Factfiles are a sub-series of Bookworms with a non-fiction angle, providing factual information for students on a wide variety of themes. Exercises at the back of each book check student's understanding of the text and provide ideas for activities and project work.
Tall, clever, beautiful Maggie Tulliver loves the son of her father's greatest enemy. What will be the result of this relationship?
This full-color series presents nonfiction topics about interesting places and subjects. Each title features color photographs and a glossary to help with vocabulary comprehension. Exercises and suggestions for project work are also included. The books are graded at 400-to 1,400-word vocabulary levels. Audio "CDs or "Cassettes are available for select titles.
Hornblowerovská sága popisuje v 11 dílech na osudu námořního důstojníka Horatia Hornblowera celou nelsonovskou éru Královského námořnictva Velké Británie. V tomto prvním dílu zahajuje Horatio Hornblower svou pozoruhodnou kariéru jako kadet na palubě řadové lodi H.M.S. Justinian. Nejprve si musí vybojovat své místo mezi kadety a během následných dobrodružství a bitev je zocelen v jednoho z nejpozoruhodnějších nižších důstojníků loďstva. Následovat budou tituly Poručík Hornblower a Hornblower a HMS Hotspur.
How much rubbish do you throw away in a year? It could be more than atonne or less than a hundred kilograms, but it's still too much. The Earth isdisappearing under a mountain of rubbish - often poisonous - yet, as this bookshows, much of this rubbish could be recycled. Recycling can save energy,materials and money - it may also save the Earth.
A Nigerian girl is allowed to finish her education because a diploma will enhance her bride price, but she then rebels against traditional marriage customs.
Zjednodušená verze pro studenty angličtiny. Zrcadlový text - jedna strana anglicky, druhá česky. Pro mírně pokročilé. Pod každou stránkou je vysvětlení některého gramatického jevu, který se v textu vyskytl.
The story of Mary's shopping trip.
A level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read.Written for Learners of English by Rosemary Border.One day, a farmer tells a farm boy to take everything out of an old building and throw it away. 'It's all rubbish,' he says.In the middle of all the rubbish, the boy finds a beautiful old piano. He has never played before, but now, when his fingers touch the piano, he begins to play. He closes his eyes and the music comes to him - and the music moves his fingers.When he opens his eyes again, he knows that his life is changed for ever . . .
Conradin is ten years old. He lives alone with his aunt. He has two big secrets. The first is that he hates his aunt. The second is that he keeps a small, wild animal in the garden shed. The animal has sharp, white teeth, and it loves fresh blood. Every night, Conradin prays to this animal and asks it to do one thing for him, just one thing. This collection of short stories is clever, funny, and shows us 'Nature, red in tooth and claw'. In other words, it is Saki at his very best.
Oliver a Jenny se milují. Od první chvíle, co ji Oliver, student Harvardu, poznal v knihovně patřící Radcliffu. Jennifer je velmi zvláštní dívka, nadaná klavíristka, která má už jen otce Phila, na kterém jí velmi záleží. Naproti tomu Oliver Barrett IV. nenávidí svou číslici za jménem, nenávidí svého otce Barretta III. a také nenávidí, když ho Jenny nutí, aby se k němu choval lépe. Po pár měsících známosti se Olivek a Jen vezmou. Nějaký čas žijí na pokraji bídy, ale po promoci se Oliverovi nabídky jen hrnou. Brzy mohou mít vše, co si jen přejí. Rozhodnou se pro dítě. Zdá se, že kvůli jednomu z páru není možné tento sen uskutečnit. Důvod je hrozivý, Jenny má leukémii, umírá. Nemoc postupuje velmi rychle, přesto dívka neztrácí svou ironii a sarkasmus, je velmi statečná. Když se Phil dovídá o Jenině nemoci, přestěhuje se k Oliverovi. Pár dní na to Jen umírá. První, koho Olivek potkává při odchodu z nemocnice, je Barrett III. Oliver udělá něco, co v jeho přítomnosti - tím méně v jeho náruči - nikdy neudělal. Rozpláče se.
Everybody wants to win the lottery. A million pounds, perhaps five million, even ten million. How wonderful! Emma Carter buys a ticket for the lottery every week, and puts the ticket carefully in her bag. She is seventy-three years old and does not have much money. She would like to visit her son in Australia, but aeroplane tickets are very expensive. Jason Williams buys lottery tickets every week too. But he is not a very nice young man. He steals things. He hits old ladies in the street, snatches their bags and runs away . . .
The Oxford Bookworms Library offers new editions of the original Oxford Bookworms Black and Green series, merging the two series into one. The new editions build on the original series and provide enhanced teaching support. Sixteen additional pages inside each book allow extra pages of activities and increased author and series information.
'I can drive a truck,' says Kim on her first day at work in the office. When Kim's passenger Andy finds something strange under the truck things get dangerous - very dangerous.
Controlled vocab. suitable for Adult Literacy and ESL Learners.
'It's an interesting job,' says Sally about her work at Happy Hills. And today is a very exciting day because Zapp the famous singer is coming. Everybody is having a wonderful time. But suddenly something goes wrong - very wrong.
