Neil Gaiman - Hearts, Keys, and PuppetrySam was brushing her hair when the girl in the mirror put down the hairbrush, smiled, and said, "We don't love you anymore.
Sir Henry Clithering, ex-commissioner of Scotland Yard, is staying with his old friends Colonel and Mrs Bantry. Miss Marple is invited to dinner, and there will be mysteries to unravel.
Having failed to prevent a murder, Miss Marple is all the more eager to unmask the murderer.
Уходя от погони индейцев, капитан Джон Картер из Вирджинии попал в странную пещеру, где потерял сознание. Очнулся он в странном месте, как выяснилось позже — на Марсе, где и был пленён племенем зелёных шестируких марсиан...
Forty-three million miles from the earth--a succession of the weirdest and most astounding adventures in fiction. John Carter, American, finds himself on the planet Mars, battling for a beautiful woman, with the Green Men of Mars, terrible creatures fifteen feet high, mounted on horses like dragons.
The Alchemist is a bestseller that was first published in Brazil in 1988 and is the most famous work of author Paulo Coelho. It is a symbolic story that urges its readers to follow their dreams. An alchemist traveling in a caravan in an unspecified place and time recounts a fable that he read along the way. The story is a modified version of the myth of Narcissus. The twist in this version is that the lake in which Narcissus drowns weeps for the death of Narcissus not because of his beauty, but because the lake could gaze at its own beauty .
Maximus is a general in the Roman army. After his last battle he wants to return to his family. But the new Emperor Commodus hates Maximus, and kills his family. Soon Maximus is a prisoner, then a slave, and finally a gladiator. When Emperor Commodus joins Maximus in the arena they fight for their lives.
Penguin Reader, Level 4
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