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NUMBER 001 TITLE Goldfinger AUTHOR Ian Fleming LEVEL Intermediate COMMON EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK B1 SUMMARY When James Bond 007 is introduced to the rich and mysterious Auric Goldfinger, he quickly learns that Goldfinger is a clever cheat at card games. But card games are not the only way that Goldfinger makes money… EXTRAS With CD pack Glossary of difficult vocabulary

NUMBER 001 · NUMBER 001 TITLE Goldfinger AUTHOR Ian Fleming LEVEL Intermediate COMMON EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK B1 SUMMARY When James Bond 007 is introduced to the rich and mysterious Auric

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NUMBER 001

TITLE Goldfinger

AUTHOR Ian Fleming

LEVEL IntermediateCOMMON EUROPEANFRAMEWORK

B1

SUMMARY

When James Bond 007 is introduced to the rich and mysterious AuricGoldfinger, he quickly learns that Goldfinger is a clever cheat at cardgames. But card games are not the only way that Goldfinger makesmoney…

EXTRAS

With CD packGlossary of difficult vocabulary

NUMBER 002

TITLE “L” is for Lawless

AUTHOR Sue Grafton

LEVEL IntermediateCOMMON EUROPEANFRAMEWORK

B1

SUMMARY

When Kinsley Milhone is asked by a friend to help a family obtain a militaryfuneral for a pilot called Johnny Lee, she soon finds that there was nothingsimple about Johnny Lee´s life.

EXTRAS

Glossary of difficult vocabulary

NUMBER 003

TITLE Oliver Twist

AUTHOR Charles Dickens

LEVEL IntermediateCOMMON EUROPEANFRAMEWORK

B1

SUMMARY

A very old man was standing near the fire. He turned quickly as the twoboys came into the roomOliver stared round the dirty room. There was a rope tied across anoecorner of the room. Many brightly-coloured silk handkerchiefs were hangingover the rope.

EXTRAS

With CD packGlossary of difficult vocabulary

NUMBER 005

TITLE The Red Pony

AUTHOR John Steinbeck

LEVEL IntermediateCOMMON EUROPEANFRAMEWORK

B1

SUMMARY

Jody Tiflin is often alone and he knows little of the world. But one day hegets a pony. He learns how to love and his whole life changes.

NUMBER 008

TITLE The Mosquito Coast

AUTHOR Paul Theroux

LEVEL IntermediateCOMMON EUROPEANFRAMEWORK

B1

SUMMARY

Allie Fox hates America and he hates the twentieth century. He takes hiswife and children to the jungle in Honduras to make a new, simple life. ButAllie starts to go mad and pulls his family into a life which is much worseand more frightening than anything they knew in America.

NUMBER 010

TITLE The Locked Room and Other Horror Stories

AUTHOR M. R. James

LEVEL IntermediateCOMMON EUROPEANFRAMEWORK

B1

SUMMARY

A tree full of enormous spiders, curtains like a dead man´s hair, a manwith no eyes and a boy with no heart…

NUMBER 011

TITLE The Mill on the Floss

AUTHOR George Eliot

LEVEL IntermediateCOMMON EUROPEANFRAMEWORK

B1

SUMMARY

Maggie Tulliver must choose between her family and the man she loves.She is very unhappy because she does not know what to do.

NUMBER 012

TITLE Emma

AUTHOR Jane Austen

LEVEL IntermediateCOMMON EUROPEANFRAMEWORK

B1

SUMMARY

Emma is beautiful, clever and rich. She likes to arrange marriages betweenher friends and neighbours in the village of Highbury. However, Emmamakes a lot of mistakes and causes more problems than happy marriages.Then she almost loses her own chance of love.

NUMBER 013

TITLE The Eye of the Tiger

AUTHOR Wilbur Smith

LEVEL IntermediateCOMMON EUROPEANFRAMEWORK

B1

SUMMARY

NUMBER 015

TITLE My Family and Other Animals

AUTHOR Gerald Durrell

LEVEL IntermediateCOMMON EUROPEANFRAMEWORK

B1

SUMMARY

One cold, English morning, the Durrell family decides to move to Corfu. ForGerry Durrell, this is the beginning of a wonderful adventure. Gerry´sfascination with animals – big and small – creates havoc for everyonearound him.

NUMBER 018

TITLE A Kiss Before Dying

AUTHOR Ira Levin

LEVEL IntermediateCOMMON EUROPEANFRAMEWORK

B1

SUMMARY

It was nearly dark in the small room near the Stoddard University campus.The two people in the room that Sunday evening were both second-yearstudents at the college. They were looking at each other in silence.The handsome young man was angry. His plans had been working so well.And now this news had come! But he wasn´t going to show his anger. Heturned, and smiled at the young woman sitting on the bed.

