Based on the story of Robert Louis Stevenson . Retold by Rosemary Border . ... You are walking through the streets of London. It is getting dark and you want to get home quickly. You enter a narrow side-street. Everything is quiet, but as you pass the door of a large, windowless building, you hear a key turning in the lock. A man comes out and looks at you. You have never seen him before, but you realize immediately that he hates you. You are shocked to discover, also, that you hate him. Who is this man that everybody hates? And why is he coming out of the laboratory of the very respectable Dr Jekyll? Classics, modern ... |
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When Lord Asano drew his sword on Lord Kira one spring day in 1701, it began a story that is now a national legend in Japan. Lord Kira lived, but Lord Asano died, and after his death, his samurai became ronin, samurai without a master. And so began their long plan for revenge on Kira. Their loyalty to their dead master made him famous, and people in Japan remember them to this day. The story of the fortyseven ronin has been told and retold for 300 years - in plays, novels, and films. A major Hollywood film was made about the forty-seven ronin in 2013. Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary ... |
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Based on the story of Katherine Mansfield . Retold by Rosalie Kerr. ... "Oh, how delightful it is to fall in love for the first time! How exciting to go to your first dance when you are a girl of eighteen! But life can also be hard and cruel, if you are young and inexperienced and travelling alone across Europe... or if you are a child from the wrong social class... or a singer without work and the rent to be paid." By the book Set in Europe and New Zealand, these nine stories by Katherine Mansfield dig deep beneath the appearances of life to show us the causes of human happiness and despair. Classics, modern ... |
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Based on the story of Thomas Hardy . Retold by Clare West . ... On a stormy winter night, a stranger knocks at the door of a shepherd's cottage. He is cold and hungry, and wants to get out of the rain. He is welcomed inside, but he does not give his name or his business. Who is he, and where has he come from? And he is only the first visitor to call at the cottage that night... In these three short stories, Thomas Hardy gives us pictures of the lives of shepherds and hangmen, dukes and teachers. But rich or poor, young or old, they all have the same feelings of fear, hope, love, jealousy... Classics, modern fiction, ... |
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Retold by Nicole Irving. ... The story of Hachiko, Japan's most famous dog, begins in the early 1920s, when he comes to live in Tokyo with Professor Ueno. Hachiko loves his new master. When the professor takes the train to work every morning, Hachiko goes with him to the station - and when the professor comes home in the evening, his faithful dog is always waiting. Hachiko soon has many friends in the streets of Tokyo - people like Nobu, the young son of a food seller. Life is good for Hachiko - until one day, everything changes... Here, Nobu tells the true story of Japan's most faithful dog. Classics, modern ... |
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It is 1866, and there is trouble in the world's oceans. What is the extraordinary thing that people have seen there, travelling faster than a whale and cutting holes in the bottom of the strongest ships? Dr Aronnax joins the search for the monster, hoping for an exciting adventure. But when he meets the mysterious Captain Nemo, his adventure becomes more extraordinary than he had ever imagined, and he discovers a new underwater world, full of wonders, but of strange dangers too... Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading ... |
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Based on the story of Arthur Conan Doyle . Retold by Jennifer Bassett . ... Dr. Huxtable has a school for boys in the north of England. When the Duke of Holdernesse decides to send his young son there, that is good news for the school. The Duke is a very important person, and Dr. Huxtable is happy to have his son in the school. But two weeks later Dr. Huxtable is the unhappiest man in England. Why? And why does he take the train down to London and go to Baker Street? Why does he need the help of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes ? Because someone has kidnapped the Duke's son... Classics, modern fiction, non- ... |
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Based on the story of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle . Retold by Jennifer Bassett . ... Horseracing is the sport of kings, perhaps because racehorses are very expensive animals. But when they win, they can make a lot of money for the owners, for the trainers, and for the people who put bets on them. Silver Blaze is a young horse, but already the winner of many races. One night he disappears, and someone kills his trainer. The police want the killer, and the owner wants his horse, but they can't find them. So what do they do? They write to 221B Baker Street, of course - to ask for the help of the great detective, Sherlock ... |
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Учебната система по английски език "Young Explorers" е предназначена за деца и ученици от начален курс. Изследователите - героите, които съпътстват учебния материал, помагат на децата да учат английски, като ги насърчават да изследват с интерес света около тях. Учебната система "Young Explorers - ниво 1" по английски език се състои от: учебник учебна тетрадка книга за учителя комплект от материали за учителя CD с аудиоматериали Изброените компоненти от учебната система се продават поотделно. За да закупите някой от тях, последвайте съответния линк. ... |
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Книгата за учителя предлага задълбочени бележки и допълнителна езикова информация с цел подпомагане на учебния процес. Тя съдържа допълнителни упражнения, отговори на упражненията от учебника и текстовете на упражненията за слушане. Диска към книгата за учителя предлага много допълнителни материали като: документални видео клипове със страници за упражнение и насочващи бележки, допълнителни фрази и предложения за занимания в клас. Учебната система по английски език "Insight - Elementary" се състои от: учебник учебна тетрадка книга за учителя + DVD-ROM 2 CD с аудиоматериали Изброените компоненти ... |
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Учебната система по английски език "English Plus - ниво 1" на издателство "Oxford University Press" е предназначена за учащи на възраст между 12 - 16 г. Учебникът дава възможност за внимателно планиране на учебната практика, което спомага за изграждането на увереност у учащите за владеене на езика, независимо от тяхното ниво на развитие. Учебникът е структуриран така, че новите знания да се усвояват още в процеса на урока чрез добавяне на множество персонализирани упражнения. Уроците подтикват към участие, като се акцентира върху уменията за говорене и произношение. Основният текст е допълнен от ... |
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Системата по английски език "New Headway - Advanced (C1)" предлага балансирана учебна програма със силен граматичен фокус и онлайн ресурси, които осъвременяват подходите за успешното усвояване на материала. Учебникът не е с включени отговори и е подходящ за работа с преподавател. Учебникът е изграден с помощта на надеждна методология, която съчетава солидна граматика и практически умения и насърчаваща интерактивния подход с помощта на комуникативни ролеви игри. Автентичният материал, събран от разнообразни източници, предоставя възможност на учениците да откриват нов език в контекста. В учебника са поместени ... |
