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The Hat

An exciting new series which provides reading and language learning at five levels. As well as enjoyable stories and texts, each book provides a range of integrated activities designed to develop reading skills,...

The Invisible Man

Classic / British English A stranger arrives in a small village wearing a long coat and gloves. His head is covered in bandages and dark glasses hide his eyes. The villagers are curious. Who is he? When they discover...

The Island of Dr Moreau

Edward Prendick is travelling in the South Pacific when his ship goes down. He is saved after many days at sea by another ship, and a passenger, Montgomery, nurses him back to health. Prendick becomes interested in...

The Locked Room and Other Horror Stories

Монтегю Родс Джеймс

A tree full of enormous spiders, a living thing with no face, a picture that comes alive, and a boy with no heart. These are some of the frightening things in these stories by M. R. James, one of the greatest horror...

The Long Road

Terry Fox has cancer and he has an artificial leg. He runs across Canada for sick children and he gets $10,000,000. Read about his Marathon of Hope, his pain, and his short life. This is the true story of a strong...

The Last Juror

In Clanton, Mississippi, not much happens. There aren`t many interesting stories for Willie Traynor`s newspaper. But then there`s a murder. When the killer goes to jail, the story does not end. Everybody is afraid now...

The Maltese Falcon

New books in the Penguin Active Reading series, edited into simplified text together with exercises designed to develop language skills.

The Mosquito Coast

Contemporary / American English Allie Fox hates the United States and he hates the twentieth century. He takes his wife and children to the jungle in Honduras to find a new, simpler way of living. But things go wrong,...

The Missing Coins

Original / British English Pete and Carla are students. One day they look at some very old coins and stamps in a shop. Pete wants to buy some stamps, but they are very expensive. Later that day some coins are missing...

The Mayor of Casterbridge

Classic / British English Michael Henchard is a wealthy and respected man, but he has a terrible secret. Twenty years ago, when he was unemployed and penniless, he sold his wife to a sailor. Now she is looking for him...

The Mirror Cracked from Side to Side

When Miss Marple complains of feeling old and helpless, her doctor jokingly suggests that she needs a murder to solve. Then there is a death in the village. Is it murder? Did the right person die? Suddenly, Jane...

The No. 1 Ladies` Detective Agency

Contemporary / British English (Available February 2008) Precious Ramotswe is a kind, warm-hearted and large African lady. She is also the only female private detective in Botswana. Her agency the Ladies` Detective...

The Prisoner of Zenda

Classic / British English (Available April 2008) Rudolf Rassendyll, a daring young Englishman looking for adventure, arrives in Ruritania for the new king`s coronation. The two men meet by chance the day before and...

The Pelican Brief

Contemporary / British English (Available April 2008) In Washington, two Supreme Court judges are murdered and only the young and beautiful law student Darby Shaw knows why. She has uncovered a deadly secret but will...

The Pelican Brief

In Washington, two Supreme Court judges are murdered and only the young and beautiful law student Darby Shaw knows why. She has uncovered a deadly secret but will anyone believe her? Can she stay alive long enough to...

The Pearl Girl

Original / American English Kate Grant comes from Canada. She is visiting Europe with her mother and father. One evening she sees two men in a museum. They are taking a very famous picture Girl with a Pearl Ear-ring....

The Remains of the Day

Contemporary / British English (Available June 2008) It is the summer of 1956, and the ageing butler of Darlington Hall takes a rare holiday. But it is a journey that will also take him deep into his past. The Remains...

The Road Ahead

Contemporary / American English (Available February 2008) Bill Gates, the richest man in the world, started Microsoft in 1975 with a friend when he was only nineteen years old. Twenty years later he wrote this book...

The Red Pony

Contemporary / American English John Steinbeck wrote some of the best and most famous American stories ever. Jody Tiflin is often alone and he knows little of the world. But one day he gets a pony. He learns how to...

The Railway Children

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...

The Rainmaker

Contemporary / American English I have no job. I have no money. I have debts I can`t pay. I do, however, have a case. Rudy Baylor is ready to finish law school but loses his first job before he has even started. Then...

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Classic / British English Dr Jekyll is a London doctor who is liked and respected for his work. Mr Hyde is an evil man, completely unknown in London society. There is a murder and Hyde seems to be responsible. So why...

The Secret Garden

Classic / British English Mary Lennox goes to live with her uncle in a big, old house in the country. There are many gardens round the house. One day Mary finds a garden that has high walls and no doors. What is the...

The Talented Mr Ripley

Tom Ripley goes to Italy. He needs to find Dickie Greenleaf. Dickie’s father wants him to go back to America. But Tom wants to stay in Italy, and he will do anything to get what he wants. The Talented Mr Ripley is now...

The War of the Worlds

"The War of the Worlds" is one of the most frightening science fiction novels ever written. When a spaceship falls from the sky and lands in southern England, few people are worried. But when strange creatures climb...