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Nº ORDEN TÍTULO (AUTOR) RESUMEN 1 RG – 100 DI – 75

THE CANTERVILLE GHOST and other stories (Oscar Wilde)

An American family move into an old British castle which has been haunted by a ghost.

2 RG – 101 DI – 87

THREE GREAT PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE (William Shakespeare)

► Romeo and Juliet ► Macbeth ► King Lear

3

RG – 130 DI – 86

THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS (John Buchan)

A man is running away. His life is in danger. He is hunted both by the police and a cruel enemy. He must stay free –and alive— to give the warning that his country is about to be attacked. But will anyone believe him before it is too late?

4

RG – 244 DI – 1082

THE DANGER (Dick Francis)

In Italy, Alessia Cenci, a famous jockey is kidnapped. It is Andrew Douglas’s job to get her back from the kidnappers –alive! Next a small child, Dominic Nerrity, is Kidnapped in England. Then Morgan Freemantle is Kidnapped in the United States. All three Kidnappings are in the horse-racing world. Is the same man behind them? Andrew Douglas looks for the man and this leads him into danger.

5

RG – 245 DI – 173

FAREWELL MY LOVELY (Raymond Chandler)

Private detective Philip Marlowe is in trouble again! He witnesses a murder. He knows the killer. The police do not want to find the murderer. Marlowe thinks this is strange. He knows something is wrong. Will he discover the truth?

6

RG – 246 DI – 174

THE BABY PARTY and other stories (F. Scott Fitzgerald)

F. Scott Fitzgerald is one of the most famous American writers of this century. In these four stories, he shows how different people react in a variety of very different situations: with humour and horror, he shows us the light and dark sides of human nature, the deepest of human emotions.

7

RG – 249 DI – 177

FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (Thomas Hardy)

Bathsheba Everdene id s beautiful young woman. Three men say they love but she marries the wrong one. This tragic story takes place in the beautiful countryside of the South of England.

8

RG – 250 DI – 178

WHITE FANG (Jack London)

‘The land was enormous, white with snow, and silent. Into the still, lifeless silence broke the sounds and movements of life – of dogs breathing, and men calling to the dogs…’ White Fang is one of these dogs of the frozen north. White Fang, the greatest fighter of them all…

9

RG – 252 DI – 180

HAMLET (Jennifer Bassett)

Hamlet is rich, hadsome, and clever. He drives a sports car, is popular with women, and should have a great future. Until one night, in the shadow of a factory wall, he begins to discover the true story of his father’s death. He was murdered. Murdered by someone Hamlet knows…

10

RG – 255 DI – 183

THE GRASS IS SINGING (Doris Lessing)

Mary marries Charlie Turner, a poor white South African farmer. The farm is miles away from anyone. Mary is bored, lonely and unhappy. The story shows her feelings change from disappointment to madness to violence.

11

RG – 256 DI – 184

THE OLD JEST (Jennofer Johnston)

It is the late summer of 1920 near Dublin. Nancy is eighteen years old; she is young and in love; she is growing up. She spends a lot of time writing her diary in a beach hut. Here everything is quiet, but the Dublin newspapers are full of bombings and shootings. Then one day, Nancy meets a mysterious stranger on the beach and knows her life is about to change for ever…

12

RG – 258 DI – 186

VERY SHORT STORIES (Jake Allsop)

These eleven stories are exciting and intriguing. Set in locations all around the world with plots that cover romance, fantasy and comedy, they are so short that they can easily be read in a single sitting.






Nº ORDEN TÍTULO (AUTOR) RESUMEN 13

RG – 267 DI – 195

THE MYSTERY OF THE BLUE MINES (Kris Anderson)

Something strange is happening at the Blue Mines. Strong men and fierce dogs guard the gates and there are stories of a secret tunnel. One man has already died trying to uncover the truth. How did he die and who killed him? Steve Malone is sent to investigate.

14 RG – 268 DI – 196

THE HONG-KONG CONNECTION (Peter Cooper)

Chief Superintendent of Police, Robert Scott, is investigating the murder of a burglar, Harry Bond. Two more murders follow. When Scott uncovers some library books, a very interesting postcard and two false passports, the connection has to be Hong Kong. A trip to Hong Kong island leads Scott to the key to unlocking the mystery.

15 RG – 273 DI – 201

TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION (Edgar Allan Poe)

► You are the man. ► The Gold Bug. ► The Stolen Letter. ► The Murders in the Rue Morgue. ► Down into the Maelstrom. ► The Pit and the Pendulum.

16

RG – 274 DI – 202

THREE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

► The Speckled Band. ► The Five Orange Pips. ► The Crown of Diamonds.

17

RG – 281 DI – 207

LORNA DOONE (R.D. Blackmore)

The story of love and adventure in set in a small port in the south of England at the time of the Napoleonic wars. The reader meets the historical characters Wellington, Napoleon and King George III besides the hero and other invented people.

18

RG – 288 DI – 210

VANITY FAIR (William Thackeray)

The setting of this story is a world in which everybody is struggling to get things that are of no real importance.

19

RG – 289 DI – 211

THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

► The Six Napoleons. ► The Norwood Builder. ► The Golden Glasses.

20

RG – 290 DI – 212

DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (Robert Louis Stevenson)

Dr Jekyll discovers a chemical mixture that will separate the evil part of himnself into a different body – Mr Hyde.

21

RG – 291 DI – 213

OLIVER TWIST (Charles Dickens)

The life and tribulations of this orphan in London

22

RG – 292 DI – 214

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (Jane Austen)

A most humorous book, Pride & Prejudice is the story of a young man and a girl. He is proud –although attracted to her, he thinks himself too good for the girl and her family. She is prejudiced – having once formed an opinion of him, she refuses to change it...

23

RG – 293 DI – 215

LITTLE WOMEN (Louisa May Alcott)

Little Women is the story of The Marches, a family used to hard toil and suffering. Although Father March is away with the Union armies, the sisters Meg, Jo, Amy and Beth keep in high spirits with their mother, affectionately named Marmee.

24

RG – 294 DI – 216

JANE EYRE (Charlotte Brontë)

This novel shoed, as no novel before it had ever shown, a true understanding of human character and the causes of human behaviour.

25

RG – 295 DI – 217

KING SOLOMON’S MINES (Sir H. Rider Haggard)

A classic of African adventure. Tribulations of an expedition in search for the King Salomon’s diamond mines.







RG – 296 DI – 218

THE SNOW GOOSE and other stories (Paul Gallico)

Three short stories by very popular American writer Paul Gallico, born in New York in 1897.

27 RG – 308 DI – 230

THE BOOK OF BRITISH HUMOUR (Judith King, Ronald Ridout & D.K. Swan)

What makes the British laugh? Is it the fat man who falls on a banana skin? Or is it clever wordplay? Or what? Many students of English find British humour difficult to understand. This book aims to show the many different kinds of jokes that the British have laughed at through the years.