EXTRAS

With CD packGlossary of difficult vocabulary

NUMBER 019

TITLE Meet Me in Istanbul

AUTHOR Richard Chisholm

LEVEL IntermediateCOMMON EUROPEANFRAMEWORK

B1

SUMMARY

A short distance away a man in a grey raincoat stood in a dark doorway.He was watching Tom, watching every move he made…

EXTRAS

With CD packGlossary of difficult vocabulary

NUMBER 021

TITLE Bristol Murder

AUTHOR Philip Prowse

LEVEL IntermediateCOMMON EUROPEANFRAMEWORK

B1

SUMMARY

The body of Mr Robert Stevens was found in his home at 24 DevonshireRoad, Bristol last night. There must have been a fight because a lot of thefurniture was broken. Nothing was stolen. The police are looking for MrStevens´ nephew, John Stevens, aged 16, who lived with him.

NUMBER 026

TITLE Three Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

AUTHOR Arthur Conan Doyle

LEVEL IntermediateCOMMON EUROPEANFRAMEWORK

B1

SUMMARY

In these three stories we meet a young woman who is terrified of amysterious “speckled band”, a family who think five orange pips are a signof death, and a banker who believes that his son is a thief.

NUMBER 028

TITLE Three Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

AUTHOR Arthur Conan Doyle

LEVEL IntermediateCOMMON EUROPEANFRAMEWORK

B1

SUMMARY

In these three stories we meet a young woman who is terrified of amysterious “speckled band”, a family who think five orange pips are a signof death, and a banker who believes that his son is a thief.

NUMBER 029

TITLE Three Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

AUTHOR Arthur Conan Doyle

LEVEL IntermediateCOMMON EUROPEANFRAMEWORK

B1

SUMMARY

In these three stories we meet a young woman who is terrified of amysterious “speckled band”, a family who think five orange pips are a signof death, and a banker who believes that his son is a thief.

NUMBER 032

TITLE The Queen of Death

AUTHOR John Milne

LEVEL IntermediateCOMMON EUROPEANFRAMEWORK

B1

SUMMARY

When the archeologist Farrow mysteriously disappears, Chief InspectorSalahadin suspects a gang of smugglers is involved.

EXTRAS

With CD packGlossary of difficult vocabulary

NUMBER 033

TITLE The Sign of Four

AUTHOR Arthur Conan Doyle

LEVEL IntermediateCOMMON EUROPEANFRAMEWORK

B1

SUMMARY

Miss Morstan, Holmes and Doctor Watson will try to solve the mystery…

EXTRAS

With CD packGlossary of difficult vocabulary

NUMBER 034

TITLE The Space Invaders

AUTHOR Geoffrey Matthews

LEVEL IntermediateCOMMON EUROPEANFRAMEWORK

B1

SUMMARY

Date: 3984 Place: the planet ZeronOmega knows everything about Stefan Varon…

EXTRAS

With CD packGlossary of difficult vocabulary

NUMBER 035

TITLE Touching the Void

AUTHOR Joe Simpson

LEVEL IntermediateCOMMON EUROPEANFRAMEWORK

B1

SUMMARY

The story is a gripping story of human courage and one man´s will tosurvive

EXTRAS

With CD packGlossary of difficult vocabulary

NUMBER 037

TITLE The Woman Who Disappeared

AUTHOR Philip Prowse

LEVEL IntermediateCOMMON EUROPEANFRAMEWORK

B1

SUMMARY

It´s not much fun being a private eye. You get hit on the head, nearlykilled, and chased by the police.

EXTRAS

With CD packGlossary of difficult vocabulary

NUMBER 039

TITLE Down Second Avenue

AUTHOR Ezekiel Mphahlele

LEVEL IntermediateCOMMON EUROPEANFRAMEWORK

B1

SUMMARY

“Down Second Avenue” is the story of Eseki, a young boy who, during hisgrowth into adulthood, becomes slowly aware of the injustices, poverty andfear which are a normal part of life for black people in South Africa.

EXTRAS

Glossary of difficult vocabulary

NUMBER 040

TITLE Meet Me in Istanbul

AUTHOR Richard Chisholm

LEVEL IntermediateCOMMON EUROPEANFRAMEWORK

B1

SUMMARY

A short distance away a man in a grey raincoat stood in a dark doorway.He was watching Tom, watching every move he made…

EXTRAS

With CD packGlossary of difficult vocabulary

NUMBER 041

TITLE A New Lease of Death

AUTHOR Ruth Rendell

LEVEL IntermediateCOMMON EUROPEANFRAMEWORK

B1

SUMMARY

Chief Inspector Wexford was sure that the murder of an old lady had beencarried out by her employee, Herbert Painter, and the courts agreed withhim. But then Henry Archery, whose son is engaged to marry Painter´sdaughter, starts questioning the case…

EXTRAS

With CD packGlossary of difficult vocabulary

NUMBER 042

TITLE King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

AUTHOR Stephen Colbourn

LEVEL IntermediateCOMMON EUROPEANFRAMEWORK

B1

SUMMARY

The legends of Arthur and his famous Knights of the Round Table havefascinated and entertained readers for centuries.

