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The ponies were at the Pony Games! Soarin hurt his wing. Did Rainbow Dash fly with the fastest ponies, or with her friends?Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series of traditional tales, popular characters, modern stories, and non-fiction, written for young learners of English as a foreign or second language.Beautifully illustrated and carefully written, the series combines the best of Ladybird content with the structured language progression that will help children develop their reading, writ...

Victor Frankenstein was a brilliant scientist. He wanted to create something beautiful, but he created something terrible - a monster!Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series of traditional tales, popular characters, modern stories, and non-fiction, written for young learners of English as a foreign or second language. Recommended for children aged 4+, the eight levels of Readers and Activity Books follow the CEFR framework (Pre-A1 to A2+) and include language activities that help develop key...

All animals need to eat to live. Some animals eat other animals, and these predators must do some amazing things to hunt their prey!Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series of traditional tales, popular characters, modern stories, and non-fiction, written for young learners of English as a foreign or second language. Recommended for children aged 4+, the eight levels of Readers and Activity Books follow the CEFR framework (Pre-A1 to A2+) and include language activities that help develop key s...

With this intensely moving short novel, Edith Wharton set out `to draw life as it really was' in the lonely villages and desolate farms of the harsh New England mountains. Through the eyes of a visitor from the city, trapped for a winter in snowbound Starkfield, readers glimpse the hidden histories of this austere and beautiful land. Piecing together the story of monosyllabic Ethan Frome, his grim wife, Zeena, and Mattie Silver, her charming cousin, Wharton explores psychological dead-lock:frust...

The Wordsworth Classics' Shakespeare Series presents a newly-edited sequence of William Shakespeare's works. The textual editing takes account of recent scholarship while giving the material a careful reappraisal.The Merchant of Venice is one of Shakespeare's most popular comedies, but it remains deeply controversial.The text may seem anti-Semitic; yet repeatedly, in performance, it has revealed a contrasting nature.Shylock, though vanquished in the law-court, often triumphs in the theatre. In h...

Othello is one of the most powerful of Shakespeare's tragedies. It is a thrilling drama about love and hate, trust and betrayal, jealousy and revenge. With its complex themes, and compelling language, it speaks directly to today's audiences and sparks vigorous debate. This new edition includes the complete text with explanatory notes and a full introduction that describes the setting, summarises the plot and profiles the main characters. It discusses Shakespeare's language and the play's themes,...

William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night is a comedy. In medieval and Tudor times, the 'Twelfth Night' was the end of a winter festival that started on 31 October (All Hallows Eve, or as we know it today, Halloween). Mulled cider was drunk, and special pastries baked, and a king and queen (who could have been servants in charge for the night) ruled the festival until the clock struck midnight. People expected a topsy-turvy evening, with singing and clowning about, when the normal order of things was ...

Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. When the wife of a prominent surgeon dies suddenly in the hospital emergency room of Mercy Hospital in Milwaukee, USA, Dr Maxine Cassidy suspects murder. Maxine is determined to find the killer and starts an investigation of her own. However, when someone tries to kill her, she begins to ...

Mary Lennox was horrid. Selfish and spoilt, she was sent to stay with her hunchback uncle in Yorkshire. She hated it. But when she finds the way into a secret garden and begins to tend it, a change comes over her and her life.She meets and befriends a local boy, the talented Dickon, and comes across her sickly cousin Colin who had been kept hidden from her. Between them, the three children work astonishing magic in themselves and those around them.The Secret Garden is one of the best-loved stori...

In the The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, a huge cyclone transports the orphan Dorothy and her little dog Toto from Kansas to the Land of Oz, and she fears that she will never see Aunt Em and Uncle Henry ever again. But she meets the Munchkins, and they tell her to follow the Yellow Brick Road to the Emerald City where the Wonderful Wizard of Oz will grant any wish. On the way, she meets the brainless Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion. The four friends set off to seek their heart's desir...

Officially Dead is an adapted Upper level reader written by Richard Prescott. When Colin Fenton is offered a large sum of money to carry out a job, he believes it is an easy solution to fix his struggling business. However, the job goes wrong and Colin loses his identity, leaving his wife to try to prove whether he is officially dead. - -Carefully controlled information, structure and vocabulary - Glossary at the back of the book explains some of the difficult words and phrases - The book ha...

"As the boat moved silently over the water, the thing at the end of the rope always followed. Sometimes it pulled away like something alive. For the thing that followed at the end of the rope was the body of a drowned man." Dickens’ sinister story of murder and mystery set in London in the 1860s. - Carefully controlled information, structure and vocabulary - Glossary at the back of the book explains some of the difficult words and phrases - The book has around 2200 basic words for Upper...

Tells the story of Becky Sharp's rise from rags to riches in Vanity Fair. This is a work about the situation of two women during nineteenth century British society and the French Napoleonic wars. Macmillan Readers provide high-quality and enjoyable texts which your students will want to read from beginning to end. Carefully-graded levels from Beginner to Upper-intermediate so your students get the right reading material for their ability. Eight pages of additional exercises and Audio CD in se...

Macmillan Readers provide high-quality and enjoyable texts which your students will want to read from beginning to end. Carefully-graded levels from Beginner to Upper-intermediate so your students get the right reading material for their ability. Eight pages of additional exercises and Audio CD in selected titles. A range of new and exciting titles, including James Bond 007, and Meg Cabot's The Princess Diaries. A truly international range of simplified readers with a prestigious list of aut...

Five short stories set in Amercia in the 1920s and 1940s. The Cut Glass Bowl, Bernice Bobs Her Hair, Gretchen's Forty Winks, Magnetism and Three Hours Between Planes. Macmillan Readers provide high-quality and enjoyable texts which your students will want to read from beginning to end. Carefully-graded levels from Beginner to Upper-intermediate so your students get the right reading material for their ability. Eight pages of additional exercises and Audio CD in selected titles. A range of ne...

Macmillan Readers provide high-quality and enjoyable texts which your students will want to read from beginning to end. Carefully-graded levels from Beginner to Upper-intermediate so your students get the right reading material for their ability. Eight pages of additional exercises and Audio CD in selected titles. A range of new and exciting titles, including James Bond 007, and Meg Cabot's The Princess Diaries. A truly international range of simplified readers with a prestigious list of aut...

Macmillan Readers provide high-quality and enjoyable texts which your students will want to read from beginning to end. Carefully-graded levels from Beginner to Upper-intermediate so your students get the right reading material for their ability. Eight pages of additional exercises and Audio CD in selected titles. A range of new and exciting titles, including James Bond 007, and Meg Cabot's The Princess Diaries. A truly international range of simplified readers with a prestigious list of auth...

Macmillan Readers provide high-quality and enjoyable texts which your students will want to read from beginning to end. Carefully-graded levels from Beginner to Upper-intermediate so your students get the right reading material for their ability. Eight pages of additional exercises and Audio CD in selected titles. A range of new and exciting titles, including James Bond 007, and Meg Cabot's The Princess Diaries. A truly international range of simplified readers with a prestigious list of auth...

The Macmillan Graded Readers series is one of the most popular and respected series of simplified readers for learners of English.

Four stories written by one of the greatest writers of twentieth-century English literature. - Carefully controlled information, structure and vocabulary - Glossary at the back of the book explains some of the difficult words and phrases - The book has around 1400 basic words for Pre-intermediate-level students - Points for Understanding section and Exercises contained within the back of the book...