28 RG – 313 DI – 235

EIGHT GHOST STORIES (S. H. Burton)

Here are eight stories to fill you with wonder… Who or what killed Mr Robinson on the moor? What is the secret of room 7? Why should a voice lead a man to destruction? How can a dead woman have power over the living? Not all the questions have answers –so take our advice—don’t read these late at night.

29

RG – 315 DI – 237

SEVEN SHERLOCK HOLMES STORIES A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The king of Bohemia is going to marry a princess. He is afraid, very afraid, that the marriage will be stopped. Why? Because of an old photograph. The king must get the photograph back. Read how a scandal almost touched the king, and how a woman became the only person to beat Sherlock Holmes.

30

RG – 320 DI – 242

NOTHING TO FEAR and other stories (L.P. Hartley, R.U. Joyce, J. Symons, E.T., A.L.)

The Bartons have a cattle farm in Africa. It is a four-hour drive to the nearest village. So when John Barton tells his daughter, Barbara, that he must go away for a week and leave her, she is very nervous. But why? Jim, the old houseboy, is there; the two dogs never leave her side. So why is she nervous? She has nothing to fear, has she?

31

RG – 332 DI – 254

THE PRISONER OF ZENDA (Anthony Hope)

Rudolph, the young king of Ruritania, is a man surrounded by enemies. The king’s brother will stop at nothing to get the crown and the woman that the king loves. Imprisoned in the castle of Zenda, the king is at his brother’s mercy. Only the man who looks so remarkably like the king can possibly do anything to save him …

32

RG – 334 DI – 256

DETECTIVE WORK (John Escott)

A diamond necklace is stolen from a museum. Everyone who works at the museum could be guilty. But who really took the necklace, and why? Paul, a young student, helps the police to find the thief.

33

RG – 336 DI – 258



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RG – 339 DI – 261

FAREWELL MY LOVELY (Raymond Chandler)

Private detective Philip Marlowe is in trouble again! He witnesses a murder. He knows the killer. The police do not want to find the murderer. Marlowe thinks this is strange. He knows something is wrong. Will he discover the truth?

35

RG – 340 DI – 262

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RG – 342 DI – 264


Mrs Bennet wants all her daughters to marry. When a rich young man, Mr Darcy, comes to the village where the Bennet family lives, Mrs Bennet thinks he will make a wonderful husband. Does her daughter Elizabeth love Mr Darcy? What will happen to Mrs Bennet´s other daughters?

37

RG – 344 DI – 266

GHOST AND HORROR STORIES (M.R. James)

A tree full of enormous spiders; curtains like a dead man´s hair, an old man with no eyes and a boy ith no heart. These are some of the things you will discover in these stories by M.R. James, one of the greatest horror writers of all time.







RG – 345 DI – 267

DRACULA (Bram Stoker)

Count Dracula is a vampire. He drinks people´s blood. He lives in a lonely castle in the mountains of a distant country. But then he comes to England ... Professor van Helsing knows about vampires, but can he stop Dracula?

39

RG – 350 DI – 272

40 RG – 355 DI – 277

WHITE FANG (Jack London)

“The land was enormous, white with snow, and silent. Into the still, lifeless silence broke the sounds and movements of life – of dogs breathing, and men calling to the dogs ...” White Fang is one of these dosgs of frozen north. White Fang, the greatest fighter of them all ...

41

RG – 357 DI – 279

KING LEAR (William Shakespeare)

Chicago, the windy city. Money, guns, business, and crime. Big crime. At the top sits Lear, Lear “the King”, Leat the Boss, whose strong hand has ruled the gangster underworld for years. Lear, is old, tired – tired of giving orders and making decisiones, tired of power... But power isn´t like a box of sweets. You can´t just give it away ...

42

RG – 358 DI – 280

ROMEO AND JULIET (William Shakespeare)

Montague´s and Capulet´s - two Liverpoll nightclubs, two Liverpool familles caught in a long history of violence and hatred. When, if ever, will it all stop? There is hope, in the shape of two innocent young lovers – but perhaps the vilence is too great and the hatred too deep. Can Romeo and Juliet´s love survive?

43

RG – 359 DI – 281

THE TEMPEST (William Shakespeare)

Miranda is the daughter of a famous film director – Prospero, “the Magician”. She remembers very littie of her childhood, until one day she sees her life in a strange dream. But is it the past, or the presente, or the future? Is it her dream or her father´s dream? Perhaps her father is a real magician, and perhaps the worlds of dream and reality are not so very far apart ...

44

RG – 360 DI – 282



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RG – 362 DI – 284

WEB (John Wyndham)

The island of Tanakuatua seems like heaven to the forty people who go there to create a new society. But soon they start to die in a horrible way. Something strange is in the forest. Two of the group decide to fight!

46

RG – 594 DI – 488

47

RG – 596 DI – 490

THE DEAD OF JERICO (Colin Dexter)

Chief Inspector Morse is drinking a pint of beer. He is thinking about an attractive woman who lives not far away.

48

RG – 600 DI – 494

TALES OF CRIME AND DETECTION (David Foulds)

A rich young man is gambling in Paris. He wins a lot of money, but then becomes ill. He is put into a large, old-fashioned bed which has a heavy cover, like a roof, made of cloth. As he is lying there, the cover seems to come down towards him. Is he dreaming, or is he in serious danger?

49

RG – 617 DI – 511

THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO (Alexandre Dumas)

This is a historical novel although the years of the action are in Dumas’ own lifetime. The action begins in 1815, and the book appeared in 1844.







RG – 622 DI – 516

THE “AFRICAN QUEEN” (C.S. Forester)

The African Queen is an old, dirty, ugly, unreliable steamboat. On board,a missionary’s sister and a rough, uneducated mechanic set off down a dangerous river through the forests of Central Africa. The First World War has just begun. A perfect combination of adventure and romance.

51

RG – 629 DI – 523

THE SIGN OF FOUR (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I am afraid”, said Miss Morstan. “What should I do, Mr Holmes?” Holmes jumped up excitedly. “We shall go tonight to the Lyceum Theatre – the three of us – you and I and Doctor Watson. We´ll meet your unknown friend. And we´ll try to solve the mystery”.

52 RG – 633 DI – 527

JUDE THE OBSCURE (Thomas Hardy)

Jude the Obscure is one of Thomas Hardy´s most pessimistic novels. Jude Fawley and Sue Bridehead have both had unhappy first marrieges. They fall in love. This is the story of their love, and of the way their past returns, bringing them problems and, in the end, tragedy and sadness.

53

RG – 634 DI – 528

ELEMENTARY VERY SHORT STORIES (Jake Allsop)

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54

RG – 753 DI – 620

THE YOUNG KING and other stories (Oscar Wilde)

► The Young King ► The Birthday of the Infanta. ► The Happy Prince. ► The Fisherman and his Soul. ► The Nightingale and the Rose. ► The Star Child. ► The Selfish Giant.

