A Reference and Pratice Book For The First Years Of English
This newly revised edition of English Builder is a reference and practice book for the first years of English. It has been extensively revised to meet the needs of learners through updated exercises. With the addition of new and improved features, it will reinforce and update the level of knowledge of the students from the beginners and false beginners level to the intermediate level. It contains a large variety of exercises and illustrations and provides users with a stimulating approach to the fluent practice of the English language.
Outside, the night is cold and wet. Inside, the White family sits and waits. Where is their visitor? There is a knock at the door. A man is standing outside in the dark. Their visitor has arrived. The visitor waits. He has been in India for many years. What has he got? He has brought the hand of a small, dead animal - a monkey's paw. Outside, in the dark, the visitor smiles and waits for the door to open.
Twenty Years After, a sequel to the Three Musketeers, continues the adventures of D'Artagnan and his three friends, Porthos, Athos and Aramis during the hectic days of Queen Anne and Cardinal Mazarin. The story recreates one of the most turbulent periods in French history, marked by petty intrigues and beset with internal revolution.
An orphan, young Pip encounters a convict Magwitch in a churchyard who frightens Pip to steal some food and a file for him. As the years go by Pip is introduced to a wealthy dowager Miss Havisham who is in charge of young girl Estella for who Pip falls madly in love with. Pip also comes into the charity of a wealthy benefactor who provides Pip with an education and upbringing to make a gentleman out of him. Magwitch appears back in Pip's life many years later, and Pip helps Magwitch again. This time for completely different reasons.
Jack Easy is his name - midshipman and sailor of fortune. He takes everything that the toughest British seaman can dish out - and he always comes up for more. This in the Royal Navy as it wars against the Spanish pirates in the early years of the 19th century. So ride the waves and reef the sails, and man the guns with Mr. Midshipman Easy.