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Black Cat’s Digital Reading ProgrammeNEW FOR TEACHERS: INNOVATIVE DIGITAL READER RESOURCE PACK

Black Cat’s Digital Reading Programme provides support and guidance for teachers for a selection of 20 titles

of different levels. This extra material helps to turn reading into a complete teaching experience.

• The Happy Prince and the Selfish Giant• The Nutcracker• Peter Pan• The Secret of the Stones

• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer*• Mystery in San Francisco• Robinson Crusoe• Sherlock Holmes and the Red Circle

• Miami Police File: the O’Nell Case• Missing in Sydney• Sherlock Holmes Stories• Tales from The Thousand and One Nights

• Hamlet• The Lost World• Murder at Coyote Canyon• The Secret Garden

• The Canterville Ghost• Romeo and Juliet• The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde*• The Vampire’s Tear

In every pack, teachers will find the following:

Graded Reader

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Digital versions of your readers: interactive and full of resources for use in the classroom and with the Interactive White Board

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Expand your Horizons with Black Cat Readers

Dear Teacher,

Intensive and extensive reading have been the twomajor approaches to reading for a long time. ButBlack Cat readers use an exciting new approachwhich we call EXPANSIVE READING.

Expansive reading goes beyond the text to expandlearning in many directions. Apart from activitieswhich check comprehension, and provide practice inthe four skills, structures and vocabulary building,Black Cat readers offer:• Beaut i fu l i l l ustrat ions and dramat ised

recordings, which aid understanding of the textand create stimulus to read.

• Detailed explanations of the cultural backgroundof the text.

• Cultural comparisons and analysis of f i lmversions.

• Cross-curricular links, reflecting the value nowgiven to Content and Language IntegratedLearning (CLIL).

• Projects on the web exploiting the Internet’sresources to the full.

• Exam-style activities to help prepare studentsfor international language qualifications.

• Audio CD-ROMs for selected titles which ensureentertaining learning.

EXPANSIVE READINGBLACK CAT publishes reading materials for learners of differentages, needs and interests, from school children to business people.

Black Cat readers contain stimulating activities and informativedossiers and introductions. They explore links with other subjectareas and use internet projects to increase students’ knowledge.The stunning artwork, dramatised recordings and CD-ROMs helpto create educational and entertaining reading material.

The following symbols are used throughout the catalogue toindicate the features in each title.

New New edition Forthcoming

Reading Shakespeare

Trinity spoken English-style activities

YLE-Flyers-style activities

Key English Test-style activities

Preliminary English Test-style activities

First Certificate in English-style activities

Certificate Advanced English-style activities

Internet project(s)

Written and recorded in American English

Audio CD/CD-ROM

Summary Based Activities downloadable freefrom our website

Audio recording of entire title downloadablefree from our website

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Many GREEN APPLE and READING & TRAININGtitles are accompanied by audio CD/CD-ROMs. Theseinclude both an audio section and a computer section.These tit les contain fun and st imulat ing games andactivities which can be accessed only by inserting theCD into the computer CD-ROM drive. In addition youcan listen to a full, dramatised recording of the text onany CD player.

The audio CD-ROMs are an important component ofthe approach used in Black Catreaders, which goes beyond the text to expand thereading and learning experience in many directions.

The audio CD-ROMs can be used at school – in thecomputer laboratory or on an interactive whiteboard –and/or as a fun self-study resource at home.

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Castles and Knights

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

Level 1Book (24 pages) 978-84-316-8152-4Exit Test

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The Story of Chocolate

Chocolate is probably the world’sfavourite food. We eat it and wedrink it too. It gives us energy andmakes us happy. Learn about thehistory of this delicious food anddiscover some interesting factsthat not everybody knows!



The Story of Football

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

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



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The Story of Coffee

Many people all over the worldstar t the i r day with a cup ofcoffee. Black or white, espresso orfilter – there are so many ways ofpreparing it. In this book you canlearn more about the coffee plantand the history of this populardrink. And you can find a recipefor a frappuccino, too!

Level 1Book 978-88-530-0829-9Exit Test


Wolves

Wolves are beautiful and intel-ligent animals.What do you know about them?Where do they live? What do theyeat?Do they like to play? Why are theyin danger?




The Storyof Moving Pictures

How did people make and watchfilms in the past? Do you knowwhat magic lanterns or kinetos-copes were?Or nickelodeons or drive-ins? Findout in this book!



The Storyof Big Cities

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



The Life and Timesof Shakespeare

Activities by Eleanor Donaldson

Plays such as Romeo and Juliet andMacbeth are world-famous, andmost people know some l inesfrom Shakespeare like Hamlet’s‘To be or not to be’.Now you can find out more aboutthe l i fe and times of the mostpopular playwright ever.



The Life and Timesof Captain Cook

Who was Captain Cook? Wheredid he go, and what d id hediscover? Find out about how, inless than 10 years , one man'sdiscoveries were able to changeour ideas about the world, and setsail on this exciting journey intothe life and times of James Cook.



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The Storyof Popular Music

Learn about the most importantmus ica l s ty les in Europe andNorth America from the middleages to today. Read about thehis tory of the minst re l s andtroubadours, ragtime music, jazz,blues, rock, pop, rap, grunge andmany more. It’s all here.



The Story of Tea

What is Camellia sinensis? How didtea help to start the AmericanRevolution? And how are monkeysconnected to tea? Find out theanswer to these questions andmore in the story of one of theworld's most popular drinks.



Vikings

Who were the Vikings? Where andhow did they live? Where did theytravel to? What were the Vikingwarriors like? Find out the answersto all of these questinos by readingthis interesting and informativebook.



The Story ofthe Olimpic Games

Every four years the Olympic Gamestake place, but when and how didthey begin? What sports canathletes win gold, silver and bronzemedals in? What are some of theimportant symbols of the Games?Find out in this book!

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Green Apple

Present Simple & ContinuousFuture reference with Present Continuous

& Simple, & going toImperative with 2nd person & let’sInfinitives & gerunds after common verbsCo-ordination with but, and, or & and thenSubordination with because & whenQuantifiers

Past Simple & ContinuousFuture reference with willPassive forms in Present & Past SimpleSubordination with if (zero & 1st conditionals)Defining relative clauses with who & whereComparison of regular & irregular adjectivesFormation of regular & irregular adverbs

Present Perfect Simple with ever, never, yet,already, still, just, for, since

Verb + object + infinitive (e.g. I want you to go)Defining relative clauses with which, that

& zero pronounClauses of time with when, while, until, before,

after & as soon asClause of purpose: (in order) toComparison of regular & irregular adverbs

Five Children and It

The Jungle Book

Sandokan

The Wind in the Willows

Zorro!

The Adventuresof Tom Sawyer

The Black Arrow

The Prince and the Pauper

The Railway Children

Robinson Crusoe

Adventures ofHuckleberry Finn

The Call of the WildMacbethOliver TwistPiratesTom and Co’s Adventures

in CyberespaceTreasure IslandWhite Fang

NE British and AmericanFestivities

Halloween… Magic,Witches and Vampires

CEFR:A1 BreakthroughCESOL:Exam preparation:Flyers and/or KETTrinity:Grades 1, 2

CEFR:A2 WaystageCESOL:Exam level:Flyers and/or KETTrinity:Grades 3, 4

CEFR:A2 Waystage/B1 ThresholdCESOL:Exam preparation:PETTrinity:Grades 4, 5

Green Apple Structural GradingThe full lists of the grammatical structures for each level can be found at ourwebsite (www.blackcat.vicensvives.net), in The Black Cat Guide to GradedReaders, and at the back of new editions of Green Apple readers. The listhere only shows the main structures.

Green AppleGreen Apple are beautiful , full of activities andhave fascinating dossiers: perfect for my lessons!

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is a series of lavishly illustratedgraded readers espec ial ly designed for youngteenagers. Many of the readers are

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The readers are graded into three levels – ,and – according to structural and

lexical c riteria, as well as the suitab il i t y of thesubject matter for the different age groups. The lexiscontained in the readers is checked against thevocabulary lists specified for the Cambridge ESOLexams; Flyers and KET for the readers at Starter andStep 1 levels and PET for those at Step 2.

• about the author and his/her times.• Wide variety of to help

understand the text, and to provide practice in allfour language skills and lexis.

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American English, with extra listening activities.• Extensive , often illustrated.• Guided• with on

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Alice’s Adventures in WonderlandBathsheba the WitchBeauty and the BeastThe Happy Prince

and The Selfish GiantJust So Stories

The NutcrackerPeter PanThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz

The Last Unicorn

Oscar Wilde’s Short Stories

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The Secret Garden

The Tempest

Great Expectations

I Want To Be You

Little Women

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

The Treasure of Franchard

David Copperfield

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Davy Crockett

The True Storyof Pocahontas

Great English Monarchsand their Times

MacbethRomeo and Juliet

The Ghost Shipof Bodega Bay

Halloween Horror

The Secret of the Stones

Akron House MysteryThe Bottle ImpGhastly Ghosts!The Lost Treasure of

Bodega BayMystery in San Francisco

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Jason and the Argonauts

Legends from the British Isles

Rip Van Winkle and TheLegend of Sleepy Hollow

King Arthur and his KnightsRobin Hood


Bathsheba the Witch

Fairy tale & fantasyBathsheba, a beaut i fu l WeatherWitch, lives with her cat, Cobweb,on top of a high mountain near thevillage of Sunnyville. The people inthe v i l lage don’t know aboutBathsheba or about the importantjob she does for them. Her life ispeaceful unti l one day she goesdown to the village and meets someof the people there, including avery special soldier…Integrated dossiers:– Witches– The Weather in Great Britain– Potions

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Black Beauty

Adapted by Gina D. B. Clemen

Human interest

Black Beauty, a handsome, intel-l igent horse , l ives in Victor ianEngland on a peaceful farm with awonder fu l master. But h is l i fechanges when he is sold to differentmasters.Published in 1877, Black Beauty isan unforgettable classic for readersof all ages.

Integrated dossiers:– Horses– The Royal Society for the

Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

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Alice’s Adventuresin Wonderland

Adapted by Gina D. B. ClemenActivities by Mary Johnson

Fairy tale & fantasy

Alice follows the White Rabbit downa rabbit hole and finds herself in themagical world of Wonderland. Shegrows bigger and smaller and meetsa lot of very strange characters!These include the Caterpillar on hismushroom, the smiling CheshireCat, the Hatter and the March Hareat their mad tea party, the Queen ofHearts at her crazy game of croquet,and many more!

Integrated dossiers:– A Drink Called Tea– A Real Queen

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Beauty and the Beast



A rich man suddenly becomes poorand he goes to live in the countrywith his children. One day he goesto the city on business. His daughter,Beauty, asks him to bring her a rose.On his way back the man takes arose from the garden of a castle. Butthe owner of the castle, a beast,becomes angry and demandssomething in exchange…

Integrated dossiers:– Castles– Flowers– Beauty and the Beast in Films

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Five Children and It

Adapted by Cheryl Thompson

Adventure

Five children go on holiday anddiscover a sand fairy near theirhome! The sand fairy is an unusualcreature that grants wishes, andthis is just the beginning of anincredible adventure for them.Their wishes are strange, silly…andsometimes dangerous. They gofrom one excit ing adventure toanother until finally they realise thepower of a wish and whether or notthey really want one!

Integrated dossier: – Making Wishes

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The Jungle Book

Adapted by Kelly ReinhartActivities by Eleanor Donaldson

Adventure

Mowgli, a baby boy, is raised by afamily of loving wolves in India. Heis educated by Bagheera, the blackpanther, and Baloo, the brown bear.All the animals like him except forShere Khan, a tiger who wants to killhim.A timeless class ic that enchantsyounger and older readers alike.

Integrated dossiers:

– Let’s meet some of the animalsin the Story

– India

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Just So Stories

Adapted by Elizabeth Ann Moore

Fairy Tale and Fantasy

Rudyard Kipling surprises us againwith these five tales from the animalkingdom. Have you ever wonderedwhy elephants have such long nosesand why leopards have spots? Do youknow why kangaroos hop aroundAustralia? Find out how a clever youngsailor tricked a whale and meet manyother unforgettable characters.

Integrated dossiers:– Animals in Australia– Whales

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The Ghost Shipof Bodega Bay

Mystery & horror

When Kate and Mike Sullivan invitetheir friend Carlos to sail to theFarallon Islands on their father’s newboat, The Pelican, they expect to seethe fascinating birds and animalswhich live there.But this exciting boat trip on thePacific Ocean turns into a night ofhorror when ghastly ghosts from thepast appear…

Integrated dossier:

– Gulf of the Farallones NationalMarine Sanctuary

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Halloween Horror

Mystery & horror

It’s fun to get ready for Halloweenand it’s even more fun to have aspooky Halloween party!

But what happens to a group ofyoung teenagers when their Hal-loween party becomes a living night-mare? Find out what horror is allabout in this spine-tingling story!

Integrated dossiers:– The Origins of Halloween– Salem– Halloween Cookies– Make a Bat

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The Happy Princeand The Selfish Giant



The Happy Prince is the unforgettablestory of the touching friendshipbetween the golden statue of theHappy Prince and a little swallow.The enchanted garden of TheSelfish Giant is the perfect place forchildren to play, until the Giantdecides to keep it all for himself!

Integrated dossiers:– Birds– Migratory Birds– Gardens

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Sandokan

Adapted by Sally M. StocktonActivities by Eleanor Donaldson

Adventure

Sandokan and his pirates rule theMalaysian Sea in the 1840s, and theBritish want to capture him. One day hemeets Marianna, Lord James’s youngniece, and they are immediatelyattracted to each other.Their love is impossible, but Sandokanand his friend Yanez make a daring planto take Marianna away from her uncle.


