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Скачать книгу (размер 254 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 51) Аннотация: 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,…

Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: 'High above them, Lora and Clyde heard a sound their world had not heard for centuries — the thin scream of a starship coming in from outer space, leaving a long white tail like smoke across the clear blue sky. They looked at each other in wonder. After three hundred years of silence, Earth had reached out once more to touch Thalassa ...' And with the starship comes knowledge, and love, and pain.…

Скачать книгу (размер 279 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 56) Аннотация: It is 1880, in the Opera House in Paris. Everybody is talking about the Phantom of the Opera, the ghost 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…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 592) Аннотация: This is a fresh new look for the 2007 edition of the Oxford Pocket School Thesaurus. It contains 150,000 synonyms and up-to-date example sentences — that is all the text of the Oxford School Thesaurus in pocket format yet still with an extremely accessible page design. This authoritative thesaurus is an ideal companion to the comprehensive Oxford Pocket School Dictionary. Each entry is in…

Скачать книгу (размер 279 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 56) Аннотация: A beautiful young Indian girl, and a brave Englishman. Black eyes, and blue eyes. A friendly smile, a laugh, a look of love... But this is North America in 1607, and love is not easy. The girl is the daughter of King Powhatan, and the Englishman is a white man. And the Indians of Virginia do not want the white men in their beautiful country. This is the famous story of Pocahontas, and her love…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: Violence and unrest are sweeping through Roman Britain. Justin and Flavius find themselves caught up in the middle of it all when they discover a plot to overthrow the Emperor. In fear for their lives they gather together a tattered band of men and lead them into the thick of battle, to defend the honour of Rome. But will they be in time to save the Emperor... Rosemary Sutcliff's books about…

Скачать книгу (размер 208 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 42) Аннотация: 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…

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Winnie decides she needs a seaside break, so she and Wilbur zoom off to the coast. Winnie makes a beeline for the sea to cool down. Wilbur makes a beeline for anywhere other than the sea — he hates water, and can't bear getting wet. Winnie is having so much fun in the water that she doesn't notice her broomstick being washed out to sea. She waves her magic wand in an attempt to get the broomstick…

Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: Cathy Wilson is driving to Norfolk, to begin her new job with the Harvey family. She is going to look after the two young children, Tim and Susan. Cathy meets the children's father, and their grandmother, and their aunt. She meets Nick, the farmer who lives across the fields. But she doesn't meet Miranda, the children's mother, because Miranda is dead. She died two years ago, and Cathy cannot…

Скачать книгу (размер 208 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 42) Аннотация: Dr Huxtable has a school for boys in the north of England. When the Duke of Holdernesse decides to send his young son there, that is good news for the school. The Duke is a very important person, and Dr Huxtable is happy to have his son in the school. But two weeks later Dr Huxtable is the unhappiest man in England. Why? And why does he take the train down to London and go to Baker Street? Why…

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: San Francisco lies under a cloud of radioactive dust. People live in half-deserted apartment buildings, and keep electric animals as pets because so many real animals have died. Most people emigrate to Mars — unless they have a job to do on Earth. Like Rick Deckard — android killer for the police and owner of an electric sheep. This week he has to find, identify, and kill six androids which have…

Скачать книгу (размер 208 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 42) Аннотация: 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…

Скачать книгу (размер 274 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 55) Аннотация: Some sisters are good friends, some are not. Sometimes there is more hate in a family than there is love. Karin is beautiful and has lots of men friends, but she can be very unkind to her sister Marcia. Perhaps when they were small, there was love between them, but that was a long time ago. They say that everybody has one crime in them. Perhaps they only take an umbrella that does not belong to…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Fin is devastated by guilt when his sister, Ella, is kidnapped. She is snatched away from the house in the middle of a storm. As the kidnappers make their demands, Fin's guilt is replaced by a fierce determination to find his sister by whatever means he can, and bring the criminals to justice. But as the drama unfolds, a complex web of family secrets is revealed. It emerges that Ella's kidnapping…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 829 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 360) Аннотация: This handbook will be useful for both beginning and experienced teachers who want to improve their practical strategies in teaching second language reading and their understanding of the reading process. The book examines a variety of approaches from classrooms and research that are used in teaching reading, and explores teaching methods focused on strategies. Teachers are encouraged to think…

Скачать книгу (размер 279 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 56) Аннотация: It is the year 2522, and the planet Earth is dying. The Artificial Ozone Layer is only 300 years old, but it is breaking up fast. Now the sun is burning down on Earth with a white fire. There is no water. Without water, nothing can live. Trees die, plants die, animals die, people die... In a colony under the moon, people wait for news — news from home, news from the planet Earth. And in a…

Скачать книгу (размер 279 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 56) Аннотация: Sarah Harland is nineteen, and she is in prison. At the airport, they find heroin in her bag. So, now she is waiting to go to court. If the court decides that it was her heroin, then she must die. She says she did not do it. But if she did not, who did? Only two people can help Sarah: her mother, and an old boyfriend who does not love her now. Can they work together? Can they find the real…

Скачать книгу (размер 208 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 42) Аннотация: Witches are dangerous. They can kill you with a look, or a word. They can send their friend the Devil after you in the shape of a dog or a cat. They can make a clay picture of you, then break it... and a few weeks later you are dead. Today, of course, most people don't believe in witches. But in 1612 everybody was afraid of them. Young Jennet Device in Lancashire knew a lot about them because she…

Скачать книгу (размер 208 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 42) Аннотация: A woman and a man... words of love whispered on a summer night. Later, there is a child, but no wedding-ring. And then the man leaves the first woman, finds a younger woman, marries her... It's an old story. Yes, it's an old, old story. It happens all the time — today, tomorrow, a hundred years ago. People don't change. But this story, set among the green hills of southern England, has something…

Скачать книгу (размер 274 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 55) Аннотация: I'm afraid to look in the storeroom. All our food for the winter — where is it now? Inside those hungry guests! They never stop eating! And they never say thank you! And those children — my God, they eat more than their parents! Izzet Efendi and his family are afraid that their guests are never going to go home, but what can they do? Bookworms World Stories collect stories from around the world.…