Adultery us not a typical lane Austen theme, butwhen it disturbs the relatively peaceful householdat Mansfield Park. it has quite unexpected results. The diffident and much put-upon heroine Fanny Price has to struggle to cope with the results,re-examining her own feelings while enduring thecheerful amorality, old-fashioned indifference andpriggish disapproval of those around her.
'Doctor Watson, Mr Sherlock Holmes' - The most famous introduction in the history of crime fiction takes place in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's A Study in Scarlet, bringing together Sherlock Holmes, the master of science detection, and John H. Watson, the great detective's faithful chronicler. This novel not only establishes the magic of the Holmes myth but also provides the reader with a dramatic adventure yarn which ranges from the foggy, gas-lit streets of London to the burning plains of Utah. The Sign of the Four, the second Holmes novel, presents the detective with one of his greatest challenges. The theft of the Agna treasure in India forms a catalyst for treachery, deceit and murder. With these two classic novels,A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of the Four,you have the brilliant foudation of the Sherlock Holmes canon.Reading pleasure rarely comes any finer.
Grade 8 Up A thought-provoking and entertaining novel that is vaguely reminiscent of the movie An Officer and a Gentleman。 Cliff and B. J. are enduring Army basic training at Fort Ord in northern California。 Nina and Melanie are high-school seniors in a small town nearby。 Inevitably the four meet and pair up。 While the girls struggle with school， parents， romance and making future plans， Cliff and B。 J。 confront a much more threatening problem， their brutal and sadistic drill instructor， Sergeant Bradshaw。 Bradshaw subjects them to harassment and beatings， but when he publicly slanders Cliff's father， killed in Vietnam， Cliff loses control and attacks Bradshaw。 Cliff is discharged， but B。 J。 gets revenge on Bradshaw。 B.J. turns down a marriage proposal from Melanie， decides to stay in the Army， and gets transferred to Georgia。 Melanie takes off to seek adventure in New York。 Nina and Cliff are left behind to sort things out and make new plans。 The plot is well
Have you ever thought that if you ruled the world it would be a much better place? Well-here's your chance to prove it! You hate cabbage and The Nine O'Clock News'? Ban them! You'd like a three-day school week and free sweets all round? Well, why not? If i Ruled The World gives you space to work out your own plans. It's packed with suggestions and ideas - some hilarious, some serious - for what you might do if you were in charge. Read about other world rulers' moments of triumph and tragedy. Then work' out your master.plan. Who knows, you may need to put' it into practice.., soon.
