Forrest
Gump by: WINSTON GROOM
0 140 816127
‘I was born an idiot
- but I am cleverer then most people think,’ says Forrest Gump. And this
quickly becomes clear in this wonderfully warm and funny story about a
good hearted young man from Alabama who wins a medal for being so brave
in the Vietnam War, who meets the president of the United States of America,
but whose best friend is an ape called Sue!
Forrest Gump is now
an Oscar-winning film, Starring Tom Hanks. In its first 18 days, this film
took $100 million in American cinemas.
The
Fugitive by: J M DILLARD
0 140 816119
One night a man kills
Dr Richard Kimble’s wife. It was a man with one arm, but the police think
Kimble did it. He escapes from the police and searches for the man with
one arm. But detective Gerard is looking for Kimble, too. Kimble has to
work fast to find his wife’s killer, because Gerard wants Kimble dead or
alive.
The fugitive is a
big Hollywood film starring Harrison Ford.
Get
Shorty by: ELMORE LEONARD
0 140 816356
In Miaimi, Chili Palmer
was a gangster. He’s in Hollywood now’ helping his new friend Harry
Zimm to make a movie. But the movie business is as dangerous as Chili’s
old business. A new enemy wants him out of the way and an old enemy hasn’t
forgotten his. It’s getting ‘hot’ in Hollywood. Get Shorty
is a very successful Hollywood film. Starring John Travolta, Gene Hackman
and Danny de Vito.
Goggle
Eyes by: ANNE FINE
0140 816399
‘Goggle Eyes was always
there, and the house didn’t feel like my home. He was everywhere... I just
hated him.’ When Kitty’s mum finds a new boyfriend everything changes
for Kitty. He is taking her mother away from her. But what can Kitty do
to get her old life back?
Goggle Eyes was on
TV in England. Ann Fine is the author of ‘ Madame Doubtfire’.
How
to be an Alien by: G. MIKES
with illustrations by N.
BENTLEY
0 140 816755
How to be an Alien
is the funniest book you will read about the English!
Why are English people
so different from Europeans? George Mikes’ book tries to explain the strange
things the English do and say, and this descriptions will make you laugh
and laugh!
Jane
Eyre by: CHARLOTTE BRONTE
0 140 815252
Jane Eyre is a poor
young teacher who works for the rich Mr. Rochester. She loves him and wants
to marry him. He loves Jane too,
but he has a secret
which brings them great sadness. A
powerful, timeless tale of love, written in 1847. It is regarded as a one
of the finest novel in the English language.
King
Solomon’s Mines by: H. RIDER
HAGGARD 0 140 814647
Three man go deep
into unknown parts of Africa to look for a lost friend. After many dangerous
adventures, they find him. and in a secret room inside a mountain
they also find some amazing treasures...
This classic adventure
novel was published in 1885.
Little
Women by: LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
0 140 816313
An American classic
about the four March sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. The story of their
loves, problems and adventures in sometimes sad, often funny but always
charming. It was recently made into a film.
Madame
Doubtfire by: ANNE FINE
0 140 814949
Miranda Hilliard does
not live with her husband, Daniel. One day Madame Doubtfire comes to work
for Miranda to help with looking after the children. But Madame Doubtfire
seems strange, more like a man than a woman!
This funny story is
now a popular film starring Robin Williams.
The
Man with Two Shadows and Other Ghost Stories by:
T. HOOD
0 140 815422
some people do not really
die. Things are not what they seem. In these six mysterious stories, strange
things happen. One ghost returns to catch his murderer, another to find
stolen money, and a third to find money lost for hundreds of years...
Six eerie ghost stories
by for famous writers.
Matilda
by: ROALD DAHL
0 140 816828
Matilda is a very
clever, very special little girl with stupid, terrible parents who don’t
like or appreciate her. One day Miss Trunchbull, the horrible headmistress
at her school, attacks her and Matilda finds she had extraordinary powers
to protect
herself. Now she isn’t
frightened of anyone! Captivating and exciting, Matilda, has
recently been made into a very entertaining film starring Danny de Vito.
More
Heroic Failures by: STEPHEN
PILE 0 140 815333
‘ We all know people
that are really good at doing things badly’. In these true stories we meet
some of these people - the robber who lost more money than he stole, and
the man who burst down half his house. very very funny.
My
Fair Lady by: ALAN J. LERNER
0 140 816372
Eliza Doolittle is
a poor flower-seller in Victorian London who had a very strong London accent.
Professor Higgins chooses her for an experiment. He decides to teach her
to speak like an upper-class lady but things don’t happen exactly as he
plans...
This wonderful story
was first a play called Pygmalion by the famous writer George Bernard Shaw.
It was made into one of the best-known musical of all time and then a film
starring Audrey Hepburn.
My
Family and Other Animals by: GERALD
DURRELL 0
140 814531
This very funny book
is about an English family who live on the Greek island of Corfu. There,
the youngest boy, Gerald, collects all sorts of animals and brings them
back to his house. His family think this is a very bad idea!
Sun, sand - and snakes.
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