Oxford Bookworms Library: Stage 2: Ghosts International: Troll and Other Stories (+ Audio CD) Oxford University Press

Put on a play in the Middle Ages, find out what happens to Floppy in Ancient Egypt and join Nadim and Anneena as they help invent a flying machine! • This collection contains four Read with Oxford Stage 5 stories that are ideal for children who are beginning to read independently. There are tips for parents and fun activities throughout the book for you and your child to enjoy together • Biff, Chip, Kipper and Floppy the dog are the well-loved characters from Oxford Reading Tree, used in schools around the world. With exciting stories, humorous illustrations, tips for parents and after-reading activities, this series is the perfect companion from your child’s very first steps in phonics all the way to reading independence • Featuring much-loved characters, great authors, engaging storylines and fun activities, Read with Oxford offers an exciting range of carefully-levelled reading books to build your child’s reading confidence

This collection of eleven stories spans virtually the whole of Tolstoy's creative life. While each is unique in form, as a group they are representative of his style, and touch on the central themes that surface in War and Peace and Anna Karenina. Stories as different as "The Snowstorm", "Lucerne", "The Diary of a Madman", and "The Devil" are grounded in autobiographical experience. They deal with journeys of self-discovery and the moral and religious thought that characterizes Tolstoy's works of criticism and philosophy. "Strider" and "Father Sergy", as well as reflecting Tolstoy's own experiences, also reveal profound psychological insights • These stories range over much of the nineteenth-century Russian world, from the nobility to the peasantry, the military to the clergy, from merchants and cobblers to a horse and a tree

The men and the woman in this book - William Tell, Tom Blood, Lord Bao, King Matthias, Johnny Appleseed, and Lady Godiva - are all real people from history. But every time someone tells an old story, they change things in it, to make them bigger, better, and more exciting. So what is true in this book and what is not? Read all six of the stories, and see what you think • Retold by John Escott

В эту книгу для юных читателей вошли двенадцать замечательных историй, в которых ведьмочка Винни и её кот Вильбур столкнутся с пришельцами, древними греками и даже со снежным человеком! Чёрно-белые иллюстрации выполнены Корки Полом. Начинающие читатели и новые поклонники серии останутся довольны. Легендарный бестселлер о дружбе Винни и Вильбура обретает новый, завораживающий облик. Волшебный дуэт радует детей и взрослых с 1987 года, а число проданных копий превысило семь миллионов • Винни и Вильбур приняли участие в туре Milkshake Live в 2017 году и Бирмингемского репертуарного театра в 2018 году • По серии "Винни и Вильбур" был снят одноимённый мультсериал • Книга на английском языке • In twelve fabulous young fiction stories Winnie and Wilbur meet aliens, ancient Greeks and even an abominable snowman

"Пиковая дама" уже давно признана одним из величайших рассказов в мире. В этом классическом литературном описании азартных игр Александр Пушкин исследует природу одержимости. Намеки на оккультизм и готику чередуются со сценами петербургского высшего общества в истории страстного стремления Германа овладеть случаем и сколотить состояние за карточным столом. В основе напряженного сюжета лежит ироническое отношение к романтическому мечтателю и • социальному изгою • В этот том вошли еще три крупных произведения пушкинской прозы, начиная от остроумных пародий на сентиментализм и высокую мелодраму в "Сказках Белкина" и заканчивая ранним экспериментом с воссозданием прошлого в "Арапе Петра Великого". Завершает его роман-шедевр "Капитанская дочка", в котором историческая фантастика в манере сэра Вальтера Скотта сочетается с колоритом и приемами русской сказки в повествовании о бунте и романтике

From the international bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale, Dancing Girls and Other Stories showcases Margaret Atwood's masterly skill for storytelling • Students, journalists, farmers, birdwatchers, ex-wives, adolescent lovers - and dancing girls. All ordinary people • Or are they? • In brilliant flashes of fantasy, humour and unexpected violence, Margaret Atwood reveals the complexities of human relationships and maps the motivations we scarcely know we have within us. Populated with characters who evoke laughter, compassion, terror and recognition, Atwood’s stories show why she remains one of our greatest, most original storytellers

Transporting us to all corners of the globe, the tales in Louis de Bernieres’ worldly and entertaining collection Labels and Other Stories feature a cast of unlikely and unforgettable heroes who can be found collecting luxury tinned cat-food labels, posting fish to the President, falling in love with dolphin deities and dining with Brazilian street thieves. And in ‘Gunter Weber's Confession’, we return once more to the Greek island of Captain Corelli's Mandolin and its much-loved characters • Full of wit, charm and warmth, Labels and Other Stories shows the imaginative range and unique storytelling power of one of our msot treasured writers