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Another case for Sherlock Holmes finds Dr Watson sent to Devonshire to investigate the mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville, mutilated by a large dog according to the tradition of the curse of the house of the Baskervilles. The new heir to the estate returning from America calls upon the great detective to solve this puzzling enigma

A story on love and friendship by Oscar Wilde. The story is about a fisherman who catches a mermaid. He lets her go because she promises to help him fish. Each day the mermaid appears and sings her song, so he falls in love with her! However, she cannot marry him until he has lost his human soul.

Enjoy reading about some of the most famous British criminals: Jonathan Wild, prince of robbers; Dick Turpin, horse-stealer and murderer; John Gow, pirate; John Sheppard, highwayman. Discover an unbelievable world of adventure through their daring actions and remarkable timing!

Mrs Morel is a strong, intelligent, domineering woman. Her marriage to a miner is not a happy one. She is antagonistic to her husband and gives all her love to her sons. The Morels’ younger son Paul grows up close to his mother. As an adolescent and a young man, he is torn between a passionate love for his mother and his lovers Miriam and then Clara.

Peter Schlemihl is penniless. So what can he do? Out of desperation he decides to sell his shadow. Unfortunately this doesn’t solve his problems! On the contrary… A classic story from the Romantic Period in German literature.

Follow Bram (Dracula) Stoker as he takes student Malcolm Malcolmson through a terrifying ordeal inside a judge’s house… Travel, if you dare, in a ghostly coach – with three dead men as your fellow passengers. Or visit the deadly House of Usher! But don’t make a wish with the monkey’s paw...

The curtain rises and the audience is shocked to discover that the prima ballerina has suddenly disappeared. Someone finds her lifeless body and makes an anonymous phone call to the police: she has been killed! Will police commissioner Bonardi, accompanied by the music of Bach, be able to solve the mystery?

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. Teacher’s Book features: • lesson plans for each unit and speaking prompts for the Review pages • full key and recording scripts

What secret does the mysterious box Solange bought at the market in Marseille hold? Whatever it is, Solange and her twin sister Delphine are woken in the middle of the night by a strange feathered snake. The twins start investigating and are led to the Museum of Anthropology in Marseille where they meet a very strange professor…

Cette méthode de français sur deux niveaux est destinée aux apprenants de niveau débutant et faux débutant. La méthode est prévue pour atteindre les compétences du niveau A2+ à la fin du volume 1 et B1+ à la fin du volume 2. «Francofolie» propose des thèmes d’actualité proches de la vie quotidienne tout en se concentrant sur les différences et les spécificités de la France d’aujourd’hui. Dans le but d’impliquer l’apprenant en qualité de sujet actif, «Francofolie» amène à l’acquisition de nouvelles structures grammaticales et communicatives à travers l’observation, la découverte et la déduction. Cette méthodologie favorise une progression soutenue et efficace, puisqu’elle reprend toujours les connaissances et les compétences déjà acquises. Les activités, très nombreuses, sont extrêmement variées et motivantes: les exercices de systématisation des structures grammaticales alternent avec des activités qui impliquent la participation, la prise de position et l’initiative de l’apprenant. Enfin, les nombreux dessins humoristiques et les photos sont autant de stimulus auxquels l’apprenant est appelé à répondre activement. La langue employée, authentique et quotidienne, comprend aussi le langage des jeunes, avec ses modes. LIVRE DE L’ÉLÈVE «Francofolie» est articulé en «Parcours» divisés en trois unités de quatre leçons chacune, plus un «Point Écoute» et un «Point Grammaire». Les leçons ont comme point de départ un document (dialogue, page web, dessin, etc.) introduisant les fonctions communicatives, les structures grammaticales et le lexique. Chaque leçon est articulée en plusieurs rubriques. Les «Parcours» se terminent par: • quatre pages de civilisation • un bilan.

Was Nostradamus really a prophet or were his predictions a mere coincidence? What mystery lies behind the curse of the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh King Tut? Can an exquisite diamond bring death and tragedy to its owners? Does evil really exist and what forms can it take? Find out about these strange stories and others, and perhaps you'll be able to solve our world's greatest mysteries!

This is a fun and flexible book of exercises which can be used in class or for self-study. It is aimed at absolute beginners and false beginners, but also at all those who wish to increase and consolidate their knowledge of the Italian language. The 9 units, which it is divided into, allow for improvement in all of the main language skills so as to understand and produce oral and written Italian. Each units offers: •original texts in various styles, accompanied by oral and written comprehension exercises; •the section Scriviamo insieme, to practise writing tests in Italian; •the grammar page, which aids memory and revises the rules; •numerous grammar, vocabulary and spelling exercises. «Percorsi grammaticali» is accompanied by an audio CD with the recordings of the listening exercises.

