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This collection of short stories brilliantly illustrates the development of the new literary styles and perspectives that emerged during the course of the twentieth century.

Lesson on a Tortoise
by D. H. Lawrence
A teacher has a challenging class

The Teddy-bears' Picnic
by William Trevor
A newly married couple hit a problem

The Rough Crossing
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Crossing the Atlantic can be stormy

Lamb to the Slaughter
by Roald Dahl
A pregnant wife has a problem on her hands

The Rich Brother
by Tobias Wolff
Is there a limit to helping a brother?

The Blood Bay
by Annie Proulx
A cowboy takes a dead man's shoes

Neupravená kniha v angličtině v originále.

The Footprint Reading Library is the first non-fiction reading series for English language learners to present captivating real-world stories in print, audio, and video. Every level of the Footprint Reading Library includes a comprehensive Teacher's Book that makes lesson planning easy. Each unit in the Teacher's Book features: *a step-by-step Lesson Planner that includes a short summary of the reading, and teachong notes for each of the Read, Listen, and Watch options *a photocopiable Reader Worksheet, Video Worksheet, Reader Quiz, and Video Transcript *detailed instructuins for Teaching with the Reader Worksheet and Teaching with the Video Worksheet *answer keys

Description & Features of National Geographic Footprint Series: Welcome to the sights and sounds of the world with the Footprint Reading Library, a unique new series of graded readers for learners of English. This series offers fascinating stories from the four corners of our world, and develops the language and skills needed to understand non-fiction writing. * A rich selection of engaging non-fiction readers, grouped into five themes: Incredible Animals, Fascinating Places, Remarkable People, Exciting Activities, and Amazing Science. * One hundred individual readers, graded at eight levels from pre-intermediate to advanced, covering 800 to 3,000 headwords. * Each reader is available with a DVD-ROM containing both video and audio content for that reader. * Carefully-controlled gra

Tyto milostné příběhy ukazují čtenáři téma lásky v různých podobách - od služky, kterou opustí její nápadník ve snaze zlepšit své společenské postavení, až po znuděnou ženu v domácnosti, která hledá v životě něco víc. Zastoupeni jsou tito autoři: D. H. Lawrence, Katherine Mansfield, Graham Greene, H. G. Wells, H. E. Bates and F. Scott Fitzgerald. * Second Best * Bliss * A Shocking Accident * The Jilting of Jane * A Christmas Song * The Sensible Thing Neupravená kniha v angličtině v originále. Macmillan Literature Collections jsou knihy v angličtině pro pokročilé studenty angličtiny. Jedná se o soubor povídek v původní neupravené podobě. Do výběru byli zařazeni autoři, kteří píší jazykem, jemuž může pokročilý studen

Life changes completely for Margaret Hale and her parents when they move to a smoky northern city. There, Margaret meets Mr Thornton, a wealthy cotton mill owner, and dislikes him immediately. But the mill owner falls passionately in love with her. Then his workers strike. Against a background of industrial drama and personal tragedy, is there any hope for Mr Thornton’s dream?

Life changes completely for Margaret Hale and her parents when they move to a smoky northern city. There, Margaret meets Mr Thornton, a wealthy cotton mill owner, and dislikes him immediately. But the mill owner falls passionately in love with her. Then his workers strike. Against a background of industrial drama and personal tragedy, is there any hope for Mr Thornton’s dream?

His mother is dead, so little Oliver Twist is brought up in the workhouse. Beaten and starved, he runs away to London, where he joins Fagin’s gang of thieves. By chance he also finds good new friends – but can they protect him from people who rob and murder without mercy?

Jean Valjean is free at last after nineteen years in prison. Cold and hungry, he is rejected by everyone he meets. But Jean’s life is changed forever when he discovers love. He spends the rest of his life helping people, like himself, who have been victims of poverty and social injustice – ‘les misérables’.