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The Witches of Pendle Level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library
Akinyemi, Rowena
A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Written for Learners of English by Rowena Akinyemi Witches are dangerous. They can kill you with a look, or a word. They can send their friend the Devil after you in the shape of a dog or a cat. They can make a clay picture of you, then break it . . . and a few weeks later you are dead. Today, of course, most people don't believe in witches. But in 1612 everybody was afraid of them. Young Jennet Device in Lancashire knew a lot about them because she lived with the Witches of Pendle. They were her family . . .
H. Rider Haggard
Another Victorian novel by Haggard. The story of the orphan Ernest Kershaw, who is in search of a better life. One of the mystical moments is a find in the cemetery of the head of a woman who looks like his girlfriend. After that, strange things start to happen. More precisely, it is the beginning of the adventures of our hero.
The Witchstone. Klątwa Drakefordów
Henry H. Neff
Absolutna perełka fantasy dla wszystkich, którzy pokochali takie seriale, jak Dobre miejsce i Lucyfer Laszlo Zebul to osiemsetletni demon i najmniej wydajny pracownik Działu Zarządzania Klątwami piekielnego korpo. Jest między innymi strażnikiem klątwy ciążącej na rodzie Drakefordów, ale woli opalać się na Ibizie, sączyć martini i naciągać frajerów na Manhattanie. Nowy szef daje mu sześć dni na poprawę, inaczej skończy marnie. Dziewiętnastoletnia Maggie Drakeford jest obciążona klątwą i skazana na życie w wiosce zabitej dechami. Dziewczyna cierpi, widząc, jak klątwa powoli zamienia jej ojca w potwora. Przyszłość jej rodziny rysuje się ponuro, ale wtedy pojawia się Laszlo z wieścią, że mają sześć dni na zdjęcie klątwy. Czy Maggie może zaufać przystojnemu Laszlowi? Jasne, że nie. Ale nie może też przepuścić okazji do uratowania rodziny, nawet jeśli jej przewodnikiem miałby być demon. Bohaterowie wyruszają w szaloną podróż przez Nowy Jork, Liechtenstein, Zurych i Rzym. Z pozoru lekka przygoda przekształca się w morderczy wyścig z czasem i poszukiwanie rozwiązania tajemnicy, która rozwścieczyć może nawet samego Lucyfera. Czarny humor, kapitalne dialogi i hollywoodzki rozmach The Witchstone to diabelnie dobra rozrywka!
The Withered Arm - With Audio Level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library
Hardy, Thomas
A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Retold for Learners of English by Jennifer Bassett. A woman and a man . . . words of love whispered on a summer night. Later, there is a child, but no wedding-ring. And then the man leaves the first woman, finds a younger woman, marries her . . . It's an old story. Yes, it's an old, old story. It happens all the time -- today, tomorrow, a hundred years ago. People don't change. But this story, set among the green hills of southern England, has something different about it. Perhaps it is only a dream, or perhaps it is magic -- a kind of strange dark magic that begins in the world of dreams and phantoms . . .
The Withered Arm Level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library
Hardy, Thomas
A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded readers. Retold for Learners of English by Jennifer Bassett A woman and a man . . . words of love whispered on a summer night. Later, there is a child, but no wedding-ring. And then the man leaves the first woman, finds a younger woman, marries her . . . It's an old story. Yes, it's an old, old story. It happens all the time -- today, tomorrow, a hundred years ago. People don't change. But this story, set among the green hills of southern England, has something different about it. Perhaps it is only a dream, or perhaps it is magic - a kind of strange dark magic that begins in the world of dreams and phantoms . . .
The Wizard of Oz - With Audio Level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library
Baum, L. Frank
A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Retold for Learners of English by Rosemary Border. Dorothy lives in Kansas, USA, but one day a cyclone blows her and her house to a strange country called Oz. There, Dorothy makes friends with the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion. But she wants to go home to Kansas. Only one person can help her, and that is the country's famous Wizard. So Dorothy and her friends take the yellow brick road to the Emerald City, to find the Wizard of Oz . . .
The Wizard of Oz Level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library
Baum, L. Frank
A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Rosemary Border Dorothy lives in Kansas, USA, but one day a cyclone blows her and her house to a strange country called Oz. There, Dorothy makes friends with the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion. But she wants to go home to Kansas. Only one person can help her, and that is the country's famous Wizard. So Dorothy and her friends take the yellow brick road to the Emerald City, to find the Wizard of Oz . . .
Alexandre Dumas
During the absolutism in France, the young clog-maker Thibaudt has a deep desire to belong to the aristocracy. One day he saves the life of a wolf, who fled from the baron Jean de Vez and his hunting party. A while later Thibaudt imagine his amazement: the wolf transformed himself into a human and offers him a pact. The wolf promises to grant Thibaults wishes in exchange for a hair on his head. As Thibault wishes harm upon more and more people, the hairs on his head become red and wiry. Thibaults life only gets worse, however; he is able to take revenge on his enemies, but the villagers suspect him to be a werewolf. The Wolf-Leader, a novel by Alexandre Dumas, was originally published in 1857. In the lengthy but entertaining introduction, Dumas explains that the novel is based on folktales he grew up hearing in his hometown of Villers-Cotterts. This particular tale was told to him by a gamekeeper who often took him hunting as a young man. The novel contains elements of horror, fantasy, and science fiction, yet it times is also quite comic.