Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Oxford Bookworms Library, Stage 4)
10 best books like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Oxford Bookworms Library, Stage 4) (Rosemary Border): Who Was William Shakespeare?, Who Was Queen Elizabeth?, Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume II, Arabian Nights: The Marvels and Wonders of The Thousand and One Nights, Capitalism 4.0: Economics, Politics, and Markets After the Crisis, The Secret Commonwealth: An Essay of the Nature and Actions of the Subterranean (and, for the Most Part) Invisible People, Heretofore Going under the Name of Elves, Fauns, and Fairies, The Lost Gospel: The Quest for the Gospel of Judas Iscariot, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Peter Pan, Gulliver's Travels
| Author | Celeste Davidson Mannis |
| ISBN | 0448439042 |
The beloved plays of Shakespeare are still produced everywhere, yet the life of the world's most famous playwright remains largely a mystery.
Young Will left the town of Stratford to pursue theater in London, where his work eventually thrived and made him a famous and wealthy man.
With...
| Author | June Eding |
| ISBN | 0448448394 |
Our bestselling series is fit for a queen! The life of Queen Elizabeth I was dramatic and dangerous: cast out of her father?s court at the age of three and imprisoned at nineteen, Elizabeth was crowned queen in 1558, when she was only twenty-five. A tough, intelligent woman who spoke five languages, Elizabeth...
| Author | Arthur Conan Doyle |
| ISBN | 0553212427 |
Since his first appearance in Beeton’s Christmas Annual in 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes has been one of the most beloved fictional characters ever created.
Now, in two paperback volumes, Bantam presents all fifty-six short stories and four novels featuring Conan...
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780451525420
Bawdy and exotic, Arabian Nights, features the wily, seductive Scheherazade, who saves her own life by telling tales of magical transformations, genies and wishes, flying carpets and fantastical journeys, terror and passion to entertain...
| Author | Anatole Kaletsky |
| ISBN | 1586488716 |
In early 2009, many economists, financiers, and media pundits were confidently predicting the end of the American-led capitalism that has shaped history and economics for the past 100 years. Yet the U.S. economic model, far from being discredited, may be strengthened by the financial crisis.In...
| Author | Robert Kirk |
| ISBN | 1590171772 |
"Kirk is a magnificent dish to set before any student of either folk-lore or folk-psychology." — Times Literary Supplement
In the late 17th century, a Scottish minister went looking for supernatural creatures of "a middle nature betwixt man and angel." Robert Kirk roamed the Highlands, talking...
The Lost Gospel: The Quest for the Gospel of Judas Iscariot
| Author | Herbert Krosney |
| ISBN | 1426200412 |
Judas Iscariot.
He’s been hated and reviled through the ages as Jesus Christ’s betrayer–the close friend who sells him out for 30 pieces of silver.
But history also records other information about Judas Iscariot. One such reference was written in 180 by an influential Church...
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
| Author | Nick Bullard |
| ISBN | 0194228789 |
Tom Sawyer does not like school. He does not like work, and he never wants to get out of bed in the morning. But he likes swimming and fishing, and having adventures with his friends. And he has a lot of adventures. One night, he and his friend Huck Finn go to the graveyard to look for ghosts. They don’t see...
| Author | Robert Sabuda |
| ISBN | 0689853645 |
Readers will delight in this retelling of the classic story of Neverland, pirates, and flying. Robert Sabuda's elegant text and paper engineering give new life to favorite charcters like Tinkerbell, Wendy, Michael, and John, and, of course, Peter Pan. Sabuda's beautiful pop-ups are further complemented...
| Author | Martin Woodside |
| ISBN | 1402726627 |
I am glad this book is done...sigh...
I read this with my 3 younger children while completing a lapbook that goes along with it. The lapbook was fun to complete every time we ended 3 chapters. I wish the book was as good. I found the characters in this story boring, predictable, as did my children. Gulliver...
