BLACK CAT READERS for ELT - Vicens Vives

BLACK CAT READERS for ELT

Secondary and Adults

2013

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Black Cat Guide to Graded Readers

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➤➤➤ FREE Web Activities for many new readers After entering the Web Activities page with the access code provided within the reader, you will be able to choose from a range of online activities from level A1 to C1. Within each level you can then select activities and games based on grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation or listening skills or those giving specific practice in Cambridge ESOL exams. You can do the activities online and check your answers at the click of a mouse.

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Black Cat’s Digital Reading Programme NEW FOR TEACHERS: INNOVATIVE DIGITAL READER RESOURCE PACK 20 titles

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Expand your Horizons with Black Cat Readers EXPANSIVE READING Dear Teacher, Intensive and extensive reading have been the two major approaches to reading for a long time. But Black Cat readers use an exciting new approach which we call EXPANSIVE READING.

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Expansive reading goes beyond the text to expand learning in many directions. Apart from activities which check comprehension, and provide practice in the four skills, structures and vocabulary building, Black Cat readers offer: • B e a u t i f u l i l l u s t rat i o n s a n d d ra m at i s e d recordings, which aid understanding of the text and create stimulus to read. • Detailed explanations of the cultural background of the text. • Cultural comparisons and analysis of film versions. • Cross-curricular links, reflecting the value now given to Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL). • Projects on the web exploiting the Internet’s resources to the full. • Exam-style activities to help prepare students for international language qualifications. • Audio CD-ROMs for selected titles which ensure entertaining learning.

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The Story of Chocolate

The Story of Coffee

The Story of Football

Wolves

Castles and knights are part of the Middle Ages. What do you know about them? What happens in the Great Hall of a castle? What do knights do? Who can be a knight?

Chocolate is probably the world’s favourite food. We eat it and we drink it too. It gives us energy and makes us happy. Learn about the history of this delicious food and discover some interesting facts that not everybody knows!

Many people all over the world start their day with a cup of coffee. Black or white, espresso or filter – there are so many ways of preparing it. In this book you can learn more about the coffee plant and the history of this popular drink. And you can find a recipe for a frappuccino, too!

‘Football’ can refer to different sports, but this book is about the the most popular type of football – association football, or soccer.

Wolves are beautiful and intelligent animals. What do you know about them? Where do they live? What do they eat? Do they like to play? Why are they in danger?

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Find out about the origins, the rules, the teams, and some of the greatest players in the history of ‘the beautiful game’.

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Castles and Knights

The Life and Times of Captain Cook

The Life and Times of Shakespeare

The Story of Big Cities

The Story of Moving Pictures

Who was Captain Cook? Where did he go, and what did he discover? Find out about how, in less than 10 years, one man's discoveries were able to change our ideas about the world, and set sail on this exciting journey into the life and times of James Cook.

Activities by Eleanor Donaldson

New York City, Tokyo, São Paolo, Mexico City and Mumbai are some of the biggest cities in the world today, but how did they become so big? What makes a city? When, how and why did people start building and living in cities? Find out the answers to these questions and many others in this informative and interesting book.

How did people make and watch films in the past? Do you know what magic lanterns or kinetoscopes were? Or nickelodeons or drive-ins? Find out in this book!

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Plays such as Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth are world-famous, and most people know some lines from Shakespeare like Hamlet’s ‘To be or not to be’. Now you can find out more about the life and times of the most popular playwright ever.

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Learn about the most important musical styles in Europe and North America from the middle ages to today. Read about the history of the minstrels and troubadours, ragtime music, jazz, blues, rock, pop, rap, grunge and many more. It’s all here.

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The Story of Tea What is Camellia sinensis? How did tea help to start the American Revolution? And how are monkeys connected to tea? Find out the answer to these questions and more in the story of one of the world's most popular drinks.

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The Story of the Olimpic Games Today the Olympic Games are the greatest sports event in the world. But when and where did the first Games start? Who are the all-time champions of the Summer and Winter Games? How many medals did they win? Where are the next Games going to take place? Open this exciting book and feel the thrill of the Olympic Games!

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Vikings Who were the Vikings? Where and how did they live? Where did they travel to? What were the Viking warriors like? Find out the answers to all of these questinos by reading this interesting and informative book.

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The Story of Popular Music

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A1 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Bathsheba the Witch

Beauty and the Beast

Black Beauty

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Black Beauty, a handsome, intell i g e n t h o r s e , l i v e s i n Vi c t o r i a n England on a peaceful farm with a w o n d e r f u l m a s t e r. B u t h i s l i f e changes when he is sold to different masters. Published in 1877, Black Beauty is an unforgettable classic for readers of all ages.

Five children go on holiday and discover a sand fair y near their home! The sand fairy is an unusual creature that grants wishes, and this is just the beginning of an incredible adventure for them. Their wishes are strange, silly…and s o m e t i m e s dangerous. T h e y g o from one exciting adventure to another until finally they realise the power of a wish and whether or not they really want one!

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Fairy tale & fantasy Alice follows the White Rabbit down a rabbit hole and finds herself in the magical world of Wonderland. She grows bigger and smaller and meets a lot of very strange characters! These include the Caterpillar on his mushroom, the smiling Cheshire Cat, the Hatter and the March Hare at their mad tea party, the Queen of Hearts at her crazy game of croquet, and many more! Integrated dossiers: – A Drink Called Tea – A Real Queen

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B a t h s h e b a , a be a u t i f u l We a t h e r Witch, lives with her cat, Cobweb, on top of a high mountain near the village of Sunnyville. The people in t h e v i l l a g e d o n ’t k n o w a b o u t Bathsheba or about the important job she does for them. Her life is peaceful until one day she goes down to the village and meets some of the people there, including a very special soldier… Integrated dossiers: – Witches – The Weather in Great Britain – Potions

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Fairy tale & fantasy A rich man suddenly becomes poor and he goes to live in the country with his children. One day he goes to the city on business. His daughter, Beauty, asks him to bring her a rose. On his way back the man takes a rose from the garden of a castle. But the owner of the castle, a beast, becomes angr y and demands something in exchange… Integrated dossiers: – Castles – Flowers – Beauty and the Beast in Films and at the Theatre

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Integrated dossiers: – Horses – The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

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A1 The Happy Prince and The Selfish Giant

The Jungle Book

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Mystery & horror Mystery & horror When Kate and Mike Sullivan invite their friend Carlos to sail to the Farallon Islands on their father’s new boat, The Pelican, they expect to see the fascinating birds and animals which live there. But this exciting boat trip on the Pacific Ocean turns into a night of horror when ghastly ghosts from the past appear… Integrated dossier: – Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary

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It’s fun to get ready for Halloween and it’s even more fun to have a spooky Halloween party! But what happens to a group of young teenagers when their Halloween party becomes a living nightmare? Find out what horror is all about in this spine-tingling story! Integrated dossiers: – The Origins of Halloween – Salem – Halloween Cookies – Make a Bat

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Fairy tale & fantasy The Happy Prince is the unforgettable story of the touching friendship between the golden statue of the Happy Prince and a little swallow. The enchanted garden of The Selfish Giant is the perfect place for children to play, until the Giant decides to keep it all for himself! Integrated dossiers: – Birds – Migratory Birds – Gardens

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Mowgli, a baby boy, is raised by a family of loving wolves in India. He is educated by Bagheera, the black panther, and Baloo, the brown bear. All the animals like him except for Shere Khan, a tiger who wants to kill him. A timeless classic that enchants younger and older readers alike. Integrated dossiers: – Let’s meet some of the animals in the Story – India

Rudyard Kipling surprises us again with these five tales from the animal kingdom. Have you ever wondered why elephants have such long noses and why leopards have spots? Do you know why kangaroos hop around Australia? Find out how a clever young sailor tricked a whale and meet many other unforgettable characters. Integrated dossiers: – Animals in Australia – Whales audio

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Halloween Horror

The Ghost Ship of Bodega Bay

A1 The Nutcracker

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One Christmas Eve in 19th-century Nuremberg Uncle Drosselmeyer arrives with presents for everyone and Clara gets a nutcracker. That night Clara discovers that her nutcracker is much more than a toy. Together they go to the magic Land of Sweets! But on Christmas morning there is another surprise for her…

The Darling children’s amazing adventure begins when Peter Pan flies into their nursery and whisks them off to his enchanted island, Neverland. There they meet Peter’s friends, the Lost Boys. But James Hook, the cruel captain of the pirates, soon captures them. Can Peter Pan save them?

Sandokan and his pirates rule the Malaysian Sea in the 1840s, and the British want to capture him. One day he meets Marianna, Lord James’s young niece, and they are immediately attracted to each other. Their love is impossible, but Sandokan and his friend Yanez make a daring plan to take Marianna away from her uncle.

Integrated dossier: – The ballet of ‘The Nutcracker’ audio

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The Secret Garden Human Interest Life with her uncle is uneventful for bad-tempered Mary Lennox until one day she finds a secret garden. She wants to make the garden beautiful and meets Dickon, a friendly boy who helps her. Then Mary meets her cousin Colin, an invalid, who is confined to bed. With Mary and Dickon's help Colin goes out into the secret garden and discovers the meaning of true friendship and happiness. Integrated dossier: – English Gardens audio

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A1 The Tempest

The Wind in the Willows

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Max and Laura's summer holiday in the village of Stonecross is full of excitement and danger: a symbol, an old book of secrets, a mysterious housekeeper and thieves who don't steal anything. What does it all mean? Under the shadow of Stonehenge the two children and their Uncle Stephen discover a dark plot to reveal its ancient secrets. Will the plot succeed or will the secrets of the stones remain a mystery forever?

