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Bill Gates, the richest man in the world, started Microsoft in 1975 with a friend when he was only nineteen years old. Twenty years later he wrote this book about the future of computers and the Inter...

Classic British English Anna Karenina, one of world literatures greatest novels, tells the story of a beautiful young woman who is unhappily married to a man much older than herself. When she falls i...

In Washington, two Supreme Court judges are murdered and only the young and beautiful law student Darby Shaw knows why. She has uncovered a deadly secret but will anyone believe her Can she stay alive...

Classic British English Edmond Dantes is a clever young seaman, but he has enemies who tell lies about him. On the day of his wedding to the beautiful Mercedes, Edmond is thrown into prison. There he...

The man has been shot many times. Who wants to kill him, and why The man cant remember. As he begins to learn about his past, he becomes even more confused. Does he have a future Or will he be killed ...

There is a climate of secrecy and fear at the Paris Opera. People are dying and a beautiful, talented young singer has disappeared. Is this the work of the Opera ghost Is the ghost a man or a monster ...

Inventors are special people. They see everyday objects and imagine something better. They solve old problems with new ideas. Their inventions can help people or destroy them, but only the greatest id...

Classic British English Scrooge is a cold, hard man. He loves money, and he doesnt like people. He really doesnt like Christmas. But when some ghosts visit him, they show him his past life, his life ...

Gulliver travels across the sea from England and has an accident. He arrives in a country of very, very small people. What will they do with him How will he talk to them And why are the Big-enders fig...

The Penguin Readers are graded at seven levels of difficulty from easystarts to level 6 (Advanced). They fall into three sub-categories (Contemporary, Classics and Originals) ithin the one series, mak...

The mummified body of Imhotep wakes once again and continues his campaign of rage and terror.

Susie has freckles, and she hates them. Her best friend, Donna, has pretty hair, nice teeth and blue eyes. Donna never has problems with boys. Now there is a new boy at school, and Donna is interested...

Tom Sawyer loves adventures. He has them at home, at school, and with his friends - Huck Finn, Joe Harper, and Becky Thatcher. Tom has one adventure in a graveyard, one in an old house, one in a cave....

The Penguin Readers are graded at seven levels of difficulty from easystarts to level 6 (Advanced). They fall into three sub-categories (Contemporary, Classics and Originals) ithin the one series, mak...

Kim is running through the streets of the old town. She is frightened. A man with dark eyes and a knife is looking for her. He is going to catch her. This holiday in beautiful Barcelona is suddenly ve...

Babe leaves the farm for the city. He wants to male some money "But nobody wins in the city", says Bob, a chimpanzee. "And nobody helps anybody. Understand?" Babe doesn´t understand, because he always...

* Amistad: In 1839, a young man called Cinque leads a group of Africans to take control of the slave ship Amistad. * They want to return to their homes in Africa but instead they land in America and...

Rip Van Winkle walks into the mountains one day and meets some strange old men. He comes home twenty years later. One dark night, Ichabod Crane is riding home and sees a man on a black horse behind hi...

Fifteen-year old John renchard lives in a quiet village. But after dark, Moonfleet is a village with secrets. A dead man walks the streets, and smugglers do their work. When John accidentally learns a...

Kate Grant comes from Canada. She is visiting Europe with her mother and father. One evening she sees two men in a museum. They are taking a very famous pictureGirl with a Pearl Ear-ring. What can Kat...

Norma is always right. But has she got the right train tickets What happens when Mrs Roberts has coffee with Mrs Price And is David ready for his wedding The answers are in these six sketches.

Original British EnglishA girl sees a quiet good-looking boy on the boat to Spain. She loves his shy smile and she wants to see him again. The boy wants to be with her too, but there are problems. Ca...

On the beach near Nicks home there is a surfing competition with a big prize. Nick is a very good surfer. He wants to win the prize and go to Australia. But Nicks father is not happy. Can Nick win the...

"Vivi como escravo por doze anos, até que fui resgatado e voltei a ser um homem livre." Solomon Northup foi sequestrado como um homem livre e vendido como escravo. Esta é a história de seus doze anos ...

Penguin Readers é uma série de leitura graduada para mercados de ensino de inglês (ELT), projetada para adolescentes e jovens adultos aprendendo inglês como língua estrangeira ou segunda língua.

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 inc...