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The illustrations in this exciting reader for beginners will enthuse children to the point that they won't want to part with their Mowgli. When Mowgli meets the tiger, Shera Khan and isn’t able to cross the river to escape, he realises that he must learn to swim. With a little help from his friends Baloo, Bagheera, Hathi and the others, Mowgli discovers that swimming isn’t so difficult after all! This simple, yet involving story will enable beginners to develop self-confidence as they read in a foreign language. There are fun activities, a glossary in three languages – Italian, French and German, a list of useful expressions and answers to the exercises. The accompanying CD contains the text recorded in full. |
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‘Lock me in any cell in any prison anywhere at any time, wearing only normal clothes and I’ll escape in a week’. For Professor Van Dusen, otherwise known as ‘The Thinking Machine’, nothing is impossible. Logic is his passion. One hour later he finds himself locked up in Chisholm prison and has to use all his mental resources to find the solution to the problem. |
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1715: Frank Osbaldistone likes poetry and he does not want to enter the family business. The young man is then sent by his father to the north of England. Frank meets a charismatic Scotsman and an official of the English government. This will be the beginning of his involvement in a rebellion against the British monarchy. In this great historical novel, Frank comes to love and understand the wild world of the Scottish Highlands. |
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A mysterious lodger has just rented rooms at Mrs Warren's lodging house. She is frightened by this strange individual, so she asks Sherlock Holmes to help. He and Dr Watson discover cryptic messages, a sinister secret society with international roots and a terrible murder... |
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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… |
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Snow White’s life is in danger when her father marries again and his new wife, Queen Bella, becomes terribly jealous of Snow White’s beauty. But Queen Bella’s plans fail, and Snow White finds safety at the cottage of the seven dwarfs before becoming reunited with her father. |
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Three authors reveal the obscure corners of the occult. In LeFanu's Dickon the Devil the narrator discovers that the sinister ghosts of the past have never left Barwyke Hall. Rudyard Kipling tells the story of a man who disappears mysteriously. In Hawthorne's The Minister's Black Veil, the Puritan Reverend Hooper is plagued by a terrible secret sin that forces him to wear a black veil. |
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Many people all over the world start their day with a cup of coffee. Black or white, espresso or filter – there are so many ways of preparing it. In this book you can learn more about the coffee plant and the history of this popular drink. And you can find a recipe for a frappuccino, too! |
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A spine-chilling tale of a young governess’s struggle to protect the children in her care from the ghosts of two previous servants. Simple hallucinations perhaps, or external representations of the woman’s inner torments? James’s 19th-century masterpiece of ambiguous narrative is the precursor of the modern psychological thriller. |
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Selena Willing, a young, beautiful heiress, contacts Richard Boot, a private detective, because she thinks there is a noisy ghost in her stately home. Richard investigates, looking into Selena’s life and discovers that the noise she hears is not a ghost, but something much more real and dangerous… |
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Together with a group of French friends, students are invited to set off on a discovery tour of Paris. The discovery unfolds in ten stages, in search of the various sides of the capital (Paris artiste, Le Paris des rois, Paris mémoire, Paris nature, Paris triomphe...). Each stage includes an introductory dialogue, a presentation of the topic, a few pages of grammar revision and the presentation of topic-based itineraries. |
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In 1872 a rich English gentleman, Phileas Fogg, makes a bet that he can go around the world in 80 days. So along with his French manservant, Passepartout, he sets off on an incredible race against the clock, over land and sea. |
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Exotheque — 900 exercices de grammaire — niveau intermediaire. |
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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... |
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What is in the attic? And why are noises coming from there only when the adults are asleep? Hélène and André bravely go up the stairs into the attic, determined to solve the mystery. Follow them into a house which has fallen asleep, and discover with them what is hiding behind the attic door. |
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C’est le roman balzacien par excellence dans lequel vices, passions, hypocrisie, ingratitude... sont peints avec un réalisme où l'écrivain est passé maître. C’est la peinture de la Comédie humaine dans Paris au XIXe siècle. |
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A modern-looking girl on the way to her grandmother meets an old-fashioned wolf in the woods. But there’s a happy ending. The girl, her grandmother and a wood-cutter all have tea together, while the wolf runs away, scared but still alive! |
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In the countryside of Berry, at the start of the 19th century, will Fadette a poor young girl, be able to gain the love of the handsome Landry? To do so she must confront the jealousy of her twin brother Sylvinet and of the most beautiful girl in the village, Madelon The mysterious person George Sand created reflects the hardships faced in country living at the time of the story. |
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On their journey from Nice to Avignon, four friends discover the countryside, the monuments, the traditions and perfumes of Provence. This journey in eight stages is also a journey in time: the vestiges of Nîmes and Arles speak of Ancient Rome, the Roman churches and Abbeys take us back to the Mediaeval, the magnificent palaces in Avignon remind us of the Great Schism and the grand hotels along the seafront in Nice transmit memories of the first tourists... Each stage includes an introductory dialogue, the presentation of a city or a famous person, a few pages of grammar revision and the presentation of an itinerary. |
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