Veronika ist eine junge, tüchtige Managerin. Erfolgreich im Beruf, aber einsam im Privatleben. Was den Künstler Max nicht davon abhält, sich in sie zu verlieben. Aber Veronika läuft vor Max weg. Wovor hat sie Angst? Was ist Veronikas Geheimnis? Eine spannende Liebesgeschichte mit zahlreichen Aktivitäten zum Leseverständnis und ergänzenden Übungen zu Grammatik und Wortschatz sowie Abschlusstest. Audio-CD mit dramatisierter Textaufnahme.

Mr Verloc, the secret agent, has a shop in London. He lives there peacefully with his wife Winnie, her mother and her brother, Stevie. When Mr Verloc becomes involved with an anarchist plot to blow up the Greenwich Royal Observatory, things go disastrously wrong. Mr Verloc’s job as a secret agent leads to tragic consequences for him and all his family.

In Venice, Bassanio needs money to court a rich heiress. His merchant friend Antonio borrows the money from Shylock, a Jewish moneylender. Shylock demands that the money is repaid in three months or he will take a pound of Antonio’s flesh. The merchant confidently agrees, but ultimately it will take the intelligence of two women to save him...

Wuthering Heights is home to the Earnshaw family, who adopt an orphan called Heathcliff. When they grow up, Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff fall deeply in love. But Catherine decides to marry Edgar Linton from the big house across the moors. Heathcliff runs away in despair. When he returns some years later, a series of terrible events destroys the relationship between the Lintons and the Earnshaws

Pamela is a maid in a big country house. But when her mistress dies, Pamela is left at the mercy of Mr B, her mistress’s son, who sets out to seduce her. Although she likes Mr B, Pamela is determined to keep her virtue. Will Mr B succeed, or will Pamela’s virtuous behaviour find its own reward? A highly influential novel, «Pamela» is a fascinating study of the struggle for power between men and women.

Karolin wants to work in an important hotel. Her wish comes true when her uncle George, a famous chef in a luxury hotel on Lake Constance, suggests that she spends the summer with him at the Grand Hotel Du Lac. Karolin can’t wait, but she doesn’t know that her summer will be anything but relaxing...

Stürme bedrohen die Nordseeküste. Deichgraf Hauke Haien im Kampf gegen die Elemente, aber auch gegen die Ignoranz seiner Mitmenschen. Wird er gewinnen? Die Novelle als Klassiker des deutschen Realismus, vereinfacht nacherzählt mit Übungen zum Leseverständnis, zur Grammatik und zum Wortschatz sowie Abschlusstest. Die Audio-CD enthält den gesamten dramatisierten Text.

A story of love and death which retells the tragic relationship between a gypsy, Carmen, and a soldier, Brigadier Don José, which turns Carmen into a smuggler, outlaw and murderer. This story was the inspiration for the famous opera by Georges Bizet and a ballet by Roland Petit.

Young love, unbelievable wealth, greed, cruelty and adventure are the themes Fitzgerald brilliantly combines to create a highly unusual story with a surprise ending that no reader will be able to put down. In this story the great Fitzgerald reveals a bizarre segment of the rich and careless American society of the 1920s, which he often criticized and yet belonged to.

Teenager Marine always goes to school very reluctantly. However, one day things start to change. Why is she now getting good marks? Why is she able to do incredible things? What the people don’t know is that Marine has a secret that she doesn’t want to share with anyone.

In 1872 a rich English gentleman, Phileas Fogg, makes a bet that he can go around the world in 80 days. Accompanied by his French manservant, Passepartout, he sets off on an incredible race against the clock, over land and sea. The tenacious Inspector Fix, convinced that Phileas Fogg is a robber, pursues him relentlessly across the continents.

Elinor and Marianne Dashwood are sisters. Both are intelligent, sensitive, charming, and beautiful, but there the similarities end. Elinor values propriety and common sense; she is prudent and cautious with a strong sense of duty. Marianne, by contrast, has extravagant Romantic ideas; she is excessive and spontaneous. Both sisters fall in love early in the story, but both love stories are problematic. In this brilliant novel, Jane Austen explores two different ways of thinking and acting – the 'sense' of Elinor and the 'sensibility' of Marianne – as they try to find happiness in a world full of hypocrisy, vulgarity, and self-interest.