Prospero, Duke of Milan, lives on a lonely island with his daughter Miranda, Caliban (a monster) and Ariel (a magic spirit). He learns to do magic and he wants to punish his bad brother, Antonio. He creates a magic storm – a tempest. All the people on Antonio’s ship land on Prospero’s island and many strange things happen to them.

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Zorro! Adventure

This classic story, set in the English countryside, features the lovable characters Rat, Mole, Toad and Badger. When Mole decides to leave his underground home and meets Rat, he discovers a completely new world on the river bank and the Wild Wood. And Toad’s passion for fast cars leads them on a series of adventures...

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Fairy tale & fantasy The incredible adventures of Dorothy, her dog Toto, the Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion have continued to enthuse readers of all ages ever since it was first published in 1900. Join Dorothy and her friends as they travel down the yellow brick road to the Emerald City to meet the wonderful Wizard of Oz.

The daring adventures of Zorro, the legendary masked hero of Spanish California. He is a champion of justice and an expert with the sword. He is invincible as he defies corrupt politicians and defends the oppressed. Integrated dossiers: – Spanish California – California Today and others

Integrated dossiers: – Cyclones – Kansas

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The Secret of the Stones

A2 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Adventure Join Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn and their friends as they go on a series of exciting adventures on the Mississippi River. Read about how they witness a murder while looking for ghosts in a graveyard, and how they run away to an island, frightening everyone back home. Integrated dossier: – The One-room School, Missouri audio

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American Folk Tales

The American West

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Carol and Steve Taylor move into an old, mysterious house which hides many secrets. Carol hears footsteps at night, Steve finds an old love letter from the American Civil War and the people in town hear a woman crying in the night. Who is trying to give them a message and why? Carol, Steve and their friend Halim solve an incredibly difficult and touching mystery.

Enjoy three of America’s most loved folk tales of the 1800s! Meet Johnny Appleseed who planted apple seeds across America. Find out how Pecos Bill became King of the Cowboys of Texas. Visit a Southern plantation and laugh with cunning Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox.

One of the most exciting and memorable periods of American history is brought to life. Original 19th-century photographs and prints will allow you to relive the adventures of the American West with its cowboys, sheriffs, outlaws and Indians.

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Integrated dossiers: – A Nation is Born – Outlaws of the West – Cowboys!

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Adventure Set in England during the Wars of the Roses, this is the exciting story of Richard Shelton and the band of the Black Arrow. Sir Daniel Brackley is like a father to Richard, but one day Richard discovers a terrible truth from the past. Now he must fight against Sir Daniel and his men. A tale filled with adventure, treachery, mystery and romance. Integrated dossiers:

The Bottle Imp

British and American Festivities

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Festivals

Keawe, a young Hawaiian sailor, is offered the opportunity to buy a bottle containing an imp which will grant all his wishes. However, the bottle must, from then on, be resold for a price smaller than what he paid for it, or he will be condemned to live out the rest of his days in excruciating torment.

Why do we celebrate Halloween? What do people do to celebrate the New Year? Why is the egg a symbol of Easter? Who invented the Christmas card? This unique book explores the origins of our festivities, their historical significance, and how we celebrate them today.

Integrated dossiers: – Captain Cook – Hawaii

Davy Crockett

Ghastly Ghosts!

History

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This is the true story of a brave, adventurous man, a real American hero, who has become a legend. Davy loved danger, justice and freedom. He was the true American free spirit of the 1800s who helped to build America.

What is the t r u t h a b o u t gh o s t s and the supernatural? Do dead people really come back to haunt the world? Can an entire village be haunted? Can ghosts be photographed? Find out in this spine-chilling book that introduces you to some of the world’s most ghastly ghosts and their macabre doings!

Integrated dossiers: – Hunters and Trappers – The American Frontier – Jim Bowie and the Bowie Knife – Davy Crockett State Park

– The Wars of the Roses – Knights and Knighthood Today

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The Black Arrow

A2 Great Expectations

Picture Reader

Human Interest Pip, a poor young boy, receives amazing news. Someone has given him a vast amount of money and wants to make him a gentleman. Who is his mysterious benefactor? Is it Miss Havisham, who lives in an old house with the beautiful Estella? Life is full of surprises... Integrated dossiers: – Ladies and Gentelmen – Transportation to Australia Playscript

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Halloween… Magic, Witches and Vampires Festivals An exciting and informative book on the history and culture of Halloween, which gives details about an authentic American Halloween party! The beginnings of witchcraft, magic and astrology are explained. And, there is a chilling chapter on vampires and werewolves! Integrated dossiers: – Stonehenge – How to make a Jack-O’Lantern and others

I Want To Be You Human interest Holly and Rosie are cousins but they are very different. When the school basket-ball team fails to win the championship because Holly misses a penalty, Holly discovers just how cruel her cousin can be. Holly always thought that Rosie had everything; lots of friends and lots of money to buy lots of designer clothes. But then she meets an old lady at a fair and soon finds out that things aren’t always what they seem… Integrated dossier: – Travelling Funfairs audio

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When he was very young, Jason’s uncle took the kingdom of Lolkos from his father, but now Jason wants it back. First he must find and bring back the Golden Fleece. It is a dangerous mission but Jason and a crew of heroes set sail on the Argo to the Black Sea. The Argonauts must battle against giants, huge birds and sea monsters before their journey ends.

It is the summer holidays and Megan’s mother is very ill. She has to stay with her uncle on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, but she doesn’t want to go. It is quiet, too quiet, until Megan meets Ben, her uncle’s neighbour, and sees a silvery unicorn. The unicorn has woken from its long sleep and it is Megan who has woken him… Integrated dossiers: – The Isle of Skye – Clans, Kits and Tartan – Scottish Music

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Legends from the British Isles Legend Enjoy four popular legends from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales that tell us about a girl who makes friends with a unicorn, a wizard who casts terrible spells, a king who hides a strange secret and a prince’s loyal dog… all unforgettable! The four legends are recorded with regional accents. Integrated dossiers: – Haunted Castles in Scotland – Man’s Best Friend

Little Women

The Lost Treasure of Bodega Bay

Human interest

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Growing up in New England during the American Civil War isn’t easy for the March sisters – Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. With their father away, they must learn to make sacrifices and accept disappointments. Discover how the four sisters’ dreams finally come true in this timeless classic about love, kindness, and generosity.

Kate, Mike and Carlos go on another trip to Bodega Bay near San Francisco, where more than a year ago they found a pirate’s old treasure map. An incredibly exciting and dangerous adventure awaits them as they follow a mysterious clue and go on a treasure hunt to find a lost treasure from centuries ago.

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Jason and the Argonauts

A2 A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Mystery in San Francisco

The Prince and the Pauper

Project Vampire

The Railway Children

Mystery & horror Mystery & horror Human interest Hermia and Lysander are in love, but Hermia’s father wants Demetrius to marry his daughter, so Hermia and Lysander decide to run away to get married. But in the wood some fairies per form some magic and some strange things start to happen... Integrated dossiers: – Fairies – Acting and Theatres in Shakespeare’s Time audio

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Integrated dossiers: – A Guide to San Francisco – Natural Resources and Pollution

Adventure Edward and Tom are identical. They both live in London, but there is one difference: Edward is a prince and Tom is a pauper. One day they meet and decide to play a game. Edward becomes a pauper and Tom becomes a prince. But something goes wrong. Will Edward ever return to his palace and become King of England? Integrated dossiers: – King Henry VIII

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An abandoned mansion, a ghostly face at the window and mysterious happenings at one of the city's favorite landmarks all mark the start of a thrilling adventure for Jim Reilly and his teenage friends. Set in cosmopolitan San Francisco, California, this is a mystery story full of suspense with an unexpected twist, brilliantly solved by three young detectives.

Max and Laura are involved in another mysterious case. This time a phantom thief seems to be able to get in and out of important museums in London stealing valuable paintings. Max and Laura decide to explore the area around one of the museums. Something very spooky is going to happen… Integrated dossiers: – London museums – Travelling around London – Top five things to do in London

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Adventure After their father is mysteriously forced to leave home, the three children and their mother go to live in a cottage in the country near a railway track. The children make friends with the Station Master, the Porter and a friendly old gentleman. Peter, Bobbie and Phyllis enjoy several exciting adventures and become the heroes of the village. But the myster y of their father remains unsolved, until one day… Integrated dossier: – Early Railways

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A2 Robinson Crusoe

Legend

Adventure

Rip Van Winkle goes walking in the Catskill mountains. He has a strong drink, falls asleep and doesn’t wake up until much later. Ichabod Crane lives in Sleepy Hollow. He likes Katrina van Tassel but so does Brom Bones. After speaking to Katrina, Ichabod runs away, leaving behind him the legend of the Headless Horseman.

When Robinson Crusoe tells his parents he wants to go to sea they don’t want him to, but he ignores their wishes and joins a ship. This is just the beginning of his many adventures at sea, which end with him being shipwrecked on a desert island.

Mystery & horror

Integrated dossiers: – The Atlantic Slave Trade – The Real Robinson Crusoe – Alexander Selkirk

Integrated dossiers: – Victorian Writers – Police and Detectives of the19th Century

Integrated dossiers: – America in the 1700s – The American Revolution – New York: Yesterday and Today

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A mysterious lodger has rented rooms at Mrs Warren’s lodging house. She is frightened by this strange individual, so asks Sherlock Holmes to help. He and Dr Watson discover cryptic messages, a sinister secret society and a terrible murder.

