.
George Mikes says, 'the English have no soul; they have the understatement instead'. But they do have a sense of humour - they provide it by buying over three hundred thousand copies of a book that took them quietly and completely apart, a book that really took the Mikes out of them.
A woman is murdered and the police have a prime suspect, but cannot prove it. Detective Jane Tennison fights to solve the crime and win the respect of her fellow, male, officers.
La dura, divertida y conmovedora historia de Billy Elliot cobra nueva profundidad en esta obra de Melvin Burgess. La madre de Billy ha muerto, y su padre y hermano están intensamente involucrados en una amarga lucha de mineros que ha dividido a la comunidad local. El padre de Billy quiere que su hijo aprenda boxeo, como él y su padre antes que él. Pero Billy está fascinado por la gracia y la magia del ballet y está decidido a bailar hacia un futuro diferente. Narrada desde los distintos puntos de vista de Billy, su padre, su hermano y su amigo Michael, Melvin Burgess captura el espíritu del guion original de la película mientras demuestra la habilidad y la inspiración que mostró en su novela galardonada, Junk.
Hans Andersen wrote many stories, and these are some of the best. We meet a very, very small child, a bird with a beautiful voice, a mermaid with legs, an ugly duckling with no friends and an emperor with some very strange new clothes. These stories teach us lessons for life.
When Patty Bergen sold a red pencil sharpener to the German prisoner in her father's store, a friendship was started that was to bring her much unhappiness, but also the greatest joy she'd ever known. An unusual and moving story set in wartime Arkansas.
Contemporary / American English 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? This Pack contains a Book and MP3
Love potions, energy drinks, milk fresh from a cow, celery soda . . . or plain water? What do you want when you're thirsty?
While Thor, the God of Thunder, is a prisoner of the King of Muspelheim, the King describes his terrible plans for Asgard, Thor'... číst celé
