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Edmond Dantès is a young sailor destined for a brilliant career. But during his engagement party is suddenly arrested, accused of conspiracy and imprisoned in the Château d'If. After fourteen years of imprisonment he manages to escape and finds the treasure on the island of Monte-Cristo. He then becomes rich and powerful, but Edmond only has one wish: revenge. |
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Poor Cinderella! She has to do all the housework, and her sisters won’t take her to the ball! But thanks to a fairy godmother – and her pets! – she does go to the ball. There, the Prince falls in love with her, but will he find her again? |
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In three stories three characters teach us lessons: the tortoise ‘slowly but surely’ wins the race; the mouse becomes a ‘great little friend’ to the mighty lion; the country mouse prefers the quiet life back home to the luxury – and dangers – of the town. |
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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? |
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Where’s Éric? He hasn’t come home from school. Has he run away? Has he been kidnapped? Éric’s parents are very worried, but the Police Commissioner is able to solve the mystery in his own unique way. Includes a playscript. |
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There is discontent in Rome among the people and aristocrats. The people are angry because of a grain shortage and the aristocrats are worried that Julius Caesar will seek to become king. A group of conspirators led by Brutus decides to assassinate Caesar. At first everything seems to go well for them, but soon the conspirators find themselves pursued by the ‘Spirit of Caesar’. Shakespeare’s text has been adapted into an accessible narrated story which retains the drama of the original play. |
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What can possibly happen to three friends and their dog when they take a peaceful boat trip on the River Thames? Well, just about anything! They have incredibly funny adventures as they visit historic sites on the beautiful Thames. |
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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? |
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«When Kate and Mike Sullivan invite their friend Carlos to sail to the Farallon Islands on their father’s new boat, «The Pelican», they expect to see the fascinating birds and animals which live there. But this exciting boat trip on the Pacific Ocean turns into a night of horror when ghastly ghosts from the past appear… and the three friends make an altogether different discovery» |
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Jane Eyre, a penniless and unattractive orphan, becomes a governess at Thornfield Hall and falls in love with Edward Rochester, the guardian of her ward. But she soon discovers that he is hiding a terrible secret… |
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Plain orphaned Jane Eyre lives unwanted with her aunt and cousins until she is sent away to school. There, hungry and humiliated, she grows and studies. When Jane leaves school to work as a governess at the aristocratic Thornfield Manor owned by the intriguing Mr Rochester, she finally finds some happiness. But some strange events are signals that the mysterious past of Mr Rochester's is about to return. |
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Young John Trenchard lives in Moonfleet, an English village with dark secrets. One day he discovers a hidden crypt below the cemetery where smugglers meet and hide their goods. Here he accidentally finds the skeleton of evil Colonel Mohune, better known as Blackbeard, and a precious clue that could help him find Blackbeard’s treasure… Thrilling adventures with smugglers, the king’s soldiers, a corrupt magistrate, a greedy diamond dealer and others await John in this exciting story set in the eighteenth century. |
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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. |
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In a village on Lake Maggiore Andrea’s return from Australia and the wedding of his niece, Paolo, is being celebrated. The enjoyment of the moment is soon to turn into anguish. An unexplainable murder is about to be committed during the wedding reception and it is followed shortly after by another mysterious death. A brilliant marshal of the Carabinieri finds himself involved in a complicated case; the solution of which is kept in the trunk of an old elm tree. |
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Find out about the legend of King Arthur and how he became King, where he found his great sword Excalibur, about his love for Guinevere, and all about the courageous Knights of the Round Table. |
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The school year has just finished and group of young friends from New Zealand, prepare to go on a cruise. When a disaster happens, the friends find themselves shipwrecked in the middle of the ocean, without the ship’s captain or crew. Will they be able to survive all the dangers? Will they ever see their families again? |
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Entrepreneur Monsieur Delaunaye is well-known all over France and abroad. His brand of products are, in fact, considered to represent a high degree of taste, elegance and style… When he mysteriously disappears without a trace, Inspector Gaudin leads the investigation. They uncover the other side of the picture: a business in crisis with risky managerial problems and family conflicts… |
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Издательство: CIDEB Жанр: CIDEB Страниц: 128 страниц Загрузил: liego55, 20 октября 2009
Sherlock Holmes battles against a criminal organisation in Conan Doyle’s ‘The Five Orange Pips’; in Charles Dickens’ ‘Hunted Down’ a ruthless murderer is brought to justice; in ‘The Stir Outside the Café Royal’ by Clarence Rook an American woman tracks down her fiancé’s killer; and in G. K. Chesterton’s ‘The Oracle of the Dog’ Father Brown solves a difficult murder case. |
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Nobody can remember why the Capulet family and the Montague family hate each other but the feud is longstanding and brutal. When Juliet Capulet and Romeo Montague meet and fall in love the result is tragic, and peace between the two families is only possible after much bloodshed and death. Classic themes such as violence, prejudice, teenage love and parental problems are as relevant today as they were 400 years ago and help make Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet a favourite with young students. In this script adaptation they will have the opportunity not only to read the story but also to act and to live the emotions for themselves. This edition of Shakespeare’s classic considers all the stages of a theatrical production from the auditions to the opening night, allowing students the chance to explore the play as it was originally intended: not as a story but as a performance. |
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Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever and rich, has a perfect life. She has decided never to get married but to live as the mistress of Hartfield, her father’s house in the beautiful English countryside. But when she starts matchmaking she finds that her imagination has led her into danger. |
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