📗 The Monkey King
👤 Wu Cheng
📊#Intermediate
📖 Description:
China's most popular traditional novel, Journey to the West is the thrilling story of the Monkey King and his epic quest, with his trusted companions, to redeem himself. They face fantastic foes, demons and monsters during their amazing adventures traveling to the Western paradise.
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👤 Wu Cheng
📊#Intermediate
📖 Description:
China's most popular traditional novel, Journey to the West is the thrilling story of the Monkey King and his epic quest, with his trusted companions, to redeem himself. They face fantastic foes, demons and monsters during their amazing adventures traveling to the Western paradise.
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📗 One Word At a Time
👤 Lian De La Cruz
📊#PreIntermediate
📖 Description:
These are four stories about completely different people. They are connected by an interesting plot and vivid emotions. After reading this book the reader can understand how completely different stories can perfectly harmonize and complement each other.
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👤 Lian De La Cruz
📊#PreIntermediate
📖 Description:
These are four stories about completely different people. They are connected by an interesting plot and vivid emotions. After reading this book the reader can understand how completely different stories can perfectly harmonize and complement each other.
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📗 Sleeping Beauty
👤 Charles Perrault
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
There was a festive party in honor of the princess. Seven fairies were invited except the eighth one. However, the uninvited guest came. The eighth guest told everybody that the princess would prick her hand on a spindle and die. But the young fairy appeared and promised that the princess wouldn’t die. She would only sleep for 100 years. Then a handsome prince will be able to wake her up.
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👤 Charles Perrault
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
There was a festive party in honor of the princess. Seven fairies were invited except the eighth one. However, the uninvited guest came. The eighth guest told everybody that the princess would prick her hand on a spindle and die. But the young fairy appeared and promised that the princess wouldn’t die. She would only sleep for 100 years. Then a handsome prince will be able to wake her up.
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📗 The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
👤 Christopher Marlowe
📊#Intermediate
📖 Description:
Immortal story about the eternal. Humanity has been fighting against sin from the immemorial times. Doctor Faustus is a gripping play based on the German story Faust, in which a man sells his soul to the devil for power and knowledge.
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👤 Christopher Marlowe
📊#Intermediate
📖 Description:
Immortal story about the eternal. Humanity has been fighting against sin from the immemorial times. Doctor Faustus is a gripping play based on the German story Faust, in which a man sells his soul to the devil for power and knowledge.
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📗 Benetton
👤 Jonathan Mantle
📊#UpperIntermediate
📖 Description:
Benetton is the real-life story of an extraordinary Italian family and the organization they have built. Faced with poverty in a country ruined by the Second World War, the Benetton family started one of the most successful and large businesses in the whole world. This is all about of hard work and success, discovery and risk-taking and of terrorism, public anger, and court cases.
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👤 Jonathan Mantle
📊#UpperIntermediate
📖 Description:
Benetton is the real-life story of an extraordinary Italian family and the organization they have built. Faced with poverty in a country ruined by the Second World War, the Benetton family started one of the most successful and large businesses in the whole world. This is all about of hard work and success, discovery and risk-taking and of terrorism, public anger, and court cases.
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📗 Maggi
👤 Denise Whittaker
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
Can you imagine how it is to lose a child? Most of people will not be able to. Most of people don't even want to think about such things, as they are really heartbreaking. Maggie has always been a brave and quick-witted girl. Everything happened during my driving test.
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👤 Denise Whittaker
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
Can you imagine how it is to lose a child? Most of people will not be able to. Most of people don't even want to think about such things, as they are really heartbreaking. Maggie has always been a brave and quick-witted girl. Everything happened during my driving test.
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📗 The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
👤 James Watson
📊#Advanced
📖 Description:
This is an autobiographical book by James Watson. He tells about his work on DNA. The author helps the reader to plunge into the days of his youth, when he enthusiastically worked and rested at the local pub in the evenings.
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👤 James Watson
📊#Advanced
📖 Description:
This is an autobiographical book by James Watson. He tells about his work on DNA. The author helps the reader to plunge into the days of his youth, when he enthusiastically worked and rested at the local pub in the evenings.
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📗 The Charm
👤 Jan Carew
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
People usually said about the main character of this book that he was a brave man and he was never afraid of anything. They were wrong. He really was brave, but he knew what fear was, like other people. One day he went home for a week and helped the old man cross the road when all the other people passed by. His life was changed after that.
