Kumalo wants to get money. He finds it at the church. Mrs Olusanya needs money too. So do Jenny and James. They all find money - in their gardens! Are their gardens really magic?
La importancia y sentido de "A Passage to India" , considerada de forma casi unánime la obra cumbre de su autor, no se reducen en modo alguno a la simple denuncia de los estragos causados por el imperialismo británico en el subcontinente indio, sino que el propio E. M....
La escritora estadounidense Betty Smith (Brooklyn, 1896-1972) nos ofrece una entrañable y encantadora novela, sobre el así llamado ‘sueño americano’: muchas familias traspasaron el océano para buscar, en tierras americanas, un porvenir mejor, especialmente para sus hijos. En este caso, se nos narra, con bastante detalle, las sacrificadas andanzas...
“Poppet” is an elephant. His mother warns him against mice because they run up elephant’s trunks, but Poppet makes friends with a mouse. A delightful tale by the author of Babe - The Sheep Pig. Whriting by Dick King-Smith.
Robert Louis Stevenson, Edimburgo, Gran Bretaña, ¿1850? Vailima, Samoa, 1894), hijo de un dominante constructor de faros, tuvo desde niño varias crisis pulmonares que le llevaron a una constante y nostálgica peregrinación en busca de climas más cálidos, hasta que en 1888 embarca hacia los mares del Sur y...
“A Chrismas Carol” es un cuento navideño, el primero de los que sobre este tema escribió Charles Dickens (1812-1870). Narra cómo el protagonista, un hombre avaro, frío y sin corazón, recibe la víspera de Navidad la visita del fantasma de su fallecido socio, quien le advierte que se le...
The Otises are a practical American family. They don't believe in “The Canterville Ghost”. They don't believe in ghosts ... until they move to Canterville Chase, an old English country estate inhabited by the ghost of Sir Simon de Canterville. The family is amused by Sir Simon's failed attempts...
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Max Holland, an assassin for hire, receives a lucrative offer from a mysterious man. But the man's instructions are rather strange...
Menagerie Manor is sure to delight fans of Durrell’s beloved classic “My Family and Other Animals” (the inspiration for The Durrells in Corfu on Masterpiece) and other accounts of his lifelong fascination with members of the animal kingdom. With his unfailing charm, Gerald Durrell tells the story of how...
John Milne write this exciting adventure called «The Long Tunnel«. Frank and his men were in the tunnel. The train alowed down and stopped. Frank quickly climbed up, opened the door of the guard’s van. he threw down the bags of money.
‘Move quickly’, he said to his men. ‘We haven’t...
