How many different languages are spoken in London? What’s the Square Mile all about? How did Piccadilly get its name? Book a seat in a haunted theatre and enjoy the show! Get to know this sensational city starting from its glorious history all the way to its captivating present. Discover the magic that is London!
Who was a spy for Queen Elizabeth I's secret service? Which writer kept a bear in his room at Cambridge? Who wrote poems about the Easter Revolution in Ireland?
Follow the fascinating lives of some of the most important British novelists, poets and playwrights from Shakespeare to Graham Greene, and discover more about different periods of literature in British history.
Today we know a lot about faraway places – we have maps, photographs and detailed descriptions. But the first explorers knew nothing about where they were going. Their courage and determination drove them to explore the unknown, facing terrible dangers and hardships. Who were these remarkable people and why did they risk their lives to explore the unknown? Where is the final frontier and who is ready to explore it? Share the thrill of discovery through the centuries with this...
How much did the Dutch pay for Manhattan Island in 1614? Where is the world's blue jeans headquarters? Who can you meet in the 'Malibu Colony', near Los Angeles?
New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and New Orleans are America's most distinctive and exciting cities. Similar in some ways and yet completely different in others, they fascinate everyone who visits them. Open this book and find out why.
Art contrasted with Nature, and outer ugliness with inner beauty, are just two of the themes featured in this collection of 6 tales, including The Canterville Ghost, The Remarkable Rocket, and - for all those who "have kept the childlike faculties of wonder and joy" - The Happy Prince and The Selfish Giant.
Horror ('The Fall of the House of Usher' and 'William Wilson'), detection ('The Murders in the Rue Morgue') and the bizarre ('The Devil in the Belfry') all feature in this selection of eight stories by Poe – displaying his sense of humour and an understanding of the complexities of the modern sensibility.
An illustrated filmography is also included.
Osborne's modern-day classic, first staged at London's Royal Court Theatre in 1956, voices the frustrations of an entire generation – the so-called "Angry Young Men". Aggression, sympathy and sadness are magnificently portrayed in the stormy triangular relationship between Jimmy Porter, his wife Alison and their best friend Cliff.
Mary Shelley was not yet twenty years old when she wrote this classic tale of a scientist’s attempt to create a new noble species – an experiment which instead produces a monster.
Frankenstein is here presented in the 2nd, revised edition of 1831 and includes an analysis of the most recent criticism on Shelley’s science fiction masterpiece, as well as an extensive filmography.
Henry Lawson, V. S. Naipaul, Nadine Gordimer and Chinua Achebe are respectively Australian, Caribbean, South African and Nigerian, yet they all write in English.
The 'English' literature of the ex-colonies is proving to be the most interesting and innovative of our times: this volume offers a significant example of its vitality and originality. As Salman Rushdi said, 'the Empire writes back'.
In the second half of the 19th century, the British Empire, was at its greatest. Imperialism left a lasting mark on Great Britain itself as well as on the ex-colonies. The atmosphere and issues of this bygone age are evoked in Empire Tales , an anthology of stories by some of the most outstanding British writers of the 19th and 20th centuries, Joseph Conrad, E. M. Forster, Ruyard Kipling, W. Somerset Maugham, George Orwell and Jean Rhys.
Cideb’s unabridged study edition of Joyce’s Dubliners comes complete with a full critical introduction which places the author in the short-story tradition before going on to examine ‘Joyce as Experimentalist’. Emphasis is placed on the author’s various narrative techniques and this allows the reader to see this ‘highly original work’ not only as the reflection of a real world but also as a sophisticated literary construction.
Huxley’s grim but witty vision of the future, first published in 1932, shows human individuals dominated by science and technology in a World State where economic and social stability compensate for the vulgarisation of intellectual life and the absence of political responsibility. But the values of this menacing Utopia are brought into question by the arrival of the Savage...
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This apparently light-hearted novel is written in the tradition on of social comedy started by Jane Austen. The central theme lies in the gradual awakening of Lucy Honeychurch and her eventual liberation from the constraints of upper-middle class society, its hypocrisy and obsession for respectability – a liberation in which love and honesty, in the end, triumph over social conventions.
'The Young King' tells how a shepherd boy becomes a king and realises that money is not worth human suffering.
In 'The Star Child' a baby is found in the forest and discovers his true identity after many adventures.
'The Nightingale and the Rose' is a tale of a nightingale who sacrifices her life to create the perfect red rose for a student in love.