– Pirates– Kuala Lumpur– East Malaysia

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Peter Pan



The Darl ing chi ldren’s amazingadventure begins when Peter Panflies into their nursery and whisksthem off to his enchanted island,Neverland. There they meet Peter’sfriends, the Lost Boys. But JamesHook, the crue l capta in of thepirates, soon captures them. CanPeter Pan save them?

Integrated dossiers:– Pirates– Fairies– Peter Pan in Films and at the Theatre

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The Nutcracker



One Christmas Eve in 19th-centuryNuremberg Uncle Drosselmeyer arriveswith presents for everyone and Claragets a nutcracker. That night Claradiscovers that her nutcracker is muchmore than a toy. Together they go tothe magic Land of Sweets! But onChristmas morning there is anothersurprise for her…

Integrated dossier:– The ballet of ‘The Nutcracker’

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The Secret Garden


Human Interest

Life with her uncle is uneventful forbad-tempered Mary Lennox until oneday she finds a secret garden. Shewants to make the garden beautifuland meets Dickon, a friendly boy whohelps her.Then Mary meets her cousin Colin, aninvalid, who is confined to bed. WithMary and Dickon's help Colin goes outinto the secret garden and discoversthe meaning of true friendship andhappiness.

Integrated dossier:– English Gardens

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The Tempest

Adapted by Victoria Heward

Picture Reader

Human interest

Prospero, Duke of Milan, lives on alonely is land with his daughterMiranda, Caliban (a monster) andAriel (a magic spirit). He learns to domagic and he wants to punish hisbad brother, Antonio. He creates amagic storm – a tempest. All thepeople on Antonio’s ship land onProspero’s island and many strangethings happen to them.

Integrated dossiers:– Famous Shipwrecks– Magic and Magicians

Starter

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The Wind in the Willows

Adapted by Rebecca Raynes

Adventure

This classic story, set in the Englishcountryside, features the lovablecharacters Rat, Mole, Toad and Badger.When Mole decides to leave hisunderground home and meets Rat, hediscovers a completely new world onthe river bank and the Wild Wood. AndToad’s passion for fast cars leads themon a series of adventures...

Integrated dossier:– Animals in Winter

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The WonderfulWizard of Oz



The incredible adventures of Dorothy,her dog Toto, the Tin Woodman, theScarecrow and the Cowardly Lionhave continued to enthuse readers ofall ages ever since it was firstpublished in 1900. Join Dorothy andher friends as they travel down theyellow brick road to the Emerald Cityto meet the wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Integrated dossiers:– Cyclones– Kansas

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Zorro!

Adapted by Sally M. Stockton

Adventure

The daring adventures of Zorro, thelegendary masked hero of SpanishCalifornia. He is a champion of jus-tice and an expert with the sword.He is invincible as he defies corruptpoliticians and defends the oppres-sed.

Integrated dossiers:– Spanish California– California Today and others

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The Secret of the Stones

Mystery & horror

Max and Laura's summer holiday inthe village of Stonecross is full ofexcitement and danger: a symbol,an old book of secrets, a mysterioushousekeeper and thieves who don'tsteal anything. What does it allmean? Under the shadow of Stone-henge the two children and theirUncle Stephen discover a dark plotto reveal its ancient secrets. Will theplot succeed or will the secrets ofthe stones remain a mystery for-ever?

Integrated dossier:– Stonehenge

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The American West

History

One of the most exc i t ing andmemorable periods of Americanhistory is brought to life. Original19th-century photographs andprints will allow you to relive theadventures of the American Westwith its cowboys, sheriffs, outlawsand Indians.

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

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The Adventuresof Tom Sawyer

Adapted by Sally M. Stockton

Adventure

Join Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finnand their friends as they go on a seriesof exciting adventures on theMississippi River. Read about how theywitness a murder while looking forghosts in a graveyard, and how theyrun away to an island, frighteningeveryone back home.

Integrated dossier:– The One-room School, Missouri

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American Folk TalesAdapted by George Gibson

Legend

Enjoy three of America’s most lovedfolk tales of the 1800s! Meet JohnnyAppleseed who planted apple seedsacross America. Find out how PecosBill became King of the Cowboys ofTexas. Visit a Southern plantationand laugh with cunning Brer Rabbitand Brer Fox.


– American Food made with Apples– Young America and its Settlers– Life on a Ranch– Fox Hunting– Brer Tales and the South and

others

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Akron House Mystery

Mystery & horror

Carol and Steve Taylor move into anold, mysterious house which hidesmany secrets. Carol hears footsteps atnight, Steve finds an old love letterfrom the American Civil War and thepeople in town hear a woman crying inthe night. Who is trying to give them amessage and why? Carol, Steve andtheir friend Halim solve an incrediblydifficult and touching mystery.

Integrated dossiers:– The American Civil War– The Lewis and Clark Expedition– Thanksgiving

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Davy CrockettAdapted by Gina D. B. Clemen

History

This is the true story of a brave,adventurous man, a real Americanhero, who has become a legend.Davy loved danger, just ice andfreedom. He was the true Americanfree spirit of the 1800s who helpedto build America.

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

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Ghastly Ghosts!

Mystery & horror

What is the truth about ghostsand the supernatural? Do deadpeople really come back to hauntthe world? Can an entire villagebe haunted? Can ghosts be photo-graphed?Find out in this spine-chilling bookthat introduces you to some of theworld’s most ghastly ghosts andtheir macabre doings!

Integrated dossier:

– Halloween Apple Cake

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The Bottle Imp

Adapted by Patrizia Caruzzo

Mystery & horror

Keawe, a young Hawaiian sailor, isoffered the opportunity to buy a bot-tle containing an imp which willgrant all his wishes. However, thebottle must, from then on, be resoldfor a price smaller than what he paidfor it, or he will be condemned tolive out the rest of his days in excru-ciating torment.

Integrated dossiers:– Captain Cook– Hawaii

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British andAmerican Festivities

Festivals

Why do we celebrate Halloween?What do people do to celebrate theNew Year? Why is the egg a symbolof Easter? Who invented the Christ-mas card?This unique book explores theor ig ins of our fes t iv i t ies , the i rhistorical significance, and how wecelebrate them today.

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The Black Arrow

Adapted by George GibsonActivities by Stuart Cochrane

Adventure

Set in England during the Wars ofthe Roses, this is the exciting storyof Richard Shelton and the band ofthe Black Arrow.Sir Daniel Brackley is like a father toR ichard, but one day Richarddiscovers a terrible truth from thepast. Now he must fight against SirDaniel and his men. A tale filled withadventure, treachery, mystery andromance.


– The Wars of the Roses– Knights and Knighthood Today

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I Want To Be You

Human interest

Holly and Rosie are cousins but theyare very different. When the schoolbasket-ball team fails to win thechampionship because Holly misses apenalty, Holly discovers just how cruelher cousin can be. Holly alwaysthought that Rosie had everything;lots of friends and lots of money tobuy lots of designer clothes. But thenshe meets an old lady at a fair andsoon finds out that things aren’talways what they seem…

Integrated dossier:– Travelling Funfairs

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Halloween…Magic, Witchesand Vampires

Festivals

An exciting and informative book onthe history and culture of Halloween,which gives detai ls about anauthentic American Halloween party!The beginnings of witchcraft, magicand astrology are explained. And,there is a chilling chapter on vam-pires and werewolves!

Integrated dossiers:– Stonehenge– How to make a Jack-O’Lantern

and others

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Great Expectations

Adapted by Derek SellenActivities by Joanna Burgess

Picture Reader

Human Interest

Pip, a poor young boy, receivesamazing news. Someone has givenhim a vast amount of money andwants to make him a gentleman.Who is his mysterious benefactor? Isit Miss Havisham, who lives in an oldhouse with the beautiful Estella? Lifeis full of surprises...

Integrated dossiers:– Ladies and Gentelmen– Transportation to AustraliaPlayscript

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Little Women

Adapted by Kelly Reinhart

Human interest

Growing up in New England duringthe American Civil War isn’t easy forthe March sisters – Meg, Jo, Bethand Amy. With their father away,they must learn to make sacrificesand accept disappointments.Discover how the four sisters’ dreamsfinally come true in this timelessclassic about love, kindness, andgenerosity.

Integrated dossier:– The American Civil War and others

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Legends fromthe British IslesAdapted by Deborah MeyersActivities by Eleanor Donaldson

Legend

Enjoy four popular legends fromEngland, Ireland, Scotland and Walesthat tell us about a girl who makesfriends with a unicorn, a wizard whocasts terrible spells, a king who hidesa strange secret and a prince’s loyaldog… all unforgettable! The fourlegends are recorded with regionalaccents.

Integrated dossiers:– Haunted Castles in Scotland– Man’s Best Friend

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The Lost Treasureof Bodega Bay

Mystery & horror

Kate, Mike and Carlos go on anothertrip to Bodega Bay near San Fran-cisco, where more than a year agothey found a pirate’s old treasuremap. An incredibly exciting anddangerous adventure awaits them asthey follow a mysterious clue and goon a treasure hunt to find a losttreasure from centuries ago.

Integrated dossiers:– Sharks– Pirates

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Jason and the ArgonautsAdapted by Jennifer Gascoigne

Legend

When he was very young, Jason’suncle took the kingdom of Lolkosfrom his father, but now Jason wantsit back. First he must find and bringback the Golden Fleece. It is a dan-gerous mission but Jason and a crewof heroes set sail on the Argo to theBlack Sea. The Argonauts must battleagainst giants, huge birds and seamonsters before their journey ends.

Integrated dossiers: – Greek Pottery– Greek Mythology

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The Last Unicorn


It is the summer holidays andMegan’s mother is very ill. She has tostay with her uncle on the Isle of Skyein Scotland, but she doesn’t want togo. It is quiet, too quiet, until Meganmeets Ben, her uncle’s neighbour,and sees a si lvery unicorn. Theunicorn has woken from its long sleepand it is Megan who has wokenhim…Integrated dossiers:– The Isle of Skye– Clans, Kits and Tartan– Scottish Music

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Mystery in San FranciscoGina D. B. Clemen

Mystery & horror

An abandoned mansion, a ghostlyface at the window and mysterioushappenings at one of the city's favo-rite landmarks all mark the start of athrilling adventure for Jim Reilly andhis teenage friends.Set in cosmopolitan San Francisco,California, this is a mystery story fullof suspense with an unexpectedtwist, brilliantly solved by threeyoung detectives.

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

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The Princeand the PauperMark TwainAdapted by Kelly Reinhart

Adventure

Edward and Tom are identical. Theyboth live in London, but there is onedifference: Edward is a prince andTom is a pauper.One day they meet and decide toplay a game. Edward becomes apauper and Tom becomes a prince.But something goes wrong. WillEdward ever return to his palace andbecome King of England?

Integrated dossiers:– King Henry VIII

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A MidsummerNight’s DreamWilliam ShakespeareAdapted by Janet Cameron

Human interest

Hermia and Lysander are in love, butHermia’s father wants Demetrius tomarry his daughter, so Hermia andLysander decide to run away to getmarr ied. But in the wood somefair ies per form some magic andsome strange things start tohappen...

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Shakespeare’s Time

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The Railway ChildrenE. NesbitAdapted by Elizabeth Ann Moore

Adventure

After their father is mysteriously for-ced to leave home, the three chil-dren and their mother go to live in acottage in the country near a railwaytrack. The children make friends withthe Station Master, the Porter and afriendly old gentleman.Peter, Bobbie and Phyl l i s enjoyseveral excit ing adventures andbecome the heroes of the village.But the mystery of their fatherremains unsolved, until one day…

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Project VampireVictoria Heward

Mystery & horror

Max and Laura are involved inanother mysterious case. This time aphantom thief seems to be able toget in and out of important muse-ums in London stealing valuablepaintings. Max and Laura decide toexplore the area around one of themuseums. Something very spooky isgoing to happen…

Integrated dossiers:– London museums– Travelling around London– Top five things to do in London

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The True Storyof PocahontasAdapted by Kelly Reinhart

History

Pocahontas is the touching story ofan Indian princess, whose couragesaved a white man’s life.No one could have imagined thatPocahontas would be the first Indianto marry a white man!

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

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The Treasure of Franchard

Adapted by Deborah Meyers

Human interest

Jean-Marie is an orphan who ishappily adopted by Doctor Desprezand his wife Anastasie. When thedoctor finds the precious Treasure ofFranchard he plans to take his familyaway from their lovely, old countryhome go to Paris and live a rich life.Jean-Marie does not want to go toPar is and during the night thetreasure mysteriously disappears…

Integrated dossier:– Paris in the Ninrteenth Century

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Sherlock Holmesand the Red Circle


Mystery & horrorA myster ious lodger has rentedrooms at Mrs Warren’s lodginghouse. She is fr ightened by thisstrange individual, so asks SherlockHolmes to help. He and Dr Watsondiscover cryptic messages, a sinistersecret society and a terrible murder.

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

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Robinson Crusoe

Adapted by Benjamin Anderson

Adventure

When Robinson Crusoe tel ls hisparents he wants to go to sea theydon’t want him to, but he ignorestheir wishes and joins a ship. This isjust the beginning of his manyadventures at sea, which end withhim being shipwrecked on a desertisland.

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

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Rip Van Winkle and TheLegend of Sleepy Hollow

Adapted by Cheryl Jefferson

Legend

Rip Van Winkle goes walking in theCatskill mountains. He has a strongdrink, falls asleep and doesn’t wakeup until much later.Ichabod Crane l ives in SleepyHollow. He likes Katrina van Tasselbut so does Brom Bones. Afterspeaking to Katrina, Ichabod runsaway, leaving behind him the legendof the Headless Horseman.

