Shakespeare's plays are famous all over the world, but what do we know about his life? What do we know about the man? What kind of life did he have? T ...

Contemporary / American English Guy Haines is travelling through Texas on a train when a stranger invites him to share a meal. But the stranger has a ...

Contemporary / American EnglishWhen Frank McCourt becomes a teacher in New York, he finds himself standing in front of bored, confused, angry students ...

Contemporary / British English The second exciting story from The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. Precious Ramotswe is now known as Botswana's f ...

When Miss Marple complains of feeling old and helpless, her doctor jokingly suggests that she needs a murder to solve. Then there is a death in the vi ...

Classic / British English Sherlock Holmes is a great detective. There are few cases that he cannot solve. In these three stories we meet a young woman ...

The Time Traveller has built a time machine and has gone into the future to the year 802,701. He expects to find a better world with highly-intelligen ...

Born in the Kenyan Highlands, Wangari Maathai never lost her connection with the land. She started the Green Belt Movement, which planted trees where ...

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 li ...

A strange black object is discovered on the Moon, and it sends out a radio signal into deep space. A team travels into space to discover the meaning o ...

When a notice appears in the local newspaper, the villagers are curious. Is it a joke, or is there really going to be a murder at Little Paddocks? At ...

rumble Federal Prison is the home for three formal judges who call themselves 'The Brethren.' They organize an illegal, but lucrative scheme to help t ...