Jennifer Bassett Poradie kníh (chronologicky)

Příběhy lásky s rozdílem . . . Je tu polibek u ohně, který byl omylem, teta nenávidící muže u moře a střelec v Texasu, který hledá potyčku. Je tu bílá volavka letící nad lesem a posel běžící mezi dvěma lavičkami v parku. A samozřejmě, je tu dívka, která se setkává s chlapcem . . . Tyto příběhy lásky napsali američtí autoři Kate Chopin, Stephen Crane, Sarah Orne Jewett, O. Henry a kanadská autorka Lucy Maud Montgomery (autorka slavné Anny ze Zelených střech).

Shirley Homes is a private investigator. She is clever with computers, and knows London like the back of her hand. She laughs when people say, 'Was Sherlock Holmes your grandfather?' Sherlock Holmes, of course, was not a real person, but, like Sherlock, Shirley has good eyes, and good ears. And she knows the right questions to ask.And in the Lithuanian Case, the right questions are important. Because Shirley must find a missing person - Carrie Williams, aged fifteen. Where is she? Who is she with?

Tento román zachycuje život francúzskeho ľudu v prvej tretine 19. storočia. Ústrednou postavou je Jean Valjean, bývalý galejník, ktorý sa dostal do väzenia za krádež chleba. Po úteku okradol starého kňaza, ktorý mu ponúkol nocľah. Keď ho však chytili četníci, kňaz im povedal, že mu stříbrné príbor dal ako dar, a pridal mu ešte strieborné svietniky, čím ho zachránil pred návratom do väzenia. Tento čin ovplyvnil Jeana, ktorý sa stal dobrodincem a ochrancom najbiednejších. Jeho protivníkom je policajný prefekt Javert, ktorý ho neustále prenasleduje, presvedčený, že galejník zostane galejníkom, a považuje dopadenie Valjeana za svoje životné poslanie. Ženskými hrdinkami románu sú Fantine, mladá žena, ktorú bída dohnala k prostitúcii, a jej dcéra Cosette, ktorú si Jean Valjean osvojil a vychováva. Román vyznieva ako obžaloba vtedajšej spoločnosti a mravov.

Good luck in Malaysia, bad news in New Zealand, a chicken and a jug of cider in Britain, a goat and a pumpkin in India, fun and games in a cyber café in Nigeria...The countries change in these stories, but people's lives are always strange and wonderful in any place.

In Edinburgh a detective listens to a confession; in Orkney an old man lives with the ghosts of his past. In the Outer Hebrides some travellers learn a lesson; in Glasgow a young woman steals a meeting with a famous actor; and in a small town somewhere a pigeon dies. These stories are as richly varied as the land of Scotland itself

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.

"He smiled, showing teeth yellow from cigarette smoke. He looked at his desk diary, then at her papers again. 'Mmm ... a hundred pesos a month. Why, that's one thousand two hundred pesos a year. Surely, you can afford to buy me a forty-peso dinner!' How can Marian say no? How can she refuse the Chief's next request? He is an evil man, but she needs her promotion ..."--Page 4 of cover

Reading a complete story in English gives students a great sense of achievement -- and encourages them to read more. The Oxford Bookworms Library offers a variety of titles. The books are graded at six vocabulary levels ranging from 250 words (Starter) to 2,500 (Advanced).

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.

Pack of ten best-selling iBookworms/i and– ideal for building up class libraries. Each Pack contains one copy of each listed title. liThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer/libr / liThe Elephant Man/libr /liA Little Princess/libr / liLove or Money?/libr / liThe Monkey's Paw/libr / liThe Phantom of the Opera/libr / liThe President's Murderer/libr / liSherlock Holmes and the Duke's Son/libr / liWhite Death/libr / liThe Wizard of Oz/li

Horseracing is the sport of kings, perhaps because racehorses are very expensive animals. But when they win races, they can make a lot of money too - money for the owners, for the trainers, and for the people who put bets on them to win. Silver Blaze is a young horse, but already the winner of many races. One night he disappears from his stables, and someone kills his trainer. The police want the killer, and the owner wants his horse, but they can't find them. So what do they do? They write to 221B Baker Street, London, of course - to ask for the help of the great detective, Sherlock Holmes.

This 1872 sequel to Lewis Carroll's beloved Alice's Adventures in Wonderland finds the inquisitive heroine in a fantastic land where everything is reversed. Looking-glass land, a topsy-turvy world lurking just behind the mirror over Alice's mantel, is a fantastic realm of live chessmen, madcap kings and queens, strange mythological creatures, talking flowers and puddings, and rude insects. Brooks and hedges divide the lush greenery of looking-glass land into a chessboard, where Alice becomes a pawn in a bizarre game of chess involving Humpty Dumpty, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the Lion and the Unicorn, the White Knight, and other nursery-rhyme figures. Promised a crown when she reaches the eighth square, Alice perseveres through a surreal landscape of amusing characters that pelt her with riddles and humorous semantic quibbles and regale her with memorable poetry, including the oft-quoted "Jabberwocky." This handsome, inexpensive edition, featuring the original John Tenniel illustrations, makes available to today's readers a classic of juvenile literature long cherished for its humor, whimsy, and incomparable fantasy.