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

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Great English Monarchsand their Times

History

Do you know that Henry VIII washappily married for almost 20 years tothe same queen before meeting hisother wives? Do you know QueenElizabeth refused to marry in spite ofall the men who loved her? And doyou know what events during QueenVictoria’s reign contributed to makingthe British Empire the biggest ever?English monarchs have fascinated theworld for centuries. Find out abouttheir lives, their loves, their ambitionsand their secrets.

Integrated dossier:– Reading a Painting and others

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The Call of the Wild


Adventure

Buck, a big, happy dog, is k id-napped from his comfortable homein California and is sold as a sleddog in the cold Yukon Territoryduring the Klondike Gold Rush of1896. His new life in the Northlandis dif f icult , chal lenging, adven-turous… and full of surprises!

Integrated dossiers:– The Klondike Gold Rush– Wolves

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David Copperfield

Adapted by Derek Sellen

Human interest

David Copperfield is a boy whoexperiences the best and the worst oflife in 19th-century England.When David’s beloved mother dies,his cruel stepfather mistreats him.David has to suffer fear and lonelinessat boarding school and while workingin a London factory. He is deceived bySteerforth and Uriah Heep. But healso finds love and protection fromthe friends he can trust.

Integrated dossiers:– Child Labour– Dickens and Education

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Adventures ofHuckleberry Finn

Adapted by Frances Justice

Adventure

Meet Huckleberry Finn and embarkon an exciting series of adventuresdown the Mississippi River. Enjoy theride as Huck ingeniously escapesfrom the clutches of his cruel father,cleverly stops a couple of villainsfrom stealing a family’s fortune and,enlists the help of his friend TomSawyer to save a runaway slave froma terrible fate. An American classicthat appeals to young and old alike.

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Pirates!Adapted by Elizabeth Ann Moore

Adventure

Pirates and their incredible adven-tures have fascinated readers forcenturies.Pirates!, with its stunning illustrationsand maps, traces piracy from itsdistant origins in the year 2000 BC,all the way to modern times... becausepirates are still at work today!

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Oscar Wilde’sShort Stories

Adapted by Victoria Heward


‘The Young King’ tells how a shepherdboy becomes a king and realises thatmoney is not worth human suffering.In ‘The Star Child’ a baby is found inthe forest and discovers his trueidentity after many adventures.‘The Nightingale and the Rose’ is atale of a nightingale who sacrificesher life to create the perfect red rosefor a student in love.

Integrated dossier:– Life in Victorian Times and others

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King Arthurand his KnightsAdapted by George Gibson

Legend

Learn how Arthur became King,where he found his great swordExcalibur, about his love for Guin-evere, and all about the courageousKnights of the Round Table.

Integrated dossiers:– Knights– Castles– The Round Table– Old Castles of Great Interest

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Oliver Twist

Adapted by George Gibson

Adventure

Set in 19th-century London, thistimeless classic narrates the incred-ible adventures and poignanthardships of Oliver, a young, pen-niless orphan who, in spite of hisencounters with criminals of Londonand adverse circumstances, findshappiness in the end.

Integrated dossiers:– London in Dickens’ Time– Children and Education in the

1800s and others

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Robin HoodAdapted by Sally M. Stockton

Legend

The legendary hero of SherwoodForest comes to life in this excitingbook about his daring adventures.Robin Hood explains about whyRobin became an outlaw, how hisband of outlaws grew, Marian’slove for Robin, how the cruel sheriffwas 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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Treasure Island


Adventure

Read about the thrilling adventuresof young J im Hawkins and hisfriends who set sail for TreasureIsland in search of treasure.But will Long John Silver get therefirst…?

Integrated dossiers:– A Pirate Ship– Famous Pirates

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Tom and Co’sAdventuresin CyberespaceComputing, Englishand Virtual Worlds

Adventure

A group of teenagers find a mys-terious e-mail message which intro-duces them to the world of cyber-space. A pragmatic approach fors tudents to learn Engl i sh andimprove their web skills at the sametime. Students can reinforce andpractise what they have learnt bydoing the Portfolio sections, whilebeing introduced to a variety oftopics and countries.

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White Fang


Adventure

Set in the cold Yukon Territory duringthe Klondike Gold Rush, this is theadventurous story of a young wolf thatis captured and must learn to live incaptivity. His first years are filled withhardship because his masters are crueland uncaring, and he has no friends,only enemies. Then one day, during aterrible dog fight, White Fang meets astranger who changes his life…

Integrated dossiers:– Dogs at Work– The Yukon Territory– California

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Adapted by Victoria HewardActivities by Mary Johnson

Tragedy‘Hail, Macbeth who will be king oneday.’On a cold Scottish heath, threewitches make a prophecy. Inspiredby their words and encouraged byhis evil wife, Macbeth begins histrail of destruction to gain and keepthe Scottish throne.

Integrated dossiers:– Scotland– Some Scottish History– Shakespeare

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Romeo and Juliet

Adapted by Victoria HewardActivities by Robert Hill

LoveNobody can remember why theCapulet family and the Montaguefamily hate each other but the feudis longstanding and brutal. WhenJuliet Capulet and Romeo Monta-gue meet and fall in love the resultis tragic, and peace between thetwo families is only possible after thedeath of many people.

Integrated dossiers:– The Renaissance Man– ‘Romeo and Juliet’ on Film– Saint Francis and the Franciscan Friars– Shakespeare’s Theatre

Playscript

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David R. Hill,in Survey Review of Graded Readersin English.

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Present Simple & Continuous – Past Simple & Continuous – Future referencewith Present Continuous & Simple, going to & will – Present Perfect Simplewith ever & never – Imperative with 2nd person & let’s – Infinitives & gerundsafter common verbs – Co-ordinat ion with but, and, or & and then –Subordination with because, when, if & zero conditionals – Defining relativeclauses with who, which, that, zero pronoun & where – Quantifiers –Comparison of regular & irregular adjectives & adverbs

Present Perfect Simple with yet, already, still & just – Past PerfectSimple in reported speech – Passive forms with going to & will – Verb +object + infinitive (e.g. I want you to go) – Reported statements with say& tell – Time clauses introduced by when, while, until, before, after & assoon as – Clauses of purpose: so that; (in order) to

Present Perfect Simple with for & since – Past Perfect Simple fornarrative – Causative: have/get + object + past participle – Reportedquestions and requests/orders with ask & tell – 2nd Conditional: if + past,… would(n’t) – Zero, 1st and 2nd conditionals with unless – Non-definingrelative clauses with who & where – Clauses of result with so, so… that& such… that – Clauses of concession with although & though –Clauses of comparison with (not) as/so… as; (not)… enough to; too… to

Present Perfect Simple with the first/second/etc. time that … – PresentPerfect Continuous with for & since – Passive forms with the PresentPerfect Simple – Reported speech with precise reporting verbs (e.g.suggest, promise, apologise, etc.) – 3rd Conditional: if + past perfect, …would(n’t) have – All condit ionals with may & might – Non-definingrelative clauses with which & whose – Clauses of concession with eventhough, in spite of & despite

Present Perfect Simple for negat ive durat ion (haven’t… for ages) –Present Perfect Cont inuous for recent act ivit ies leading to presentsituation – Past Perfect Continuous – Passive forms with Past PerfectSimple & with unrestricted use of modal verbs – Reported speechintroduced by more examples of precise reporting verbs (e.g. threaten,insist, complain) – Wish, if only & i t’s time + past tense – Mixedcond it ional sentences – Complex sentences with more than onesubordinate clause

Future reference with Future Continuous & Future Perfect – Passive (alltenses) in continuous forms – Wish & if only + would or past perfect –Inversion of had in 2nd and 3rd conditional sentences without if – Inversion ofword order after initial negative adverbs (No sooner…; Hardly…; etc.) – Non-finite -ing clauses – Complex sentences with no restriction on number ofsubordinate clauses

Home for ChristmasMissing in Sydney

Around the World in Eighty DaysJourney to the Centre of

the EarthKidnappedThe Lost WorldThe Mutiny on the BountyThe Rajah’s DiamondRob Roy

Duck SoupMoonfleetThe Prisoner of ZendaThe Red Badge of CourageThe Scarlet Pimpernel

The Three MusketeersTreasure IslandTrue Adventures Stories

The Last of the MohicansMoby DickTom Jones

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Famous British CriminalsJack the RipperThe Sign of FourA Study in ScarletThe Valley of Fear

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Tales from The Thousandand One Nights


The Fishermanand his Soul

Magical Talesfrom the South Seas

Gulliver’s Travels

A Dream Come TrueThe Secret Garden

The Diamond as Bigas The Ritz

Great Mysteriesgof Our World

KimLord Arthur Savile’s Crime

and Other StoriesThe Master of BallantraeThe Pickwick Papers

The Canterbury TalesA Christmas CarolDaisy MillerThe House of the

Seven GablesThe Merchant of Venice • RSThe Secret Agent

Great ExpectationsHeart of DarknessMiddlemarchPamelaA Passage to IndiaThe Portrait of a LadyA Room with a ViewVanity Fair

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Alien at SchoolBizarre TalesThe Canterville GhostThe Phantom of the OperaStories of SuspenseThe Strange Case of

Dr Jekyll and Mr HydeTales of the Supernatural

American HorrorThe Big Mistake

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The MoonstoneNorthanger AbbeyThe Turn of the ScrewThe Woman in White

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The £1,000,000 Bank NoteThree Men in a BoatTwelfth Night • RS

A MidsummerNight's Dream • RS

Much AdoAbout Nothing • RS

Wicked andHumorous Tales

The Taming of the Shrew • RS

Jane EyreRomeo and Juliet • RS

Love in Shakespeare:Five Stories • RS

Washington Square

The Age of InnocenceEmmaPersuasionPride and PrejudiceThe Scarlet LetterSense and SensibilitySons and LoversTess of the D’UrbervillesWuthering Heights

The Mill on the FlossWuthering Heights

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Missing in Sydney

Activities by Laura Clyde

Adventure

Three best friends are travell ingaround Australia in search of adven-ture before they start university backhome in the UK. But after celebratingChristmas Day one of them goesmissing. Lisa is just an ordinary 18-year-old, so why would anyone wantto kidnap her? Amy and Claire aredetermined to find her…

Integrated dossiers:– Sydney– Around Australia

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Miami Police File:The O’Nell Case

Crime

Peter O’Nell, Montego High School’sfavourite teacher, goes missing in theBermuda Triangle, and the policecan’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 disap-pearance is very macabre…

Integrated dossiers:– Halloween– American High School Sports– The Bermuda Triangle

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Home for Christmas

Activities by Laura Clydeand Robert Hill

Adventure

Three young women need to get toLondon from Ireland in time forChristmas. When al l f l ights arecancelled, they are forced to share acar and make the journey by road.They each have their own personalproblems, but they have to decidetogether what to do when they finda briefcase full of money. Then theyrealise that a car is following them…

Integrated dossiers:– The Emerald Isle– Indians in Britain

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A Message from a Ghost

Mystery & horror

Bella and her friends, Elise and Gracie,are going on a school trip. But thenthey get lost. They set out to findtheir school friends and the youthhostel where they should be stayingbut before they can find them,strange and spooky things start tohappen. First Bella sees a mysteriousgirl in the woods, then Elise witnessesa discussion between two men whichwill reveal some dangerous secrets.Their friends are unaware that they arein danger and it is up to Elise, Bellaand Gracie to save them. But how?

Integrated dossiers:– School trips– Ghosts in films

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Alien Alert in Seattle

Mystery & horror

There has been a UFO sighting in theCascade mountains near Seattle,Washington, and everyone is excited.But no one believes there could possiblybe an alien in town, until Karen, Barbaraand Walter notice that one of theteachers at their high school is behavingvery strangely. Karen and her friendsstart investigating on their own and arevery surprised by what they discover…

Integrated dossiers:– Introduction to Seattle– The solar system– UFOs– American teenagers and High School

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Adapted by Kenneth Brodey


Join Alice on her exciting adventurein Wonderland, where she changessize continually and meets a host ofstrange characters – the White Rabbitwho is always late, the grinningCheshire Cat and the Queen whowants to cut off every-body’s head –to name but a few!

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a Memory

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Animal Tales

Adapted by James ButlerActivities by Claudia Fiocco

Humour & comedy

Read these amusing stories and youwill discover why elephants havetrunks, how it's best to work out thecorrect price for pigs straight awayand what happened to an Englishlady when she went hunting for atiger! You will also find a stolen ele-phant, go boating with three friendsand see how much trouble a smalldog can make!

Integrated dossiers:– Elephants– Tigers

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Sherlock Holmes Stories


Crime

The world’s most famous detectivesurprises us again with the brilliantsolutions to two seemingly impossiblecases.The master detective solves thecase of the horrible murder of ayoung woman in The Speckled Band.Smile with him and Watson as theylisten to the puzzling story of one oftheir odd clients, who is not so oddafter all, in The Red-Headed League.

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Tales from The Thousandand One NightsAdapted by Jennifer Gascoigne


A selection from the famous co-llection of Oriental stories known asthe One Thousand and One Nights,including the classic favourites AliBaba and the Forty Thieves and Sind-bad the Sailor.Travel through the streets of oldBaghdad, around luxurious palacesand fragrant gardens in India, todesert islands in the China seas…

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Tristan and IsoldeAdapted by George GibsonActivities by Alexandra Gray

Legend

One of the great romances of theMiddle Ages, Tristan and Isolde hasinspired writers, poets, artists andmusicians for centuries.After slaying a dragon and winning atournament, the young princeTristan wins the hand of beautifulIsolde for his uncle, King Mark. Buton their journey back to Mark’scourt, they drink a love potion thatwas intended for the king and hisyoung bride. They instantly fall inlove – a love that is impossible.

