A tale of two cities (easy classics)

With daily beheadings and famous buildings being burnt to the ground, Paris during the Revolution is not the safest place to be. When Dr Manette is released from prison and reunited with his daughter, everything seems to finally be getting better. But his daughter's fiancé is keeping some dangerous secrets that lead the family on a deadly adventure. How long can 'happy ever after' really l…

A christmas carol (easy classics)

Who can help a mean old man to love Christmas? How about a ghost? (…or three!) Scrooge’s heart is colder than snow, he’s richer than half the banks in England and meaner than, well, everyone. But when three seriously spooky ghosts turn up to take him on an adventure through time, he soon learns that being cold isn’t cool. Can he change his ways before it’s too late?

The merchant of Venice

Features one of Shakespeares most popular comedies, but it remains deeply controversial. Here, the text may well seem anti-Semitic; yet repeatedly, in performance, it has revealed a contrasting nature. Shylock, though vanquished in the law-court, often triumphs in the theatre Edited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex. T…

Tales of terror and mystery

"When the impossible has been eliminated the residuum, however improbable, must contain the truth."

Frankenstein

“I saw the pale student of unhallowed arts kneeling beside the thing he had put together. I saw the hideous phantasm of a man stretched out, and then, on the working of some powerful engine, show signs of life and stir with an uneasy, half-vital motion.” A summer evening’s ghost stories, lonely insomnia in a moonlit Alpine room, and a runaway imagination—fired by philosophical discus…

A haunting in Venice

Enjoy Agatha Christie’s beloved classic, Hallowe’en Party —the inspiration for the major motion picture A Haunting in Venice , directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh—with a new introduction by Michael Green, screenwriter of the film. When a Halloween party turns deadly, it falls to Hercule Poirot to unmask a murderer. At a Halloween party, Joyce—a surly thirteen-year-old—boasts t…

The black cat & other stories

Suatu pagi, kulilitkan simpul tali di sekeliling leher kucing itu dan menggantungnya pada dahan sebuah pohon. Aku menggantungnya sambil berlinang air mata. Aku menggantungnya meski aku tahu ia mencintaiku. Aku menggantungnya meski aku tahu aku melakukan dosa mematikan yang akan menghancurkan jiwaku.

Because you love to hate me : 13 kisah dari sisi gelap

Pernahkah kau bertanya-tanya mengapa rambut Medusa dipenuhi ratusan ular mungil berbusa? Apakah raksasa benar-benar suka menyantap manusia? Apakah Maut tidak merasakan apa-apa saat mencabut nyawa? Atau, apakah si Penyihir yang mengutuk Putri Duyung hingga mati menjadi buih sekeji yang kita kira? Dalam antologi berisi 13 cerpen magis ini, kau akan mendapat kesempatan menyelami pikiran para an…

Turtles all the way down

Edition

Ed. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9780525555360

Collation

286 p. ; 21,5 cm

Series Title

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Call Number

823 GRE t

Ghost: running for his life, or from it?

Ghost wants to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle school track team, but his past is slowing him down in this first electrifying novel of the acclaimed Trackseries from Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award–winning author Jason Reynolds.