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CAMBRIDGE EXAMS • Exam preparation: Flyers and/or Key

• Exam level: Flyers and/or Key (GA)

• Exam level: Key (RT)

• Exam level: Preliminary

• Exam preparation: Preliminary

• Exam level: Preliminary • Exam preparation: First • Exam level: First • Exam preparation: Advanced

TRINITY 1, 2 3, 4, 5 3, 4, 5 4, 5 6 7 8, 9 10, 11

GRAMMATICAL STRUCTU-RES

• Present Simple; Present Continuous; going to; Imperative: 2nd person; let’s; Infinitives; Gerunds; can; would... like; shall; must; need; co-ordination: but, and, or and then; subordination after: to know, to think, to say, to tell; subordination after: because, when; zero, definite and indefinite articles; possessive ’s and s’; countable and uncountable nouns; some, any; much, many, a lot; (a) little, (a) few; all, every; etc; order of adjectives.

• All the structures used in the previous step, plus the following: Past Simple; Past Continuous; will; regular and common irregular verbs; passive form; could, may, mustn’t, have (got) to; short answers; subordination after if (Zero and 1st Conditionals); defining relative clauses with who, where; comparative and superlative of adjectives (regular and irregular); formation of adverbs (regular and irregular).

In addition for RT:

Present Perfect Simple: indefinite past with ever, never; Infinitives after verbs and adjectives; Gerunds after prepositions and common verbs, as subjects and objects; defining relative clauses with which, that, zero pronoun, formation and comparative/superlative of adverbs (regular and irregular).

• All the structures used in the previous steps, plus the following: so/neither/nor + auxiliaries in short answers; question tags (in verb tenses used so far); Gerunds (verb + -ing) as subjects; verb + object + full infinitive (e.g. I want you to help); should; might; don’t have to/haven’t got to; don’t need to/needn’t; time clauses introduced by while, until, before, after, as soon as; infinitive of purpose: (in order) to.

• All the structures used in the previous step, plus the following: indefinite past with yet, already, still; recent past with just; can’t (logical necessity).

• All the structures used in the previous steps, plus the following: clauses of purpose; causative: have / get + object + Past Participle; reported questions and orders with ask and tell; ought to (present and future reference); used to: past habits and states; types of clause: 2nd Conditional: if + past, would(n’t); zero, 1st and 2nd Conditionals with unless; non-defining relative clauses with who and where; clauses of result: so, so... that, such... that; clauses of concession: although, though; (not) as; so... as; (not)... enough to; too... to.

• All the structures used in the previous steps, plus the following: Present Perfect Simple: the first, second... time that...; Present Perfect Continuous (unfinished Past with for or since); reported speech introduced by precise reporting verbs; get used to + -ing; had better; types of clause: 3rd Conditional: if + Past Perfect, would(n’t) have / conditionals with may; might; non-defining relative clauses with: which, whose; clauses of concession: even though, in spite of, despite.

• All the structures used in the previous steps, plus the following: Present Perfect Continuous v. Past Perfect Simple; Should(n’t) have, ought (not) to have; must have, can’t have, may have, might have, could have.

• All the structures used in the previous steps, plus the following: passive in continuous forms; wish and if only + Past Perfect; + would; will to describe characteristic behaviour; would: past habits; didn’t need to v. needn’t have; Inversion of had in 2nd and 3rd conditional sentences without if / Inversion of word order after initial negative adverbs (No sooner...; Hardly...; etc.); Non-finite -ing clauses; complex sentences with no restriction on the number of subordinate clauses.

A1 A2 A2/B1 B1.1 B1.2 B2.1 B2.2 C1

GA – GREEN APPLERT – READING & TRAINING

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CEFR

CAMBRIDGE EXAMS • Exam preparation: Flyers and/or Key

• Exam level: Flyers and/or Key (GA)

• Exam level: Key (RT)

• Exam level: Preliminary

• Exam preparation: Preliminary

• Exam level: Preliminary • Exam preparation: First • Exam level: First • Exam preparation: Advanced

TRINITY 1, 2 3, 4, 5 3, 4, 5 4, 5 6 7 8, 9 10, 11

GRAMMATICAL STRUCTU-RES

• Present Simple; Present Continuous; going to; Imperative: 2nd person; let’s; Infinitives; Gerunds; can; would... like; shall; must; need; co-ordination: but, and, or and then; subordination after: to know, to think, to say, to tell; subordination after: because, when; zero, definite and indefinite articles; possessive ’s and s’; countable and uncountable nouns; some, any; much, many, a lot; (a) little, (a) few; all, every; etc; order of adjectives.

• All the structures used in the previous step, plus the following: Past Simple; Past Continuous; will; regular and common irregular verbs; passive form; could, may, mustn’t, have (got) to; short answers; subordination after if (Zero and 1st Conditionals); defining relative clauses with who, where; comparative and superlative of adjectives (regular and irregular); formation of adverbs (regular and irregular).

In addition for RT:

Present Perfect Simple: indefinite past with ever, never; Infinitives after verbs and adjectives; Gerunds after prepositions and common verbs, as subjects and objects; defining relative clauses with which, that, zero pronoun, formation and comparative/superlative of adverbs (regular and irregular).

• All the structures used in the previous steps, plus the following: so/neither/nor + auxiliaries in short answers; question tags (in verb tenses used so far); Gerunds (verb + -ing) as subjects; verb + object + full infinitive (e.g. I want you to help); should; might; don’t have to/haven’t got to; don’t need to/needn’t; time clauses introduced by while, until, before, after, as soon as; infinitive of purpose: (in order) to.

• All the structures used in the previous step, plus the following: indefinite past with yet, already, still; recent past with just; can’t (logical necessity).

• All the structures used in the previous steps, plus the following: clauses of purpose; causative: have / get + object + Past Participle; reported questions and orders with ask and tell; ought to (present and future reference); used to: past habits and states; types of clause: 2nd Conditional: if + past, would(n’t); zero, 1st and 2nd Conditionals with unless; non-defining relative clauses with who and where; clauses of result: so, so... that, such... that; clauses of concession: although, though; (not) as; so... as; (not)... enough to; too... to.

• All the structures used in the previous steps, plus the following: Present Perfect Simple: the first, second... time that...; Present Perfect Continuous (unfinished Past with for or since); reported speech introduced by precise reporting verbs; get used to + -ing; had better; types of clause: 3rd Conditional: if + Past Perfect, would(n’t) have / conditionals with may; might; non-defining relative clauses with: which, whose; clauses of concession: even though, in spite of, despite.

• All the structures used in the previous steps, plus the following: Present Perfect Continuous v. Past Perfect Simple; Should(n’t) have, ought (not) to have; must have, can’t have, may have, might have, could have.

• All the structures used in the previous steps, plus the following: passive in continuous forms; wish and if only + Past Perfect; + would; will to describe characteristic behaviour; would: past habits; didn’t need to v. needn’t have; Inversion of had in 2nd and 3rd conditional sentences without if / Inversion of word order after initial negative adverbs (No sooner...; Hardly...; etc.); Non-finite -ing clauses; complex sentences with no restriction on the number of subordinate clauses.

A1 A2 A2/B1 B1.1 B1.2 B2.1 B2.2 C1

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CLASSICO

Fiaba & Fantasy

Libro + audio € 8,90 eBook € 6,99

978-88-530-0770-4 80 pp.

Disponibile su eBook KEY TRINITY

Un uomo ricco diventa povero e va a vivere in campagna con i suoi figli. Un giorno deve andare per affari in città. Le figlie Rosalind e Hortensia gli chiedono dei costosi regali, mentre la terza, Beauty, vuole soltanto una rosa. Sulla via del ritorno, l’uomo coglie il fiore dal giardino di un castello il cui padrone, la Bestia, s’infurierà e pretenderà qualcosa in cambio...Dossier:Castles; Flowers; Beauty and the Beast in Films and at the Theatre

Beauty and the Beast Jeanne-Marie Leprince

de Beaumont

Adattamento di Gina D. B. Clemen

GREEN APPLE

Beauty and the BeastA rich man suddenly becomes poor and he goes to live in the country with his children. One day he goes to the city on business. His daughters, Rosalind and Hortensia, ask him for expensive presents, but his daughter, Beauty, only wants a rose.On his way back the man takes a rose from the garden of a castle. But the owner of the castle, a beast, becomes angry and demands something in exchange…

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text.

As well as the story, this reader contains:• Easy adaptation at Starter level• Wide range of activities practising the four skills• KET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 2)• Dossiers: Castles, Flowers and ‘Beauty and the Beast’ in Films and at

the Theatre• Full recording of the text• Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com

Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaum

ont

ISBN 978-88-530-0770-4

BLACK CAT

BEAuty AND thE BEASt

Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont

Beauty and the Beast

e 8,90

ISBN 978-88-530-0770-4

Answer keys downloadable at blackcat-cideb.com

Starter CEFR A1

Step 1 CEFR A2

Step 2 CEFR A2/B1

Word count: 3,572

This volume without the side coupon is to be considered a free sample copy not for sale. (Sale or other distribution is forbidden: art. 17, c. 2, L. 633/1941).Excluded from V.A.T. (D.P.R. 26/10/72, n. 633, art. 2, 3° c., lett. d.)

free AudiobookAudiobook

Beauty and the BeastJeanne-M

arie Leprince de Beaumont

Starter • A

1

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ORIGINALE

Fiaba & Fantasy

Libro + audio € 9,10

978-88-530-0921-0 80 pp.

KEY F TRINITY

Sulla cima di una montagna, vicino al villaggio di Sunnyville, vive Bathsheba, la strega del tempo, con il suo gatto. Gli abitanti del villaggio ne ignorano l’esistenza e non sanno quanto sia importante ciò che Bathsheba fa per loro. La vita della strega scorre tranquilla fino al giorno in cui si reca al villaggio e fa alcuni incontri, tra cui quello con un soldato molto speciale...Dossier:Witches; The Weather in Great Britain; Potions

Bathsheba the Witch Jane Elizabeth Cammack

GREEN APPLE

STARTER • A1

Starter • A

1Bathsheba the W

itch Jane Elizabeth Cam

mack

Bathsheba the Witch

Jane Elizabeth Cammack


Bathsheba, a beautiful Weather Witch, lives with her cat, Cobweb, on top of a high mountain near the village of Sunnyville. Her life is peaceful until one day she goes down to the village and meets some of the people there, including a very special soldier…


As well as the story, this reader contains:• An introduction about witches

• A wide range of activities practising the four skills

• Dossiers: The Weather in Great Britain and Potions

• KET- and YLE Flyer-style activities

• Trinity-style activities (Grades 1, 2)

• Special AUDIO CD/CD-ROM with the text recorded in full and a variety of games and activities for further practise

• An exit test and key at blackcat-cideb.com

Jane Elizabeth Camm

ack

BLACK CAT

BAthShEBA thE WItch

ISBN 978-88-530-0921-0

e 9,10

ISBN 978-88-530-0921-0

Bathsheba the Witch

Audio CD-ROM

Starter CEFR A1

Step 1 CEFR A2

Step 2 CEFR A2/B1

Word count: 3,864


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CLASSICO

Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-1323-1 64 pp.


Matthew e Marilla Cuthbert vogliono adottare un ragazzo perché li aiuti nella loro fattoria, ma dall’orfanotrofio arriva Anne, una ragazzina buffa con lunghi capelli rossi che vive un sacco di avventure. Che cosa faranno Matthew e Marilla? Scopri come Anne riesce a renderli felici e a conquistare i loro cuori...Dossier:Canada and its Wildlife; Nova Scotia

Anne of Green Gables

Lucy M. Montgomery

Adattamento di Sally M. Stockton

GREEN APPLE

STARTER • A1


Starter • A

1A

nne of Green G

ablesLucy M

. Montgom

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Lucy M. M

ontgomery

ISBN 978-88-530-1323-1

BLACK CAT

ANNe of GreeN GABleS

Lucy M. Montgomery

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ISBN 978-88-530-1323-1

Matthew and Marilla Cuthberth want a boy from the orphanage to help them on their farm, but the orphanage sends them Anne, a funny little girl with long red hair who gets up to all kinds of adventures. What can Matthew and Marilla do? Find out how Anne makes their lives happier, and wins their hearts…

This reader uses the eXPANSIVe reADING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:

• A wide range of activities practicing the four skills

• Dossiers: Nova Scotia, Canada and its Wildlife, The Maple Tree

• KET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 2)

• Full recording of the text

• Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com

Audio CD


Starter CEFR A1

Step 1 CEFR A2

Step 2 CEFR A2/B1

Word count: 4,899


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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll


GREEN APPLE


Lewis Carroll

Alice follows the White Rabbit down a rabbit hole and finds herself in the magical world of Wonderland, where anything can happen. She grows bigger and smaller and she meets a lot of very strange characters! These include the Caterpillar on his mushroom, the smiling Cheshire Cat, the Hatter and the March Hare at their mad tea party, the Queen of Hearts at her crazy game of croquet, and many more!


As well as the story, this reader contains:

• Easy adaptation at Starter level

• Wide range of activities practising the four skills


• Dossiers: A Drink Called Tea and A Real Queen


Lewis CarrollBLACK CAT

AlIcE’S ADVENtuRES IN WoNDERlAND

e 8,90

ISBN 978-88-530-0768-1

ISBN 978-88-530-0768-1



Alice’s A

dventures in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll

Starter • A

1


free Audiobook

Starter CEFR A1

Step 1 CEFR A2

Step 2 CEFR A2/B1

Word count: 3,640

GA_Alice in Wonderland_COP 09_20.indd 1 05/10/20 08:45

Alice segue il Coniglio Bianco in una tana e si ritrova nel Paese delle Meraviglie, dove tutto può accadere. Alice incontra molti strani personaggi: il Brucaliffo, lo Stregatto che sorride, il Cappellaio Matto, la Lepre di Marzo, la Regina di Cuori...Dossier:A Drink Called Tea; A Real Queen

CLASSICO

Fiaba & Fantasy


978-88-530-0768-1 64 pp.


https://deascuola.it/work/13164




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ORIGINALE

Mistero & Horror


978-88-7754-980-8 64 pp.

KEY TRINITY

È divertente prepararsi per Halloween ed è ancora più divertente organizzare una festa.Ma che cosa succede a un gruppo di teenagers quando la loro festa di Halloween diventa un vero e proprio incubo? Quale incubo si cela dietro questa storia agghiacciante?Dossier:The Origins of Halloween; Salem Halloween Cookies; Make a Bat

Halloween Horror Gina D. B. Clemen

GREEN APPLE

Halloween HorrorH

allow

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Gina D. B. Clemen


Book + CD ROM e 8,90

Gina D. B. Clemen

BLACK CAT

Halloween Horror

ISBN 978-88-7754-980-8

ISBn 978-88-7754-980-8

Halloween HorrorGina D. B. Clem

en

Audio CD-ROM

Strange and mysterious things happen in Salem, Massachusetts on Halloween night. A group of young Salem teenagers want to have a Halloween party and enter into the terrible world of ghosts and witches!

This reader uses the eXPanSIVe reaDInG approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text.

As well as the story, this reader contains:• Easy reading in American English• Wide range of activities practising the four skills• KET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 1/2)• Special AUDIO CD/CD-ROM containing the text recorded in full

and a variety of games and activities for further practice• Project work on the Web• An interesting dossier on the origins of Halloween• A delicious recipe for Halloween cookies• Exit test and keys at blackcat-cideb.com

Starter CEFR A1 Exam: preparation Flyers and/or KET Word Count: 4,144

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ORIGINALE

Mistero & Horror


978-88-530-0772-8 64 pp.

KEY TRINITY

Kate e Mike invitano un amico sulla nuova barca del padre per una gita verso le isole Farallon, sperando di riuscire a vedere gli splendidi uccelli e animali che le popolano. Invece, alcuni fantasmi riemergono dal passato e questo emozionante viaggio sul Pacifico si trasforma in un’avventura dell’orrore durante la quale i tre amici fanno una scoperta ben diversa...Dossier:Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary

The Ghost Ship of Bodega Bay

Gina D. B. Clemen

GREEN APPLE


The G

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f Bo

deg

a Bay

Gina D. B. Clemen

A boat trip to the Farallon Islands near San Francisco to see the birds and sea-life there turns into a journey of terror as ghastly ghosts from the past appear...


