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Contemporary American English Inman leaves the horrors of the American Civil War and begins a long, dangerous journey home to Ada, the woman he loves. Along the way, he witnesses great poverty, cruel...

Only the Woman in White knows the truth of Laura Fairlies cruel husband. Can Walter Hartwright discover the terrible secret From the moment Walter meets this mysterious woman, his future and that of L...

A story by Stephen King the master of horror. Paul Sheldon is Annie Wilkes´s favourite writer. She loves all his books about Misery Chastain. When Annie finds Paul after a car accident, she takes him ...

Original British English Available May 2008 Ali wants to take photos of people and places in Istanbul, but he has a big problem. He hasnt got a camera. How can he get one

Sherlock Holmes is a very clever man. When people have strange, difficult problems, they come to him. Where is Mr Hosmer Angel Which student saw the exam paper before the exam Why is somebody followin...

Contemporary British English These stories paint colourful pictures of life in Britain and America in the past. We meet some unusual people. Theres the dreamy boy who wakes up one day to find a bird ...

Classic British English The famous Canterville Ghost haunts an old house, but the ghost becomes unhappy when the new owners play tricks on him In the other stories, we meet Lord Arthur Savile, who ha...

Jane Eyre, a poor orphan, grows up in misery until she becomes the governess in the house of wealthy Mr Rochester and falls in love. But mysterious events take place in the house at night, and Mr Roch...

Some people choose adventure. Others suddenly find themselves in danger in their ordinary lives. This book tells the true stories of survivors. In the Antarctica cold or the Sahara Desert heat, in the...

Clay Carter has worked in the Office of the Public Defender for years for low pay when he defends another murderer. But things are not what they seem. This is his opportunity to make money and a reput...

Edgar Allan Poe, the father of the detective story and a master of horror, is one of the greatest American short story writers. In these stories we meet people struggling with fear, revenge, mental il...

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...

One of Hollywoods most successful actors, Tom Cruise has starred in numerous films since his début in Risky Business. Read about his life and career, his major film roles, his involvement with Sciento...

Jim Hawkins and his parents have a quiet inn by the sea. Then one day, an old sailor arrives at the inn. What is he afraid of Dangerous men come to the inn. Jims quiet life changes, and he goes across...

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...

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 ...

It was the quiet ones you had to watch. Thats where the real passion was lurking. They came together at Mountainview College, a down-at-the-heels secondary school on the seamy side of Dublin, to take ...

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...

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.

Original British English Available February 2008 We all know Daniel Radcliffes face from the Harry Potter films. But how did he get the job Did he always want to be an actor And what did he do before...

Contemporary / British English (Available June 2008) When Andrew Manson starts work as a doctor he discovers some unpleasant facts about the medical profession. He struggles against a system that seem...

* 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...

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...

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...

Classic / British EnglishMacbeth, a brave soldier, is trusted by the Scottish king. Then a strange meeting with three witches makes him greedy for power. Macbeth wants to be king. He and his evil wife...