“The Last Kids on Earth”: Ever since the monster apocalypse hit town, average thirteen year old Jack Sullivan has been living in his tree house, which he's armed to the teeth with catapults and a moat, not to mention video games and an endless supply of Oreos and Mountain...
Una herencia inesperada da a la familia de Greg Heffley la oportunidad de reformar su casa. Pero pronto averiguan que hacer obras no es tan sencillo como parecía. Una vez derribados los tabiques, surgen los problemas: maderas podridas, mohos tóxicos, bichos desagradables y algo todavía más siniestro hacen que...
La duodécima entrega de los “diarios de Greg” corresponde a una semana del mes de diciembre, de domingo a sábado que coincide con las fiestas navideñas. En lugar de celebrarlas de modo tradicional, sus padres deciden, repentinamente, huir del frío invernal y volar hasta un cálido lugar llamado Isla...
Drifters in search of work, George and his childlike friend Lennie, have nothing in the world except the clothes on their back - and a dream that one day they will have some land of their own. Eventually they find work on a ranch in California's Salinas Valley, but...
En torno al 1850 un joven americano se encuentra en Londres solo y sin un centavo, y no obstante puede darse la vida de un millonario. ¿En qué modo? Este es uno de los mejores logrados cuentos de Mark Twain: ¡una historia sorprendente con un final todavía más sorprendente...
It’s still TOTAL MONSTER ZOMBIE CHAOS on the streets, but now Jack has a gang of friends to help him through – science genius and best friend Quint, super-strong Dirk and all-round coolest girl ever, June. Not to mention Rover, Jack’s awesome monster pet! Plus the treehouse is more...
Discusses the life of one of the most famous figures in entertainment history, who was often called ‘the funniest man in the world.’
(1889–1977) a British film actor and director who worked mainly in the US in humorous silent films (=films made with no sound) during the 1920s. He usually...
The titles in this series are mainly new editions of titles in the Longman Simplified English Series. They are suitable for students at upper intermediate level, including those preparing for the Cambridge First Certificate.
Spiral into a dimly lit world, down streets lined with madmen and their black deeds, through...
“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.
Mark Twain was born Samuel L. Clemens in Florida, Missouri on November 30, 1835. He worked as a printer, and then became a steamboat pilot. He traveled throughout the West, writing humorous sketches for newspapers. In 1865, he wrote the short story, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,...
