INGLESE - Narrativa
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Huck and Jim travel down the Mississippi from St. Petersburg to Cairo. Jim is a runaway slave so they have to be careful. They have a lot of adventures on the river. They even meet a king! But is he real? Huck soon finds out the truth.
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaNew 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 - NarrativaHamlet
Hamlet is the Prince of Denmark. His heart is filled with sadness and pain. Why? Only his two best friends, Horatio and Marcellus, know the true reason. The new king, Claudius, murdered Hamlet's father and married the young prince's mother. Will Hamlet be strong and brave enough to take revenge? Is he mad? Or does he have a secret plan?
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaSense and sensibility
Jane Austen
Elinor and Marianne Dashwood are two very different sisters. Marianne loves excitement and always shows her feelings; Elinor is quiet and has more good sense. They both fall in love and both suffer broken hearts. Will they ever find the right man to love and marry?
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° biennioGladiator
Maximus is a general in the Roman army. After his last battle he wants to return to his family. But the new Emperor Commodus hates Maximus, and kills his family. Soon Maximus is a prisoner, then a slave, and finally a gladiator. When Emperor Commodus joins Maximus in the arena they fight for their lives.
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaMuhammad Ali
Bernard Smith
In 1974 two Black Americans fought in Zaire, in Africa. One was Muhammad Ali. After the fight, he was the boxing champion of the world — again. But why did a young boy from Kentucky start to box? Why did he stop boxing? And what is he doing now?Area Private Language Schools / Secondaria di primo gradoCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaDr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson
Why is the frightening Mr Hyde a friend of the nice Dr Jekyll? Who is the evil little man? And why does he seem to have power over the doctor? After a terrible murder, everyone is looking for Mr Hyde. But he has disappeared. Or has he?
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaTipo Tutti tipi scuola 1° biennioKing Solomon's Mines
Henry Rider Haggard
Sir Henry Curtis, Captain John Good and Allan Quatermain are travelling to the mysterious, unmapped heart of Africa. Sir Henry wants to find his missing brother. Quatermain wants to find King Solomon's secret treasure. Is Sir Henry's brother still alive? Will they find King Solomon's treasure? Does the treasure even exist...?Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaAbout 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 - 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° biennioTitanic!
On the night of April 14, 1912, the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank. This is the full story. Why did the Titanic sink so quickly? Why did so many people die? What are the stories of all those people, young and old, rich and poor?
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 - NarrativaOthello
Othello is a popular soldier who is in love with his beautiful new wife. He also has good friends – like Iago, another soldier. So when Iago tells him terrible stories about his wife, Desdemona, who should Othello believe? Will jealousy destroy all their lives? This is one of William Shakespeare's greatest plays.
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaK'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 - NarrativaRip Van Winkle and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Washington Irving
Rip Van Winkle walks into the mountains one day and meets some strange old men. He comes home twenty years later. One dark night, Ichabod Crane is riding home and sees a man on a black horse behind him. The man has no head. Are there ghosts in these stories? What do you think?Area Private Language Schools / Secondaria di primo gradoCategoria 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 - NarrativaPirates 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 - NarrativaTheseus and the Minotaur
Theseus is the son of Poseidon, the god of the sea, but he is the son of King Aegeus of Athenstoo. Every year the Minotaur eats people from Athens. Theseus is strong and angry, but he is only a young man. Can he kill the Minotaur?
Area Private Language Schools / Secondaria di primo gradoCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - NarrativaNelson Mandela
La storia di un uomo che ha lottato per la libertà e l'indipendenza del popolo africano. La storia straordinaria di un grande uomo, un combattente della libertà e uno dei più importanti leader del mondo.
Area Private Language Schools / Secondaria di primo gradoCategoria 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 - 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 - 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 - NarrativaMysteries of the Unexplained
Le cose più strane che succedono nell'universo - altri mondi, oggetti strani e insoliti avvenimenti. Quanto ci credi? Guarda l'evidenza e decidi tu!
Area Secondaria di secondo grado / Private Language SchoolsCategoria Inglese / Discipline lingue moderneMateria Reading / INGLESE - Narrativa