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Around the Worldin Eighty Days

Adapted by Eleanor Donaldson

Adventure

In 1872 a rich English gentleman,Phileas Fogg, makes a bet that he cango around the world in 80 days.Accompanied by his French man-servant, Passepartout, he sets off onan incredible race against the clock,over land and sea. The tenaciousInspector Fix, convinced that PhileasFogg is a robber, pursues him re-lentlessly across the continents.

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A story of love and friendship abouta fisherman who catches a mermaid.He lets her go because she promisesto help him fish. Each day the mer-maid appears and sings her song, sohe falls in love with her! However,she cannot marry him until he haslost his human soul.

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Journey to the Centreof the Earth

Adapted by Jennifer Gascoigne

Adventure

The famous mineralogist, ProfessorLidenbrock, finds a piece of parch-ment in an old book. A messagewritten in code describes a secretentrance to another world. TheProfessor’s nephew, Axel, breaks thecode and he and his uncle set out on ajourney that takes them back in time tothe days of the dinosaurs andprehistoric man. But how will theymanage to get back to the presentsafely?

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A Dream Come True

Activities by Janet Cameron

Human interest

E l l ie i s mad about mus ic : shedreams of becoming a singer andshe desperately wants to go to theGlastonbury Festival, where herfavourite singer, Murphy, will beplaying. But with an overprotectiveDad and important exams to take,it seems that El l ie’s dreams wil lhave to remain just that, dreams.But one day she sees a competitionin a music magazine…

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HamletPrince of Denmark

Adapted by Derek SellenActivities by Bruce Hodges

Picture Reader

Tragedy

When the ghost of Hamlet’s fatherreveals the terrible secret of Elsi-nore, the result is chaos and tra-gedy for the young Prince of Den-mark. Will he avenge his father’smurder?

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Kidnapped

Adapted by Nancy TimminsActivities by Frederick Garland

Adventure

When his father dies, David Balfourdiscovers he has inherited the familyhome near Edinburgh. But his UncleEbenezer also wants the house andputs David on a ship to America.The story follows David’s adventuresacross land and sea. With the helpof his new friend, Alan Breck, canDavid return to Edinburgh and claimwhat is rightfully his?

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The Lost World

Adapted by Frederick Garland

Adventure

At the beginning of the 1900s thewhole world has been explored: thereis nothing left to discover. But maybethis is not totally true. The eccentricProfessor Challenger says there is aplace where dinosaurs still live. So hedecides to lead an expedition to thisprehistoric world in the middle of thegreat Amazon forest.Integrated dossiers:– Amazonia: a Land of Wonders– Dinosaurs

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Magical Talesfrom the South Seas

Adapted by Elizabeth Ann MooreActivities by Laura Clyde

Fairy tale & fantasySet in the South Seas, Stevensoncreates tales of magic and adventure.The Isle of Voices Kalamake, a wizardwho transforms seashells into dollars!The Beach of Falesá is a thrilling tale oftreachery, devils, island magic andtwo people who find love.

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The Jumping Frog


Humour & comedy

The Celebrated Jumping Frog ofCalaveras County depicts one ofAmerican history’s most excitingperiods: the California Gold Rush ofthe 1850s. Come to Angel’s MiningCamp in California and meet Smileywhose frog is a living gold mine untilone day…

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Murder at Coyote Canyon

Crime

The Chumash are American Indianswho live in California. When aproperty developer starts buildinghomes on the site of their ancientcemetery, the Chumash becomeangry. During the night of the Fourthof July celebrations a mysteriousAmerican Indian warrior appears anda murder is committed. Suspicion fallson the Chumash, but four youngfriends investigate further…

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The Mutinyon the BountyAdapted by Jeremy FitzgeraldActivities by Eleanor Donaldson

Adventure

What really happened on board thefamous ship, the Bounty? Why did thesailors mutiny against their captain,and where did they take the ship?How did the captain and his loyal crewsurvive a 5,000 mile journey? JoinCaptain Bligh, Fletcher Chris-tian andTom on their incredible adventures atsea, and discover what the Bountymutiny was really about.

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Rob Roy


Adventure

1715: Frank Osbaldistone likes poetryand he does not want to enter thefamily business. The young man isthen sent by his father to the north ofEngland. Frank meets a charismaticScotsman and an official of theEnglish government. This will be thebeginning of his involvement in arebellion against the British monarchy.In this great historical novel, Frankcomes to love and understand thewild world of the Scottish Highlands.

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The Secret Garden

Adapted by Jenny Pereira

Human interest

Mary Lennox is a spoilt, unpleasantlittle girl who goes to live with heruncle on his enormous estate inYorkshire after the death of herparents in India. Left very much toherself she explores the grounds ofthe house and f inds the secretgarden which has been locked upfor ten years…

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The Ransom of Red Chiefand Other Stories

Adapted by Gina D. B. ClemenActivities by Matt Renzi

Humour & comedy

The Ransom of Red Chief is a wonder-fully funny and ironic story about twoinexperienced kidnappers and theirunusual "victim", with a great surpriseending. O. Henry's unique talent ena-bled him to create a world full ofordinary people who did extraordi-nary things.

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Adapted by Frances Justice

Adventure

The Rajah’s Diamond, the mostprecious diamond in the world,seems to bring bad luck on everyonewho comes into contact with it.Owned by Sir Thomas Vandeleur, hiswife tries to sell it to pay off herdebts. But the diamond is stolen andfalls into the wrong hands. Followthe diamond on its adventures andfind out what happend to it.

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Empire Strikes Back

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Stories of Ghostsand Mystery


Mystery and horror

Three authors reveal the obscurecorners of the occult. Sinister ghostsof the past have never left BarwykeHall; a man disappears mysteriously;the Pur i tan Reverend Hooper isplagued by a terrible secret sin thatforces him to wear a black veil.

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The Willing Ghost

Activities by Gina D. B. Clemen

Crime

Selena Willing, a young, beautifulheiress, contacts Richard Boot, aprivate detective, because she thinksthere is a noisy ghost in her statelyhome. Richard investigates, lookinginto Selena’s life and discovers thatthe noise she hears is not a ghost, butsomething much more real anddangerous…

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The £1,000,000Bank Note


Humour & comedy

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

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Alien at School

Mystery & horror

Whoever thought that starting highschool would be so excit ing? Acomet and a constel lat ion havecrossed paths, and space expertsknow this means the possibility ofalien encounters!In a town near Boston, Jennifer Daleand her friends have some weirdnew teachers! Mr Stone, the Englishteacher, is particularly strange…

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Bizarre Tales

Mystery & horror

For those who enjoy strange sur-prises these five original stories willbe a del ight. Take Max, whothought that sleeping was a wasteof time – until the media got toknow about him. Or what aboutFiona the fashion model whodecided to show her invisible selfinstead of modelling clothes!Just open the book and you willenter a strange world where thingsare not always what they seem –where, for example, God’s secretmakes hell into heaven and viceversa!

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Mystery & horror

When Mr Hiram B. Otis decides to buyCanterville Chase, everyone tells himthat the house is haunted by a ghost.Strange things begin to happen: abloodstain that changes colour,mysterious noises in the night, ajourney to the Garden of Death…

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Classic Detective StoriesAdapted by Joshua AndersonActivities by Frederick Garland

Crime

Sherlock Holmes battles against acriminal organisation in ConanDoyle’s The Five Orange Pips; inCharles Dickens Hunted Down aruthless murderer is brought tojustice; in The Stir Outside the CaféRoyal by Clarence Rook an Americanwoman tracks down her fiancé’s killer;and in G. K. Chesterton’s The Oracleof the Dog Father Brown solves adifficult murder case.

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The Diamondas Big as The Ritz

Adapted by George GibsonActivities by Eleanor Donaldson

Human interest

Young love, fabulous wealth, desire,cruelty, and adventure are the cen-tral themes artfully woven into thisun-usual and satirical story whith asurprise ending.

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Duck Soup

Adventure

A dizzying dance at a disco five yearsago led to Phil getting married. Nowhe wonders who he really dancedwith! An amateur rock band finallygets its name right – but only after aterr ible experience. Schoolgir lSheena has a tasty admirer… butwhat exactly makes the young manchange his mind?Each of the four stories in thisoriginal collection poses a question –with the reader involved in thecreative process of providing ans-wers!

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Great Mysteriesof Our World

Activities by Kenneth Brodey

Human interest

Was Nostradamus really a prophet orwere his predictions a mere coinciden-ce? What mystery lies behind thecurse of the tomb of the Egyptianpharaoh King Tut? Can an exquisitediamond bring death and tragedy toits owners? Does evil really exist andwhat forms can it take?

Find out about these strange storiesand others, and perhaps you'll beable to solve our world's greatestmysteries!

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Gulliver’s TravelsJonathan SwiftAdapted by Jeremy Fitzgerald


Lemuel Gulliver tells the story of hisfantastic adventures on the island ofLilliput where the people are tiny,and their self-importance laughable;in Brobdingnag where the people aregiants and Gulliver is made to feel hisown insignificance; in Laputa, theland of futile science; and finally inthe land of the Houyhnhnms, wherehorses are endowed with reasonwhile human beings are not.

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The Hound ofthe BaskervillesSir Arthur Conan DoyleAdapted by Jeremy FitzgeraldActivities by Louis Vaughan

Crime

Another case for Sherlock Holmesfinds Dr Watson sent to Devonshire toinvestigate the mysterious death of SirCharles Baskerville, who has beenmutilated by a large dog ac-cording tothe tradition of the curse of the houseof the Baskervilles. The new heir to theestate returning from America callsupon the great detect-ive to solve thispuzzling enigma.

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Jane EyreCharlotte BrontëAdapted by Jenny PereiraActivities by Frederick Garland

Love

Jane Eyre, a penniless and unat-tractive orphan, becomes a gov-erness at Thornfield Hall and falls inlove with Edward Rochester, theguardian of her ward. But she soondiscovers that he is hiding a terriblesecret…

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KimRudyard KiplingAdapted by Kenneth Brodey

Human Interest

Kim, a young Irish boy, lives alone onthe streets of the Indian city of Lahore.He meets an old Tibetan lama who islooking for a sacred river. The boy andthe old man become great friends andtravel across British India. This isRudyard Kipling’s greatest book – astory about the British empire, spies,friendship, spirituality and, most of all,India.

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Julius CaesarWilliam ShakespeareAdapted by James ButlerActivities by Adeline Richards

Tragedy

There is discontent in Rome. Thepeople are angry because of a grainshortage and the aristocrats areworried that Julius Caesar will seekto become king. A group ofconspirators led by Brutus decidesto assass inate Caesar. At f i r s teverything seems to go well forthem, but soon the conspiratorsf ind themselves pursued by the‘Spirit of Caesar’.

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Adapted by Justin Rainey

Human interest

At Lady Windermere’s party a fam-ous palm reader predicts that LordArthur Savile will commit a murder...Read about Lady Alroy’s mysteriousways in The Sphinx without a Secretand how it pays to be nice to beggarsin The Model Millionaire.

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Moonfleet

Adapted by Gina D. B. ClemenActivities by Janet Cameron

Adventure

Young John Trenchard l ives inMoonfleet, an English village withdark secrets. One day he discovers ahidden crypt below the cemeterywhere smugglers meet and hidetheir goods. Here he accidentallyfinds the skeleton of evil ColonelMohune, better known as Black-beard, and a precious clue thatcould help him find Blackbeard’streasure…

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The Phantomof the Opera

Adapted by Gina D. B. ClemenActivities by Kenneth Brodey

Mystery & horror

A mysterious ghost is haunting thefamous Paris Opera House. There areal l sorts of rumours about the‘Phantom of the Opera’, a frigh-tening figure whose face is hidden bya terrible mask...

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Love

In The Taming of the Shrew, Katharinalearns to love Petruchio. Romeo andJuliet’s love is destined to end intragedy. In Twelfth Night, love isromantic but also painful, while inOthel lo love turns into jealousy.Finally, Antony and Cleopatra’s pas-sionate love has tragic consequen-ces.

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Elizabethan Times

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The Master of Ballantrae

Adapted by Kenneth BrodeyActivities by Nora Nagy

Human interest

Stevenson invest igates into thenature of good and evil in this novelset in 1745. This was the year manyin Scotland fought to put a Scottishk ing on the Br i t i sh throne. Twobrothers, James and Henry Durie,become involved in this historicalevent.Integrated dossiers:– Double Trouble– Doubles and Alter Egos in Fiction

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The Pickwick Papers

Adapted by Maud JacksonActivities by Nora Nagy

Human interest

In Dickens’s first novel, Samuel Pickwickand three other members of thePickwick Club decide to spend sixmonths travell ing around Englandobserving the manners and habits ofeveryone they meet. Follow them ontheir hilarious adventures as they getinvolved in a duel, an elect ioncampaign and as one of them evenends up in prison…

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Adapted by George GibsonActivities by Victoria Heward

Adventure

During America’s civil war HenryFleming dreams of becoming a hero,but he soon discovers the brutalityand chaos of war. Henry and otheryoung soldiers must measure theircourage and audacity against theenemy and themselves.

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Adapted by Derek SellenActivities by Jennifer Gascoigneand Robert Hill

Love

The Montagues and the Capuletshate each other and so when Romeoand Juliet fall in love they are forcedinto secrecy and subterfuge. Willt rue love survive? Wil l the twofamilies make peace?

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The Prisoner of Zenda

Adapted by James ButlerActivities by Kenneth Brodey

Adventure

Rudolf Rassendyll comes from anancient English family that has had aromantic connection with the royalhousehold of Ruritania. He decidesto vis i t Rur i tania and is rapidlycaught up in the political events ofthe country...