Alice follows the White Rabbit down a rabbit hole and finds herself in the magical world of Wonderland, where anything can happen. She grows bigger and smaller and she meets a lot of very strange characters! These include the Caterpillar on his mushroom, the smiling Cheshire Cat, the Hatter and the March Hare at their mad tea party, the Queen of Hearts at her crazy game of croquet, and many more!
What is the truth about ghosts and the supernatural? Do dead people really come back to haunt the world? Can an entire village be haunted? Can ghosts be photographed? Find out in this spine-chilling book that introduces you to some of the world's most ghastly ghosts and their macabre doings!
Five children go on holiday and discover a sand fairy near their home! The sand fairy is an unusual creature that grants wishes, and this is just the beginning of an incredible adventure for them.
Their wishes are strange, silly…and sometimes dangerous. They go from one exciting adventure to another until finally they realise the power of a wish and whether or not they really want one!
Black Beauty is a touching story written from a horse's point of view. Black Beauty, a handsome, intelligent horse, lives in Victorian England on a peaceful farm with a wonderful master.
But his life changes when he is sold to different masters-some are kind and understanding, but others are very cruel…
Published in 1877, Black Beauty is surely the most loved animal story of all times – an unforgettable classic for readers of all ages.
An abandoned mansion, a ghostly face at the window and mysterious happenings at one of the city's favorite landmarks is the start of a thrilling adventure for Jim Reilly and his teenage friends.Set in cosmopolitan San Francisco, California, this is a mystery story full of suspense with an unexpected twist, brilliantly solved by three young detectives.
Growing up in New England during the American Civil War isn’t easy for the March sisters – Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. With their father away, they must learn to make sacrifices and accept disappointments.
Discover how the four sisters’ dreams finally come true in this timeless classic about love, kindness, and generosity which is based on the author’s childhood experiences.
The Legend of the Unicorn tells the story of Rhiannon Carter, a pretty English girl, who lived in the days of King Arthur. One day she makes friends with a young unicorn in the forest, but greedy Sir Brangwyn finds out and... The King of the Wizards is a legend from Scotland that tells about a young man who wants to become a great juggler, but he doesn’t know that his teacher is an evil wizard. Bedd Gelert is the touching Welsh legend about Prince Llewellyn’s loyal dog who mu...
When he was very young, Jason's uncle took the kingdom of Iolkos from his father, but now Jason wants it back. First he must find and bring back the Golden Fleece. It is a dangerous mission but Jason and a crew of heroes set sail on the Argo to the Black Sea. The Argonauts must battle against giants, huge birds and sea monsters before their journey ends.
Adaptacja biografii Baracka Obamy. Poziom językowy jest dostosowany dla osób średnio zaawansowanych. W nagraniu wszystkie ważniejsze wydarzenia z biografii, opis wszystkich miejsc i ludzi, którzy byli związani z przyszłym prezydentem Stanów zjednoczonych i przyczynili się do tego, że jest on dzisiaj tym, kim jest. Wybitną postacią światowej polityki.
Biografia muzyka rockowego w uproszczonej wersji językowej. Michael Jackson był jednym z najpopularniejszych i najciekawszych muzyków rockowych. Audiobook opisuje życie Mike'a, traumatyczne dzieciństwo, wymagającego ojca i setki godzin prób przeznaczonych na to, by dojść do perfekcji. W tle opowieści o życiu pobrzmiewają dźwięki muzyki największych przebojów. Proste słownictwo, wyraźna intonacja, efektywna forma nauki, a przy okazji interesująca wiedza. Poznajemy wiele ni...
Nobody can remember why the Capulet family and the Montague family hate each other but the feud is longstanding and brutal. When Juliet Capulet and Romeo Montague meet and fall in love the result is tragic, and peace between the two families is only possible after much bloodshed and death. Classic themes such as violence, prejudice, teenage love and parental problems are as relevant today as they were 400 years ago and help make Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet a favourite with...
With an Introduction by Anthony Briggs. Translated by Isabel F. Hapgood. Russia in the 1840s. There is a stranger in town, and he is behaving oddly. The unctuous Pavel Chichikov goes around the local estates buying up 'dead souls'. These are the papers relating to serfs who have died since the last census, but who remain on the record and still attract a tax demand. Chichikov is willing to relieve their owners of the tax burden by buying the titles for a song. What...
