Rowena Akinyemi verfasst fesselnde Erzählungen, die sich häufig mit den Verwicklungen von Liebe und Geld auseinandersetzen. Ihre Arbeit zeichnet sich durch einen zugänglichen Stil aus, was ihre Fiktion im Kontext des Englischunterrichts beliebt macht. Nach Jahren in Afrika, die sie nun in Cambridge verbringt, bieten ihre Geschichten für Lernende Einblicke in komplexe menschliche Beziehungen. Ihre Vorliebe für Detektivgeschichten fließt wahrscheinlich in die fesselnde und spannende Qualität ihrer eigenen Schreibe ein.
Der tödliche Unfall des bekannten Pressefotografen Steve Millace ist merkwürdig, da Steve als vorsichtiger Fahrer galt. Doch bald erscheint sein Tod in einem anderen Licht. Denn kurz darauf wird in sein Haus eingebrochen, alles verwüstet und seine Witwe brutal misshandelt ...
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Oxford Bookworms Library New Edition: Stage 4: 1,400 Headwords People who ride racehorses love the speed, the excitement, the danger - and winning the race. Philip Nore has been riding for many years and he always wants to win - but sometimes he is told to lose. Why? And what is the mystery about the photographer, George Millace, who has just died in a car crash? Philip Nore knows the answer to the first question, and he wants to find out the answer to the second. But as he begins to learn George Millace's secrets, he realizes that his own life is in danger.
Basierend auf den weltberühmten Roboter-Erzählungen von Isaac Asimov verfilmt der preisgekrönte Regisseur Alex Proyas(„The Crow“) die Geschichte eines Detectives, der in einem mysteriösen Mordfall ermittelt. Will Smith („Independence Day“,„Men in Black“) spielt die Hauptrolle in einem der aufwändigsten Filmprojekte der letzten Jahre. Das Drehbuch stammt vomOscar-gekrönten Akiva Goldsman („A Beautiful Mind“).
"In 1918 in the peaceful province of Transkei, South Africa, the Mandela family gave their new baby son the name Rolihlahla - 'troublemaker'. But the young boy's early years were happy ones, and he grew up to be a good student and an enthousiastic sportsman. Who could imagine then what was waiting for Nelson Mandela - the tireless struggle for human rights, the long years in prison, the happiness and sadness of family life, and one day the title of President of South Africa? This is the story of an extraordinairy man, recognised as one of the world's greatest leaders, whose long walk to freedom brought new hope to a troubled nation."--Publisher
They said Steve Biko was a man of violence; then why did he talk of peace? They said he wanted revolution; so why did he talk of friendship? They said he died of hunger; why was his body broken and bruised? This is the story of a man's fight with the government of South Africa. It is the story of all people who prefer truth to lies. It is the story of all people who cry 'Freedom', and who are not afraid to die.
Orphaned when their Royalist father is killed during the Civil War, the four Beverley children are taken into hiding in a cottage in the New Forest and disguised as the grandchildren of a poor forester.
Vic Warshawski, Chicagoer Privatdetektivin und Spezialistin für Wirtschaftskriminalität ermittelt in ihrem zweiten Fall! Champ, ehemaliger Eishockey-Star und der Lieblingsvetter von Privatdetektivin Vic Warshawski, gerät im Hafen von Chicago in die Schiffschraube eines Getreidefrachters. »Ein bedauerlicher Unfall« meint sein Arbeitgeber, eine angesehene Reederei. Doch Vic ist mißtrauisch: Je weiter sie ihre Nase in die Frachtschwindeleien steckt, desto tiefer gerät sie zwischen die Fronten der großen Reeder... »Vic ist die coole, starke Frau, von der wir alle ein bisschen träumen« Brigitte
Who will speak for the poor? Who will listen to slaves, and those who have no rights? Who will work for a future where everyone is equal? Who will give up his house, job, and money to fight for people who are shut out by everyone else? 'I will,' said Mohandas Gandhi. And he began to fight in a way the world had not seen before - not with weapons, and wild crowds, and words of hate, but with the power of non-violence. This is the story of a man who became the Father of the Nation in his own country of India, and a great leader for the whole world.
'England in 1647: King Charles is in prison, and Cromwell's men are fighting the King's men. These are dangerous times for everybody. The four Beverley children have no parents; their mother is dead and their father died while fighting for the King. Now Cromwell's soldiers have come to burn the house - with the children in it. The four of them escape into the New Forest - but how will they live? What will they eat? And will Cromwell's soldier find them?' --from back
