Keller's story is remarkable as she was left deaf and blind at the age of 2. Thanks to her amazing teacher, Anne Sullivan, she learned not only to communicate, but to live a full and active life too.
Old Major, the boar, dreams of farms run by animals for animals, with liberty and equality for all. When the animals of Manor Farm, led by the pigs Napoleon and Snowball, drive out Farmer Jones and set up Animal Farm, the dream seems to be coming true.
But as the pigs ...
How does fate join the paths of three different lives? How much is one of them willing to sacrifice when the French Revolution breaks out? The height of human goodness and the depth of its evil are captured in Charles Dickens/ passionate story of love, war and sacrifice.
Classic / British EnglishOn the wild and lonely Yorkshire moors, a tragic story unfolds as Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff fall in love. But it is a dangerous love, filled with unhappiness and suffering. When Catherine finally breaks Heathcliff ’s heart, Heathcliff decides to break everyone else’s and plans a ...
The story of rubbish told for children growing in reading confidence. From the recycling cavemen of prehistoric times to the landfill sites of today, find out how rubbish has been dealt with and disposed of throughout history.
Only the Woman in White knows the truth of Laura Fairlie’s cruel husband. Can Walter Hartwright discover the terrible secret? From the moment Walter meets this mysterious woman, his future and that of Laura are linked forever
The horror of death row is that you die a little each day. The waiting kills you.
Seventy-year-old Sam Cayhall is on Mississippi’s death row. Sam hates lawyers but his date with the gas chamber is close, and time is running out. Then Adam Hall, a young lawyer arrives.
Can he and ...
In den Ruinen des ehemaligen Nordamerika liegt die Nation Panem, eine schillernde Hauptstadt umgeben von zwolf Au?enbezirken. Um diese Bezirke unter Kontrolle zu halten, zwingt man sie, jahrlich einen Jungen und ein Madchen zwischen 12 und 18 auszuwahlen - um live im Fernsehen auf Leben und Tod gegeneinander zu kampfen....