As well as the story, written and recorded in American English, this reader contains:• An introduction about San Francisco• A wide range of activities practicing the four skills• Dossier: Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary • KET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 1, 2)• Special AUDIO CD/CD-ROM with the text recorded in full and a variety

of games and activities for further practice• An exit test and key at blackcat-cideb.com

Gina D. B. Clemen

ISBN 978-88-530-0772-8

BLACK CAT

ThE GhoST ShIP of BoDEGA BAy

ISBN 978-88-530-0772-8

Gina D. B. Clemen


Starter CEFR A1 Exam: preparation Flyers and/or KET



Audio CD-ROM

9 788853 007728

Word Count: 4,763

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CLASSICO

Avventura


978-88-530-0475-8 64 pp.

KEY TRINITY

Cinque bambini vanno in vacanza e vicino alla loro abitazione incontrano una fata che vive nella sabbia. Si tratta di una strana creatura, che ha la capacità di esaudire i desideri: per i protagonisti questo è solo l’inizio di un’incredibile avventura.I bambini alla fine capiranno quanto grande sia il potere dei desideri e se davvero sia sempre opportuno volerli realizzare.Dossier:Making Wishes

Five Children and It Edith Nesbit

Adattamento di Cheryl Thompson

GREEN APPLE

Five Children and IT

Five Child

ren and IT

E. NesbitFive children go on holiday and discover a sand fairy near their home. The sand fairy is an unusual creature that grants wishes. This is the beginning of an incredible adventure for them.Their wishes are strange, silly and even dangerous. But when they understand how much trouble a wish can bring, they must decide if they really want their wishes to come true after all!


As well as the story, this reader contains:• Wide range of fun activities practising the four skills• KET-style activities Trinity-style activities (Grade 2)• Dossier: Making Wishes• Project on the web• Full recording of the text plus some additional listening activities• Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com

Book + CD e 8,30

E. Nesbit

ISBN 978-88-530-0475-8

BLACK CAT

FIVE ChIlDREN AND IT

ISBN 978-88-530-0475-8

E. Nesbit


Five Children and IT

Audio CD


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CLASSICO

Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-0499-4 80 pp.

KEY TRINITY

Narrata dal punto di vista di un cavallo, Black Beauty è una storia ambientata nell'Inghilterra vittoriana. Protagonista della vicenda, un cavallo che vive in una tranquilla fattoria con un bravo padrone. La vita di Black Beauty cambia quando viene venduto: alcuni dei suoi nuovi padroni sono buoni, altri assai crudeli. Nonostante le difficoltà, Black Beauty resta un cavallo leale e coraggioso.Dossier:Horses; The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Black Beauty Anna Sewell


Black Beauty

Black B

eautyAnna Sew

ellBlack Beauty, a handsome young horse, has a happy life on a farm in England. He is good and gentle and all the humans and other horses like him.But soon everything changes. His new masters are not very kind and his life becomes sad and difficult. No one loves him, but one day…


As well as the story, this reader contains:• Wide range of activities practising the four skills• KET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 2, 3)• Dossiers: The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

and Horses• Projects on the web• Full recording of the text• Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com

Book + CD e 8,90

Anna Sewell

ISBN 978-88-530-0499-4

BLACK CAT

BlAck BEAuty

ISBN 978-88-530-0499-4

Anna Sewell



Black Beauty

Audio CD

Word Count: 5,226

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GREEN APPLE





14

CLASSICO

Avventura


978-88-530-0418-5 80 pp.


In India un bambino di nome Mowgli viene allevato da una famiglia di lupi. La pantera nera Bagheera e l’orso Baloo lo educano e gli insegnano le leggi della giungla, dove tutti si affezionano a lui eccetto la tigre Shere Khan, che vuole ucciderlo...Dossier:Let’s Meet Some of the Animals in the Story; India

The Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling

Adattamento di Kelly Reinhart

CLASSICO

Fiaba & Fantasy


978-88-530-1933-2 64 pp.

KEY TRINITY

Dossier:Global Warming and the Environment; Precious Stones; Birds and Migration

LIFE SKILLS affetto; generosità; gentilezza; felicità; cambiamento

CLASSICO

Fiaba & Fantasy


978-88-7754-967-9 64 pp.

KEY TRINITY

The Happy Prince è la storia dell’amicizia tra la statua del principe felice e una rondinella.Il giardino incantato di The Selfish Giant è un luogo perfetto dove i bambini possono giocare, finché il gigante egoista non decide di tenerlo solo per sé...Dossier:Birds; Gardens;Flowers and others

The Happy Prince – The Selfish Giant Oscar Wilde

Adattamento di Elizabeth Ann Moore Adattamento di Gina D. B. Clemen

Oscar Wilde

THE HAPPY PRINCE

THE SELFISH GIANT

ISBN 978-88-7754-967-9

BLACK CAT

The Happy Prince The Selfish Giant


Starter CEFR A1

Step 1 CEFR A2

Step 2 CEFR A2/B1

Word count: 2,697

In the first story, the Happy Prince and a kind little swallow help the poor people of a city. In the second, a giant builds a wall to stop the children playing in his garden, until something happens to change his selfish ways.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:

• An introduction about Oscar Wilde• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: Birds, Migratory Birds and Gardens• Projects on the web• KET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 2)• Full recording of the text• Exit test and keys at blackcat-cideb.com

free Audiobook

Starter • A

1The H

appy Prince, The Selfish Giant

Oscar W

ilde

Oscar Wilde

The Happy PrinceThe Selfish Giant

STARTER • A1

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Oscar Wilde

The happy prince • The SeLFiSh GianT

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Wordcount: 3,540

The Happy Prince The Selfish Giant

Oscar Wilde

WhyistheHappyPrincesad?Howcanalittleswallowhelphim? Findouthowkindness and true friendshipcanchangethelivesofthepeopleinthePrince’scity.

WhyisitalwayswinterintheGiant’sgarden?Whycan’tthechildrenplaythere?FindoutwhathappenswhentheSelfishGiantbecomesgenerousandinvitesthechildrentohisgarden.

Thisreaderalsocontains:• Awiderangeofskillspractice• CambridgeEnglishKeyandTrinity(Grades1and2)style

activities• Think!andValues & Feelingsactivities• Dossiers:Birds and Migration, Global Problems,

Precious Stones • Afullrecordingofthetext

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The Happy Prince

The Selfish Giant

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The Jungle BookMowgli lives happily in the jungle with a family of wolves. Baloo, the brown bear, and Bagheera, the black panther, are his best friends.Life in the jungle is exciting and Mowgli has a lot of adventures.One day the Monkey People take Mowgli away to the Lost City. Only Kaa, the giant python, can save him with his magic dance. But the trouble starts for Mowgli when Shere Khan, the terrible tiger, arrives...





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Rudyard Kipling

The Jungle Book

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Rudyard KiplingThis volume without the side coupon is to be considered a free sample copy not for sale. (Sale or other distribution is forbidden: art. 17, c. 2, L. 633/1941).Excluded from V.A.T. (D.P.R. 26/10/72, n. 633, art. 2, 3° c., lett. d.)

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Fiaba & Fantasy

Libro + audio + App € 8,30 App € 7,99

978-88-530-0845-9 64 pp.

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La celebre storia di Peter Pan, nella quale tre bambini, Wendy, John e Michael, incontrano il bambino che aveva perduto la sua ombra e volano insieme a lui nell’Isola che non c’è. Dovranno combattere contro il crudele Capitan Uncino, accerrimo nemico di Peter Pan, incontreranno le affascinanti sirene e vivranno mille avventure insieme ai simpatici e vivaci Bambini Sperduti.Dossier:London; Fairies and their Magic; The Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children; The Darling Home

Peter Pan James Matthew Barrie


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Fiaba & Fantasy


978-88-530-0845-9 64 pp.

KEY TRINITY

In una Norimberga del XIX secolo, alla vigilia di Natale, lo zio Drosselmeyer porta doni a tutti. Clara ne riceve uno molto speciale, uno schiaccianoci. Durante la notte i giocattoli prendono vita e Clara scopre che lo schiaccianoci è molto più di un giocattolo. E non mancheranno le sorprese...Dossier:The ballet of The Nutcracker

The Nutcracker E. T. A. Hoffman


ORIGINALE

Avventura


978-88-530-1837-3 80 pp.


Megan e Alex vivono nella bellissima Caravel Cove, ma un giorno accade una cosa terribile: sulla spiaggia arrivano centinaia di pesci morti, e nessuno sa perché. Al vecchio faro stanno succedendo cose strane... È forse tornato lo spettro di Black Barney? Che cosa sa davvero il vecchio Mr Johnson? Megan, Alex e il loro amico Steve cominciano a indagare, e la verità è sconvolgente.Dossier:Maine; Lighthouses in Maine; Keep our oceans clean!

The Lighthouse Ghost

Gina D. B. Clemen

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Fiaba & Fantasy


978-88-530-1013-1 64 pp.

Disponibile su eBook KEY F TRINITY

Rudyard Kipling stupisce ancora una volta i suoi lettori con cinque racconti ambientati nel mondo animale. Come mai gli elefanti hanno un naso così lungo, e perché i leopardi hanno le macchie? A quale scopo i canguri saltellano in giro per l’Australia? Personaggi indimenticabili, come il giovane e astuto marinaio che riesce addirittura a ingannare una balena...Dossier:Animals in Australia; Whales

Just So Stories Rudyard Kipling

Adattamento di Elizabeth Ann Moore

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J. M. Barrie

J. M. Barrie

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Join Wendy, John and Michael as they fly off to Neverland with Peter Pan, where incredible adventures await them. Meet the Lost Boys in their secret underground home and swim with the lovely mermaids in Mermaids’ Lagoon. But watch out for cruel Captain Hook and his pirates, who have terrible plans for Peter Pan and his friends…

This reader uses the eXPaNSIVe reaDING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:


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Peter Pan

Peter PanJ. M. Barrie

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The NuTcracker



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One snowy Christmas Eve Uncle Drosselmeyer arrives with presents for everyone and Clara gets a very special one: a nutcracker. During the night the toys come alive and Clara discovers that her Nutcracker is much more than a toy…

This reader uses the eXPaNSIVe reaDING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text.

As well as the story, this reader contains:• A biography of E. T. A. Hoffmann• An introduction about Nuremburg• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossier: The ballet of ‘The Nutcracker’• KET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 1, 2)• Special AUDIO CD/CD-ROM with the text recorded in full and a variety

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The Nutcracker

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utcrackerE. T. A. Hoffm

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THE LIGHTHOUSE GHOST

ISBN 978-88-530-1837-3

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Megan and Alex live in beautiful Caravel Cove, but one day something terrible happens: hundreds of dead fish are on the beach! No one knows why. Strange things are happening at the old lighthouse. Is Black Barney’s ghost back? What does old Mr Johnson really know? Megan, Alex and their friend Steve start to investigate and the truth is shocking!

This reader also contains:• A wide range of skills practice• Cambridge English Key and Trinity (Grades 2) style activities• Dossiers: Maine; Lighthouses in Maine; Keep our oceans

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Gina D. B. Clemen

Lighthouse Ghost

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Rudyard Kipling

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Have you ever wondered why elephants have such long noses and why leopards have spots? Do you know why kangaroos hop around Australia and who gave camels their humps? Read these five delightfully funny stories and find out.

This reader uses the eXPANSIVe reADING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text.

As well as the story, this reader contains:• A biography of Rudyard Kipling• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: The Animals of Australia and Whales • Projects on the web• KET-, YLE Flyer-style and Trinity-style activities (Grades 1, 2)• Full recording of the text

Just So Stories

Just So StoriesRudyard Kipling

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16

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Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-0843-5 64 pp.


La vita con lo zio è troppo tranquilla per l’irrequieta Mary Lennox, fino al giorno in cui scopre un giardino segreto... Mary vuole sistemare il giardino abbandonato e conosce Dickon, un amico che l’aiuta. Poi incontra il cugino Colin, invalido confinato a letto. Con l’aiuto di Mary e Dickon Colin entra nel giardino segreto e scopre il significato della vera amicizia e della felicità.Dossier:English Gardens

The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett


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Avventura


978-88-530-0405-5 80 pp.

KEY TRINITY

Intorno al 1840, Sandokan e i suoi temibili pirati controllano i mari della Malesia mentre gli inglesi cercano di fermarli con ogni mezzo. Un giorno Sandokan conosce Marianna, giovane nipote di Lord James, e rimane folgorato dalla sua bellezza. Lei, a sua volta, è irresistibilmente attratta dal coraggio e dal fascino del celebre pirata. Tra i due nasce un amore impossibile...Dossier:Pirates; Kuala Lumpur; East Malaysia

Sandokan Emilio Salgari


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Fiaba & Fantasy


978-88-530-1546-4 64 pp.


Il burattino più famoso del mondo rivive grazie a queste bellissime illustrazioni. Unisciti a Pinocchio mentre vive le sue fantastiche avventure, ammira il suo coraggio e scopri come riesce a diventare un bambino vero...Dossier:Tuscany; Great Amusement Parks

Pinocchio Carlo Collodi


Carlo Collodi

Carlo Collodi

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Carlo Collodi

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The world’s most famous puppet comes to life in this beautifully illustrated book. Meet Pinocchio and join him as he gets into and out of all kinds of trouble. Laugh at his incredible adventures, admire his courage and find out how he finally becomes a real boy... Carlo Collodi’s masterpiece is a great favourite with readers all over the world — a story you’ll never forget!


• A biography of Carlo Collodi


• Dossiers: Tuscany, Great Amusement Parks

• KEY-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 2)

• Dossier: Cinema

• A full recording of the text

• An exit test and keys downloadable at blackcat-cideb.com


Pinocchio

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Sandokan


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Sandokan, “the Tiger of Malaysia”, lives on the island of Mompracem. He and his men are pirates. His great enemy is Lord James Guillonk. One day Sandokan sees Marianna, Lord James’s beautiful niece. Marianna and Sandokan love each other but their love seems impossible. Sandokan and his friend Yanez make plans to take Marianna away from Lord James. There are a lot of exciting adventures on land and at sea, but one day the Tiger of Malaysia...

This reader uses the EXPanSIVE REadInG approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text.

As well as the story, this reader contains:• Easy adaptation at Starter Levelt• Wide range of activities practising the four skills• KET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 2)• Dossiers: Pirates, Kuala Lumpur and East Malaysia• Full recording of the text• Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com

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Sandokan

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Emilio Salgari

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Frances Hodgson Burnett

ISBN 978-88-530-0843-5

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The SecreT GardeN

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After the death of her parents in India, Mary Lennox goes to live with an uncle in Yorkshire, England. Her life is sad and uneventful until she discovers the secret garden and the meaning of true friendship and happiness.

This reader uses the eXPaNSIVe readING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text.

As well as the story, this reader contains:• A biography of Frances Hodgson Burnett• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• KET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 1, 2)• Dossier: English Gardens• Project on the web• Full recording of the text• Exit tests and keys at blackcat-cideb.com

The Secret Garden

The Secret GardenFrances Hodgson Burnett

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Avventura


978-88-530-0471-0 64 pp.

KEY TRINITY

Quando Talpa decide di lasciare la sua tana sotterranea e incontra Topo, scopre un mondo completamente nuovo sulla riva del fiume e nel bosco. Inoltre a causa della passione di Rospo per le macchine da corsa i protagonisti vivranno una serie di avventure che sfoceranno in una battaglia contro i furetti e le donnole, che hanno preso possesso di Toad Hall, residenza di Rospo.Dossier:Animals in Winter

The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth GrahameAdattamento di Rebecca Raynes

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Kenneth Grahame

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The Wind in The W

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When Mole decides to leave his underground home and meets Rat, he discovers a completely new world on the river bank and in the Wild Wood. And Toad’s passion for fast cars leads them on a series of adventures, which end with a battle against the ferrets and weasels, who have captured Toad Hall.

This reader uses the eXPAnsiVe ReAdinG approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text.


• Easy adaptation at Starter Level

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• Special AUDIO CD/CD-ROM containing the text recorded in full plus a variety of games and activities for further practice in the four skills

• Dossier on Animals in Winter


The Wind in the WillowsT

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in the Willo

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The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame

Kenneth Grahame


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CLASSICO

Commedia


978-88-530-0449-9 80 pp.

KEY TRINITY

Prospero, Duca di Milano e abile mago, vive su un’isola solitaria in compagnia della figlia Miranda e di due servi: il mostro Caliban e lo spiritello Ariel. A seguito di una tempesta, i naufraghi di una nave trovano rifugio sull’isola di Prospero e qui vengono coinvolti in una serie di strani eventi... Questa versione semplificata e illustrata a fumetti è un ottimo strumento per accostarsi per la prima volta al teatro di Shakespeare.Dossier:Famous Shipwrecks; Magic and Magicians

The Tempest William Shakespeare

Adattamento di Victoria Heward

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William

ShakespeareW

illiam Shakespeare

ISBN 978-88-530-0449-9

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THE TEMPEST


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Prospero, Duke of Milan, lives on a lonely island with his daughter Miranda, Caliban (a monster) and Ariel (a magic spirit). He learns to do magic and he wants to punish his bad brother, Antonio. He creates a magic storm – a tempest. All the people with Antonio on the ship land on Prospero’s island. Many strange things happen to them, but in the end they all come together again.


