When a Victorian scientist propels himself into the year 802,701 AD, he is initially delighted to find that suffering has been replaced by beauty, contentment and peace... Zobraziť viac
A windless, warm day greets the Sheridan family on the day of their garden party. As daughter Laura takes the reins on party preparations the news of a neighbour's demise casts a cloud over the host and threatens the entire celebration... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language.With carefully adapted text,new illustrations and language learning exercises,the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online... Zobraziť viac
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. "That these man-like creatures... Zobraziť viac
In the Time Traveller's miraculous new machine, we will be carried from a Victorian dinner table to 802,701 AD, when the Earth is divided between the gentle, ineffective Eloi, and the ape-like Morlocks; forward again by ... Zobraziť viac
They say that terror is a disease...A shipwrecked man finds himself, after various twists of Fate, on a lonely tropical island. From a locked enclosure the cries of animals in pain can be heard, and there is a stink of chemicals in the air... Zobraziť viac
Učte se angličtinu se Sherlockem Holmesem a doktorem Watsonem, kteří řeší tajemná úmrtí v temné oblasti blat a vřesovišť v Devonu v jihozápadní Anglii. Podaří se jim odhalit pachatele? Ilustrovaná knížka je určena pro vás – začátečníky učící se... Zobraziť viac
Učte sa po anglicky s chlapcom, ktorý sa ocitol sám v divočine napospas džungli. Malý chlapec Mauglí stratil rodičov a objavil útočisko v jaskyni vlkov. Príbeh o Mauglím je spracovaný pre začínajúcich čitateľov, ktorí si chcú vyskúšať... Zobraziť viac
No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinised ... Zobraziť viac
The Invisible Man (1897) blends comedy and tragedy in its story of a scientist who discovers a way to make himself invisible. His inability to reverse the process leads to a radical disconnection from society—and eventually from his own sanity... Zobraziť viac
Into a quiet little English village, one winter night, comes a stranger, wrapped up from head to foot. He carries a portmanteau, and staggers into the Inn, crying for a fire and a room, throwing down gold sovereigns to show that he can pay well for... Zobraziť viac
In fifteen funny, colorful, poignant and mysterious stories, the irreverent modernist Katherine Mansfield, a friend and contemporary of D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf, examines a range of themes integral to the human experience, from ... Zobraziť viac
Presenting an unbeatable range of over 480 stories for kids, teens and adults across a range of genres and in a range of formats, Pearson English Readers are an ideal... Zobraziť viac
Powerful and evocative, each of Katherine Mansfield's short stories is a masterclass in the form that made her name. Cut tragically short at the age of 34, hers was a life of passion that took her from New Zealand to Bohemian London and Paris.... Zobraziť viac
Classic/ British EnglishKatherine Mansfield is one of the most famous short story writers in the English language. These four stories take place about a hundred years ago in England and New Zealand. They are sometimes funny, sometimes sad and... Zobraziť viac
Spellbinding short stories of man-eating squid, magicians and monstrous machines, from the father of science fiction... Zobraziť viac
The Love Stories Collection of six stories explores a variety of perspectives on the themes of love over the last century, from a maid jilted by her social-climbing boyfriend to a bored housewife who is looking for something extra in her life... Zobraziť viac
Príbeh o stretnutí letca, ktorého lietadlo havarovalo v africkej púšti, a malého chlapca z ďalekej planéty je vhodný pre čitateľov všetkých generácií. V publikácii nájdete upravenú verziu rozprávky, ktorá je prerozprávaná... Zobraziť viac