55

RG – 756 DI – 623

GHOST STORIES (Rosemary Border)

After dinner we turned the lights out andplayed “hide-and-seek”. In the dark, I touched a hand, a very cold hand. Now, because of the game, I had to hide in the dark with...with this cold person- note speaking, not knowing who it was. Slowly the others found us, hid with us, until we were all there – all thirteen.

56

RG – 902 DI – 747

THREE MEN IN A BOAT (Jerome K. Jerome)

“I like work. I find it interesting...I can sit and look at it for hours”. With ideas like this, perhaps it is not a good plan to spend a holiday taking a boat up the River Thames. But this is what the three friends decide to do. It is the sort of holiday that it is fun to remember afterwards, but not so much fun to wake up to early on a cold, wet morning.

57

RG – 1028 DI – 815

58

RG – 1029 DI – 816

THREE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

► The Speckled Band. ► The Five Orange Pips. ► The Crown of Diamonds.

59

RG – 1030 DI – 817

THE CALL OF THE WILD (Jack London)

A world of ice though the eyes of a dog.

60

RG – 1031 DI – 818

THREE MYSTERY PLAYS (Donn Byrne)

A crime took place in 1970. Forty thousand pounds was stolen from a bank and the money wal all in five-pound notes. Three men were sent to prison, but a lot of the money was never found.

61

RG – 1034 DI – 821

NOTHING TO FEAR and other stories (L.P. Hartley, R.U. Joyce, Julian Symons et al.)

The Bartons have a cattle farm in Africa. It is a four-hour drive to teh nearest village.So when John Barton tells his daughter, Barbara, that he must go away for a week and leave her, she is very nervous. But why? Jim, the old houseboy, is there; the two dogs never leave her side. So why is she nervous? She has nothing to fear, has she?







RG – 1035 DI – 822

THE WHITE MOUNTAINS (John Christopher)

Imagine life in the year 2100. The worl is controlled by strange machines – Tripods.They fit metal Caps to men´s heads, and through these they control men´s minds.

63

RG – 1036 DI – 823

THE BIRDS and other stories (Daphne du Maurier)

It was December when the birds first came. Slowly at first – just the small birds that lived in the gardens. Then, slowly, the hawks and gulls joined in – joined in their desire to destroy all men.

64 RG – 1111 DI – 877

A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The king of Bohemia is going to marry a princess. He is afraid, very afraid, that the marriage will be stopped. Why? Because of an old photograph. The king must get the photograph back.

65

RG – 1113 DI – 879

THE CALL OF THE WILD (Jack London)

A wold of ice through the eyes of a dog

66

RG – 1114 DI – 880

THE SNOW GOOSE and other stories (Paul Gallico)

Three short stories by very popular American writer Paul Gallico, born in New York in 1897.

67

RG – 1120 DI – 886


Rudolph, the young king of Ruritania, is a man surroundey by enemies. The king´s brother will stop at nothing to get the crown and the woman that th king loves. Imprisoned in the castle of Zenda, th kingis at his brother´s mercy. Only the man who looks so remarkably like the king can possibly do anything to save him.

68

RG – 1124 DI – 890

THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

► The Six Napoleons. ► The Norwood Builder. ► The Golden Glasses.

69

RG – 1456 DI – 1086

THE BIG SLEEP (Raymond Chandler)

General Sternwood has four million dollars, and two young daughters, both pretty and both wild. He´s an old, sick man, close to death, but he doesn´t like being blackmailed. So he asks private detective Philip Marlowe to get the blackmailer off his back.

70

RG – 1457 DI – 1087

I, ROBOT (Isaac Asimov)

A human being is a soft, weak creature. It needs constant supplies of air, water, and food; it has to spend a third of its life asleep, and it can´t work if the temperature is too hot or too cold. But a robot is made of strong metal. It uses electrical energy directly, never sleeps, and can work in any temperature. It is stronger, more efficient - and sometimes more human than human beings.

71

RG – 1597 DI – 1202

KING SOLOMON´S MINES (Sir H Rider Haggard)

A classic of African adventure. Tribulationms of an expedition in search for the King Salomon’s diamond mines.

72

RG – 1598 DI – 1203

THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER (Mark Twain)

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer depicts the life of an imaginative, troublesome boy in the American West of the 1840s. The novel is intensely dramatic in its construction, taking the form of a series of comic vignettes based on Tom's exploits. These vignettes are linked together by a darker story that grows in importance throughout the novel — Tom's life-threatening entanglement with the murderer Injun Joe.

73

RG – 1604 DI – 1209


Rudolph, the young king of Ruritania, is a man surroundey by enemies. The king´s brother will stop at nothing to ges the crown and the woman that the king loves. Imprisoned in the castle of Zenda, the kin is at his brother´s mercy. Only the man who looks so remarkably like the king can possibly do anything to save him.






Nº ORDEN TÍTULO (AUTOR) RESUMEN

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RG – 1605 DI – 1210

TREASURE ISLAND (RL Stevenson)

“Treasure” island is the island on the map that young Jim Hawkins finds in the wooden chest of Billy Bones, the dead sea captain. The local squire, the doctor and Jim decide to find this treasure and they buy a ship. Bur when they look for a crew to sail the ship, they choose the cruel men who have been following Billy Bones and his map with the fearful “black spot”.

75

RG – 1609 DI – 1214

THE RING (Bernard Smith)

The story of the madman, Rafael, and his gold ring is a story of murder, mystery and love. Many people know part of Rafael´s story, but no one knows th whole truth. One man tries to find out what really happened ...

76 RG – 1610 DI – 1215

THE FORGER (Robert O´Neill)

David Rutland is a young artist. Police Inspector Moore wants his help to catch Bruno Sharp, who has been forging paintings for many years. David goes to Switzerland ad becomes Sharp´s assistant. It is dangerous work andthere are evil men watching him. But slowly he learns the forger´s secrets and uncovers his mysterious past ...

77

RG – 1626 DI – 1231

THREE MEN IN A BOAT (Jerome K. Jerome)

“I like work. I find it interesting … I can sit and look at it for hours.” With ideas like this, perhaps it is not a good plan to spend a holiday taking a boat up the River Thames. But this is what the three friends decide to do. It is the sort of holiday that it is fun to remember afterwards, but not so much fun to wake up to early on a cold, wet morning. This famous book has made people laugh all over the world for 100 years … and they are still laughing.

78

RG – 2093 DI – 1555

ON THE BEACH (Nevil Shute)

On the Beach describes the lives of the Holmes family and their friends and neighbours as the radiation comes closer adn closer. What can they do? Is this the end of life on earth?

79

RG – 2104 DI – 1566

THE SHETLAND BUS (David Howarth)

This story tells of voyages in small boats, in the dark winters of the far north, from Shetland Islands to Norway.

