Karen Holmes Libros

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 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.

The Ugly Duckling; The Nightingale; The Little Mermaid; The Emperor's New Clothes; Thumbelina.

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.

Love potions, energy drinks, milk fresh from a cow, celery soda . . . or plain water? What do you want when you're thirsty?

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.

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