After spending nineteen years in prison for stealing a loaf of bread, Jean Valjean is at last a free man. But he is a cold, tired, hungry man with no money and not a friend in the world. But then something happens that will change his life forever. As a result, he spends the rest of his life helping the victims of poverty and social injustice: 'les miserables.'
Sherlock Holmes is a great detective. There are few cases that he cannot solve. In these three stories we meet a young woman who is terrified of a mysterious ?speckled band?, a family who think that five orange pips are a sign of death, and a banker who believes that his son is a thief. But are things really as they seem?
This award-winning graded readers series is full of original fiction, adapted fiction and factbooks especially written for teenagers. It is 1936 and Europe is on the road to war. Freddie is a working-class English boy who is desperate for more excitement in his life. When he reads about foreign volunteers heading to the war in Spain, he knows what he must do. This is a British English version of the title. The book comes with a CD-ROM and 3 Audio CDs with vocabulary games and complete text recordings. Cambridge Experience Readers, previously called Cambridge Discovery Readers, get your students hooked on reading.
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?
His mother is dead, so little Oliver Twist is brought up in the workhouse. Beaten and starved, he runs away to London, where he joins Fagin?s gang of thieves. By chance he also finds good new friends ? but can they protect him from people who rob and murder without mercy?
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer is considered one of the greatest works in English literature. The tales are told by a group of pilgrims going to Canterbury who meet at an inn in London and decide to take part in a game. The one who tells the best story will be given a free meal at the inn.
Sense and Sensibility tells the story of two sisters, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. Elinor is sensible and self-controlled; Marianne is emotional and loves excitement. Both fall in love and experience heartbreak. Will they ever find the right man to love and marry?
Uncas is the last of the Mohican Indians. He is with his father and Hawkeye when they meet Heyward. Heyward is taking the two young daughters of a British colonel to their father. But a Huron Indian who hates the British is near. Will the girls see their father again?
This award-winning graded readers series is full of original fiction, adapted fiction and factbooks especially written for teenagers. An adaptation of the classic story of Michael Henchard who rises above his poor and humble beginnings to become a successful businessman. But then, an awful secret from his past catches up with him and Henchard must pay the price. This is a British English version of the title. The book comes with a CD-ROM and 2 Audio CDs with vocabulary games and a complete text recordings. Cambridge Experience Readers, previously called Cambridge Discovery Readers, get your students hooked on reading.
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. In the early 1990s Katy, a young reporter, arrives in Sarajevo, a city under siege, and receives conflicting advice from two colleagues. 'Of all the wars I've been in,' a news cameraman tells her, 'this is the one where it's not possible to 'be objective'. You can't be objective about what's going on here.' 'This is not my war or your war,' an Italian journalist explains. 'We just report what we see, but we stay outside it. We can't get too involved. We mustn't get too near.' But Katy does get too near?¿
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. On a hot August night in Milwaukee in the USA, a young artist and a gang leader's girlfriend are shot in the street, a woman dies mysteriously in the Mercy Hospital emergency room, and a famous artist is killed at the opening of an exhibition of his work. Dr Maxine Cassidy feels sure there must be a connection between these events and sets out to find it. Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CDs including complete text recordings from the book.
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Ikuko goes to England to study English, promising her boyfriend Hiroshi she will return to Japan to marry him. However, in Birmingham Ikuko discovers a whole new world and falls in love with another overseas student. Ikuko's journey across the world not only teaches her about different ways of life but also becomes a voyage of self-discovery. Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CDs including complete text recordings from the book.
After spending nineteen years in prison for stealing a loaf of bread, Jean Valjean is at last a free man. But he is a cold, tired, hungry man with no money and not a friend in the world. But then something happens that will change his life forever. As a result, he spends the rest of his life helping the victims of poverty and social injustice: 'les miserables.'
Sherlock Holmes is a great detective. There are few cases that he cannot solve. In these three stories we meet a young woman who is terrified of a mysterious ?speckled band?, a family who think that five orange pips are a sign of death, and a banker who believes that his son is a thief. But are things really as they seem?
This award-winning graded readers series is full of original fiction, adapted fiction and factbooks especially written for teenagers. It is 1936 and Europe is on the road to war. Freddie is a working-class English boy who is desperate for more excitement in his life. When he reads about foreign volunteers heading to the war in Spain, he knows what he must do. This is a British English version of the title. The book comes with a CD-ROM and 3 Audio CDs with vocabulary games and complete text recordings. Cambridge Experience Readers, previously called Cambridge Discovery Readers, get your students hooked on reading.
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?
His mother is dead, so little Oliver Twist is brought up in the workhouse. Beaten and starved, he runs away to London, where he joins Fagin?s gang of thieves. By chance he also finds good new friends ? but can they protect him from people who rob and murder without mercy?
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer is considered one of the greatest works in English literature. The tales are told by a group of pilgrims going to Canterbury who meet at an inn in London and decide to take part in a game. The one who tells the best story will be given a free meal at the inn.
Sense and Sensibility tells the story of two sisters, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. Elinor is sensible and self-controlled; Marianne is emotional and loves excitement. Both fall in love and experience heartbreak. Will they ever find the right man to love and marry?
Uncas is the last of the Mohican Indians. He is with his father and Hawkeye when they meet Heyward. Heyward is taking the two young daughters of a British colonel to their father. But a Huron Indian who hates the British is near. Will the girls see their father again?
This award-winning graded readers series is full of original fiction, adapted fiction and factbooks especially written for teenagers. An adaptation of the classic story of Michael Henchard who rises above his poor and humble beginnings to become a successful businessman. But then, an awful secret from his past catches up with him and Henchard must pay the price. This is a British English version of the title. The book comes with a CD-ROM and 2 Audio CDs with vocabulary games and a complete text recordings. Cambridge Experience Readers, previously called Cambridge Discovery Readers, get your students hooked on reading.
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. In the early 1990s Katy, a young reporter, arrives in Sarajevo, a city under siege, and receives conflicting advice from two colleagues. 'Of all the wars I've been in,' a news cameraman tells her, 'this is the one where it's not possible to 'be objective'. You can't be objective about what's going on here.' 'This is not my war or your war,' an Italian journalist explains. 'We just report what we see, but we stay outside it. We can't get too involved. We mustn't get too near.' But Katy does get too near?¿
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. On a hot August night in Milwaukee in the USA, a young artist and a gang leader's girlfriend are shot in the street, a woman dies mysteriously in the Mercy Hospital emergency room, and a famous artist is killed at the opening of an exhibition of his work. Dr Maxine Cassidy feels sure there must be a connection between these events and sets out to find it. Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CDs including complete text recordings from the book.
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Ikuko goes to England to study English, promising her boyfriend Hiroshi she will return to Japan to marry him. However, in Birmingham Ikuko discovers a whole new world and falls in love with another overseas student. Ikuko's journey across the world not only teaches her about different ways of life but also becomes a voyage of self-discovery. Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CDs including complete text recordings from the book.