Seznam produktů značky Black Cat - CIDEB

Adapted by Kenneth Brodey

Adventure

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.

Dossiers:
Rob Roy: history comes alive, The historical novel: Sir Walter Scott's Great Creation

Series: Reading & Training | Level: Step 2 | Exam: pet trinity

Retold by Nancy Timmins
Activities by Tessa Vaughan

Human interest

Pamela is a maid in a big country house. But when her mistress dies, Pamela is left at the mercy of Mr B, her mistress's son, who sets out to seduce her. Although she likes Mr B, Pamela is determined to keep her virtue. Will Mr B succeed, or will Pamela's virtuous behaviour find its own reward?
A highly influential novel, Pamela is a fascinating study of the struggle for power between men and women.

Dossiers:
English Country Houses and their Owners
Letters and the Postal Service

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Series: Reading & Training | Level: Step 5 | Exam: fce trinity

Adapted by Nancy Timmins
Activities by Eleanor Donaldson

Crime

Sherlock Holmes is bored. But a fascinating new case is just around the corner. The attractive Mary Morstan arrives at 221B Baker Street with a strange story to tell. Her father vanished ten years ago: four years later she receives six beautiful pearls, one each year. She has been invited to meet the sender of these pearls and asks Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson for their help.
The case involves a mysterious map, hidden treasure and a wooden-legged man, enough to intrigue even Sherlock Holmes. But it's more than just a mystery for loyal Doctor Watson: will he find love with the lovely Miss Morstan?

Dossiers:
The Andaman Islands
The British In India

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Adventure

Four true, breathtaking stories of adventure and courage which take us across the ocean, the ice of the Antarctic, the sky and the desert.
‘Lost at Sea’ tells the adventures of a family sailing round the world and their battle to survive in the ocean after a shipwreck.
In ‘The Impossible Journey’ we follow Sir Ernest Shackleton as he and his men make their way on foot towards the South Pole.
The brave young woman in ‘Amy Johnson, Woman Pioneer’ attempts a heroic solo flight from England to Australia.
In ‘David Livingstone’s Last African Expedition’ we meet the great explorer on his last expedition to find the source of Africa’s longest river, the Nile.

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Adapted by Gina D. B. Clemen

Mystery and horror

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.

Dossiers:
England and Its Ghosts
New England and the Puritans

Series:  skladem (ihned expedujeme)

Crime

The Chumash are American Indians who live in California. When an unscrupulous property developer starts building new homes in Coyote Canyon, the Chumash become angry – the development is located on their ancient cemetery.
During the night of the Fourth of July celebrations a mysterious American Indian warrior appears and a murder is committed. Suspicion falls immediately on the Chumash, but four young people – Michelle, Bill, Nick and Pam – investigate further and find that the truth is rather more complicated…

Dossiers:
Independence Day
American Indians

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Adventure

Ellie is mad about music: she dreams of becoming a singer and she desperately wants to go to the Glastonbury Festival, where her favourite singer, Murphy, will be playing. But with an overprotective Dad and important exams to take, it seems that Ellie’s dreams will have to remain just that, dreams. But one day she sees a competition in a music magazine…

Dossiers:
Education in England
Yorkshire
Festivals in Britain and Ireland

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Series: Reading & Tr

Adventure

Three young women need to get to London from Ireland in time for Christmas. When all flights are cancelled, they are forced to share a car and make the journey by road. They each have their own personal problems, but they have to decide together what to do when they find a briefcase full of money. Then they realise that a car is following them…

Dossiers:
The Emerald Isle
Indians in Britain

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What is Camellia sinensis? How did tea help to start the American Revolution? And how are monkeys connected to tea? Find out the answer to these questions and more in the story of one of the world's most popular drinks.

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Series: Easyread | Level: Level 2 | Exam:  skladem (ihned expedujeme)

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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Series: Easyread | Level: Level 1 | Exam:

Not all aliens are bad. However, being friends with a kind alien may have its negative points!
Activities focus on a listening exercise on transport, a quiz, a crossword and a number game. A special feature is that children can use cut-out page in the book, to make their own musical horns.

The EARLYREADS series is aimed at children from four to twelve years old and contains original stories and traditional favourites, as well as some cultural readers, graded over five levels.
All the readers can be easily dramatised. The most recent titles are accompanied by playscriptswhich can be downloaded free from our website.

Features

• beautiful illustrations, to encourage read

Adapted by Elizabeth Ann Moore

Adventure

After their father is mysteriously forced to leave home, the three children and their mother leave their comfortable house in London and go to live in a cottage in the country near a railway track. The children soon make friends with the Station Master, the Porter and a friendly old gentleman, who waves to them from the morning train.
Peter, Bobbie and Phyllis enjoy several exciting adventures and even become the heroes of the village. But the mystery of their father remains unsolved, until one day...

Dossier:
Early railways

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