📗 The Kite-maker
👤 Anu Kumar
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
It's hard to hope or dream when there is a war on. "The Kite-Marker" is about one married couple Ahmed Rasool and Zaheera. Clare West has managed to answer the main question in the small story - what is the most important thing in life? This story shows that when love and hope live in the family, nothing will destroy it - neither war, nor hunger, nor fear…
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👤 Anu Kumar
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
It's hard to hope or dream when there is a war on. "The Kite-Marker" is about one married couple Ahmed Rasool and Zaheera. Clare West has managed to answer the main question in the small story - what is the most important thing in life? This story shows that when love and hope live in the family, nothing will destroy it - neither war, nor hunger, nor fear…
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📗 The Extraordinary Miss Sunshine
👤 Jane Cammack
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
Not every person's childhood is very happy. Not always school is a carefree period. Alice May moves to another city with her parents. An eleven-year-old girl is excited. But she faces bullying in her new school. Alice doesn't want to tell her parents about this.
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👤 Jane Cammack
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
Not every person's childhood is very happy. Not always school is a carefree period. Alice May moves to another city with her parents. An eleven-year-old girl is excited. But she faces bullying in her new school. Alice doesn't want to tell her parents about this.
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📗 The Enchanted Horse
👤 Victoria Bradshaw
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
ОписаниIt was New Year in the city of Shiraz, Persia. A man with a beautiful ebony horse approached the king. He told the king that it was an unusual horse. If you pressed a button on its neck, this horse would be able to fly. The king got interested. He wanted to get such a magical horse. The man agreed to present it if the king allowed him to marry the princess. First the monarch ordered his son to test this horse.
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👤 Victoria Bradshaw
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
ОписаниIt was New Year in the city of Shiraz, Persia. A man with a beautiful ebony horse approached the king. He told the king that it was an unusual horse. If you pressed a button on its neck, this horse would be able to fly. The king got interested. He wanted to get such a magical horse. The man agreed to present it if the king allowed him to marry the princess. First the monarch ordered his son to test this horse.
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📗 The Beauty and the Beast
👤 Jeanne Marie Leprince De Beaumont
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
Once upon a time in the city by the sea lived a rich merchant with his big falimy. His daughter Beauty, was very special. One day when merchant went back home across the forest the weather got worse and he had lost his way. The man had found a castle. Old merchant went out to the garden and took one most beautiful rose for his Beauty. It was a terrible mistake.
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👤 Jeanne Marie Leprince De Beaumont
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
Once upon a time in the city by the sea lived a rich merchant with his big falimy. His daughter Beauty, was very special. One day when merchant went back home across the forest the weather got worse and he had lost his way. The man had found a castle. Old merchant went out to the garden and took one most beautiful rose for his Beauty. It was a terrible mistake.
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📗 The Watchers
👤 Jennifer Bassett
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
His name is Taras. He is very, very old. He sits under the Palace of Knossos. His sister Aketa is sitting next to him. She is as old as Taras. They do not need water or food. They never close their eyes. Are they dead or alive? They are watching and waiting. They are watchers. There is a god next to them. Poseidon stands in this temple. They look at his statue.
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👤 Jennifer Bassett
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
His name is Taras. He is very, very old. He sits under the Palace of Knossos. His sister Aketa is sitting next to him. She is as old as Taras. They do not need water or food. They never close their eyes. Are they dead or alive? They are watching and waiting. They are watchers. There is a god next to them. Poseidon stands in this temple. They look at his statue.
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📗 The Thames Murderer
👤 Allsworth Anne
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
The police inspector James Hudson discovered, that the dead woman had been the second victim of a serial maniac. The first one was killed four weeks ago, when the moon was full. The murderer sent to the police the weapon of his crime – a belt from the dress, which he used to strangle the girl. He also sent a note with a sign "Jack the Skipper". In that note he was laughing at the helpless policemen.
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👤 Allsworth Anne
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
The police inspector James Hudson discovered, that the dead woman had been the second victim of a serial maniac. The first one was killed four weeks ago, when the moon was full. The murderer sent to the police the weapon of his crime – a belt from the dress, which he used to strangle the girl. He also sent a note with a sign "Jack the Skipper". In that note he was laughing at the helpless policemen.
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📗 The Black Arrow
👤 Robert Louis Stevenson
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
First published in 1888, it is both an historical adventure novel and a romance. It tells the story of Richard Shelton during the Wars of the Roses (1455–1487): how he becomes a knight, rescues his lady Joanna Sedley, and obtains justice for the murder of his father, Sir Harry Shelton.
