Classic / British English (Available February 2008) Winston Smith lives in a society where the government controls peoples lives every second of the day. Alone in his small, one-room apartment, Winston dreams of a better life. Is freedom from this life of suffering possible? There must be something that the Party cannot control something like love, perhaps?
Holly and her brothers go to Barcelona for a football game. First, Holly wants to see famous places in the city, but her brothers want to go to a funfair. Then a man takes Holly’s bag, and the ticket
Contemporary / American English (Available February 2008) Bill Gates, the richest man in the world, started Microsoft in 1975 with a friend when he was only nineteen years old. Twenty years later he wrote this book about the future of computers and the Internet. Read the ideas and dreams of a man who has changed the world.
Estamos em 1757. Os ingleses e os franceses estão em guerra no Canadá. Duas irmãs - Cora e Alice - estão a caminho do Forte Henry para encontrar seu pai, o General Munro. Começa então uma jornada per
Retold by Ruth Hobart A magician tricks Aladdin, but when Aladdin rubs an old lamp a genie comes out, and life is never the same again, for him or his mum! Despite the magicians plots, Aladdin manages to keep the magic lamp and the beautiful princess!
El rey y la reina están muy orgullosos de su hijita, la princesa Aurora, e invitan a todos a una bella fiesta. Invitan también a las hades de las flores, pero una de ellas hace un hechizo a la niña. No obstante las precauciones tomadas por el rey, cuando la joven cumple dieciséis años, la maldición se cumple…
La vie d’Ali Baba change le jour où il découvre quarante voleurs en train de cacher un trésor dans une caverne. Il entend le chef des voleurs dire : « Sésame, ouvre-toi ! ». C’est le mot magique qui
Original / British English (Available May 2008) A mysterious stranger has come to the island where Costas lives. Why is the man there, and why is he looking at Eagles Rock? Costas wants to be the first person to climb the dangerous rock. But will the stranger climb it first?
Classic / British English (Available February 2008) Count Dracula is a vampire. He drinks peoples blood. He lives in a lonely castle in the mountains of Transylvania. But then he comes to England and strange things start happening. People change. People become ill. Professor Van Helsing knows about vampires, but can he stop Count Dracula?
In these six stories, strange and frightening things happen. Dead people return as ghosts. One ghost returns to catch a murderer; another ghost brings bad luck and death; and another gives warning of danger. You may or may not believe in ghosts, but we all enjoy a good story.
Original / British English (Available May 2008) Shakespeares plays are famous all over the world in the theatre, in film and in the classroom. What do we know about the man? What kind of life did he have? Who were his friends? Why can we still laugh and suffer with his characters 400 years after his death?
Original / British English (Available June 2008) At the beginning of the twentieth century, the idea of women in business seemed strange. Today more and more women are reaching the top of business life. This book tells the business success stories of five very different women: Coco Chanel, Hanae Mori, Anita Roddick, Oprah Winfrey and Madonna
Classic / American English (Available May 2008) During the Great Depression in the United States, and after the loss of their farm in Oklahoma, the Joad family is faced with a journey of more than one thousand miles to California in search of a better life. Can hope defeat poverty, illness, hunger, and even death as they follow their dream?
Classic / British English (Available May 2008) When her mother dies, Mary Yellan goes to live with her aunt and uncle at Jamaica Inn. Strange things happen there at night, and Mary slowly discovers that she and her aunt are in terrible danger. Can she save herself and her aunt before it is too late?
Classic / British English (Available May 2008) Jane Eyre, a poor orphan, grows up in misery until she becomes the governess in the house of wealthy Mr Rochester and falls in love. But mysterious events take place in the house at night, and Mr Rochester appears to be hiding a terrible secret. Can Jane even hope for happiness?
Classic / British English (Available May 2008) When Mr Allworthy finds a baby boy in his bed, he decides to keep him and gives him the name Tom Jones. But Tom cant keep out of trouble, and is sent away. Follow Toms travels and read of his adventures along the roads of eighteenth-century England.