As well as the story, this reader contains:• Easy reading in picture reader format• Wide range of fun activities practising the four skills• KET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 2)• Dossiers: Famous Shipwrecks and Magic and Magicians• Full recording of the text• Exit tests and keys at blackcat-cideb.com

William Shakespeare

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The Tempest

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Mistero & Horror


978-88-530-1411-5 80 pp.


Le vacanze estive di Max e Laura nel paese di Stonecross trascorrono all’insegna di eventi emozionanti e incomprensibili: un vecchio libro di segreti, un misterioso padrone di casa e dei ladri che non rubano nulla. Che cosa significa tutto ciò?All’ombra di Stonehenge i due ragazzi e lo zio Stephen cercano un modo per svelare i segreti del luogo. Riusciranno nell’intento?Dossier:Welcome to Stonehenge; Symbols

The Secret of the Stones

Victoria Heward

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Victoria Hew

ard

Victoria Heward

ISBN 978-88-530-1411-5

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The SecreT of The SToNeS


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Twins Max and Laura spend an exciting summer in a small village near Stonehenge. A mysterious symbol, their uncle’s old book of codes and secrets, strange people looking for a secret and much more. Read about the adventures of the two young and brave ‘detectives’ in this original story.

This reader uses the eXPANSIVe reADING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:

• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: Welcome to Stonehenge; Symbols• KEY-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 2)• Full recording of the text• An exit test and key at blackcat-cideb.com



Victoria Heward

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Word count: 4,500

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Avventura


978-88-530-0219-8 64 pp.

KEY TRINITY

Le ardite avventure di Zorro, il leggendario eroe mascherato della California spagnola di inizio Ottocento, divertono da sempre i lettori di tutte le età. Personaggio romantico e affascinante, difensore della giustizia ed esperto spadaccino, l’invincibile Zorro sfida i politici corrotti e difende gli oppressi.Dossier:Spanish California; California today

Zorro! Johnston McCulley


Johnston McCulley

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Zorro!


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ISBN 978-88-530-0219-8

Zorro is the masked hero of Spanish California. He rides a black horse and is an expert with the sword. He fights for justice and he is a friend of the poor. He loves Lolita. But who is the man behind the black mask?

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE rEADING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text.

As well as the story, this reader contains:• Easy adaptation at Starter Level• Wide range of activities practising the four skills• KET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 1/2)• Dossiers on Spanish California and California Today• Projects on the Web• Text recorded in full• Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com

ISBN 978-88-530-0219-8

Zorro!

Zo

rro!

Johnston McCulley

Johnston McCulley

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Zorro!


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Fiaba & Fantasy


978-88-530-1715-4 80 pp.


Dossier:Extreme weather; Kansas; Wizard – the musical

LIFE SKILLS coraggio; gentilezza; speranza; onestà;amicizia

CLASSICO

Fiaba & Fantasy


978-88-530-0451-2 80 pp.


Le avventure di Dorothy, del suo cane Toto e di altri personaggi indimenticabili, continuano a entusiasmare i lettori di tutte le età.Dorothy attraversa la Strada di Mattoni Gialli, conduce il lettore alla Città di Smeraldo, incontra la strega cattiva dell’Ovest, le scimmie alate e altre creature fantastiche.


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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

L.FrankBaum

AnexcitingadventurestartswhenacycloneblowsDorothyandTotoupintotheskyandtothemagicLandofOz.HeretheymeettheScarecrow,theTinWoodmanandtheLion,andtogethertheyshareincredibleadventures,learnthevalueoftrue friendship and understand the importance of keepingpromises.Astorythatyouwillneverforget!

Thisreaderalsocontains:• Awiderangeofskillspractice• CambridgeEnglishKeyandTrinity(Grades1and2)style

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Wizard – the musical• Fullrecordingofthetext




L. Frank Baum

The WonderFuL W

izArd oF oz

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Lyman Frank Baum


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The Wonderful W

izard of Oz

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THE WONDERFUL W

IZARD OF OZ

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One day a big cyclone takes Dorothy and her house from Kansas, USA, to a magical country called Oz. But Dorothy wants to go back home to Kansas, and only the country’s famous Wizard can help her. Follow Dorothy on her many adventures and meet her new friends, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman and the Lion. But be careful of the Wicked Witch!


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L. Frank Baum

Wonderful Wizardof OZ

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20

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Avventura


978-88-530-1936-3 80 pp.


Megan e Alex vivono nella soleggiata Florida e hanno un divertente lavoro estivo all’Acquario Marine World.Il loro amico Steve li raggiunge, ma un giorno all’improvviso tre delfini spariscono misteriosamente dall’Acquario e nessuno capisce perché. I tre amici decidono di indagare. Ma è quasi troppo tardi, il tempo stringe…Dossier:Florida; Dolphins and other cetaceans; Amazing American Aquariums

Alarm at Marine World!

Gina D. B. Clemen

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Gina D. B. Clemen

AlArm At m

Arine WorlD!

ISBN 978-88-530-1936-3

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Step 1 • A

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Gina D

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Megan and Alex live in sunny Florida and have an exciting summer job at the Marine World Aquarium. Their friend Steve joins them. When three dolphins mysteriously disappear from the aquarium and no one knows why, the three friends decide to investigate… but it’s almost too late because time is running out!

This reader also contains:• A wide range of skills practice• Cambridge English Key and Trinity (Grades 3) style activities• Dossiers: Florida; Dolphins and other cetaceans; Amazing

American aquariums• A full recording of the text


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Word count: 6,155

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COVER_Alarm_at_Marine_World.indd 1 08/04/20 15:28

ORIGINALE

Mistero & Horror


978-88-530-1204-3 80 pp.


Carol e Steve si trasferiscono in una vecchia casa che nasconde molti segreti. Steve trova una vecchia lettera d’amore che risale alla Guerra Civile Americana e il pianto di una donna riecheggia nella notte. Chi sta cercando di dare ai ragazzi un messaggio e perché? Carol, Steve e il loro amico Hamil risolveranno il mistero.Dossier:The American Civil War; The Lewis and Clark Expedition; Thanksgiving

Akron House Mystery

Gina D. B. Clemen

GREEN APPLE

9 788853 012043

This volume without the side coupon is to be considered a freesample copy not for sale. (Sale or other distribution is forbidden:art. 17, c. 2, L. 633/1941).Excluded from V.A.T. (D.P.R. 26/10/72, n. 633, art. 2, 3° c., lett. d.)


Gina D. B. Clemen

BLACK CAT

Akron House Mystery

ISBN 978-88-530-1204-3

IsBn 978-88-530-1204-3Audio CD-ROM

Carol and Steve Taylor move into an old, mysterious house which hides many secrets. Carol hears footsteps at night, Steve finds an old love letter from the American Civil War and the people in town hear a woman crying in the night. Who is trying to give them a message and why? Carol, Steve and their friend Halim solve an incredibly difficult and touching mystery.

This reader uses the eXPAnsIVe reADInG approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text.

As well as the story, this reader contains:• A wide range of activities practising the four skills

• Dossier: The American Civil War; The Lewis and Clark Expedition; Thanksgiving

• KET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 3, 4)

• Special AUDIO CD/CD-ROM with the text recorded in full and a variety of games and activities for further practice


Step 1 CEFR A2 Exam Flyers and/or KET

Akron House Mystery

Akro

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use Mystery

Akron House Mystery

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Gina D. B. Clemen

Gina D. B. Clemen

Word Count: 6,840

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Avventura


978-88-530-1629-4 80 pp.


Dossier:Missouri, the door to the West; Native American Indians; American Caves; Angels Camp and the Jumping Frog

LIFE SKILLS onestà; intelligenza; responsabilità; resilienza; libertà



free Audiobook


The Adventures of Tom Sawyer


Mark Twain

Tom Sawyer lives on the great Mississippi River. Join him and his friend Huck Finn when they start looking for exciting and dangerous adventures in graveyards, on islands, in haunted houses and in mysterious caves… Tom will always surprise you and make you laugh!The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is the masterpiece of the father of American literature, Mark Twain.

This reader also contains:• A wide range of skills practice• Cambridge English Key and Trinity (Grades 3 and 4) style

activities• Think! and Values & Feelings activities• Dossiers: Missouri, the door to the West; Native American

Indians• Full recording of the text


This volume without the side coupon is tobe considered a free sample copy not forsale. (Sale or other distribution is forbidden:art. 17, c. 2, L. 633/1941).Excluded from V.A.T. (D.P.R. 26/10/72, n.633, art. 2, 3° c., lett. d.)

Mark Twain

THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAW

YER

ISBN 978-88-530-1629-4

BLACK CAT

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A2

Step 1 • A2

Starter CEFR A1

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Word count: 7,811

€ 8,90

ISBN 978-88-530-1629-4

The Adventures of Tom

Sawyer

Mark Tw

ain

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain


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The AdveNTureS of Tom SAw

yer

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Join Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn and their friends as they go on a series ofexciting adventures on the Mississippi River. Find out what happens when theywitness a murder, hide on an island, and how getting lost in a cave leads to thediscovery of a great treasure…

This reader uses the eXPANSIve reAdING approach, where the text becomesa springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background,cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story,written and recorded in American English, this reader contains:

• A biography of Mark Twain


• Dossiers: The One-Room School and Missouri

• Internet projects




Mark Twain



Answer keys downloadable atblackcat-cideb.com

Starter CEFR A1

Step 1 CEFR A2

Step 2 CEFR A2/B1

Word count: 6,426

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Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn e i loro amici vivono le loro fantastiche avventure sul fiume Mississippi. Saranno testimoni di un omicidio mentre danno la caccia ai fantasmi, scappano su un’isola e scoprono grandi tesori.

CLASSICO

Avventura


978-88-530-0219-8 80 pp.


Dossier:The One-room School; Missouri

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Avventura


978-88-530-0556-4 80 pp.

KEY TRINITY

Ambientato durante la Guerra delle Due Rose, questo romanzo narra le avventure di Richard Shelton e della misteriosa banda della Freccia Nera. Per proteggere la sua amata Joanna, Richard combatte contro il suo crudele tutore, Sir Daniel Brackley, e contro i suoi uomini... Mistero, avventure e vicende sentimentali sono gli ingredienti di questa storia da leggere tutta d’un fiato.Dossier:The Wars of the Roses and others

The Black Arrow Robert Louis Stevenson

Adattamento di George Gibson

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Robert Louis Stevenson

BLACK CAT

The Black arrow


Set in 15th century England during the Wars of the Roses, this is the adventure story of Richard Shelton and the band of the Black Arrow.Sir Daniel Brackley is like a father to Richard, but one day Richard discovers a terrible truth... Now he must fight against Sir Daniel and his men. Can Richard save his true love, Joanna, from an unhappy marriage? Can he and the band of the Black Arrow bring justice to England? A tale full of excitement, mystery and romance!


As well as the story, this reader contains:• Easy adaptation at Step One level• Wide range of activities practising the four skills• KET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 4)• Full recording of the text• Dossiers on The Wars of the Roses and Knights and Knighthood Today• Project on the web• Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com

ISBN 978-88-530-0556-4

The Black ArrowT

he Black a

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Step 1 CEFR A2 Exam Flyers and/or KET

Audio CD

The Black Arrow

Word Count: 5,952

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ORIGINALE

Mistero & Horror


978-88-530-0958-6 96 pp.

KEY TRINITY

C’è stato un avvistamento di UFO vicino a Seattle, Washington, e tutti sono emozionati. Ma nessuno crede che possano esserci alieni in città fino a che Karen, Barbara e Walter notano che uno dei loro insegnanti si sta comportando in modo molto strano. Karen e i suoi amici cominciano a indagare e le loro scoperte sono sorprendenti...Dossier:Introduction to Seattle; The solar system, UFOs; American teenagers and High School

Alien Alert in Seattle

Gina D. B. Clemen

READING & TRAINING

Gina D

. B. C

lemen

Alien A

lert in Seattle

Alien Alert in SeattleAfter a UFO sighting near Seattle, Washington, everyone is excited. But no one believes there could possibly be an alien in town, until Karen and her friends start noticing some strange things happening.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, written and recorded in American English, this reader contains:• A wide range of activities practicing the four skills• Dossiers: Seattle, UFOs, Our Solar System and High School in the USA• KET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 4)• Full recording of the text • An exit test and key at blackcat-cideb.com

Gina D. B. Clemen

BLACK CAT

ALien ALerT in SeATTLe

Step

One A

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Gina D. B. Clemen

Alien Alert in Seattle

ISBN 978-88-530-0958-6

€ 9,60

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Word count: 6,788


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ORIGINALE

Avventura


978-88-530-1720-8 80 pp.


Karen e Justin vogliono celebrare la festa del Ringraziamento in famiglia, ma i loro piani cambiano quando un terremoto colpisce l’Alaska. Il loro papà è un ingegnere petrolifero e deve volare in Alaska per fermare un possibile disastro ecologico. Quando l’uomo resta bloccato al Circolo Artico durante una tempesta chi potrà salvarlo?Dossier:Alaska; Energy and Environment; The Greatest Race on Earth

Alaska Adventure!

Gina D. B. Clemen

A2

free Audiobook€ 8,90

ISBN 978-88-530-1720-8ISBN 978-88-530-1720-8

BLACK CAT

Gina D. B. Clemen

Gina D

. B. Clemen


Ste

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2Karen and Justin want to celebrate Thanksgiving with their family, but their plans change when an earthquake hits Alaska. Their dad, who’s a petroleum engineer, must fly to Alaska to prevent a disaster on the pipeline. Karen and Justin join him in Alaska. When their dad is stranded at the Arctic Circle during a blizzard, who can possibly rescue him?

This reader also contains:• A wide range of skills practice • Cambridge English Key and Trinity (Grades 3 and 4) style activities• Dossiers: Alaska; Energy and Environment; The Greatest Race on

Earth• Full recording of the text

ALASKA ADVENTURE!

Alaska A

dventure!

Alaska Adventure!Alaska

Adventure!

Gina D. B. Clemen


Wordcount: 6,167


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CLASSICO

Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-1833-5 80 pp.


Ebenezer Scrooge non ama il Natale e non ama le persone. È un uomo freddo e duro cui interessa solo il denaro. Alla Vigilia di Natale, però, accade qualcosa di strano. Gli appaiono tre fantasmi che gli mostrano la sua vita passata, presente e futura. Scrooge imparerà qualcosa dagli spettri?Dossier:London in Dickens’s Time; Great Victorian Writers; Christmas Around the World

LIFE SKILLS speranza; amore; generosità; gentilezza; affetto

A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens



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A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol

Ebenezer Scrooge doesn’t like Christmas, and he doesn’t like people. He’s a cold, hard man. He only loves money! But on Christmas Eve something strange happens: some ghosts visit him! They show him his past life, his life now and a possible future. Will old Scrooge learn anything from the ghosts?


activities• Think! and Values & Feelings activities• Dossiers: London in Dickens’s Time; Great Victorian

Writers; Christmas around the World• Full recording of the text



Charles Dickens

A ChristmAs CArol

ISBN 978-88-530-1833-5

BLACK CAT

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LIFE SKILLS • A2

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ISBN 978-88-530-1833-5

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Step 2 CEFR A2/B1

Word count: 5,550

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CLASSICO

Mistero & Horror


978-88-530-1511-2 80 pp.


Una ricca famiglia americana decide di comprare una casa, da tutti creduta stregata, in Inghilterra.Certo è che la famiglia Otis non crede ai fantasmi finché non s’imbatte in Sir Simon, il fantasma che da 300 anni vive nella casa. Molte cose bizzarre accadono a Canterville Chase, ma un giorno la giovane Virginia incontra Sir Simon...Dossier:Oscar Wilde in America; The Times of Oscar Wilde; Famous Ghosts

The Canterville Ghost Oscar Wilde

Adattamento di Gina D.B. Clemen

GREEN APPLE

The Canterville Ghost

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Oscar Wilde

ISBN 978-88-530-1511-2

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The Canterville GhostA rich American family decides to buy a haunted house in England. They certainly don’t believe in ghosts until they meet Sir Simon, the 300-year old ghost with a frightening reputation, who takes his job very seriously. All kinds of bizarre things happen at Canterville Chase, until young Virginia meets Sir Simon...

