The Man with the Golden Gun

Ian Fleming

humor, krimi/detektivní příběh & dobrodružství/napětí/špionáž  Upper intermediate| 2 200 slov 

Scaramanga is a cold-blooded killer with connections to the KGB and the Cuban Secret Police. There is only one man skilled enough and brave enough to go after him - 007, James Bond. To carry out the mission, Bond ends up in Jamaica, where he meets two old friends.

Anna Karenina

Lev Nikolajevič Tolstoj

Romance   Upper intermediate| 2 200 slov 

The timeless story of Anna's forbidden love for the dashing Count Vronsky.

Bleak House

Charles Dickens - retold by Margaret Tarner

Romance & Crime/Detection  Upper intermediate| 2 200 slov 

A simplified version of a great British classic.

It is 1852 and three young people meet for the first time in the High Court of Chancery. They are the latest victims to be caught in the long-running court case of Jarndyce vs Jarndyce. A case which has caused the financial and moral breakdown of many previous claimants.

The Creative Impulse and Other Short Stories

W. Somerset Maugham - retold by John Milne

Short Stories & Human Interest   Upper intermediate| 2 200 slov 

Maugham, the quintessential observer of human behaviour, tells the stories of: The Creative Impulse, The Round Dozen and Jane. Recommended for older readers

Great Expectations

Charles Dickens - retold by Florence Bell

Romance  Upper intermediate| 2 200 slov 

One bleak and windy evening, 8-year-old Pip meets an escaped convict on the marshes. Shortly afterwards, he is summoned to Satis House, the derelict, gloomy home of the strange, reclusive Miss Havisham. Here, Pip meets and falls in love with the beautiful, cold-hearted Estella but can they ever be together?

L. A. Movie

Philip Prowse

Humour, Crime/Detection & Adventure/Thriller/Spy  Upper intermediate| 2 200 slov 

Lenny Samuel, the Los Angeles private detective, is hired to investigate threats made to a famous film actress.

There are stories featuring Lenny Samuel at the other four levels of Macmillan Guided Readers: L. A. Detective, L. A. Raid, L. A. Winners and The Woman Who Disappeared.

Mine Boy

Peter Abrahams - retold by Rod Nesbitt

Human Interest   Upper intermediate| 2 200 slov 

Read the vivid story of the hardships endured by a young Zulu migrant worker.
Xuma sees the brutality of the bosses of the mine and the squalor of the township where he lives. In the city, white people lead privileged lives. Xuma begins to question the racial injustices which surround him. Recommended for older readers.

The Mistress Of Spices

Chita Banerjee Divakaruni, retold by Anne Collins

Romance & Myths/Legends/Folklore  Upper intermediate| 2 200 slov 

A story of mysticism and romance set in present-day California.
Tilo owns a shop in Oakland, California, where she sells herbs and spices. But Tilo isn't just a shopkeeper, she is also The Mistress of Spices. With her knowledge of their secret powers this high priestess of wisdom and magic helps customers find answers to the questions of love, loss and loneliness. But when Tilo herself falls in love with a visitor to her shop, she has to choose between personal happiness and keeping her mystical gift.

Officially Dead

Richard Prescott

Adventure/Thriller/Spy  Upper intermediate| 2 200 slov 

Colin Fenton and his wife run a busy computer software company but only Colin knows that the business is in serious trouble - to the tune of L10,000. When a chance meeting in a pub leads him to an offer that will, he thinks, quickly and easily solve all his problems, he accepts. But he loses the gamble and subsequently his identity, leaving his wife to try to prove whether or not he is officially dead.

Our Mutual Friend

Charles Dickens - retold by Margaret Tarner

Crime/Detection  Upper intermediate| 2 200 slov 

Dickens' sinister story of murder and intrigue set in London in the 1860s.

Rebecca

Daphne du Maurier - retold by Margaret Tarner

Romance & Crime/Detection  Upper intermediate| 2 200 slov 

An outstanding love story that has been sensitively retold.
The heroine, while employed as a personal companion, meets and falls in love with Maxim de Winter, a rich Englishman whose beautiful wife has recently died under tragic circumstances. To her surprise and joy, Maxim proposes to her. But the shadow of Rebecca, Maxim's first wife still dominates him.

Weep Not Child

Ngugi wa Thiong'o - retold by Margaret Tarner

Adventure/Thriller/Spy  Upper intermediate| 2 200 slov 

A thrilling story by the internationally acclaimed African writer.
Young Njoroge believes that education is the key to success in his life. Yet, as he grows up, political events and personal tragedy shatter his hopes and beliefs.