80

RG – 2105 DI – 1567

THE GENERATION GAP (James M. Stitt)

The views and attitudes of older and younger generations to the changes going on in society.

81

RG – 2146 DI – 1597

DAVID COPPERFIELD (Charles Dickens)

Although he is only eight years old, Mr Murdstone does beat him, and David is so frightened that he bites his cruel stepfather’s hand. For that, he is kept locked in his room for five days and nights, and nobody is allowed to speak to him.

82

RG – 2150 DI – 1601

DESERT MOUNTAIN SEA (Sue Leather)

Three different parts of the world, but all of them dangerous, lonely places. Three different women, but all of them determined to go and to come back alive! Three reak adventures. Three really adventurous women.

83

RG – 2191 DI – 1642

MR MIDSHIPMAN HORNBLOWER (C.S.Forester)

“Hornblower fired. There was a small cloud of smoke, but no bang. This is death, he thought. My pistol was the unloaded one”.But Horatio Hornblower does not die. He survives the duel with Simpson, learns to overcome his seasickness, and goes on to risk his life many times over. It is 1793, Britain is at war with France, and life on a sailing ship of war is hard and dangerous. But the hardest battles are fought by Hornblower within himself.

84

RG – 2239 DI – 1674

THE THIRTY – NINE STEPS (John Buchan)

One evening Hannay returns home and finds Scudder dead on the floor. Hannay knows that his own life is in danger.He has to live if he is going to save his country. But who are his enemies? What are they trying to do? And what did Scudder mean when he wrote the words “thirty-nine steps” in his secret notebook?







RG – 2240 DI – 1675

THE MYSTERY OF THE BLUE MINES (Kris Anderson)

Something strange is happening at the Blue Mines. Strong men and fierce dogs guard the gates and there are stories of a secret tunnel. One man has already died trying to uncover the truth. How did he die and who killed him? Steve Malone is sent to investigate.

86

RG – 2241 DI – 1676


Jonathan Harker travels to Transylavania to visit his client, CountDracula. While there, he discovers that the Count has a terrible and bloody secret.When Dracula moves to England, Jonathan´s friends and family are in danger of becoming his victims. Can they destroy the evil Count before he wins control of thir lives? They begin a desperate chase across Europe in their mission to end the vampire´s reign.

87

RG – 2276 DI – 1695

KING SOLOMON´S MINES (Sir H Rider Haggard)

A classic of African adventure. Tribulationms of an expedition in search for the King Salomon’s diamond mines.

88 RG – 2277 DI – 1696

THE LOST WORLD JURASSIC PARK (Michael Crichton)

The Lost World is the part of Jurassic Park. Six years ago the dinosaurs vere destroyed and Jurassic Park was closed. One day a man goes back to Jurassic park. An animal kills him. Is it a dinosaur? Something is still alive ...

89

RG – 2278 DI – 1697

THE GREAT GATSBY (F.Scott Fitzgerald)

No one knew where Jay Gatsby ha come from or how he had become so rich. Everyone in New York went to the parties in Gatsby´s beautiful house on Long Island. The ate his food and drank his wine. Bur he was interested in only one person, Daisy Buchanan. He would do anything to please her.

90

RG – 2299 DI – 1718

THE CLIENT (John Grisham)

Mark Sway is eleven and he knows a terrible secrt. He knows where a body is hidden. Some secrets are so dangerous it´s better not to tell. But then, it´s just as dangerous if you don´t. So Mark needs help and he needs it fast ... because there isn´t much time.

91

RG – 2300 DI – 1719


Mark Sway is eleven and he knows a terrible secret. He knows where a body is hidden. Some secrets are so dangerous it´s better not to tell. But then, it´s just as dangerous if you don´t. So Mark needs help and he needs it fast... because there isn´t much time.

92

RG – 2399 DI – 1805

MUSICAL CHEERS and other very short stories (Alan Maley)

Here are 20 stories, and they´re so short you don´t even have to turn over the page! Alan Maley has written these very,very short stories especially for students who want to enjoy good, easy-to-read fiction in authentic English.These are stories of comedy, adventure, action, and sadness, all set in countries such as China,France, Israel and Britain.”Musical Cheers” is about a man with a very unusual job in the music business!

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RG – 2400 DI – 1806

CAMPBELL´S CROSSING and other very short stories (Alan Maley)

Campbell’s Crossing and Other Stories is Alan Maley’s first book of short stories. They are an exciting variety of romance, comedy and mystery, with lots of different characters, and settings all over the world. “Campbell’s Crossing” is set in Scotland, and is about the lives of young people in a small village.

94

RG – 2427 DI – 1833

THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (Sir A. Conan Doyle)

Dartmoor. A wild, wet place in the Southwest of England. A man is running for his life. Behind him comes an enormous dog- a dog from his worst dreams, a dog from hell. Between him and a terible death stands only one person – the greatest detective of all time, Sherlock Holmes.

95

RG – 340 DI – 262

THE DOLL’S HOUSE and other short stories (Katherine Mansfield)

Bliss – a Londoner is happy with her husband, her baby, her house and her friends. Is her life as perfect as it seems? Mr Reginald Peacock’s Day - life from the perspective of a singing teacher. Why does he seem to be at war with his wife? The Doll’s House is about three girls and their wonderful doll’s house. What is preventing everyone from enjoying it? The Garden Party - a young woman confronted with two different realities in one afternoon. She attends a fancy garden party at her home and then visits the home of some poor neighbours who have had a death in the family.







THE BODY (Stephen King)

Four young boys go to look for a friend who disappeared. They think he is dead. As they look for him they discover how cruel the world can be.

97

RG – 2555 DI – 1923

NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH (George Kershaw)

Hu is a teenage student at an international school in the exciting city of Bangkok. She has a problema with one of the teachers and does not know what to do. An adventure in a national park, acting in a musical, and the help o ffriends make Hu realise that she must tell nothing but the truth.

98

RG – 2556 DI – 1924

DOLPHIN MUSIC (Antoinette Moses)

The year is 2051. CONTROL, the government of Europe, keeps everyone happy in a virtual reality. This is a world where it is too hot to go out, and where wonderful music made by dolphins gives everyone pleasure. It’s a world which is changed forever when music critic Saul Grant discovers what makes the dolphins sing and sets out to free them.

99

RG – 2557 DI – 1925

WHEN SUMMER COMES (Helen Naylor)

S & A Martins take a holiday break in a seaside village to escape the stress of London. They love it there and make a new friend, a local fisherman. But when Stephen is suddenly called back to London on business, their lives start to change.

100 RG – 2558 DI – 1926

DEATH IN THE DOJO (Sue Leather)

Reporter Kate Jensen is investigating the death of a karate master in a “dojo”, a karate training room, in London. Another death quickly follows and Jensen finds herself drawn into a mystery that leads her to Japan, and to a crime committed thirty years earlier.