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The Returnof Sherlock Holmes

Adapted by Blanche MalvernActivities by Stanley Roberts

Crime

In 1891, the great detective SherlockHolmes disappeared. A month afterHolmes’s disappearance, his goodfr iend and col league Dr Watsonpublished an article in the news-paper, explaining that Holmes diedwhile struggling with his arch-enemyProfessor Moriarty. But is that whatreally happened?

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The Scarlet PimpernelThe Adventuresof the Secret Spy

Adapted by Emma BerridgeActivities by Eleanor Donaldson

Adventure

At the height of the FrenchRevolution, the aristocrats’ greatestfear is the gui l lot ine. But someescape their terrible destiny with thehelp of a mysterious man, the ScarletPimpernel. Who is he? Someone isdetermined to find out.

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Sherlock HolmesInvestigates

Adapted by Kenneth Brodeyand Rebecca RaynesActivities by Kenneth Brodey

Crime

Sherlock Holmes is at work in threestories: solving the problem of a hatand a goose in ‘The Blue Carbuncle’;finding a missing fiancé in ‘A Case ofIdentity’; and discovering the identityof a strange creature in ‘The YellowFace’.

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of the ‘Titanic’– Arthur Defends the Underdog

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Stories of Suspense

Adapted by Gina D. B. ClemenActivities by Matt Renzi

Mystery & horror

Discover how a midnight ritual trans-forms the life of a young Puritan inYoung Goodman Brown. Witnesswhat happens to three old friendswho discover the potion of eternalyouth in Dr. Heidegger's Experiment.Experience the tragedy of the scien-tist who strives to achieve perfectionat all costs in The Birthmark.

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The Strange Case ofDr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Adapted by James Butlerand Maria Lucia De Vanna

Mystery & horrorThrough the narratives of Mr Enfield,Mr Utterson and others, the mysteryof Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is revealed:Dr Jekyll, an eminent scientist, hasfound a drug which changes himinto the embodiment of his evi limpulses. Which side of Jekyll, thegood or the evil, will triumph?

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Tales of the Supernatural

Adapted by Peter Foreman

Mystery & horror

Four chilling tales take you into aworld where anything can happen.Charles Dickens adds extra horror tohis famous tale of a haunted rail-wayman. In Edgar Allan Poe’s classicstory, Ligeia, the ghost of a beautifulwoman returns and defeats death. E.Nesbit shows us how there really is agood reason to be scared of thedark.

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Treasure Island

Adapted by Christopher HallActivities by Adeline Richards

Adventure

Adventure and piracy in the 18thcentury! When young Jim Hawkinsf inds a map of an is land whereCaptain Flint has hidden his treasure,Jim, Squire Trelawney and his friendDr Livesey sail to the island to lookfor it. But during the voyage Jimdiscovers more about the ship’scompany, which includes Long JohnSilver, a man with only one leg. Andthen the batt le for the treasurebegins!

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True Adventure Stories

AdventureFour true stories of adventure andcourage.‘Lost at Sea’ tells the adventures of afamily sailing round the world. In‘The Impossible Journey’ we followSir Ernest Shackleton as he and hismen go on foot towards the SouthPole. The brave woman in ‘AmyJohnson, Woman Pioneer’ attempts asolo flight from England to Australia.In ‘David Livingstone’s Last AfricanExpedit ion’ we meet the greatexplorer on his last expedition to findthe source of the Nile.Integrated dossiers:– The Big Heat– The Slave Trade


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The Tragedy of Richard III

Adapted by Richard Elliott

TragedyAfter a long civil war between theHouses of Lancaster and York,England is enjoying a period of peaceunder King Edward IV. But Edward’syounger brother, Richard, resentsEdward’s power, Richard begins toaspire secretly to the throne anddecides to kill anyone he has to inorder to become king.

Integrated dossiers:– The Renaissance: Art of Manners

and the ‘Galateo’– Niccolò Machiavelli– Richard III on screen and stage


The Three Musketeers


AdventureD’Artagnan travels to Paris hoping tojoin the Musketeers, a group ofadventurers who serve Louis XIII. Aseries of misadventures brings him toa duel with none other than three ofhis heroes - the Musketeers Porthos,Athos, and Aramis. The three menask D'Artagnan to join them in theirstruggle to protect Queen Anneagainst the plots of power-hungryCardinal Richelieu.

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Three Men in a Boat


Humour & comedy

What can possibly happen to threefriends and their dog when theytake a peaceful boat trip on theRiver Thames? Wel l , just aboutanything! They have incrediblyfunny adventures as they visit his-toric sites on the beautiful Thames.

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Twelfth Night

Adapted by Nancy Timmins

Humour & comedy

After surviving a shipwreck off thecoast of Illyria, Viola disguises herselfas a boy to get a position at the courtof Duke Orsino, who is in love withOlivia. Unknown to Viola, her twinbrother Sebastian has also survivedthe shipwreck. When he too arrives inIllyria, confusion and follows.After many cases of mistaken iden-tity, who will be lucky in love?

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The Vampire’s Tear

Crime

A diamond is on display at animportant show at a New York Citymuseum. Nick has a summer job atthe museum and invites his bestfriends Bill and Michelle to join himfor a summer of fun. One night thediamond disappears and a securityguard is found dead. Suddenly there isa vampire scare in New York City. Thethree teenagers start investigating…

Integrated dossiers:– Manhattan, the heart of New York

City– Vlad Tepes– Prince of Wallachia– Vampires in literature and films

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Mystery & horror

Edgar Allan Poe is one of the firstmasters of modern short stories andmodernist poetry. But he is bestremembered for his strange style ofhorror. A man who drains away hiswife’s life to make his painting seemalive; an animal lover who becomesobsessed by a cat; a young manobsessed by an old man’s blue eye;and a man hypnotized just before hedies who then…

Integrated dossiers:– Poe’s scientific imagination– Poe as pop icon– Poe’s America

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BeowulfAdapted by Victoria SpenceActivities by Kenneth Brodeyand Robert Hill

Legend

The great warrior Beowulf comes tothe Danish court of King Hrothgarto help free his people from theterrible monster, Grendel, and hisevil mother. Next, Beowulf will haveto fight a fire-breathing dragonalone. But will his efforts cost himhis life this time?

Integrated dossiers:– The Background to Beowulf– The Story of Beowulf– The Heroic Elements in Beowulf– The Christian Elements in Beowulf

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The Big Mistakeand Other Stories

Mystery & horror

David is looking forward to a quietweek by the sea with his girlfriend –but things don’t turn out as heexpected… Who stole the diamondnecklace? Inspector Baker has beenpromised promotion if he can solvethe case. Will he succeed?… Trudy isdepressed and miserable. She isn’tgetting on with her parents. She’snot the only one with prob-lemsthough... Three young boys startdigging in a garden. What exactlyare they looking for?A stimulating collection of originalstories – all with a twist in the tail!

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DraculaBram StokerAdapted by Kenneth Brodey

Mystery & horror

When Jonathan Harker goes toTransylvania to visit Count Draculaon business, he discovers that hisc l ient’s motives for coming toEngland are rather more sinister thanthey f i rst appeared. This class ichorror story has fascinated readersever since it came out in 1897.

Integrated dossiers:– Real Vampires– Vampire Bats– Victorian Villans, Monsters and

Fears

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Daisy MillerHenry JamesAdapted by Christopher HallActivities by Frederick Garland

Human interest

Daisy Miller is a beautiful, r ichAmerican girl. She comes to Europewith her mother and brother to traveland see the sights. In Switzerland shemeets Frederick Winterbourne, ayoung American who has lived inEurope most of his life. He is fascin-ated and perplexed by Daisy’s flirta-tious and unconventional manners…

Integrated dossier:– Young Women in the Nineteenth

Century

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Famous British Criminalsfrom The Newgate CalendarAdapted by Victoria Spence

Crime

Enjoy reading about some of themost famous Br i t i sh cr iminals :Jonathan Wild, prince of robbers;Dick Turpin, horse-stealer andmurderer; John Gow, pirate; JohnSheppard, highwayman. Discover anunbelievable world of adventurethrough their daring actions andremarkable timing!

Integrated dossiers:– Crime and Punishment in the

Eighteenth century– Eighteenth-century London

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Human interest

A group of pilgrims travelling to theshrine of Thomas Becket in Canter-bury decide that each traveller shouldtell a story.Read about tales by the Knight, theNun’s Priest, the Pardoner, the Wifeof Bath and the Franklin.

Integrated dossiers:– Chaucer’s World– The City of Canterbury and others


A Christmas CarolCharles DickensAdapted by Peter Foreman

Human interest

Mean, old Ebenezer Scrooge doesn’tl ike Christmas. He doesn’t l ikepeople. He only likes money. Butwhen the ghost of his friend, OldMarley, visits him on Christmas Eve,it’s the beginning of a very strangenight. Next morning he wisheseverybody a Merry Christmas! Sowhat has changed bad, old Scrooge?

Integrated dossiers:– Some Christmas Ghosts– London in Dickens’ Time– The Christmas Story


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Macbeth

Adapted by James ButlerActivities by Bruce Hodges

Tragedy

Macbeth is loyal and courageous, andis a friend of King Duncan’s. However,after a battle he encounters threewitches who tell him that one day hewill be King of Scotland. Soon hisobsession to become king is rein-forced by his wife’s cold-bloodedambition...

Integrated dossiers:– Films of ‘Macbeth’– Scotland’s History– Witches– The Castles of Scotland

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Adventure

During the Seven Years’ Warbetween the French and the British,Cora and Alice Munro are on theirway to Fort Henry to join theirfather, the commander. But theirIndian guide, Magua, betrays thegroup to the Iroquois Indians. This isonly the beginning of their manyadventures.

Integrated dossiers:– The Origins of the Indian People– The Iroquois Confederacy– The indians experience and others

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The Merchant of Venice

Adapted by Victoria SpenceActivities by Tessa Vaughan

Human interest

In Venice, Bassanio needs moneyto court a rich heiress. His friendAntonio borrows the money fromShylock, a Jewish moneylender.Shylock demands that the money isrepaid in three months or he will takea pound of Antonio’s flesh. Antonioagrees, but it will take the intelligenceof two women to save him…

Integrated dossiers:– The Origins of the Pound of

Flesh Story– The Treatment of Jews in

Shakespeare’s Time

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Jack the Ripper

Crime

Since the autumn of 1888, when heterrorised London, Jack the Ripperhas become famous all over theworld. How did he escape justice?And who was he? There have beenhundreds of suspects and theoriesbut nobody has yet discovered hisidentity.Jack the Ripper takes you back to thedark streets of Victorian London, toinvestigate the crimes, examine thetheories, and meet the people whoplayed their part in the drama.

Integrated dossiers:– Life in the East End– Immigrants in the East End

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The House ofthe Seven Gables

Adapted by Gina D. B. ClemenActivities by Monica Marszewska

Human interest

The seventeenth-century house of theseven gables shelters an old curse anda terr ible secret. Hepzibah andClifford Pyncheon are tormented bythe memories and ghosts of the past,until the love of two young peoplechanges the course of destiny…

Integrated dossiers:– Witchcraft– The British Colonies in America– The History of Photography

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The MoonstoneWilkie CollinsAdapted by Christopher HallActivities by Janet Cameron

Mystery & horror

On her eighteenth birthday, RachelVerinder receives a very specialpresent: the Moonstone – a largeyellow diamond from India: but thatnight the Moonstone is stolen…In what T. S. Eliot called ‘the first,the longest, and the best of moderndetective novels’, Wilkie Collins tellsa story full of mystery, suspense andpsychological insight.

Integrated dossier:– Imperialism on the Indian

Subcontinent

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Le Morte d’ArthurSir Thomas MaloryAdapted by Victoria SpenceActivities by Kenneth Brodey

Legend

Le Morte d’Arthur tells the story ofKing Arthur and the Knights of theRound Table. The tale begins withArthur’s birth, his education, and hisrise to the throne. It also recountsthe tragic love story of Sir Lancelotand Guinevere, the destruction ofthe Round Table and Arthur’s mys-terious disappearance or death.

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A MidsummerNight’s DreamWilliam ShakespeareAdapted by James ButlerActivities by Rebecca Raynes

Humour & comedy

Two young lovers , Hermia andLysander, meet in the wood withthe intention of running away andgetting married secretly. They arefollowed by Demetrius, who lovesHermia , and Helena who is inlove with Demetrius. What theydon’t know is that the wood is en-chanted…

Integrated dossiers:– Shakespeare’s Sources– The Elizabethan Performance

Playscript

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Moby DickHerman MelvilleAdapted by Gina D. B. ClemenActivities by Bruce Hodges

Adventure

Moby Dick is an epic tale of thewhaling ship the Pequod and itscaptain, Ahab, who pursues the greatwhite whale around the world. Thestory is seen through the eyes ofIshmael, a sailor on the Pequod.Captain Ahab has only one purposein life: to find and kill Moby Dick, thegreat white whale that ate his legyears ago. Ahab’s voyage is one ofrevenge.

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Much Ado About NothingWilliam ShakespeareAdapted by James ButlerActivities by Kenneth Brodey

Humour & comedy

Claudio is in love with Hero, but isafraid that she will reject him. Hisfriend, Don Pedro, volunteers to makeher fall in love with him at a maskedball. The trick works well, and Heroagrees to marry Claudio. But DonPedro’s brother, Don John, organisesa plot which will make Claudio thinkthat Hero is unfaithful…

Integrated dossiers:– Tragic and Comic Elements in

‘Much ado About Nothing’– Women in Shakespeare’s Comedies

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The Secret AgentJoseph ConradAdapted by Nancy TimminsActivities by Louis Vaughan

Human interest

Mr Verloc, the secret agent, has ashop in London. He l ives therepeacefully with his wife Winnie, hermother and her brother, Stevie.When Mr Verloc becomes involvedwith an anarchist plot to blow up theGreenwich Royal Observatory, thingsgo disastrously wrong. Mr Verloc’sjob as a secret agent brings tragicconsequences for all his family.

