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"Old Stories" is a collection of short stories written in time before smartphones and mobile Internet. So, they are old. Ancient. They were not written in the last century but it looks like they were. There are eight stories, six of which can be classified as "urban stories". Two...

Julie Faulkner is an artistically gifted 19-year-old girl. And she’s finally been accepted to her dream school, a private arts academy in a sleepy seaside town tucked behind some mountains.A few weeks before she was scheduled to move to Freetown, her home caught fire in the middle of the...

A graded reader for learners of English (EFL) Level 3 A2/B1 Intermediate (1) Word count: 10,088 There are five special Christmas stories in this book. It is Christmas Eve and Rick has not bought a present for his wife yet. All the shops are closed. What is he going to do? Then,...

Sharpen your skills and your pictures with this updated edition of Lonely Planet'sbestselling Best Ever Photography Tips . Featuring 45 practical tips and ten golden rules from award-winning travel photographer Richard I'Anson, it's packed with insight into the creative and technical skills required...

WHAT IS YOUR STATE OF HORROR?The birth of a devil in the 18th century resonates in today’s world. A storm hits a small mountain town and the resident must evacuate, where will they go? Visit a zoo unlike any you have experienced. The sins of the past haunt the present in a once thriving industrial...

Willard Quail, an American citizen, re-visits Oxford many years after leaving the University so as to look after railroad and other businesses following the death of his father. Now, he meets old acquaintances, such as a former tutor, old Dr. Stringfellow, and comes into contact with a convoluted...

A graded reader for learners of English (EFL) Level 3 A2/B1 Intermediate (1) Word count: 9,013 There are six stories about Valentine's Day, the day of love and romance, in this book. Oscar breaks women's hearts. He is not interested in love, but everything changes when...

A graded reader for learners of English (EFL) Level 1 - A1/A2 Starter (1) Word count: 7,937 Five short stories for learners of English. Janet is working alone one night. She hears a noise. What is it? Is someone else in the office? She looks around the office, but no one is there. Then,...

A graded reader for learners of English (EFL) Level 4 B1/B2 Intermediate (2) Word count: 6,700 Satomi walked through the train. It was dark outside. The front cars were full of passengers, but as she moved towards the back of the train, there were fewer and fewer people. Where was Miki? How...

From a remote cottage in the Pentlands to the old port of Leith, grave robbery, treasure, burglary, a dancing skeleton and a crooked banker, are just a few of the things encountered by Robert Louis Stevenson and John Buchan, long dead writers allowed to revisit some old haunts but this time as...

Satia, the son of a wealthy caravan owner meets the 12-year-old Yeshua (Jesus) as the latter flees in rebellion from his Essene teachers. The two become fast friends and stay that way for the 18 years not covered in the Bible — the years between the finding of Jesus in the Temple and the beginning...

A graded reader for learners of English (EFL) Level 2 - A1/A2 Starter (2) Word count: 5,193 Jake Lewis is a businessman. His office is in the centre of the city. Every morning in winter, he sees a homeless man and a dog sleeping outside his office. Jake is angry. He thinks the...

Wordplay and outrageous adventures rule the day in these three humorous stories from Margaret Atwood, with illustrations by Dušan Petričić. Now published together in a chapter book for the first time! In Rude Ramsay and the Roaring Radishes, Ramsay runs away from his revolting relatives...

Emmet I. Robbins earned an international reputation as a scholar of ancient Greek poetry, possessing a broad cultural background and a command of many languages that allowed him to present sensitive and informed readings of poets from Homer to the tragedians. Thalia Delighting in Song assembles for...