Discipline lingue moderne
K's First Case
Louis G. Alexander
Katrina Kirby is a detective. People call her ‘K'. There has been a murder in a big country house. ‘K' knows that one of five people murdered Sir Michael Gray. Who did it? How? Why? This is a detective story with a difference: ‘K' needs your help with her case.
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaL'Homme au Masque de fer
Alexandre Dumas
Area Secondaria di secondo gradoCategoria Discipline lingue moderneMateria FRANCESE - NarrativaTipo Tutti tipi scuola 1° biennioNew York
Every year, millions of tourists visit New York—the most exciting city in the world. Read about its history, its sights and its people. What makes New York “the city that never sleeps?”
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaShakespeare - His life and Plays
Will S. Fowler
Shakespeare's plays are famous all over the world – in the theatre, in film and in the classroom. What do we know about the man? What kind of life did he have? Who were his friends? Why can we still laugh and suffer with his characters 400 years after his death?
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaAlexander the Great
Fiona Beddall
Alexander the Great has fascinated people since his death more than 2300 years ago. By the age of thirty he ruled the biggest Empire the world had ever known. This remarkable leader brought civilization to millions and shaped our world.
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaMidsummer Night's Dream
This wonderful story of fairies, dreams and lovers is as popular today as it was in Shakespeare's time. In a wood outside Athens, four young people are following their dreams, while fairies play strange games with them. Their world seems unreal – but is it really very different from our own?
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaFrankenstein
Frankenstein is probably the most famous horror story in the world. Victor Frankenstein is a young scientist who creates a monster from parts of dead bodies. At first the monster looks for love and wants to be kind. But soon, he learns to hate people and becomes evil. Frankenstein has learnt how to create life. But will this life destroy him?
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaThe Canterbury Tales
‘We'll give a free dinner to the person who tells the best story. Now, put up your hands if you agree.' The pilgrims all held up their hands. A group of pilgrims are travelling together for five days from London to Canterbury. On the way, each pilgrim has to tell a story to keep the others amused. Some stories are happy, and some are sad. But they all have a message, and we can learn from them.
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaTipo Tutti tipi scuola 1° biennioAbout a Boy
Will Freeman wants an easy life with no responsibilities. But then he meets Marcus – an unusual twelve year old boy with serious problems. About a Boy is a modern classic – a very funny story about a very serious subject: love. It's also a popular movie starring Hugh Grant.
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaDoctor Faustus
Christopher Marlowe
Doctor Faustus is a clever man who is greedy for knowledge and power. After he signs an agreement with the Devil, in his own blood, his new skills are admired around the world. But there are two sides to an agreement with the Devil. There is a price to pay...
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaDracula
Count Dracula is a vampire. He drinks people's blood. He lives in a lonely castle in the mountains of Transylvania. But then he comes to England and strange things start happening. People change. People become ill. Professor Van Helsing knows about vampires, but can he stop Count Dracula?
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaTipo Tutti tipi scuola 1° biennioFive One-Act Plays
Has Mrs Brown killed Granny on the beach? Why does Mrs Hill want to leave her husband? Who wants to steal the Professor's invention? And what is little Johnny trying to say? Discover the answers when you read the plays in this book. They are plays about ordinary people and the unusual, often funny, things that happen to them.
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaTipo Tutti tipi scuola 1° biennioThe Turn of the screw
A young woman comes to a big house to teach two young children. It's her first job and she wants to do it well. But she begins to see strange things – the ghosts of dead people. Do the ghosts want the children?
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaThe £1,000,000 Banknote
Mark Twain
Area Secondaria di secondo gradoCategoria Discipline lingue moderneMateria INGLESE - NarrativaTipo Tutti tipi scuola 1° biennioOliver Twist
Oliver's mother dies when he is born and he is brought up in a workhouse. His first years are cold and lonely – and then he runs away to London. But he falls into the hands of Fagin and the terrifying Bill Sykes. They try to turn Oliver into a criminal. Will he escape to find a better life?
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaThirty-Nine Steps
A man is killed in Richard Hannay's home. Before his death he tells Hannay a dangerous secret. Now Hannay's life is in danger. Who are his enemies and what are they trying to do? And how will he solve the mystery of ‘the thirty-nine steps'?
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaStories from Shakespeare
These are the stories of some of Shakespeare's most famous plays. We travel to Venice, Greece, Denmark and Rome, and meet many different people. There is a greedy money-lender, a fairy king and queen, some Roman politicians and a young prince who meets the ghost of his murdered father.
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaBraveheart
‘Sons of Scotland! You have come here to fight as free men. If you fight, perhaps you'll die. If you run, you may live for a time. But at what cost?' Braveheart is the story of William Wallace, who gave hope to Scottish people in their fight to be free.
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaTipo Tutti tipi scuola 1° biennioMichel Strogoff
Jules Verne
Area Secondaria di secondo gradoCategoria Discipline lingue moderneMateria FRANCESE - NarrativaTipo Tutti tipi scuola 1° biennioPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Jack Sparrow, captain of the Black Pearl, is back in a new adventure. This time he, Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann, and Commodore Norrington are all looking for a chest that belongs to the terrible Captain Davy Jones. But Davy Jones has other plans for Jack Sparrow...
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaStories of Courage
Otto storie ispirate alla vita reale di persone che hanno dimostrato grande coraggio di fronte a incredibili difficoltà. La vera storia di Erin Brockovich, la storia di un incredibile fuga dalla morte in Africa e quella del corridore più coraggioso di Cuba…. e molte altre ancora!
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaCrime Story Collection
L'omicidio di un estraneo o di un parente, in una cittadina tranquilla o in un' affollata città americana. Accade dappertutto per qualsiasi ragione. Brevi racconti scritti da alcuni dei migliori moderni scrittori del crimine.
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaNicholas Nickleby
Nicholas Nickleby è un uomo gentile che lavora presso una scuola disagiata dove la gente è povera e i bambini affamati. Potrà mai essere felice in un mondo dove le persone stupide e avide detengono il potere mentre le persone più coraggiose e oneste non hanno nulla? Una storia che ora è diventato un film di successo.
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaA Study in Scarlet
Arthur Conan Doyle
Area Secondaria di secondo gradoCategoria Discipline lingue moderneMateria INGLESE - NarrativaTipo Tutti tipi scuola 1° biennio