Integrated dossiers:– Time and the Greenwich Royal

Observatory– Espionage in English Fiction


OthelloWilliam ShakespeareAdapted by Lucy ParkerActivities by Kenneth Brodey

Tragedy

Othello is a successful general, buta very simple man who trusts Iagocompletely. When he elopes withand marr ies Desdemona, he i soverwhelmed by the happiness thatseems to be his. Iago, embitteredby his failure to win promotion inthe army, decides to poison thegeneral’s happiness…

Integrated dossiers:– The First London Theatres– The Portrayal of Othello

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Northanger AbbeyJane AustenAdapted by Nancy TimminsActivities by Kenneth Brodey

Mystery & horror

Catherine Morland is going on herfirst visit to the city of Bath. She likesGothic novels. When she makesfriends with the handsome youngHenry Tilney and his sister Eleanor,she will find herself in the middle ofa family tragedy. Henry’s home,Northanger Abbey, is the scene of acrime. Or is it all just a product ofCatherine’s imagination?

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Power and Ambitionin ShakespeareAdapted by Jane Elizabeth Cammack

Tragedy

A power-hungry Richard III, a remor-seful Macbeth, a revengeful PrinceHamlet, a powerful Julius Caesar, anda ruthless and ambitious King Henry V:various aspects of power and ambitionfeature in these five stories based onplays by William Shakespeare.

Integrated dossiers:– William Shakespeare 1564-1616– Ghosts, Witches and Revenge– The Influence on Shakespeare’s Plays


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Tragedy

Doctor Faustus, a brilliant scholar,enters into an agreement with theDevil. He agrees to sell his soul inreturn for twenty-four years ofknowledge, power and riches. Buthe eventually realises the full im-plications of his rash action.

Integrated dossier:– Christopher Marlowe and

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The Sign of FourSir Arthur Conan DoyleAdapted by Nancy TimminsActivities by Eleanor Donaldson

Crime

Sherlock Holmes is bored, but notfor long. The attract ive MaryMorstan arrives at 221B Baker Streetwith a strange story to tel l . Herfather vanished ten years ago: fouryears later she receives six beautifulpearls, one each year. She has beeninvited to meet the sender of thesepearls and asks Sherlock Holmes andDoctor Watson for their help.

Integrated dossiers:– The Andaman Island– The British in India


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A Study in ScarletSir Arthur Conan DoyleAdapted by Nancy TimminsActivities by Eleanor Donaldson

Crime

In an empty house lies a dead man.There are no wounds on his body. Onthe wall, the word RACHE – Germanfor ‘revenge’ – is written in blood.With the help of his friend DoctorWatson, can Sherlock Holmes use hisdeductive powers to find the mur-derer?Set in London in the 1880s, A Studyin Scarlet is the first Holmes andWatson mystery, the beginning of along and famous partnership.

Integrated dossiers:– The Mormons– London in the 1800s


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Tom JonesHenry FieldingAdapted by James ButlerActivities by Justin Rainey

Adventure

Kindly Mr Allworthy returns home tofind that someone has left a babyboy in his house. He adopts him andnames him Tom Jones.Mr Allworthy’s sister, Bridget, has ason cal led Master Bl i f i l . Whathappens when Tom falls in lovewith a neighbouring gentleman’sdaughter, Sophia, whose family wishher to marry Blifil?

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Humour & comedy

Three friends, George, Harris and Jneed a change in their lives and theydecide to go on a bicycle tr ipthrough the beautiful Black Forest inGermany, where they meet with allkinds of hilarious adventures as theyget into and out of trouble…

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The Turn of the ScrewHenry JamesAdapted by Maud JacksonActivities by Justin Rainey

Mystery & horror

In the 1840s, a young woman isemployed as governess to two chil-dren in an English country house.The children are beautiful and char-ming, and for a while, the youngwoman thinks her position is botheasy and pleasant. Then she beginsto see the ghosts of the formergoverness Miss Jesel and the manser-vant Peter Quint.

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


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The Valley of FearSir Arthur Conan DoyleAdapted by Nancy TimminsActivities by Eleanor Donaldson

Crime

The great detective Sherlock Holmesis needed to solve a murder inSussex, England. A card with theinitials VV 341 has been left by thebody, and discovering the facts ofthe case gets ever more difficult. Theanswers to this mystery lie far awayfrom the scene of the crime andacross the Atlantic, in a place knownas ‘The Valley of Fear’.

Integrated dossiers:– Hiding Places in Times of Trouble– Secret Societies


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The Woman in WhiteWilkie CollinsAdapted by Christopher HallActivities by Frederick Garland

Mystery & horror

Late one night, on a lonely road nearLondon, Walter Hartright, a youngdrawing teacher, meets a solitarywoman dressed in white. This is theopening scene of The Woman inWhite, a great Victorian sensationnovel, full of mystery, excitement,and suspense.

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Wicked andHumorous TalesSakiAdapted by Kenneth Brodey

Humour & comedy

A dramatic intrusion ends a longfamily feud, a man is strangelyinfluenced by his pets, a cat bringsscandal to British society and a littleboy battles to enjoy life with thehelp of his own personal god.These are just a few of the amazingstor ies created by Hector HughMunro – alias master short-storyteller Saki, ex-journalist who turnedto writing satirical tales.

Integrated dossier:– Writers and the First World War


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FCE SET TEXTWashington SquareHenry JamesAdapted by Gina D. B. Clemen

Love

Catherine Sloper, an insignificant,plain girl, wil l one day inherit asubstantial fortune from her father.When her overwhelming passion fora handsome fortune hunter trans-forms her dull existence, Catherine’sdistinguished father, her interferingaunt and her selfish lover all playwith her feelings to satisfy their ownneeds, and succeed in breaking herheart.

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EmmaJane AustenAdapted by Derek SellenActivities by Kenneth Brodey

Love

Emma Woodhouse, handsome,clever and rich, has a perfect life.She has dec ided never to getmarried but to live as the mistressof Hartfield, her father’s house inthe beautiful English countryside.But when she starts matchmakingshe finds that her imagination hasled her into danger.

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

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FrankensteinMary ShelleyAdapted by Maud JacksonActivities by Robert Hill

Mystery & horror

A fascination with science and theaspiration to understand the mys-teries of creation lead Victor Fran-kenstein to create life from death.But the results are not what heexpects and his reject ion of hismonstrous creat ion causes di reconsequences for himself and allthe people he cares about.

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


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The Age of InnocenceEdith WhartonAdapted by Christopher HallActivities by Louis Vaughan

Love

In 1870s New York Countess EllenOlenska causes scandal and embar-rassment when she decides to freeherself of an unhappy marriage bydivorcing her husband. Great lydisapproved of by her family, shecan only count on the support of hercousin’s fiancé, Newland Archer,who falls in love with her and tries topersuade her to start a new li fetogether with him.

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

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Great ExpectationsCharles DickensAdapted by Rebecca Raynes

Human interest

Pip Pirrip is a poor orphan boy des-tined to become a blacksmith. But achance meeting with an escapedconvict and an invitation to the houseof the eccentric Miss Havisham markthe beginning of great changes in hislife. After receiving a large amount ofmoney from a secret benefactor Pipgoes to London to be educated as a‘gentleman’. But who is his secretbenefactor?

Integrated dossiers:– Transportation– The Police-A Brief History


Heart of DarknessJoseph ConradAdapted by James ButlerActivities by Louis Vaughan

Human interest

Marlow, a merchant sailor, travelsthrough colonial Africa. He makes aperilous journey by steamboat torescue Kurtz , an agent , who isseriously ill. He arrives at Kurtz’sstation to find that the agent hastaken control of the whole area. Inhis complete isolation from civilisedsociety Kurtz has instituted a brutalsys tem of human sacr i f i ce andmagic to enthral the natives.

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Gothic Short StoriesW. W. Jacobs, Amelia B. EdwardsBram Stoker, Edgar Allan PoeAdapted by Peter Foremanand Kenneth Brodey

Mystery & horror

Follow Bram Stoker (Dracula) as hetakes student Malcolm Malcolmsonthrough a terrifying ordeal inside ajudge's house. Travel, if you dare, in aghostly coach with three dead menas your fellow passengers. Or visit thedeadly House of Usher! But don'tmake a wish with the monkey's paw.

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The Murders in theRue Morgue andThe Purloined LetterEdgar Allan PoeAdapted by Graeme andSilvia ThomsonActivities by Kenneth Brodey

CrimeTwo cases of detection for MonsieurAuguste C. Dupin, Poe’s great detec-tive. Who could have committed theatrocious murders in the Rue Morgueand so how did the murderer get in,or out? Will Dupin find the purloinedletter 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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MiddlemarchGeorge EliotAdapted by Maud JacksonActivities by Richard Elliott

Human interest

Miss Dorothea Brooke wants to dosomething great in the world. Sheknows that women cannot do greatthings on their own, and so shemarries a man twice her age, whoshe believes, is engaged in a greatwork of scholarship. Around thesame time, young Dr Lydgate comesto Middlemarch. He wishes to dogreat work for medical science, but hemeets and falls in love with RosamondVincy.

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PamelaSamuel RichardsonAdapted by Nancy TimminsActivities by Tessa Vaughan

Human interest

Pamela is a maid in a big countryhouse. But when her mistress dies,Pamela is left at the mercy of Mr B,her mistress’s son, who sets out toseduce her. Although she likes Mr B,Pamela is determined to keep her vir-tue. Will Mr B succeed, or willPamela’s virtuous behaviour find itsown reward?

Integrated dossiers:– English Country Houses and their

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A Passage to India*E. M. ForsterAdapted by Maud JacksonActivities by Louis Vaughan

Human interest

Adela Quested visits India with MrsMoore to decide whether to marrythe latter’s son, Ronny. Obsessedwith understanding the ‘real India’,the two women make friends withDr Aziz who invites them to themysterious Marabar caves…

Integrated dossiers:– Hindus and Muslims in India– The British in India

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Lord JimJoseph ConradAdapted by Gina D. B. ClemenActivities by Kenneth Brodey

Adventure

Jim is a young British officer on thepassenger ship Patna. During anaccident at sea in the Indian Ocean,Jim follows the captain and abandonsthe sinking ship and its passengers. Jimmust face a court trial for this act ofcowardice, which will torment him allhis life. At the trial Jim meets Marlow,an older sea captain, who helps himfind work. But Jim is always restless. Hemoves to Malaysia where he tries tostart a new life…

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Pride and PrejudiceJane AustenAdapted by Andrea ShellActivities by Elvira Poggi Repettoand Kenneth Brodey

Love

When Mr Bingley comes to live atNetherfield bringing his friend MrDarcy with him, Mrs Bennet isdelighted; she has five daughters tobe married. However, things don’t goas smoothly as she hoped: Mr Bingleyabandons Jane, Mr Darcy clearly hasno interest in Elizabeth and she refu-ses 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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The Problem of Cell 13Jacques FutrelleAdapted by Graemeand Silvia Thomson

Mystery & horror

‘Lock me in any cell in any prison any-where at any time, wearing only nor-mal clothes and I’ll escape in a week.’For Professor Van Dusen, otherwiseknown as ‘The Thinking Machine’,nothing is impossible. Logic is hispassion. One hour later he findshimsel f locked up in Chisholmprison and has to use all his mentalresources to find the solution to theproblem.

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The Pictureof Dorian GrayOscar WildeAdapted by Gina D. B. ClemenActivities by Justin Rainey

Mystery & horror

When the superbly handsome DorianGray sees his portrait he makes aterrible wish: that the portrait willgrow older and that he will remainyoung forever. But what happens tothe portrait that no one ever sees?A brilliant and disturbing story of aman who is willing to sell his soulfor eternal youth, while he pursuespleasure and passion.

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


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PersuasionJane AustenAdapted by Christopher HallActivities by Adeline Richards

Love

In 1806, Captain Frederick Wentworthand Miss Anne Elliot fell in love, butsince neither of them had any money,Anne’s friend Lady Russell persuadedher not to marry the Captain. Yearslater, Anne and Frederick meet again.By this time Frederick has made afortune in the Navy, but he is stillangry with Anne for rejecting him.This is the most delicate and movinglove story Jane Austen ever wrote.

Integrated dossier:– The Royal Navy in the Napoleonic

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The Portrait of a LadyHenry JamesAdapted by Blanche MalvernActivities by Kenneth Brodey

Human interest

Isabel Archer visits her uncle and hisfamily in England. Her uncle diesand leaves her a large fortune. Isabelwas always beautiful and charming:now, in addition, she is rich. Thequestion is, who will she marry? TheEnglish nobleman Lord Warburton?Her American suitor CasperGoodwood? Or the refined andsophisticated Gilbert Osmond, anAmerican art collector living in Italy?

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Love

Mrs Morel is a strong, intelligent,domineering woman. Her marriage toa miner is not a happy one. She isantagonistic to her husband and givesall her love to her sons. The Morel'syounger son Paul grows up close to hismother. As an adolescent and a youngman, he is torn between a passionatelove for his mother an his loversMiriam and then Clara.

