Penguin Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Dahl Roald

An enormous escaped rhinoceros from London Zoo has eaten James's parents. And it gets worse! James is packed off to live with his two really horrible aunts, Sponge and Spiker. Poor James is miserable, until something peculiar happens and James finds himself on the most wonderful and extraordinary journey he could ever imagine • A new and delectable Deluxe edition of this wonderful classic

Phizz-whizzing new branding for Roald Dahl, the worlds No. storyteller! Exciting, bold and instantly recognisable with Quentin Blakes inimitable artwork. Mr Willy Wonka is the most extraordinary chocolate maker in the world. And do you know who Charlie is? Charlie Bucket is the hero. The other children in this book are nasty little beasts, called: Augustus Gloop - a great big greedy nincompoop; Veruca Salt - a spoiled brat; Violet Beauregarde - a repulsive little gum-chewer; Mike Teavee - a boy who only watches television. Clutching their Golden Tickets, they arrive at Wonkas chocolate factory. But what mysterious secrets will they discover? Our tour is about to begin. Please dont wander off. Mr Wonka wouldnt like to lose any of you at this stage of the proceedings

Ladybird Readers is an ELT graded reader series for children aged 3-11 learning English as a foreign or second language. The series includes traditional tales, popular characters, modern stories, and non-fiction. Beautifully illustrated and carefully written by language learning experts, the series combines the best of Ladybird content with the structured language progression that will help children develop their reading, writing, speaking, listening and critical thinking skills. The eight levels follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR) and include language activities that provide preparation for the Cambridge English Pre-A1 to A2 (YLE) tests. Visit the Ladybird Readers website for more information. The unique code provided in each printed book will provide access to audio, extra activities and learning resources

Книга представляет собой увлекательную повесть известного английского писателя Роалда Дала о захватывающих приключениях Чарли Бакета, мальчика из бедной семьи, неожиданно для всех и для него самого ставшего наследником эксцентричного шоколадного магната Вилли Вонки. Данное пособие поможет учащимся средней школы подготовиться к основному государственному экзамену по английскому языку. Текст пособия соответствует уровню владения языком Pre-Intermediate. Каждая глава сопровождается постраничным комментарием, переводом трудных слов и выражений, а также упражнениями, направленными на формирование коммуникативной компетенции учащихся. Упражнения позволят сформировать коммуникативные умения в чтении, письменной речи и говорении, а также развить лексико-грамматические навыки

A splendiferous new hardback of James and the Giant Peach, part of a collection of truly delumptious classic Roald Dahl titles with stylish jackets over surprise printed colour cases, and exquisite endpaper designs • James Henry Trotter lives with two ghastly hags. Aunt Sponge is enormously fat with a face that looks boiled and Aunt Spiker is bony and screeching. He's very lonely until one day something peculiar happens. At the end of the garden a peach starts to grow and GROW AND GROW. Inside that peach are seven very unusual insects - all waiting to take James on a magical adventure. But where will they go in their GIANT PEACH and what will happen to the horrible aunts if they stand in their way? There's only one way to find out

«Джеймс и гигантский персик» — книга для детей британского писателя Роальда Даля, написанная в 1961 году • Джеймс Генри Троттер собирается отправиться в приключение всей своей жизни • Джеймс живет со своими ужасными тетей Спонж и тетей Спайкер, двумя самыми неприятными людьми, которых только можно себе представить • Жизнь совсем не веселая, пока в глубине его сада не происходит что-то необычное • Персик на самой верхушке дерева начинает расти... и расти... и РАСТИ! Внутри находятся семь очень необычных насекомых - все они ждут, чтобы отправиться с Джеймсом в волшебное путешествие • Книга на английском языке • "Bigger and bigger grew the peach, bigger and bigger and BIGGER." • James Henry Trotter is about to go on the adventure of a lifetime • James lives his awful Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker, two of the meanest people you can imagine

The stories of Exile and the Kingdom explore the dilemma of being an outsider - even in one's own country - and of allegiance. With intense power and lyricism, Camus evokes beautiful but harsh landscapes, whether the shimmering deserts of his native Algeria or the wild, mysterious jungles of Brazil • Here a Frenchwoman is gradually seduced by the sheer difference of North Africa, a mutilated renegade is driven mad by the cruelty of his own people, and a barrel-maker watches the slow decline of his craft. A kindly teacher must choose between the law and a life, while a modest painter is out of his depth in the hypocrisy of the art world, and a French engineer discovers a new sense of belonging in a distant land • French novelist, essayist, and playwright

The Third Horatio Hornblower Tale of the Sea • April 1803, and the Peace of Amiens is failing as Horatio Hornblower takes a sloop on a vital reconnaissance mission • On the day of his marriage to Maria, Hornblower is ordered to take the Hotspur and head for Brest - war is coming and Napoleon will not catch His Majesty's navy with its britches round its ankles. With thoughts of his new life as a husband intruding on his duties, Hornblower must prove himself to be not only the most capable commander in the fleet, but also its most daring if he is to stop the French gaining the upper hand • This is the third of eleven books chronicling the adventures of C. S. Forester's inimitable nautical hero, Horatio Hornblower • Featuring an exclusive introduction by Bernard Cornwell, creator of Sharpe

It wasn't a traditional painter's smock that Madam Jonker was wearing. It was more a Dominican's monk's habit, the fabric as thick and soft as a bathrobe...She was holding a palette in her left hand, a brush in her right, and her black eyes lighted on Maigret with curiosity • During an undercover case Inspector Lognon is shot in a room he was sharing with a beautiful woman who has since disappeared. Inspector Maigret retraces Lognon's secretive last few days and is drawn into the darker side of the art world • Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel has been published in a previous translation as Maigret and the Apparition

Perhaps no fairy tale is as widely known as 'Beauty and the Beast' - and perhaps no fairy tale exists in as many variations. Nearly every culture tells the story in one fashion or another - such cultural phenomena as The Fault in Our Stars and Me Before You are recent examples - and it is impossible to find one version that laid the foundation for the rest. From Cupid and Psyche, India's Snake Bride to South Africa's 'Story of Five Heads', the partnering of beast and beauties has beguiled us for thousands of years • In this fascinating volume preeminent fairy tale scholar Maria Tatar brings together tales from ancient times to the present and from a wide variety of cultures

A Horatio Hornblower Tale of the Sea • In the final instalment of the Horatio Hornblower series we visit some lesser known adventures across our hero's long career, including Napoleon's plans to invade England • 1805 and Horatio Hornblower is in possession of confidential dispatches from Bonaparte after a vicious hand-to-hand encounter with a French brig. The admiralty rewards Hornblower by sending him on a dangerous espionage mission that will light the powder trail leading to the battle of Trafalgar • Hornblower and the Crisis was unfinished at the time of Forester's death, but the author left notes - included here - telling us how the tale would end. Also included are two further stories - Hornblower and the Widow McCool and The Last Encounter - that tell of Hornblower as a very young and very old man, respectively

A Horatio Hornblower Tale of the Sea • 1805, and Hornblower is both humbled and honoured in quick succession • After near disaster on board a canal barge, Horatio Hornblower is given his first assignment as Captain, taking charge of the Atropos, a 22-gun sloop that will act as flagship for the funeral procession of Lord Nelson. Soon the Atropos is part of the Mediterranean fleet's assault upon Napoleon, and Captain Hornblower must execute a bold and daring salvage operation for buried treasure lying deep in Turkish waters. Under the guns of a suspicious port captain and the threat of a Spanish frigate more than double Atropos's size, Hornblower must steer his ship unscathed and triumphant • This is the fourth of eleven books chronicling the adventures of C