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...
Retells the adventures in the northern wilderness of a dog who is part wolf and how he comes to make his peace with man.
Matilda Wormwood's father is a mean crooked crook. And her mother's just plain stupid. They think Matilda is nuisance who should watch more TV and read fewer books! But her lovely teacher Miss Honey thinks Matilda is a genius. Matilda has a few extraordinary tracks up her sleeve, so her horrible parents and even more horrible headmistress had better watch out.
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
HarperCollins is pround to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'My life looks as if it had been wasted for want of chances! When I see what you know, what you have read, and seen, and thought, I feel what a nothing I am!' Challenging the hypocrisy and social conventions of the rural Victorian world, Tess of the D'Urbervilles follows the story of Tess Durbeyfield as she attempts to escape the poverty of her background, seeking wealth by claiming connection with the aristocratic D'Urberville family. It is through Tess's relationships with two very different men that Hardy tells the story of his tragic heroine, and exposes the double standards of the world that she inhabits with searing pathos and heart-rending sentiment.
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?
Zjednodušená četba angličtiny. Příběh o chlapci, který pomohl vysvětlit krádež v továrně blízko jeho bydliště.