Integrated dossiers:– The Oedipus Complex– The Women’s Social and Political

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A Tale of Two CitiesCharles DickensAdapted by James ButlerActivities by Kenneth Brodey

Adventure

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

Integrated dossiers:– The French Revolution– The French Revolution in ‘A Tale

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The Scarlet LetterNathaniel HawthorneAdapted by Gina D. B. Clemen

Love

Set in 17th-century Puritan Boston,Hester Prynne gives birth to anillegitimate child and is condemnedto wear the scarlet letter ‘A’ as a signof her adultery. Hester refuses toreveal the identity of her lover, and isforced to lead a life of humiliation.Meanwhile, Hester’s husband settlesin Boston and after making her swearto keep his identity secret, tries todiscover who Hester’s secret lover is.

Integrated dossiers:– The Puritans – The Origins– Boston – Heart of the American

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Robinson CrusoeDaniel DefoeAdapted by Maud JacksonActivities by Adeline Richards

Adventure

When the captain tells Robinson,‘Young man, you should never go tosea again…, Robinson ignores hisadvice and goes to sea again, withterrible consequences. He is forcedinto slavery and escapes, but he isthen shipwrecked on a desert islandwhere he manages to survivethrough resourcefulness and luck.

Integrated dossiers:– The Slave Trade– Shipwrecks– Mercantilism: Trade, Wealth

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Sense and SensibilityJane AustenAdapted by Blanche MalvernActivities by Jane Cammack

Love

Elinor and Marianne Dashwood aresisters. Both are intelligent, sensitive,charming, and beautiful, but therethe similarities end. Elinor valuespropriety and common sense;Marianne, by contrast, has extra-vagant Romantic ideas. In thisbrilliant novel, Jane Austen explorestwo different ways of thinking andacting – the ‘sense’ of Elinor and the‘sensibility’ of Marianne – as they tryto find happiness in a world full ofhypocrisy, vulgarity, and self-interest.

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Tess of the D’UrbervillesThomas HardyAdapted by Maud JacksonActivities by James Tierney

Love

The Durbeyfield family are poor andsimple people, but their ancestorswere the mighty d’Urbervilles, anancient and noble family. When theDurbeyfields meet with misfortune,they send their eldest daughter Tessto visit her wealthy cousin and askfor help, but the wealthy cousin hasa young son, Alec Stoke-d’Urberville,who finds Tess very attractive…

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


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The Taming of the ShrewWilliam ShakespeareAdapted by James Butlerand Lucia De Vanna

Humour & comedy

Baptista’s two beautiful daughters areready for marriage. Bianca, pursued inlove by three different suitors, cannotmarry until someone dares to marryher sister, the proud and contemp-tuous Katharine. Then Petruchio ar-rives in Padua and proposes to Kath-arine. Will he be able to turn her intoa model of devotion and obedience?

Integrated dossiers:– Shakespeare and English Comedy– Shakespeare and Italian Comedy

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Vanity FairWilliam Makepeace ThackerayAdapted by James ButlerActivities by Kenneth Brodey

Human interest

Amelia Sedley and Becky Sharp aretwo friends. Amelia comes from awealthy family but her father ismade bankrupt. She marries GeorgeOsborne, a vain and shallow youngman who does not really love her.Becky Sharp, on the other hand,comes from a penniless family, and isdetermined to use her beauty andcharm to find a good position in life.

Integrated dossiers:– Thackeray and Waterloo– A Critic's Assessment of ‘Vanity Fair’


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The X-Files:SqueezeEllen SteiberAdapted by Guglielmo Corrado

Mystery & horror

FBI agents Mulder and Scully areinvestigating a series of very unusualmurders: all the victims’ livers havebeen removed without the help oftools and there is no apparent pointof entry. Scully and Mulder begin toget nearer the truth when theydiscover that these murders havebeen recurring every 30 years since1903. However they don’t knowthat the killer has already found itsnext victim…

Integrated dossier:– The X-Files: Basic Data and others


Wuthering HeightsEmily BrontëAdapted by Maud JacksonActivities by Justin Rainey

Love

Wuthering Heights is home to theEarnshaw family, who adopt anorphan called Heathcliff. When theygrow up, Catherine Earnshaw andHeathcliff fall deeply in love. ButCatherine decides to marry EdgarLinton from the big house across themoors. Heathcliff runs away indespair. When he returns some yearslater, a series of terrible eventsdestroys the relationship between theLintons and the Earnshaws.

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The Mill on the Floss

Adapted by Maud JacksonActivities by Justin Raineyand Robert Hill

Love

Maggie and Tom Tulliver are sisterand brother of very dif ferentpersonalities. When their father isdeclared bankrupt, Tom works hardto pay his father’s debts and restorethe family name, while Maggieforms unsuitable friendships and iseventually ostracised by her familyand local society.

Integrated dossier:– The ‘Woman Question’ in Victorian

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Silas Marner

Adapted by Maud JacksonActivities by Justin Rainey

Human interest

Silas, a weaver, is betrayed by hisbest friend and the woman he loves.He loses all faith in humanity andmoves to the village of Raveloe.There he lives a solitary life, workingand hoarding his gold coins, untilone day his gold is stolen…

Integrated dossiers:– Evolutionary Theory– Weaving and the Industrial

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Wuthering Heights

Adapted by Maud JacksonActivities by Justin Rainey

Love

Wuthering Heights is home to theEarnshaw family, who adopt anorphan called Heathcliff. CatherineEarnshaw becomes great friends withhim and they fall in love. ButCatherine decides to marry EdgarLinton since she feels it would degradeher to marry Heathcliff. Desperatewithout his Catherine, Heathcliff runsaway. But his return a few years laterbrings drastic consequences.

Integrated dossier:– The Imaginative World of the

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Step One A2 Waystage Exam level: KET 3, 4

Step Two B1.1 Threshold Exam preparation: PET 4, 5

Step Three B1.2 Threshold Exam level: PET 5, 6

Reading & Training Discoveryis a completely new series of

readers. It is designed for teenagers, young adults andadults who, through reading about subjects of interest, canimprove their English and broaden their knowledge at the sametime. The series will cover a range of interesting subject matter,from famous people such as writers, explorers and scientiststo places such as cities, countries and natural wonders.

These readers use Black Cat’s approach.The dossiers, activities and internet projects enable the readerto expand his/her knowledge and understanding beyond theinformation provided by the text.

The series is graded grammatically and lexicallyaccording to the levels in the Reading & Training series and for2009 there are titles available at Steps One to Three.

• on a range of interesting subjectmatter with vocabulary footnotes.

• Use of and with captions.• Wide range of promoting understanding

of the text and practising the four language skills .• and exam-style activities.•• which bring the subject matter into a

literary, film or musical context.• of the text, in British or American English.• and from

our website.

Great British Writers

Who was a spy for Queen Elizabeth I’ssecret service? Which writer kept abear in his room at Cambridge? Whowrote poems about the Easter Revo-lution in Ireland?

Follow the fascinating lives of some ofthe most important British novelists,poets and playwrights from Shakespeareto Graham Greene, and discover moreabout different periods of literature inBritish history.

Integrated dossiers:– Writers and Place– Writers and Films

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How many different languages arespoken in London? What’s the SquareMile all about? How did Piccadilly getits name? Book a seat in a hauntedtheatre and enjoy the show!

Get to know this sensat ional c i tystarting from its glorious history allthe way to its captivating present.Discover the magic that is London!

Integrated dossiers:– London and its Writers– London’s Great Parks and Museums

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Exploring PlacesGina D. B. ClemenToday we know a lot about farawayplaces. But the first explorers knewnothing about where they were going.Their courage and determination drovethem to explore the unknown, facingterrible dangers and hardships.

Who were these remarkable people andwhy did they risk their lives to explorethe unknown? Where is the final frontierand who is ready to explore it? Sharethe thril l of discovery through thecenturies with this exciting book.

Integrated dossiers:– Exploration in films– How were maps born?

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FORTHCOMINGNatural EnvironmentsJoanna BurgessOur planet is full of natural wonders:the forests, which are home to millionsof species; the oceans, which coverthree quarters of its surface; and thePolar regions and deserts, which haveadapted to extreme climatic condi-tions. They have existed for thousandsof years, but these environments andthe plants and animals which live inthem are changing.

Discover why they are changing andwhat you can do to help.

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

Culture

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American CitiesGina D. B. ClemenHow much did the Dutch pay forManhattan Island in 1614? Whereis the world’s blue jeans headquarters?Who can you meet in the ‘MalibuColony’, near Los Angeles?

New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles,Chicago and New Orleans are America’smost distinctive and exciting cities.Similar in some ways and yet completelydifferent in others, they fascinateeveryone who visits them. Open thisbook and find out why.

Integrated dossiers:– American cities in films– USA: The Birth of Another Music

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Engl ish is one of the most widelyspoken languages in the world. Haveyou ever wondered why? Here we goon a journey over five continents tolook at countries where English is usedin daily life: from the top of MountEverest in the Himalayan Mountains tothe beaches of the Caribbean, fromthe plains of Kenya to the streets ofNew York, and beyond.

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

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The British IslesDerek SellenWhat does Cymru mean? What didEmperor Hadrian build in England nearly2000 years ago? What do competitorsthrow at the Highland games? Whydo people ‘kiss the Blarney Stone’?The Brit ish Isles tel ls the story ofEngland, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Itincludes the most important events intheir history from the Bronze Age to thetwenty-first century, as well as keyinformation about their cultures.

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

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Getting on inBusinessIs a series of readers aimed at studentsat pre-intermediate and intermediatelevels.Unlike traditional business Englishmaterials, this series offers conciseand entertaining guides to keybusiness disciplines and specificsectors of industry.Each book contains an outline of themajor areas of the discipline. Theexplanations are in easy-to-followEnglish, and each chapter containsdifferent kinds of activities.Comprehension activities throughoutthe book ensure that students haveunderstood the concepts, whilelanguage exercises familiarise studentswith the new terms they haveencountered in the text.Listening exercises, case studies, role-plays and discussions help students toapply business theory to realisticbusiness situations.A CD accompanies each book. Ananswer key to the exercises is availableonline at www.blackcat.vicensvives.net,or by contacting your local VicensVives representative.

Business AdministrationJeremy FitzgeraldTopics include:• Production• Marketing• Personnel• Purchasing• Research and development• Finance

intermediate

Book + CD(80 pages) 978-88-775-4623-4Key to the exercises

ManagementJeremy FitzgeraldTopics include:• What is management?• Leadership• Planning• Organisation• Staffing• Decision-making

intermediate


MarketingJeremy FitzgeraldTopics include:• Approaches to marketing• Consumer behaviour• Market research• The marketing mix• The product life-cycle• Market segmentation

intermediate


Advertising and PromotionJeremy FitzgeraldTopics include:• Market communications• Advertising• Sales promotion• Public relations• Personal selling• Assessing the results of

advertising and promotion

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Reading & Training Professional

Business English Certificate Preliminary test-style activities

Business English Certificate Vantage test-style activities

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Step Two B1.1 Threshold Exam preparation: BEC PStep Three B1.2 Threshold Exam level: BEC PStep Four B2.1 Vantage Exam preparation: BEC V

Reading & Training ProfessionalThis series of graded readers is suitable for business students orprofessionals, and can be used in class or for self-study. The gradedser ies offers texts which become a spr ingboard to vocabularydevelopment and practice in the four skills for areas of ProfessionalEnglish. A wide range of activities give learners the confidence to applythe vocabulary they learn either to their area of study or working life.

The series can also be used to prepare for the Cambridge ESOLProfessional English Exams; BEC – Preliminary and Vantage forgeneral English.

Features:• Texts and topics similar to those used in the Cambridge ESOL

Professional English exams in business, legal and financial English.• Wide range of stimulating activities practising the four language

skills.• Carefully designed exam-style activities to help prepare students for

international qualifications in professional English.• Grammatical and structural practice tasks to encourage reading

for meaning.• Recording of the texts and additional business-related listening

tasks.• Practice Test activities at corresponding exam level.• Full glossary of vocabulary and terms used downloadable from our

website:www.blackcat.vicensvives.net

Business CommunicationMichael BlackFocus on the importance of goodcommunication skills and how todevelop those skills.• Holding effective meetings• Are emails a good thing?• Giving effective presentations• Getting staff commitment• Project management

Step Two B1.1

Book (96 p.) + CD 978-88-530-0932-6

Business IssuesMichael BlackFocus on companies and thei rinternal processes and activities.• Training• High fliers• How to write effective reports• Creating a famous brand• Financial results• Succession planning

Step Three B1.2

Book (96 p.) + CD 978-88-530-0934-0

Business EnvironmentMichael BlackFocus on companies in relation tocompeti tors and external stake-holders , inc lud ing customers,suppliers and the general public.• Gaining a competitive edge• Customer relationship management• Marketing communications• Logistics• Trade fairs• PR to the rescue!

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INTERACT WITH LITERATUREoffers a wide range of originalliterary texts, (level: intermediateupwards), from English-speakingcountries, designed to introducestudents to the world of literature.The aim of these volumes is tofamiliarise readers with the languageof literature and encourage them toformulate their own response towhat they read.

• Biographical details about eachauthor.

• Carefully selected texts relevantto the theme of the volume.

• Linguist ic access ibi l i ty withnumerous footnotes to guideunder-standing.

• Stimulating, graded activitiesranging from familiarisation andcomprehension to stylistic analysisand language development.

• Dramatised recording of selectedtexts in British or American English.

• A Teacher’s Book or Key to exercisesis available for each reader, and canbe downloaded or ordered byregistered users from our website:www.b lackcat .v icensv ives .netPlease see our website or contactyour local representat ive forregistration details.

Amazing CharactersSelected by Guglielmo Corrado

A collection of nine amazing andchilling complete short stories byR. Simpson Brown , A. Geras ,M. Leach , S. King , E. Waugh ,E. A. Poe, F. Boyd, F. Brown and A.Christie, along with a selection ofextracts from B. Stoker’s Dracula.

