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Henry J Heinz, the man who invented tomato ketchup
William Lever who made millions from soap
Michael Marks, founder of the Marks and Spencer stores
Henry Ford, who mass-produced cars and made them affordable
Coco Chanel, the businesswoman who changed fashion for women
Ray Kroc, the man who created the McDonald’s chain of restaurants

BRITISH ENGLISH
Word count: 18,209
Headword count: 1,624

Each book includes a free CD with a full recording of each story.
PLUS: visit www.collinselt.com/readers for videos, teacher resources and self-study materials.

This book is Level 2 in the Collins E

Contents:
Voltaire, the French writer who believed in equality for all
Charlotte Brontë, the British novelist who wrote Jane Eyre
Mark Twain, the American who wrote Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer
Jacques Prévert, the writer known in France as ‘the People’s Poet’
Ayn Rand, whose writing expressed her own philosophical ideas
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn who wrote about life in a Soviet Labour Camp

BRITISH ENGLISH
Word count: 18,787
Headword count: 1,631

Each book includes a free CD with a full recording of each story.
PLUS: visit www.collinselt.com/readers for videos, teacher resources and self-study mate

Contents:
Alessandro Volta, inventor of the battery
Michael Faraday, inventor of the electric motor
Marie Curie, famous for her work on radioactivity
Albert Einstein, creator of the Theory of Relativity
Alexander Fleming, discoverer of the first antibiotic
Linus Pauling, chemist and peace activist

BRITISH ENGLISH
Word count: 15,287
Headword count: 1,631

Each book includes a free CD with a full recording of each story.
PLUS: visit www.collinselt.com/readers for videos, teacher resources and self-study materials.

This book is Level 2 in the Collins ELT Readers series.
Level 2 is equivalent to

Contents:
Pablo Casals, the Catalan cello-player
Louis Armstrong, the American trumpet-player and singer
Frank Sinatra, the Italian-American singer and actor
Édith Piaf, France's famous singing star
Maria Callas, the Greek opera singer
Elvis Presley, the man who changed pop music

BRITISH ENGLISH
Word count: 14,723
Headword count: 1,121

Each book includes a free CD with a full recording of each story.
PLUS: visit www.collinselt.com/readers for videos, teacher resources and self-study materials.

This book is Level 3 in the Collins ELT Readers series.
Level 3 is equivalent to CEF level B1.