from the back cover: Shirley Homes, private investigator. Like Sherlock Holmes a hundred years ago, she lives in London, enjoys working on difficult cases, and has some helpful friends. She understands people, is a good listener, and of course, she is clever with computers. In today's world that is important, because a lot of crime is cyber crime. In this second Shirley Homes detective story, …
from the back cover: Arnold Bennett is famous for his stories about the Five Towns and the people who live there. They look and sound just like other people, and, like all of us, sometimes they do some very strange things. There's Sir Jee, who is a rich businessman. So why is he making a plan with a burglar? Then there is a Toby Hall. Why does he find there? And there are the Hessian brothers …
from the back cover: The murder plan seems so neat, so clever. How can it possibly fail? And when Sonia's stupid, boring little husband is dead, she will be free to marry her handsome lover. But perhaps the boring little husband is not so stupid after all ...Murder plans that go wrong, a burglar who makes a bad mistake, a famous jewel thief who meets a very unusual detective ...These five stor…
from the back cover: On a quiet sea, the biggest ship in the world is waiting. There is no noise from the engines. Up in the night sky there are hundreds of stars. Behind the ship, an iceburg - a great mountain of ice - goes slowly away into the black night. In the beautiful first-class rooms, rich passengers eat and listen to music. Down in the third-class cabins, families sleep. An exciting…
from the back cover: Dorothy lives in Kansas, USA, but one day a cyclone blows her and her house to a strange country called Oz. There, Dorothy makes friends with the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion. But she wants to go home to Kansas. Only one person can help her, and that is the country's famous wizard. So Dorothy and her friends take the yellow brick road to the Emerald city,…
from the back cover: 'Suddenly, there was a high voice screaming in the darkness: "Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight!" It was Long John Silver's parrot, Captain Flint! I turned to run ...' But young Jim Hawkins does not escape from the pirates this time. Will he and his friends find the treasure before the pirates do? Will they escape from the island, and sail back to England …
from the back cover: Bookworms World Stories collect stories written in English from around the world. These stories from China, Malaysia, Singapore, and India, are by writers Liu Hong, Attia Hosain, Preeta Samarasan, Hwee Hwee Tan, Ridjal Noor, Shashi Deshpande, Ovidia Yu, Nora Adam, Nirupama Subramanian, and Catherine Lim. [word count 28,539]
Minmie, Min, dan Yuurei akan mengadakan Pancake Party. Asyik banget bisa menyiapkan bahan-bahan dan memasak pancake bersama-sama di kebun belakang rumah Minmie! Namun sebelum Pancake matang, tiba-tiba terdengar suara ledakan. BLAAARRR! Wah, apa yang terjadi? Apakah acara Pancake Party mereka batal? Kalau mau tahu,baca saja cerita selengkapnya dalam buku ini. Selain Pancake Party, ada juga cerit…
from the back cover: Choi Eun-Ji tak pernah menyangka dirinya menjadi korban fitnah. Tiba-tiba saja, ketika datang ke sekolahnya dia diseret dan dimasukkan ke ruangan khusus anak nakal. Tak ada yang membelanya saat itu. Bahkan semua teman seolah tidak mengenalnya. Sebenarnya Eun-Ji sudah mengetahui gerak-gerik organisasi tersembunyi di sekolahnya. Bahkan adiknya termasuk anggota aktif orga…
from the back cover: Olivia loves to imagine what she'll be when she grows up. Will she be a ballerina? Or a surfer? How will Olivia decide on just one career when she has so many talents? With five sweet stories and a handle that's perfect for little hands, Olivia fans can take her 'big' imagination with them everywhere they go!