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...

This collection brings together some of the best examples of late nineteenthand early twentieth-century short stories. Some are about ordinary people to whom something unexpected happens. Others are a...

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,...

Penguim Active Reading provides reading and language learning at five levels, through full-dolour, beautofully illustrated Readers. As well enjoyable stories and texts, each book provides a range of i...

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...

Penguim Active Reading provides reading and language learning at five levels, through full-dolour, beautofully illustrated Readers. As well enjoyable stories and texts, each book provides a range of i...

Benjamin Button is a very strange baby. Born with a white beard, he looks like his grandfather. As years pass, he seems to get younger. This brings many problems, for him and the people around him. In...

Is there intelligent life in other worlds? What special powers do our minds have? How can people suddenly disappear? Are there really monsters and ghosts? Read about some of the world´s most frighteni...

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 ...

Teenagers are bright, energetic and upbeat. They live in an exciting world where they are constantly exposed to sounds and visual imagery, surrounded by technology which they use with ease. At the sam...

Sheherezade is beautiful and clever. She also knows a thousand and one wonderful stories. Her husband wants to kill her, but he cant. Sheherezade tells him stories about a clever servant girl and a bo...

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...

The Cuthberts ask the orphanage for a boy to help at their farm, but a little girl steps off the train. Anne causes chaos at Green Gables, but her good nature wins everyone´s heart.

* Motivating High Level Learners will help the teacher who is looking for innovative ways to stimulate and challenge students at FCE level and above. * With the emphasis on developing vocabulary and...

Explore fascinating content while building language competence and critical thinking skills. The best-selling NorthStar series (Series Editors: Frances Boyd and Carol Numrich), now in its Second Editi...

Danuta, Pablo and Ling are not happy. They live on Mars and there are no visitors to their planet. Why not Mars isnt boring What can they do Ling has an answer...

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...

BACKPACK is a communicative -based series integrating the four-skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing) qith attetion to grammar and vocabulary. Through a motivating mix of photographs, illustra...

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...