The Bookworms series offers six graded stages provide more than 130 stories at different levels of ability. The lower levels feature a wide choice of original stories, while the higher levels feature adaptations of well-known works originally published for native speakers. There are titles to suit all tastes: fantasy and horror; thriller and adventure; classics; true stories; crime and mystery; human interest.

Following an Australian government edict in 1931, black Aboriginal children and children of mixed marriages were gathered up and taken to settlements to be institutionally assimilated. In Rabbit-Proof Fence, Doris Pilkington traces the story of her mother, Molly, one of three young girls uprooted from their community in Southwestern Australia and taken to the Moore River Native Settlement. There, Molly and her relatives Gracie and Daisy were forbidden to speak their native language, forced to abandon their heritage, and taught to be culturally white. After regular stays in solitary confinement, the three girls planned and executed a daring escape from the grim camp

From Botswana to New Zealand, from Jamaica to Nigeria, from Uganda to Malaysia, from India to South Africa, these moving stories show us that the human heart is the same in every place. Fear and pain, happiness and sadness belong to us all. These eight stories were winning entries in the 2004 Commonwealth Short Story Competition. The writers are Sefi Atta, Adrienne M. Frater, Lauri Kubuitsile, Erica N. Robinson, Jackee Budesta Batanda, Janet Tay Hui Ching, Anuradha Muralidharan, and Tod Collins.

The five children find a cantankerous sand fairy or 'psammead' in a gravel pit. Every day 'It' will grant each of them a wish that lasts until sunset, often with disastrous consequences.

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.

Word count 5,240 Suitable for young learners

„Niet takej rodiny, aby nemala občas rok naplnený udalosťami, radostnými aj smutnými. My sme práve taký rok prežili a nakoniec skončil veľmi šťastne“. To hovorí pani Marchová svojim štyrom dospievajúcim dcéram: krásnej Meg, chlapčenskej Jo, jemnocitnej Betsy a hrdej Amy. Ony sú tie malé ženy, ktoré statočne čelia životu za pomoci láskavej matky a priateľstva mladého gentlemana Laurieho. Tento román, ktorý našiel svoje stvárnenie aj na filmovom plátne, dokáže stále dojímať a rozosmiať každú generáciu dievčat.

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.

How does a man addicted to routine - a man who flosses his teeth before love-making - cope with the chaos of everyday life? Macon's attempts to do so are tragically and comically undone.

Strange things happen in the world. You can hear all sorts of sensational stories, but are they true? Who can you trust? Some stories will never be published in newspapers because the government does not want people to know about them. But their stories will appear in The Omega Files.

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Dvojjazyčná kniha od Nového Času ponúka čitateľom príležitosť zlepšiť svoje jazykové zručnosti v angličtine. Odborníci tvrdia, že dvojjazyčné knihy sú skvelým nástrojom na učenie sa cudzích jazykov, pretože umožňujú študentom učiť sa z textov, ktoré ich zaujímajú. Čitatelia Nového Času môžu prispieť k zvýšeniu úrovne čítania na Slovensku, kde podľa prieskumov Eurobarometra až 68 % Slovákov číta knihy. Počet titulov vydaných pod hlavičkou Nového Času bude závisieť od záujmu čitateľov. Poviedka z roku 1841 je jedným z prvých detektívnych príbehov, ktorá zavádza technický termín „záhada uzavretej miestnosti“. Príbeh sa zameriava na bezradnosť polície, ktorá prehliada stopy, zatiaľ čo ich objavuje veľký detektív C. Auguste Dupin. Vypravěč sa v Paríži stretáva s Dupinom, mladým mužom z aristokratickej rodiny, ktorý sa ocitol v ťažkej situácii. Po prečítaní článku o vražde dvoch žien v ulici Morgue, Dupin sa rozhodne očistiť priateľa obvineného políciou. Na mieste činu objaví stopy, ktoré naznačujú, že vrahom je orangutan. Po zverejnení inzerátu sa mu podarí zistiť, že orangutana si námořník priviezol ako suvenír. Po objasnení prípadu je orangutan umiestnený do zoologickej záhrady a Dupin predáva svoje poznatky polícii.