Book + CD(192 pages) 978-88-775-4375-2Teacher’s Book

JourneysSelected by James Butlerand Maria Lucia De Vanna

A collection of extracts from traveldiaries, short stories, novels, articlesand poems written by C. Dickens,J. Conrad, D. H. Lawrence, G. Or-well and J. Raban.

Book(192 pages) 978-88-775-4414-8Teacher’s Book

Ghostly CompanyA Collection of PhantomsSelected by Antonella Mignani

This collection of supernatural talesby M. Bowen, R. Timperley, C. As-quith and R. Middleton aims tobridge the gap between readingand analysing short fiction.


Masters and MenSelected by James Butlerand Maria Lucia De Vanna

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


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University of CambridgeESOL ExaminationsExam: FCE and above

An Ideal Husband

Activities by James Butler andLucia De Vanna

This play is set in the dazz l ingsocial world of 1890s London. It isthe world of the aristocrat, thedandy – and also of political andfinancial intrigue.


The Importanceof Being Earnest

Activities by Gina D. B. Clemen

Wilde’s famous play centres on twofashionable young gentlemen, Jackand Algy, and their courtship ofGwendolen and Cecily. Through acombination of lies and misun-derstandings, there arises a greatimportance of having the name Ernest.


Bonds of LoveWeb of ThemesGuglielmo Corrado, Laura StagnoIn th i s module the student i sencouraged to explore a variety ofrepresentations of love in extractsby 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.


RelationshipsSelected by Antonella Mignani

A selection of extracts from impor-tant works by major 20th-centuryauthors – J. Joyce, G. Orwell and V.Woolf.


Mind the charactersA Collection of Very ShortStories and Modern FablesSelected by Guglielmo CorradoMind the Characters is a journey intothe world of English language fictionthrough the analysis of short storiesand modern fables. The authorsinclude Oscar Wilde, Isaac Asimov,James Thuber and Fredric Brown.



A World of DifferenceSelected Short Stories byBritish and American WritersSelected by Gabriella Bonavoglia

These short stories by R. Dahl, B.MacLaverty, G. Greene, K. Chopinand S. Jackson – all with a surpriseending – explore themes such asappearances and reality, prejudicesand beliefs, and isolation – all raisingquestions which relate to the humancondition.


The Splintering FrameSelected by Antonella Mignani

The Spl inter ing Frame i s a l ivelycollection of twelve paired shortstories by modern and contem-porary authors. Some of them arestylish, some witty, some enter-taining, some puzzling. The col-lect ion inc ludes stor ies by J .Archer, I. Asimov, M. Binchy, M.Bowen, G. Greene, E. Hemingway,B. MacLaverty, N. Mailer, R. Pardoe,L. Rajan, R. Rendell and Saki.


Ten Women Ten StoriesA task-based approachto the analysis of short storiesSelected by Antonella MignaniThis selection of short stories aboutwomen explores themes such asthe dilemma of love, loneliness,crime, myths and nostalgia.Authors include R. Dahl, E. O’Brian,K. Mansfield and J. Joyce.


Voices from InsideAccessing the Literary Text:A Skills-Based ApproachSelected by Guglielmo CorradoA selection of extracts by majorauthors of the 19th and 20thcenturies – M. Shelley, E. Brontë,R. L. Stevenson, O. Wilde, J. Conrad,J. Joyce, V. Woolf and G. Orwell.


Sweet and SourA collection of storiesfor pleasure and learningSelected by Antonella Mignani

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


Tales to Talk AboutA collection of topicsto analyse and discussSelected by Antonella Mignani

A selection of twelve thematically-paired stories by a wide range ofauthors including O. Wilde, E. He-mingway, A. C. Clarke, K. Chopin,M. Binchy, P. Lively, R. Hughes andE. McBain, accompanied by fascin-ating articles from English-languagenewspapers and magazines.


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Reading ClassicsA Christmas Carol

Book + CD(288 pages) 978-88-7754-283-0Key to the exercises Online

This series of and from the world of Britishand American literature is edited by Paolo Bertinetti, Dean of the Faculty ofModern Languages at the University of Turin.

arewho wish to improve their language skills by analysing major

novels, short stories and plays. Each volume guides the reader towardscomprehension and appreciation of the literary work.

• Extensive placing the author and his/her work into context.• In-depth providing a springboard for further study.• Detailed giving a complete view of the author’s life and works.• Wide encouraging response to the text and aiding

language acquisition.• Numerous with phonetic transcriptions of some difficult words.• Dramatised of selected extracts by native speakers in

American or British English.• or .

More information on each title is available at www.blackcat.vicensvives.net.

Upper C1/C2 Exam level: CAE and CPEintermediate Effective and Masteryand above

Detective Storieset al.


Dubliners


A selectionfrom Dubliners


Four Continents

The ‘Engl ish’ l i terature of theex-colonies is proving to be the mostinteresting and innovative of ourtimes: this volume offers a significantexample of its vitality and originalitywith short stories by H. Lawson,N. Gordimer, S. Rushdie, J. Rhys andmany more.


Empire Tales

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


The Fox

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A Portrait of the Artistas a Young Man

Book + CD(448 pages) 978-88-775-4233-5Teacher’s Book(64 pages) 978-88-775-4238-0

Frankenstein


The Virgin and the Gipsy

Book(224 pages) 978-88-775-4129-1Teacher’s Book(48 pages) 978-88-775-4179-6

Short Stories


The Pictureof Dorian Gray


To the Lighthouse

Book(368 pages) 978-88-775-4683-8

Mrs Dalloway


Short Storieset al.

An anthology of texts illustrating thedevelopment of the short story fromthe 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.


The Turn of the Screw


Heart of Darkness


Seven Short Stories


Selected Stories


The Strange Case ofDr Jekyll and Mr Hydeand Other Stories


The Good Soldier

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Cross ConnectionsAre you preparing students for an exam? Doyou need to concentrate your class on somegrammar points? Or maybe you’d l ike toteach other academic subjects using theEnglish language? Black Cat offers a widerange of resources which wil l satisfy yourrequirements. Read on and learn about ourgrammar books, exam mater ia l and CLILcourse.

• A complete range of reference and practicematerial from A1-B2 level.

• A great variety of stimulating activities.• An audio CD-ROM offer ing interact ive

activit ies including those in CambridgeESOL exam style.

Download the 2012 Black Cat ELT catalogue free from our websiteat www.blackcat.vicensvives.net, or request a copy from your localVicens Vives representative.

Black Cat doesn’t only mean readers…

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

• Complete courses for Cambridge ESOL andTrinity exams.

• Practice tests for Cambridge ESOL examsincluding audio CD-ROMs for the computer-based tests.

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• Coverage of key subjects such asGeography, History and Science.

• Clear and simple texts , supported bynumerous il lustrations, photographs andgraphs.

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CLIL English across the curriculum.


£1,000,000 Bank Note (The) 35

Adventures ofHuckleberry Finn (The) 24

Adventures of Tom Sawyer (The) 18

Advertising and Promotion 58

Age of Innocence (The) 49

Akron House Mystery 18

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

– Green Apple 14

– Reading & Training 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

Big Mistakeand Other Stories (The) 42

Bizarre Tales 35

Black Arrow (The) 19

Black Beauty 14

Bonds of Love 60

Bottle Imp (The) 19

British and American Festivities 19

British Isles (The) 57

Business Administration 58

Business Communication 59

Business Environment (The) 59

Business Issues 59

Call of the Wild (The) 24

Canterbury Tales (The) 43

Canterville Ghost (The) 36

Castles and Knights 9

Christmas Carol (A)


– Reading Classics 62

Classic Detective Stories 36

Daisy Miller 43

David Copperfield 24

Davy Crockett 19

Detective Stories 62

Diamond as Big as The Ritz (The) 36

Dracula 43

Dream Come True (A) 32

Dubliners

– A selection from 62

– Complete edition 62

Duck Soup 36

Easyread 8

Emma 49

Empire Tales 62

English Speaking World (The) 57

Exploring Places 57

Famous British Criminals 43

Fisherman and his Soul (The) 32

Five Children and It 14

Four Continents 62

Fox (The) 62

Frankenstein



Getting on in Business 58

Ghastly Ghosts! 19

Ghost Ship of Bodega Bay (The) 15

Ghostly Company 60

Good Soldier (The) 63

Gothic Short Stories 50

Great British Writers 56

Great English Monarchs andtheir Times 24

Great Expectations

– Green Apple 20


Great Mysteries of Our World 36

Green Apple 12

Green Apple Drama 27

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Gulliver’s Travels 37

Halloween Horror 15

Halloween... Magic, Witchesand Vampires 20

Hamlet 32

Happy Prince andThe Selfish Giant (The) 15

Heart of Darkness



Home for Christmas 30

Hound of the Baskervilles (The) 37

House of the Seven Gables (The) 44

I Want to Be You 20

Ideal Husband (An) 60

Importance of Being Earnest (The) 60

Interact with Literature 60

Jack the Ripper 44

Jane Eyre 37

Jason and the Argonauts 21

Journey to the Centre of the Earth 32

Journeys 60

Julius Caesar 37

Jumping Frog (The) 33

Jungle Book (The) 15

Just So Stories 15

Kidnapped 33

Kim 37

King Arthur and his Knights 25

Last of the Mohicans (The) 44

Last Unicorn (The) 21

Legends from the British Isles 21

Life and Times of Captain Cook (The) 10

Life and Times of Shakespeare (The) 10

Little Women 21

London 56

Lord Arthur Savile's Crimeand Other Stories 38

Lord Jim 51

Lost Treasure of Bodega Bay (The) 21

Lost World (The) 33

Love in Shakespeare: Five Stories 38

Macbeth

– Green Apple Drama 27


Magical Tales from the South Seas 33

Management 58

Marketing 58

Masters and Men 60

Master of Ballantrae (The) 38

Merchant of Venice (The) 44

Message from a Ghost (A) 30

Miami Police File: The O’Nell Case 30

Middlemarch 51

Midsummer Night’s Dream (A)



Mill on the Floss (The) 55

Mind the characters 60

Missing in Sydney 30

Moby Dick 45

Moonfleet 38

Moonstone (The) 45

Morte d’Arthur (Le) 45

Mrs Dalloway 63

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Much Ado About Nothing 46

Murder at Coyote Canyon 33

Murders in the Rue Morgue andThe Purloined Letter (The) 51

Mutiny on the Bounty (The) 34

Mystery in San Francisco 22

Natural Environments 57

Northanger Abbey 46

Nutcracker (The) 16

Oliver Twist 25

Oscar Wilde’s Short Stories 25

Othello 46

Pamela 51

Passage to India (A) 51

Peter Pan 16

Persuasion 52

Phantom of the Opera (The) 38

Pickwick Papers (The) 39

Picture of Dorian Gray (The)



Pirates! 25

Portrait of a Lady (The) 52

Portrait of the Artist as aYoung Man (A) 63

Power and Ambition inShakespeare 46

Pride and Prejudice 52

Prince and the Pauper (The) 22

Prisoner of Zenda (The) 39

Problem of Cell 13 (The) 52

Project Vampire 22

Railway Children (The) 22

Rajah’s Diamond (The) 34

Ransom of Red Chiefand Other Stories 34

Reading & Training 28

Reading & Training Discovery 56

Reading & Training Professional 59

Reading Classics 62

Red Badge of Courage (The) 39

Relationships 60

Return of Sherlock Holmes (The) 38

Rip Van Winkle andThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow 23

Rob Roy 34

Robin Hood 25

Robinson Crusoe

– Green Apple 23


Romeo and Juliet



Sandokan 16

Scarlet Letter (The) 53

Scarlet Pimpernel (The) 40

Secret Agent (The) 46

Secret Garden (The)

– Green Apple 17


Secret of the Stones (The) 17

Selected Stories 63

Sense and Sensibility 53

Seven Short Stories 63

Sherlock Holmes andthe Red Circle 23

Sherlock Holmes Investigates 40

Sherlock Holmes Stories 31

Short Stories

– Dickens, Stevenson et al. 63

– Oscar Wilde 63

Sign of Four (The) 47

Silas Marner 55

Sons and Lovers 53

Splintering Frame (The) 61

Stories of Ghosts and Mystery 35

Stories of Suspense 40

Story of Big Cities (The) 10

Story of Chocolate (The) 9

Story of Coffee (The) 9

Story of Football (The) 9

Story of Moving Pictures (The) 10

Story of Popular Music (The) 11

Story of Tea (The) 11

Story of the Olimpic Games (The) 11

Strange Case of Dr Jekylland Mr Hyde (The)



Study in Scarlet (A) 47

Sweet and Sour 61

Tale of Two Cities (A) 53

Tales from The Thousandand One Nights 31

Tales of the Supernatural 40

Tales to Talk About 61

Taming of the Shrew (The) 54

Tempest (The) 17

Ten Women Ten Stories 61

Tess of the D’Urbervilles 54

Three Men in a Boat 41

Three Men on the Bummel 47

Three Musketeers (The) 41

Tom and Co’s Adventuresin Cyberspace 26

Tom Jones 47

To the Lighthouse 63

Tragedy of Dr Faustus (The) 47

Tragedy of Richard III (The) 41

Treasure Island

– Green Apple 26


Treasure of Franchard (The) 23

Tristan and Isolde 31

True Adventure Stories 41

True Story of Pocahontas (The) 23

Turn of the Screw (The)



Twelfth Night 42

Valley of Fear (The) 48

Vampire’s Tear (The) 42

Vanity Fair 54

Vikings 11

Virgin and the Gipsy (The) 63

Voices from Inside 61

Washington Square 48

Wicked and Humorous Tales 48

Willing Ghost (The) 35

White Fang 26

Wind in the Willows (The) 17

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

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