Fantasy

“The first year is when some of us lose our lives. The second year is when the rest of us lose our humanity.” —Xaden Riorson

When an army of invading Martians lands in England, panic and terror seize the population. As the aliens traverse the country in huge three-legged machines, incinerating all in their path with a heat ray and spreading noxious toxic gases, the people of the Earth must come to terms with the prospect of the end of human civilization and the beginning of Martian rule. Inspiring films, radio dramas, comic-book adaptations, television series and sequels,The War of the Worlds is a prototypical…

In Moreâ€s influential fantasy, first published in Latin in 1516, traveller Raphael reports on the peaceful, egalitarian society he discovered on a remote island. This edition is based on the 1684 translation by Gilbert Burnet.

عْمَلْ وَاجِبَكَ وَأَتْقِنْ عَمَلَكَ، تَهْزِمْ قَلَقَكَ وَتُحَقِّقْ حُلْمَكَا”. “اعْزِفْ مِنْ قَلْبِكَ تَجِدِ الطَّرِيقَ”. “فَكِّرَ بِعَقْلِكَ وَشَاوِرْ قَلْبَكَ. تَذَكَّرْ دَوْمًا أَنَّنَا نَصْعَدُ السُّلَّمَ دَرَجَةً مِنْ بَعْدِ دَرَجَةٍ”. “كُنْ شُجَاعًا تَجِدِ الطَّرِيقَ”.  

أتعرف ماهو أسوأ من الموت ؟ إنها الحقيقة التي تنتظرك بالداخل.  

The wicked fairy says, "When she is sixteen, she will hurt her little hand on a spindle and die!" Instead, Princess Rose falls asleep for a thousand years. Who can wake her?Includes a word list, 5 pages of activities and free online audio (British English and American English). 500 headwords, 1,194 words

"Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?" The Queen wants to be the most beautiful, but one day the mirror says, "Snow White!" Includes a word list, 5 pages of activities and free online audio

The Little Mermaid longs to swim to the ocean surface and visit the human world. When she saves a human prince from a shipwreck, she decides to take human form herself, whatever the price; but heart’s desire and heartbreak are never far apart. With fun activities after the story, and online audio in British and American English.

One day old Geppetto makes a puppet and names him Pinocchio. Pinocchio wants to be a real boy, but first he must stop telling lies and getting into trouble. Usborne Story Books retell stories that children know and love, in a way that really builds their confidence in reading for themselves. At the back of the book there are activities and talking points.

Before The Matrix, before Star Wars, before Ender's Game and Neuromancer, there was Dune: winner of the prestigious Hugo and Nebula awards, and widely considered one of the greatest science fiction novels ever written.