Translated by Constance Garnett with an introduction by Anthony Briggs. Dostoevsky's fascination for mental breakdown and violence (20 murders in his four main novels) was based on his own life, and these two unmistakably autobiographical works bear this out. The House of the Dead is fiction, but based on his four years in a Siberian prison. An educated upper-class man is condemned to live among criminals and brutal guards, with arbitrary punishments, lousy food, di...
Translated by Constance Garnett with an Introduction by A.D.P. Briggs. In 1869 a young Russian was strangled, shot through the head and thrown into a pond. His crime? A wish to leave a small group of violent revolutionaries, from which he had become alienated. Dostoevsky takes this real-life catastrophe as the subject and culmination of Devils, a title that refers the young radicals themselves and also to the materialistic ideas that possessed the minds of many thinking pe...
Rozważna i romantyczna - Jane Austen Macmillan Readers: intermediate level Angielski dla średnio zaawansowanych After the death of her husband, Mrs Dashwood and her three daughters, Elinor, Marianne and Margaret, find they must move to a small cottage in Barton Park. There Marianne meets and falls in love with the attractive but unreliable Willoughby, while Elinor longs for Edward Ferrars, the young man she was forced to leave behind... Recommended for older readers. Po śm...
angielski dla średnio zaawansowanych
Macmillan Readers: intermediate level
"Welcome to my house," he said. "Enter Castle Dracula, Mr. Harker." As I stepped inside, Count Dracula took hold of my arm. He was terribly strong and his hand was as cold as ice.'
Świetnie opowiedziana, jedna z najznakomitszych historii z dreszczykiem o losach tajemniczego księcia-wampira z Transylwanii. Adaptacja znanej, legendarnej już powieści.
Angielski dla początkujących
Macmillan Readers: beginner level
A romantic tragedy set against the background of the French Revolution.
Romantyczna tragedia rozgrywająca się w czasach Rewolucji Francuskiej. Mężczyzna, który spędził osiemnaście lat w Bastylii, w końcu wychodzi na wolność. Opuszcza Francję i udaje się do Anglii. Czy tam nie znajdą go wrogowie? Czy odzyska spokój i poczucie bezpieczeństwa?
Macmillan Readers: beginner level The story of four sisters growing up in Massachusetts, USA during the American Civil War. Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March live with their mother in a small town. Their father is away fighting with the Union army. Cztery siostry March - Meg, Jo, Beth i Amy mieszkają ze swoją matką w małym miasteczku. Ojciec walczy na wojnie po stronie unionistów. Jak pięć kobiet skazanych tylko na siebie poradzi sobie z trudami codzienności w tak burzliwych czas...
Angielski dla pocątkujących Macmillan Readers: beginner level Anna is making her first trip alone by train, to visit her aunt. She is nervous and excited. The journey is long and tiring and she falls asleep. She wakes up to find that she has missed her station and that she is sharing the train compartment with a dangerous-looking man. Po raz pierwszy w życiu Anna sama podróżuje pociągiem. Jedzie do cioci. Jest bardzo poekscytowana samodzielną wyprawą. Podróż jest dosyć dł...
Macmillan Readers: elementary level
Five short stories - Room 13, The Whistle, The Message of Death, The Maze and The Lost Crowns of Anglia - that should appeal to anyone who has enjoyed the other ghost/horror titles in the series.
Pięć krótkich historyjek, które zapewnią dreszczyk emocji każdemu lubiącemu horrory czytelnikowi: Room 13, The Whistle, The Message of Death, The Maze, The Lost Crowns of Anglia.
Najlepsze dzieła literatury światowej teraz w przystępnej formie językowej Możesz uczyć się angielskiego czytając powieści Macmillan Readers: pre-intermediate level One of Thomas Hardy's greatest novels, Far from the Madding Crowd tells the story of the life and loves of the brave and beautiful Bathsheba Everdene. Opowieść o życiu pięknej i odważnej Batsheby Everdene. Kobieta pewnej nocy ratuje życie młodemu farmerowi - Gabrielowi Oaka. Od tego czasu ich losy są powiązan...
Translated by Yuan Shibing and J.J.L.Duyvendak. With introductions by Robert Wilkinson. The two political classics in this book are the product of a time of intense turmoil in Chinese history. Dating from the Period of the Warring States (403-221BC), they anticipate Machiavelli's The Prince by nearly 2000 years. The Art of War is the best known of a considerable body of Chinese works on the subject. It analyses the nature of war, and reveals how victory may be ensur...
