«When his father dies, David Balfour discovers he has inherited the family home near Edinburgh. But his Uncle Ebenezer also wants the house and puts David on a ship to America. The story follows David’s adventures across land and sea as he learns who he can trust. With the help of his new friend, Alan Breck, can David return to Edinburgh and claim what is rightfully his? An exciting adventure story set in the eighteenth century, «Kidnapped» also tells us much about Scottish history and culture at this time.»

«In 1891, the great detective Sherlock Holmes disappeared. A month after Holmes's disappearance, his good friend and colleague Dr Watson published an article in the newspaper, explaining that Holmes died while struggling with his archenemy Professor Moriarty. But is that what really happened? Find out in this fascinating book of four of Conan Doyle's best short stories, taken from the volume «The Return of Sherlock Holmes»: 'The Empty House', 'Charles Augustus Milverton', 'The Second Stain', and 'The Dancing Men'.»

«At the beginning of the 1900s the whole world has been explored. There is nothing left to discover. But maybe this is not totally true. The eccentric Professor Challenger says that there is a place where time stopped, where dinosaurs still live. All the other scientists do not believe him. So, Professor Challenger decides to lead an expedition to this prehistoric world located in the middle of the great Amazon forest. With this fantastic adventure, Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, showed that he could also write great science fiction. «The Lost World» has also inspired some of the most popular films of recent years, including «King Kong» and «Jurassic Park».»

«Designed with an eye to CLIL (content and language integrated learning), «Connections» is intended to meet the functional and notional requirements of EFL teaching at CEFR levels B1-B2. Objectives: • Language practice: development of reading, listening, writing and speaking skills, including the ESP requirements of university courses. • Testing: the exercises are mainly in the style of tasks from the FCE exam papers (Reading, Writing, Use of English, Listening, Speaking) • Focus on content: the topics for study include a wide range of subjects; History, Literature, Business, Science etc. Features: • Sixty full-colour units, each of which deals with a new topic • Three sections – Reading, Listening and Speaking, Use of English and Writing – which cover the task types of the five papers of the FCE exam. • Three Cross-sectional Maps offering examples of possible itineraries to follow. • An audio CD containing the listening activities. A teacher’s guide is available separately.»

In three stories three characters teach us lessons: the tortoise ‘slowly but surely’ wins the race; the mouse becomes a ‘great little friend’ to the mighty lion; the country mouse prefers the quiet life back home to the luxury – and dangers – of the town.

Two cases of detection for Monsieur Auguste C. Dupin, Poe’s great detective. Who could have committed the atrocious murders in the Rue Morgue and so how did the murderer get in, or out? Will Dupin find the purloined letter and save the royal personage? Where is the minister hiding it?

El Zorro, el justiciero enmascarado, heroe de la California espanola, es una figura legendaria cuya fama ha cruzado las propias fronteras para cautivar a generaciones de lectores y espectadores de todas las edades.Todos hemos defendido al menos una vez, las proezas de este defensor de los debiles que desafia, lleno de humor, a los despotas.Esta historia, llena de suspense, intriga y lances imprevistos, seducira al lector novel, y a traves de un lenguaje sencillo y claro, le conducira, divirtiendole, hasta su imprevisible final.

Othello is a successful general, but a very simple man who trusts Iago completely. When he elopes with and marries Desdemona, he is overwhelmed by the happiness that seems to be his. Iago, embittered by his failure to win promotion in the army, decides to poison the general’s happiness...

Who would ever have said that Colette, a curious old lady, would be able to solve the mystery hidden in an apartment on the outskirts of Paris? Nothing escapes the shrewd and tenacious Colette, who leads an investigation in perfect order.

Seventeenth century Milan, dominated by the Spanish and torn apart by a terrible epidemic creates the basis for Renzo and Lucia’s love story. Will love triumph despite all the difficulties? A timeless classic, and the first important novel in Italian literature.

Pass Trinty 7-8 is the essential course book to stimulate and support language learning for Trinity's Integrated Skills in English Examination and Trinity's Spoken English Examinations for Grades 7 and 8.

In 1880 a legendary spectre haunts the famous Opera House in Paris. There are all sorts of rumours about the Phantom of the Opera, a sinister figure whose face remains hidden behind a grotesque mask...

For Anna and Marco, a young couple, it was supposed to be a restful holiday, a break from studying for their university courses, in the peaceful Lombardy countryside. But too many strange things happen in the nearby Abbey of Morimondo. What mystery is hidden in those age-old walls? Who is sneaking around the Abbey? Will Ann and Marco manage to resolve the case and remove all doubts?

The Teacher’s Book an introduction to the methodology of the course, instructions for carrying out the exercises found in the course, suggestions for the web activities and supplementary exercises.

Follow Alice down the rabbit hole and into Wonderland, where her adventures never stop. Join her as she attends the Mad Hatter’s tea party, talks to a very unusual caterpillar and plays croquet with the Queen of Hearts. Along the way you’ll meet characters you could only dream of: from a disappearing Cheshire cat to a sleepy dormouse and a mad March hare!

In 1872 a rich English gentleman, Phileas Fogg, makes a bet that he can go around the world in 80 days. Accompanied by his French manservant, Passepartout, he sets off on an incredible race against the clock, over land and sea. The tenacious Inspector Fix, convinced that Phileas Fogg is a robber, pursues him relentlessly across the continents.

«Piazza Navona» is an Italian course for foreigners aimed at beginner-level ­students. The course provides a study path which allows the students to reach A2 level (Common European Framework of Reference for languages) in communication. The course can be used both in class and for self study. The numerous group and pair activities allow the teacher to simulate communicative situations in class which are lively, day-to-day, and realistic, thereby stimulating collaboration between students, reflexion and personal revision. The approach of the volume is communicative and focuses on the use of the language, students’ needs and analysis of the language. This is balanced out with a revaluation of the importance of the grammar and vocabulary, which are carefully contextualised. Numerous activities offer intercultural reflection: so as to avoid stereotypes, «Piazza Navona» offers students a comparison between their own culture and the Italian culture, encouraging the identification of similarities and differences. To conclude, the wealth of pictures offers both an up-to-date and realistic vision of Italy and a valuable tool for understanding and doing the activities.»

Nobody can remember why the Capulet family and the Montague family hate each other but the feud is longstanding and brutal. When Juliet Capulet and Romeo Montague meet and fall in love the result is tragic, and peace between the two families is only possible after much bloodshed and death. Classic themes such as violence, prejudice, teenage love and parental problems are as relevant today as they were 400 years ago and help make Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet a favourite with young students. In this script adaptation they will have the opportunity not only to read the story but also to act and to live the emotions for themselves. This edition of Shakespeare’s classic considers all the stages of a theatrical production from the auditions to the opening night, allowing students the chance to explore the play as it was originally intended: not as a story but as a performance.

Le francais de l’alimentation et de la restauration. Ce texte developpe et renforce les competences lexicales liees a l’alimentation et a la restauration. L’aspect culturel est etroitement lie a l’aspect linguistique et l’apprentissage du lexique devient le fil rouge pour decouvrir un veritable quartier de Paris.