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The Treasure of Franchard

The True Story of Pocahontas

Human interest

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Jean-Marie is an orphan who is happily adopted by Doctor Desprez and his wife Anastasie. When the doctor finds the precious Treasure of Franchard he plans to take his family away from their lovely, old country home go to Paris and live a rich life. Jean-Marie does not want to go to Paris and during the night the treasure mysteriously disappears…

Pocahontas is the touching story of an Indian princess, whose courage saved a white man’s life. No one could have imagined that Pocahontas would be the first Indian to marry a white man!

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Integrated dossiers: – The Origins of Virginia – Indian Life – Virginia Today

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Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

A2-B1 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Adventure Meet Huckleberry Finn and embark on an exciting series of adventures down the Mississippi River. Enjoy the ride as Huck ingeniously escapes from the clutches of his cruel father, cleverly stops a couple of villains from stealing a family’s fortune and, enlists the help of his friend Tom Sawyer to save a runaway slave from a terrible fate. An American classic that appeals to young and old alike.

The Call of the Wild

David Copperfield

Great English Monarchs and their Times

Adventure

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Buck, a big, happy dog, is kidnapped from his comfortable home in California and is sold as a sled dog in the cold Yukon Territory during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1896. His new life in the Northland is difficult, challenging, adventurous… and full of surprises!

David Copperfield is a boy who experiences the best and the worst of life in 19th-century England. When David’s beloved mother dies, his cruel stepfather mistreats him. David has to suffer fear and loneliness at boarding school and while working in a London factory. He is deceived by Steerforth and Uriah Heep. But he also finds love and protection from the friends he can trust.

Do you know that Henry VIII was happily married for almost 20 years to the same queen before meeting his other wives? Do you know Queen Elizabeth refused to marry in spite of all the men who loved her? And do you know what events during Queen Victoria’s reign contributed to making the British Empire the biggest ever? English monarchs have fascinated the world for centuries. Find out about their lives, their loves, their ambitions and their secrets.

Integrated dossiers: – The Klondike Gold Rush – Wolves

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A2-B1 Oliver Twist

Legend

Adventure

Learn how Arthur became King, where he found his great sword Excalibur, about his love for Guinevere, and all about the courageous Knights of the Round Table.

Set in 19th-century London, this timeless classic narrates the incredible adventures and poignant hardships of Oliver, a young, penniless orphan who, in spite of his encounters with criminals of London and adverse circumstances, finds happiness in the end.

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Pirates and their incredible adventures have fascinated readers for centuries. Pirates!, with its stunning illustrations and maps, traces piracy from its distant origins in the year 2000 BC, all the way to modern times... because pirates are still at work today!

The legendary hero of Sherwood Forest comes to life in this exciting book about his daring adventures. Robin Hood explains about why Robin became an outlaw, how his band of outlaws grew, Marian’s love for Robin, how the cruel sheriff was punished and much more. Integrated dossiers: – Did Robin Hood really exist? – The Crusades – King Richard, the Lionheart – King John and the Magna Carta and others

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Computing, English and Virtual Worlds

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Read about the thrilling adventures of young Jim Hawkins and his friends who set sail for Treasure Island in search of treasure. But will Long John Silver get there first…?

Set in the cold Yukon Territory during the Klondike Gold Rush, this is the adventurous story of a young wolf that is captured and must learn to live in captivity. His first years are filled with hardship because his masters are cruel and uncaring, and he has no friends, only enemies. Then one day, during a terrible dog fight, White Fang meets a stranger who changes his life…

Adventure A group of teenagers find a mysterious e-mail message which introduces them to the world of cyberspace. A pragmatic approach for students to learn English and improve their web skills at the same time. Students can reinforce and practise what they have learnt by doing the Portfolio sections, while being introduced to a variety of topics and countries.

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‘Hail, Macbeth who will be king one day.’ On a cold Scottish heath, three witches make a prophecy. Inspired by their words and encouraged by his evil wife, Macbeth begins his trail of destruction to gain and keep the Scottish throne.

Nobody can remember why the Capulet family and the Montague family hate each other but the feud is longstanding and brutal. When Juliet Capulet and Romeo Montague meet and fall in love the result is tragic, and peace between the two families is only possible after the death of many people.

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Missing in Sydney

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Peter O’Nell, Montego High School’s favourite teacher, goes missing in the Bermuda Triangle, and the police can’t solve the case. His students decide to investigate, with the help of O’Nell’s dog, Rover. But the truth behind O’Nell’s disappearance is very macabre…

Three best friends are travelling around Australia in search of adventure before they start university back home in the UK. But after celebrating Christmas Day one of them goes missing. Lisa is just an ordinary 18year-old, so why would anyone want to kidnap her? Amy and Claire are determined to find her…

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There has been a UFO sighting in the Cascade mountains near Seattle, Washington, and everyone is excited. But no one believes there could possibly be an alien in town, until Karen, Barbara and Walter notice that one of the teachers at their high school is behaving very strangely. Karen and her friends start investigating on their own and are very surprised by what they discover…

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Adventure Three young women need to get to London from Ireland in time for Christmas. When all flights are cancelled, they are forced to share a car and make the journey by road. They each have their own personal problems, but they have to decide together what to do when they find a briefcase full of money. Then they realise that a car is following them… Integrated dossiers: – The Emerald Isle – Indians in Britain

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Bella and her friends, Elise and Gracie, are going on a school trip. But then they get lost. They set out to find their school friends and the youth hostel where they should be staying but before they can find them, strange and spooky things start to happen. First Bella sees a mysterious girl in the woods, then Elise witnesses a discussion between two men which will reveal some dangerous secrets. Their friends are unaware that they are in danger and it is up to Elise, Bella and Gracie to save them. But how? Integrated dossiers: – School trips – Ghosts in films W EB A CTIVITIES

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Tristan and Isolde

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The world’s most famous detective surprises us again with the brilliant solutions to two seemingly impossible cases.The master detective solves the case of the horrible murder of a young woman in The Speckled Band. Smile with him and Watson as they listen to the puzzling story of one of their odd clients, who is not so odd after all, in The Red-Headed League. Integrated dossier: – London at the Time of Sherlock Holmes

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A selection from the famous collection of Oriental stories known as the One Thousand and One Nights, including the classic favourites Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and Sindbad the Sailor. Travel through the streets of old Baghdad, around luxurious palaces and fragrant gardens in India, to desert islands in the China seas… Integrated dossiers: – The Origins of The Arabian Nights – Baghdad, the city of The Arabian Nights

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One of the great romances of the Middle Ages, Tristan and Isolde has inspired writers, poets, artists and musicians for centuries. After slaying a dragon and winning a tournament, the young prince Tristan wins the hand of beautiful Isolde for his uncle, King Mark. But on their journey back to Mark’s court, they drink a love potion that was intended for the king and his young bride. They instantly fall in love – a love that is impossible. Integrated dossiers: – The Celts – King Arthur: fact or fiction

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Fairy tale & fantasy Join Alice on her exciting adventure in Wonderland, where she changes size continually and meets a host of strange characters – the White Rabbit who is always late, the grinning Cheshire Cat and the Queen who wants to cut off every-body’s head – to name but a few! Integrated dossier: – Lewis Carroll and the Mirror with a Memory

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Humour & comedy Read these amusing stories and you will discover why elephants have trunks, how it's best to work out the correct price for pigs straight away and what happened to an English lady when she went hunting for a tiger! You will also find a stolen elephant, go boating with three friends and see how much trouble a small dog can make! Integrated dossiers: – Elephants – Tigers

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A Dream Come True

The Fisherman and his Soul

Hamlet Prince of Denmark

Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Human interest Adventure In 1872 a rich English gentleman, Phileas Fogg, makes a bet that he can go around the world in 80 days. Accompanied by his French manservant, Passepartout, he sets off on an incredible race against the clock, over land and sea. The tenacious Inspector Fix, convinced that Phileas Fogg is a robber, pursues him relentlessly across the continents. Integrated dossier: – India and others

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Ellie is mad about music: she dreams of becoming a singer and she desperately wants to go to the Glastonbury Festival, where her favourite singer, Murphy, will be playing. But with an overprotective Dad and important exams to take, it seems that Ellie’s dreams will have to remain just that, dreams. But one day she sees a competition in a music magazine… Integrated dossiers: – Education in England – Yorkshire – Festivals in Britain and Ireland

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A story of love and friendship about a fisherman who catches a mermaid. He lets her go because she promises to help him fish. Each day the mermaid appears and sings her song, so he falls in love with her! However, she cannot marry him until he has lost his human soul.

The famous mineralogist, Professor Lidenbrock, finds a piece of parchment in an old book. A message written in code describes a secret entrance to another world. The Professor’s nephew, Axel, breaks the code and he and his uncle set out on a journey that takes them back in time to the days of the dinosaurs and prehistoric man. But how will they manage to get back to the present safely?

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Tragedy When the ghost of Hamlet’s father reveals the terrible secret of Elsinore, the result is chaos and tragedy for the young Prince of Denmark. Will he avenge his father’s murder? Integrated dossiers: – Films of Hamlet – Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Theatre – Who was Hamlet?

