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Pearson English Readers bring language learning to life through the joy of reading. Well-written stories entertain us, make us think, and keep our interest page after page. Pearson English Readers offer teenage and adult learners a huge range of titles, all featuring carefully graded language to... číst celé

Pearson English Readers bring language learning to life through the joy of reading. Well-written stories entertain us, make us think, and keep our interest page after page. Pearson English Readers offer teenage and adult learners a huge range of titles, all featuring carefully graded language to make them accessible to learners of all abilities. Through the imagination of some of the world’s greatest authors, the English language comes to life in pages of our Readers. Students have the pleasure and satisfaction of reading these stories in English, and at the same time develop a broader vocabulary, greater comprehension and reading fluency, improved grammar, and greater confidence and ability to express themselves. Find out more at

Ladybird Readers is an ELT graded reader series for children aged 3­-11 learning English as a foreign or second language. The series includes traditional tales, popular characters, modern stories, and non-fiction. - Beautifully illustrated books, carefully written by language learning experts. - Structured language progression to develop children's reading, writing, speaking, listening and critical thinking skills. - Eight levels follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR). - Language activities provide preparation for the Cambridge English Pre-A1 to A2 (YLE) tests. - A unique code in each printed book provides access to online audio, extra activities and learning resources. The Talent Show, a Level 3 Reader, is A1+ in the CEFR framework and supports YLE Movers exams. The longer text is made up of sentences with up to three clauses, some expression of future meaning, comparisons, contractions and relative clauses. The A-Stars played music and the Zigzags danced. They both wanted to win the Harmony School Talent Show! Visit the Ladybird Education website for more information.

This Reader provides an informative overview of Italian history, art, culture, geography and climate, food, fashion, sport and more. Italy is a country in Europe. Italy has a rich history of empires and great thinkers, and has been a centre for Western culture for thousands of years.

An introduction to the USA with extra grammar and vocabulary exercises, points for understanding comprehension questions and a glossary of difficult vocabulary and useful phrases.

Part of the 'Penguin Readers' series, this book provides a range of integrated activities designed to develop reading skills and consolidate vocabulary, and offers personalised project work.

Gaston Leroux sklidil románem Fantom Opery velký úspěch. Poprvé byla vydána v roce 1910. Byla také přeložena do mnoha jazyků (první český překlad v roce 1919) a byla několikrát zfilmována. Mezi mnoha divadelními inscenacemi Fantoma opery vyniká stejnojmenný muzikál Andrewa Lloyda Webera. Tajemný příběh uchvacuje čtenáře svou zdánlivou autentičností, Leroux popisuje prostředí pařížské Opery, které velmi dobře zná. I postava zpěvačky Christiny Daaé, má údajně předlohu v reálném světě.

Ann Darrow is an actor with no work and no money. Carl Denham wants to make a movie but not in the United States. A long, long way from New York there is an island. and on that island lives the giant King Kong. When Carl, Ann, and the other actors arrive, Kong gets very, very angry. Who will live and who will die?

"Nelson mandela's life is the story of a country boy and his fight for the black people of South Africa. The extraordinary story of a great man, a freedom fighter and one of the world's most important leaders."--Back cover

"Martin Luther King had a dream. He wanted blacks and whites to live together happily. But in America in the 1950s and 1960s, all men were not equal. King led peaceful protests against the government and won changes for the blacks of America. But has King's dream really come true today?"--Back cover

It's time to go south for the winter. Woody decides to take the train but he doesn't have enough money for the fare.

'The Luck' in this story is a baby boy born in Roaring Camp, a California gold rush settlement. The baby's mother dies in childbirth and the men decide to bring up the boy themselves. His presence inspires them to drop their gambling and brawling. When gold is discovered, they believe the child has brought them this good fortune, but can this 'Luck' last? These are classic American short stories - published in 1868.