Robert Dewsnap Knihy

Richard Wright grew up in the woods of Mississippi amid poverty, hunger, fear, and hatred. He lied, stole, and raged at those around him; at six he was a "drunkard," hanging about in taverns. Surly, brutal, cold, suspicious, and self-pitying, he was surrounded on one side by whites who were either indifferent to him, pitying, or cruel, and on the other by blacks who resented anyone trying to rise above the common lot. Black Boy is Richard Wright's powerful account of his journey from innocence to experience in the Jim Crow South. It is at once an unashamed confession and a profound indictment—a poignant and disturbing record of social injustice and human suffering.

Sherlock Holmes, a true English gentleman with the manners of an aristocrat, captivates readers with his clairvoyance and absolute logical reasoning, as he elucidates crimes through precise deduction based on the slightest clues. In the most famous novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Hound of the Baskervilles," Sherlock Holmes encounters a case that, at first glance, appears free of crime. He is intrigued precisely because everything seems in order, yet the death of Sir Charles Baskerville is shrouded in a dark mystery. Is it really possible that generations of the Baskerville family are cursed and threatened by a creature from the marshes? Or is it the work of a cunning human hand? Detective Holmes and his inseparable friend, Dr. Watson, set to work to uncover the truth behind this chilling enigma.

Part of the High Impact series this classic text is retold in an accessible style for those with a reading age of six to seven years. Can Sherlock Holmes solve the mystery of the death of Helen's sister in time to save Helen's own life?

This classic story is has been simplified and abridged to suit the needs of learners of English. For use in schools and private study.

Rollo Martins' usual line is the writing of cheap paperback Westerns under the name of Buck Dexter. But when his old friend Harry Lime invites him to Vienna, he jumps at the chance. With exactly five pounds in his pocket, he arrives only just in time to make it to his friend's funeral. The victim of an apparently banal street accident, the late Mr. Lime, it seems, had been the focus of a criminal investigation, suspected of nothing less than being "the worst racketeer who ever made a dirty living in this city." Martins is determined to clear his friend's name, and begins an investigation of his own...

Humour: The well-known story about an American family who moves into an old English castle. We follow the trag-comic complications between a poor ghost and the modern American family.