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The Sequel to The Black Cat (available at Elementary Level). Students will enjoy this thoroughly entertaining detective story. Salahadin El Nur searches for the answer to the riddle of an ancient curse. He suspects an English professor of being involved with a gang of ruthless smugglers.
A mystery story with many twists and turns. Our hero suffers amnesia after being attacked and robbed but he has to regain his memory in order to find his property. The action moves excitingly between the English Midlands and the diamond-broking houses of Amsterdam.
After the death of her husband, Mrs Dashwood and her three daughters, Elinor, Marianne and Margaret, find they must leave Norland Park and move to a small cottage. There, Marianne falls in love with the dashing but unreliable Willoughby, while Elinor pines for Edward Ferrars, the young man she has been forced to leave behind... This classic was made into...
Inspector Morse and his assistant, Sergeant Lewis, are called to a house where the dead body of a member of an examinations syndicate has been found. Morse immediately suspects murder and starts the painstaking task of discovering the identity of the murderer and their motive - in his usual highly idiosyncratic way.
John Samuel Fame crosses the frontier on a regular basis. He also has some friends who are suspected criminals. When a valuable gold statue is stolen from Dama museum, Inspector Roland immediately has him followed.
In this story, set sometime in the future, Varon, an intergalactic pirate, manages to steal one of the most valuable items in the universe. When he becomes trapped, Omega offers his help but he has his own reasons for doing so.
When Tess Durbeyfield is sent by her family to seek out her rich relatives, she soon finds herself pursued and violently seduced by the ruthless Alex D'Urberville. The sad event which follows gives Tess the chance to hide her past and move on. Eventually she falls in love and finds happiness with Angel Clare, a clergyman's son. But Tess's honest nature...
When Therese Raquin marries her sickly cousin Camille, her future looks as if it will be both dull and loveless. This all changes, however, with the arrival of Camille's friend Laurent. Laurent and Therese soon begin a love affair, an affair so passionate it can only result in tragedy.
Giles Winterbourne is engaged to Grace Melbury, the daughter of a rich timber merchant. When Grace returns from being educated abroad she is a different person. And when Giles loses all his money, Grace's father insists she marry a handsome doctor.
When Arthur pulls the sword from the stone, he becomes king of the land of Logres. Arthur chooses the beautiful Guinevere to be his queen and builds a castle at Camelot. Here he is joined by the famous Knights of the Round Table, whose adventures include slaying dragons, rescuing maidens and fighting the spells of Arthur’s half-sister, the cruel...
The true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates’s climb of the mountain Siula Grande. When Joe breaks his leg high on the mountain, he knows that he will probably die. But Simon is determined to help his friend and determines to lower him down the mountain on a rope. The plan seems to be going well. But then disaster strikes. Touching the Void is a...
The true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates’s climb of the mountain Siula Grande. When Joe breaks his leg high on the mountain, he knows that he will probably die. But Simon is determined to help his friend and determines to lower him down the mountain on a rope. The plan seems to be going well. But then disaster strikes. Touching the Void is a...
The Red and the Black is the story of the lives and loves of a young man, Julian Sorel, who is torn apart by the two sides to his personality, the 'red' and the 'black'. Through his love affairs with the aristocratic and beautiful Madame de Renal and the passionate Mathilde, Sorel tries - and fails - to gain wealth and social standing, with fatal results.
Helen Fielding's story of the loveable Bridget, and her struggles with men and weight, was made internationally famous by the film starring Hugh Grant and Renée Zellweger. You've seen the film, now read the Reader!
A sad and beautiful story about a Mexican-Indian diver who finds the greatest pearl in the world, but loses his happiness.
You've seen the movie, now read the book! Ram Mohammad Thomas answers 14 questions correclty in a TV quiz and wins a billion rupees, but how does he know the answers? Slumdog Millionaire takes us through the major events of Ram's life, from his battle for survival on the streets of Mumbai and Delhi to his final act of love and revenge - and the amazing...