This reader uses the eXPaNSIve reaDING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:

• A biography of Oscar Wilde


• Dossiers: Famous Ghosts, Oscar Wilde in the United States of America

• KEY-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 3 and 4)

• Filmography



Oscar Wilde



free Audiobook


Starter CEFR A1

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Wordcount: 1,200

GA_Canterville_COP_12_19.indd 1 27/02/20 16:32

ORIGINALE

Feste e celebrazioni


978-88-530-0194-8 128 pp.

KEY TRINITY

Perché si festeggia Halloween? Perché si vuole stupire il proprio innamorato con un biglietto di auguri per San Valentino proveniente da Loveland negli Stati Uniti? Chi ha inventato i biglietti di auguri di Natale?Il testo esplora le origini delle festività, il loro valore storico e come vengono celebrate oggi.

British and American Festivities

Gina D. B. Clemen

GREEN APPLE

Audio CD


British and

Am

erican FestivitiesGina D. B. Clem

en

Book + CD e 9,50


Gina D. B. Clemen

ISBN 978-88-530-0194-8

Gina D. B. Clemen

ISBN 978-88-530-0194-8

BLACK CAT



Audio CD

Who created Father Christmas and where does he live today? Why are coloured eggs and rabbits symbols of Easter? Why does the river in Chicago turn green once a year?Find out about the origins of British and American festivities and how they are celebrated today in this beautifully illustrated book.






• Easy-to-make recipes

• Full recording of the text with both American and British speakers


Step 1 CEFR A2 Exam: Flyers and/or KET Word Count: 8,902

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CLASSICO

Mistero & Horror


978-88-530-0213-6 64 pp.

KEY TRINITY

Keawe, un giovane marinaio hawaiano, compra una bottiglia contenente un diavoletto in grado di esaudire tutti i suoi desideri. Unico obbligo: prima di morire, l’acquirente deve rivendere la bottiglia a un prezzo inferiore a quello pagato, altrimenti la sua anima brucerà all’inferno. Ma non è così facile se la bottiglia è stata comprata a un cent...Dossier:Captain Cook; Hawaii

The Bottle Imp Robert Louis Stevenson

Adattamento di Patrizia Caruzzo

GREEN APPLE



The Bottle Imp

The B

ottle Im

pRobert Louis Stevenson


The Bottle Imp

ISBN 978-88-530-0213-6


ISBN 978-88-530-0213-6

BLACK CAT

The Bottle Imp


Audio CD-ROM

Step1 CEFR A2 Exam: Flyers and/or KET

‘You can’t break this bottle because it’s magic. Inside there is an imp. This imp is very powerful. You can have everything you want: love, money.’

When Keawe, a young Hawaiian sailor, hears this, he decides to buy this amazing bottle imp. This imp can make all his wishes come true. But, he soon discovers, it also creates serious problems…


As well as the story, this reader contains:• Accessible adaptation at step 1 level

• Wide range of fun activities practising the four skills



• Dossiers: Captain Cook and Hawaii




Word Count: 2,817

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Playscript

CLASSICO

Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-0807-7 96 pp.

KEY TRINITY

Pip, un ragazzo povero, riceve una notizia strabiliante: qualcuno gli ha donato una notevole somma di denaro e vuole fare di lui un gentleman. Chi è il misterioso benefattore? La celebre storia di Charles Dickens è qui rivisitata in forma di fumetto.Dossier:Ladies and Gentlemen; Transportation to Australia

Great Expectations Charles Dickens

Adattamento di Derek Sellen

Audio CD

9 788853 008077

Great ExpectationsG

reat Exp

ectations

Charles Dickens

Book + CD e 9,10

Great ExpectationsCharles Dickens

ISBN 978-88-530-0807-7

Charles Dickens

ISBN 978-88-530-0807-7

BLACK CAT

Great Expectations


Audio CD

Step 1 CEFR A2 Exam: Flyers and/or KET

When Pip, a poor boy, receives a lot of money from a mysterious benefactor, his life changes. But who is his benefactor? And why does he or she want to give him money? Pip is in love with Estella but can she love him? In London, with a lot of money and new friends, Pip forgets his old life and his old friends. Until, one day, a surprise visitor arrives at his door and everything changes again…


As well as the story and a playscript, this reader contains:



• Dossiers: Ladies and Gentlemen and Transportation to Australia


• Exit tests and keys at blackcat-cideb.com

Word Count: 3,946

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GREEN APPLE

Disponibile fino a esaurimento scorte

NON FICTION

Personalità


978-88-530-0952-4 96 p.

KEY TRINITY

Quale scrittore era una spia al servizio della regina Elizabeth I? Chi ospitava un orso in camera a Cambridge? Chi ha scritto poesie sulla rivolta di Pasqua in Irlanda? Le vite affascinanti di alcuni dei più importanti scrittori britannici, poeti e drammaturghi da Shakespeare a Graham Greene: un nuovo punto di vista sulla letteratura e sulla storia.Dossier:Writers and Places; Writers and Films

Great British Writers Derek Sellen

R&TDiscovery

Derek Sellen

cDaudio

Step 1

Derek Sellen

Great British W

riters

Follow the fascinating lives of some of the most important Britishnovelists, poets and playwrights from Shakespeare to GrahamGreene, and discover more about different periods of literature inBritish history.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the textbecomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explorehistorical background, cultural connections and other topicssuggested by the text. As well as the text, written in British English,this reader contains:• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: Writers and Places and Writers and Films• Internet projects• KET-style activities• Trinity-style activities (Grades 3 and 4)• A full recording of the text• An exit test and key on our website

Book + cD € 9,40

ISBN 978-88-530-0952-4

9 788853 009524

Derek Sellen

Great British Writers

isBN 978-88-530-0952-4

BLAck cAt PUBLISHING

cIDEB

Step One CEFR A2 Exam Level kEt

Step Two CEFR B1.1 Exam Preparation PEt

Step Three CEFR B1.2 Exam Level PEt

Step Four CEFR B2.1 Exam Preparation fcE

Step Five CEFR B2.2 Exam Level fcE

word count: 12,091

This volume without the side coupon is to beconsidered a free sample copy not for sale. (Sale orother distribution is forbidden: art. 17, c. 2, L. 633/1941).Excluded from V.A.T. (D.P.R. 26/10/72, n. 633, art. 2, 3°c., lett. d.)

GreatBritish Writers

Great British Writers

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ORIGINALE

Avventura


978-88-530-1412-2 80 pp.


Nel parco di Yellowstone due lupi sembrano scomparsi. I fratelli Karen e Alex, insieme alla loro amica Sally, decidono di esplorare il parco alla ricerca dei lupi. La gita si rivela eccitante e pericolosa perché incontrano un puma, un orso e una mandria di bisonti. Però i ragazzi proseguiranno la ricerca dei due lupi... Riusciranno a trovarli?Dossier:Yellowstone National Park; Wolves; Wyoming: the Cowboy State; The animals at Yellowstone

The Great Adventure at Yellowstone

Gina D. B. Clemen

GREEN APPLE

Gina D. B. Clemen

The G

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Gina D. B. Clemen

The Great Adventure at Yellowstone The Great Adventure

at Yellowstone

Gina D. B. Clemen


Karen, Sally and Alex are three teenagers who take a camping trip at Yellowstone National Park during a wolf alert. Two of the park’s wolves are missing and the three teens decide to look for them. Their trip becomes an exciting, yet dangerous adventure when they meet a hungry grizzly bear, an angry mountain lion and a herd of bison that destroy their tent. Will they ever solve the mystery of the missing wolves?



• Dossiers: Yellowstone National Park; Wolves; Wyoming: the Cowboy State; The animals at Yellowstone

• KEY-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 3)



Book + CD e 8,90

Gina D. B. Clemen

ISBN 978-88-530-1412-2

BLACK CAT

THE GREAT ADVENTURE

AT YELLOWSTONE

ISBN 978-88-530-1412-2

Audio CD

Step 1 CEFR A2 Exam: Flyers and/or KEY


Word Count: 6,094

Yellowstone_COP 7_18.indd 1 12/07/18 13:51

ORIGINALE

Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-1714-7 80 pp.


Alcuni studenti della Fairbrother Academy non vogliono saperne di studiare. Preferiscono infastidire i compagni nel cortile dando loro soprannomi fastidiosi. Alice soffre per questo, ma un giorno Miss Sunshine viene a conoscenza del problema e decide di intervenire.Dossier:Schools in England; Mindfulness

LIFE SKILLS amicizia; amore; gentilezza; felicità; fiducia

The Extraordinary Miss Sunshine






Some children at The Fairbrother Academy don’t want to learn. They like to push their classmates in the playground and call them bad names. Alice is unhappy when she starts secondary school, but when Miss Sunshine hears about the problems, she drives to the academy, determined to help.


activities• Think! and Values & Feelings activities• Dossiers: Schools in England; Mindfulness• A full recording of the text





THE EXTRAORDINARY MISS SUNSHINE

ISBN 978-88-530-1714-7

BLACK CAT

Jane Elizabeth Cam

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Word count: 4,320

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Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-1092-6 80 pp.


Quando la squadra di basket della scuola perde il campionato perché Holly sbaglia l’ultimo tiro, la ragazzina scopre quanto crudele possa diventare la sua bellissima cugina Rosie, che sembra ricca, perfetta e piena di amici. Ma Holly a una fiera incontra un’anziana signora e scopre presto che le cose non sono sempre come sembrano...Dossier:Travelling Funfairs

I Want To Be You Andrea M. Hutchinson

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I Want To Be You

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I Want To Be YouAndrea M. Hutchinson

ISBN 978-88-530-1092-6

Andrea M. Hutchinson

ISBN 978-88-530-1092-6

BLACK CAT

I WaNT To Be You



Holly and Rosie are cousins but they are very different. Rosie seems to have everything, beauty, money and lots of friends. Holly is shy, and is convinced that her cousin’s life is so much better than her own. But then she meets a old lady at a fair and soon finds out that things aren’t always what they seem…

This reader uses the eXPaNSIVe ReaDING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text.

As well as the story, this reader contains:• A wide range of activities practising the four skills

• Dossier: Travelling Funfairs




Audio CD-ROM


WORD COUNT: 6,466

GA1_I want COP_12_19.indd 1 16/12/19 17:17

ORIGINALE

Avventura


978-88-530-0542-7 80 pp.

KEY TRINITY

Tre giovani donne devono assolutamente arrivare a Londra dall’Irlanda prima di Natale. Ma tutti i voli vengono cancellati e non possono fare altro che noleggiare un’auto e affrontare il viaggio. Quando trovano una valigetta piena di denaro devono decidere insieme che cosa fare. Poco dopo, scopriranno che una macchina le sta seguendo...Dossier:The Emerald Isle; Indians in Britain

Home for Christmas Andrea M. Hutchinson

READING & TRAINING

And

rea M. H

utchinsonH

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e for C

hristmas

Home for ChristmasThree young women need to get to London from Ireland in time for Christmas. When all flights are cancelled, they are forced to share a car and make the journey by road.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains: • Wide range of activities practising the four skills• KET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 3)• Dossiers: The Emerald Isle and Indians in Britain• Internet projects• Story recorded in full• Exit test with answer key



BLACK CAT

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Home for Christmas

Step One CEFR A2 Exam Level KET

Step Two CEFR B1.1 Exam Preparation PET

Step Three CEFR B1.2 Exam Level PET

Step Four CEFR B2.1 Exam Preparation FCE

Step Five CEFR B2.2 Exam Level FCE

Step Six CEFR C1 Exam Preparation CAE

WORD COUNT: 4,839

Audio CD

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Book + CD € 8,90

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ORIGINALE

Biografia


978-88-530-2047-5 96 pp.


Jesse Owens, Katherine Johnson, Sir David Attenborough, Dame Zaha Hadid, Stephen Hawking, Meryl Streep, Bill Gates, J.K. Rowling. Otto personaggi con origini e vite diverse che si sono affermati nello sport, nel cinema, nell’editoria, nel mondo degli affari e nella scienza, superarando molte difficoltà. Scopri le loro vite.Dossier:Pen Names; The Film Industry

LIFE SKILLS resilienza; coraggio; perseveranza; passione; generosità

Great LivesOutstanding People of the English Speaking World

Jane Cammack


Graded reader with activities


Jesse Owens Katherine Johnson Stephen Hawking

David Attenborough Zaha Hadid

Bill Gates J.K. Rowling

Meryl Streep

Outstanding People of the

English-Speaking World

Great Lives

Great Lives

Eight people from different backgrounds, eight great lives from the world of sport, cinema, books, business and science. How did they overcome difficulties in their life to make their dreams come true? Discover their lives and let them inspire you.


activities• Think! and Values & Feelings activities• Dossiers: Pen Names; The Film Industry• Full recording of the text


Jane Cammack

Jane Cammack

Great Lives

ISBN 978-88-530-2047-5

BLACK CAT

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Great Lives

Jane Cam

mack

LIFE SKILLS • A2

Step 1 • A2


€ 9,10

ISBN 978-88-530-2047-5

Starter CEFR A1

Step 1 CEFR A2

Step 2 CEFR A2/B1

Word count: 8,563

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CLASSICO

Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-2048-2 80 pp.


Un ragazzino povero di New York si ritrova in un bellissimo castello inglese alle prese con un nonno ricco e scorbutico. Riuscirà a diventare un vero lord inglese? O qualcuno cercherà di usurpare il suo posto? Una storia emozionante che ci racconta come amore, amicizia e gentilezza possano cambiare le persone e il mondo.Dossier:Children in Victorian Times;From New York City to London!

LIFE SKILLS gentilezza; amicizia; forza; affetto; empatia

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Frances Hodgson BurnettAdattamento di Gina D. B. Clemen






What happens when a poor young boy from New York City suddenly finds himself in a beautiful English castle with a rich and angry old grandfather? Will he be able to become an English lord? Or will someone else try to take his place? An incredible and exciting story of how love, friendship and kindness can change people and the world we live in.


activities• Think! and Values & Feelings activities• Dossiers: Children in Victorian Times; From New York City

to London!• Full recording of the text




LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY

ISBN 978-88-530-2048-2

BLACK CAT

Little Lord FauntleroyFrances H

odgson BurnettLIFE SKILLS • A

2

Step 1 • A2

Starter CEFR A1

Step 1 CEFR A2

Step 2 CEFR A2/B1

Word count: 6,672


€ 8,90

ISBN 978-88-530-2048-2

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CLASSICO

Leggenda


978-88-530-0618-9 96 pp.


In questo libro sono raccolte quattro tra le più belle leggende provenienti dalle Isole Britanniche: The Legend of the Unicorn (Inghilterra), The King of the Wizards (Scozia), Gelert (Galles) e A Royal Secret (Irlanda). La registrazione rispecchia gli accenti delle diverse aree di provenienza dei testi.Dossier:Haunted Castles in Scotland; Man’s Best Friend

Legends from the British IslesNarrato da Deborah Meyers

GREEN APPLE

e 9,40

ISBN 978-88-530-0618-9

Legends from the British Isles


Why does an English girl make friends with a young unicorn? Can an old Scottish fisherman be more clever than a wizard?What can you find in the Welsh town of Beddgelert?Who discovers an Irish king’s big secret?Read these four exciting legends and find out!


As well as the story, this reader contains:• Easy adaptation at Step One level


• KET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 2, 3, 4)

• Dossiers on Haunted Castles in Scotland and Man’s Best Friend

• Projects on the web


Starter CEFR A1

Step 1 CEFR A2

Step 2 CEFR A2/B1

Word count: 6,293


Step 1 • A

2Legends from

the British Isles Legends

from the British Isles

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LEGENDS fRom thE BRItISh ISLES

ISBN 978-88-530-0618-9


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ORIGINALE

Fiaba & Fantasy


978-88-530-1093-3 80 pp.

