Livres Anglais - page 87

From New York Times bestselling author David Morrell comes the novel upon which the box office superhit Rambo was based. First came the man: a young wanderer in a fatigue coat and long hair. Then came the legend, as John Rambo sprang up from the pages of First Blood to take his place in the American cultural landscape. This remarkable novel pits a young Vietnam veteran against a small town cop [...]
[lire la quatrième du livre First Blood]

Male, female, deft, fraudulent, constantly shifting: which of the `masquerade' of passengers on the Mississippi steamboat Fidèle is `the confidence man'? The central motif of Melville's last and most `modern' novel can be seen as a symbol of American cultural history.
[lire la quatrième du livre The confidence Man]

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Anne Rice, this sensuously written spellbinding classic remains 'the most successful vampire story since Bram Stoker's Dracula' (The Times)In a darkened room a young man sits telling the macabre and eerie story of his life - the story of a vampire, gifted with eternal life, cursed with an exquisite craving for human blood.
[lire la quatrième du livre Interview with the Vampire]

For this reason, this volume presents the writings in the order of publication rather than composition. Readers can trace the poems through letters, reviews, and related material chronologically interleaved with the texts themselves.
[lire la quatrième du livre Keats's Poetry and Prose]

And in Edinburgh, of all places. I mean, you never think of that sort of thing happening in Edinburgh, do you...?

That sort of thing is the brutal abduction and murder of two young girls. And now a third is missing, presumably gone to the same sad end.
[lire la quatrième du livre Knots And Crosses]

La garantie d'un apprentissage intensif et autonome. 20 dialogues dynamiques qui maintiennent intacte la motivation. 160 minutes d'enregistrement pour comprendre, parler et acquérir la musique particulière de la langue. Un logiciel interactif sonore pour s'entraîner à son rythme et consolider ses connaissances. Un apprentissage adapté pour renouer avec l'anglais.
[lire la quatrième du livre Anglais intermédiaire]

Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are forbidden, being the source of all discord and unhappiness. Even so, Montag is unhappy; there is discord in his marriage.
[lire la quatrième du livre Fahrenheit 451]

Superb fantasy novel from one of the most prolific and sucessful fantasy novelists around reissued in B Format with a new cover
[lire la quatrième du livre Stone of Tears]

One man, Richard Cypher, holds the key to the fate of three nations and of humanity. But until he learns the Wizard's First Rule his chances of succeeding in his task are slim. And his biggest problem is admitting that magic exists at all ...

A novel of incomparable scope and brimming with atmospheric detail: in a world where heart hounds stalk the boundaries for unwary human prey, [...]
[lire la quatrième du livre Wizard's First Rule]

Animal Farm : A Fairy Story by George Orwell - author of 1984, one of Britain's most popular novels - is a brilliant political satire and a powerful and affecting story of revolutions and idealism, power and corruption. "All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others". Mr Jones of Manor Farm is so lazy and drunken that one day he forgets to feed his livestock.
[lire la quatrième du livre Animal Farm]

Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a worldwide bestseller that is cracking kids up from New York to Newcastle! When Greg finds himself thrust into a new school where undersize weaklings like him share the corridors with other kids who are taller, meaner and already shaving, he decides to piggyback on the popularity of his friend Rowley and finally become cool.
[lire la quatrième du livre Diary Of A Wimpy Kid (Book 1)]

Stevenson's short novel, published in 1886, became an instant classic. It was a Gothic horror that originated in a feverish nightmare, whose hallucinatory setting in the murky back streets of London gripped a nation mesmerized by crime and violence.
[lire la quatrième du livre Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other [...]]

Born into poverty, Jack London led a knockabout existence before achieving success as one of the most popular authors of his era. In the course of his brief but active life, he sought adventure—as a hobo, prospector, sailor, and a dozen other occupations—along with self-education from the works of Marx, Darwin, Nietzsche, and Jung.
The vitality and variety of London's experiences are [...]
[lire la quatrième du livre To Build a Fire and Other Favorite Stories]

The lyrical fantasy masterpiece about stories, legends and how they change the world. The Name of the Wind is an absolute must-read for any fan of fantasy fiction. 'This is a magnificent book' Anne McCaffrey'I was reminded of Ursula K.

Le Guin, George R. R. Martin, and J.

R. R.
[lire la quatrième du livre The Name of the Wind]

And now I found these fancies creating their own realities, and all imagined horrors crowding upon me in fact'. The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym is an archetypal American story of escape from home and family which traces a young man's rite of passage through a series of terrible brushes with death during a fateful sea voyage.
[lire la quatrième du livre The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym and Related [...]]

