BUCHAN. JOHN

Richard Hannay has just returned to England after years in South Africa and is thoroughly bored with his life in London. But then a murder is committed in his flat, just days after a chance encounter with an American who had told him about an assassination plot which could have dire international consequences. An obvious suspect for the police and an easy target for the killers, Hannay goes on the run in his native Scotland where he will need all his courage and ingenuity to stay one step ahead of his pursuers.

Classic / British English (Available March 2008) A man is killed in Richard Hannay's home. Before his death he tells Hannay a dangerous secret. Now Hannay's life is in danger. Who are his enemies and what are they trying to do? And how will he solve the mystery of 'the thirty-nine steps'?

Please forget about the film versions, good though they may be, because the 39 steps of the title are different once again. The first outing of Richard Hannay, one of the original spy thriller heroes

'I was to be offered up as a sacrifice to some heathen god - an awful fate for a Free-kirk elder in the prime of life' In 'The Strange Adventures of Mr Andrew Hawthorn' and the other stories in this collection, peculiar worlds of temptation, adventure or iniquity are perilously close at hand. Mr Hawthorn himself steps outside to allow his porridge to cool and disappears for five years and more, a Glasgow grocer is shipwrecked and ultimately worshipped as a god, a young mathematician discovers an entirely new aspect of reality and becomes terrified by what he finds there, and an ageing sinner clings grimly, weakly to a hard-won life of decency: John Buchan in each demonstrating his abilities as a gripping writer of short stories. In his introduction, Giles Foden explores Buchan's innate sense of the fascination held by sudden jeopardy and vanished comfort, and the themes of the will and fate in his work. Selected with an introduction by GILES FODEN

Each volume in the "Collector's Library" series has a specially commissioned Afterword, brief biography of the author and a further reading list. The Afterword for this edition of is by Ned Halley.Following his adventures foiling the plans of the Black Stone gang in "The Thirty-Nine Steps", Richard Hannay is called in to investigate rumours of an uprising in the Muslim world, and undertakes a perilous journey through enemy territory to meet up with his friend Sandy in Constantinople. Once there, he and his friends must thwart the Germans' plans to use religion to help them win the war, climaxing at the battle of Erzurum.As well as being a gripping adventure story, "Greenmantle" is surprisingly modern in the concept of using a Jihad to mobilise Muslim forces, and is disturbingly relevant to the modern world.

A strange man is killed in Richard Hannay's apartment but before his death he says he knows a deadly secret. The police think Hannay is the murderer. How can he find the real killers and discover the secret of the thirty-nine steps?rnrnA classic, world-famous adventure story written in 1915, that has been made into a film four times.

Richard Hannay gets caught up quite suddenly, on a dull London afternoon, in a situation of extreme danger. Before he knows what is happening he is the obvious suspect for a murder committed in his own flat, and has to go on the run to his native Scotland.

Richard Hannay, South African mining engineer and war hero, undertakes a perilous mission to pursue the elusive "Greenmantle". His success or failure could change the outcome of Wor

The Thirty-Nine Steps: A visit from a man who is supposed to be dead begins the nightmare for Richard Hannay. Three days later, the man really is dead, skewered through the heart, and Richard Hannay is an innocent man on the run, caught in a sinister web of political intrigue and murder. Witchwood: As he settles into the sleepy community of Woodilee, it seems David Semphill's tasks as the new minister will not be difficult. But, in the dead of night, the devil-worshippers chant on and witchcraft hangs in the air...

A strange man is killed in Richard Hannay's apartment but before his death he says he knows a deadly secret. The police think Hannay is the murderer. How can he find the real killers and discover the secret of the thirty-nine steps? A classic, world-famous adventure story written in 1915, that has been made into a film four times.

When Major Richard Hannay has his recuperation interrupted by a telegram from British Intelligence, his hopes are high for a promotion. However, his orders are not for Europe's battlefields, but for another deadly mission into the core of the enemy's secret plans. Teaming up with his good friend sandy Arbuthnot and the American agent Blenkiron. Hannay is nervous about his assignment - not least because no one can tell him exactly what it is. But as he travels to the heart of the Middle East, Hannay discovers the terrible truth: the Germans have discovered a deadly secret weapon, one that has the power to unleash hell and change the entire course of the war.

Penguin Readers" is a series of simplified novels, film novelizations and original titles that introduce students at all levels to the pleasures of reading in English. Originally designed for teaching English as a foreign language, the series' combination of high interest level and low reading age makes it suitable for both English-speaking teenagers with limited reading skills and students of English as a second language. Many titles in the series also provide access to the pre-20th century literature strands of the National Curriculum English Orders. "Penguin Readers" are graded at seven levels of difficulty, from "Easystarts" with a 200-word vocabulary, to Level 6 (Advanced) with a 3000-word vocabulary. In addition, titles fall into one of three sub-categories: "Contemporary", "Classics" or "Originals". At the end of each book there is a section of enjoyable exercises focusing on vocabulary building, comprehension, discussion and writing. Some titles in the series are available with an accompanying audio cassette, or in a book and cassette pack.Additionally, selected titles have free accompanying "Penguin Readers Factsheets" which provide stimulating exercise material for students, as well as suggestions for teachers on how to exploit the Readers in class.

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John Buchan (1875-1940), Barón de Tweedsmuir, nació en Escocia y estudió cultura clásica en Oxford donde inició su carrera literaria. Fue abogado, editor, periodista y diplomático. Reportero para