KEY TRINITY

Sono le vacanze estive e la madre di Megan è molto malata. Megan dovrebbe trascorrerle con lo zio sull’isola di Skye in Scozia, ma lei ci va proprio malvolentieri. Il posto è molto tranquillo, troppo tranquillo, fino a che Megan non incontra Ben, il vicino di suo zio, e scorge un unicorno argentato. L’unicorno si è svegliato dal suo lungo sonno... Una storia originale di avventura e fiaba.Dossier:The Isle of Skye; Clans, Kilts and Tartan; Scottish Music

The Last Unicorn Jane Elizabeth Cammack

GREEN APPLE

Audio CD

The Last Unicorn

The Last U

nicorn

e 9,10

The Last UnicornJane Elizabeth Cammack

ISBN 978-88-530-1093-3

Jane Elizabeth Camm

ack

ISBN 978-88-530-1093-3

BLACK CAT

The LaST UNIcorN



It is the summer holidays and Megan’s mother is very ill. She has to stay with her uncle on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, but she doesn’t want to go. It is too quiet until Megan meets Ben and sees a silvery unicorn. The unicorn has woken from its long sleep and it is Megan who has woken him…


As well as the story, this reader contains:• An introduction about the Isle of Skye


• Dossiers: Clans, Tartan and Kilts and Scottish Music





• Free downloadable summary-based activities for comprehension and language practice

Audio CD-ROM

9 788853 010933

Jane E. Camm

ack

Word Count: 4,942

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CLASSICO

Leggenda


978-88-530-0948-7 80 pp.

KEY TRINITY

Da giovane Pelia ha usurpato il regno di Iolco al proprio fratellastro, padre di Giasone. Ma ora Giasone lo rivendica. Prima, però, deve conquistare e riportare indietro il Vello d’oro. È una missione pericolosa, ma Giasone, insieme a un gruppo di eroi, salpa alla volta di Argo, sul Mar Nero. Durante il viaggio gli Argonauti devono combattere contro giganti, enormi uccelli e mostri marini.Dossier:Greek Pottery; Greek Mythology

Jason and the ArgonautsNarrato da Jennifer Gascoigne

GREEN APPLE

Jason and the Argonauts

Jason and

the Arg

onauts


Jason and a crew of heroes sail on the Argo to the Black Sea; their dangerous mission is to find and bring back the Golden Fleece to Greece. The Argonauts must battle against giants, huge birds and sea monsters before their journey ends.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• An introduction about the Golden Fleece


• Dossiers: Greek Pottery and Greek Mythology





ISBN 978-88-530-0948-7

Audio CD-ROM

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JASoN AND thE ARGoNAutS

ISBN 978-88-530-0948-7

Jason and the Argonauts

Word Count: 6,591Step 1 CEFR A2 Exam: Flyers and/or KET

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26

ORIGINALE

Mistero & Horror


978-88-530-1016-2 80 pp.

KEY TRINITY

Kate, Mike e Carlos si imbarcano per Bodega Bay, nei pressi di San Francisco, dove un anno prima avevano scoperto l’antica mappa del tesoro di un pirata. Li aspetta un’incredibile ed eccitante avventura, indagando su un misterioso indizio che li porta sulle tracce di un tesoro scomparso da centinaia di anni.Dossier:Sharks; Pirates

The Lost Treasure of Bodega Bay

Gina D. B. Clemen

GREEN APPLE


The Lo

st Treasure o

f Bo

deg

a Bay

Gina D. B. Clemen

ISBN 978-88-530-1016-2

BLACK CAT

The LoST TreaSure of Bodega Bay

Gina D. B. Clemen


An incredibly exciting and dangerous adventure awaits Kate, Mike and Carlos as they follow a mysterious clue and go on a treasure hunt to find a pirate’s lost treasure from centuries ago…

This reader uses the eXPaNSIVe readINg approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, written and recorded in American English, this reader contains:


• Dossiers: Sharks and Pirates




• Free downloadable SuMMary-BaSed aCTIVITIeS for comprehension and language practice

ISBN 978-88-530-1016-2

Gina D. B. Clemen


Book + CD e 9,109 788853 010162

Audio CD-ROM


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NON FICTION

Città


978-88-530-1021-6 96 p.

KEY TRINITY

Quante lingue si parlano a Londra? Che cos’è la Square Mile? Da dove nasce il nome Piccadilly? Per saperlo basta mettersi comodi e godersi la lettura di questo testo su Londra.Una città sensazionale tutta da scoprire, dal suo glorioso passato fino all’affascinante presente: Londra è davvero una città magica.Dossier:London and its Writers; London’s Great Parks and Museums

London Gina D. B. Clemen

READING & TRAINING DISCOVERY

R&TDiscovery

Gina D. B. Clemen

cDaudio

Step 1

Gina D

. B. clem

enLondon

Get to know this sensational city in detail starting from its glorioushistory all the way to its captivating present. Discover the historicCity, majestic Westminster, the vibrant West End and much more!

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the textbecomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explorehistorical background, cultural connections and other topicssuggested by the text. As well as the text, written in British English,this reader contains:• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: London and Its Writers and London’s Parks and Museums• KET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 3 and 4)• A full recording of the text• An exit test and key at blackcat-cideb.com

Book + cD € 9,60

ISBN 978-88-530-1021-6

9 788853 010216

Gina D. B. clemen

LONDON

ISBN 978-88-530-1021-6

BLAck cAt

Step One CEFR A2 Exam Level kEtStep Two CEFR B1.1 Exam Preparation PEt

Step Three CEFR B1.2 Exam Level PEt Step Four CEFR B2.1 Exam Preparation fcEStep Five CEFR B2.2 Exam Level fcE

word count: 6,631


London

London

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€ 9,60

ISBN 978-88-530-1021-6

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CLASSICO

Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-1934-9 80 pp.


Dossier:Abolitionists and Slavery; Great American Writers of the 19th Century

LIFE SKILLS amore; onestà; condivisione; responsabilità; gentilezza


free Audiobook

free Audiobook

Little WomenLouisa May Alcott

Little Women

The March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy—are growing up in 19th-century America, and they have hopes, dreams and exciting plans for their future. One day they meet Laurie, the boy next door and he becomes a great friend of the family. This is a wonderful story about how friendship, kindness and love can make dreams come true and bring happiness to everyone.


activities• Think! and Values & Feelings activities• Dossiers: Abolitionists and Slavery; Great American Writers

of the 19th Century• Full recording of the text


Louisa May Alcott

LittLe WoM

en

ISBN 978-88-530-1934-9

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this volume without the side coupon is to be considered a free sample copy not for sale. (Sale or other distribution is forbidden: art. 17, c. 2, L. 633/1941).excluded from V.A.t. (D.P.R. 26/10/72, n. 633, art. 2, 3° c., lett. d.)

Little Wom

enLouisa M

ay Alcott

LIFE SKILLS • A2

Step 1 • A2


€ 8,90

ISBN 978-88-530-1934-9

Starter CEFR A1

Step 1 CEFR A2

Step 2 CEFR A2/B1

Word count: 6,759

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CLASSICO

Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-0473-4 80 pp.

KEY TRINITY

Per le sorelle March non è facile crescere durante la Guerra Civile americana.Costrette a vivere lontane dal padre, ufficiale dell’esercito, queste ragazze devono imparare a fare sacrifici e accettare delusioni.Un classico che parla di amore, bontà e generosità ed è ispirato alle esperienze giovanili dell’autrice.

Little Women Louisa May Alcott


GREEN APPLE

Audio CD

Little Women

Little Wo

men

Louisa May Alcott

e 8,90

Little WomenLouisa May Alcott

ISBN 978-88-530-0473-4

Louisa May Alcott

ISBN 978-88-530-0473-4

BLACK CAT

LIttLe Wom

eN


Audio CD

Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March grow up in 19th-century New England during the American Civil War. Their father is away at the war and life is not easy for them. Each sister has a dream: Meg wants to get married and have her own family. Jo wants to become a famous writer and Amy wants to become an artist. Beth loves playing the piano. What happens when Jo meets Laurie, the boy next door? How does Meg find love? Who gives Beth a beautiful new piano? What is the Christmas surprise?

This reader uses the eXPANSIVe ReADING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text.


• Easy adaptation in American English

• Wide range of activities practicing the four skills

• Dossiers: The American Civil War (1861-65), America: The Melting Pot and America: Immigration Today


• Story recorded in full



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Dossier:The American Civil War and others





27

CLASSICO

Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-1014-8 96 pp.

KEY TRINITY

ORIGINALE

Avventura


978-88-530-0535-9 96 pp.


Tre amiche sono a caccia di avventure durante un viaggio in Australia che precede l’inizio dell’università. Ma, dopo aver festeggiato il Natale sulla Bondi Beach di Sydney, una di loro scompare. Lisa è una ragazza come tante: perché mai qualcuno dovrebbe rapirla? Amy e Claire si mettono alla sua ricerca, ma non sanno che Lisa e il suo rapitore sono uniti da un inquietante legame...Dossier:Sydney; Around Australia

Missing in Sydney Andrea M. Hutchinson

Attività di Laura Clyde

And

rea M. H

utchinsonM

issing in S

ydney

Missing in SydneyThree best friends are travelling around Australia in search of adventure before they start university. After celebrating Christmas Day on Sydney’s Bondi Beach one of them goes missing…

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains: • Wide range of activities practising the four skills• KET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 3)• Dossiers: Sydney and Around Australia• Internet project• Full recording of the text• Exit test and key at blackcat-cideb.com



BLACK CAT

MISSING IN SYDNEY

Step

One A

2


Missing in Sydney

ISBN 978-88-530-0535-9

€ 8,90

ISBN 978-88-530-0535-9

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Word count: 4,462

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READING & TRAINING

Hermia e Lysander sono innamorati, ma il padre di Hermia vuole che sua figlia sposi Demetrio, così Hermia e Lysander decidono di fuggire per unirsi in matrimonio. Ma nella foresta le fate lanciano alcuni incantesimi e cominciano ad accadere strane cose...Dossier:Fairies; Acting and Theatres in Shakespeare’s Time

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

William ShakespeareAdattamento di Janet Cameron

Word Count: 4,021

9 788853 010148



William

Shakespeare

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A MidsuM

Mer Night’s dreAM

ISBN 978-88-530-1014-8

isBN 978-88-530-1014-8Audio CD-ROM

Hermia and Lysander are in love, but Hermia’s father wants Demetrius to marry his daughter, so Hermia and Lysander decide to run away to get married. But in the wood some fairies perform some magic and some strange things start to happen...

This reader uses the eXPANsiVe reAdiNg approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text.

As well as the story, this reader contains:• A biography of William Shakespeare• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: Fairies and Acting and Theatres in Shakespeare’s Time• KET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 3, 4)




Step 1 CEFR A2 Exam: preparation Flyers and/or KET


A M

idsum

mer N

ight’s d

ream


William Shakespeare

William

Shakespeare

COP rom Midsummer 6_17.indd 1 07/06/17 17:26

GREEN APPLE

ORIGINALE

Poliziesco


978-88-530-0604-2 96 pp.


Il professor Peter O’Nell scompare nel triangolo delle Bermuda e tre dei suoi studenti decidono di indagare. L’apparizione di un fantasma e una serie di indizi conducono Bill, Michelle e Nick al museo delle cere, poi alla vecchia casa dell’insegnante e infine allo yacht di un milionario.Una storia da brivido...Dossier:Halloween; American High School Sports; The Bermuda Triangle

Miami Police File: the O’Nell Case

Gina D. B. Clemen

Gina D

. B. C

lemen

Miam

i Po

lice File: the O

’Nell C

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Gina D. B. Clemen

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MIAM

I POLICE FILE:

Step

One A

2

Gina D. B. Clemen


ISBN 978-88-530-0604-2

€ 9,80

ISBN 978-88-530-0604-2

THE O’NELL CASE free Audiobook

Peter O’Nell, Montego High School’s favorite teacher, goes missing in the Bermuda Triangle, and the Miami Police can’t solve the case. His students decide to investigate, with the help of O’Nell’s dog, Rover.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains: • Easy adaptation in American English• Wide range of activities practicing the four skills• KET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 3/4)• Dossiers: Halloween and others• Full recording of the text• Exit test and keys at blackcat-cideb.com



Word count: 6,922


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READING & TRAINING

ORIGINALE

Mistero & Horror


978-88-530-1206-7 80 pp.

KEY TRINITY

Bella e le sue amiche Elise e Gracie sono in gita scolastica. A causa di un imprevisto si perdono e si mettono alla ricerca dell’ostello dove avrebbero dovuto alloggiare. Durante la ricerca accadono molte cose strane: Bella intravede nella foresta una ragazza misteriosa e Elise ascolta di nascosto una conversazione tra due uomini che rivela alcune pericolose informazioni...Dossier:School trips; Ghosts in films

A Message from a Ghost


And

rea M. H

utchinsonA

Messag

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a Gho

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A Message from a GhostBella and her friends, Elise and Gracie, are going on a school trip. But then they get lost. They set out to find their school friends and the youth hostel but before they can find them, strange and spooky things start to happen. Their friends are unaware that they are in danger and it is up to Elise, Bella and Gracie to save them. But how?

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: School trips, Ghosts in films• KET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 3/4)• Full recording of the text • Exit test and keys at blackcat-cideb.com



BLACK CAT

A MessAGe froM

A GHosT

Step

One A

2


A Message from a Ghost







WORD COUNT: 5,663

Audio CD

ISBN 978-88-530-1206-7

€ 8,90

ISBN 978-88-530-1206-7

9 788853 012067

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Step into a green storyLet’s take a good look at planet Earth and let’s start loving it! How? Remember the 3 Rs of sustainability: REDUCE - REUSE - RECYCLE! Reduce waste, reuse things, recycle stuff you don’t use anymore. Six original, exciting novels teach us how to respect and protect the environment.

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AN EXCITING

SAGA THAT

SUPPORTS THE

ENVIRONMENT

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30

ORIGINALE

Fiaba & Fantasy


978-88-530-1838-0 80 pp.


Un tempo Atlantide era una civiltà avanzata e tutti vivevano in pace. Ma quando cominciarono le piogge, gli abitanti capirono che sarebbe stata distrutta. Ryan, uno schiavo, e Daria, una principessa, raccontano la storia dei suoi ultimi giorni, di come hanno costruito una nuova Atlantide e di come due nemici, alla fine, sono diventati amici.Dossier:Atlantis; The Pyramids; Cinema

A New Atlantis Victoria Heward

free Audiobook


Step 1 • A

2Victoria H

eward

Victoria Heward

A NEW AtlANtis

ISBN 978-88-530-1838-0

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A N

ew A

tlantis

AtlantisVictoria Heward

A New Atlantis

A New

STEP 1 • A2

look inside to find out how to download our free App.

€ 8,90

ISBN 978-88-530-1838-0

Starter CEFR A1

Step 1 CEFR A2

Step 2 CEFR A2/B1

Word count: 6,250

Atlantis was once an advanced civilisation where everybody lived in peace. But when the rains come everybody knows it will be destroyed. Ryan, a slave, and Daria, a princess, tell the story of its last days, how they built a new Atlantis and how two enemies eventually became friends.

This reader also contains:• A wide range of skills practice• Cambridge English Key and Trinity (Grade 3) style activities• Dossiers: Atlantis; The Pyramids; Cinema• A full recording of the text


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GREEN APPLE

ORIGINALE

Mistero & Horror


978-88-530-0215-0 80 pp.


Una grande casa abbandonata, un viso spettrale che appare alla finestra e avvenimenti misteriosi danno il via per Jim Reilly e i suoi giovani amici a un’avventura emozionante.I tre giovani detective sono al centro di una storia di mistero e suspense ambientata in California, nella cosmopolita San Francisco.Dossier:A Guide to San Francisco; Natural Resources and Pollution

Mystery in San Francisco

Gina D. B. Clemen


€ 8,90


Gina D. B. Clemen

ISBN 978-88-530-0215-0


Strange things are happening in San Francisco. One night Jim Reilly and his teenage friends explore an abandoned mansion with a mysterious history, and discover something terrible...


As well as the story, this reader contains:• Easy adaptation in American English



• Dossiers on A Guide to San Francisco and Natural Resources and Pollution





Starter CEFR A1

Step 1 CEFR A2

Step 2 CEFR A2/B1

Word count: 5,155

Step 1 • A

2M

ystery in San FranciscoG

ina D. B. Clem

en

Gina D. B. Clemen

ISBN 978-88-530-0215-0

BLACK CAT

MyStERy IN SAN FRANcISco


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31

CLASSICO

Avventura


978-88-530-0497-0 80 pp.

KEY TRINITY

Quando che il padre è costretto ad allontanarsi da casa, tre bambini e la loro mamma lasciano Londra e vanno a vivere in un cottage vicino a una ferrovia. I bambini vivono una serie di emozionanti avventure e diventano gli eroi del villaggio. Ma l’assenza del padre rimane avvolta nel mistero...Dossier:Early Railways

The Railway Children Edith Nesbit


GREEN APPLE

Audio CD

The Railway ChildrenT

he Railw

ay Child

renE. Nesbit

Book + CD e 8,90

E. Nesbit

ISBN 978-88-530-0497-0

E. Nesbit

ISBN 978-88-530-0497-0

BLACK CAT

The RaIlway ChIldReN


Audio CD

After their father goes away, three children and their mother leave their home in London and go to live in the country, near a railway. The children make a lot of friends, have exciting adventures and become heroes of the village. But what happened to their father? Why did he go away, and where is he? Can the children solve this mystery?

