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Скачать книгу (размер 968 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 191) Аннотация: Penguin Student Editions have been specifically designed for readers who are studying a text in detaol. They include a helpful introduction and explanatory notes, character sketches, a text summary, a chronology, language notes, a selection of questions and topics for discussion and analysis, as well as suggestions for further reading. There is not a modern short story writer anywhere to be…

Скачать книгу (размер 580 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 115) Аннотация: La plupart des grand-mères sont d'adorables vieilles dames, gentilles et serviables. Hélas, ce n'est pas le cas de la grand-mère de Georges! Grincheuse, égoïste, elle ressemble à une sorcière et elle a des goûts bizarres: elle aime se régaler de limaces, de chenilles... Un jour, alors qu'elle vient une fois de plus de le terroriser, Georges décide…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: »The Trunchbull» is no match for Matilda! Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a kid-hating terror of a headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull she suddenly discovers she has a remarkable power with which to fight back. It'll take a superhuman genius…

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory is opening at last! But only five lucky children will be allowed inside. And the winners are: Augustus Gloop, an enormously fat boy whose hobby is eating; Veruca Salt, a spoiled-rotten brat whose parents are wrapped around her little finger; Violet Beauregarde, a dim-witted gum-chewer with the fastest jaws around; Mike Teavee, a toy pistol-toting…

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: A little magic can take you a long way. After James Henry Trotter's parents are tragically eaten by a rhinoceros, he goes to live with his two horrible aunts, Spiker and Sponge. Life there is no fun, until James accidentally drops some magic crystals by the old peach tree and strange things start to happen. The peach at the top of the tree begins to grow, and before long it's as big as a house.…

Скачать книгу (размер 4 522 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 888) Аннотация: Many of these stores are now so famous from film and television adaptations that they need no introduction. Roald Dahl is well known as a master of the macabre and the unexpected in the tradition of Saki, and this volume does not disappoint. He began his literary career by writing about his own experiences in the RAF during World War II but soon developed this talent in a series of short-story…

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Roald Dahl's inimitable style and humor shine in this collection of poems about mischievous and mysterious animals. From Stingaling the scorpion to Crocky-Wock the crocodile, Dahl's animals are nothing short of ridiculous. A clever pig with an unmentionable plan to save his own bacon and an anteater with an unusually large appetite are among the characters created by Dahl in these timeless…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 075 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 212) Аннотация: This book features a collection of Roald Dahl's extraordinary short stories, specially chosen for teenagers by Wendy Cooling. The thirteen stories have been taken from «The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl», published by Michael Joseph.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 645 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 520) Аннотация: This collection brings together Dahl's finest work, illustrating his genius for the horrific and grotesque which is unparalleled. «Dahl has the mastery of plot and characters possessed by great writers of the past, along with a wildness and wryness of his own. One of his trademarks is writing beautifully about the ugly, even the horrible».

Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: Dahl is a master at introducing readers to a new sense of what lurks beneath the ordinary.

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: This work features stories including: Death of an Old Man, An African story, A Piece of Cake, Madame Rosette, Katina, Yesterday was Beautiful, They Shall not Grow, Beware of the Dog, Only This, and Someone Like You.

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: 'I won't be full up until I've eaten at least three juicy children'! The Enormous Crocodile is the greediest creature in the whole jungle and he loves eating children! He's a terrible boaster and thinks he's really smart with his secret plans and clever tricks. But he's not as clever as the other animals and they plan to ruin his wicked schemes and teach him a lesson he won't forget. This is a…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 865 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 367) Аннотация: Twenty wickedly anarchic tales from the master of the unpredictable, chosen from his bestsellers «Over to You», «Someone Like You», «Kiss Kiss» and «Switch Bitch». Stylish, outrageous and haunting, they explore the sinister side of the human psyche with unexpected outcomes. There's the wife who serves up a murderous new dish to her husband, the gambler who collects little fingers from losers, the…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: Twenty wickedly anarchic tales from the master of the unpredictable, chosen from his bestsellers Over to You, Someone Like You, Kiss Kiss and Switch Bitch. Stylish, outrageous and haunting, they explore the sinister side of the human psyche with unexpected outcomes. There's the wife who serves up a murderous new dish to her husband, the gambler who collects little fingers from losers, the sound…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: Take a pinch of unease. Stir it into a large dollop of the macabre, add a generous helping of dark and stylish wit, garnish with the bizarre and what do you have? Roald Dahl at his brilliant, hypnotizing best, cooking up some of the unusual stories ever told. Here in one volume are Tales of the Unexpected and More Tales of the Unexpected, making this a superb compendium of vengeance , surprise…

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: From Aardvark to Zipfizzing, this is THE alphabetical guide to everything you ever needed to know — and a lot that you didn't — about Britain's best-loved, bestselling children's writer, packed with fascinating and completely unnecessary facts about Dahl's life, books and family. With snippets from his school reports, secrets that he shared with his best friends and the truth about where he got…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: A new edition of this famous story of Danny and his father who outwit their greedy, rich neighbour, Mr Victor Hazell.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: More classic twisted tales from Roald Dahl, which explore desire, deceit and the macabre with shocking results. In 'Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat', a spurned woman tries on the glossy mink coat her lover has given her as a parting gift. 'Landlady' tells the story of the sinister hotel where the guests check in and never leave; in 'William and Mary' a wronged wife takes the ultimate revenge on…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: The Roald Dahl Treasury is a wonderful collection by and about Roald Dahl, the great storytelling genius. Four themed sections — Animals; Magic; Family, Friends and Foes; and Matters of Importance — introduce some of Dahl's best-loved characters, from Willy Wonka to the BFG, from the Witches to the Twits, from James to Matilda. In each you will find complete stories, poems, memoirs and letters,…