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Humour & comedy The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County depicts one of American history’s most exciting periods: the California Gold Rush of the 1850s. Come to Angel’s Mining Camp in California and meet Smiley whose frog is a living gold mine until one day… Integrated dossiers: – The California Gold Rush – Life in the Mining Camps and others

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The Lost World

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When his father dies, David Balfour discovers he has inherited the family home near Edinburgh. But his Uncle Ebenezer also wants the house and puts David on a ship to America. The story follows David’s adventures across land and sea. With the help of his new friend, Alan Breck, can David return to Edinburgh and claim what is rightfully his? Integrated dossiers: – Scotland – The Jacobites – The City of Edinburgh from Past to Present TRINITY

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At the beginning of the 1900s the whole world has been explored: there is nothing left to discover. But maybe this is not totally true. The eccentric Professor Challenger says there is a place where dinosaurs still live. So he decides to lead an expedition to this prehistoric world in the middle of the great Amazon forest. Integrated dossiers: – Amazonia: a Land of Wonders – Dinosaurs

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Fairy tale & fantasy Set in the South Seas, Stevenson creates tales of magic and adventure. The Isle of Voices Kalamake, a wizard who transforms seashells into dollars! The Beach of Falesá is a thrilling tale of treachery, devils, island magic and two people who find love. Integrated dossiers: – The History of Money – The Hawaiian Islands

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The Chumash are American Indians who live in California. When a property developer starts building homes on the site of their ancient cemetery, the Chumash become angry. During the night of the Fourth of July celebrations a mysterious American Indian warrior appears and a murder is committed. Suspicion falls on the Chumash, but four young friends investigate further… Integrated dossiers: – Independence Day – American Indians

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The Rajah’s Diamond

The Ransom of Red Chief

Adventure What really happened on board the famous ship, the Bounty? Why did the sailors mutiny against their captain, and where did they take the ship? How did the captain and his loyal crew survive a 5,000 mile journey? Join Captain Bligh, Fletcher Chris-tian and Tom on their incredible adventures at sea, and discover what the Bounty mutiny was really about. Integrated dossiers: – Life at Sea in the 18th Century – Island Destinations in The Mutiny on the Bounty – Pitcairn

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The Rajah’s Diamond, the most precious diamond in the world, seems to bring bad luck on everyone who comes into contact with it. Owned by Sir Thomas Vandeleur, his wife tries to sell it to pay off her debts. But the diamond is stolen and falls into the wrong hands. Follow the diamond on its adventures and find out what happend to it.

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1715: Frank Osbaldistone likes poetry and he does not want to enter the family business. The young man is then sent by his father to the north of England. Frank meets a charismatic Scotsman and an official of the English government. This will be the beginning of his involvement in a rebellion against the British monarchy. In this great historical novel, Frank comes to love and understand the wild world of the Scottish Highlands. Integrated dossiers: – Rob Roy: history comes alive – The historical novel: Sir Walter Scott’s Great Creation

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Human interest Mary Lennox is a spoilt, unpleasant little girl who goes to live with her uncle on his enormous estate in Yorkshire after the death of her parents in India. Left very much to herself she explores the grounds of the house and finds the secret garden which has been locked up for ten years… Integrated dossiers: – The World of The Secret Garden – India – The Rich and the Poor in Victorian Times, British Gardens

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The Willing Ghost

The £1,000,000 Bank Note

Alien at School

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Mystery and horror Three authors reveal the obscure corners of the occult. Sinister ghosts of the past have never left Barwyke Hall; a man disappears mysteriously; the Puritan Reverend Hooper is plagued by a terrible secret sin that forces him to wear a black veil. Integrated dossiers: – England and Its Ghosts – New England and the Puritans

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Like many 15 year olds, Adam prefers computer games to school work, but he can’t understand why one of his favourite games seems to have a life of its own. And why is he suddenly hearing voices? Why can’t anyone else see the strange boy outside the school gates? And why does the boy look so like Adam? He finds the answers he’s looking for and a lot more besides hundreds of years in the past. Integrated dossiers: – Time Travel – Schools in Britain – Medieval Castles

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Selena Willing, a young, beautiful heiress, contacts Richard Boot, a private detective, because she thinks there is a noisy ghost in her stately home. Richard investigates, looking into Selena’s life and discovers that the noise she hears is not a ghost, but something much more real and dangerous…

Have you ever made a bet – a big bet? In the 1850s, a young American finds himself in London by chance. He is penniless, and yet he leads the luxurious life of a millionaire. How can he do this? It’s all thanks to a bizarre bet made by two eccentric gentlemen.

Integrated dossiers: – Private Detectives – Stately Homes – Soho

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Whoever thought that starting high school would be so exciting? A comet and a constellation have crossed paths, and space experts know this means the possibility of alien encounters! In a town near Boston, Jennifer Dale and her friends have some weird new teachers! Mr Stone, the English teacher, is particularly strange… Integrated dossiers: – UFOs – American Teenagers and High School – American Food and others

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B1.2 Bizarre Tales

The Canterville Ghost

Mystery & horror For those who enjoy strange surprises these five original stories will be a delight. Take Max, who thought that sleeping was a waste of time – until the media got to know about him. Or what about Fiona the fashion model who decided to show her invisible self instead of modelling clothes! Just open the book and you will enter a strange world where things are not always what they seem – where, for example, God’s secret makes hell into heaven and vice versa!

Mystery & horror When Mr Hiram B. Otis decides to buy Canterville Chase, everyone tells him that the house is haunted by a ghost. Strange things begin to happen: a bloodstain that changes colour, mysterious noises in the night, a journey to the Garden of Death… Integrated dossiers: – The Times of Oscar Wilde – Oscar Wilde in America and others Playscript

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Sherlock Holmes battles against a criminal organisation in Conan Doyle’s The Five Orange Pips; in Charles Dickens Hunted Down a ruthless murderer is brought to justice; in The Stir Outside the Café Royal by Clarence Rook an American woman tracks down her fiancé’s killer; and in G. K. Chesterton’s The Oracle of the Dog Father Brown solves a difficult murder case. Integrated dossier: – English Detective Fiction

Human interest Young love, unbelievable wealth, greed, cruelty and adventure are the themes Fitzgerald brilliantly combines to create a highly unusual and satirical story with a surprise ending. Integrated dossiers: – Diamonds that Made History – Eldorado and the American Dream

A dizzying dance at a disco five years ago led to Phil getting married. Now he wonders who he really danced with! An amateur rock band finally gets its name right – but only after a terrible experience. Schoolgirl Sheena has a tasty admirer… but what exactly makes the young man change his mind? Each of the four stories in this original collection poses a question – with the reader involved in the creative process of providing answers!

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Fairy tale & fantasy Human interest Was Nostradamus really a prophet or were his predictions a mere coincidence? What mystery lies behind the curse of the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh King Tut? Can an exquisite diamond bring death and tragedy to its owners? Does evil really exist and what forms can it take? Find out about these strange stories and others, and perhaps you'll be able to solve our world's greatest mysteries!

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Lemuel Gulliver tells the story of his fantastic adventures on the island of Lilliput where the people are tiny, and their self-importance laughable; in Brobdingnag where the people are giants and Gulliver is made to feel his own insignificance; in Laputa, the land of futile science; and finally in the land of the Houyhnhnms, where horses are endowed with reason while human beings are not. Integrated dossiers: – Popular Travel Books – Utopia and Dystopia

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Crime Another case for Sherlock Holmes finds Dr Watson sent to Devonshire to investigate the mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville, who has been mutilated by a large dog ac-cording to the tradition of the curse of the house of the Baskervilles. The new heir to the estate returning from America calls upon the great detect-ive to solve this puzzling enigma. Integrated dossiers: – Early Crime Detection – The Coming of the Fairies

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Jane Eyre

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Jane Eyre, a penniless and unattractive orphan, becomes a governess at Thornfield Hall and falls in love with Edward Rochester, the guardian of her ward. But she soon discovers that he is hiding a terrible secret…

There is discontent in Rome. The aristocrats are worried that Julius Caesar will seek to become king. A group of conspirators led by Brutus decides to assassinate Caesar. At first everything seems to go well for them, but soon the conspirators find themselves pursued by the ‘Spirit of Caesar’.

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Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other Stories

Love in Shakespeare: Five Stories

The Master of Ballantrae

Moonfleet

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At Lady Windermere’s party a famous palm reader predicts that Lord Arthur Savile will commit a murder... Read about Lady Alroy’s mysterious ways in The Sphinx without a Secret and how it pays to be nice to beggars in The Model Millionaire.

In The Taming of the Shrew, Katharina learns to love Petruchio. Romeo and Juliet’s love is destined to end in tragedy. In Twelfth Night, love is romantic but also painful, while in Othello love turns into jealousy. Finally, Antony and Cleopatra’s passionate love has tragic consequences.

Stevenson investigates into the nature of good and evil in this novel set in 1745. This was the year many in Scotland fought to put a Scottish k i n g o n t h e B r i t i s h t h r o n e . Tw o brothers, James and Henry Durie, become involved in this historical event. Integrated dossiers: – Double Trouble – Doubles and Alter Egos in Fiction and popular Culture – The War that Made America

Young John Trenchard lives in Moonfleet, an English village with dark secrets. One day he discovers a hidden crypt below the cemetery where smugglers meet and hide their goods. Here he accidentally finds the skeleton of evil Colonel Mohune, better known as Blackbeard, and a precious clue that could help him find Blackbeard’s treasure…

Human Interest Kim, a young Irish boy, lives alone on the streets of the Indian city of Lahore. He meets an old Tibetan lama who is looking for a sacred river. The boy and the old man become great friends and travel across British India. This is Rudyard Kipling’s greatest book – a story about the British empire, spies, friendship, spirituality and, most of all, India. Integrated dossiers: – The Many Lives of Buddhism – Varanasi the City of Temples – The City of Light – Kim – Kipling and Mookerjee

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In Dickens’s first novel, Samuel Pickwick and three other members of the Pickwick Club decide to spend six months travelling around England observing the manners and habits of everyone they meet. Follow them on their hilarious adventures as they get involved in a duel, an election campaign and as one of them even ends up in prison…

Rudolf Rassendyll comes from an ancient English family that has had a romantic connection with the royal household of Ruritania. He decides to visit Ruritania and is rapidly caught up in the political events of the country...