Malá Sara je výnimočne inteligentná a privilegovaná študentka Výberového lýcea pre mladé dámy pani Minchinovej, ktorá si majetok Sárinho otca cení oveľa viac než vedomosti a milú povahu svojej zverenkyne, a potajme na dievča žiarli. Obe, hoci každú z iného dôvodu, zdrví nečakaná správa o jeho smrti. Sara, ktorú majetok a otcovo rozmaznávanie nikdy nepoznačili a zostávala vždy skromná, sa zrazu ocitne v novej situácií - žije vykázaná v podkroví a pracuje ako slúžka. Ani bieda, útlak, hlad či zlé zaobchádzanie ju však nezlomia a vďaka fantázii a priateľstvu odolá aj tým najťažším skúškam v živote dieťaťa.

Childers's lone masterpiece, The Riddle of the Sands, considered the first modern spy thriller, is recognisable as the brilliant forerunner of the realism of Graham Greene and John le Carre. Its unique flavour comes from its fine characterization, richly authentic background of inshore sailing and vivid evocation of the late 1890s - an atmosphere of mutual suspicion and intrigue that was soon to lead to war.

In EDI (the European Department of Intelligence in Brussels) there are some very secret files - the Omega Files. There are strange, surprising, and sometimes horrible stories in these files, but not many people know about them. You never read about them in the newspapers. Hawker and Jude know all about the Omega Files, because they work for EDI. They think fast, they move fast, and they learn some very strange things. They go all over the world, asking difficult questions in dangerous places, but they don't always find the answers...

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.

Supplementary teaching material for the Oxford Bookworms Factfiles.

The Oxford Bookworms Starters Teacher's Handbook Answer Keys and Photocopiable Tests for Bookworms Starters.

The teacher's handbooks offer an introduction to the Oxford Bookworms Library series with guidance on using graded readers, answers to the exercises in the books, photocopiable tests and an answer key.

These stories by John Updike, Graham Greene, William Boyd, Susan Hill, D.H. Lawrence, Saki, Penelope Lively, Bernard McLaverty, Frank Tuohy, Morley Callaghan explore life from a child's perspective, and show that the world can be a strange, baffling, and sometimes very frightening place.

Rat, Mole, Toad, and Badger roam the English countryside for a memorable series of adventures. Timeless tales of friendship amid the natural world.

Arthur C. Clarke is one of the greatest science fiction writers of the century, and surely the most celebrated science fiction writer alive. He is -- with H. G. Wells, Isaac Asimov and Robert A. Heinlein -- one of the writers who define the genre. Now, at the dawn of the year 2001, Sir Arthur C. Clarke has cooperated in the preparation of a massive definitive edition of his collected shorter works, which will be made available on audio in five chronological volumes, followed by a 10 CD volume of favorite selection and a 30 cassette gift set...the most ambitious science fiction audio project in history.In addition to the well-known and ever popular stories "The Other Side of the Sky," "I Remember Babylon," and The Songs of Distant Earth," this volume features comic cosmic narratives originally collected in Tales From the White Hart, including "The Defenestration of Ermintrude Inch," "The Next Tenants," and "The Man Who Ploughed the Sea."

A U.S. Naval aircraft on a routine weather patrol in the Caribbean encounters 'Mabel', a ferocious hurricane that should, nevertheless, pass harmlessly among the islands. But David Wyatt, civilian weather expert, has developed a sixth sense about hurricanes and is convinced that Mabel will change course and strike the island of San Fernandez and its capital, St Pierre. Scientific evidence is against him, the Commander of the U.S. Base refuses to evacuate, and Wyatt's lone voice is finally overwhelmed when a rebellion against the tyrannical dictator who rules San Fernandez sweeps down on St Pierre. Wyatt is forced to pit himself against insuperable odds, aided only by a small and diverse group of English and American civilians - and by Hurricane Mabel herself.

Dobrodružstvá Alici v Krajine zázrakov je román z roku 1865, ktorý napísal anglický matematik Charles Lutwidge Dodgson pod pseudonymom Lewis Carroll. Príbeh rozpráva o dievčati menom Alícia, ktoré spadne do králičej nory a ocitne sa vo fantastickom svete obývanom zvláštnymi, antropomorfnými bytosťami. Alícia je zvedavá a hľadá dobrodružstvo, pričom sa stretáva s rôznymi podivnými postavami, ako sú Hatter, Cheshire Cat a kráľovná srdcová. Kniha skúma témy identity, logiky a absurdity, pričom Alícia prechádza rôznymi surrealistickými situáciami, ktoré vyzývajú jej chápanie reality. Príbeh je známy svojou hravou jazykovou hrou a fantastickými obrazmi, ktoré podnecujú čitateľovu predstavivosť. Dobrodružstvá Alici v Krajine zázrakov zostávajú jedným z najvýznamnejších diel detskej literatúry a sú obľúbené medzi čitateľmi všetkých vekových kategórií.

