The Borrowers are tiny people who live under the floor of the Lender family's house. A nasty lawyer, Ocious P. Potter, wants to pull down the Lender's home, but young Peter Lender meets Arrietty Clock, a Borrower, and they join forces to try and stop him.
1815. Louis XVIII rétabli sur le trône se heurte à une opposition dont l'Empereur, relégué à l'île d'Elbe, songe déjà à profiter. Dans Marseille livrée à la discorde civile, le moment est propice aux règlements de comptes politiques ou privés. C'est ainsi que le marin Edmond Dantès, à la veille de son mariage, se retrouve, sans savoir pourquoi, arrêté et conduit au château d'If... Paru en 1844-1846, Le Comte de Monte-Cristo connut un succès qui ne s'est pas démenti, ce qui en fait une des œuvres les plus populaires de la littérature mondiale. L'abbé Faria, l'évasion inouïe, le trésor grâce auquel les bons seront récompensés et les traîtres punis : le fabuleux destin d'Edmond Dantès possède la simplicité et la force des grands mythes. Conteur éblouissant, aussi à l'aise dans l'action que dans le dialogue, Dumas nous entraîne sans nous laisser reprendre souffle du cabinet de Louis XVIII à la Méditerranée des contrebandiers, des îles toscanes aux catacombes de Rome, puis aux salons parisiens où le mystérieux comte de Monte-Cristo se dispose à accomplir sa vengeance...
When Peter Quill finds the Orb, he doesn't know that it is a stone with unimaginable power that everyone is looking for. Soon he is being chased by outlaws and aliens. But the real enemy is Ronan the Accuser, who wants to use the Orb's power to control the galaxy. Can peter bring together a... číst celé
George Mikes describes the strange things the English do and say.
Richard Branson's life is an adventure, from record-breaking balloon flights to courtroom battles with British Airways. This autobiography of the founder of the Virgin empire, offers an insight into the private and public world of this larger-than-life entrepreneur.
Romeo and Juliet are in love, but their families are enemies. In desperation, they marry in secret but tragedy unfolds ... Macbeth is to be King of Scotland-- but at what cost? King Lear divides his kingdom between his daughters with unexpected consequences.
George Mikes says, 'the English have no soul; they have the understatement instead'. But they do have a sense of humour - they provide it by buying over three hundred thousand copies of a book that took them quietly and completely apart, a book that really took the Mikes out of them.
A woman is murdered and the police have a prime suspect, but cannot prove it. Detective Jane Tennison fights to solve the crime and win the respect of her fellow, male, officers.
Set in northern England during the 1984 miner's strike, "Billy Elliot" tells the story of a young working class boy who chooses not to follow his widowed father's instructions to train to be a boxer. Instead, fascinated by the ballet class sharing the same building as his gym, Billy hangs up his gloves to pursue dreams of being a dancer. But even as he discovers his virtuoso gift for ballet he must hide his triumph from his father and brother -- both miners on strike struggling to keep food on the table. A hit at last years Cannes Film Festival and a smash success in the UK just one week into its premiere, "Billy Elliot" is being hailed as one of the best films of the year.
Hans Andersen wrote many stories, and these are some of the best. We meet a very, very small child, a bird with a beautiful voice, a mermaid with legs, an ugly duckling with no friends and an emperor with some very strange new clothes. These stories teach us lessons for life.
When Patty Bergen sold a red pencil sharpener to the German prisoner in her father's store, a friendship was started that was to bring her much unhappiness, but also the greatest joy she'd ever known. An unusual and moving story set in wartime Arkansas.
Contemporary / American English Silvia Broome is an interpreter at the United Nations. One night she hears a plan to kill the President of the African state of Matobo. Agent Tobin Keller of the US Secret Service must stop the killers. But is Silvia telling the truth? Is she hiding something from him? Is she more dangerous than the President's other enemies? This Pack contains a Book and MP3
Love potions, energy drinks, milk fresh from a cow, celery soda . . . or plain water? What do you want when you're thirsty?
While Thor, the God of Thunder, is a prisoner of the King of Muspelheim, the King describes his terrible plans for Asgard, Thor'... číst celé