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👤 Robert Louis Stevenson
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
First published in 1888, it is both an historical adventure novel and a romance. It tells the story of Richard Shelton during the Wars of the Roses (1455–1487): how he becomes a knight, rescues his lady Joanna Sedley, and obtains justice for the murder of his father, Sir Harry Shelton.
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📗 Simon Decker and the Secret Formula
👤 Jenny Dooley
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
A thirty-year-old man Simon Decker was sitting in his room and trying to start writing a detective novel. He had been worked as an expert of the bombs for the army for a long time. The writer stuck on the first paragraph. Suddenly, Simon heard a gunshot, woman's scream and his dog barking. Who and why wanted to kill his neighbor? This man was just a simple scientist.
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👤 Jenny Dooley
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
A thirty-year-old man Simon Decker was sitting in his room and trying to start writing a detective novel. He had been worked as an expert of the bombs for the army for a long time. The writer stuck on the first paragraph. Suddenly, Simon heard a gunshot, woman's scream and his dog barking. Who and why wanted to kill his neighbor? This man was just a simple scientist.
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📗 Marley and Me
👤 John Grogan
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
John and Jenny are young and in love with each other. One day they decide to buy a puppy. It changes their lives forever. Marley is not an obedient calm puppy. He doesn't not listen to commands, doesn't not try to behave well. But he is not a boring dog and makes the life of his owners much more fun. This story tells about the life of Marley - from a puppy to an old wise dog.
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👤 John Grogan
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
John and Jenny are young and in love with each other. One day they decide to buy a puppy. It changes their lives forever. Marley is not an obedient calm puppy. He doesn't not listen to commands, doesn't not try to behave well. But he is not a boring dog and makes the life of his owners much more fun. This story tells about the life of Marley - from a puppy to an old wise dog.
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📗 Man from the South
👤 Roald Dahl
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
The main character of the book wanted to buy some beer and sit near the pool in the garden. The man sat at one of the tables under a yellow umbrella and poured himself some cold beer. An old man in a suit and a hat was passing by. He asked if he could sit at this table and the man allowed it. They talked about the other guests of the hotel, and after a while young American sailor joined this company.
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👤 Roald Dahl
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
The main character of the book wanted to buy some beer and sit near the pool in the garden. The man sat at one of the tables under a yellow umbrella and poured himself some cold beer. An old man in a suit and a hat was passing by. He asked if he could sit at this table and the man allowed it. They talked about the other guests of the hotel, and after a while young American sailor joined this company.
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📗 The Birthmark
👤 Nathaniel Hawthorne
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
Aylmer sincerely loved his spouse, but still science remained the main passion of the young man. One day, he looked at his wife and asked if she knew that he could remove the birthmark from her cheek. This mole looked like a small handprint. Her parents said that the fairy stroked her cheek in the childhood. Even after this Aylmer did not calm down. He became obsessed with the birthmark.
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👤 Nathaniel Hawthorne
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
Aylmer sincerely loved his spouse, but still science remained the main passion of the young man. One day, he looked at his wife and asked if she knew that he could remove the birthmark from her cheek. This mole looked like a small handprint. Her parents said that the fairy stroked her cheek in the childhood. Even after this Aylmer did not calm down. He became obsessed with the birthmark.
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📗 Slowly Slowly in the Wind
👤 Patricia Highsmith
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
Now Skipperton is fifty-two. His wife had left him two years ago. A few months after he separated from his wife, Skip had a heart attack. So he looked around, and bought a small farm in Maine with a comfortable farmhouse. A little river, the Coldstream, ran along the bottom of the garden, and the house was called Coldstream Heights. There was only one thing that annoyed him: his neighbour.
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👤 Patricia Highsmith
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
Now Skipperton is fifty-two. His wife had left him two years ago. A few months after he separated from his wife, Skip had a heart attack. So he looked around, and bought a small farm in Maine with a comfortable farmhouse. A little river, the Coldstream, ran along the bottom of the garden, and the house was called Coldstream Heights. There was only one thing that annoyed him: his neighbour.
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📗 The Oblong Box
👤 Edgar Allan Poe
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
I looked at the list of the passengers' names – there was one name on the list that I knew – Cornelius Wyatt. Cornelius was an artist. He painted pictures. I was very glad to see Cornelius, but he didn't want to speak to me and he locked at his room. Cornelius arrived to ship with his wife and sister, but he also booked a third room, where he put some oblong box.What is in this strange oblong box? Why Cornelius behaves so bad?
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👤 Edgar Allan Poe
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
I looked at the list of the passengers' names – there was one name on the list that I knew – Cornelius Wyatt. Cornelius was an artist. He painted pictures. I was very glad to see Cornelius, but he didn't want to speak to me and he locked at his room. Cornelius arrived to ship with his wife and sister, but he also booked a third room, where he put some oblong box.What is in this strange oblong box? Why Cornelius behaves so bad?