101

RG – 2915 DI – 2217

DEATH IN THE DOJO (Sue Leather)

The same as above.

102

RG – 2916 DI – 2218

WHEN SUMMER COMES (Helen Naylor)

The same as above.

103

RG – 2917 DI – 2219

A MATTER OF CHANCE (David A. Hill)

Paul Morris’s happy life in Italy changes when his wife dies suddenly. He develops an exciting relationship with Sandra, a friend at work. But all is not as it seems and Paul finds himself involved in a world of international crime and a car chase across Europe.

104

RG – 2918 DI – 2220

DOLPHIN MUSIC (Antoinette Moses)

The same as above.

105

RG – 2919 DI – 2221

106

RG – 2920 DI – 2222

IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOUNTAIN (Helen Naylor)

Clare Crowe, a journalist, travels to Switzerland to bring home th body of her grandfather, which has appeared from the bottom of a glacier 74 years after a climbing accident. Or was it an accident? Clare finds out more about her family´s past than she expected and reaches decisions about her personal and professional life.

107

RG – 2921 DI – 2223

NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH (George Kershaw)

Hus is a teenage student at an international school in the exciting city of Bangkok. She has a problem with one of the teachers and does not know what to do. An adventure in a national park, acting in a musical, and the help of friens make Hu realise that she must tell nothing but the truth.







RG – 2922 DI – 2224

THE LADY IN WHITE (Colin Campbell)

John is a successful TV producer with a happy family life. He wants to make a programme about the strange story of a hitch-hiker. Then he finds out that the story and things that have happened in his own life are very similar. He begins to worry about his wife and young child and that he may be going mad.

109

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110

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Mark Sway is eleven and he knows a terrible secret. He knows where abody is hidden. Some secrets are so dangerous it´s better not to tell. But then, it´s just as dangerous if you don´t. So Mark needs help and he needs it fast ... because there ins´t much time.

111

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STORIES FROM SHAKESPEARE (William Shakespeare)

► The Merchant of Venice. ► A Midsummer Night’s Dream. ► Hamlet. ► Julius Caesar.

112 RG – 2995 DI – 2297

113

RG – 2996 DI – 2298

CRIME STORY COLLECTION (Margery Allingham y otros)

Most of these stories are about murder. Murder of a stranger or a relative, murder in a quiet English town or in a crowded American city. It happens everywhere, it seems and for all kinds of reasons.

114

RG – 2997 DI – 2299

THE GREAT DISCOVERY (Mandy Loader)

When archeologist Tim Saunders sits opposite a mysterious girl on a train in Egypt, he notices th bracelet she´s wearing; a bracelet he feels could be a treasure from the lost tomb of Queen Cleopatra. When the girl later takes him to see some more jewellery, Tim thinks he could be about to make a great discovery – one that could make him famous throughout the world ...

115

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THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (Oscar Wilde)

When the superbly handsome Dorian Gray sees his portrait he makes a terribe wish: that the portrait will grow older and that he will remain young forever. What happens to the portrait that no one ever sees? A brilliant and disturbing story of a man who is willing to sell his soul for eternal youth, while he pursues pleasure and passion.

116

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Here are 20 stories, and they’re so short you don’t even have to turn over the page! Alan Maley has written these very,very short stories especially for students who want to enjoy good, easy-to-read fiction in authentic English.These are stories of comedy, adventure, action, and sadness, all set in countries such as China,France, Israel and Britain.”Musical Cheers” is about a man with a very unusual job in the music business!

117

RG – 3162 DI – 2464


Clare Crowe, a journalist, travels to Switzerland to bring home the body of her grandfather, which has appeared from the bottom of a glacier 74 years after a climbing accident. Or was it an accident?Clare finds out more about her family´s past than she expected and reaches decisions about her personal and professional life.

118

RG – 3174 DI – 2476

BOARD GAMES (James Butler)

Arthur Mowbray is the brilliant inventor of the Mowbray Murder game, and head of the company that bears his name.When his body is discovered in the dining room of his country home, Inspector Barry Ainsworth is sent to investigate the crime.The Inspector knows that the murderer is one of the company directors and in order to solve the crime he has to learn the truth about the Mowbray company and the fierce rivalry which exists between the directors.







RG – 3175 DI – 2477

THE SCARLET LETTER (Nathaniel Hawthorne)

The story takes place in the Puritan settlement of Boston Between 1642 and 1649,where the young heroine, Hester Prynne, is condemned to wear the scaret letter “A” because she has committed adultery.

120

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The same as above.

121

RG – 3179 DI – 2481

EMMA (Jane Austen)

Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever and rich, has a perfect life. She has decided never to get married but to live as the mistress at Hartfield, her father´s house in the beautiful English countryside.But when she starts match-making she finds that her imagination has led her into danger ...

122

RG – 3355 DI – 2657

STAYING TOGETHER (Judith Wilson)

Ikuko goes to England to study, promising to return to Japan to get married. But in Birmingham, Ikuko not only discovers another way of life but alsoa great deal about herself. This is a powerful story about a love that is carried across three continents and even time itself...

123 RG – 3356 DI – 2658

THE AMSTERDAM CONNECTION (Sue Leather)

Reporter Kate Jensen travels to Amsterdam when a friend is found dead there. Her search for the murderer takes her to parts of the city that tourists never see, and to a man prepared to kill to hide the truth. Kate soon discovers that football can be a very dangerous game.

124

RG – 3373 DI – 2663

THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (William Shakespeare)

Full of romantic interest, intrigue and role reversal, together with the famous battle of wills between the two main characters, Katherine and Petruchio, “The Taming of the Shrew” is known as one of Shakespeare’s most popular comedies.

125

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Clare Crowe, a journalist, travels to Switzerland to bring home the body of her grandfather, which has appeared from the bottom of a glacier 74 years after a climbing accident. Or was it an accident? Clare finds out more about her family´s past than she expected and reaches decisions about her personal and professional life.

126

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Here are 20 stories, and they´re so short you don´t even have to turn over the page! Alan Maley has written these very,very short stories especially for students who want to enjoy good, easy-to-read fiction in authentic English.These are stories of comedy, adventure, action, and sadness, all set in countries such as China,France, Israel and Britain.”Musical Cheers” is about a man with a very unusual job in the music business!

127

RG – 3413 DI – 2696

A PICTURE TO REMEMBER (Sarah Scott-Malden)

Cristina Rinaldi works for the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires.She loves art and is happy with her life.Then one day she has a motorbike accident and can´t remember some things.But there are two men who think she remembers too much, and they want to kill her before she tells the police what she saw.

128

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MARKETING (Jeremy Fitzgerald)

“Marketing” focuses on the most important concepts of this key area of business, such as undeerstanding customers, marketing research, the marketing mix and market segmentation.

