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A mixed group of people attend an Italian evening class in Dublin organised by school teachers Aidan Dunne and Nora O'Donaghue, known as Signora. The members of the group all have their own reasons for learning Italian, and their lives may never be the same again. British English

This imaginative course provides the practical tools, training and motivation that teenagers need to learn, remember and use new language.

Snapshot Intermediate Test Book contains eight A tests and eight parallel B tests. The tests are designed to monitor students’ progress after they have reached Units 2, 5, 7, 10, 12, 15, 17 and 20 of New Snapshot Intermediate Students’ Book. In addition, there is a midway Review and a final Review. All tests are write-in.

Key features

* Parallel A and B tests enable teachers to test students simultaneously.
* Individual sections within each test focus on Grammar, Vocabulary, Communication, Reading and Writing to enable students and teachers to identify specific areas of achievement.
* A straightforward marking system helps students and teachers to monitor progress effectively.
* A separate key reduces time spent on marking.

A tree full of enormous spiders, a living thing with no face, a picture that comes alive, and a boy with no heart. These are some of the frightening things in these stories by M. R. James, one of the greatest horror writers of all time.

Katherine Mansfield is one of the most famous short story writers in the English language. These four stories take place about a hundred years ago in England and New Zealand. They are sometimes funny, sometimes sad and often cruel.

The American South has lost the Civil War. Scarlett O'Hara works very hard to get her old life back for herself and her family but she has no money. Rhett Butler is rich but is soon to be hanged for murder. And what about Ashley Wilkes? He is married but Scarlett is still in love with him. Who will win Scarlett in the end? One of the greatest romantic sagas ever written, Gone with the Wind is also a well-loved classic film starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable.

The American South has lost the Civil War. Scarlett O'Hara works very hard to get her old life back for herself and her family but she has no money. Rhett Butler is rich but is soon to be hanged for murder. And what about Ashley Wilkes? He is married but Scarlett is still in love with him. Who will win Scarlett in the end? One of the greatest romantic sagas ever written, Gone with the Wind is also a well-loved classic film starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable.

The famous Canterville Ghost haunts an old house, but the ghost becomes unhappy when the new owners play tricks on him! In the other stories, we meet Lord Arthur Savile, who has to murder someone before he can get married, and we discover the secret life of beautiful Lady Alroy.

A mysterious stranger has come to the island where Costas lives. Why is the man there, and why is he looking at Eagle’s Rock? Costas wants to be the first person to climb the dangerous rock. But will the stranger climb it first?

The year was 1963, and Beatlemania was only just beginning. Soon the Beatles had fans all around the world. For the rest of the 1960s their music led the way and they changed modern music forever. This book tells the story of the greatest band in the world from the early days in Liverpool to the Beatles’ music in the world today.

Miranda Hilliard does not live with her husband, Daniel. He wants to see the children more often, but they live with Miranda. One day Madame Doubtfire comes to work for Miranda and help with the children. But Madame Doubtfire seems strange, more like a man than a woman ...