When Jerry, Jimmy and Cathy discover a tunnel that leads to a castle, they pretend that it is enchanted. But when they discover a Sleeping Princess at the centre of a maze, astonishing things begin to happen. Amongst a horde of jewels they discover a ring that grants wishes. But wishes granted are not always wishes wanted, so the children find themselves grappling with invisibility, dinosaurs, a ghost and the fearsome Ugli-Wuglies before it is all resolved. This edition of Th...
With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Tim Middleton, Head of English Studies, University of Ripon and York. In seeking to discover his inner self, the brilliant Dr Jekyll discovers a monster. First published to critical acclaim in 1886, this mesmerising thriller is a terrifying study of the duality of man's nature, and it is the book which established Stevenson's reputation as a writer. Also included in this volume is Stevenson's 1887 collection of short stor...
Introduction and Notes by Susan Jones, St Hilda's College, Oxford. First published in 1900, Lord Jim established Conrad as one of the great storytellers of the twentieth century. Set in the Malay Archipelago, the novel not only provides a gripping account of maritime adventure and romance, but also an exotic tale of the East. Its themes also challenge the conventions of nineteenth-century adventure fiction, confirming Conrad's place in literature as one of the firs...
The Brothers Grimm rediscovered a host of fairy tales, telling of princes and princesses in their castles, witches in their towers and forests, of giants and dwarfs, of fabulous animals and dark deeds. This selection of their folk tales was made and translated by Lucy Crane, and includes firm favourites such as Rapunzel, The Goose Girl, Sleeping Beauty, Hansel and Gretel and Snow White. It is illustrated throughout by Walter Crane's charming line drawings....
Generally considered to be F. Scott Fitzgerald's finest novel, The Great Gatsby is a consummate summary of the "roaring twenties", and a devastating expose of the "Jazz Age". Through the narration of Nick Carraway, the reader is taken into the superficially glittering world of the mansions which lined the Long Island shore in the 1920s, to encounter Nick's cousin Daisy, her brash but wealthy husband Tom Buchanan, Jay Gatsby and the mystery that surrounds him.
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W idealnym świecie zespoły są trwałe, samodzielne i zawsze w pełni zaangażowane. W rzeczywistości jednak muszą współpracować a ich interakcje powinny się zmieniać wraz z cyklem życia produktu i technologii. Dlatego organizacje potrzebują modeli, które pomagają zespołom stale analizować własne działanie i ewoluować, aby sprostać wymaganiom dynamicznego środowiska biznesowego._x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Oto praktyczny przewodnik, dzięki któremu ułatwisz swojemu...
Lucy Maud Montgomery urodziła się na kanadyjskiej Wyspie Księcia Edwarda. Wcześnie straciła rodziców i jej drugie życie rozpoczęło się, gdy trafiła do domu dziadków. Być może dzięki temu tchnęła w swoją bohaterkę tyle autentyczności i uczyniła z niej najlepszą literacką przyjaciółkę milionów czytelniczek. W opowieść o Ani wkraczamy, gdy smutne dzieciństwo dziewczynki ma szansę odmienić się, bowiem z sierocińca trafia na zachwycające Zielone Wzgórze, do domu niezamężnego rodze...
To spotkanie zmieni życie Monique. Młoda dziennikarka dostaje propozycję przeprowadzenia wywiadu z Evelyn Hugo - aktorką, która ma za sobą imponującą karierę w Hollywood. Warunek jest jeden: ta rozmowa nie może zostać opublikowana przed śmiercią artystki. Evelyn opowiada o tym, jak wyrwała się z biedy i trafiła do wymarzonego świata kina. Sława, pieniądze, skandale i blask reflektorów W Hollywood nikt nie jest bez grzechu. Dlaczego Evelyn ma za sobą aż siedem małżeństw? Kogo ...
Join Bingo and Bluey as they pretend to catch the train!
Bingo has to catch the train to drop Poppy at nursery and to get to work as a vet.
But one morning the train is not on time. Will Bingo be able to drop Poppy off and get to work on time?
A fast-paced Bluey adventure about the fun of taking the train.
‘Other people finish a film. It’s over and it’s successful. They read the reviews. They have a party. There’s some kind of relief. For me it’s like stamping out cookies. I finish a film and I go on to the next one.’ Woody Allen In this retrospective, Tom Shone reviews Woody Allen’s entire career, providing incisive commentary on his films and shedding light on this uniquely self-deprecating filmmaker, with the help of comments contributed by Allen himself. Superbly illustrat...
