Martin Luther King had a dream. He wanted blacks and whites to live together happily. But in America in the 1950s and 1960s, all men were not equal. King led peaceful protests against the government a...

Jane and Elizabeth Bennet are the oldest of five sisters in need of husbands, but it isnt easy to find the right man. Are Mr Bingley, Mr Darcy and Mr Wickham all that they seem Will pride and prejudic...

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 FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN addresses the meaning of life, and life after death, in the poignant way that made TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE.An elderly amusement park maintenance worker named Eddie who,...

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....

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...

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...

A young boy, Pete Morgan, is on holiday in the Caribbean with his parents. They are staying on their boat called the Summer Sun. It is the only boat near Blue Sea Island. Or is it One day, Pete has a ...

Roald Dahl is the master of the unexpected. Things are not always what they seem and nobody should be trusted. In this collection of his short stories we learn some strange lessons about the dangerous...

This is the story of Captain Nemo and his submarine, the Nautilus. One day, Nemo finds three men in the sea. For months the men live on the Nautilus. They find a town on the sea floor, beautiful coast...

Classic British English Are you brave enough to read four of Poes famous horror stories Edgar Allan Poe wrote strange stories about terrible people and evil crimes. Dont read this book late at night ...

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 ...

Robinson Crusoe is at sea when there is a great storm. His ship goes down, and his friends die. The sea throws Crusoe onto a beach. He is on an island. But which island Are there other people on it An...

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 ...

This wonderful story of fairies, dreams and lovers is as popular today as it was in Shakespeares time. In a wood outside Athens, four young people are following their dreams, while fairies play strang...

One winters day a mysterious stranger arrives in the quiet village of iping. He wears a long coat and gloves. His head is covered with bandages and his eyes are hidden behind dark glasses. He spends m...

Contemporary / British English (Available June 2008) James D. Watson and Francis Crick won the Nobel Prize in 1962 for the discovery of the double helix, the structure of DNA. In this book, James D. W...

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...

A man fell from a very tall building. Why didnt he die Why did a dead woman have a frozen chicken under her hat What fell out of an old mans ear, and why did everybody laugh And how did a cow fly Find...

British English Count Dracula is a vampire. He drinks peoples blood. He lives in a lonely castle in the mountains of Transylvania. But then he comes to England and strange things start happening. Peop...

King Lear is old but not wise. He loves the two daughters who secretly hate him. He hates the only daughter who really loves him. In time, he discovers his mistake. Has he learnt his lesson Or will hi...

Mark Twain is one America´s most famous and best-loved writers. He wrote about every important subject of his time. Twain´s stories are usually amusing but with a serious message too. You will read ab...

Jean Valjean is free at last after nineteen years in prison. Cold and hungry, he is rejected by everyone he meets. But Jeans life is changed forever when he discovers love. He spends the rest of his l...

* Washington Square: Catherine Sloper lives quietly with her father and aunt in New York. When her father dies she will be a rich woman. One day Catherine meets a handsome young man called Morris To...

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...

His mother is dead, so little Oliver Twist is brought up in the workhouse. Beaten and starved, he runs away to London, where he joins Fagins gang of thieves. By chance he also finds good new friends ...

Original British English Sarah and Jessica arrive in New Zealand for a holiday. They find a mobile phone in the taxi from the airport. It is Michaels mobile, but they cant find him He has messages fr...

Contemporary British English Scientist Harry Dalton knows about volcanoes. His boss, Paul Dreyfus, sends him to Dantes Peak, a small town in the Cascade Mountains, because one of the mountains is mov...

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...

Ben has a job in Mr. Tysons store. Then Mr. Tyson finds money in Bens bag. Get out of my store Mr. Tyson says. But is Ben the thief There is an earthquake in the city - and Mr. Tyson gets his answer.

A tree full of enormous spiders, a living thing with no face, a picture that comes alive, and a boy with no heart. These are some of the frightening things in these stories by M. R. James, one of the ...

Mark Twain is one of North America´s most famous and best-loved writers. His stories are always clever and usually very amusing, but they have a serious message too. In this book you will reade about ...