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👤 Jan Carew
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
People usually said about the main character of this book that he was a brave man and he was never afraid of anything. They were wrong. He really was brave, but he knew what fear was, like other people. One day he went home for a week and helped the old man cross the road when all the other people passed by. His life was changed after that.
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📗 Great Crimes
👤 John Escott
📊#Intermediate
📖 Description:
This book tells about the most famous criminals in the United States. This is not about ordinary petty offenders. These people became really famous by their deeds. Only the most interesting and unusual cases are presented in this story.
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👤 John Escott
📊#Intermediate
📖 Description:
This book tells about the most famous criminals in the United States. This is not about ordinary petty offenders. These people became really famous by their deeds. Only the most interesting and unusual cases are presented in this story.
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📗 England
👤 Rachel Bladon
📊#UpperIntermediate
📖 Description:
England is a small island country. What do most people thing about it? The River Thames, oatmeal for breakfast, prim gentlemen and the famous detective Sherlock Holmes? Walking through a small town in the English outback you can meet a representative of each nation on Earth. In fact, the country has a rich history and culture.
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👤 Rachel Bladon
📊#UpperIntermediate
📖 Description:
England is a small island country. What do most people thing about it? The River Thames, oatmeal for breakfast, prim gentlemen and the famous detective Sherlock Holmes? Walking through a small town in the English outback you can meet a representative of each nation on Earth. In fact, the country has a rich history and culture.
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📗 Casting the Runes
👤 M. R. James
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
The storyline of the book takes place in the early twentieth century. The plot begins with a correspondence between two people. These are Mr. Karswell and Secretary Gayton. Mr. Karswell sends an article to the club. Mr. Karswell considers himself an alchemist. He is very rich - that's all people know about him. Most believe that this person either tells a lie, or believes in something that does not exist.
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👤 M. R. James
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
The storyline of the book takes place in the early twentieth century. The plot begins with a correspondence between two people. These are Mr. Karswell and Secretary Gayton. Mr. Karswell sends an article to the club. Mr. Karswell considers himself an alchemist. He is very rich - that's all people know about him. Most believe that this person either tells a lie, or believes in something that does not exist.
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📗 Emil and the Detectives
👤 Kastner Erich
📊#PreIntermediate
📖 Description:
If Mrs Tischbein had known the amazing adventures her son Emil would have in Berlin, she'd never have let him go. Unfortunately, when his seven pounds goes missing on the train, Emil is determined to get it back - and when he teams up with the detectives he meets in Berlin, it's just the start of a marvellous money-retrieving adventure.
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👤 Kastner Erich
📊#PreIntermediate
📖 Description:
If Mrs Tischbein had known the amazing adventures her son Emil would have in Berlin, she'd never have let him go. Unfortunately, when his seven pounds goes missing on the train, Emil is determined to get it back - and when he teams up with the detectives he meets in Berlin, it's just the start of a marvellous money-retrieving adventure.
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📗 Finders Keeprs
👤 Brennan Frank
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
Harry has always loved archeology: he adored ancient things with the age of hundreds and thousands years. The university often sent him to make a research when another ancient artifact was found somewhere. But Harry didn't like that valuables would crouch in museums. He kept for himself small things that others did not know about. The thief has accumulated a large collection of stolen antiquities.
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👤 Brennan Frank
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
Harry has always loved archeology: he adored ancient things with the age of hundreds and thousands years. The university often sent him to make a research when another ancient artifact was found somewhere. But Harry didn't like that valuables would crouch in museums. He kept for himself small things that others did not know about. The thief has accumulated a large collection of stolen antiquities.
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📗 Rob Roy
👤 Walter Scott
📊#PreIntermediate
📖 Description:
The novel will give you deep understanding of complicated pictures of Scotland and English community relationships of the 18th century. The main hero was called to his fathers business from Bordo. There, in London, Francis found, that his father wanted to give him the commerce business. But he had no desire to know the commerce secrets.
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👤 Walter Scott
📊#PreIntermediate
📖 Description:
The novel will give you deep understanding of complicated pictures of Scotland and English community relationships of the 18th century. The main hero was called to his fathers business from Bordo. There, in London, Francis found, that his father wanted to give him the commerce business. But he had no desire to know the commerce secrets.
