Joanna Strange Livres

A collection of twenty-four stories, all but two of which are in verse, related by members of a company of thirty-one pilgrims who are on their way to the shrine of St. Thomas at Canterbury in medievel times.

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.

(Penguin Readers Level 1)Mr Jealous / Joanna Strange --Roberto / Joanna Strange --Alien spacecraft / Robin Waterfield --Flowers for Maria / Chris Rice --The bully / Annette Barnes, Jean Hines and Jennie Weldon

Evil King Freyne is killed in battle and young Prince Einon is badly wounded. Queen Aislinn asks a dragon to save the Prince's life, in return promising that Einon will be a good king to his people. However, Einon is a bad king and soon men and dragons are at war.

A famous painting is going to the Grierson Gallery in LA and they want a top man to come to America. He can talk about the artist. The National Gallery in London sent Mr Bean. But something is very wrong with Mr Bean! He's very, very strange. And dangerous! After he arrives accidents start to happen.

"it was evilly come by, and will bring a curse with it." Growing up the quiet coastal village of Moonfleet in Dorset, John Trenchard is fascinated by stories of the notorious Colonel John Mohune, whose restless ghost is said to stalk the churchyard at night, and his treasure: a great diamond stolen when he betrayed the King a hundred years before.…

Richard est un routard d'aujourd'hui, en quête de solitude et de sensations fortes, fasciné par l'Asie. A Bangkok, dans une guesthouse minable, il entend parler d'une île interdite aux touristes, bordée par une plage paradisiaque où l'on peut vivre de riz, de poisson et de marijuana. Parvenu en ce lieu mystérieux en compagnie d'un couple de Français, il s'assimile aisément à la petite communauté " baba cool " qui y mène une existence rêveuse de soleil, de couleurs et de drogue. Mais ce bonheur est trompeur et le groupe va se trouver peu à peu confronté à l'horreur et à la violence. Ce premier roman d'un jeune écrivain anglais a été salué comme le portrait magistral d'une génération. Cette chronique d'un cauchemar annoncé se dévore comme un véritable thriller sous les tropiques. Bernard Géniès, Le Nouvel Observateur