Die Geschichte des Edmont Dantès, der in seiner Jugend von skrupellosen Intriganten als Aggent Napoleons denunziert und verhaftet wird, nach 14 Jahren Gefangenschaft auf abenteuerliche Weise dem Kerker entrinnt und als äGraf von Monte Christoä Rache an seinen Verleumdern nimmt.
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.
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.
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.
Der 12-jährige Bergarbeitersohn Billy kämpft leidenschaftlich für seinen Traum: Er will tanzen! Gegen den Willen seines Vaters tauscht er die Boxhandschuhe, die ihn auf den rauen Alltag vorbereiten sollen, gegen Ballettschuhe und schafft den fulminanten Sprung zum Startänzer.
The Ugly Duckling; The Nightingale; The Little Mermaid; The Emperor's New Clothes; Thumbelina.