129

RG – 3415 DI – 2698







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SILAS MARNER (George Eliot)

In a hole under the floorboards Silas Marner the linenweaver keeps his gold. Every night he takes the gold out and holds the bright coins lovingly. Only the gold is his friend, his reason for living.

131

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THE LOCKED ROOM and other horror stories (M.R. James)

A tree full of enormous spiders; curtains like a dead man´s hair,; a man with no eyes and a boy with no heart. These are some of the things you will discover in these stories by M. R. James, one of the greatest horror writers of all time.

132

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GLADIATOR (Dewey Gram)

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.

133

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BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (Jeremy Fitzgerald)

Getting on in Business is a new series of readers aimed at students at pre-intermediate and intermediate level: it offers concise and entertaining guides to key business disciplines and specific sectors of industry. Business Administration focuses on key concepts such as production, marketing, personnel, purchasing, research and development and finance. Explanations are in easy-to-follow English and there are comprehension activities throughout the book.

134 RG – 4328 DI – 3447

WILD MUSHROOMS and other very short stories (Jake Allsop)

Wild Mushrooms and other very short stories contains eleven short stories set in locations all over the world, including Italy, Spain, and Africa. There are stories of romance, fantasy and comedy, including the title story about a man who loves to pick an eat mushrooms, but always chooses the wrong kind!

135

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LUCKY LUCK and other very short stories (Paul Stewart)

Lucky Luck and Other very Short Stories contains twelve stories. They include comic stories about TV shows and life in an office, sad stories about a woman who has lost her memory and a man who cannot walk, and stories about men and women from all over the world – India, Italy, Australia, and Japan. “Lucky Luke” is about a young man who gets a very special haircut!

136 RG – 4330 DI – 3449

HAPPY DAY and other very short stories (Jake Allsop)

Here are 20 stories, and they’re so short you don’t even have to turn over the page! These very, very short stories are especially written for students who want to enjoy good, easy-to-read ficition in authentic English. They are an entertaining variety of comedy, romance and fantasy, all about people in countries such as Africa, Turkey, China, and the USA. “Happy Days” is about a school play with very young children in it – of course, everything goes wrong!

137 RG – 4359 DI – 3478


When the attractive, wealthy Mr bingley comes to live at Netherfield Hall, bringing his distinguished friend Mr Darcy with him, Mrs Bennet is delighted: she has five daughters to be married. However, things don’t go as smoothly as she hoped: Mr bingley abandons Jane, Mr Darcy clearly has no interest in Elisabeth, who dares to refuse Mr Collins’s proposal of marriage.

138 RG – 4360 DI – 3479

EMMA (Jane Austen)

Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever and rich, has a perfect life. She has decided never to get married but to live as the mistress at Hartfield, her father’s house in the beautiful English countryside. But when she starts match-making she finds that her imagination has led her into danger …

139 RG – 4361 DI – 3480

EMMA (Jane Austen)

Same as above.







140 RG – 4657 DI – 3750

COLD FEET (Rod Smith)

The city of Rosca is preparing for a presidential visit when the body of a young man is found near the American consulate. He is very well dressed, but there is something missing. Why isn’t he wearing any shoes? It is Rymer’s job to discover the man’s identity. His investigation leads him to a theatre group with a very surprising final act.

141 RG – 4658 DI – 3751

A TRIP TO THE STARS

(Lester Vaughan)

It is the year 2285. A spaceship has mysteriously disappeared. Your spaceship is sent to investigate. During your journey through the galaxy you will learn a lot of interesting things and meet some interesting aliens. Can you find your way back to Earth again?

142

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FRANKENSTEIN (Mary Shelley)

Victor Frankenstein is an ambititious young student. ‘I will show the world the mystery of life1’ He declares. But he is horrified by the monster he creates.

143 RG – 4660 DI – 3753

WINDOWS OF THE MIND (Frank Brennan)

Each of these highly entertaining stories centres around one of the five senses.

144 RG – 4661 DI – 3754

ABOUT A BOY (Nick Hornby)

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.

145 RG – 4707 DI – 3800

THE BREATHING METHOD (Stephen King)

There is a strange club in NY where men tell each other stories. The years pass but no one looks older. One night a doctor tells the story of a young woman who gives birth to her baby – in the most horrible way.

146 RG – 4708 DI – 3801

THE STREET LAWYER (John Grisham)

Michael is a rich lawyer. He works for Drake and Sweeney. One day a homeless man attacks him. Michael tries to discover who the man is, but he discovers a terrible secret about Drake and Sweeney. Soon Michael is in danger …

147 RG – 4759 DI – 3852


See below.

148 RG – 4760 DI – 3853


A modern classic – a very funny story about a very serious subject: love. It’s also a popular movie starring Hugh Grant

149 RG – 4761 DI – 3854

THE GROWING PAINS OF ADRIAN MOLE (Sue Townsend)

How will Adrian react to having a baby in the house? Will his parents manage to save their marriage? Will Pandora remain his girlfriend? Adrian Mole keeps writing his diary.

150 RG – 4762 DI – 3855

FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS (Ernest Hemingway)

In 1937 Ernest Hemingway was working as a journalist in Spain. Three years later he completed this book, an exceptional novel about the Spanish Civil War.

151 RG – 4963 DI – 4056


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

152 RG – 4964 DI – 4057


Same as above.







FAREWELL, MY LOVELY (Raymond Chandler)

Private detective, Philip Marlowe, is in trouble again! He witnesses a murder. He knows the killer. The police do not want to find the murderer, and Marlowe thinks this is strange. He knows something is wrong. Will he discover the truth?

154 RG – 4966 DI – 4059

EMMA

(Jane Austen)

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

155

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THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (Oscar Wilde)

As the years pass Dorian Gray always looks young and handsome. A picture of Dorian Gray is locked in a dark room. What has happened to the picture and why does no one ever see it?

156 RG – 5347 DI – 4363

THE AFRICAN QUEEN (C.S.Forester)

The African Queen is an old, dirty, ugly, unreliable steamboat. On board,a missionary’s sister and a rough, uneducated mechanic set off down a dangerous river through the forests of Central Africa. The First World War has just begun. A perfect combination of adventure and romance.

157 RG – 5348 DI – 4364

HARD TIMES (Charles Dickens)

Thomas Gradgrind believes that facts and money are more important than feelings and imagination. After Cissy Jupe –a circus girl- is left alone in the world, Grandgrind takes her into his house, looking after her and teaching her facts with his own children Tom and Louisa. Some years later the Grandgrind 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.

