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

Ali Baba’s life changes on the day he sees forty thieves hiding their treasure in a secret cave and hears the thieves’ leader say the words 'Open Sesame’ to get into the cave. But before Ali and his family can enjoy the riches, Ali finds there are many dangers they have to face…

Introduction, notes and activities by Dorothea Barret In the second half of the 19th century, the British Empire, was at its greatest. Imperialism left a lasting mark on Great Britain itself as well as on the ex-colonies. The atmosphere and issues of this bygone age are evoked in Empire Tales , an anthology of stories by some of the most outstanding British writers of the 19th and 20th centuries, Joseph Conrad, E. M. Forster, Ruyard Kipling, W. Somerset Maugham, George Orwell and Jean Rhys.

Who was a spy for Queen Elizabeth I's secret service? Which writer kept a bear in his room at Cambridge? Who wrote poems about the Easter Revolution in Ireland? Follow the fascinating lives of some of the most important British novelists, poets and playwrights from Shakespeare to Graham Greene, and discover more about different periods of literature in British history.

This play is set in the dazzling social world of 1890s London. It is the world of the aristocrat and the dandy – and it is also the world of shabby political and financial intrigue. Oscar Wilde’s play combines farce, verbal wit and satire in this gripping comedy. The play also contains an argument on the nature of love, and the need for women to forgive rather than idealise their husbands.

The four little clown fish just love swimming and playing, although they are afraid of three particularly big, bad fish! But help is at hand in the shape of Miss Grace Green. This delightful story also shows us how life is so much better when we live together.

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

TOTAL PET is a new course for the Cambridge ESOL PET B1 Threshold of the CEFR. TOTAL PET can be used alongside a general language course or on its own for intensive exam preparation with up to 50 hours material. TOTAL PET covers the word list of vocabulary that could appear in the PET exam. It encourages students to practise lexis appropriate to their personal requirements, e.g. nationality, hobbies, likes and dislikes.

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 magician's plots, Aladdin manages to keep the magic lamp… and the beautiful princess!

Ali Baba’s life changes on the day he sees forty thieves hiding their treasure in a secret cave and hears the thieves’ leader say the words ‘Open Sesame’ to get into the cave. But before Ali and his family can enjoy the riches, Ali finds there are many dangers they have to face…

The King and Queen are proud of their baby daughter, Princess Aurora, and they invite everyone to a party, including the Flower Fairies. But one of the Fairies puts a curse on Aurora, and despite the King’s precautions, on her sixteenth birthday she meets an old lady in a tower in the castle…

Molière met en scène la manie d’Harpagon de thésauriser jusqu’à la limite de l’obsession. Harpagon perdra de vue toute tendresse paternelle dans sa folie de l’or. En créant ce personnage dans une comédie en prose qui a déconcerté le public de l’époque, Molière a créé un type. Ne dit-on pas d’un avare que c’est un harpagon?

Delphine and Julien get married in a little village near Annecy Lake, in Savoia. The celebrations don’t last long because a man gets killed during the wedding lunch. A young Corsican sergeant will have to dig into the victim’s dark past and discover the village people’s secrets. It won’t be an easy case to solve.

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

In 1880 a legendary spectre haunts the famous Opera House in Paris. There are all sorts of rumours about the Phantom of the Opera, a sinister figure whose face remains hidden behind a grotesque mask...

For Anna and Marco, a young couple, it was supposed to be a restful holiday, a break from studying for their university courses, in the peaceful Lombardy countryside. But too many strange things happen in the nearby Abbey of Morimondo. What mystery is hidden in those age-old walls? Who is sneaking around the Abbey? Will Ann and Marco manage to resolve the case and remove all doubts?

The Teacher’s Book an introduction to the methodology of the course, instructions for carrying out the exercises found in the course, suggestions for the web activities and supplementary exercises.

For exam syllabus 2007-2010 The «Pass Trinity» series helps students to reflect on and improve their language learning. Each title helps students to organise their work and show the very best they are capable of in their Language Portfolio, Trinity Integrated Skills Examinations (ISE I and II), or Trinity Spoken English Examinations from Grades 1-10. «Pass Trinity 5-6» is suitable for 14-year-olds and above. Features: • 8 eight-page units • initial Diagnostic Test • a photocopiable Topic Form for Grades 5 and 6 interview practice • Past portfolio tasks to help prepare for the Portfolio written work • Sample speaking frames for the interview • Teacher’s Book with comprehensive guidance on how to mark the portfolio tasks Series features: • Grammar focus in every unit • Exam preparation activities and advice • Coverage of lexical and subject areas for each grade • Practice of all four skills with special focus on listening tasks • Free audio CD with additional pronunciation practice

When his father dies, David Balfour discovers he has inherited the family home near Edinburgh. But his Uncle Ebenezer also wants the house and puts David on a ship to America. The story follows David’s adventures across land and sea as he learns who he can trust. With the help of his new friend, Alan Breck, can David return to Edinburgh and claim what is rightfully his? An exciting adventure story set in the eighteenth century, «Kidnapped» also tells us much about Scottish history and culture at this time.

In 1891, the great detective Sherlock Holmes disappeared. A month after Holmes's disappearance, his good friend and colleague Dr Watson published an article in the newspaper, explaining that Holmes died while struggling with his archenemy Professor Moriarty. But is that what really happened? Find out in this fascinating book of four of Conan Doyle's best short stories, taken from the volume «The Return of Sherlock Holmes»: 'The Empty House', 'Charles Augustus Milverton', 'The Second Stain', and 'The Dancing Men'.

At the beginning of the 1900s the whole world has been explored. There is nothing left to discover. But maybe this is not totally true. The eccentric Professor Challenger says that there is a place where time stopped, where dinosaurs still live. All the other scientists do not believe him. So, Professor Challenger decides to lead an expedition to this prehistoric world located in the middle of the great Amazon forest. With this fantastic adventure, Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, showed that he could also write great science fiction. «The Lost World» has also inspired some of the most popular films of recent years, including «King Kong» and «Jurassic Park».

Designed with an eye to CLIL (content and language integrated learning), «Connections» is intended to meet the functional and notional requirements of EFL teaching at CEFR levels B1-B2. Objectives: • Language practice: development of reading, listening, writing and speaking skills, including the ESP requirements of university courses. • Testing: the exercises are mainly in the style of tasks from the FCE exam papers (Reading, Writing, Use of English, Listening, Speaking) • Focus on content: the topics for study include a wide range of subjects; History, Literature, Business, Science etc. Features: • Sixty full-colour units, each of which deals with a new topic • Three sections – Reading, Listening and Speaking, Use of English and Writing – which cover the task types of the five papers of the FCE exam. • Three Cross-sectional Maps offering examples of possible itineraries to follow. • An audio CD containing the listening activities. A teacher’s guide is available separately.

Two cases of detection for Monsieur Auguste C. Dupin, Poe’s great detective. Who could have committed the atrocious murders in the Rue Morgue and so how did the murderer get in, or out? Will Dupin find the purloined letter and save the royal personage? Where is the minister hiding it?

El Zorro, el justiciero enmascarado, heroe de la California espanola, es una figura legendaria cuya fama ha cruzado las propias fronteras para cautivar a generaciones de lectores y espectadores de todas las edades.Todos hemos defendido al menos una vez, las proezas de este defensor de los debiles que desafia, lleno de humor, a los despotas.Esta historia, llena de suspense, intriga y lances imprevistos, seducira al lector novel, y a traves de un lenguaje sencillo y claro, le conducira, divirtiendole, hasta su imprevisible final.