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During America’s civil war Henry Fleming dreams of becoming a hero, but he soon discovers the brutality and chaos of war. Henry and other young soldiers must measure their courage and audacity against the enemy and themselves.

In 1891, the great detective Sherlock Holmes disappeared. A month after Holmes’s disappearance, his good friend and colleague Dr Watson published an article in the newspaper, explaining that Holmes died while struggling with his arch-enemy Professor Moriarty. But is that what really happened?

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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

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The Montagues and the Capulets hate each other and so when Romeo and Juliet fall in love they are forced into secrecy and subterfuge. Will true love sur vive? Will the two families make peace?

At the height of the French Revolution, the aristocrats’ greatest fear is the guillotine. But some escape their terrible destiny with the help of a mysterious man, the Scarlet Pimpernel. Who is he? Someone is determined to find out.

Sherlock Holmes is at work in three stories: solving the problem of a hat and a goose in ‘The Blue Carbuncle’; finding a missing fiancé in ‘A Case of Identity’; and discovering the identity of a strange creature in ‘The Yellow Face’.

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What can possibly happen to three friends and their dog when they take a peaceful boat trip on the River Thames? Well, just about anything! They have incredib ly funny adventures as they visit historic sites on the beautiful Thames.

D’Artagnan travels to Paris hoping to join the Musketeers, a group of adventurers who serve Louis XIII. A series of misadventures brings him to a duel with none other than three of his heroes - the Musketeers Porthos, Athos, and Aramis. The three men ask D'Artagnan to join them in their struggle to protect Queen Anne against the plots of power-hungry Cardinal Richelieu.

After a long civil war between the Houses of Lancaster and York, England is enjoying a period of peace under King Edward IV. But Edward’s younger brother, Richard, resents Edward’s power, Richard begins to aspire secretly to the throne and decides to kill anyone he has to in order to become king.

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Twelfth Night

The Vampire’s Tear

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After surviving a shipwreck off the coast of Illyria, Viola disguises herself as a boy to get a position at the court of Duke Orsino, who is in love with Olivia. Unknown to Viola, her twin brother Sebastian has also survived the shipwreck. When he too arrives in Illyria, confusion and follows. After many cases of mistaken identity, who will be lucky in love?

A diamond is on display at an important show at a New York City museum. Nick has a summer job at the museum and invites his best friends Bill and Michelle to join him for a summer of fun. One night the diamond disappears and a security guard is found dead. Suddenly there is a vampire scare in New York City. The three teenagers start investigating…

American Horror

Beowulf

Mystery & horror

Legend

Edgar Allan Poe is one of the first masters of modern short stories and modernist poetry. But he is best remembered for his strange style of horror. A man who drains away his wife’s life to make his painting seem alive; an animal lover who becomes obsessed by a cat; a young man obsessed by an old man’s blue eye; and a man hypnotized just before he dies who then…

The great warrior Beowulf comes to the Danish court of King Hrothgar to help free his people from the terrible monster, Grendel, and his evil mother. Next, Beowulf will have to fight a fire-breathing dragon alone. But will his efforts cost him his life this time?

Five Terrifying Tales

Adventure Four true stories of adventure and courage. ‘Lost at Sea’ tells the adventures of a family sailing round the world. In ‘The Impossible Journey’ we follow Sir Ernest Shackleton as he and his men go on foot towards the South Pole. The brave woman in ‘Amy Johnson, Woman Pioneer’ attempts a solo flight from England to Australia. In ‘David Livingstone’s Last African Expedition’ we meet the great explorer on his last expedition to find the source of the Nile. Integrated dossiers: – The Big Heat – The Slave Trade

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A Christmas Carol

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Geoffrey Chaucer

Charles Dickens

Henry James

Bram Stoker

Nella Burnett-Stuart and Bruna Deriu

Mystery & horror David is looking forward to a quiet week by the sea with his girlfriend – but things don’t turn out as he expected… Who stole the diamond necklace? Inspector Baker has been promised promotion if he can solve the case. Will he succeed?… Trudy is depressed and miserable. She isn’t getting on with her parents. She’s not the only one with prob-lems though... Three young boys start digging in a garden. What exactly are they looking for? A stimulating collection of original stories – all with a twist in the tail!

Human interest Human interest A group of pilgrims travelling to the shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury decide that each traveller should tell a story. Read about tales by the Knight, the Nun’s Priest, the Pardoner, the Wife of Bath and the Franklin. Integrated dossiers: – Chaucer’s World – The City of Canterbury and others

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Human interest Daisy Miller is a beautiful, rich American girl. She comes to Europe with her mother and brother to travel and see the sights. In Switzerland she meets Frederick Winterbourne, a young American who has lived in Europe most of his life. He is fascinated and perplexed by Daisy’s flirtatious and unconventional manners… Integrated dossier: – Young Women in the Nineteenth Century

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When Jonathan Harker goes to Transylvania to visit Count Dracula on business, he discovers that his client’s motives for coming to England are rather more sinister than they first appeared. This classic horror story has fascinated readers ever since it came out in 1897. Integrated dossiers: – Real Vampires – Vampire Bats – Victorian Villans, Monsters and Fears

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The Big Mistake

B2.1 Famous British Criminals from The Newgate Calendar

Jack the Ripper

The House of the Seven Gables

The Last of the Mohicans

Macbeth

Crime Crime Enjoy reading about some of the most famous British criminals: Jonathan Wild, prince of robbers; Dick Turpin, horse-stealer and murderer; John Gow, pirate; John Sheppard, highwayman. Discover an unbelievable world of adventure through their daring actions and remarkable timing! Integrated dossiers: – Crime and Punishment in the Eighteenth century – Eighteenth-century London

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Human interest The seventeenth-century house of the seven gables shelters an old curse and a terrible secret. Hepzibah and Clifford Pyncheon are tormented by the memories and ghosts of the past, until the love of two young people changes the course of destiny… Integrated dossiers: – Witchcraft – The British Colonies in America – The History of Photography

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Since the autumn of 1888, when he terrorised London, Jack the Ripper has become famous all over the world. How did he escape justice? And who was he? There have been hundreds of suspects and theories but nobody has yet discovered his identity. Jack the Ripper takes you back to the dark streets of Victorian London, to investigate the crimes, examine the theories, and meet the people who played their part in the drama. Integrated dossiers: – Life in the East End – Immigrants in the East End

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Adventure During the Seven Years’ War between the French and the British, Cora and Alice Munro are on their way to Fort Henr y to join their father, the commander. But their Indian guide, Magua, betrays the group to the Iroquois Indians. This is only the beginning of their many adventures. Integrated dossiers: – The Origins of the Indian People – The Iroquois Confederacy – The indians experience and others

Tragedy Macbeth is loyal and courageous, and is a friend of King Duncan’s. However, after a battle he encounters three witches who tell him that one day he will be King of Scotland. Soon his obsession to become king is reinforced by his wife’s cold-blooded ambition... Integrated dossiers: – Films of ‘Macbeth’ – Scotland’s History – Witches – The Castles of Scotland Playscript

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Human interest In Venice, Bassanio needs money to court a rich heiress. His friend Antonio borrows the money from Shylock, a Jewish moneylender. Shylock demands that the money is repaid in three months or he will take a pound of Antonio’s flesh. Antonio agrees, but it will take the intelligence of two women to save him… Int egrat ed dossiers: – The Origins of the Pound of Flesh Story – The Treatment of Jews in Shakespeare’s Time Playscript

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Humour & comedy Tw o y o u n g l o v e r s , H e r m i a a n d Lysander, meet in the wood with the intention of running away and getting married secretly. They are followed by Demetrius, who loves Hermia, and Helena who is in love with Demetrius. What they don’t know is that the wood is enchanted… Integrated dossiers: – Shakespeare’s Sources – The Elizabethan Performance

Moby Dick

The Moonstone

Le Morte d’Arthur

Adventure

Mystery & horror

Legend

Moby Dick is an epic tale of the whaling ship the Pequod and its captain, Ahab, who pursues the great white whale around the world. The story is seen through the eyes of Ishmael, a sailor on the Pequod. Captain Ahab has only one purpose in life: to find and kill Moby Dick, the great white whale that ate his leg years ago. Ahab’s voyage is one of revenge.

On her eighteenth birthday, Rachel Verinder receives a ver y special present: the Moonstone – a large yellow diamond from India: but that night the Moonstone is stolen… In what T. S. Eliot called ‘the first, the longest, and the best of modern detective novels’, Wilkie Collins tells a story full of mystery, suspense and psychological insight.

Le Morte d’Arthur tells the story of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. The tale begins with Arthur’s birth, his education, and his rise to the throne. It also recounts the tragic love story of Sir Lancelot and Guinevere, the destruction of the Round Table and Arthur’s mysterious disappearance or death.

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B2.1 Much Ado About Nothing

Northanger Abbey

Othello

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Claudio is in love with Hero, but is afraid that she will reject him. His friend, Don Pedro, volunteers to make her fall in love with him at a masked ball. The trick works well, and Hero agrees to marry Claudio. But Don Pedro’s brother, Don John, organises a plot which will make Claudio think that Hero is unfaithful…

Catherine Morland is going on her first visit to the city of Bath. She likes Gothic novels. When she makes friends with the handsome young Henry Tilney and his sister Eleanor, she will find herself in the middle of a family tragedy. Henry’s home, Northanger Abbey, is the scene of a crime. Or is it all just a product of Catherine’s imagination?