158 RG – 5349 DI – 4365

DIANA & THE GORILLAS (Norma Shapiro)

This true story is an account of the twenty years Dian Fossey lived with the gorillas in Central Africa

159 RG – 5607 DI – 4538

THE GOLDEN STONE SAGA II (Jenny Dooley)

Draig’s clothes were full of his dust, Vira shattered the crystal with a bolt of lightning, scattering fragments that mixed with the dust. The clothes glowed as dust turned to flesh … Draig’s awakening had well and truly begun …

160 RG – 5608 DI – 4539

THE GOLDEN STONE SAGA II Activity Book (Jenny Dooley)

Activity book with Glossary.

161 RG – 5609 DI – 4540

THE GOLDEN STONE SAGA II (Jenny Dooley)

Draig’s clothes were full of his dust, Vira shattered the crystal with a bolt of lightning, scattering fragments that mixed with the dust. The clothes glowed as dust turned to flesh … Draig’s awakening had well and truly begun …

162 RG – 5610 DI – 4541

THE GOLDEN STONE SAGA II Activity Book (Jenny Dooley)

Activity book with Glossary.

163 RG – 5611 DI – 4542

THE PORTRAIT OF DORIAN GRAY (Oscar Wilde)

As the years pass Dorian Gray always looks young and handsome. A picture of Dorian Gray is locked in a dark room. What has happened to the picture and why does no one ever see it?

164 RG – 5612 DI – 4543

THE PORTRAIT OF DORIAN GRAY Activity Book (Oscar Wilde)

Activity Book with Glossary.







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167 RG – 5615 DI - 4546

DEATH SQUAD (Jenny Dooley)

Commander Maxwell looked at the screen in silence. What he saw was a spaceship – about half a mile long, with what appeared to be a tiny control cabin at the front … Who are the two mysterious men asking Capricorn Alpha’s crew for help? What’s their grave secret?

168

RG – 5616 DI – 4547

DEATH SQUAD Activity Book (Jenny Dooley)


169 RG – 5617 DI – 4548

DEATH SQUAD (Jenny Dooley)

Commander Maxwell looked at the screen in silence. What he saw was a spaceship – about half a mile long, with what appeared to be a tiny control cabin at the front … Who are the two mysterious men asking Capricorn Alpha’s crew for help? What’s their grave secret?

170 RG – 5618 DI – 4549

DEATH SQUAD Activity Book (Jenny Dooley)


171 RG – 5619 DI – 4550

COUNT VLAD (Jenny Dooley)

Alfred held the telegram under the lamp and started reading: Will always remember my visit to England and particularly meeting you and your remarkable friend who knows so much about bats. I have bad news. I am dying and badly in need of your help. I wish to clear the Dracula name before I leave this world. Please come quickly. Yours, Count Dracula

172 RG – 5620 DI – 4551

COUNT VLAD Activity Book (Jenny Dooley)

Activity Book.

173 RG – 5621 DI – 4552

COUNT VLAD (Jenny Dooley)

Alfred held the telegram under the lamp and started reading: Will always remember my visit to England and particularly meeting you and your remarkable friend who knows so much about bats. I have bad news. I am dying and badly in need of your help. I wish to clear the Dracula name before I leave this world. Please come quickly. Yours, Count Dracula

174 RG – 5622 DI – 4553

COUNT VLAD Activity Book (Jenny Dooley)

Activity Book.

175 RG – 5623 DI – 4554


Who is the dark stranger Jane meets one winter’s evening and how will he change her life? And who is the mysterious woman who threatens to destroy Jane’s happiness

176 RG – 5624 DI – 4555


Who is the dark stranger Jane meets one winter’s evening and how will he change her life? And who is the mysterious woman who threatens to destroy Jane’s happiness.







DAVID COPPERFIELD (Charles Dickens)

Life is full of changes for young David Copperfield. How will he react to the cruelty, the neglect and loss he experiences as a boy, and will he ever find the love and security he is looking for?

178 RG – 5626 DI – 4557

GONE WITH THE WIND Part 2 (Margaret Mitchell)

In Part 2, the American South has lost the Civil War. Scarlett =’Hara has to work hard to build up her life again, but she has no money. The handsome Rhett Butler is rich, but he is soon to be hanged for murder. Then there is Ashley Wilkies. He is married now, but Scarlett still loves him. Does he love her?

179 RG – 5627 DI – 4558


Scarlet is the colour of sin, and the letter “A” stands for “Adultery”. In the 1600s, in Boston, Massachusetts, love was allowed only between a husband and a wife. A child born outside marriage was a child of sin. Hester Prynne must wear the scarlet letter on her dress for the rest of her life. How can she ever escape from this public shame? What will happen to her child, growing up in the shadow of the scarlet letter? The future holds no joy for Hester Prynne. And what will happen to her sinful lover – the father of her child?

180

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JEEVES and FRIENDS (P.G. Wodehouse)

These six short stories include the most famous of P.G. Wodehouse’s memorable characters. There are three stories about Bertie and Jeeves, and three about Lord Emsworth, who, like Bertie, is often in trouble, battling with his fierce sister Lady Constance, and his even fiercer Scottish gardener, the red-bearded Angus McAllister …

181 RG – 5629 DI – 4560

A TRIP TO LONDON (Lester Vaughan)

You’re in London. How do you find somewhere to stay? How do you ask someone the way if you get lost? What do you know about British history? What sights should you visit? How do you order food in a pub? What do you say if you accidentally push someone? Can you understand an English joke? In this fun and informative game book, you participate in the story and you make all the decisions. And during your stay, you will learn a lot about the fascinating city of London, the people and their customs.

182 RG – 5630 DI – 4561

A TRIP TO THE STARS (Lester Vaughan)

It is the year 2285. A spaceship has mysteriously disappeared. Your spaceship is sent to investigate. During your journey through the galaxy you will learn a lot of interesting things and meet some interesting aliens. Can you find your way back to Earth again? In this fun and exciting puzzle book you participate in the story and you make the decisions. Can you uncover the mystery?

183 RG – 5631 DI – 4562

FRANKENSTEIN (Mary Shelley)

Victor Frankenstein is an ambititious young student. ‘I will show the world the mystery of life1’ He declares. But he is horrified by the monster he creates.

184 RG – 5632 DI – 4563

THE CANTERVILLE GHOST and other short stories (Oscar Wilde)

‘You’ll be sorry you bought the house,’ people told Mr Hiram B Otis. ‘Everyone knows that a ghost lives yhere.’ But the Otises are a modern American family, and they don’t believe in ghosts. THE MODEL MILLIONAIRE

Hugh Erskine has every talent except one. He can’t earn money. And without money, he can’t marry Laura Lerton. But good luck can come from the strangest people. THE SPHINX WITHOUT A SECRET

Why does Lady Alroy behave so mysteriously? As Lord Gerald Murchison falls madly in love with her, he is concerned about her strange behaviour. Will he discover her secret?

185 RG – 5633 DI – 4564

COLD FEET (Rod Smith)

The city of Rosca is preparing for a presidential visit when the body of a young man is found near the American consulate. He is well dressed, but there is something missing. Why isn’t he wearing any shoes? It is Rymer’s job to discover the man’s identity. His inverstigation leads him to a theatre group with a very surprising final act.







