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...
This title tells the story of White Fang, part-dog and part-wolf, as he fights for survival in the harsh landscapes of northwest Canada.
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 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
When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune, meeting her 'cousin' Alec proves to be her downfall. A very different man, Angel Clare, seems to offer her love and salvation, but Tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent in the hope of a peaceful future. With its sensitive depiction of the wronged Tess and powerful criticism of social convention, Tess of the D'Urbervilles is one of the most moving and poetic of Hardy's novels.
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?
A level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by John Escott.Everybody has bad dreams. Horrible things move towards you in the dark, things you can hear but not see. Then you wake up, in your own warm bed, and turn over to go back to sleep. But imagine that you wake up on a hard floor, in a darkness blacker than the blackest night. You listen to the silence, and smell a wet dead smell. Death is all around you, waiting . . . In these stories by Edgar Allan Poe, death whispers at you from every dark corner, and fear can send you mad . . .
