Diane Mowat Livres

Suitable for younger learners Word count 18,055 Bestseller

Jeune Anglais assoiffe d'aventures, Robinson décide de s'embarquer à bord d'un navire. Il apprend la dure vie de marin et affronte de nombreux dangers. Après quelque temps passé au Brésil, il repart pour la Guinée, où il n'arrivera jamais... Unique survivant d'un naufrage, il échoue sur une île déserte. Il s'invente alors une vie solitaire, jusqu'au jour où débarque un jeune indigène, Vendredi...

Jonathan Harker, jeune clerc de notaire britannique, est envoyé par son étude dans un sinistre château de Transylvanie afin d'y négocier avec un certain comte Dracula l'achat d'une propriété en Angleterre. Il ne tarde pas à découvrir l'effroyable secret de son hôte, un vampire qui repose dans un cercueil dont il sort la nuit pour étancher sa soif de sang -et le jeune homme devient son prisonnier. Le comte Dracula part pour l'Angleterre, où il choisit pour première victime Lucy, amie de Mina, la fiancée de Jonathan, avant de s'attaquer à Mina elle-même. Un roman gothique au procédé narratif novateur, lettres, extraits du journal de Jonathan, articles de presse, et même transcription d'enregistrements phonographiques ! La chasse aux vampires est ouverte...

When the children dug a hole in the gravel-pit, they were very surprised at what they found. 'It' was a Psammead, a sand-fairy, thousands of years old. It was a strange little thing - fat and furry, and with eyes on long stalks. It was often very cross and unfriendly, but it could give wishes - one wish a day. 'How wonderful!' the children said. But wishes are difficult things. They can get you into trouble . . .

Now The Children of Green Knowe and River at Green Knowe are available in one edition. Children of Green KnoweTolly's great grandmother isn't a witch, but both she and her old house, Green Knowe, are full of a very special kind of magic.

Nicola Ferris, on leave from her job as a secretary in Athens, has been looking forward to a quiet week's holiday in Crete, enjoying the wild flowers and the company of her cousin Frances. But before she even reaches her destination Nicola stumbles on evidence of a murderous crime involving a young Englishman and a group of people tied together by blood and the bonds of greed. For the first time in her life Nicola meets a man and a situation she cannot deal with . . .

Matty is fifteen and is leaving school in a few weeks' time. He wants to work with animals, and would like to get a job on a farm. But his parents say he's too young to leave home - he must stay in the town and get a job in ship-building, like his father. They also say he can't go on a campingholiday with his friends. And they say he can't keep his dog, Nelson, because Nelson barks all day and eats his father's shoes. But it is because of Nelson that Matty finds a new life . . .

“Our story begins just outside Miss Pinkerton’s Academy for Young Ladies at Chiswick Mall in London. A large family carriage is waiting for two young ladies, Amelia Sedley and Becky Sharp.” In this Reader you will Focus on W. M. Thackeray, The Book’s Title, The Serial Novel, Waterloo | Glossary of difficult words | Comprehension and extension activities Tags Love | Jealousy | Family Vanity Fair was written 200 years ago, but it is a thoroughly modern story that provides us with universal truths about what it means to be human, in all its splendour – and with all its imperfections. It is a story full of memorable characters who accompany you on a fascinating journey through the first part of the nineteenth century.

Een Engelsman neemt de plaats in van zijn neef, de koning van Ruritanië.

Pack of ten best-selling iBookworms/i and– ideal for building up class libraries. Each Pack contains one copy of each listed title.liThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer/libr / liThe Elephant Man/libr /liA Little Princess/libr / liLove or Money?/libr / liThe Monkey's Paw/libr / liThe Phantom of the Opera/libr / liThe President's Murderer/libr / liSherlock Holmes and the Duke's Son/libr / liWhite Death/libr / liThe Wizard ofOz/li

"If you wake up in the night and hear a tap running somewhere in the house, what to you do? You get up, of course, and go and turn the tap off. A little later you hear the tap running again. You are alone in the house, and you know you turned the tap off. What do you think? The ghosts in these stories all have unfinished business with the living world. They come back from the grave to continue their work, to keep a promise, to look for something they have lost. Sometimes they want to help people, sometimes they want to punish them - or kill them."--Back cover

This series of readers is aimed at students at 6 levels from elementary to advanced. All stages have exercises for classroom or private use, plus a glossary to help with vocabulary. This elementary level book features a collection of short stories from the American humourist, O. Henry.

When a group of English schoolchildren are told that they are to be in a tetrathlon (swimming, running, shooting and riding) against the perfect Greycoats school, they are totally unenthusiastic but rally when a teacher encourages them.

A Florence, la veille de Noël, Langley Smythe, un diplomate retraité d'origine anglaise, est découvert mort dans son appartement. Au terme de son enquête, l'adjudant Guarnaccia, malgré une grippe envahissante et un stagiaire encombrant, va mettre au jour une sombre affaire de trafic d'objets d'art. Ce Maigret florentin (il officie au palais Pitti où il commande les carabiniers) est d'origine sicilienne. Gastronome notoire, doté d'un tempérament réservé, il compense son flegme inattendu par une opiniâtreté tenace. En mettant en scène dans le cadre enchanteur de Florence - ses ruelles encombrées, ses petits commerçants de quartier - ce personnage, héros depuis 1981 d'une douzaine d'enquêtes, sa mère spirituelle s'est attiré les louanges, d'autant plus flatteuses que rares, de Georges Simenon soi-même !

After the bleak depression of London in winter, Corfu seems like paradise to Lucy Waring. But this peace is soon to be shattered. Two incidents, seemingly unconnected, but both surrounded in mystery, throw her life into a dangerous spin

Suitable for younger learners Word count 5,310

This series of "Bookworms" offers younger readers the chance to enjoy lively and accessible adaptations of the best classic and modern fiction. Each title is highly illustrated to engage the reader in the world of the book and help with specific vocabulary.

Greg is a teenager with a problem - his father. After the death of Greg's mother in an accident, his father takes no interest in life at all. Greg tries hard to help him. His father is too old to rock and roll, of course . . . or is he? These short stories by Jan Mark look at life, love, and friendship through teenagers' eyes.

Suitable for younger learners Word count 5,310

Un pour tous, tous pour un ! Telle est la devise des mousquetaires. Pour le jeune d'Artagnan, aucun doute : il fera un jour partie de la prestigieuse compagnie qui protège le Roi. Afin de réaliser son rêve, il se rend à Paris. Il y rencontre trois mousquetaires, Athos, Porthos et Aramis, qui deviendront ses meilleurs amis. Mais avant la gloire, il y a les épreuves, les trahisons. Les quatre amis affrontent leur ennemi juré, le cardinal de Richelieu, déjouent les complots de Milady, démon au visage d'ange... Un pour tous, tous pour un ! Rien ne résiste aux mousquetaires du Roi ! Redécouvrez le classique d'Alexandre Dumas, merveilleusement illustré par Brett Helquist.