Book Description
The Professor has inherited a house at the seaside, and he invites Emil and the detectives to stay for the summer holidays.
Author : Erich Kästner
Publisher : Random House
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 40,91 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Boys
ISBN : 009943363X
The Professor has inherited a house at the seaside, and he invites Emil and the detectives to stay for the summer holidays.
Author : Erich Kastner
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 48,92 MB
Release : 2012-11-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1590176871
Going to the Dogs is set in Berlin after the crash of 1929 and before the Nazi takeover, years of rising unemployment and financial collapse. The moralist in question is Jakob Fabian, “aged thirty-two, profession variable, at present advertising copywriter . . . weak heart, brown hair,” a young man with an excellent education but permanently condemned to a low-paid job without security in the short or the long run. What’s to be done? Fabian and friends make the best of it—they go to work though they may be laid off at any time, and in the evenings they go to the cabarets and try to make it with girls on the make, all the while making a lot of sharp-sighted and sharp-witted observations about politics, life, and love, or what may be. Not that it makes a difference. Workers keep losing work to new technologies while businessmen keep busy making money, and everyone who can goes out to dance clubs and sex clubs or engages in marathon bicycle events, since so long as there’s hope of running into the right person or (even) doing the right thing, well—why stop? Going to the Dogs, in the words of introducer Rodney Livingstone, “brilliantly renders with tangible immediacy the last frenetic years [in Germany] before 1933.” It is a book for our time too.
Author : Erich Kästner
Publisher : Random House
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 28,21 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0099572842
On his first real train journey, travelling down to his grandmother in Berlin, Emil Tischbein is robbed of all his money. Emil gathers together a group of boys of his own age and sets out on the trail of the thief. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.
Author : Erich Kästner
Publisher : Pushkin Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 12,33 MB
Release : 2014-11-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1782690727
Luise has ringlets. Lottie has braids. Apart from that they look exactly the same. But they are sure that they have never set eyes on each other in their lives. When the two girls meet at a summer camp and discover the secret behind their similarity, they decide to switch places. Everyone is fooled (apart from the dog) and, despite a few mistakes and misadventures, everything goes to plan for Luise as Lottie and Lottie as Luise - until their father meets a young, beautiful woman and things start to unravel... Funny, moving, affectionate and improbable, The Parent Trap has twice been adapted for film - but the book remains one of the great classics of German children's literature. Erich Kästner, writer, poet and journalist, was born in Dresden in 1899. His first children's book, Emil and the Detectives, was published in 1929 and has since sold millions of copies around the world and been translated into around 60 languages. After the Nazis took power in Germany, Kästner's books were burnt and he was excluded from the writers' guild. He won many awards, including the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1960. He died in 1974.
Author : Lucy Kirkwood
Publisher : Theatre Communications Group
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 35,46 MB
Release : 2020-09-22
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781559369862
A trenchant examination of justice and power from the award-winning writer of The Children.
Author : Olly Richards
Publisher : Teach Yourself
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 44,80 MB
Release : 2018-10-04
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1473683386
An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young and adult learners. "I love Olly's work - and you will too!" - Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of New York Times bestseller A Mind for Numbers Short Stories in German for Beginners has been written especially for students from beginner to intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, and most importantly - enjoyment! Mapped to A2-B1 on the Common European Framework of Reference, these eight captivating stories will both entertain you, and give you a feeling of progress when reading. What does this book give you? · Eight stories in a variety of exciting genres, from science fiction and crime to history and thriller - making reading fun, while you learn a wide range of new vocabulary · Controlled language at your level, including the 1000 most frequent words, to help you progress confidently · Authentic spoken dialogues, to help you learn conversational expressions and improve your speaking ability · Pleasure! It's much easier to learn a new language when you're having fun, and research shows that if you're enjoying reading in a foreign language, you won't experience the usual feelings of frustration - 'It's too hard!' 'I don't understand!' · Accessible grammar so you learn new structures naturally, in a stress-free way Carefully curated to make learning a new language easy, these stories include key features that will support and consolidate your progress, including · A glossary for bolded words in each text · A bilingual word list · Full plot summary · Comprehension questions after each chapter. As a result, you will be able to focus on enjoying reading, delighting in your improved range of vocabulary and grasp of the language, without ever feeling overwhelmed or frustrated. From science fiction to fantasy, to crime and thrillers, Short Stories in German for Beginners will make learning German easy and enjoyable.
Author : Henry Winterfeld
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 35,63 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780152162801
In an effort to save a boy wrongly accused, a group of young friends living in ancient Rome search for the culprit who scrawled graffiti on the temple wall.
Author : J. M. Beattie
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 24,50 MB
Release : 2012-02-09
Category : History
ISBN : 0199695164
This is the first comprehensive study of the Bow Street Runners, a group of men established in the middle of the eighteenth century by Henry Fielding to confront violent offenders on the streets and highways around London.
Author : Eve Garnett
Publisher : Puffin Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,5 MB
Release : 2004-03-01
Category : Adventure stories
ISBN : 9780141317168
There are seven children in the Ruggles family - three girls and four boys - and though they are poor, they manage to have a lot of fun. All the Ruggles are lovable, interesting and very individual - from capable Lily Rose down to baby William.
Author : Charlotte Haptie
Publisher :
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 48,58 MB
Release : 2003-05-15
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 9780340854761
The magical people, or Karmidee, had been forced to live as an underclass, resulting in some very strange manifestations of magic. 10 yrs+