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Published 2017. Intermediate to Upper Intermediate CEF level B1/B2 - 1,400 Headwords Oxford Bookworms enjoy a world-wide reputation for high-quality storytelling and a great reading experience. Research shows reading a lot improves all your language skills. Experts recognize Oxford Bookworms as the most consistent series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story - very important for fluent reading and extensive reading. There's a wide choice of titles too - something for everyone. 'My brother preferred being with mother and me. He used to help us prepare vegetables in the kitchen or make the bread. But what he liked best was listening to my mother's stories.' But those childhood days are long gone, and now a great distance divides sister and brother, children and mother. The stories in this volume of World Stories come from India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The writers are Romesh Gunesekera, M. Athar Tahir, Chitra Divakaruni, Anu Kumar, Anne Ranasinghe, Ruskin Bond, Anita Desai, Vijita Fernando, and Amara Bavani Dev.

Published 2008. Pre-Intermediate to Intermediate CEF level B1 - 1,000 Headwords. Oxford Bookworms enjoy a world-wide reputation for high-quality storytelling and a great reading experience. Research shows reading a lot improves all your language skills. Experts recognize Oxford Bookworms as the most consistent series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story - very important for fluent reading and extensive reading. There's a wide choice of titles too - something for everyone. 'Your grandmother is old,' says Mr Li to his daughter. 'She has eaten more salt than you have eaten rice.' Mr Li is cross with his daughter when she does not show respect to her grandmother, but Mr Li himself is not always patient with his old mother. She has lived a long time, and the future holds no promise for her. So she holds on to the past...Bookworms World Stories collect stories written in English from around the world. The stories in this volume are from China, Singapore, and India, and are by writers Ha Jin, Minfong Ho, and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.

Published 2017. Intermediate to Upper Intermediate CEF level B1/B2 - 1,400 Headwords Oxford Bookworms enjoy a world-wide reputation for high-quality storytelling and a great reading experience. Research shows reading a lot improves all your language skills. Experts recognize Oxford Bookworms as the most consistent series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story - very important for fluent reading and extensive reading. There's a wide choice of titles too - something for everyone. When did you last meet a polar bear, or go to a magician for help? These stories offer many different experiences. Some are strange, some are scary, some are sad, some are blackly funny. A few are shocking - when Lin Lin returns home for a funeral, she learns a dark and terrible family secret which may destroy her. Bookworms World Stories collect stories written in English from around the world. These stories are from Australia, Canada, India, Malaysia, Nigeria, Singapore, South Africa, and Trinidad.

Kniha Traja mušketieri, plná napínavých romantických udalostí a nástrah na francúzskom dvore za vlády kráľa Ľudovíta XIII., je jedným z najvzrušujúcejších dobrodružných príbehov, aké kedy boli napísané. Táto prepracovaná verzia z radu Klasických príbehov, s novátorsky použitými fotografiami a ilustráciami k deju, zasadzuje pôvodný príbeh do rámca kultúrnych súvislostí tejto doby.

Není pochyb o tom, že hrdinka románu Pýcha a předsudek, Lízinka, je sama Jane Austenová (1775-1817). Přestože prožila tak typicky nekonfliktní život (nikdy se neprovdala a jediné nabídnutí k sňatku prý během hodiny důrazně odmítla), neobráží se v jejím díle žádná osudová hořkost. Zdá se, že se ze své pozice dcery bez věna, a tudíž dívky bez zvláštních šancí na lepší sňatek, spíš nesmírně bavila – asi jako člověk, který v divadle sleduje zábavnou komedii. Přidáním ironického podtextu posunula románovou tvorbu ze sfér naivního realismu o několik generaci kupředu. Víc než půldruhého století je doba, která dovedla pohltit stovky literárních děl, jimž se při zrodu prorokovala nesmrtelnost; a byla to díla s daleko efektnějšími a vzrušivějšími náměty než Pýcha a předsudek. Jemné kouzlo Jane Austenové má svůj stálý vděčný okruh čtenářů a každá nová generace autorčin odkaz objevuje po svém, v nových barevných odstínech a v novém lesku.

Suitable for younger learners Word count 5,860 Bestseller

Updated and revised for the new CPE examination Papers 1 and 2.

Mozaikou šestnástich príbehov žien, ktoré sa narodili v Číne a odišli do bájnej Ameriky za svojím šťastím. Kniha bola bestsellerom a podkladom pre slávny film.

The book aims to coverage of the five main areas of difficulty at advanced level - grammar, phrasal verbs, vocabulary, word study and writingconcise, clearly-presented explanationsextensive practice of each point covereda strong element of recyclinga user-friendly, attractive layout, so that the material is accessible and a pleasure to usea variety of exercise types which are not exam-specificexamples of all the CAE and revised CPE task-types for Papers 2 and 3an appendix of useful reference material.Recycling Advanced English is divided into five distinct Section 1 GRAMMAR (25 units)This large section aims to cover all the major grammatical points at advanced level, with practice and revision exercises for consolidation.Section 2 PHRASAL VERBS (15 units)In this section, phrasal verbs are grouped according to their particle, and there is also a focus on three-part phrasal verbs and phrasal verbs as nouns, with extensive practice in varying formats.Section 3 VOCABULARY (22 units)Here there are texts and tasks presenting and practising vocabulary from key topics which regularly occur in advanced classwork and examination syllabuses.Section 4 WORD STUDY (17 units)This section attempts to get beneath the surface of the language and to delve deeper Into the linguistic areas which cause difficulties for the advanced learner,such as idioms, false friends, humour and collocations. Recycling Units are an important element in Sections 1 -4 , providing consolidation of each block of preceding units. It is therefore advisable to use the Recycling units in the order in which they appear.Section 5 WRITING (11 units)This section offers guidance on a number of different writing tasks and styles, with appropriate phrases to learn, as well as practice exercises. All the types of composition required for CAE and revised CPE are covered, with model answers in the Appendix. There is also a unit of tips on writing, and additional writing tasks for extra practice.The APPENDIX provides additional grammar reference material and model answers for writing tasks.The Revised EditionThe book has been revised and expanded for a number of to update some of the material, to incorporate the valuable suggestions sent in by readers, and to bring the tasks in line with the revisions to the CAE and CPE syllabuses. Much of the book remains essentially the same as its predecessor, but there are minor alterations to almost all units, and major changes to many of the tasks, especially those in the Recycling units. There are five completely new units.New material a page on Discourse markers in Unit 12 of the Grammar sectiontwo new units in the Vocabulary section - E-mail and the internet and UK governmentthree new units in the Word Study section - Humour, puns and jokes, Collocations and New languageadditions to the Writing section to cover all CAE and revised CPE task types.

Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read A popular bestseller since its publication in 1844, The Count of Monte Cristo is one of the great page-turning thrillers of all time. Set against the tumultuous years of the post-Napoleonic era, Alexandre Dumas’s grand historical romance recounts the swashbuckling adventures of Edmond Dantès, a dashing young sailor falsely accused of treason. The story of his long imprisonment, dramatic escape, and carefully wrought revenge offers up a vision of France that has become immortal. As Robert Louis Stevenson declared, “I do not believe there is another volume extant where you can breathe the same unmingled atmosphere of romance.”