It's Christmas Eve and there's one very important question on everyone's mind - have You been good this year? For twins Sam and Charlie this is a big worry. Charlie has been especially naughty and everyone is sure that she won't get any presents At All. But when Santa makes a mistake, it's up to naughty Charlie to put things right. Will her last-minute secret act of kindness be enough to redeems her after all?
Contemporary / British English (Available May 2008) In London, Christmas is coming and the people in this story have love on their minds. Some have found love; some have lost it. Some accept their loneliness; others live in hope. Even the new British prime ministers thoughts are not always on his job because love, actually, is all around us.
Contemporary / British English (Available May 2008) Four Weddings and a Funeral one of the most successful films from Britain. Its a Saturday morning, and Charles is still asleep. He should be on his way to Angus and Lauras wedding! Charles is always late, and he is worried that he will never find the right woman to marry. Then he meets Carrie
A famous painting is going to the Grierson Gallery in LA and they want a top man to come to the United States. He can talk about the artist. The National Gallery in London send Mr Bean. But something is very wrong with Mr Bean! He's very, very strange. And dangerous! After he arrives, accidents start to happen. As well as enjoyable stories and texts, each Penguin Active Reader provides a range of integrated activities designed to develop reading skills and consolidate vocabulary, and offers personalised project work. Each book is supported by an interactive CD-ROM which contains additional activities and the complete audio recording.
Contemporary / British English (Available May 2008) Anna Scott is an American film star. She is rich, beautiful and very famous. William Thacker is a shy man who has a small, unsuccessful bookshop in London. Their lives are different in every way, but they are both looking for someone special. Can a future together be more than a dream? Notting Hill is a wonderful and very funny love story.
Mr Bean leaves a trail of havoc wherever he goes. His employers at the National Gallery are desperate to get rid of him. They pretend that he is an art critic and send him to America on a cultural exchange. Is America prepared for Mr Bean? Follow his hilarious adventures in California. This is a great comedy film starring Rowan Atkinson as one of the funniest characters ever to hit the big screen.
Además de los guiones de la serie, agrupados en cuatro secciónes (De los orígenes a 1484, Los Tudor, De Isabel I a Jorge III e Imperio), y de breves introducciones a cada una de estas épocas, el libro de Atkinson se acompaña de muchísimo material gráfico y de numerosos textos referentes a algunos aspectos de la historia tratados con humor e ironía (los favoritos de la reina, los mejores insultos de la Víbora, instrumentos de tortura, medicina...). A través de la historia de la Víbora se recrea la historia de Gran Bretaña con un originalísmo sentido del humor que se expresa tanto en gags, situaciones y escenas. Una obra muy divertida que ha sido emitida como serie en televisión y también en vídeo.
A més dels guions de la sèrie, agrupats en quatre seccions (De l´alborada de la història a 1484, Els Tudor, D´Isabel a Jordi III i Imperi), i de breus introduccions a cada una d´aquestes èpoques, el llibre d´Atkinson va acompanyat de molt material gràfic
Mr Bean leaves a trail of havoc wherever he goes. His employers at the National Gallery are desperate to get rid of him. They pretend that he is an art critic and send him to America on a cultural exchange. Is America prepared for Mr Bean? Follow his hilarious adventures in California. This is a great comedy film starring Rowan Atkinson as one of the funniest characters ever to hit the big screen.
Mr Bean leaves a trail of havoc wherever he goes. His employers at the National Gallery are desperate to get rid of him. They pretend that he is an art critic and send him to America on a cultural exchange. Is America prepared for Mr Bean? Follow his hilarious adventures in California. This is a great comedy film starring Rowan Atkinson as one of the funniest characters ever to hit the big screen
Love Actually is the highly awaited new screenplay and directorial debut from phenomenally popular screenwriter Richard Curtis. Weaving together the stories of ten couples, the movie is as real as our own lives, and as funny, wise, and poignant as only Richard Curtis (Four Weddings and a Funeral) could create. Set in contemporary London just before Christmas, the cast includes a lovelorn Prime Minister, an aging rock star, a sexually ambitious assistant, a newly widowed stepfather, a beautiful housekeeper, a straying husband, and other characters entangled in the silly, sloppy, sexy, sweet business of finding love. The film''s stellar actors include Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Colin Firth, Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, and others. Introduced by Richard Curtis, the book features the full screenplay plus outtakes, behind-the-scenes snapshots, and more. With marvelous full-color photographs throughout, this smart, funny, romantic book is a valentine for anyone who still believes that despite the madness and uncertainty of modern life, love actually is all around.
