Karen Holmes Libros

En un mundo donde el glamour oculta la corrupción y la magia no siempre es la solución, Summer enfrenta la soledad tras la pérdida de su abuelo, la ausencia de Willow y la frialdad de los Glass desde que su mejor amiga cayó bajo un hechizo. Sin pistas sobre su madre y con el incendio de la tienda que destruyó su única esperanza, Summer vive bajo la amenaza de Mia Blackburn. Cuando los niños de Horizonte comienzan a desaparecer, las piedras la llevarán al jardín de los venenos y a la tienda prohibida de una bruja. Mia la obliga a robar un péndulo mágico, amenazando con revelar su identidad secreta en el Castillo de Lappointte, lo que podría ponerla en manos de los enemigos de su madre y arruinar su incipiente romance con Dereck Driscoll. ¿Podrá Summer rescatar a los niños perdidos, defenderse de las maquinaciones de Mia y descubrir el paradero de su madre? Esta historia de magia, amor, piedras preciosas y peligrosos venenos te sumergirá en una aventura cautivadora. La segunda novela de la serie Susurros de Piedra de Karen Holmes, se desarrolla en un ambiente de fantasía urbana durante la era del jazz en Horizonte. La autora, con raíces en Nueva York y Barcelona, ha explorado diversas profesiones y se dedica a escribir historias que aún no ha encontrado en los libros.

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.

This classic has been simplified, the vocabulary controlled to a level of approximately 1300 words, and the sentence structures chosen with care for this pre-intermediate stage. The introduction gives information on the author and story, and exercises for comprehension and discussion are included.

George Mikes describes the strange things the English do and say.

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.

Minutes before the train pulled into the station in Jenkinsville, Arkansas, Patty Bergen knew something exciting was going to happen. But she never could have imagined that her summer would be so memorable. German prisoners of war have arrived to make their new home in the prison camp in Jenkinsville. To the rest of her town, these prisoners are only Nazis. But to Patty, a young Jewish girl with a turbulent home life, one boy in particular becomes an unlikely friend. Anton relates to Patty in ways that her mother and father never can. But when their forbidden relationship is discovered, will Patty risk her family and town for the understanding and love of one boy?

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