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The Wave is based on a true incident that occured in a high school history class in Palo Alto, California, in 1969. The powerful forces of group pressure that pervaded many historic movements such as ...

It´s Tim´s birthday. Instead of a package, Tim gets a mysterious letter -- written in code! It begins: "When the moon comes up , look for the biggest star." Tim -- and the reader -- are off, following...

Thi textbook has been a leader in its discipline for so long due to the authors´ five original principles - choose selections primarily for their literary value, include as many complete works as poss...

Only moments later, César is led away by police as they clear the crowds away from the man he has just killed. But César is no the only man to be riled by the rumours being sperad in his Colombian hom...

He was never married, never loved and never gone to bed with a woman he didn´t pay. But on finding a young girl naked and asleep on the brothel owner´s ned, a passion is ignited in his heart - and he ...

When newlywed Angle Vicario and Bayardo San Román are left to their wedding night, Bayardo discovers that his new wife is no virgin. Disgusted, he returns Angela to her family home the very night, whe...

What have the invention of the wheel, Pompei, the Wall Streets Crash, Harry Potter and the internet got in commom? Why should you never run for a train or read a newspaper? What can Catherine the Grea...

1896: Four Englishmen flee for their lives across the merciless Kalahari Desert carrying a stolen fortune in raw diamonds and hunted by a fierce African tribe. The thieves manage to reach the waiting ...

While her grotesque and demanding grandmother retires to bed, Eréndira still has floors to wash, sheets to iron, and peacocj to feed. The never-ending chores leave the young girl so exhausted that she...

In his younger days, Simón Bolívar swept the Spanish back to Europe, liberating South America with his youthful vitality. But lonely, embittered and sickly at the age of forty-six, his power has dwomd...

Whitman is today regarded as America´s Homer or Dante, and his work the touchstone for literary originality in the New World. In Leaves of Grass, he abandoned the rules of traditional poetry - breakin...

The definitive text of this American classic—reissued with an introduction by Edward Albee (Who´s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and A Delicate Balance) and Williams´ essay "Person-to-Person."

With an Afterword by David Pinching Illustrated When Emma Woodhouse sets out on a career of match-making in the little town of Highbury she manages to cause confusion at every step. Jane Austen was ...

Lenny Samuel, a private investigator from Los Angeles, appears in this series at all five levels, In this story, Lenny is forced to do a job for a wealthy businessman. Lenny has to make the ransom exc...

In Lisa Genova’s extraordinary New York Times bestselling novel, an accomplished professor diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease learns that her worth is comprised of more than her ability to remember. N...

When literature student Anastasia Steele interviews successful entrepreneur Christian Grey, she finds him very attractive and deeply intimidating. Convinced that their meeting went badly, she tries to...

Journey to the Centre of the Earth has been consistently praised for its style and its vision of the world. It explores the prehistory of the globe, but can also be read as a psychological quest, for ...

´Shall I compare thee to a summer´s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate . . .´ Shakespeare´s 154 sonnets contain some of the most exquisite and haunting poetry ever written, dealing with ete...

Sensitively edited and with a connecting commentary by editor, Mirjam Pressler, the abridged edition of The Diary of Anne Frank gives younger readers their first introduction to the extraordinary diar...

This is an English-language adaptation of the author´s successful Une simple flute. The book is a practical, common-sense reference guide for flutists. It is extremely comprehensive in its coverage of...

In the style of our Harry Potter: The Poster Collection, this exciting poster set will feature definitive theatrical poster art from The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the K...

This book narrates the mutually mortal historical contest between humans and nature in Latin America. Covering a period that begins with Amerindian civilizations and concludes in the region´s presen...

Macmillan Readers now feature: Carefully graded levels from Starter to Upper Intermediate so your students get the right reading material for their ability. A range ofnew and exciting titles, includin...

From Penguin´s The Originals collection, The Outsiders is an outstanding story of teenage rebellion, written when the author was only 17. __________ Teenagers in a small Oklahoma town have split int...

Translated by Constance Garnett with an Introduction and Notes by Dr Keith Carabine, University of Kent at Canterbury. Crime and Punishment is one of the greatest and most readable novels ever writte...

Gaskell’s last novel, widely considered her masterpiece, follows the fortunes of two families in nineteenth century rural England. At its core are family relationships – father, daughter and step-moth...