Dartmoor. A wild, wet place in the south-west of England. A place where it is easy to get lost, and to fall into the soft green earth which can pull the strongest man down to his death. A man is running for his life. Behind him comes an enormous dog - a dog from his worst dreams, a dog from hell. Between him and...
| Author | Deanna McFadden |
| ISBN | 1402736894 |
This book kind of categorize itself into the adventure, action, and mystery genre. It's about a rich man who made a bet with other rich people at his reform club, about whether if it is possible to travel around the world in 80 days. During his journey, he was followed by an English detective who thought...
| Author | Derek Fagerstrom |
| ISBN | 0061998796 |
A new collection of fun, practical, and outrageous projects from the genius minds of the original Show Me How. Volume two of the Show Me How series contains brand-new instructions that show readers how to amaze, trick, create, style, and love, among other endeavors. Ideas range from the practical (hang...
Britain: For Learners Of English
| Author | James O'Driscoll |
| ISBN | 0194306445 |
This book provides all the information a student od Britain and British culture needs to know.
What's it like living ib Britain today? Find out about the country and its people in this new edition of Britain. All the information is completely up-to-date and illustrated with new colour photographs.
Key...
| Author | Brian MacArthur |
| ISBN | 0140285008 |
Whether it was Winston Churchill rousing the British to war, Fidel Castro inspiring the Cuban revolution, or Bill Clinton defending himself against Monica Lewinsky, great speakers have always had the power to stir hearts, uphold great ideals, and lead nations to new frontiers. This newly revised...
| Author | Bernard Knight |
| ISBN | 0671029665 |
When Crowner John is summoned to the bleak Devonshire moors to investigate the murder of a tin miner, he has little idea how difficult this new investigation will prove to be. The victim is a trusted and well-loved overman of Devon's most powerful and successful mine owner, Walter Knapman. There seems...
Maigret becomes entangled in the dramas of a small town on his quest to solve the murder of their former postmistress. The forty-fourth book in the new Penguin Maigret series.
Maigret is called from his usual duties in Paris to investigate a murder in a small village located close to La Rochelle....
| Author | Roberta Edwards |
| ISBN | 0448443015 |
Leonardo da Vinci was a gifted painter, talented musician, and dedicated scientist and inventor, designing flying machines, submarines, and even helicopters. Yet he had a hard time finishing things, a problem anyone can relate to. Only thirteen paintings are known to be his; as for the illustrated...
| Author | Virginia Woolf |
| ISBN | 1840220589 |
Now that I’ve read all of Virginia Woolf’s novels, it’s time for some awards!
Best book: it’s a tie! The Waves and To the Lighthouse (these two are also tied with Ulysses for the best books ever)
Best main character(s): Mrs. Ramsay (To the Lighthouse), Lily Briscoe (To the Lighthouse),...
William Shakespeare (Oxford Bookworms Library: Stage 2)
| Author | Jennifer Bassett |
| ISBN | 0194229904 |
William Shakespeare. Born April 1564, at Stratford-upon-Avon. Died April 1616. Married Anne Hathaway: two daughters, one son. Actor, poet, famous playwright. Wrote nearly forty plays. But what was he like as a man? What did he think about when he rode into London for the first time... or when he was...
| Author | Clare West |
| ISBN | 0194791734 |
'Soon I felt something alive moving along my leg and up my body to my face, and when I looked down, I saw a very small human being, only fifteen centimetres tall . . . I was so surprised that I gave a great shout.' But that is only the first of many surprises which Gulliver has on his travels. He visits a land of...
| Author | David Penn |
| ISBN | 0194791777 |
أتوقُ إلى ما هو إنسانيٌ أكثر ، شيء يمكن أن يكون حقيقاً بالوقوع ، تبدو هذه القصص جميلةً لكنها قد تكون أيضاً مضللة لمفاهيمنا، لمحاكمتنا لتجاربنا الحياتية....
