Joanna Strange Boeken

'The Canterbury Tales', compiled in the late fourteenth century, is an incisive portrait, infused with Chaucer's wry wit and vibrant, poetical language. He evokes a spestrum of colourful characters, from the bawdy Wife of Bath to the gallant Knight, the fastidious Prioress and the burly, drunken Miller. As they wend their way from Southwark to Canterbury, tales are told to pass the time, and the stories are as diverse as the narrators, encompassing themes such as adultery, revenge, courtly love, lechery, avarice and penitence. As humorous today as when it was written over six centuries ago, 'The Canterbury Tales' remains one of the most popular and enjoyable of the classic works of literature.

A famous painting is going to the Grierson Gallery in LA and they want a top man to come to the United States. He can talk about the artist. The National Gallery in London send Mr Bean. But something is very wrong with Mr Bean! He's very, very strange. And dangerous! After he arrives, accidents start to happen.

(Penguin Readers Level 1)Mr Jealous / Joanna Strange --Roberto / Joanna Strange --Alien spacecraft / Robin Waterfield --Flowers for Maria / Chris Rice --The bully / Annette Barnes, Jean Hines and Jennie Weldon

Contemporary / British English Young Prince Einon is dying. Only the Great Dragon can help him But first the boy has to say, 'I won't be a cruel king. I'll love my people and be kind to them.' But Einon is cruel, and everybody in the country is afraid. Now the Dragon, good Sir Bowen and the peasants have to fight in a great battle between Good and Bad.

Contemporary / British EnglishMr Bean doesnt understand the world. There are problems for him everywhere. In the restaurant, he doesnt like his food. He tries to hide it in very strange places. Then Mr Bean goes to the launderette. What happens? He loses his trousers, of course!

"it was evilly come by, and will bring a curse with it." Growing up the quiet coastal village of Moonfleet in Dorset, John Trenchard is fascinated by stories of the notorious Colonel John Mohune, whose restless ghost is said to stalk the churchyard at night, and his treasure: a great diamond stolen when he betrayed the King a hundred years before.…

Richard trekt door Thailand. Op een avond hoort hij over het geheime strand, een nirwana voor de jonge rugzaktoerist op zoek naar avontuur, seks en de ultieme vakantie. Dit paradijs bevindt zich ergens op een van de vele kleine eilanden die Thailand omringen, onvindbaar voor buitenstaanders. De volgende dag vindt Richard een kaart met routebeschrijving op zijn deur; de man die de kaart daar heeft bevestigd, heeft vervolgens zijn polsen doorgesneden. Zo begint voor Richard een tocht naar dit onbekende Thailand. Hij vindt het paradijs bij een selecte gemeenschap die vreedzaam leeft in het Shangri-la. Witte stranden, kleurrijke koraalriffen en akkers vol met drugs. Maar ook in het paradijs is niet alles perfect en al snel verschijnen de eerste barsten in het plaatje.