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Annihilation Screenplay by Alex Garland
Category: Languages and Reference
A group of soldiers enters an environmental disaster zone and only one comes back out alive, though he is grievously injured. In an attempt to save his life, his wife Lena, a biologist, volunteers for a second expedition into the zone to figure out what happened to him.
Beach,the Cds by Alex Garland
Category: Fiction
On Richard's first night in Bangkok, a fellow traveller slits his wrists, leaving Richard a map to "the Beach", where white sands circle a lagoon hidden from the sea, coral gardens and freshwater falls are surrounded by jungle. Richard was looking for adventure, and now he has found it.
Beach,the (film Tie-in) by Alex Garland
Category: Fiction
Richard is drawn into a strange conversation in a hotel. He hears of a secret island Garden of Eden hidden in the scattered islands of a Thai marine park. Next morning, he finds a map pinned to his door and the man who put it there has slashed his wrists. The challenge is irresistible and he sets off on ...Show more
Coma by Alex Garland
Category: Fiction
When Carl awakens from a coma after being attacked on a subway train, life around him feels unfamiliar, even strange. He arrives at his best friend's house without remembering how he got there; he seems to be having an affair with his secretary, which is pleasant but surprising. He starts to notice dist ...Show more
Never Let Me Go: Screenplay by Alex Garland
Category: Fiction
In his highly acclaimed novel "Never Let Me Go", Kazuo Ishiguro ("The Remains of the Day") created a remarkable story of love, loss and hidden truths. In it he posed the fundamental question: What makes us human? Now director Mark Romanek ("One Hour Photo"), writer Alex Garland and DNA Films bring Ishig ...Show more
The Beach by Alex Garland
Category: Fiction
Richard is drawn into a strange conversation in a hotel. He hears of a secret island Garden of Eden hidden in the scattered islands of a Thai marine park. Next morning, he finds a map pinned to his door and the man who put it there has slashed his wrists. The challenge is irresistible and he sets off on ...Show more
The Beach by Alex Garland
Category: Fiction
The irresistible novel that was adapted into a major motion picture starring Leonardo DiCaprio. The Khao San Road, Bangkok -- first stop for the hordes of rootless young Westerners traveling in Southeast Asia. On Richard's first night there, in a low-budget guest house, a fellow traveler slashes his wr ...Show more
The Beach by Alex Garland
Category: Fiction
Late at night in a seedy hotel, Richard is drawn into a strange conversation with a fellow guest. Through a narrow strip of mosquito netting he hears for the first time of a secret beach, an island Garden of Eden, hidden somewhere in the scattered islands of a Thai marine park. The next morning, Richard ...Show more
The Beach by Alex Garland
Category: Fiction | Series: Popular Penguins
The irresistible novel that was adapted into a major motion picture starring Leonardo DiCaprio. The Khao San Road, Bangkok -- first stop for the hordes of rootless young Westerners traveling in Southeast Asia. On Richard's first night there, in a low-budget guest house, a fellow traveler slashes his w ...Show more
The Beach by Alex Garland
Category: Fiction
This is a classic story of paradise found - and lost. Richard lands in East Asia in search of an earthly utopia. In Thailand, he is given a map promising an unknown island, a secluded beach - and a new way of life. What Richard finds when he gets there is breathtaking: more extraordinary, more frighteni ...Show more
"The Beach": Level 6 Pearson English Reader by Alex Garland
Category: Learning Material & Coursework (ELT) | Series: Penguin Readers Simplified Texts
Contemporary / British English (Available June 2008) Close your eyes imagine idyllic white sands and coral gardens.' Richard arrives in Thailand. He hears about the beach', a secret island. It is paradise on earth. He goes there, but paradise soon turns into hell