This reader uses the eXPaNSIVe ReadING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text.

As well as the story, this reader contains:• Easy adaptation at Step One level



• Dossier on Early Railways



The Railway Children


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ORIGINALE

Mistero & Horror


978-88-530-1205-0 80 pp.


Un ladro fantasma sembra sia in grado di entrare e uscire indisturbato dai più importanti musei di Londra sottraendo dipinti di grande valore.È Halloween e Max e Laura con i loro amici decidono di esplorare la zona di uno dei musei. Riusciranno Max e Laura a risolvere questo caso? Dossier:London museums; Travelling around London; Top five things to do in London

Project Vampire Victoria Heward

GREEN APPLE

Audio CD

Project Vampire

Pro

ject Vam

pire


Victoria Heward

ISBN 978-88-530-1205-0

Victoria Heward

ISBN 978-88-530-1205-0

BLACK CAT

Project VamPIre


Max and Laura are again involved in another mysterious case. This time a phantom thief seems to be able to get in and out of important museums in London easily, stealing valuable paintings. It’s Halloween and Max and Laura with their friends decide to explore the area around one of the museums. It’s dark and very foggy that night and something very spooky is going to happen…

This reader uses the eXPaNSIVe reaDING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text.As well as the story, this reader contains:• A wide range of activities practising the four skills

• Dossiers: London museums, Travelling around London, etc.




Project VampireVictoria Hew

ard

Audio CD-ROM


9 788853 012050

Victoria Heward


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CLASSICO

Avventura


978-88-530-1630-0 96 pp.


Dossier:Shakespeare and the Globe Theater Life during Tudor times

LIFE SKILLS coraggio; ambizione; amicizia; onestà; giustizia


CLASSICO

Avventura


978-88-530-0480-2 80 pp.

KEY TRINITY

Edward e Tom sono uno il sosia dell’altro. Vivono nella Londra del XV secolo e tra loro c’è una sola differenza: Edward è un principe e Tom è povero. Un giorno si incontrano e decidono di scambiarsi le parti: Edward impersonerà il povero mentre Tom diventerà principe. Qualcosa però non va per il verso giusto e i due si trovano coinvolti in una serie di incredibili avventure.

The Prince and the Pauper Mark Twain


Dossier:King Henry VIII

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The Prince and the Pauper

e 8,90

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Edward and Tom look alike – they’re identical! They both live in 15th-century London, but there is one difference: Edward is a prince and Tom is a pauper.One day they meet and decide to play a game. Edward becomes the pauper and Tom becomes the prince for one day. But something goes wrong and the two boys have some incredible and exciting adventures. Will Edward ever return to his palace and become King of England?





• Dossier on King Henry VIII




Starter CEFR A1

Step 1 CEFR A2

Step 2 CEFR A2/B1

Word count: 5,758


Mark Twain

free Audiobook

Starter • A

1The Prince and the Pauper

Mark Tw

ain

Mark Twain

ISBN 978-88-530-0480-2

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ThE PRINcE AND ThE PAuPER


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Mark Twain

What happens when two boys discover that they look exactly alike? They decide to play an exciting but possibly dangerous game. Suddenly things start going very wrong for one of them… Mark Twain’s wonderful story takes you to 16th-Century London and into Westminster Palace, where incredible things start happening…


activities• Think! and Values & Feelings activities• Dossiers: What was life like during Tudor times?; Knights

and castles; Shakespeare and the Globe theater• A full recording of the text



Mark Twain

The Prince and The PauPer

ISBN 978-88-530-1630-0

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CLASSICO

Poliziesco


978-88-530-0515-1 96 pp.


Nel racconto The Speckled Band Sherlock Holmes scoprirà chi si è macchiato dell’atroce assassinio di una giovane donna. In The Red-Headed League il grande investigatore e Watson ascoltano la sconcertante storia di un loro bizzarro cliente... che, in fondo, non è poi tanto bizzarro…Dossier:London at the Time of Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes Stories

Sir Arthur Conan DoyleAdattamento di Gina D. B. Clemen

Sherlock Holmes Stories‘The Red-Headed League’ and ‘The Speckled Band’ are taken from Conan Doyle’s The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. In these two stories we join Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson in Victorian London as they try to solve two of their most mysterious and terrifying cases.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains: • Wide range of activities practising the four skills• KET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 3/4)• Dossier: London in the Times of Sherlock Holmes• Full recording of the text• Exit test and keys at blackcat-cideb.com

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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Sherlock Holmes Stories

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Word count: 6,936


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Poliziesco


978-88-530-0950-0 80 pp.


Un misterioso inquilino ha affittato alcune stanze alla pensione di Mrs Warren. La donna chiede l’aiuto di Sherlock Holmes. L’investigatore e il dottor Watson scoprono messaggi segreti e un terribile delitto...Dossier:Victorian Writers; Police and Detectives of the 19th Century

Sherlock Holmes and the Red Circle


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A mysterious lodger, strange messages, a secret society and a terrible murder are the elements of a case that Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson have to solve...


• A biography of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle



• Dossiers: Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson, Victorian Writers and Police and Detectives in the 19th Century



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Avventura


978-88-530-1716-1 80 pp.


Il giovane Robinson Crusoe vuole vedere il mondo, ma una tempesta lo fa naufragare su un’isola deserta, piena di pericoli. Gli anni passano e finalmente trova un amico che lo aiuterà a tornare a casa. Scritto nel 1719, Robinson Crusoe è una delle avventure più famose mai raccontate.Dossier:Robinson Crusoe through the years; Robinson Crusoe Island; Cinema

Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe

Adattamento di Janet Cameron

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CD audioThis volume without the side coupon is to be considered a free sample copy not for sale. (Sale or other distribution is forbidden: art. 17, c. 2, L. 633/1941).Excluded from V.A.T. (D.P.R. 26/10/72, n. 633, art. 2, 3° c., lett. d.)

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Young Robinson Crusoe wants to see the world – but a storm brings him to an island where he is alone and danger is everywhere. Years pass before he meets a friend who will help him to find his home again. Written in 1719, Robinson Crusoe is one of the most famous and best-loved adventure stories ever told.

This reader also contains:• A wide range of skills practice• Cambridge English Key and Trinity (Grades 2, 3 and 4) style

activities• Dossiers: Robinson Crusoe through the years; Robinson

Crusoe Island; Cinema• Full recording of the text


ISBN 978-88-530-1716-1

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Word count: 6,029

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ORIGINALE

Avventura


978-88-530-1414-6 96 pp.


Seren vuole partecipare a una gita scolastica a Parigi, desiderio difficile da realizzare, poiché suo padre è molto apprensivo. Seren non si perde d’animo e immagina un piano per riuscire a realizzare il suo sogno e per aiutare suo padre. Riuscirà questa ragazza coraggiosa a salvare l’attività di suo padre e coronare il suo sogno di vedere i quadri di Monet a Parigi?Dossier:A food journey across the United Kingdom; Claude Monet; Wales

Recipe for Success Andrea M. Hutchinson

And

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utchinsonR

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Recipe for SuccessSeren wants to go on a school trip to Paris more than anything. But when her Dad won’t even let her walk home from school by herself, Seren comes up with a plan. But will it be good enough to convince her Dad?

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the text, this reader contains:• A wide range of activities practicing the four skills• Dossiers: Wales, ‘The Land of Song’; Claude Monet; A Food Journey

across The United Kingdom and Ireland• KEY-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 3-4)• A full recording of the text• Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com



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WORD COUNT: 6,239

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€ 9,60

ISBN 978-88-530-1414-6

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CLASSICO

Storia


978-88-7754-982-2 64 pp.

KEY TRINITY

The True Story of Pocahontas è la storia toccante di una principessa indiana il cui coraggio salva la vita di John Smith, capitano ed esploratore inglese giunto nel Nuovo Mondo per fondarvi una colonia. Una storia sulle origini degli Stati Uniti.Dossier:The Origins of Virginia; Indian Life; Virginia Today

The True Story of PocahontasNarrato da Kelly Reinhart

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This is the exciting story of a young Indian princess called Pocahontas. In 1607 she saw white men for the first time and made friends with Captain John Smith.Discover how she saved the lives of the settlers of the Jamestown Colony during the long winter. Read about her love for a young white settler and about the great festivities for her marriage.


As well as the story, this reader contains:• Easy adaptation in American English


• KET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 3 and 4)

• Full recording of the text with additional listening activities

• Dossiers on The Origins of Virginia, Indian Life and Virginia Today


retold by

WORD COUNT: 2.583

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Leggenda


978-88-530-0642-4 80 pp.

KEY TRINITY

Tristan and Isolde, una delle grandi storie d’amore del Medioevo, ha ispirato per secoli scrittori, poeti, artisti e musicisti.Dopo aver sconfitto e ucciso un drago, il principe Tristan accompagna la bella Isolde da re Mark come promessa sposa. Durante il viaggio verso la corte del re, però, i due giovani bevono per errore una pozione d’amore. In un attimo si innamorano, ma il loro amore avrà esiti tragici.Dossier:The Celts; King Arthur

Tristan and IsoldeNarrato da George Gibson

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Tristan and IsoldeTristan kills a dragon and wins the hand of the beautiful Isolde for marriage to his uncle King Mark. But on their journey back to Mark’s court, they drink a love potion that was intended for the king and his young bride…

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• Wide range of activities practising the four skills• KET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 3)• Dossiers: Cornwall and the Celtic Nations and King Arthur: fact or

fiction? • Text recorded in full• Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com


TrIsTan and Isolde

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CLASSICO

Fiaba & Fantasy


978-88-530-0517-5 96 pp.

KEY TRINITY

Tratta dalla raccolta di storie orientali nota come Le mille e una notte, questa selezione include classici amatissimi quali Alì Babà e i quaranta ladroni e Il marinaio Sinbad.Un viaggio che dall’antica Bagdad conduce a sontuosi palazzi e profumati giardini in India, fino alle isole dei mari della Cina...Dossier:The Origins of The Arabian Nights; Baghdad: the city of The Arabian Nights

Tales from The Thousand and One NightsAdattamento di Jennifer GascoigneREADING & TRAINING

Tales from The Thousand and One NightsA selection from the famous collection of Oriental stories, including the classic favourites Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Sindbad the Sailor and others.This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains: • Wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: Versions of ‘The Thousand and One Nights’ and Baghdad,

the city of ‘The Thousand and One Nights’• KET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 4)• Special AUDIO CD/CD-ROM with the text recorded in full and a

variety of games and activities for further practice

TALES FROM THE

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Word count: 7,253

This volume without the side coupon is to be considered a free sample copy not for sale. (Sale or other distribution is forbidden: art. 17, c. 2, L. 633/1941).Excluded from V.A.T. (D.P.R. 26/10/72, n. 633, art. 2, 3° c., lett. d.) € 9,80

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CLASSICO

Mistero & Horror


978-88-530-1514-3 80 pp.


Whistle and I’ll Come to you, My Lad, The Treasure of Abbot Thomas e The Tractate Middoth: da un maestro del genere, tre racconti ricchi di suspense che vi terranno incollati alla pagina, tra sorpresa e paura.Dossier:The Knights Templar; Ghost Stories

Stories for the Curious Montague R. James

Adattamento di Eleanor Donaldson

READING & TRAINING

M. R

. James

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urious

Stories for the CuriousWhat happens when a professor finds a mysterious object near some ruins on a beach? Why does an antiques dealer go to Germany to look for hidden treasure? Who is the man in the library?

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: The Knights Templar: Legends and Hidden Treasure,

Ghost Stories• KEY-style activities• Full recording of the text • Exit test and keys at blackcat-cideb.com


M. R. Jam

esBLACK CAT

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Stories for the Curious







WORD COUNT: 8,440

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Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-1835-9 96 pp.


August Pullman è nato con il viso deforme, ma è un normale bambino di dieci anni che ama Star Wars e i videogiochi. Ha una famiglia che gli vuole bene e studia a casa, fino a quando i suoi genitori decidono che è arrivato per lui il momento di frequentare una scuola vera…Dossier:Schools plays; Summer camps

LIFE SKILLS resilienza; empatia; gentilezza; lealtà; affetto

Wonder R. J. Palacio

Adattamento di Jane Elizabeth Cammack


Wonder R. J. Palacio

Although August Pullman was born with a facial deformity, he’s a normal ten-year-old boy. He plays video games and loves Star Wars. He has a loving family and studies at home, until his parents decide it’s time to go to real school.


activities• Think! and Values & Feelings activities• Dossiers: School plays; Summer camps• A full recording of the text


Wonder

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Word count: 8,146

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ORIGINALE

Mistero & Horror


978-88-530-1326-2 80 pp.

KEY TRINITY

Il Professor Smith è da sempre l’insegnante preferito di tutti gli studenti. Ma quando Sam e Izzie tornano a scuola dopo le vacanze, il professore non sembra più quello che conoscevano. Quale segreto può nascondere il loro insegnante di scienze? Dossier:Detectives in Fiction; Forensic Science

The Truth about Professor Smith


Book + CD € 8,90

And

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The Truth about Professor SmithProfessor Smith has always been every student’s favourite teacher. But when Sam and Izzie return to school after the summer holidays, their fun, energetic science teacher is gone. Professor Smith is kidnapped in front of them: what is happening?

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: Forensic science, Detectives in fiction• KET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 3)• Full recording of the text • Exit test and keys at blackcat-cideb.com



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36

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Avventura


978-88-7754-859-7 112 pp.

PRELIMINARY TRINITY

Milioni di lettori in tutto il mondo si sono commossi leggendo la storia di Buck, cane destinato a una vita felice al sole della California, rapito e venduto invece come cane da slitta nel freddo territorio dello Yukon durante la corsa all’oro del 1896.La sua nuova vita fra le nevi canadesi sarà difficile, impegnativa, avventurosa... e ricca di sorprese.Dossier:The Klondike Gold Rush; Wolves

The Call of the Wild Jack London


The Call of the Wild

The Call of the WildJack London


In the last part of the nineteenth century Jack London visited the Klondike in northwest Canada because he wanted to find gold. He didn’t find any but he returned with a story that is now one of America’s greatest classics. This is the story of Buck, a wonderful, big dog. One day someone takes him from his home in sunny California to the very cold Klondike and he must work. Life is now very difficult and Buck must learn how to survive. Read about his adventures and how he adapts to his new life.




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Word count: 7,907

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Jack London

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CLASSICO

Avventura


978-88-530-1547-1 80 pp.

App eReaders PRELIMINARY TRINITY

Le emozionanti avventure di Huckleberry Finn lungo il fiume Mississippi: fughe rocambolesche, fortunosi salvataggi e altre intricate vicende si susseguono a un ritmo vorticoso fino a sfociare in un indimenticabile finale a sorpresa.Dossier:America’s Great River: The Mississippi; The Slave Trade; The American Civil War

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark TwainAdattamento di Gina D.B. Clemen

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When Huckleberry Finn meets Jim, a runaway slave, they decide to travel North on the mighty Mississippi River. They have all sorts of incredible adventures, meet all kinds of people and get into a lot of trouble, until one day...Mark Twain’s masterpiece is one of the greatest novels in American literature. With his brilliant satire and humor Twain immortalises 19th-century life on the Mississippi River.

This reader uses the eXPANSIve reAdING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:

• A biography of Mark Twain


• Dossiers: America’s Great River: The Mississippi; The Slave Trade; The American Civil War

• Preliminary-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 4)

• Dossier: Cinema

• A full recording of the text (American English)

• Exit test and keys downloadable at blackcat-cideb.com

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uckleberry FinnM

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Mistero & Horror


978-88-530-1834-2 96 pp.


Halloween è davvero una notte magica? Le streghe vagano ancora oggi per Salem, in Massachusetts? Quali segreti nasconde un vecchio cimitero? Scoprite cosa accade a Janet e Dave quando appare loro una misteriosa antenata proveniente da un lontano passato…Dossier:Halloween’s Origins; The Salem Witch Trials; Massachusetts

LIFE SKILLS amicizia; giustizia; astuzia; responsabilità; affetto

The Halloween Secret Gina D. B. Clemen

ORIGINALE

Storia


978-88-530-0423-9 112 pp.