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📗 The Lost Phoebe
👤 Clare Gray
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
Henry and Phoebe loved each other. They were middle - aged people and lived together for many years. They were farmers. Their whole world was a field of harvest, fruit trees and a large yard with pets and birds. Henry and Phoebe lived happily. The spouses often quarreled, like any couple. The wife threatened to leave Henry, but he understood it was not serious.
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👤 Clare Gray
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
Henry and Phoebe loved each other. They were middle - aged people and lived together for many years. They were farmers. Their whole world was a field of harvest, fruit trees and a large yard with pets and birds. Henry and Phoebe lived happily. The spouses often quarreled, like any couple. The wife threatened to leave Henry, but he understood it was not serious.
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📗 Fenrir's Chain
👤 Chris Rose
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
Fenrir was a huge wolf. God Tyr loved to play with him when Fenrir was a cub. But he grew and became bigger and stronger. The gods realized that Fenrir was too dangerous and could kill all of them. They decided to tie the wolf so that he could not harm anyone. But which chain on earth would be able to hold such a monster? The gods went to the dwarves who made the hammer of Thor and lots of other incredible things.
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👤 Chris Rose
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
Fenrir was a huge wolf. God Tyr loved to play with him when Fenrir was a cub. But he grew and became bigger and stronger. The gods realized that Fenrir was too dangerous and could kill all of them. They decided to tie the wolf so that he could not harm anyone. But which chain on earth would be able to hold such a monster? The gods went to the dwarves who made the hammer of Thor and lots of other incredible things.
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📗 An African Story
👤 Roald Dahl
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
The man was preparing to become a pilot. Once he took a plane and flew to watch wild animals during maneuvering exercises in the sky. He damaged the wing of the plane, but was able to return to the airport. The next time the pilot was unlucky - the aircraft's engine died out and he had to make an emergency landing. He saw a small hut and went to her. There lived an old man who grew food. He warmly welcomed the pilot and allowed him to live in his hut.
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👤 Roald Dahl
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
The man was preparing to become a pilot. Once he took a plane and flew to watch wild animals during maneuvering exercises in the sky. He damaged the wing of the plane, but was able to return to the airport. The next time the pilot was unlucky - the aircraft's engine died out and he had to make an emergency landing. He saw a small hut and went to her. There lived an old man who grew food. He warmly welcomed the pilot and allowed him to live in his hut.
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📗 The Hound of the Baskervilles
👤 Conan Doyle
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
This legend has been passing from age to age of Baskervilles family. Two hundreds years ago at Baskerville Hall near bog was living Sir Hugo Baskerville. He was an aristocrat, alcoholic and rowdy. Once he was killed by a big black dog with shining eyes and mouth nearby of bogs. This dog punished his evil. Put a point in this deadly history would try Sherlock Holms.
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👤 Conan Doyle
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
This legend has been passing from age to age of Baskervilles family. Two hundreds years ago at Baskerville Hall near bog was living Sir Hugo Baskerville. He was an aristocrat, alcoholic and rowdy. Once he was killed by a big black dog with shining eyes and mouth nearby of bogs. This dog punished his evil. Put a point in this deadly history would try Sherlock Holms.
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📗 The True Story of Pocahontas
👤 Kelly Reinhart
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
This is a story about a strong love that would overcome all obstacles and even stop a bloody war. Pocahontas was a native chief's daughter. She was eleven when, sitting on the top of a cliff, she saw a big ship in the sea approaching the coast. The ship was full of white people who were searching for gold in the New World. All native tribes were certain that war was upon them and would start as soon as the ship would reach the land.
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👤 Kelly Reinhart
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
This is a story about a strong love that would overcome all obstacles and even stop a bloody war. Pocahontas was a native chief's daughter. She was eleven when, sitting on the top of a cliff, she saw a big ship in the sea approaching the coast. The ship was full of white people who were searching for gold in the New World. All native tribes were certain that war was upon them and would start as soon as the ship would reach the land.
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📗 Casualty
👤 Peter Viney
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
Gail is a nurse in the casualty department. A man has been severely injured in a car crash. His face is unrecognizable, but there is information that he's a famous rock star Alex Hayle. The singer is supposed to be on concert tour worth10 million pounds. But instead of it he's in a coma and the doctors say his condition is serious.
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👤 Peter Viney
📊#Elementary
📖 Description:
Gail is a nurse in the casualty department. A man has been severely injured in a car crash. His face is unrecognizable, but there is information that he's a famous rock star Alex Hayle. The singer is supposed to be on concert tour worth10 million pounds. But instead of it he's in a coma and the doctors say his condition is serious.
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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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