The melancholy death of oyster boy and other stories
That's just a hilarious little scary poems with funny illustrations by a well-known producer, director and extraordinary man Tim Burton! Nice way to practice english, relax and just have fun!

The Physics of Star Trek

By Lawrence M. Krauss

 

 

Even those who have never watched an episode of Star Trek will be entertained and enlightened by theoretical physicist Krauss’s adventurous investigation of interstellar flight, time travel, teleportation of objects and the possibility of extraterrestrial life. Case Western Reserve professor Krauss maintains that Star Trek’s writers were sometimes far ahead of scientists and famed astrophysicist Stephen Hawking’s foreword, endorsing the possibilities of faster-than-light travel and journeying back in time, supports that notion. On the other hand, Krauss also argues that the show is riddled with bloopers and huge improbabilities, as when the Voyager’s crew escapes from a black hole’s interior. This informal manual for Trekkers offers a porthole on the wonders of the universe as it ponders the potential existence of aliens, “wormholes” that allow astronauts to tunnel through space, other dimensions and myriad baby universes.
Sure, we all know Star Trek is fiction, but warp drives and transporters and holodecks don't seem altogether implausible. Are any of these futuristic inventions fundamentally outlawed by physics as we understand it today? The Physics of Star Trek takes a lighthearted look at this subject, speculating on how the wonders of Star Trek technology might actually work--and, in some cases, revealing why the inventions are impossible or impractical even for an advanced civilization. (Example: "dematerializing" a person for transport would require about as much energy as is released by a 100-megaton hydrogen bomb). The Physics of Star Trek deserves merit for providing a refresher course on topics such as relativity and antimatter, but let's face it: the reason most people will want to read this book is simply that it's fun to poke holes in the premises of their favorite science fiction shows!

Skills Booster

Fun with Reading – 2

Level  K

Alphabet, let’s read, beginner sounds, alike and different and other activities.

 

Oscar Wilde - The Canterville Ghost and other stories
Penguin Readers Level 4 (1700 words)

For three hundred years, the ghost of Canterville Chase frightened everybody in the house. Then, one day, an American family come to live there. The ghost tries hard to frighten them but he learns that this family is different.
In the other stories Lord Arthur Savile has to commit murder before he can marry the lovely Sybil and we find out the secrets of the beautiful Lady Alroy. Classic short stories from Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900).