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.
Aku-nna, a young Ibo girl schooled in her people's rituals and beliefs, undergoes kidnapping, forced betrothal, and near-shame out of love for Chike, son of a former slave
Podivuhodný případ doktora Jekylla a pana Hyda je příběh z pera skotského autora Roberta Louise Stevensona, který byl poprvé vydán v roce 1886. Mladý vědec Henry Jekyll usiluje o odhalení tajů lidské duše. Vypije směs chemikálií, která jej promění v ohyzdného a vražedného pana Hyda. Toto napínavé dílo vyobrazuje souboj dvou protikladných osobností, které mohou přebývat v jednom člověku – jedné v podstatě dobré, druhé zlé. Anglicko-český zrcadlový text pro začátečníky. The Marvelous Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyd is a story written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1886. The young scientist Henry Jekyll seeks to uncover the secrets of the human soul. He drinks a mixture of chemicals that turns him into the ugly and murderous Mr. Hyd. This thrilling work depicts a duel of two opposing personalities who can dwell in one person - one essentially good, the other evil. English-Czech mirror text for beginners.
The story of Mary's shopping trip.
Recorded at slower reading speed; level 5/90 wpm. Suitable for people with learning disabilities and ESL learners.
A collection of short stories about Conradian, a ten-year-old who hates his aunt, and who keeps a small, wild animal in the garden shed.
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.
This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading skills for low-beginning through advanced students. Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students' reading confidence. Introductions at the beginning of each story, illustrations throughout, and glossaries help build comprehension. Before, during, and after reading activities included in the back of each book strengthen student comprehension. Audio versions of selected titles provide great models of intonation and pronunciation of difficult words.
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.
A novel that chronicles the lives of two women who could not be more Becky Sharp, an orphan whose only resources are her vast ambitions, her native wit, and her loose morals; and her schoolmate Amelia Sedley, a typically naive Victorian heroine, the pampered daughter of a wealthy family.
Emily Bronte's classic is set on the bleak Yorkshire moors, where the drama of Catherine and Heathcliff, Heathcliff's cruel revenge against Edgar and Isabella Linton, and the promise of redemption through the next generation, is enacted.