PRELIMINARY TRINITY

Le vicende dei sovrani d’Inghilterra hanno sempre affascinato e incuriosito. La presentazione inedita, talora anche divertente, di alcuni sovrani, delle loro vite e delle loro ambizioni, così come la proposta di alcuni ritratti di famosi pittori dell’epoca, aiuteranno il lettore a conoscere la storia inglese in maniera divertente e in un’ottica interdisciplinare.Dossier:Reading a Painting and others

Great English Monarchs and their Times

Gina D. B. Clemen

CLASSICO

Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-1713-0 96 pp.


Dossier:The Social Problems of the Victorian Age; The Industrial Revolution; Australia; Cinema

LIFE SKILLS generosità; forza; responsabilità; onestà; empatia



David Copperfield

Charles Dickens

David Copperfield


Charles Dickens

DAviD CopperfieLD

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David’s childhood is a happy one, but after his mother’s marriage to cruel Mr Murdstone, his life changes for the worse. David is sent to London to work in a factory. Is this going to be his life? He desperately wants to change his future, and decides to run away...David Copperfield is one of Charles Dickens’s masterpieces, that shows how kindness, friendship, generosity and love can change people’s lives.

This reader also contains:• A wide range of skills practice• Cambridge English Preliminary and Trinity (Grades 4) style

activities• Think! and Values & Feelings activities• Dossiers: The Social Problems of the Victorian Age; The

Industrial Revolution; Australia; Cinema • Full recording of the text


ISBN 978-88-530-1713-0

Starter CEFR A1

Step 1 CEFR A2

Step 2 CEFR A2/B1

Word count: 8,594

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Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-1324-8 96 pp.

Disponibile su eBook PRELIMINARY TRINITY

La vita di David viene sconvolta dalla morte della madre: il crudele patrigno lo manda a lavorare a Londra. Ma David non vuole lavorare in fabbrica per tutta la vita, così fugge e viene accolto da una parente gentile che si prende cura di lui. Crescendo, David impara che la vita è piena di problemi, difficoltà e cattiveria. Tuttavia, alla fine scopre l’amicizia, la gentilezza e l’amore.

David Copperfield Charles Dickens


David Copperfield

David

Co

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Charles Dickens


David’s life changes for the worse when his mother dies and he is left with a cruel stepfather who sends him to work in London. But he doesn’t want to work in a factory all his life, so he runs away and finds a kind relative who is willing to help him. As David grows up, he learns that life is full of trouble, hardship and cruelty. But he also finds friendship, kindness and... love.


• A biography of Charles Dickens


• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 2 and 4)

• Dossiers: Dover and Australia

• Full recording of the story with additional listening activities


Book + CD e 9,10

Charles Dickens

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Charles Dickens

David Copperfield


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Great E

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their Tim

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Great English Monarchs Gina D. B. Clemen

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Gina D. B. Clemen

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King Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth I and Queen Victoria were three of the most famous and powerful monarchs in English history. What happened to King Henry’s wives? Why didn’t Queen Elizabeth I ever marry? And why was Victoria such an important Queen? Find out about their lives, their ambitions and their secrets in this richly illustrated book.




• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 4/5)


• Dossiers on ‘Reading a painting’

• Full colour fold-out chart of the English kings and queens from the Tudors to the Windsors


and their Times

Great English Monarchs and their Times

Word Count: 7,539

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Gina D. B. Clemen

The Halloween Secret

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Gina D. B. Clemen

The hALLoween SeCreT

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The Hallow

een SecretG

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lemen

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B1

ISBN 978-88-530-1834-2

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Wordcount: 8,526

Is Halloween a magic night? Do witches still haunt Salem,Massachusetts? What secrets does an old cemetery hold?DiscoverwhathappenstoJanetandDavewhenanancestorfromlongagoappearsandgivesthemamysteriousriddletosolve…

Thisreaderalsocontains:• Awiderangeofskillspractice• CambridgeEnglishPreliminaryandTrinity(Grades4

and5)styleactivities• Think!andValues & Feelingsactivities• Dossiers:Halloween’s Origins;The Salem Witch Trials;

Massachusetts• Afullrecordingofthetext


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Playscript

CLASSICO

Avventura


978-88-530-0847-3 128 pp.

‘Hail, Macbeth, who will be king one day’.In una fredda landa scozzese, tre streghe lanciano una profezia. Ispirato dalle loro parole e incoraggiato dalla sua malvagia consorte, Macbeth intraprende il delittuoso cammino verso la conquista del trono scozzese.Dossier:Scotland; Some Scottish History; Shakespeare

Macbeth William Shakespeare


D R A M A D R A M A

William Shakespeare

‘Hail, Macbeth who will be King one day.’

On a cold Scottish heath, three witches make a prophecy. Inspired by

their words and encouraged by his evil wife, Macbeth begins his trail of

destruction to gain and keep the Scottish throne.

This adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays, in

beautifully illustrated cartoon format, is designed to help teachers and

students put on a performance of the play.

• Performing activities to enable students to perform the play


• Dossiers: Scotland: Some Scottish History and Entertainment in Shakespeare’s Time


• Glossary of difficult words

• Glossary of dramatic terms

• Full dramatic recording of the text

William Shakespeare

MacbethDrama

ISBN 978-88-530-0847-3

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William ShakespeareMACBETH

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acbethMacbethM

Word Count: 3,665

ISBN 978-88-530-0847-3

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Avventura


978-88-530-2049-9 80 pp.


Megan, Alex e Steve sono felici perché passeranno le vacanze estive nella soleggiata California. Non vedono l’ora di assistere a un rodeo ed esplorare uno dei parchi più belli degli Stati Uniti, lo Yosemite National Park. Improvvisamente, la loro vacanza diventa un'inaspettata e pericolosa corsa contro il tempo… Ce la faranno? Dossier:California; The California Gold Rush; Sustainability: what is it?; Earthquakes

Lost at Dead Man's Camp

Gina D. B. Clemen

GREEN APPLE

Lost at Dead Man’s Camp

Step 2 • A2/

B1Lost at D

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Lost at Dead Man’s CampGina D. B. Clemen

It’s summer vacation and Megan, Alex and Steve are really excited because they’re going to the wonderful California Gold Country. They can hardly wait to see a live rodeo and explore one of America’s most beautiful parks, Yosemite National Park. But suddenly their vacation becomes a dangerous and unexpected race against time, where every minute counts… will they make it?

This reader also contains:• A wide range of skills practice• Cambridge English Preliminary and Trinity (Grades 4 and 5)

style activities• Dossiers: California; The California Gold Rush;

Sustainability: what is it?; Earthquakes• A full recording of the text


STEP 2 • A2/B1



Gina D. B. Clemen

LOST AT DEAD MAN’S CAM

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Word count: 7,315

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€ 8,90


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Leggenda


978-88-530-0082-8 80 pp.


La storia leggendaria di re Artù e delle sue imprese. Qui si narra di come Arthur diventò re e trovò Excalibur, la sua magica spada, dell’affascinante Ginevra e dei Cavalieri della Tavola Rotonda.Dossier:Knights, Castles, The Round Table; Old Castles of Great Interest and others

King Arthur and his KnightsNarrato da George Gibson

King Arthur and his Knights

retold by George Gibson


e 9,10

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retold by George Gibson

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King Arthur And his Knights

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George G

ibson


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This book tells the story of Arthur from his birth to his final battle, and includes some adventures of the Knights of the Round Table.

This reader uses the EXPAnsiVE rEAding approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text.

As well as the stories, this reader contains:• An introduction about the historical background


• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 4/5)

• Dossiers: Knights, Castles, The Round Table and Where was King Arthur Buried?



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CLASSICO

Leggenda


978-88-530-1207-4 96 pp.


Robin Hood ha conquistato l’ammirazione di generazioni di lettori con i suoi gesti nobili e le sue indimenticabili avventure.Perché Robin Hood è diventato un fuorilegge? Chi sono i suoi uomini fidati? Come ha fatto Marian a trovare Robin Hood nella foresta di Sherwood? Come è stato punito il cattivo sceriffo di Nottingham?Dossier:Medieval Times in England; Medieval Life in a Castle Town; Archery, King Richard’s Crusade; The Magna Carta

Robin HoodNarrato da Gina D. B. Clemen

tThis volume without the side coupon is to be considered a free sample copy not for sale. (Sale or other distribution is forbidden: art. 17, c. 2, L. 633/1941).Excluded from V.A.T. (D.P.R. 26/10/72, n. 633, art. 2, 3° c., lett. d.) e 9,40

ISBN 978-88-530-1207-4

ISBN 978-88-530-1207-4

Why did Robin Hood become an outlaw? Who were his trusted men? How did Marian find Robin in Sherwood Forest? How was the wicked Sheriff of Nottingham punished? Who wanted Robin dead or alive? Read the exciting legend of Robin Hood to find out.



• Dossiers: Medieval Times in England, Medieval Life in a Castle Town, Archery, King Richard’s Crusade, The Magna Carta

• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 4)



Robin Hood

Robin HoodGina D. B. Clemenretold by

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Robin Hood

Gina D

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Word count: 6,147


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CLASSICO

Fiaba & Fantasy


978-88-7754-794-1 96 pp.

PRELIMINARY TRINITY

Tre racconti di Wilde ricchi di fascino e di grande profondità morale. The Young King è la storia di un pastorello che diventa re e si rende conto che il denaro e la ricchezza non valgono la sofferenza umana. The Star Child narra la storia di un bimbo abbandonato che scopre la sua vera identità. In The Nightingale and the Rose un usignolo si sacrifica per aiutare un giovane studente innamorato. Dossier:Life in Victorian Times and others

Oscar Wilde’s Short Stories

Oscar WildeAdattamento di Victoria Heward

Audio CD


Oscar W

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hort S

tories

Oscar Wilde

Book + CD e 9,10


Oscar Wilde

ISBN 978-88-7754-794-1

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Wilde wrote these delightful fairy tales for his two young sons. They were all published in the collection The Happy Prince and Other Stories in 1888.The ‘Young King’ tells how a shepherd boy becomes a king, ‘The Star-Child’ tells the story of a baby found in the forest and how he believes himself to be a magic Star-Child and in ‘The Nightingale and the Rose’ a little nightingale sacrifices her life to create the perfect red rose for a young student in love.





• Dossiers: Life in Victorian Times and others

• Full recording of the text with additional listening activities


Oscar Wilde

ISBN 978-88-7754-794-1

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OScAR WIlDE’S ShORt StORIES

Word Count: 6,387

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CLASSICO

Avventura


978-88-530-1325-5 96 pp.


Ambientato nei bassifondi della Londra dell’Ottocento, questo classico indimenticabile racconta la storia di Oliver Twist, un orfano povero che affronta una lunga serie di difficoltà. Scopri come, nonostante le circostanze avverse, riesca a trovare, alla fine, la felicità.Dossier:Child Labour; Crime in Victorian London; Oliver Twist in Films

Oliver Twist Charles Dickens


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liver Twist

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

ISBN 978-88-530-1325-5

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OlIver TwIST

Charles Dickens

Oliver TwistOliver TwistSet in the dark streets of 19th-century London, this unforgettable classic tells the adventures of Oliver Twist, a penniless orphan who goes through all kinds of hardships for many years. Find out how, in spite of adverse circumstances, he finds happiness in the end.

This reader uses the eXPANSIve reADING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:

• A biography of Charles Dickens


• Dossiers: Crime in Victorian London, Child Labour




ISBN 978-88-530-1325-5

€ 9,10


free Audiobook



Starter CEFR A1

Step 1 CEFR A2

Step 2 CEFR A2/B1

Word count: 9,249

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ORIGINALE

Avventura


978-88-530-1512-9 80 pp.


Sono passati due anni da quando Susan, Brian e Jim hanno risolto il mistero di San Francisco. Ma un altro mistero li attende: è stato ritrovato il diario segreto di Mark Twain e tutti gli editori del mondo vogliono pubblicarlo... ma improvvisamente sparisce senza lasciare traccia. Susan, Brian e Jim vogliono trovarlo a tutti i costi…Dossier:Mark Twain in the Gold Country San Francisco and the Gold Rush Alcatraz Island

Million Dollar Theft in San Francisco

Gina D. B. Clemen

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Gina D. B. Clemen

ISBN 978-88-530-1512-9

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MIllIoN Dollar ThefT IN SaN fraNcISco

Gina D. B. Clemen

Millio

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llar Theft in S

an francisco


ISBN 978-88-530-1512-9

Book + CD € 8,90

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MIllIoN Dollar ThefT

IN SaN fraNcISco

Gina D. B. Clemen


Two years have passed since Susan, Brian and Jim solved a baffling case in San Francisco, and now they have to solve a million dollar mystery: where has Mark Twain’s diary gone? They are determined to find it and start looking into a dark secret from the 1850s and the wild days of the California Gold Rush…

This reader uses the eXPaNSIVe reaDING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:

• Easy adaptation in American English


• Preliminary-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 4)

• Dossiers: Mark Twain in the Gold Country, San Francisco and the Gold Rush, Alcatraz Island

• Filmography

• Text recorded in full



Word Count: 8.000

Audio CD

Step 2 CEFR A2/B1 Exam: PRELIMINARY


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40

CLASSICO

Avventura


978-88-7754-927-3 112 pp.


Jim Hawkins e i suoi amici fanno vela verso Treasure Island in cerca di un favoloso tesoro. Ma non sono i soli: l’astuto e crudele pirata John Long Silver incrocerà spesso le loro vite. Un classico tra avventura e romanzo di formazione.Dossier:A Pirate Ship; Famous Pirates

Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson


Word Count: 7,067

Treasure Island

Treasure Island


ISBN 978-88-7754-927-3

BLACK CAT

TreaSure ISlaNd

Robert Louis StevensonThis volume without the side coupon is to be considered a free sample copy not for sale. (Sale or other distribution is forbidden: art. 17, c. 2, L. 633/1941).Excluded from V.A.T. (D.P.R. 26/10/72, n. 633, art. 2, 3° c., lett. d.)

Treasure Island is a story that has everything: pirates, hidden treasure, murder and mystery! Jim Hawkins is a boy who lives at the time of the great sailing ships and pirates. When Jim finds a treasure map, his life changes. He begins an exciting and dangerous adventure. What is the black spot? Who is the crazy sailor who lives alone on the island? Where is Captain Flint’s treasure? You’ll find answers to these questions and much more in Treasure Island: one of the greatest adventure stories of all time.

This reader uses the eXPaNSIVe readING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the stories, this reader contains:



• Dossiers: Pirates and Famous Pirates

• Text recorded in full


ISBN 978-88-7754-927-3


Treasure Island

,!7II8H7-fejchd!e 9,40

Audio CD

Step 2

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CLASSICO

Leggenda


978-88-530-1631-7 80 pp.


La leggenda narra che, in tempi antichi, un ragazzo di nome Arthur sia riuscito a estrarre la spada dalla roccia e a diventare re d’Inghilterra. Con l’aiuto di un mago, Merlin, e dei famosi Cavalieri della Tavola Rotonda, ha protetto il suo popolo e governato con coraggio e onestà.Dossier:King Arthur: Truth or Legend? Heroes

LIFE SKILLS onestà; coraggio; lealtà; forza; ambizione

Tales from Camelot King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

Victoria Heward


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Victoria HewardTales from Camelot

This reader also contains:• A wide range of skills practice• Cambridge English Preliminary and Trinity (Grades 4 and 5)• style activities• Think! and Values & Feelings activities• Dossiers: King Arthur – truth or legend?; Heroes• Full recording of the text


Legends say that, in ancient times, a boy called Arthur pulled a sword from a stone and became the new king of Britain. With the help of Merlin the magician and the famous Knights of the Round Table, he protected his people and had many adventures. His castle Camelot was a place full of magic and love but also full of dangers.

Tales from Camelot

€ 8,90

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Victoria Heward

TALES FROM CAM

ELOT

ISBN 978-88-530-1631-7

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Word Count: 6,590 King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

Tales from C

amelot

Victoria Hew

ard

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CLASSICO

Tragedia


978-88-530-0799-5 144 pp.

Amori giovanili, lotte tra famiglie, pregiudizi, violenze, contrasti con i genitori: ecco i temi, importanti e senza tempo, di Romeo and Juliet, che fanno di questa tragedia uno dei testi più amati dai giovani.Dossier:The Renaissance Man; Romeo and Juliet in Film; Saint Francis and the Franciscan Friars; Shakespeare’s Theatre

Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare


D R A M A D R A M A

Nobody can remember why the Capulet family and the Montague

family hate each other. So, when Juliet Capulet and Romeo Montague

meet and fall in love the result is tragic, and peace between the two

families is possible only after the death of many people.