One of the most accomplished human beings who ever lived, Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) remains a quintessential Renaissance genius. The perfect companion to the Leonardo Graphic Work edition, this book is a compact catalogue raisonné of all of the artist’s masterful paintings. Drawn from our best-selling XXL edition, the book traces the artist’s life and work across 10 chapters, presenting all known paintings and drawing on his letters, contracts, diary entries, and writing...
Author and pasta expert Danny Freeman is known for his fun and vibrant approach to cooking. His first book, Danny Loves Pasta, made homemade pasta accessible to everyone. In his second book, Italianish, he’s expanding his recipes to cover the entire spectrum of Italian American cooking, with over 100 unique and easy twists on the classics. If you like lasagna but don’t have time to make an entire one from scratch, try Danny's famous Lasagna Soup. If you like the tomato-basil...
This inspiring collection covers the work, the lives, and the enduring impact of five key Impressionists, in one volume that’s a primer and a celebration of probably the most popular artistic genre of all time. Each featured artist broke boundaries in different ways, astounding late 19th-century society with their boldness of vision and technique. Edgar Degas explored movement and the human form with masterly style and innovative compositions, most famously of dancers, raceh...
Introduction and Notes by John S. Whitley, University of Sussex. Wuthering Heights is a wild, passionate story of the intense and almost demonic love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, a foundling adopted by Catherine's father. After Mr Earnshaw's death, Heathcliff is bullied and humiliated by Catherine's brother Hindley and wrongly believing that his love for Catherine is not reciprocated, leaves Wuthering Heights, only to return years later as a wealthy and polished...
Two bestselling book creators bring prehistoric sea beasts to life in this spectacular pop-up masterpiece!While dinosaurs patrolled the lands, massive prehistoric sharks, giant scorpions and colossal squid cruised the ancient oceans – most with just one thing in mind: eat or be eaten. Full of captivating facts and more than thirty-five breathtaking pop-ups, this incredible companion volume to the bestselling Encyclopedia Prehistorica: Dinosaurs explores the prehistoric underw...
W kategorii „Książki obcojęzyczne” umieszczone zostały wszystkie utwory napisane w języku innym niż polski. Znajdują się tutaj publikacje autorów pochodzących z różnych krajów i kultur, poruszające wiele różnych tematów, problemów czy zagadnień. Publikacje w kategorii „Książki obcojęzyczne” przeznaczone są dla czytelników, którzy przez lekturę książek w językach obcych chcą podszkolić swoją znajomość danego języka. Niektóre z publikacji zostały specjalnie przygotowane, aby pomóc w takiej nauce. Znaleźć tu można zarówno klasyki literatury światowej, jak i książki współczesnych pisarzy. Czytelnicy mogą przeczytać w oryginale m.in. książki amerykańskiego pisarza, autora fantasy i opowieści grozy oraz jednego z prekursorów fantastyki naukowej H.P. Lovecrafta (“The Call of Cthulhu”, “The Shadow Out of Time”), czołowego przedstawiciela nurtu powieści detektywistycznej i twórcy postaci Sherlocka Holmesa, Arthura Conana Doyle’a (“The Hound of the Baskervilles”, “A Study in Scarlet”), czy irlandzkiego poety, prozaika i dramatopisarza Oscara Wilde’a (“The Happy Prince and Other Tales”, “The Canterville Ghost”). W nauce języka pomogą wydania dwujęzyczne, tego typu pozycje oferuje m.in. wydawnictwo Wymowne. W ich ofercie znaleźć możemy takie tytuły jak “Treasure Island” Roberta Louisa Stevensona, “Heart of Darkness” Josepha Conrada czy “The Sphinx Without a Secret” Oscara Wilde’a. Alternatywny sposób nauki proponuje wydawnictwo Poltex. Przygotowane przez nich książki mają pomóc czytelnikowi w nauce dzięki czytaniu i jednoczesnym słuchaniu przez niego tekstu w języku angielskim oraz wykonywaniu specjalnych ćwiczeń po każdym rozdziale. Oferują oni takie tytuły jak “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” Arthura Conana Doyle’a, “Anne of Green Gables” Lucy Maud Montgomery, “The Secret Garden” Frances Hodgson Burnett, “Frankenstein” Mary Shelley, “Alice in Wonderland” Lewisa Carrolla czy “The Picture of Dorian Gray” Oscara Wilde’a. Najwięcej książek w tej kategorii napisanych zostało w języku angielskim, ale znajdują się tu również pozycje w języku rosyjskim, francuskim czy niemieckim.
