John Escott creëert meeslepende verhalen, die zich vaak verdiepen in de genres misdaad en mysterie. Zijn werken, zowel originele creaties als bewerkingen, zijn ontworpen om lezers van alle leeftijden, met name studenten, te boeien. Met een kenmerkende stijl richt Escott zich op het construeren van meeslepende plots die voldoen aan de honger van de lezer naar spanning en intrige.
When beautiful Scarlett O'Hara learns that Ashley Wilkes, the man she loves, is going to marry another woman, her broken heart seems far worse than the tragedies of the Civil War. However, one man knows her secret, and he wants her for himself.
Generaal Charies de Gaulle was bij leven door velen geliefd, maar ook door velen gehaat. In totaal werden destijds zes complotten tegen zijn leven gesmeed, waarvan er drie in een daadwerkelijke aanslag uitmondden. De dag van de Jakhals beschrijft een van deze aanslagen op zo'n angstwekkend realistische wijze, dat miljoenen lezers over de hele wereld zich afvragen of hier een echte samenzwering wordt beschreven. De dag van de Jakhals volgt nauwgezet de voorbereidingen van de volkomen emotieloze en meedogenloze Engelse huurmoordenaar, aangeduid als de Jakhals, die door de OAS werd benaderd om De Gaulle uit de weg te ruimen. Zijn plannen zijn uiterst gedetailleerd en hij laat werkelijk niets aan het toeval over. De Gaulles laatste uren lijken geteld...
A classic adventure novel detailing the savagery of life in the northern wilds. Its central character is a ferocious and magnificent creature, half dog, half wolf, through whose experiences we feel the harsh rhythms and patterns of wilderness life among animals and men.
Dit boek maakt deel uit van de TREDITION CLASSICS serie, die zich richt op het opnieuw beschikbaar maken van publieke domein boeken. De serie is ontstaan uit een passie voor literatuur en streeft ernaar om waardevolle werken uit de wereldliteratuur te behouden en te herdrukken.
Matilda is a little girl who is far too good to be true. At age five-and-a-half she's knocking off double-digit multiplication problems and blitz-reading Dickens. Even more remarkably, her classmates love her even though she's a super-nerd and the teacher's pet. But everything is not perfect in Matilda's world. For starters she has two of the most idiotic, self-centered parents who ever lived. Then there's the large, busty nightmare of a school principal, Mrs. ("The") Trunchbull, a former hammer-throwing champion who flings children at will and is approximately as sympathetic as a bulldozer. Fortunately for Matilda, she has the inner resources to deal with such annoyances: astonishing intelligence, saintly patience, and an innate predilection for revenge. She warms up with some practical jokes aimed at her hapless parents, but the true test comes when she rallies in defense of her teacher, the sweet Miss Honey, against the diabolical Trunchbull. There is never any doubt that Matilda will carry the day. Even so, this wonderful story is far from predictable. Roald Dahl, while keeping the plot moving imaginatively, also has an unerring ear for emotional truth. The reader cares about Matilda because in addition to all her other gifts, she has real feelings.
Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. It is more than forty years since the Great Train Robbery. But what happened to the rest of the money that was taken? Two million pounds has never been found. Perhaps some of the robbers would like to know the answer to this question too...Many great crimes end in a question. Who really killed President Kennedy? What happened to Shergar? Who knows the truth about Azaria Chamberlain? Not all the answers are known. Join the world's detectives and discover the love, death, hate, money, and mystery held in the stories of these great crimes. CEFR B1/B2 Word count 15,747
Young Tess Durbeyfield attempts to restore her family's fortunes by claiming their connection with the aristocratic d'Urbervilles. But Alec d'Urberville is a rich wastrel who seduces her and makes her life miserable. When Tess meets Angel Clare, she is offered true love and happiness, buther past catches up with her and she faces an agonizing moral choice.Hardy's indictment of society's double standards, and his depiction of Tess as "a pure woman," caused controversy in his day and has held the imagination of readers ever since. Hardy thought it his finest novel, and Tess the most deeply felt character he ever created. This unique critical textis taken from the authoritative Clarendon edition, which is based on the manuscript collated with all Hardy's subsequent revisions.
Original / American English Ricardo and Gisela are going home to Rio. Gisela likes reading and quiet people. Ricardo likes noise ... and he likes Gisela. In Rio, a thief takes Gisela's bag. What can Ricardo do?
Get set for true terror in one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous short stories.We enter the mind of a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition. The dank prison room is without light and he begins to feel his way around the walls. Later, as a little light enters the room, he discovers two things: a deep and dangerous pit in the centre into which he had almost fallen when he explored the cell blindly, and a scythe-like pendulum suspended from the ceiling which is slowly descending as it swings back and forth with his body as its target. You'll feel his terror.Contents:- The Pit and the Pendulum- The Black Cat- The Tell-Tale Heart- The Premature Burial
