Libros de Lecturas idioma original 386 resultados

Salinger, J. D.

The Catcher in Rye is the ultimate novel for disaffected youth, but it's relevant to all ages. The story is told by Holden Caulfield, a seventeen- year-old dropout who has just been kicked out of his fourth school. Throughout, Holden dissects the 'phony' aspects of society, and the 'phonies' themselves: the headmaster whose affability depends on the wealth of the parents, his r...

Jeff Kinney

Stilton Geronim

Em dic Stilton, Geronimo Stilton!"M'esperava una jornada molt agradable de feina... però mentre em dirigia a L'Eco del Rosegador, vaig veure un rat, suposo que honrat, amb ulleres fosques, que em seguia... Que estrany! Es va passar tot el sant dia sota la finestra del meu despatx... Que estrany! I al vespre, quan vaig sortir del diari, em va seguir fins a casa... Que estrany! P...

Carle, Eric

Eric Carle's classic and much loved picture book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar.The classic edition of the bestselling story written for the very young. A newly hatched caterpillar eats his way through all kinds of food, getting bigger and bigger, until eventually he turns into a beautiful caterpillar. One of the most popular picture books of all time, no nursery bookshelf is com...

Kinney, Jeff

Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into a new year and a new school where undersize weaklings share the corridors with kids who are taller, meaner and already shaving.Desperate to prove his new found maturity, which only going up a grade can bring, Greg is happy to have his not-quite-so-cool sidekick, Rowley, along for the ride. But when Rowley's star starts to rise, Greg tries ...

Collins, Suzanne

Harris Joanne

Khadra, Yasmina

Algérie, dans les années 1930. Les champs de blés frissonnent. Dans trois jours, les moissons, le salut. Mais une triste nuit vient consumer l'espoir. Le feu. Les cendres. Pour la première fois, le jeune Younes voit pleurer son père. Et de pleurs, la vie de Younes ne manquera pas. Confié à un oncle pharmacien, dans un village de l'Oranais, le jeune garçon s'intègre à la communa...

Ildefonso Falcones

Barcelone, XIVe siècle. La cité catalane s'enorgueillit d'un nouveau fleuron gothique : Santa Maria del Mar, la cathédrale de la mer, qui s'élève, pierre à pierre, vers un ciel sans nuages. Bâtie " par et pour le peuple ". Certains porteurs n'hésitent pas à signer les blocs de pierre de leur propre sang. C'est leur oeuvre. Leur vie. Du haut de ses huit ans, le jeune Amati Estan...

Orwell, George

Brenan, Gerald

Part autobiography, part travelogue, and wholly a tribute to the unspoilt beauty of southern Spain, Gerald Brenan's South from Granada includes an introduction by Chris Stewart, author of the bestselling Driving Over Lemons, in Penguin Modern Classics.Between 1920 and 1934, Gerald Brenan lived in the remote Spanish village of Yegen and South of Granada depicts his time there, v...

Poe, Edgar Allan

Since their first publication in the 1830s and 1840s, Edgar Allan Poe's extraordinary Gothic tales have established themselves as classics of horror fiction and have also created many of the conventions which still dominate the genre of detective fiction. As well as being highly enjoyable, Poe's tales are works of very real intellectual exploration. Attentive to the historical ...

Coelho, Paulo

Claudel, Philippe

C'est un vieil homme debout à l'arrière d'un bateau. Il serre dans ses bras une valise légère et un nouveau-né, plus léger encore que la valise. Le vieil homme se nomme Monsieur Linh. Il est seul désormais à savoir qu'il s'appelle ainsi.Debout à la poupe du bateau, il voit s'éloigner son pays, celui de ses ancêtres et de ses morts, tandis que dans ses bras l'enfant dort. Le pay...

R. Goscinny / A. Uderzo

Goscinny, Rene / Uderzo, Albert

Mark Haddon

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a murder mystery novel like no other. The detective, and narrator, is Christopher Boone. Christopher is fifteen and has Asperger´s, a form of autism. He knows a very great deal about maths and very little about human beings. He loves lists, patterns and the truth. He hates the colours yellow and brown and being touched. He ha...

Instituto De Idioma

Shelley, Mary W.

A terrifying vision of scientific progress without moral limits, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein leads the reader on an unsettling journey from the sublime beauty of the Swiss alps to the desolate waste of the arctic circle. This Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction and notes by Maurice Hindle.Obsessed with the idea of creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein pl...

Scott Fitzgerald

Chaucer, Geoffrey

Miller, A.

Orwell, George

When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality. But gradually a cunning, ruthless élite among them, masterminded by the pigs Napoleon and Snowball, starts to take control. Soon the other animals discover that they are not all as equal as they thought...

Auel Jean

THE LAND OF PAINTED CAVES concludes the story of Ayla, her mate Jondalar, and their little daughter, Jonayla, taking readers on a journey of discovery and adventure as Ayla struggles to find a balance between her duties as a new mother and her training to become a Zelandoni - one of the Ninth Cave community's spiritual leaders and healers. Once again, Jean Auel combines her bri...

Sempe / Goscinny

Continues the adventures and misadventures of little Nicolas and his friends at school and at play. ...

Betty Frizzell

Lewis Carroll

The Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts, the March Hare, and of course Alice--the characters of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland are familiar to readers around the world. This new paperback edition features the original illustrations by John Tenniel--plus informative annotations that highlight many interesting points--all at a highly affordable price. ...