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A selection from the famous collection of Oriental stories known as the One Thousand and One Nights, including the classic favourites Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and Sindbad the Sailor. Travel through the streets of old Baghdad, around luxurious palaces and fragrant gardens in India, to desert islands in the China seas… all in the company of kings, sultans, princesses, merchants, enchanted horses, sailors and thieves. *Wide range of activities practising the four skills *KET-style exercises *Trinity-style exercises (grade 4) *Dossiers on Versions of ´The Thousand and One Nights´and Baghdad, the city of ´The Thousand and One Nights´ * Internet projects *Story recorded in full *Exit test with answer key

A mistrel arrives in the court of King Arthur and tells the king and his knights the story of Tristan, who kills a dragon and wins the hand of the beautiful Isolde for marriage to his uncle King Mark. But on their journey back to Mark´s court, they drink a love potion that was intended for the king and his young bride. They instantly fall in love - but their love is impossible...

*Wide range of activities practising the four skills

*KET-style activities

*Trinity-style activities (grade 3)

*Dossiers: Cornwall and the Celtic Nations and King Arthur: fact or fiction?

*Internet project

*Story recorded in full

*Exit test with answer key

Sarah and Jessica arrive in New Zealand for a holiday. They find a mobile phone in the taxi from the airport. It is Michael’s mobile, but they can’t find him? He has messages from home – are they important? Go with the girls on a New Zealand adventure.

This is the funniest book that you will read about English people! Why are the English different from Europeans? George Mikes’ book describes the strange things the English do and say. And the English don’t get angry when they read the book. They love it! You will too!

William Shakespeare's tragic story of the star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet, is as relevant now as it was over 400 years ago. Romeo a Julie je jedna z nejpopulárnějších Shakespearových her. Tento reader je napsán jako scénář a obsahuje úryvky z originálního rukopisu.

Dickens' sinister story of murder and intrigue set in London in the 1860s.

A story of mysticism and romance set in present-day California. Tilo owns a shop in Oakland, California, where she sells herbs and spices. But Tilo isn't just a shopkeeper, she is also The Mistress of Spices. With her knowledge of their secret powers this high priestess of wisdom and magic helps customers find answers to the questions of love, loss and loneliness. But when Tilo herself falls in love with a visitor to her shop, she has to choose between personal happiness and keeping her mystical gift.

Read the vivid story of the hardships endured by a young Zulu migrant worker. Xuma sees the brutality of the bosses of the mine and the squalor of the township where he lives. In the city, white people lead privileged lives. Xuma begins to question the racial injustices which surround him. Recommended for older readers.

Five short stories set in America in the 1920s and 1940s. The Cut-Glass Bowl,Bernice Bobs Her Hair,Gretchen's Forty Winks, Magnetism and  Three Hours Between Planes.Recommended for older readers.

Original work by F. Scott Fitzgerald