Othello is a successful general, but a very simple man who trusts Iago completely. When he elopes with and marries Desdemona, he is overwhelmed by the happiness that seems to be his. Iago, embittered by his failure to win promotion in the army, decides to poison the general’s happiness…

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Power and Ambition in Shakespeare Tragedy A power-hungry Richard III, a remorseful Macbeth, a revengeful Prince Hamlet, a powerful Julius Caesar, and a ruthless and ambitious King Henry V: various aspects of power and ambition feature in these five stories based on plays by William Shakespeare. Integrated dossiers: – William Shakespeare 1564-1616 – Ghosts, Witches and Revenge – The Influence on Shakespeare’s Plays

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Sherlock Holmes is bored, but not for long. The attractive Mar y Morstan arrives at 221B Baker Street with a strange stor y to tell. Her father vanished ten years ago: four years later she receives six beautiful pearls, one each year. She has been invited to meet the sender of these pearls and asks Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson for their help.

In an empty house lies a dead man. There are no wounds on his body. On the wall, the word RACHE – German for ‘revenge’ – is written in blood. With the help of his friend Doctor Watson, can Sherlock Holmes use his deductive powers to find the murderer? Set in London in the 1880s, A Study in Scarlet is the first Holmes and Watson mystery, the beginning of a long and famous partnership.

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Kindly Mr Allworthy returns home to find that someone has left a baby boy in his house. He adopts him and names him Tom Jones. Mr Allworthy’s sister, Bridget, has a son called Master Blifil. What happens when Tom falls in love with a neighbouring gentleman’s daughter, Sophia, whose family wish her to marry Blifil? Integrated dossiers: – The Early 18th-century Novel – Tom Jones as Hero

Tragedy Doctor Faustus, a brilliant scholar, enters into an agreement with the Devil. He agrees to sell his soul in return for twenty-four years of knowledge, power and riches. But he eventually realises the full implications of his rash action. Integrated dossier: – Christopher Marlowe and Elizabethan Espionage and others Playscript

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The Valley of Fear

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In the 1840s, a young woman is employed as governess to two children in an English country house. The children are beautiful and charming, and for a while, the young woman thinks her position is both easy and pleasant. Then she begins to see the ghosts of the former governess Miss Jesel and the manservant Peter Quint.

The great detective Sherlock Holmes is needed to solve a murder in Sussex, England. A card with the initials VV 341 has been left by the body, and discovering the facts of the case gets ever more difficult. The answers to this mystery lie far away from the scene of the crime and across the Atlantic, in a place known as ‘The Valley of Fear’.

Integrated dossiers: – Governesses and Upper-class – Children – Puritanism

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Wicked and Humorous Tales

The Woman in White

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A dramatic intrusion ends a long family feud, a man is strangely influenced by his pets, a cat brings scandal to British society and a little boy battles to enjoy life with the help of his own personal god. These are just a few of the amazing stories created by Hector Hugh Munro – alias master short-story teller Saki, ex-journalist who turned to writing satirical tales.

Late one night, on a lonely road near London, Walter Hartright, a young drawing teacher, meets a solitary woman dressed in white. This is the opening scene of The Woman in White, a great Victorian sensation novel, full of mystery, excitement, and suspense.

Love Catherine Sloper, an insignificant, plain girl, will one day inherit a substantial fortune from her father. When her overwhelming passion for a handsome fortune hunter transforms her dull existence, Catherine’s distinguished father, her interfering aunt and her selfish lover all play with her feelings to satisfy their own needs, and succeed in breaking her heart. Integrated dossier: – New York City in the 1850s

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In 1870s New York Countess Ellen Olenska causes scandal and embarrassment when she decides to free herself of an unhappy marriage by divorcing her husband. Greatly disapproved of by her family, she can only count on the support of her cousin’s fiancé, Newland Archer, who falls in love with her and tries to persuade her to start a new life together with him.

E m m a Wo o d h o u s e , h a n d s o m e , clever and rich, has a perfect life. She has decided never to get married but to live as the mistress of Hartfield, her father’s house in the beautiful English countryside. But when she starts matchmaking she finds that her imagination has led her into danger.

A fascination with science and the aspiration to understand the mysteries of creation lead Victor Frankenstein to create life from death. But the results are not what he expects and his rejection of his monstrous creation causes dire consequences for himself and all the people he cares about.

Integrated dossiers: – Jane Austen and Reading – Leisure in early 19th-Century England – The Poor – The Upper Classes

Integrated dossiers: – Science Fiction – Romantic Landscapes – Monsters – Frankenstein on Film and others

Integrated dossiers: – A Brief History of Divorce – The Films of Martin Scorsese – New York in the 1870s

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Great Expectations Human interest

Mystery & horror Follow Bram Stoker (Dracula) as he takes student Malcolm Malcolmson through a terrifying ordeal inside a judge's house. Travel, if you dare, in a ghostly coach with three dead men as your fellow passengers. Or visit the deadly House of Usher! But don't make a wish with the monkey's paw. Integrated dossier: – The Gothic Craze

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Pip is destined to become a village blacksmith, but a chance meeting with an escaped prisoner and the acquaintance of an eccentric old woman and a beautiful young girl change the course of his life. He is suddenly dissatisfied with his social status and wants to become a gentleman. But one day he discovers a terrible secret. Integrated dossiers: – Dickens and His Times – Prision Ships – Social Aspects of the Victorian Age

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Human interest Marlow, a merchant sailor, travels through colonial Africa. He makes a perilous journey by steamboat to rescue Kurtz, an agent, who is seriously ill. He arrives at Kurtz’s station to find that the agent has taken control of the whole area. In his complete isolation from civilised society Kurtz has instituted a brutal system of human sacrifice and magic to enthral the natives. Integrated dossier: – Conrad and the Colonial Experience and others

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Adventure Jim is a young British officer on the passenger ship Patna. During an accident at sea in the Indian Ocean, Jim follows the captain and abandons the sinking ship and its passengers. Jim must face a court trial for this act of cowardice, which will torment him all his life. At the trial Jim meets Marlow, an older sea captain, who helps him find work. But Jim is always restless. He moves to Malaysia where he tries to start a new life… Integrated dossier: – Colonial Malaysia

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Miss Dorothea Brooke wants to do something great in the world. She knows that women cannot do great things on their own, and so she marries a man twice her age, who she believes, is engaged in a great work of scholarship. Around the same time, young Dr Lydgate comes to Middlemarch. He wishes to do great work for medical science, but he meets and falls in love with Rosamond Vincy.

Pamela is a maid in a big country house. But when her mistress dies, Pamela is left at the mercy of Mr B, her mistress’s son, who sets out to seduce her. Although she likes Mr B, Pamela is determined to keep her virtue. Will Mr B succeed, or will Pamela’s virtuous behaviour find its own reward?

Adela Quested visits India with Mrs Moore to decide whether to marry the latter’s son, Ronny. Obsessed with understanding the ‘real India’, the two women make friends with Dr Aziz who invites them to the mysterious Marabar caves…

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Crime Two cases of detection for Monsieur Auguste C. Dupin, Poe’s great detective. Who could have committed the atrocious murders in the Rue Morgue and so how did the murderer get in, or out? Will Dupin find the purloined letter and save the royal personage? Where is the minister hiding it? Integrated dossiers: – The Art of the Detective Story – Apes going Ape – Paris in the 1800s

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

Love

Human interest Mystery & horror

In 1806, Captain Frederick Wentworth and Miss Anne Elliot fell in love, but since neither of them had any money, Anne’s friend Lady Russell persuaded her not to marry the Captain. Years later, Anne and Frederick meet again. By this time Frederick has made a fortune in the Navy, but he is still angry with Anne for rejecting him. This is the most delicate and moving love story Jane Austen ever wrote.

When the superbly handsome Dorian Gray sees his portrait he makes a terrible wish: that the portrait will grow older and that he will remain young forever. But what happens to the portrait that no one ever sees? A brilliant and disturbing story of a man who is willing to sell his soul for eternal youth, while he pursues pleasure and passion.

Integrated dossier: – The Royal Navy in the Napoleonic Wars and others

Integrated dossiers: – The Aesthetic Movement – Oscar Wilde’s London

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Love When Mr Bingley comes to live at Netherfield bringing his friend Mr Darcy with him, Mrs Bennet is delighted; she has five daughters to be married. However, things don’t go as smoothly as she hoped: Mr Bingley abandons Jane, Mr Darcy clearly has no interest in Elizabeth and she refuses Mr Collins’ proposal of marriage. Integrated dossiers: – The Social Context in Jane Austen’s Time – The Role of Women in the Regency Period and others

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Elinor and Marianne Dashwood are sisters. Both are intelligent, sensitive, charming, and beautiful, but there the similarities end. Elinor values propriety and common sense; Marianne, by contrast, has extravagant Romantic ideas. In this brilliant novel, Jane Austen explores two different ways of thinking and acting – the ‘sense’ of Elinor and the ‘sensibility’ of Marianne – as they try to find happiness in a world full of hypocrisy, vulgarity, and self-interest.

Mrs Morel is a strong, intelligent, domineering woman. Her marriage to a miner is not a happy one. She is antagonistic to her husband and gives all her love to her sons. The Morel's younger son Paul grows up close to his mother. As an adolescent and a young man, he is torn between a passionate love for his mother an his lovers Miriam and then Clara.

Dr Manette is falsely imprisoned for 18 years by the Marquis of Evrémonde. He is eventually released and goes to England to join his daughter Lucie, who marries the Frenchman Charles Darnay of the Evrémonde family. During the Reign of Terror Darnay travels to Paris where he is imprisoned and sentenced to be executed...

