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Duncan McTavish lives in a castle on a Scottish island. He doesn’t have any money, and he can’t pay a large bill. There is only one thing he can do – sell his island. CD-ROM - additional activities and the complete audio recording

Pete and Carla are both students at the University of Bath. One day in summer they are walking round the city and decide to look at some very old coins and stamps in a shop. Pete wants to buy some, but they are too expensive. Later that afternoon the coins are missing from the shop and the shopkeeper wants to find Pete.

Marcel and his friend Céline are on holiday in Los Angeles. They are staying in the home of Arnold Waldman, a famous film director. But on the first night of their holiday, kidnappers take away Arnold’s daughter…

A girl sees a quiet good-looking boy on the boat to Spain. She loves his shy smile and she wants to see him again. The boy wants to be with her too, but there are problems. Can the boy and the girl get together? Or do they never meet again?

Marcel is a mouse and a famous detective. He lives in Paris. One evening, two thieves steal a very expensive diamond ring – the ‘White Star’. Then they steal a car. Marcel follows them across Paris to a café. Can he get the ‘White Star’ and bring it back?

When Jonathan Harker goes to Transylvania to visit Count Dracula on business, he discovers that his client’s motives for coming to England are rather more sinister than they first appeared. Bram Stoker’s spine-tingling masterpiece has terrified readers since it was published in 1897 and is undoubtedly the most famous vampire story of all time. *FCE-style activities Trinity-style activities (grade 7) *Wide range of activities covering the four skills *Internet project *Recording of parts of the text *Dossiers on Bram Stoker and real vampires *Exit test

Beowulf is the largest surviving example of Old English poetry. The poem refers back to the killing of monsters in Scandinavia, but it views the battles with monsters as conflicts between good and evil. Thus, the first monster, Grendel, is described as ‘God’s enemy’. The poem contrasts human society, which is ordered and based on trust, with the terrors of the unknown world.

*Wide range of activities practising the four skills
*FCE-style exercises
*Internet project
*Dossiers giving background information on Beowulf
*Dramatic recording of the text
*Exit test

White Fang is a wolf from the mountains of Canada. His life is hard but he is happy in his world. Then he is taken to the world of men. There he learns to fight and to kill. White Fang knows nothing about love. But one day he meets Scott… Classic American English