A young country girl comes to live and work in Dublin. Jo is determined to be modern and independent, and to have a wonderful time. But life in a big city is full of strange surprises for a shy country girl . . . Gerry Moore is a man with a problem – alcohol. He knows he must give it up, and his family and friends watch nervously as he battles against it. But drink is a hard enemy to fight . . . These stories by the Irish writer Maeve Binchy are full of affectionate humour and wit, and sometimes a little sadness.

In 2008, Sally Gardiner makes friends with Milo, a young student. When he tells Sally why he is different from other boys of his age, she does not believe him. Many years later, however, she realises that he was right. She sits dow to write a letter of warning to her grandmother, Lola. Storylines are new editions of selected Streamline Graded Readers with a new design and new colour artwork. Aimed at beginner to intermediate levels, each story is graded and has a contemporary feel that should appeal to teenagers and young adults.

A level 4 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Peter Hawkins. If you find a locked room in a lonely inn, don't try to open it, even on a bright sunny day. If you find a strange whistle hidden among the stones of an old church, don't blow it. If a mysterious man gives you a piece of paper with strange writing on it, give it back to him at once. And if you call a dead man from his grave, don't expect to sleep peacefully ever again. Read these five ghost stories by daylight, and make sure your door is locked.

While staying with her mother's godmother, Minty finds herself drawn to a mysterious sundial which takes her back in time and links her life to that of two unhappy children she meets in two different centuries.

Tom Walsh had a lot to learn about life. He liked travelling, and he was in no hurry. He liked meeting people, anyone and everyone. He liked the two American girls on the train. They were nice and very friendly. They knew a lot of places. Tom thought they were fun. Tom certainly had a lot to learn about life. This is a collection of short stories about adventures on trains. Strange, wonderful, and frightening things can happen on trains - and all of them happen here.

The President is dead! A man is running in the night. He is afraid and needs to rest. But there are people behind him - people with lights, and dogs, and guns. A man is standing in front of a desk. His boss is very angry, and the man is tired and needs to sleep. But first he must find the other man, and bring him back - dead or alive. Two men: the hunter and the hunted. Which will win and which will lose? Long live the President!

What does the future hold in store for the human race? Aliens from distant galaxies, telepathic horror, interstellar war, time-warps, the shriek of a rose, collision with an asteroid - the unknown lies around every corner, and the universe is a big place. These nine science-fiction stories offer possibilities that are fantastic, humorous, alarming, but always thought-provoking.This collection contains stories by Ray Bradbury, Bill Brown, Philip K. Dick, Arthur C. Clarke, Jerome Bixby, Isaac Asimov, Brian Aldiss, Roald Dahl, and John Wyndham.

The story of William Shakespeare's life is told by an imaginery friend, Toby.

Based on William Shakespeare's K̀ing Lear'. Retold in narrative form in modern language and reinterpreted for today's world. Suitable for adult literacy and learners of English-as-a-second-language.

It is 1880, in the Opera House in Paris. Everybody is talking about the Phantom of the Opera, The gost that lives somewhere under the Opera House. The Phantom is a man in black clothes. He is a body without a head, he is a head without a body. He has a yellow face, he has no nose, he has black holes for eyes. Everybody is afraid of the Phantom - the singers, the dancers, the directors, the stage workers

Román sa odohráva na anglickom vidieku v druhej polovici 19. storočia... V nijakom inom svojom románe Hardy nevenoval toľko miesta scénam z vidieckeho života a zamestnaniam, ako práve v diele Ďaleko od hlučného davu. Pritom nie sú samoúčelné, lebo Hardy má vždy na pamäti hlavný príbeh a osudyhlavných postáv. Napríklad vzťah medzi pastierom Oakom, farmárkou Bathshebou a Bolwoodom je oveľa živšie vyjadrený prostredníctvom náhodnej príhody, keď Gabriel nechtiac pricvikne ovci kožu, ako keby na to bol použil uvravený dialóg. Ani rozhovory vidiečanov - aj keď doširoka rozvádzané - nikdy neodbočujú ďaleko od hlavnej línie záujmu.

Contemporary / American English Detective Philip Marlowe is looking for Derace Kingsley's wife, Crystal. Is she dead or not? Marlowe finds more than one dead body and learns about women, drugs, men in love, and a police cover-up. Who killed The Lady in the Lake and why?

This reader is one in a series of redesigned new editions of the most popular titles in the Streamline Graded Readers series, which contain a new design and new colour artwork.

Kenneth Grahame was a British author best known for writing books for children. The Wind in the Willows is Grahame's most famous work and is considered one of the greatest classics in children's literature. The story follows four anthropomorphised animals living in England.