'Are you scared, Gordon?' asks Heather. Four friends talk of ghosts in a hotel in Scotland. That night Gordon sees and hears something strange in his room. But is it really the ghost of Lord McCoy? These six stories tell of ghosts - friendly, sad, and bad - from Britain, Australia, New Zealand, America - and Egypt!
Con esta colección, los más pequeños de la casa podrán acercarse a los grandes clásicos gracias a los divertidos e ingeniosos textos rimados y podrán disfrutar y descubrir las tramas adaptadas y los personajes más importantes de la historia de la literatura universal. Los libros están pensados para que los niños no lectores puedan disfrutarlos a solas, mirando las llamativas y coloridas ilustraciones, o bien para compartirlos con un adulto encargado de la lectura.
In the only novel Conrad set in London, "The Secret Agent" communicates a profoundly ironic view of human affairs. The story is woven around an attack on the Greenwich Observatory in 1894 masterminded by Verloc, a Russian spy working for the police, and ostensibly a member of an anarchist group in Soho. His masters instruct him to discredit the anarchists in a humiliating fashion, and when his evil plan goes horribly awry, Verlac must deal with the repercussions of his actions.
'Professor Clark's work usually helps people. But this is something new.' Clark's helper - Tasha Kiara - is telling Chaz - a local TV reporter about the Professor's new serum. Then an earthquake hits Clark's California lab, and his serum brings dead bodies in the cemetery alive. Soon the zombies attack! What happens to Professor Clark? How can Tasha and Chaz stop the zombies? Who lives and who dies? Read this story and see
"This collection of six stories explores a variety of perspectives of the theme of love over the last century, from a maid jilted by her social-climbing boyfriend to a bored housewife who is looking for something extra in her life.CONTENTS:IntroductionUsing a dictionaryThe Genre of Love Second Best by D H LawrenceBliss by Katherine MansfieldA Shocking Accident by Graham GreeneThe Jilting of Jane by H G WellsA Christmas Song by H E BatesThe Sensible Thing by F Scott FitzgeraldEssay que