Angielski
Washington Square Level 4 Oxford Bookworms Library
James, Henry
A level 4 Oxford Bookworms Library graded readers. Retold for Learners of English by Kieran McGovern When a handsome young man begins to court Catherine Sloper, she feels she is very lucky. She is a quiet, gentle girl, but neither beautiful nor clever; no one had ever admired her before, or come to the front parlour of her home in Washington Square to whisper soft words of love to her. But in New York in the 1840s young ladies are not free to marry where they please. Catherine must have her father's permission, and Dr Sloper is a rich man. One day Catherine will have a fortune of 30,000 dollars a year . . .
Weddings - With Audio Level 1 Factfiles Oxford Bookworms Library
Lindop, Christine
A level 1 Factfiles Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Written for Learners of English by Christine Lindop. 'The bride wore a long white dress, with flowers in her hair. After the wedding, there was a party, and people gave presents to the bride and groom.' This wedding was nearly two thousand years ago, in Rome. Some things don't change. But some things do. Today you can have a wedding on a mountain, or under the sea, or 'Elvis' can sing for you. And different things happen in different places. Little birds made of paper, small trees, money in the bride's shoe, and lots of noise - they are all important for weddings somewhere. Welcome to the wonderful world of weddings!
When God Laughs & Other Stories
Jack London
“When God Laughs & Other Stories” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction. When God Laughs & Other Stories is a series of short stories by Jack London. It consists of twelve moving and thrilling stories such as: When God Laughs, A Wicked Woman, Make Westing or The Curious Fragment.
White Death - With Audio Level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library
Vicary, Tim
A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Written for Learners of English by Tim Vicary. Sarah Harland is nineteen, and she is in prison. At the airport, they find heroin in her bag. So, now she is waiting to go to court. If the court decides that it was her heroin, then she must die. She says she did not do it. But if she did not, who did? Only two people can help Sarah: her mother, and an old boyfriend who does not love her now. Can they work together? Can they find the real criminal before it is too late?
White Death Level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library
Vicary, Tim
A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded readers. Written for Learners of English by Tim Vicary Sarah Harland is nineteen, and she is in prison. At the airport, they find heroin in her bag. So, now she is waiting to go to court. If the court decides that it was her heroin, then she must die. She says she did not do it. But if she did not, who did? Only two people can help Sarah: her mother, and an old boyfriend who does not love her now. Can they work together? Can they find the real criminal before it is too late?
Jack London
“White Fang” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction. White Fang is the name of the book's eponymous character, a wild wolfdog. The story details White Fang's journey to domestication in Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush. It is a companion novel (and a thematic mirror) to London's best-known work, The Call of the Wild, which is about a kidnapped, domesticated dog embracing his wild ancestry to survive and thrive in the wild.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
White Nights - a short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, a Russian novelist, philosopher and short story writer. Many literary critics rate him as one of the greatest psychological novelists in world literature. Like many of Dostoyevsky's stories, "White Nights" is told in the first person by a nameless narrator. The narrator is a young man living in Saint Petersburg who suffers from loneliness. He gets to know and falls in love with a young woman, but the love remains unrequited.
Widmo przeszłości. The Mystery of Cloomber
Arthur Conan Doyle
Książka w dwóch wersjach językowych: polskiej i angielskiej. Widmo przeszłości, czy też Tajemnica Cloomber - The Mystery of Cloomber to powieść brytyjskiego autora Sir Arthura Conan Doyle'a. Narratorem jest John Fothergill West, Szkot, który przeprowadził się z rodziną z Edynburga do Wigtownshire, aby opiekować się majątkiem przyrodniego brata swojego ojca, Williama Farintosha. W pobliżu ich rezydencji, Branksome, znajduje się Cloomber Hall, przez wiele lat nieużytkowany. W końcu jednak zamieszkuje w nim John Berthier Heatherstone, służący ongiś w armii indyjskiej. Generał Heatherstone jest znerwicowany do tego stopnia, że wpada w obłęd. W miarę rozwoju opowieści staje się jasne, że jego obawy są związane z niektórymi ludźmi w Indiach, których w jakiś sposób obraził. W jego obecności ludzie słyszą dziwny dźwięk, podobny do pobrzmiewania dzwonka, który jest bardzo niemiły. Co roku jego obłęd osiąga apogeum około piątego października, po czym jego lęki na chwilę ustępują. Po pewnym czasie w zatoce dochodzi do rozbicia się statku, a wśród ocalałych jest trzech buddyjskich mnichów, którzy weszli na statek z Kurrachee To jednak nie jest koniec tej dziwnej historii...