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In the second century AD, when the Ninth Roman Legion marched into the mists of northern Britain, not one man came back.…

• Rok vydání 2008

'Suddenly, there was a high voice screaming in the darkness: "Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight!" It was…

• Rok vydání 2008

In a hole under the floorboards Silas Marner the linen-weaver keeps his gold. Every day he works hard at his weaving, and…

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• Rok vydání 2011

'Senor Zorro is on the road again, they say,' the landlord began. 'Why do I always hear his name?' cried Sergeant Gonzales…

Word count 31,300 Read at a comfortable level with word count and CEFR level on every cover Illustrations, photos, and…

• Rok vydání 2008

In a gloomy, neglected house Miss Havisham sits, as she has sat year after year, in a wedding dress and veil that were once…

• Rok vydání 2008

'Please, Mr Murdstone! Don't beat me! I've tried to learn my lessons, really I have, sir!' sobs David. Although he is only…

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After dinner we turned the lights out and played 'hide-and-seek'. In the dark, I touched a hand, a very cold hand. Now,…

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• Rok vydání 2009

For thousand of years the dead body of the young king Tutankhamun slept under the sands of Egypt. Then, in the autumn of…

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• Rok vydání 2016

A dark, rainy day in Scotland, long ago. Returning from battle, Macbeth and his friend Banquo meet three witches. 'Macbeth,…

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'You look exactly like him! You can take the dead boy's place and no one will ever know the difference. You'll be rich for…

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Ayesha is a 2,000-year-old queen who rules a fabled lost city. She has the occult wisdom of Isis, the eternal youth and…

Astra's ship is in trouble. There's something very sinister lurking in the canteen. A cakey monstrosity on the war path. And…

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Flies are a nuisance. They are annoying when they buzz around you, but you can brush them away with your hand. After all, a…

There was nothing, and then there was a train. A train with two passengers: a petty thief from a dead-end town, and an…

\nConor is dealing with more than an ordinary teenager should have to: his mum is seriously ill, his dad lives far away with…

• Rok vydání 2018

The Great Network is changing. New worlds, new alliances, new enmities. For Threnody the changes have brought great power.…

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An anthology of Italian tales covering the period roughly from 1370 to 1630, during which the novella was the dominant form…

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In The Lie Detector Gemma's friend says that Gemma tells lies. Gemma's friend wants to teach her a lesson, so she makes a…

A new translation of Jules Verne's From the Earth to the Moon and Around the Moon, telling the story of an audacious journey…

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It is hay-making time on the Wookey farm. Two brothers are building the haystack, but thinking about other things - about…

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It is 1880, in the Opera House in Paris. Everybody is talking about the Phantom of the Opera, the ghost that lives somewhere…

• Angličtina

Horror Stories is no common schlock-fest. Darryl Jones has skilfully gathered the most beautifully written, unsettling…

It was just a smooth round metal ball, less than a metre in diameter. Although it was still hot from its journey through the…

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'The Marquis lay there, like stone, with a knife pushed into his heart. On his chest lay a piece of paper, with the words:…

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\nCallum is a Nought - a second-class citizen; Sephy is a Cross. In their world, Noughts and Crosses don\'t mix. Can Callum…

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• Rok vydání 2008

When men find gold in the frozen north of Canada, they need dogs - big, strong dogs to pull the sledges on the long journeys…

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• Rok vydání 2009

For thousand of years the dead body of the young king Tutankhamun slept under the sands of Egypt. Then, in the autumn of…

• Počet stran 68
• Rok vydání 2016

'Senor Zorro is on the road again, they say,' the landlord began. 'Why do I always hear his name?' cried Sergeant Gonzales…

\nNobody suspects that intelligent life exists on other planets until a cylinder falls to Earth and lands in the town of…

• Rok vydání 2022

A selection of science-fiction tales from the close of the 'Romantic' period to the end of the First World War. It gathers…

Dodger is a tosher, making a living from what he can find in the dingy sewers of Victorian London, but a vicious assault on…