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Penguin Readers Level 6: Dubliners

Joyce James

Penguin Readers 4: Cinderella Man

Marc Cerasini

Jim Braddock is a successful boxer in New York. But in October 1929 the American economy fails, and at the same time Jim starts to lose in the boxing ring. Does the true story of Jim Braddock — the Cinderella Man —...

Penguin Active Reading 4: The Odyssey

Гомер

The great hero Odysseus has been away from his family for twenty years when the goddess Athene decides to help him find his way back to the island of Ithaca. But the journey will not be easy. Odysseus must face...

Penguin Readers 1: Run for Your Life

Stephen Waller

Original / British English (Available February 2008) Kim is running through the streets of the old town. She is frightened. A man with dark eyes and a knife is looking for her. He is going to catch her. This holiday...

Penguin Readers 6: Madame Bovary

Gustave Flaubert

Emma Bovary is a dreamer. She escapes from her boring life with her father by marrying Charles, a doctor, but married life does not bring her the love and excitement she expected. She looks for love outside her...

Penguin Readers Easystarts: Flying Home

Stephen Rabley

Felix is not a happy bird. He comes from Brazil but he doesn’t live there. He lives in New York in a cage. Then one day his cage opens and Felix says goodbye to New York. Can he find his family in Brazil again?

Penguin Guided Tour of English Language

Crystal, David

This is the definitive survey of the English language - in all its forms. Crystal writes accessibly about the structure of the language, the uses of English throughout the world and finally he gives a brief history of...

Penguin Readers 2: Amazon Rainforest

Bernard Smith

The Amazon Rain Forest is the largest rain forest in the world. It is 10,000,000 years old and many different kinds of plants and animals live here. The forest is important for the world`s weather and wildlife, but it...

Penguin Readers 3: Stories from Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

Classic / British English (Available February 2008) These are the stories of some of Shakespeare`s most famous plays. We travel to Venice, Greece, Denmark and Rome, and meet many different people. There is a greedy...

Penguin Readers Level 3: A Wrinkle in Time

L`Engle Madeleine

Penguin Active Reading 3: The Incredible Journey

Sheila Burnford

The country is wild and dangerous. Mountains are high, rivers run fast, and there are strange animals in the woods. But three family pets - two dogs and a cat - begin a long, long walk through western Canada. They...

Penguin Readers 2: Moby Dick

Melville, Herman

Classic / British English Moby Dick is the most dangerous whale in the oceans. Captain Ahab fought him and lost a leg. Now he hates Moby Dick. He wants to kill him. But can Captain Ahab and his men find the great...

Penguin Readers 3: The Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey Chaucer

Classic / British English We`ll give a free dinner to the person who tells the best story. Now, put up your hands if you agree.` The pilgrims all held up their hands. A group of pilgrims are travelling together for...

Penguin Readers 2: Persuasion

Jane Austen

Classic / British English When they were very young, Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth were in love. They did not marry, but Anne never forgot her love for him. Now, many years later, they meet again. Does Wentworth...

Penguin Readers 2: The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame

This is the story of four friends Toad, Rat, Mole and Badger. Rat loves the river. Mole is often afraid. Badger likes to stay at home. But Toad is always looking for new adventures and some of his ideas are dangerous.

Penguin Readers 4: The Breathing Method

Stephen King

There is a club in New York where men tell each other stories. Some of these are mysterious, some are horrible. One night a doctor tells the story of a young woman who gives birth to her baby. A normal enough event?...

Penguin Readers 4: On the Beach

Nevil Shute

Nuclear war has destroyed all life in thenorthern countries of the world. Now the deadly radiation is travelling south. In Australia, where people are still alive, Peter and Mary Holmes are trying to live their lives...

Penguin Readers 2: The Room in the Tower and Other Ghost Stories

Joseph Rudyard Kipling

Classic / British English (Available February 2008) Three stories, three ghosts. A young woman marries an older man. His first wife is dead. Or is she ? Why does a dead man walk through his house each night? An old...

Penguin Readers 1: Marcel and the Shakespeare Letters

Stephen Rabley

Original / British English Marcel visits his friend, Henry, in London. Henry knows a professor and he has some very interesting letters by William Shakespeare! Marcel and Henry want to see the letters, but they are...

Penguin Readers 3: Billy Elliot

Melvin Burgess

Contemporary / British English Eleven-year old Billy Elliot is different from other boys. He is not very clever or good at sport. Then, one day, he discovers ballet dancing. Finally he has found something that he can...

Penguin Readers 3: Matilda

Roald Dahl

Contemporary / British English Matilda is a clever and unusual little girl. But her parents aren`t interested in her, and the terrible head teacher at her school hates clever children. But Matilda finds a way to be...

Penguin Readers 5: The Phantom of the Opera

Gaston Leroux

Classic / American English There is a climate of secrecy and fear at the Paris Opera. People are dying and a beautiful, talented young singer has disappeared. Is this the work of the Opera ghost? Is the ghost a man or...

Penguin Readers Easystarts: A New Zealand Adventure

Jan Thorburn

Original / British English Sarah and Jessica arrive in New Zealand for a holiday. They find a mobile phone in the taxi from the airport. It is Michael`s mobile, but they can`t find him? He has messages from home are...

Penguin Active Reading 4: Body in the Library

Agatha Christie

Early one morning the Bantrys wake to find the dead body of a young woman in their library. Who is she? How did she get there? The police are called, of course, but Dolly Bantry quickly invites her friend Jane Marple...

Penguin Readers 4: The Time Machine

H. G. Wells

Classic / British English (Available February 2008) The Time Traveller has built a time machine and has gone into the future to the year 802,701. He expects to find a better world with highly-intelligent people and...