At age twelve, Cassandra Madden fell in love with Jefferson Ames, a young man she met at one of her mother's business conferences. Over the years, during periods of loneliness and struggle, Cassie held on to this unrequited love in order to cope with her isolated heart and the pain of a cold mother. Even when Cassie grew up, went off to college, and met a man she thought she'd marry, her heart …
Its inscrutable smile promised many things to many men - but for 700 years none had dared to take the ultimat prize... until now."The Solid Gold Buddha"A plane crash, a near fatal disease - and everything that Bernard Miller cares for in his life is suddenly destroyed. £5 million in gold would solve a lot of problems. Except when it had to be lifted from underneath the noses of the Thai police…
The Merchant of Venice is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. A merchant in Venice named Antonio defaults on a large loan taken out on behalf of his dear friend, Bassanio, and provided by a Jewish moneylender, Shylock, with seemingly inevitable fatal consequences. Although classified as a comedy in the First Folio and sharing certain aspects wi…
Macmillan's "Stories to Remember" series introduces new readers to famous stories whose quality and entertainment value have stood the test of time. The books are abridged and simplified, but as much as possible of the author's original style and storyline have been retained. They are suitable for non-native speakers of English from lower intermediate level upwards, as well as providing an easy…
London of the 1880s: The Forsyte family is gathered - gloves, waistcoats, feathers and frocks - to celebrate the engagement of young June Forstye to an architect, Philip Bosinney. The family are intrigued but wary of this stranger in their midst, who they nickname 'the Buccaneer'. Amongst those present are Soames Forsyte and his beautiful wife Irene - his most prized possession. With that meeti…
Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. Tom Sawyer, a shrewd and adventurous boy, is as much at home in the respectable world of his Aunt Polly as in the self-reliant and parentless world of his friend Huck Finn. The two enjoy a series of adventures, accidentally witnessing a murder, establishing the innocence of the man wrongly accused, as well as being hunted by Injun Joe, the true murde…
Harry Blenheim wasnâ€t what you might call a good-looking fellow, but his face was full of character, with the kindest eyes God ever made. Thatâ€s what his wife Esther had said, back in the days when theyâ€d loved and laughed together. Now, it was five years since they had even kissed goodnight.Still, everyone in Fellburn respected Harry, even if there was no love lost between him and …
Since its immediate success in 1813, Pride and Prejudice has remained one of the most popular novels in the English language. Jane Austen called this brilliant work “her own darling child” and its vivacious heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, “as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print.” The romantic clash between the opinionated Elizabeth and her proud beau, Mr. Darcy, is a splendid per…
This extraordinary historical French gothic novel, set in Medieval Paris under the twin towers of its greatest structure and supreme symbol, the cathedral of Notre-Dame, is the haunting drama of Quasimodo, the disabled bell-ringer of Notre-Dame, as he struggles to stand up to his ableist guardian Claude Frollo, who also wants to commit genocide against Paris' Romani population. The novel has…
Born in Boston in 1809, and dead at the age of forty, Poe wrote across several fields during his life and was noted for his poetry and short stories as well as his criticism. The best of each of these is collected here, including the classic poem “The Raven,” and beloved stories like “The Tell-Tale Heart.” In his introduction to this volume, G. R. Thompson argues that Poe was a great sa…
Leigh VanVoreen had to escape from Boston’s Farthinggale Manor. The foul secret she harbored within her seemed to darken her life forever. Jillian, her mother, would not believe her, and Tony Tatterton, her stepfather, had betrayed her cruelly. But the pure devotion of Luke Casteel promised her hope and respect. Only Luke knew her deepest of secrets…only Luke would love and protect her. …
About the Author-Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer who is most noted for his fictional stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. He is also known for writing the fictional adventures of a second character he invented, Professor Challenger, and for …
When a woman who has received mysterious pearls in the mail is asked to meet her correspondent, Holmes and Watson are called in on the case. A terrible death and vanishing treasure lead to an epic chase through the dawn streets and along the River Thames in this spellbinding mystery.
Heidi is the heart-warming tale of a small girl's power for good, and it has remained a firm favourite since it was published over 100 years ago. It tells of the orphan Heidi and her idyllic existence with her gruff grandfather in the mountains. When she is sent to live in a city, comic chaos ensues, and eventually it is arranged that Heidi should return to the mountains. Together she and her f…
The story is set in medieval England, in a time when King Richard is imprisoned aboard and Norman noblemen are surpressingthe saxons. Ivanhoe, the Disinherited Knight, returns to England from the Holy Land to win his love, the beautiful Lady Rowena,and fight for justice for the saxon peaple. He is helped by an old Jew,Isaac of York, and his daughter,Rebecca, but the evil.
Marie: A True Story is about Marie Ragghianti, the woman who blew the whistle on the corrupt Tennessee government in the 1970s. Peter Maas was famous for his book on Frank Serpico, a whistleblower in the New York City Police Department. He also wrote other fine books about crime. But my favorite is Marie: A True Story.
Buku ini bermaksud untuk menyajikan suatu perencanaan pemasaran yang dapat diaplikasikan segera ke dalam suatu bisnis, berisi tentang teori penunjang dan contoh-contoh konkret yang pernah dikerjakan dan dilakukan penulis sebagai marketer selama kurang lebih 20 tahun berkecimpung di dunia kerja dan bisnis. Diharapkan buku ini akan memberikan pengetahuan praktis tentang pemasaran dan promosi d…
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Fashion Fantasy Camp! Nggak ada yang lebih keren daripada ini. Dua minggu pada musim panas dihabiskan untuk proyek fesyen! Aku dan Evie terbang ke L.A. demi mencurahkan bakat fesyen kami yang, ehem, tentu saja luar biasa. Lalu, tanpa terduga, sesuatu yang spektakuler terjadi. Aku ditemukan oleh orang yang sangat pentingtunggu sampai kamu tahu sendiri. Apa ini saatnya aku menjadi selebritas? …
The author of ‘Future Shock’ describes in detail the new civilisation that is being created all around us – its life-styles, sexual attitudes and work roles, the new social, economic and political structures. From this penetrating analysis, Alvin Toffler points the way we can adapt to the new world and the startling, yet fulfilling, way of life it offers.