EXTRAS

With CD packGlossary of difficult vocabulary

NUMBER 043

TITLE The Perfect Storm

AUTHOR Sebastian Junger

LEVEL IntermediateCOMMON EUROPEANFRAMEWORK

B1

SUMMARY

This is the true story of the perfect storm of October 1991, and of some ofthe people who were caught in that terrible storm. It was the worstweather that many people had ever seen.

EXTRAS

Glossary of difficult vocabulary

NUMBER 044

TITLE The Perfect Storm

AUTHOR Sebastian Junger

LEVEL IntermediateCOMMON EUROPEANFRAMEWORK

B1

SUMMARY

This is the true story of the perfect storm of October 1991, and of some ofthe people who were caught in that terrible storm. It was the worstweather that many people had ever seen.

EXTRAS

Glossary of difficult vocabulary

NUMBER 045

TITLE Live and Let Die

AUTHOR Ian Fleming

LEVEL IntermediateCOMMON EUROPEANFRAMEWORK

B1

SUMMARY

Bond finds himself in Jamaica investigating the underworld criminal “MrBig”. As usual, Bond gets caught up in many dangerous situations. He alsofalls in love with Mr Big´s girlfriend, the mysterious and beautiful Solitaire.

EXTRAS

Glossary of difficult vocabularyAudio CD´s

NUMBER 046

TITLE China

AUTHOR Jennifer Gascoigne

LEVEL IntermediateCOMMON EUROPEANFRAMEWORK

B1

SUMMARY

Welcome to China, where over 1,35 billion people live, where there arestrong artistic and medical traditions going back over 5.000 years, wherethey have the world´s second largest economy and where there are morethan 800 different types of tea! China is a unique mix of tradition andhistory and exciting progress – it is a country with something for everyone.

EXTRAS

Glossary of difficult vocabularyAudio CD´s

NUMBER 048

TITLE The Old Curiosity Shop

AUTHOR Charles Dickens

LEVEL IntermediateCOMMON EUROPEANFRAMEWORK

B1

SUMMARY

In a run-down part of London, where criminals and honest people live side-by side, Nell lives with her grandfather in The Old Curiosity Shop. They arevery poor, and Nell is worried because her grandfather stays out all nightand then is upset and ill when he returns. When disaster strikes, Nell musttry to protect herself and her grandfather from people who wish themharm, including the evil Mr Quilp.

EXTRAS

Glossary of difficult vocabularyAudio CD´s

NUMBER 049

TITLE The Woman Who Disappeared

AUTHOR Philip Prowse

LEVEL IntermediateCOMMON EUROPEANFRAMEWORK

B1

SUMMARY

It´s not much fun being a private eye. You get hit on the head, nearlykilled, and chased by the police.

EXTRAS

With CD packGlossary of difficult vocabulary

NUMBER 050

TITLE The Woman Who Disappeared

AUTHOR Philip Prowse

LEVEL IntermediateCOMMON EUROPEANFRAMEWORK

B1

SUMMARY

It´s not much fun being a private eye. You get hit on the head, nearlykilled, and chased by the police.

EXTRAS

With CD packGlossary of difficult vocabulary

NUMBER 051

TITLE Bristol Murder

AUTHOR Philip Prowse

LEVEL IntermediateCOMMON EUROPEANFRAMEWORK

B1

SUMMARY

The body of Mr Robert Stevens was found in his home at 24 DevonshireRoad, Bristol last night. There must have been a fight because a lot of thefurniture was broken. Nothing was stolen. The police are looking for MrStevens´ nephew, John Stevens, aged 16, who lived with him.

EXTRAS

With CD packGlossary of difficult vocabulary

NUMBER 052

TITLE Bristol Murder

AUTHOR Philip Prowse

LEVEL IntermediateCOMMON EUROPEANFRAMEWORK

B1

SUMMARY

The body of Mr Robert Stevens was found in his home at 24 DevonshireRoad, Bristol last night. There must have been a fight because a lot of thefurniture was broken. Nothing was stolen. The police are looking for MrStevens´ nephew, John Stevens, aged 16, who lived with him.

EXTRAS

With CD packGlossary of difficult vocabulary