At the beginning of the twentieth century, the idea of women in business seemed strange. Today more and more women are reaching the top of business life. This book tells the business success stories of five very different women: Coco Chanel, Hanae Mori, Anita Roddick, Oprah Winfrey, and Madonna.
Macbeth, a brave soldier, is trusted by the Scottish King. Then a strange meeting with three witches makes him greedy for power. Macbeth wants to be a king. He and his evil wife make murderous plans. But how many people will have to die before their dreams come true?
Silas Marner loves only one thing - his money. Each night he takes it out from his hiding place and counts it. Then two things happen to change his life - his gold coin are stolen and a little girl comes to live with him. Slowly, Silas Marner starts to change.
Mark Twain is one of America's most famous and best-loved writers. He wrote about every important subject of his time. Twain's stories are usually amusing but with a serious message too. You will read about people's hopes and fears, happiness and terrible sadness - and wonderful practical jokes! These eight stories can still make people think and feel - and laugh and cry - today.
Yocheved carefully placed her baby in the basket. She looked at him for one last time... In Egypt, the Pharaoh's soldiers are ordered to kill every Hebrew baby boy. But one baby escapes. He grows up in a palace and has a very comfortable life. But one day, Moses learns the secret of his past, and his life changes forever.
This is a detective story with a difference. We invite you to help solve the case. Katrina Kirby is a detective, and people call her "K". There has been a murder in a big country house. K knows that one of five people murdered Sir Michael Gray. Who did it? How? Why?
Who are the British? This book will tell you about their lives, TV programmes, business, family life, pets - and the food. This is a book about real people and real life in Britain today.
Charlie Babbitt thinks he will get a lot of money when his father dies. The money goes to someone he does not know. He is a man who lives in a special hospital, and is the brother Charlie never knew. The two men meet and this is the start of a surprising new life for both of them.
Martin Luther King had a dream. He wanted blacks and whites to live together happily. But in America in the 1950s and 1960s, all men were not equal. King led peaceful protests against the government and won changes for the blacks of America. But has King's dream really come true today?
One winter morning in New York State, there is accident on an icy mountain road. Thirteen-year-old Grace and her much-loved horse, Pilgrim, are very badly hurt. Grace's mother believes her daughter will only recover if her horse can be saved. Can the Horse Whisperer nurse Pilgrim back to health?