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Книги Bowler Bill
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It's Gromit the dog's birthday, and his friend Wallace gives him an unusual present — a pair of Techno-trousers. At first Wallace uses the trousers to take Gromit for walks, but when the penguin comes to stay, he uses them one night for something different — very different. This strange story won the Oscar(R) for Best Animated Short Film in 1993. |
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When Wallace the inventor meets Wendolene in her wool shop, he falls in love with her at once. But why does her dog, Preston, hate Wallace's dog, Gromit? Then, after Wallace's new sheep-shaving and pullover-making machine falls into the wrong hands, things start to go very wrong. Can Gromit save Wallace from the danger of a close shave? |
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A 'Tall Tale' is a story that's hard to believe, and the five tall tales in this book all tell of ghosts. Some have dark secrets buried in the past, others bring messages for the living. Some are laughable, some are sad, and some are just evil. Sometimes there's a logical explanation for the strangest happenings, but often things cannot be explained by logic alone. Either way, you're sure to find some frightening reading between the covers of this book. |
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'What's your job?' Yukio asks. I'm a sorcerer, the old man smiles, 'and I need a young apprentice.' One day, Yukio — a young boy from old Japan — leaves his sister in the country and looks for a job in the town. He finds interesting work there, as a sorcerer's apprentice. But why must Yukio wait to learn magic? And what happens after he puts a spell on a broom when the sorcerer is away? |
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A topic-based course that allows learners to extend their language skills while learning about the world around them. |
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A topic-based course that allows learners to extend their language skills while learning about the world around them. |
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A topic-based course that allows learners to extend their language skills while learning about the world around them. |
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A topic-based course that allows learners to extend their language skills while learning about the world around them. |
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A topic-based course that allows learners to extend their language skills while learning about the world around them. |
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Senor Zorro is on the road again, they say, the landlord began. Why do I always hear his name? cried Sergeant Gonzales angrily. Zorro fights to help the poor and weak in California under the Spanish Governor's rule. Sergeant Gonzales has promised to catch and kill him, so how does Zorro always escape? And how will Senorita Lolita — the only daughter of a fine but poor old family — choose between Zorro, the exciting outlaw, and Don Diego, the rich but boring young man who wants to marry her? |
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King Shahriyar cannot trust women. Every afternoon he marries a wife, but the next morning he always kills her. One day, the Vizier cannot find any more wives for the King. What can he do? I can be Shahriyar's new wife! says Sheherazade, his older daughter. God willing I can stay alive, and help the women of our country. But how can Sheherezade stay alive for a thousand and one nights? And does Shahriyar learn to trust women again in the end? This famous story of stories has the answers. |
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Tristan and Isolde are in love, but Isolde must marry King Mark. So a happy love story seems impossible... The lovers meet every day but then, one night, King Mark finds them together. Now Tristan must leave the castle, but he is badly hurt and dying. Only Isolde can help him. Can Isolde find Tristan in time? Can their love survive? |
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A topic-based course that allows learners to extend their language skills while learning about the world around them. |
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I see Troy in flames years from now — because Paris brings disaster to us, Queen Hecuba says about her son. Paris's father, King Priam, wants to kills him. But Paris lives, and later loves Helen — King Menelaus's queen — from Greece. When Paris brings Helen to Troy, war begins between the Trojans and Greeks. What happens when Paris's brother Hector and the Greek fighter Achilles meet in battle? Who wins the war, and how? Read Troy and find the answers. |
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