Deux parties complémentaires : Un lexique thématique de 5 000 mots et expressions de l'allemand contemporain, dans un classement qui facilite ta mémorisation. Un guide de communication avec des énoncés types pour chaque situation de la vie courante (se présenter, fixer un rendez-vous, demander ... un itinéraire, écrire un courrier...).
[lire la quatrième du livre Anglais - Le vocabulaire]

Une grammaire de référence claire et complète. Une grammaire qui définit tous les termes grammaticaux, explique tous les emplois et les illustre dans l'anglais de tous les jours, à l'aide d'exemples commentés. Une grammaire qui permet de comprendre la structure de la langue. Un ouvrage facile à consulter. A chaque partie est associée une couleur. Chaque point abordé est numéroté.
[lire la quatrième du livre Anglais - La grammaire]

Le Workbook qui accompagne le livre de l'élève est en 2 volumes pour alléger le poids du cartable. Il propose à la fois un développement des activités du manuel, et des activités nouvelles pour enrichir le travail sur les objectifs de communication et activer les apports lexicaux et phonologiques du manuel.
[lire la quatrième du livre Anglais 4e Palier 2 niveau A1/B1 Let's Step in]

Un ouvrage complet en quatre parties. Toute la conjugaison italienne en 141 tableaux types. Une grammaire du verbe claire et synthétique, illustrée de nombreux exemples traduits. Un guide des verbes à régime prépositionnel. Un dictionnaire des verbes italiens, riche de plus de 7000 entrées. Un ouvrage facile à consulter. A chaque partie est associée une couleur.
[lire la quatrième du livre Bescherelle italien]

Comte italien, le «dernier des Valerii» épouse une jeune et riche Américaine aussi éprise de sa beauté virile que de son patrimoine, dont les vestiges – statues et sarcophages rongés de moisissures – ornent les jardins de sa villa romaine. Mais le jour où l'on déterre une statue de Junon, la vie du comte est bouleversée...
[lire la quatrième du livre Le dernier des Valerii]

Painstakingly restored from Tolkien's manuscripts and presented for the first time as a fully continuous and standalone story, this illustrated paperback of the epic tale of The Children of Hurin will reunite fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings with Elves, dragons, Dwarves and Orcs, and the rich landscape and characters unique to Tolkien.
[lire la quatrième du livre The Children of Hurin]

He is not beautiful. His mother does not want him, children run away from him. People laugh at him, and call him 'The Elephant Man'. Then someone speaks to him - and listens to him! At the age of 27, Joseph Merrick finds a friend for the first time in his life. This is a true and tragic story . It is also a famous film.
[lire la quatrième du livre The Elephant Man]

A Midsummer Night's Dream is perhaps the best loved of Shakepeare's plays. It brings together aristocrats, workers, and fairies in a wood outside Athens, and from there the enchantment begins. Simple and engaging on the surface, it is none the less a highly original and sophisticated work, remarkable for both its literary and its theatrical mastery.
[lire la quatrième du livre A Midsummer Night's Dream: The Oxford Shakespeare]

Twelfth Night is one of the most popular of Shakespeare's plays in the modern theatre, and this edition places particular emphasis on its theatrical qualities throughout. Peopled with lovers misled either by disguises or their own natures, it combines lyrical melancholy with broad comedy.
[lire la quatrième du livre Twelfth Night, or What You Will: The Oxford [...]]

This innovative edition of Richard III emphasizes the play as a theatre work, and this understanding informs every aspect of the editing. The choice of the 1597 quarto text brings us close to the play as it would have been performed in Shakespeare's theatre.
[lire la quatrième du livre RICHARD III]

La référence incontournable pour la prononciation de l'anglais par le spécialiste mondialement reconnu du domaine, avec un CD-ROM pour s'entraîner. Le Longman Pronunciation Dictionary est la référence incontournable pour tout étudiant ou enseignant en langue anglaise.
[lire la quatrième du livre Longman Pronunciation Dictionary Paper and CD-ROM [...]]

The woman in white first appears at night on a lonely heath near London and is next seen at a grave-side in Cumberland. Who is she? Where has she come from, and what is her history? She seems alone and friendless, frightened and confused. And it seems she knows a secret - a secret that could bring ruin and shame to a man who will do anything to keep her silent.
[lire la quatrième du livre The Woman in White]

In 1918 in the peaceful province of Transkei, South Africa, the Mandela family gave their new baby son the name Rolihlahla - 'troublemaker'. But the young boy's early years were happy ones, and he grew up to be a good student and an enthusiastic sportsman.
[lire la quatrième du livre Nelson Mandela]

What do you find in these two countries at the end of the world? One is an enormous island, where only twenty million people live - and the other is two long, narrow islands, with ten sheep for every person.
[lire la quatrième du livre Australia and New Zealand]

A human being is a soft, weak creature. It needs constant supplies of air, water, and food; it has to spend a third of its life asleep, and it can't work if the temperature is too hot or too cold. But a robot is made of strong metal. It uses electrical energy directly, never sleeps, and can work in any temperature. It is stronger, more efficient - and sometimes more human than human beings.
[lire la quatrième du livre I, Robot - Short Stories]

Dartmoor. A wild, wet place in the south-west of England. A place where it is easy to get lost, and to fall into the soft green earth which can pull the strongest man down to his death. A man is running for his life. Behind him comes an enormous dog - a dog from his worst dreams, a dog from hell.
[lire la quatrième du livre The Hound of the Baskervilles]