Dr JEKYLL and Mr HYDE (Robert Louis Stevenson)

Mr Utterson is worried about his friend, Dr Jekyll. What is the reason for his strange behaviour? And what is the true identity of his brutal assistant, Mr Hyde? As Mr Utterson attempts to answer these questions, he learns of Jekyll’s incredible discovery and its tragic consequences.

187 RG – 5635 DI – 4566

JANE EYRE (Charlotte Bronte)

Jane Eyre survives a lonely and loveless childhood at her aunt’s house. When she is sent away to school, although she receives an education, her existence is still a cold and solitary one. She dreams of living a more fulfilling life, where she is treated with dignity and respect. Then she finds a governess, and meets the enigmatic Mr Rochester. Has Jane at last met someone who can give her love and treat her as an equal? Or will Mr Rochester’s mysterious past come back to darken their love?

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Jonathan Harker travels to Transylvania to visit his client, Count Dracula. While there, he discovers that the Count has a terrible and bloody secret. When Dracula moves to England, Jonathan’s friends and family are in danger of becoming his victims. Can they destroy the evil Count before he wins control of their lives? They begin a desperate chase across Europe in their mission to end the vampire’s reign.

189

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THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER (Mark Twain)

It is very difficult by Tom to be well-behaved and do his schoolwork. He is always looking for more exciting ways to spend his time. In their search for adventure, Tom and his friend Huckleberry Finn run away to live on an island, look for buried treasure and track down some real robbers!

190 RG – 5638 DI – 4569

SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (Jane Austen)

The death of Mr. Henry Dashwood’s uncle opens the novel. Upon the uncle’s death, Norland estate is inherited by Henry Dashwood, on the condition it should next pass to his son John and John’s young son, and not to his three daughters Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret. John Dashwood is wealthy, but at Mr. Dashwood’s death, the Dashwood women are left with only a small fortune. On his deathbed, Mr. Dashwood made his son promise to provide for his stepmother and stepsisters, but John is easily persuaded by his selfish wife that they should use the money for their “real" family, namely their son. He and his family move into Norland estate.

191 RG – 5639 DI – 4570

MIDDLEMARCH (George Eliot)

Dorothea and Celia are two Middlemarch sister of marriageable age. Dorothea chooses Casaubon, a dried-up old scholar, for her husband, much to everyone's dismay. Celia, more sensible, chooses Sir James Chettam, a local nobleman who wanted to marry Dorothea, before she turned him down. Celia and Mr Brooke, Dorothea's uncle, try to counsel her against marrying Casaubon, though she will not listen. Dorothea likes him because he is educated, and she wants to learn, though the marriage is a total mistake.

192 RG – 5741 DI – 4672

LOVE ACTUALLY (Richard Curtis)

In London, Christmas is coming and the people in this story have love on their minds. Some have found love; some have lost it. Some accept their loneliness; others live in hope. Even the new British Prime Minister’s thoughts are not always on his job – because love, actually, is all around us.

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The same as above.

194 RG – 5743 DI – 4674


The same as above.







195 RG – 5744 DI – 4675

THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS (John Buchan)

‘I turned on the light, but there was nobody there. Then I saw something in the corner that made my blood turn cold. Scudder was lying on his back. There was a long knife through his heart, pinning him to the floor.’ Soon Richard Hannay is running for his life across the hills of Scotland. The police are chasing him for a murder he did not do, and another, more dangerous enemy is chasing him as well – the mysterious ‘Black Stone’…

196 RG – 5786 DI – 4717

A ROOM WITH A VIEW (E.M. Forster)

Lucy Honeychurch is a young woman travelling in Italy with her older cousin Miss Charlotte Bartlett. Miss Barlett has very clear ideas of how a young lady should act, and her very Victorian sense of propriety comes into conflict with Lucy’s desire for romance. In this charming and delicate social comedy, Forster paints a subtle and ironic picture of the British middle classes in the first years of the 20th century.

197 RG – 6323 DI – 5203

THE UNIVERSITY MURDERS (Richard MacAndrew)

“Tell me again about this woman you killed,” said Logan. “I’ve told you already Inspector,” replied Billy. “I killed her and left her body in the grass.” When an Edinburgh man says he has murdered a young woman, Inspector Logan doesn’t believe him. Billy Marr has lied about crimes many times before. But then a young woman is found dead in a park. Soon there is another body. Perhaps Billy is not so innocent after all …

198 RG – 6329 DI – 5209

THE SUGAR GLIDER (Rod Neilsen)

Pilot Don Radcliffe returns to Australia hoping to rescue a failed marriage and to spend more time with his daughter, Judy. But a routine cargo flight in an old DC4 airplane turns into tragedy when the plane crashes in the Australian Outback killing the co-pilot. Don and Judy’s chances of survival seem slim as they struggle against sabotage, unscrupulous businessmen and the inhospitable landscape.

199 RG – 6402 DI – 5274


Jane Eyre, a penniless and unattractive orphan, becomes a governess at Thornfield Hall and falls in love with Edward Rochester, her employer. But she soon discovers that he is hiding a terrible secret.

200 RG – 6773 DI – 5523

WORLD FOLKTALES (Anita Stern)

An Anthology of Multicultural Folk Literature

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SWEET & SOUR (Antonella Mignani)

A compilation of gripping and enjoyable short stories for young learners

204 RG – 6777 DI – 5527

THE OLYMPICS (David Maule))

Non—fiction.







THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A man is running for his life. Behind him comes an enormous dog – a dog from his worst dreams, a dog from hell. Between him and a terrible death stands only one person – the greatest detective of all time, Sherlock Holmes.

206 RG – 7697 DI – 5913

TALES OF THE SUPERNATURAL (Frank Brennan)

Six stories about a world we cannot explain. A film star discovers the dangers of dancing with a stranger. A man comes face-to-face with his father's history. An Irish-American family cannot escape someone from the past. A woman doesn't listen to warnings about an old tree. An English writer slowly becomes more and more Japanese. And a killer watches himself die in hospital.

207 RG – 7700 DI – 5916

RUNNING WILD (Margaret Johnson)

Luke and Alex are neighbours and, on Luke’s part, reluctant friends. They spend their free time on a large heath, looking for anything to keep themselves amused. Meanwhile an illegally-kept panther escapes its owner and takes refuge on the same heath. The paths of the boys and the cat are destined to meet.

208 RG – 7711 DI – 5927

IN THE HOUSE (Margaret Johnson)

In the Big Eye House, Annie is the only female contestant left in a reality TV show. Viewers follow the contestants' every move and regularly vote to eject one of them. There is a big prize for the winner, and another for any couple to have a romance in the house. What will Annie learn about the remaining four male contestants, and about herself? And which prize will she win, if any?

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