The Canterbury Tales (level 3 Penguin readers)+AUDIO
A group of pilgrims going to see the tomb of Thomas Becket in Canterbury meet at an inn in London and decide to take part in a game. The game consists in each pilgrim telling a story on their way to Canterbury. The one who tells the best story will be given a free meal at the same inn.
Added by: naokokt | Karma: 186.54 | Fiction literature | 30 January 2011
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Petals from the sky -fiction literature-
When twenty-year-old Meng Ning declares that she wants to be a Buddhist nun, her mother is aghast. In her eyes, a nun's life means only deprivation - 'no freedom, no love, no meat'. But to Meng Ning, it means the chance to control her own destiny, and to live in an oasis of music, art, and poetry far from her parents' unhappy union.
Susie has freckles and hates them. She has problems with boys. Her friend Donna is very pretty and the boys fall at her feet. But there is a new boy at school. Will Jack fall for Donna? Will he laugh at Susie's freckles? Susie and Donna are about to learn an important lesson about life. Andrew Matthews has written more than forty books for children and young people.
'It was a time when winged creatures ruled heaven and earth !' Evil King Freyne is killed in battle and young Prince Einon is badly hurt. His mother Queen Aislinn asks a dragon to save his life, promising that Einon will be a good king to his people. But he doesn't keep his promise and men and dragons are at war. Will peace ever return to the land? A magical story of good and evil set in the tenth century - a time of knights and dragons! The spectacular film of the story stars Dennis Quaid.
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson remains one of the classic coming-of-age stories for children and young adults today. After the death of his father, David Balfour sets out to meet his uncle and claim his inheritance. This adventure takes him through the highlands of Scotland where he embarks upon a long journey back from treachery and deceit. The reading by David Rintoul, whose voice is easily recognizable from his roles in several PBS productions such as Pride and Prejudice, translates the written word into an auditory landscape of Scotland...
