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Penguin Readers 3: Princess Diana

Original / British English Princess Diana, one of the most famous and popular women in the world the People`s Princess. Read here about Diana`s short life, her marriage to Prince Charles, her war` with the Royal...

Penguin Readers 3: Emil and the Detectives

Emil is travelling alone to his grandmother`s house in the city. He is carrying money toher from his mother. Then a man on the train steals the money. Emil follows the thief and an exciting adventure begins, with lots...

Penguin Readers 2: Lost Love and Other Stories

Original / British English The stories in this book are exciting and sometimes very strange. Some are sad and some are happy. We meet many interesting people a young man in love, a lonely customer in a shop, a shy...

Penguin Readers 6: Crime and Punishment

Classic / British English Raskolnikoff, a young student, has been forced to give up his university studies because of lack of money. He withdraws from society and, poor and lonely, he develops a plan to murder a...

Penguin Active Reading 3: Titanic!

On the night of April 14, 1912, the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank. This is the full story. Why did the Titanic sink so quickly? Why did so many people die? What are the stories of all those people, young and old,...

Penguin Readers 3: British Life

Original / British English Who are the British? This book will tell you about their lives, TV programmes, business, family, life, pets and the food. This is a book about real people and real life in Britain today.

Penguin Readers 4: King Solomon`s Mines

Sir Henry Curtis, Captain John Good and Allan Quatermain are travelling to the mysterious, unmapped heart of Africa. Sir Henry wants to find his missing brother. Quatermain wants to find King Solomon`s secret...

Penguin Readers 4: The Time Machine

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...

Penguin Readers 6: Les Miserables

Classic / British English (Available February 2008) Jean Valjean is free at last after nineteen years in prison. Cold and hungry, he is rejected by everyone he meets. But Jean`s life is changed forever when he...

Penguin Readers 2: London (+ Audio CD)

London is one of the great cities of the world. It is the biggest city in Britain and in Europe. In 1900, it was the biggest city in the world. In this book you will find a lot of interesting information about London....

Penguin Readers 5: Sons and Lovers

Classic / British English (Available April 2008) This moving story follows the emotional development of Paul Morel. Paul is torn between his passionate love for his mother and his romantic friendships with Miriam and...

Penguin Readers 1: Marcel and the Shakespeare Letters

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 2: Persuasion

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 Easystarts: Dino`s Day in London

Tommy Grant is a taxi driver. One morning his boss telephones him. `Can you be at the Ritz hotel at 9 o`clock?` he asks. The 12-year-old son of a film star is in London. His name is Dino. Be very nice to the boy`,...

Penguin Readers 2: Amazon Rainforest

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 4: Cinderella Man

Contemporary / American English 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...

Penguin Readers 3: My Fair Lady

Contemporary / British English (Available February 2008) My Fair Lady is the story of a poor young flower-seller and a professor who doesn`t like women. The professor decides to teach the flower-seller to speak better...

Penguin Readers 3: The Black Cat and other stories

Classic / British English Are you brave enough to read four of Poe`s famous horror stories? Edgar Allan Poe wrote strange stories about terrible people and evil crimes. Don`t read this book late at night!

Penguin Readers 5: Jane Eyre

Classic / British English Jane Eyre, a poor orphan, grows up in misery until she becomes the governess in the house of wealthy Mr Rochester and falls in love. But mysterious events take place in the house at night,...

Penguin Readers 6: Madame Bovary

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: Simon and the Spy

Original / British English Simon Simple is going on holiday and the police are looking for a spy. On the train, Simon meets a beautiful girl. He likes her and she likes him. But the spy is there too. Simon and the...

Penguin Readers 1: Daniel Radcliffe

Level 1. 300 headwords. Beginner. 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...

Penguin Readers 3: Sense and Sensibility

Classic / British English (Available February 2008) Elinor and Marianne Dashwood are two very different sisters. Marianne loves excitement and always shows her feelings; Elinor is quiet and has more good sense. They...

Penguin Active Reading 1: The Barcelona Game

Holly and her brothers go to Barcelona for a football game. First, Holly wants to see famous places in the city, but her brothers want to go to a funfair. Then a man takes Holly`s bag, and the tickets for the game are...

Penguin Readers 1: Run for Your Life

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...