The three stories in this book are about ordinary people, people like you and me; but they find themselves in surprising situations. Lord Arthur Savile, a rich man with no enemies, finds out that he must do something terrible before he can marry. Poor young Hughie Erskine gives money to an old beggar but the beggar is not what he seems. And Lord Murchison falls in love with a mystery woman but what is the strange secret behind the door in Cumnor Street?

'You said that you wanted danger, didn't you?' says McArdle, the editor of the Daily Gazette. And he sends his young reporter, Malone, on a strange journey into South America with the famous Professor Challenger. Challenger believes he can find a lost world full of dinosaurs in the middle of the Amazon forest. But this world is dangerous to reach, and, once the Professor and his small group of explorers arrive, things get even more dangerous for them. Will they return alive?

Life is hard and dangerous for both people and animals in the frozen Canadian North. For a wolf like White Fang it is a continuous fight to find food — a fight in which many animals die. When White Fang meets the people of the North — first Indians and then White Men — he learns to live with them like a dog. But some men are cruel to their dogs and others are kind. Will White Fang's life be any easier now?

Marseille, France, 1815. It is Edmond Dantes' wedding day. But his enemies have other plans, and Edmond is arrested and sent to the terrible island prison of Chateau d'If. For fourteen long years he waits for the right moment to escape. And now Edmond is a rich man, with many disguises, and a new name. The Count of Monte Cristo begins his revenge...

Over the years hunters, poachers, and war have killed many of the gorillas of central Africa. But there are still a few hundred living high in the mists of the Virunga Mountains. When Dian Fossey first saw a family of wild mountain gorillas in the Virungas she knew that she must help these wonderful animals. This true story tells of the twenty years she lived with them, watched them, wrote about them, and protected them. In the end, she gave her life for them.

A 'Tall Tale' is a story that's hard to believe, and the five tall tales in this book all tell of ghosts. Some have dark secrets buried in the past, others bring messages for the living. Some are laughable, some are sad, and some are just evil. Sometimes there's a logical explanation for the strangest happenings, but often things cannot be explained by logic alone. Either way, you're sure to find some frightening reading between the covers of this book.

Thomas Gradgrind believes that facts and money are more important than feelings and imagination. After Cissy Jupe a circus child is left alone in the world, Gradgrind takes her into his house, looking after her and teaching her facts with his own children Tom and Louisa. Some years later the Gradgrind family meets hard times. Louisa becomes a prisoner in a loveless marriage, and Tom has problems at work. In the end, Thomas Gradgrind learns the importance of feelings and imagination.

Let's go see the West, said Pa. 'The land is flat and the grass grows thick and high. Animals run freely and there are no settlers. Only Indians live there.' So, more than a hundred years ago, the Ingalls family went by covered wagon into Kansas — Indian Territory. This is the true story of how they lived in those exciting, difficult, and sometimes dangerous, times.

'Why shouldn't we offer to take care of her? She could live with us at Mansfield.' In this way Mrs Norris persuades her sister, Lady Bertram, and Lady Bertram's husband, Sir Thomas, to ask their poor niece Fanny Price to live with them at Mansfield Park. At first Fanny is unhappy there. Then, after she makes friends with her young cousins, things improve. But what happens when the cousins are older, and starting to think of love?

The Moonstone is a beautiful yellow diamond that was stolen from the statue of a Moon god in India. When Franklin Blake brings it to Rachel Verinders house in Yorkshire for her birthday, it brings bad luck with it. How many people will the Moonstone hurt? How many must die before the diamonds revenge is complete?

'All men are created equal...' When Thomas Jefferson wrote these words in June 1776, in the American Declaration of Independence, he started something that was very much bigger than he imagined. This book looks at the history around that Declaration, and at the Revolution that led to the birth of the United States of America.

Adolf Verloc is a double agent, working for both the British police and a foreign country. He pretends to live a normal life, with his wife, Winnie, and has a shop in London, which, at night, becomes a meeting place for anarchists. One day Verloc is told to plant a bomb but the plan goes terribly wrong Does Verloc really love Winnie, or is she just part of his cover? Can Winnie ever forgive him? Who is Verloc really working for?

Bring me something new and exciting. Bring me a BIG story! says Rosies editor at The Record newspaper. And, when she leaves the office, Rosie does find a story. A story that is bigger then she expects. A story that takes her across Europe, into a dangerous world of art and art thieves.

Шестиуровневый УМК для начальной школы, который интригует и привлекает внимание детей «сюрпризами» и увлекательными рассказами. Рассчитан на 60 — 90 часов. Забавные наборы «сюрпризов» от Uncle Harry, волшебные сундучки, закрытые на замки, и увлекательные вебсайты, вызывают интерес ребят и мотивируют их к изучению языка. Каждый рассказ учебного пособия написан в увлекательной форме и содержит большое количество иллюстраций. В каждом уроке новый лексико-грамматический материал дается с помощью мотивирующей работы с «сюрпризом». На уровнях 1 и 2 «сюрприз» от Uncle’а Harry содержит определенный предмет и рассказ. На уровнях 3 и 4 персонажи учебника открывают сказочные сундучки с «сюрпризами» — предметами (по несколько на каждый урок) и рассказом от бабушки, а на уровнях 5 и 6 рассказы даются в форме увлекательных Интернет-писем из разных уголков мира. Таким образом, тема «сюрприза» как бы подрастает вместе с ребятами, благодаря чему они сохраняют заинтересованность на протяжении всего курса. Каждый уровень пособия включает в себя 6 блестяще иллюстрированных рассказов различных жанров. Каждый рассказ тщательно подобран таким образом, чтобы соответствовать образному ряду и интересам учеников. Super Surprise дает возможность оживлять сюжеты рассказов. Комплект пособия содержит множество элементов, которые обеспечивают наглядность рассказа преподавателя: это и приковывающие внимание постеры к рассказам; и аудио CD с инсценировками, помимо начитанных на них текстов; и интерактивные книги с рассказами на iTools и MultiROM; а также полезные советы преподавателю о том, как лучше использовать мимику и жесты в работе с пособием в Teacher’s Book.