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B2.1 The Taming of the Shrew

Tess of the D’Urbervilles

Vanity Fair

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Baptista’s two beautiful daughters are ready for marriage. Bianca, pursued in love by three different suitors, cannot marry until someone dares to marry her sister, the proud and contemptuous Katharine. Then Petruchio arrives in Padua and proposes to Katharine. Will he be able to turn her into a model of devotion and obedience?

The Durbeyfield family are poor and simple people, but their ancestors were the mighty d’Urbervilles, an ancient and noble family. When the Durbeyfields meet with misfortune, they send their eldest daughter Tess to visit her wealthy cousin and ask for help, but the wealthy cousin has a young son, Alec Stoke-d’Urberville, who finds Tess very attractive…

Amelia Sedley and Becky Sharp are two friends. Amelia comes from a wealthy family but her father is made bankrupt. She marries George Osborne, a vain and shallow young man who does not really love her. Becky Sharp, on the other hand, comes from a penniless family, and is determined to use her beauty and charm to find a good position in life.

Integrated dossiers: – No Sex, Please – We’re Victorians! – Stonehenge

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Wuthering Heights is home to the Earnshaw family, who adopt an orphan called Heathcliff. When they grow up, Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff fall deeply in love. But Catherine decides to marry Edgar Linton from the big house across the moors. Heathcliff runs away in despair. When he returns some years later, a series of terrible events destroys the relationship between the Lintons and the Earnshaws.

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FBI agents Mulder and Scully are investigating a series of very unusual murders: all the victims’ livers have been removed without the help of tools and there is no apparent point of entry. Scully and Mulder begin to get nearer the truth when they discover that these murders have been recurring every 30 years since 1903. However they don’t know that the killer has already found its next victim… Integrated dossier: – The X-Files: Basic Data and others

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Wuthering Heights

Human interest

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Silas, a weaver, is betrayed by his best friend and the woman he loves. He loses all faith in humanity and moves to the village of Raveloe. There he lives a solitary life, working and hoarding his gold coins, until one day his gold is stolen…

Wuthering Heights is home to the Earnshaw family, who adopt an orphan called Heathcliff. Catherine Earnshaw becomes great friends with him and they fall in love. But Catherine decides to marry Edgar Linton since she feels it would degrade her to marry Heathcliff. Desperate without his Catherine, Heathcliff runs away. But his return a few years later brings drastic consequences.

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Great British Writers

London

Who was a spy for Queen Elizabeth I’s secret service? Which writer kept a bear in his room at Cambridge? Who wrote poems about the Easter Revolution in Ireland?

How many different languages are spoken in London? What’s the Square Mile all about? How did Piccadilly get its name? Book a seat in a haunted theatre and enjoy the show!

Follow the fascinating lives of some of the most important British novelists, poets and playwrights from Shakespeare to Graham Greene, and discover more about different periods of literature in British history.

Get to know this sensational city starting from its glorious history all the way to its captivating present. Discover the magic that is London!

Integrated dossiers: – Writers and Place – Writers and Films

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Reading & Training Discovery The British Isles

The English-speaking World

What does Cymru mean? What did Emperor Hadrian build in England nearly 2000 years ago? What do competitors throw at the Highland games? Why do people ‘kiss the Blarney Stone’? The British Isles tells the story of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. It includes the most important events in their history from the Bronze Age to the twenty-first century, as well as key information about their cultures.

English is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world. Have you ever wondered why? Here we go on a journey over five continents to look at countries where English is used in daily life: from the top of Mount Everest in the Himalayan Mountains to the beaches of the Caribbean, from the plains of Kenya to the streets of New York, and beyond.

Integrated dossiers: – Great British Scientists and Inventors – The British Isles and Films

Integrated dossiers: – Aboriginal Australians – Real Pirates of the Caribbean

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Exploring Places

Natural Environments

American Cities

Today we know a lot about faraway places. But the first explorers knew nothing about where they were going. Their courage and determination drove them to explore the unknown, facing terrible dangers and hardships.

Our planet is full of natural wonders: the forests, which are home to millions of species; the oceans, which cover three quarters of its surface; and the Polar regions and deserts, which have adapted to extreme climatic conditions. They have existed for thousands of years, but these environments and the plants and animals which live in them are changing.

How much did the Dutch pay for Manhattan Island in 1614? Where is the world’s blue jeans headquarters? Who can you meet in the ‘Malibu Colony’, near Los Angeles?

Who were these remarkable people and why did they risk their lives to explore the unknown? Where is the final frontier and who is ready to explore it? Share the thrill of discovery through the centuries with this exciting book. Integrated dossiers: – Exploration in films – How were maps born?

Integrated dossiers: – The Environment in Films – The Environment and Popular Culture

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Getting on in Business Getting on in Business Is a series of readers aimed at students at pre-intermediate and intermediate levels. Unlike traditional business English materials, this series offers concise and entertaining guides to key business disciplines and specific sectors of industry. Each book contains an outline of the major areas of the discipline. The explanations are in easy-to-follow English, and each chapter contains different kinds of activities. Comprehension activities throughout the book ensure that students have understood the concepts, while language exercises familiarise students with the new terms they have encountered in the text. Listening exercises, case studies, roleplays and discussions help students to apply business theory to realistic business situations. A CD accompanies each book. An answer key to the exercises is available online at www.blackcat.vicensvives.net, or by contacting your local Vicens Vives representative.

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Advertising and Promotion

Management

Marketing

Jeremy Fitzgerald Topics include: • Market communications • Advertising • Sales promotion • Public relations • Personal selling • Assessing the results of advertising and promotion

Jeremy Fitzgerald Topics include: • What is management? • Leadership • Planning • Organisation • Staffing • Decision-making

Jeremy Fitzgerald Topics include: • Approaches to marketing • Consumer behaviour • Market research • The marketing mix • The product life-cycle • Market segmentation

pre-intermediate

intermediate

intermediate

Reading & Training Professional Reading & Training Professional

Business Communication

Business Issues

Business Environment

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Interact with Literature INTERACT WITH LITERATURE offers a wide range of original literary texts, (level: intermediate upwards), from English-speaking countries, designed to introduce students to the world of literature. The aim of these volumes is to familiarise readers with the language of literature and encourage them to formulate their own response to what they read. • Biographical details about each author. • Carefully selected texts relevant to the theme of the volume. • Linguistic accessibility with numerous footnotes to guide under-standing. • Stimulating, graded activities ranging from familiarisation and comprehension to stylistic analysis and language development. • Dramatised recording of selected texts in British or American English. •

Amazing Characters

Ghostly Company

Journeys

Mind the characters

Selected by James Butler and Maria Lucia De Vanna

A Collection of Very Short Stories and Modern Fables

Selected by Guglielmo Corrado

A Collection of Phantoms

A collection of nine amazing and chilling complete short stories by R. Simpson Brown, A. Geras, M . L e a c h , S . K i n g , E . Wa u g h , E. A. Poe, F. Boyd, F. Brown and A. Christie, along with a selection of extracts from B. Stoker’s Dracula.

This collection of supernatural tales by M. Bowen, R. Timperley, C. Asquith and R. Middleton aims to bridge the gap between reading and analysing short fiction.

Bonds of Love

An Ideal Husband

Selected by Antonella Mignani

Web of Themes In this module the student is encouraged to explore a variety of representations of love in extracts by W. Wordsworth, J. Keats, E. Dickinson, W. B. Yeats, W. H. Auden, A. Henri, E. Brontë, H. James, D. H. Lawrence and C. D. Alleyne.

This play is set in the dazzling social world of 1890s London. It is the world of the aristocrat, the dandy – and also of political and financial intrigue.

Activities by Gina D. B. Clemen

Common European Framework B2 Vantage/C1 Effective University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations Exam: FCE and above

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Masters and Men Selected by James Butler and Maria Lucia De Vanna

The Importance of Being Earnest

Level Intermediate and above

A collection of extracts from travel diaries, short stories, novels, articles and poems written by C. Dickens, J. Conrad, D. H. Lawrence, G. Orwell and J. Raban.

Wilde’s famous play centres on two fashionable young gentlemen, Jack and Algy, and their courtship of Gwendolen and Cecily. Through a combination of lies and misunderstandings, there arises a great importance of having the name Ernest.

A selection of extracts from 19thand 20th-century ‘industrial novels’ by B. Disraeli, C. Dickens, A. and C. Brontë, E. Gaskell, G. Eliot, J. Braine, A. Sillitoe and S. Barstow.

Mind the Characters is a journey into the world of English language fiction through the analysis of short stories and modern fables. The authors include Oscar Wilde, Isaac Asimov, James Thuber and Fredric Brown.

Relationships Selected by Antonella Mignani A selection of extracts from important works by major 20th-century authors – J. Joyce, G. Orwell and V. Woolf.

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Sweet and Sour

Tales to Talk About

Ten Women Ten Stories

A World of Difference

A collection of stories for pleasure and learning

A collection of topics to analyse and discuss

A task-based approach to the analysis of short stories

Selected Short Stories by British and American Writers



Sweet and Sour is an absorbing and varied collection of gripping and enjoyable short stories by B. Capes, W. W. Jacobs, V. Alcock, A. Lurie, R. Rendell, M. Allingham, Saki, R. Dahl, K. Mansfield, S. Rushdie and I. Asimov. All of them feature the light and dark sides of human nature.

A selection of twelve thematicallypaired stories by a wide range of authors including O. Wilde, E. Hemingway, A. C. Clarke, K. Chopin, M. Binchy, P. Lively, R. Hughes and E. McBain, accompanied by fascinating articles from English-language newspapers and magazines.