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📗 The Way up to Heaven
👤 Roald Dahl
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
Mrs. Foster was terrified of any delay. Either it was being late for a plane, a ship, a train or simply a curtain in a theater rising before she came to the auditorium. The woman left the house half an hour earlier than needed to go the train station. She took the hat, the umbrella and the gloves. But for Mr. Foster, his wife's behavior was annoying and he could not understand her.
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👤 Roald Dahl
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
Mrs. Foster was terrified of any delay. Either it was being late for a plane, a ship, a train or simply a curtain in a theater rising before she came to the auditorium. The woman left the house half an hour earlier than needed to go the train station. She took the hat, the umbrella and the gloves. But for Mr. Foster, his wife's behavior was annoying and he could not understand her.
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📗 Strawberry and the Sensations
👤 Peter Viney
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
How do you live when you are a vocalist of a famous rock band? The hall is full, the fans are excited and you see the bright light of the spotlights and hear the rich sound of an electric guitar. But shortly before the concert a policeman arrives. He warns: there will be a psychopathic killer in the hall. What should the band do? Cancel the show? Or risk everything and give the fans what they are waiting for?
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👤 Peter Viney
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
How do you live when you are a vocalist of a famous rock band? The hall is full, the fans are excited and you see the bright light of the spotlights and hear the rich sound of an electric guitar. But shortly before the concert a policeman arrives. He warns: there will be a psychopathic killer in the hall. What should the band do? Cancel the show? Or risk everything and give the fans what they are waiting for?
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📗 King's Ransom
👤 Ed Mcbain
📊#UpperIntermediate
📖 Description:
Douglas King has been in the shoe business almost all his life. All this time he worked for Granger Shoe – one shoe company where he started as a boy. Now Douglas is a part-owner of Granger Shoe and has a good share of it. Doug has great plans connected with this company. He is going to implement them in the near future. Suddenly two unexpected events happen and ruin all Doug's plans.
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👤 Ed Mcbain
📊#UpperIntermediate
📖 Description:
Douglas King has been in the shoe business almost all his life. All this time he worked for Granger Shoe – one shoe company where he started as a boy. Now Douglas is a part-owner of Granger Shoe and has a good share of it. Doug has great plans connected with this company. He is going to implement them in the near future. Suddenly two unexpected events happen and ruin all Doug's plans.
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📗 Cinderella Man
👤 Marc Cerasini
📊#Intermediate
📖 Description:
It is the legendary biography, which can inspire you for achievements and give you a confidence in yourself. This book is about a unique man - James Braddock. His life costs not only a film, but also a book. Braddock dreamt about his returning to sport and regaining his glory and his dignity. Finally, he took the great opportunity and mounted the ring for obtaining the world title.
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👤 Marc Cerasini
📊#Intermediate
📖 Description:
It is the legendary biography, which can inspire you for achievements and give you a confidence in yourself. This book is about a unique man - James Braddock. His life costs not only a film, but also a book. Braddock dreamt about his returning to sport and regaining his glory and his dignity. Finally, he took the great opportunity and mounted the ring for obtaining the world title.
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📗 Henry VIII and His Six Wives
👤 Janet Hardy Gould
📊#PreIntermediate
📖 Description:
King Henry VIII was an influential leader of his time. However, today he is mostly remembered for having six wives. He was known as a good king but a terrible husband. All his wives were very unhappy. There are many legends and rumors concerning Henry's life. This book allows the reader to get more insight into what was really happening in the King's palace.
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👤 Janet Hardy Gould
📊#PreIntermediate
📖 Description:
King Henry VIII was an influential leader of his time. However, today he is mostly remembered for having six wives. He was known as a good king but a terrible husband. All his wives were very unhappy. There are many legends and rumors concerning Henry's life. This book allows the reader to get more insight into what was really happening in the King's palace.
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📗 Christmas in Prague
👤 Joyce Hannam
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
Josef was born in Prague, but he left his home city when he was a young man. He is an old man now, and he would like to see Prague again before he dies. But he is afraid. He still remembers another Christmas in Prague, many long years ago – a Christmas that changed his life for ever .
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👤 Joyce Hannam
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
Josef was born in Prague, but he left his home city when he was a young man. He is an old man now, and he would like to see Prague again before he dies. But he is afraid. He still remembers another Christmas in Prague, many long years ago – a Christmas that changed his life for ever .
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