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H. G. Wells

The Island of Dr. Moreau

Considered one of the fathers of science fiction, H.G.Wells (1866-1946) brought enormous inventiveness and an underlying social vision and moral concern to his strange tales and bizarre imaginings. A student of Darwinian biology, he formed his romantic conceptions of the scientific world at an early age. This novel, one of his first forays into the science fiction genre, concerns a mad surgeon-turned-vivisectionist who, in his laboratory on a remote island, performs ghoulish experiments in an attempt to transform animals into men, with monstrous results. It is one of Wells`s earliest and most sinister personifications of the scientific quest to control and manipulate the natural world, and, ultimately, human nature itself. First published in 1896, `The Island of Dr. Moreau` has intrigued and horrified readers for generations. It will gain legions of new fans in this inexpensive Dover edition.

P. G. Wodehouse

These marvellous stories introduce us to Jeeves, whose first ever duty is to cure Bertie's raging hangover ("If you would drink this, Sir... it is a little preparation of my own invention. It is the Worcester Sauce that gives it its colour. The raw egg makes it nutritious. The red pepper gives it its bite. Gentlemen have told me they have found it extremely invigorating after a late evening"). And from that moment, one of the funniest, sharpest and most touching partnerships in English literature never looks back... Формат издания: 13 см х 19,5 см.

Jules Verne

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Oscar Wilde

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Mark Twain

For nearly two decades before Mark Twain published his finest novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, he was refining his craft and winning tremendous popularity with his short stories and sketches. This richly entertaining and comprehensive collection presents sixty-five of the very best of Mark Twain’s short pieces, from the classic frontier sketch “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” to the richly imaginative fable “Extract from Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven.” Compiled by Pulitzer Prize–winning Twain scholar and biographer, Justin Kaplan, this collection represents some of Mark Twain’s wittiest and most insightful writing.

William Makepeace Thackeray

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Wodehouse

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Jules Verne

"Way Ahead Readers" are an enjoyable way to consolidate and develop the reading skills acquired through the "Way Ahead" course books. There are three Readers at each level, and these are carefully graded to ensure that children not only practise reading at an appropriate level of difficulty, but also gain confidence in approaching new texts. Readers 1С, 2C and 3C are presented as plays. While they can be used in exactly the same way as the other Readers, children can also act them out in groups, or as part of a presentation for parents. Формат: 15,5 см x 23,5 см.

P. G. Wodehouse

It takes a lot of effort for Jimmy Crocker to become Piccadilly Jim - nights on the town roistering, headlines in the gossip columns, a string of broken hearts and breaches of promise. Eventually he becomes rather good at it and manages to go to pieces with his eyes open. But no sooner has Jimmy cut a wild swathe through fashionable London than his terrifying Aunt Nesta decides he must mend his ways. He then falls in love with the girl he has hurt most of all, and after that things get complicated. In a dizzying plot, impersonations pile on impersonations so that (for reasons that will become clear, we promise) Jimmy ends up having to pretend he's himself. Does he deserve a happy ending? Read and find out. Формат издания: 13 см х 19,5 см.

Cecily von Ziegesar

"Welcome to New York City's Upper East Side, where my friends and I live and go to school and play and sleep - sometimes with each other. We're smart, we've inherited classic good looks, and we know how to party. It's a luxe life, but someone's got to live it". "The Gossip Girl" series is the ultimate in glamour and cool - set in New York's glamorous Upper East Side, the narrative follows the thrills and spills (with Jimmy Choo shoes and shopping at Barneys mixed in along the way) of its richest and most beautiful teenage residents.