Selected by Antonella Mignani This selection of short stories about women explores themes such as the dilemma of love, loneliness, crime, myths and nostalgia. Authors include R. Dahl, E. O’Brian, K. Mansfield and J. Joyce.

Selected by Gabriella Bonavoglia These short stories by R. Dahl, B. MacLaverty, G. Greene, K. Chopin and S. Jackson – all with a surprise ending – explore themes such as appearances and reality, prejudices and beliefs, and isolation – all raising questions which relate to the human condition.

Voices from Inside Accessing the Literary Text: A Skills-Based Approach Selected by Guglielmo Corrado A selection of extracts by major authors of the 19th and 20th centuries – M. Shelley, E. Brontë, R. L. Stevenson, O. Wilde, J. Conrad, J. Joyce, V. Woolf and G. Orwell.

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Reading Classics A Christmas Carol

A selection from Dubliners

Four Continents The ‘English’ literature of the ex-colonies is proving to be the most interesting and innovative of our times: this volume offers a significant example of its vitality and originality with short stories by H. Lawson, N. Gordimer, S. Rushdie, J. Rhys and many more.

Detective Stories et al.

Empire Tales

Dubliners

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An anthology of stories by some of the most outstanding British writers of the 19th and 20th centuries: J. Conrad, E. M. Forster, R. Kipling, W. Somerset Maugham, G. Orwell, J. Rhys.

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Mrs Dalloway

Seven Short Stories

Short Stories

The Turn of the Screw

The Good Soldier

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Short Stories

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

The Virgin and the Gipsy

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et al. An anthology of texts illustrating the development of the short story from the 19th century to the present day, by C. Dickens, R. L. Stevenson, H. G. Wells, D. H. Lawrence, K. Mansfield, W. S. Maugham, V. S. Naipaul, S. Rushdie, H. Simpson and G. Greene.

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A guide to Black Cat resources Black Cat ELT

Grammar Build up your grammar and get ahead of the rest!

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Black Cat doesn’t only mean readers…

A guide to Black Cat resources Trinity The ONLY complete series from Grades 1-10 for Trinity exam preparation.

CLIL English across the curriculum.

Cambridge ESOL Make sure you pass with the help of Black Cat.

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Index by Titles £1,000,000 Bank Note (The)

35

Castles and Knights

9

Great English Monarchs and their Times

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (The)

24

– Reading & Training

43

Great Expectations

Adventures of Tom Sawyer (The)

18

– Reading Classics

62

– Green Apple

Advertising and Promotion

58

Classic Detective Stories

36

Age of Innocence (The)

49

Daisy Miller

Akron House Mystery

18

David Copperfield

Christmas Carol (A)

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Green Apple

14


31

Alien Alert in Seattle

30

Alien at School

35

Amazing Characters

60

American Cities

57

American Folk Tales

18

American Horror

42

American West (The)

18

Animal Tales

31

Around the World in Eighty Days

32

Bathsheba the Witch

14

Beauty and the Best

14

Beowulf

42

24

Last of the Mohicans (The)

44

Last Unicorn (The)

21

Legends from the British Isles

21

20

Life and Times of Captain Cook (The) 10


50

Life and Times of Shakespeare (The) 10

43

Great Mysteries of Our World

37

Little Women

21

24

Green Apple

12

London

56

Davy Crockett

19

Green Apple Drama

27

Detective Stories

62

Gulliver’s Travels

37

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories

38

36

Halloween Horror

15

Lord Jim

51

Dracula

43

Lost Treasure of Bodega Bay (The)

21

Dream Come True (A)

32

Halloween... Magic, Witches and Vampires

20

Lost World (The)

33

Hamlet Prince of Denmark

32

Love in Shakespeare: Five Stories

38

Diamond as Big as The Ritz (The)

Dubliners – A selection from

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– Complete edition

62

Duck Soup

36

Easyread

8

Happy Prince and The Selfish Giant (The)

Macbeth 15

Heart of Darkness

– Green Apple Drama

27


44


50

Magical Tales from the South Seas

33


63

Emma

49

Management

58

Home for Christmas

30

Empire Tales

62

Marketing

58

Hound of the Baskervilles (The)

37

English Speaking World (The)

57

Masters and Men

60

House of the Seven Gables (The)

44

Exploring Places

57

Master of Ballantrae (The)

38

I Want to Be You

20

Famous British Criminals

44

Merchant of Venice (The)

45

Ideal Husband (An)

60

Message from a Ghost (A)

30

Big Mistake and Other Stories (The)

43

Fisherman and his Soul (The)

32

Importance of Being Earnest (The)

60

36

14

30

Bizarre Tales

Five Children and It

Miami Police File: The O’Nell Case

Interact with Literature

60

Middlemarch

51

Black Arrow (The)

19

Four Continents

62

Jack the Ripper

44

Midsummer Night’s Dream (A)

Black Beauty

14

Fox (The)

62

Jane Eyre

37


22

Bonds of Love

60

Frankenstein

Jason and the Argonauts

21


45

Bottle Imp (The)

19


49

Journey to the Centre of the Earth

32

Mill on the Floss (The)

55

British and American Festivities

19


63

Journeys

60

Mind the characters

60

British Isles (The)

57

Getting on in Business

58

Julius Caesar

37

Missing in Sydney

30

Business Communication

59

Ghastly Ghosts!

19

Jumping Frog (The)

33

Moby Dick

45

Business Environment (The)

59

Ghost Ship of Bodega Bay (The)

15

Jungle Book (The)

15

Moonfleet

38

Business Issues

59

Ghostly Company

60

Just So Stories

15

Moonstone (The)

45

Call of the Wild (The)

24

Good Soldier (The)

63

Kidnapped

33

Morte d’Arthur (Le)

45

Canterbury Tales (The)

43

Gothic Short Stories

50

Kim

38

Mrs Dalloway

63

36

Great British Writers

56

King Arthur and his Knights

25

Much Ado About Nothing

46

Canterville Ghost (The)

66

Index by Titles Murder at Coyote Canyon

Red Badge of Courage (The)

39

Story of Big Cities (The)

10

Relationships

60

Story of Chocolate (The)

9

True Adventure Stories

42

51

Return of Sherlock Holmes (The)

39

Story of Coffee (The)

9

True Story of Pocahontas (The)

23

Mutiny on the Bounty (The)

34

Turn of the Screw (The)

22

Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

9

Mystery in San Francisco

23

Story of Moving Pictures (The)

10


48

Natural Environments

57

Rob Roy

34

Story of Popular Music (The)

11


63

Northanger Abbey

46

Robin Hood

25

Story of Tea (The)

11

Twelfth Night

42

Nutcracker (The)

16

Robinson Crusoe

Story of the Olimpic Games (The)

11

Valley of Fear (The)

48

Oliver Twist

25

– Green Apple

23

Vampire’s Tear (The)

42

Oscar Wilde’s Short Stories

25


53

Vanity Fair

54

Othello

46

Romeo and Juliet

Pamela

51


Passage to India (A)

51

Peter Pan

16

Persuasion

Murders in the Rue Morgue and The Purloined Letter (The)

33

Story of Football (The)

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (The)

Tristan and Isolde

31


40

Vikings

11

27


63

Virgin and the Gipsy (The)

63


40

Study in Scarlet (A)

47

Voices from Inside

61

Sandokan

16

Sweet and Sour

61

Washington Square

48

52

Scarlet Letter (The)

53

Tale of Two Cities (A)

53

Wicked and Humorous Tales

48

Phantom of the Opera (The)

39

Scarlet Pimpernel (The)

40

35

39

Secret Agent (The)

46

31

Willing Ghost (The)

Pickwick Papers (The)

Tales from The Thousand and One Nights Tales of the Supernatural

41

White Fang

26

Wind in the Willows (The)

17

Secret Garden (The)

Picture of Dorian Gray (The) – Reading & Training

52

– Green Apple

16

Tales to Talk About

61


63


34

Taming of the Shrew (The)

54

Pirates!

25

Secret of the Stones (The)

17

Tempest (The)

17

Selected Stories

63

Ten Women Ten Stories

61

Sense and Sensibility

53

Tess of the D’Urbervilles

54

63

Three Men in a Boat

41

Three Men on the Bummel

47

Portrait of a Lady (The)

52

Power and Ambition in Shakespeare

46

Seven Short Stories

Pride and Prejudice

52

Prince and the Pauper (The)

22

Sherlock Holmes and the Red Circle

23

Three Musketeers (The)

41

Prisoner of Zenda (The)

39

Sherlock Holmes Investigates

40

Time Games

35

Problem of Cell 13 (The)

52

Sherlock Holmes Stories

31

Project Vampire

22

Short Stories

Tom and Co’s Adventures in Cyberspace

26

Railway Children (The)

22

– Dickens, Stevenson et al.

63

Tom Jones

47

34

– Oscar Wilde

63

To the Lighthouse

63

Sign of Four (The)

47

Tragedy of Dr Faustus (The)

47 41

Rajah’s Diamond (The) Ransom of Red Chief and Other Stories

34

Silas Marner

55

Tragedy of Richard III (The)

Reading & Training

28

Sons and Lovers

53

Treasure Island

Reading & Training Discovery

56

Splintering Frame (The)

61

– Green Apple

Reading & Training Professional

59

Stories of Ghosts and Mystery

35


41

Reading Classics

62

40

Treasure of Franchard (The)

23

Stories of Suspense

Wolves

9

Woman in White (The)

48

Wonderful Wizard of Oz (The)

17

World of Difference (A)

61

Wuthering Heights – Reading & Training B2.2

54

– Reading & Training C1

55

X-Files: Squeeze (The)

54

Zorro!

17

26

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