1797 - the Mediterranean. Britain and France are at war. British warships are fighting French warships. Young Billy Budd arrives on the British warship, Indomitable. Billy is strong and handsome. Most of the sailors...
Original / British English (Available February 2008) Billy and his sister want new bicycles, but they don`t have any money. Then their grandmother has an idea. There`s a competition in Palace magazine. The first prize...
Melville`s short stories are masterpieces. The best are to be appreciated on more than one level and those presented here are rich with symbolism and spiritual depth. Set in 1797, Billy Budd, Foretopman exploits the...
When Billy, a handsome, unpretentious, stuttering young able-seaman, is falsely accused of inciting mutiny, he lashes out, kills his accuser and is condemned to die. Written in allusive and beautiful prose,...
Billy was a champion soccer star, playing for Chelsea in the 1930s. But that was before war broke This tale is told through the voice of an 80 year-old man, who looks back on his life as Chelsea`s champion striker...
- Delightful retelling of a much-loved classic tale with easy-reading text for children who have just started reading on their own. - The three Billy Goats Gruff were leaving their farm to look for food. As they...
Penguin Readers are written by specialist ELT authors. The language, vocabulary, style and content of every book is carefully graded to make sure it suits the learner`s own language ability. Every Penguin Reader has a...
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 do well. But everybody knows...
Bin Ladens: Arabian Family in American Century (HB)
The Bin Ladens rose from poverty to privilege as official building contractors of the holy cities of Mecca and Medina; they loyally served generations of kings and princes in the Saudi royal family - until one of...
Binge Trading: Cash, Cocaine & Corruption
The City of London is one vast casino. For the last decade traders and bankers have gambled with their own money, their clients` money, and our pension funds. They won millions; we lost billions. "Binge Trading: The...
Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories (HB)
It`s the literary equivalent of buried treasure--seven rarely seen stories by Dr. Seuss! Originally published in magazines between 1948 and 1959, they include The Rabbit, the Bear, and the Zinniga-Zanniga, about a...
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
The author of five books, including the novels Hard Laughter, Rosie and Joe Jones, offers an "inspiring book about writing as a way of finding truth" (San Francisco Chronicle). "A reveille to get off our duffs and...
Birdsong (TV tie-in) UK bestseller
Set before and during the Great War, Birdsong captures the drama of that era on both a national and a personal scale. It is the story of Stephen, a young Englishman, who arrives in Amien in 1910. Over the course of...
Set before and during the Great War, "Birdsong" captures the drama of that era on both a national and a personal scale. It is the story of Stephen, a young Englishman, who arrives in Amiens in 1910. Over the course of...
Romance writer and single mum Stevie Honeywell has only weeks to go to her wedding when her fiance Matthew runs off with her glamorous new friend Jo MacLean. It feels like history repeating itself for Stevie, but this...
Birds/The Mysterious Egg Reader
This is a 6 level series of readers for children learning English, bringing together a variety of enjoyable fiction and non-fiction titles. The series provides reinforcement of the basic structures and vocabulary...
The year is 1667; Sir Francis Courteney and his son Hal are on patrol in their fighting caravel off the Agulhas Cape of South Africa. They are lying in wait for one of the treasure-laden galleons of the Dutch East...
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Nat and his family live near the sea. Nat watches the birds over the sea. Suddenly the weather is colder, and there is something strange about the birds. They are angry. They start to attack. They want to get into the...
A collection of sinister short stories including "The Birds" which was famously adapted for film by Alfred Hitchcock.
This new title in the popular Look and Say series is designed to introduce very young children to birthday words. Five colourful scenes show how people can celebrate birthdays. Crammed with real-life objects, this...