This adaptation of Shakespeare’s famous love story, in beautifully

illustrated cartoon format, is designed to help teachers and students

put on a performance of the play.

• Performing activities to enable students to perform the play


• Dossiers: The Renaissance Man, Romeo and Juliet on film, SaintFrancis and the Franciscan Friars and Shakespeare’s Theatre

• Internet project

• Glossary of dramatic terms

• Full dramatic recording of the text

• Playscript

William Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet

Drama

ISBN 978-88-530-0799-5

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Will

iam Shakespeare

ROMEO AND JULIET

ISBN 978-88-530-0799-5

Book + CD € 9,70

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ELEMENTARY – CEFR A2

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JWilliam Shakespeare

ulietomeo and R

JWilliam Shakespeare

ulietomeo and R

Word count: 8,837

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€ 9,70

ISBN 978-88-530-0799-5

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CLASSICO

Humour & Commedia


978-88-530-0015-6 112 pp.

PRELIMINARY TRINITY

Storie divertenti narrate da celebri scrittori che hanno al centro l’affascinante mondo degli animali.Dossier:Elephants; Tigers

Animal Tales R. Kipling, E. Parker Butler,

Saki, M. Twain, J. K. JeromeAdattamento di James Butler

READING & TRAINING

Anim

al TalesThis volume without the side coupon is to be considered a free sample copy not for sale. (Sale or other distribution is forbidden: art. 17, c. 2, L. 633/1941).Excluded from V.A.T. (D.P.R. 26/10/72, n. 633, art. 2, 3° c., lett. d.)

AnimAl TAles

ISBN 978-88-530-0015-6

Step

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Kipling, Parker Butler, saki, Twain, Jerome K. Jerome

Animal Tales







WORD COUNT: 5,562

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€ 9,80

ISBN 978-88-530-0015-6

Animal TalesThe five stories by different authors – ‘The Elephant’s Child’, ‘Pigs is Pigs’, ‘Mrs Packletide’s Tiger’, ‘The Stolen White Elephant’ and ‘The Shameful Behaviour of a Fox Terrier’ – are guaranteed to entertain.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, recorded with both American and British voices, this reader contains:• An introduction to the stories and about the authors• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: Elephants and Tigers: the world’s largest cats• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 4)• A full recording of the text• An exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com

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CLASSICO

Fiaba & Fantasy


978-88-530-1327-9 112 pp.


Unisciti ad Alice all’inseguimento del Bianconiglio nel Paese delle Meraviglie, dove tutto può succedere! Guarda Alice mentre cambia taglia, incontra il Cappellaio Matto e la Lepre di Marzo, parla con lo Stregatto, gioca a croquet con la Regina di Cuori, assisti alle infinite avventure della terra dei sogni.Dossier:Oxford; A Great Invention: Photography; Victorian Sports


Lewis CarrollAdattamento di Gina D. B. Clemen

Lewis C

arrollA

lice’s Ad

ventures in Wo

nderland


Lewis CarrollBLACK CAT

ALICE’S ADVENTURES

Step

Two

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Lewis Carroll


ISBN 978-88-530-1327-9

€ 9,80

ISBN 978-88-530-1327-9

Alice’s Adventures in WonderlandJoin Alice as she follows the white rabbit into the amazing world of Wonderland! Watch Alice change size, talk to the smiling Cheshire cat, play a game of croquet with the Queen of Hearts and enjoy the never-ending adventures in the land of dreams!

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: A great invention: photography; Oxford; Victorian sports• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 4)• Full recording of the text • Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com

IN WONDERLAND


free Audiobook


Word count: 8,647

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READING & TRAINING

Act II: Murder! Gina D. B. Clemen

Book + CD € 8,90

ISBN 978-88-530-1633-1

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ISBN 978-88-530-1633-1

Gina D. B. Clemen

Act II: M

urder!G

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en

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Helen and Mark are actors in a high school version of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. On opening night at the theater there’s a special guest in the audience, Sherlock Holmes, who witnesses a terrible murder on stage. What happens when Helen and Mark join Sherlock Holmes to solve a baffling case of murder in the exciting city of Chicago?

This reader also contains:• A wide range of skills practice • Cambridge English Preliminary and Trinity (Grade 4) style

activities• Dossiers: Chicago, the Windy City; Famous Characters in Popular

Culture• Full recording of the text


Word count: 7,700

Gina D. B. ClemenAct II: Murder!

Act II: Murder!


audio CD

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READING & TRAINING

Helen e Mark sono due ragazzi che recitano in una versione scolastica del Macbeth di Shakespeare. La sera della prima c’è anche uno spettatore speciale tra il pubblico, il celebre Sherlock Holmes, che assiste a un terribile omicidio sul palco. Chi risolverà il caso? La polizia di Chicago o Sherlock Holmes e i suoi giovani amici?Dossier:Chicago, the windy city; Famous characters in popular culture

ORIGINALE

Poliziesco


978-88-530-1633-1 80 pp.





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NON FICTION

Viaggi


978-88-530-1098-8 96 pp.

KEY TRINITY

Che cosa significa Cymru? Che cosa costruì l’imperatore Adriano in Inghilterra quasi 2000 anni fa? Che cosa lanciavano i concorrenti durante i giochi delle Highlands? The British Isles racconta la storia e la cultura dell’Inghilterra, del Galles, della Scozia e dell’Irlanda dall’Età del Bronzo al ventunesimo secolo.Dossier:Great British Scientists and Inventors; The British Isles and Films

The British Isles Derek Sellen

Derek Sellen

CDaudio

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Sellen

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The British Isles tells the story of England, Wales, Scotland andIreland. It includes the most important events in their history fromthe Bronze Age to the twenty-first century.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the textbecomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explorehistorical background, cultural connections and other topicssuggested by the text. As well as the story, written in BritishEnglish, this reader contains:• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: Great British Scientists and Inventors and others• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 4/5)• A full recording of the text• Exit test and keys at blackcat-cideb.com

Derek Sellen

The BriTish isles

978-88-530-1098-8

BLACK CAT

Book + CD € 9,60

ISBN 978-88-530-1098-8

9 788853 010988

Step One cefR A2 Exam Level KET

Step Two cefR B1.1 Exam Preparation PET

Step Three cefR B1.2 Exam Level PET

Step four cefR B2.1 Exam Preparation FCE

Step five cefR B2.2 Exam Level FCE

wORd cOunT: 10,912


The BritishIsles

The British Isles

R&TDiscovery

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€ 9,60

ISBN 978-88-530-1098-8

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CLASSICO

Poliziesco


978-88-530-1548-8 80 pp.


Una giovane donna chiede a Sherlock Holmes di investigare su un terribile delitto. Tutte le prove incolpano il suo amato, ma lei sa che non è lui l’assassino. Riuscirà Holmes a scoprire il vero colpevole?Dossier:How did Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson Become Friends?; Australia; Sherlock Holmes’s Deduction Techniques; The detective story

The Boscombe Valley Mystery


READING & TRAINING

€ 8,90

The Boscombe Valley Mystery A beautiful young woman wants Sherlock Holmes to investigate a terrible murder. All the evidence points to the man she loves, but she knows that he is not the murderer. How will Holmes find the real murderer? Here is another baffling case for the world’s most popular detective!

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• A biography of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: How did Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson became

friends?; Australia; Sherlock Holmes’s deduction techniques; The detective story

• Preliminary-style and Trinity-style (Grades 5) activities• Full recording of the text• An exit text and keys downloadable at blackcat-cideb.com


BLACK CAT

The BoSComBe VALLey m

ySTery

ISBN 978-88-530-1548-8

ISBN 978-88-530-1548-8


The Boscombe Valley Mystery

Sir A

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Word count: 6,200


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CLASSICO

Avventura


978-88-530-1645-4 112 pp.


Dossier:Global or local?; Great challenges and adventures; Around the World in films

LIFE SKILLS fiducia; speranza; perseveranza; ambizione; amicizia; sensibilità


Book + CD € 9,80

ArounD the WorlD in eighty DAys

ISBN 978-88-530-1645-4

BlACK CAt

Jules Verne

Around the W

orld in Eighty Days

Jules Verne

Step 1 CEFR A2Step 2 CEFR B1.1Step 3 CEFR B1.2Step 4 CEFR B2.1Step 5 CEFR B2.2Step 6 CEFR C1

Wordcount: 10,315

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Itis1872.PhileasFogg,aprecise,calm,Englishgentleman,livesaquietlife.Thatis,untilhemakesa£20,000betwithhis friendsat theReformClubandbeginsan incrediblejourney.Inthisgameofluck,PhileasFogglearnsthetruevalue of friendship and loyalty, and that winning is notalwaysthebiggestprizeofall.

Thisreaderalsocontains:• Awiderangeofskillspractice• CambridgeEnglishPreliminaryandTrinity (Grade5)

styleactivities• Think!andValues & Feelingsactivities• Dossiers: Global or local?; Great challenges and

adventures; Cinema• Afullrecordingofthetext


ISBN 978-88-530-1645-4

Jules VerneAround the World in Eighty Days

Around the World in Eighty Days

Step Two • B1.1

LIFE SKILLS • B1.1

audio CD

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READING & TRAINING | LIFE SKILLS

CLASSICO

Avventura


978-88-530-1099-5 112 pp.


È il 1872 e un ricco gentiluomo inglese, Phileas Fogg, scommette di fare il giro del mondo in soli 80 giorni. Così insieme al suo fido maggiordomo francese, Passepartout, si impegna in una incredibile gara contro il tempo, per mare e per monti.

Around the World in Eighty Days Jules Verne


READING & TRAINING

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Around the World in Eighty DaysIn 1872, a rich English gentleman, Phileas Fogg, makes a bet that he can go around the world in eighty days. Accompanied by his French manservant, he sets off on an incredible race against the clock.This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: Great journeys around the world and Passenger ships and

Transatlantic travel• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 4/5)• A special audio CD/CD-ROM with the text recorded in full and a

variety of games and activities for further practice• Exit test and keys at blackcat-cideb.com


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Around the World in Eighty Days







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Book + CD € 10,00

ISBN 978-88-530-1099-5

9 788853 010995

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Dossier:Great Journeys around the World; Passenger ships and Transatlantic Travel





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Viaggi


978-88-530-1212-8 96 pp.

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L’inglese è una delle lingue più parlate nel mondo. Ti sei mai chiesto il perché? Questo libro ti accompagna in un viaggio attraverso cinque continenti, alla scoperta dei Paesi che parlano inglese nella vita di tutti i giorni: dalla cima del monte Everest alle spiagge dei Caraibi, dalla savana del Kenya alle strade di New York, fino alle coste dell’Australia, e oltre.Dossier:Aboriginal Australian; Real Pirates of the Caribbean

The English- speaking World

Janet Cameron


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The language of a small island has spread to every corner of theworld. How? A journey over five continents to discover countrieswhere English is used in daily life.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the textbecomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explorehistorical background, cultural connections and other topicssuggested by the text. As well as the story, written in BritishEnglish, this reader contains:• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: Aboriginal Australians and Real Pirates of the Caribbean• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 4/5)• A full recording of the text• FREE WEBACTIVITIES, exit test and key at blackcat-cideb.com

Janet Cameron

THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD

978-88-530-1212-8

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The English-speaking World

The English- speaking World

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ORIGINALE

Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-1513-6 80 pp.


Un misterioso regalo di compleanno turba la vita di Helen, portandola alla scoperta di un terribile segreto e di una maledizione che pesa da secoli sulla sua famiglia. In una corsa contro il tempo, Helen tenterà di risolvere il mistero legato al dono e di evitare che la maledizione si abbatta sui suoi cari.Dossier:Villages in the UK; Portraits; Witches

The Eighth Sister Victoria Heward

READING & TRAINING

Victoria H

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The E

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THE EigHTH SiSTEr

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Victoria Heward

The Eighth SisterThe Eighth SisterWhen a mysterious birthday present arrives from somebody she doesn’t know, Helen realises that there’s something strange going on. She discovers an ancient secret and a curse which has almost destroyed her family. It’s a race against time to solve the mystery and stop the curse.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: Villages in The UK, Portraits, Witches• PRELIMINARY-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 4)• Full recording of the text • Exit test and keys at blackcat-cideb.com

€ 8,90

ISBN 978-88-530-1513-6This volume without the side coupon is to be considered a free sample copy not for sale. (Sale or other distribution is forbidden: art. 17, c. 2, L. 633/1941). Excluded from V.A.T. (D.P.r. 26/10/72, n. 633, art. 2, 3° c., lett. d.)



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Word count: 6,870

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ORIGINALE

Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-0624-0 112 pp.

PRELIMINARY TRINITY

Ellie adora la musica: sogna di diventare una cantante e vuole andare al Festival di Glastonbury, dove suona il suo cantante preferito, Murphy. Un padre iperprotettivo e importanti esami imminenti bastano a far sembrare irrealizzabili i sogni della protagonista. Un giorno, però, Ellie legge di un concorso su una rivista musicale...Dossier:Education in England, Yorkshire; Festivals in Britain and Ireland

A Dream Come True Andrea M. Hutchinson

READING & TRAINING

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A Dream Come TrueEllie is mad about music: she dreams of becoming a singer and she desperately wants to go to the Glastonbury Festival, where her favourite singer, Murphy, will be playing. But with an overprotective Dad and important exams to take, it seems that Ellie’s dreams will have to remain just that, dreams.This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• Wide range of activities practising the four skills • PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 4/5)• Dossiers: Education in Britain and others• Story recorded in full• Exit test and keys at blackcat-cideb.com



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WORD COUNT: 6,921

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ISBN 978-88-530-0624-0

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CLASSICO

Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-2050-5 96 pp.


Homer Macauley vuole diventare il miglior postino della California. È ambizioso e sogna grandi cose, ma il suo lavoro lo mette di fronte alla dura realtà della vita. Una storia su come la generosità e la gentilezza possono cambiare le persone.Dossier:The USA – A country of immigrants; Communications

LIFE SKILLS empatia; responsabilità; generosità; ospitalità; gentilezza

The Human Comedy

William SaroyanAdattamento di Gina D. B. Clemen

CLASSICO

Tragedia


978-88-530-0832-9 96 pp.

PRELIMINARY TRINITY

Una versione che consente anche a studenti principianti di accostarsi alla celebre tragedia. La presentazione a fumetti fornisce un copione con cui realizzare una vivace messa in scena.Dossier:Films of Hamlet; Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Theatre; Who was Hamlet?

Hamlet Prince of Denmark

William ShakespeareAdattamento di Derek Sellen

William Shakespeare

William

Shakesp

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ISBN 978-88-530-0832-9

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Prince of Denmark

Hamlet Prince of DenmarkThe world’s most famous play is retold in comic-strip form in this reader, which provides an exciting and accessible introduction to Shakespeare’s masterpiece.This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:

An introduction about Shakespeare and his life • A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: The Life of Shakespeare, Films of Hamlet, Shakespeare and the

Elizabethan Theatre and Who was Hamlet?• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 5)• Full recording of the text• An exit test and keys at blackcat-cideb.com

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Word count: 2,369

€ 9,80



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READING & TRAINING

CLASSICO

Fiaba & Fantasy


978-88-530-0158-0 112 pp.

PRELIMINARY TRINITY

Da Oscar Wilde una storia d’amore inconsueta e commovente. Un pescatore cattura una sirena, ma la libera perché la strana creatura marina gli promette di aiutarlo a pescare. Il pescatore si innamora di lei, ma la può sposare solo a patto di perdere la propria anima.Dossier:Children’s Literature; Aestheticism

The Fisherman and his Soul

Oscar Wilde

Adattamento di Kenneth Brodey

READING & TRAINING

Oscar W

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The F

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WORD COUNT: 6,477

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€ 10,00

BLACK CAT

Oscar Wilde

One evening a young fisherman catches a mermaid in his nets. He lets her go because she promises to help him fish. Each day the mermaid appears and sings her song, so he falls in love with her.

This reader uses the expansive reading approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains: • Wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: Aestheticism – the cult of Beauty and others• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 4)• Special audio CD/CD-ROM with the text recorded in full and a

variety of games and activities for further practice• Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com


The FiShermAn And hiS SOuL

ISBN 978-88-530-0158-0


Oscar Wilde

Audio CD-ROM

ISBN 978-88-530-0158-0

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NON FICTION

Viaggi


978-88-530-0812-1 96 pp.

PRELIMINARY TRINITY

Oggi possiamo sapere tutto dei luoghi più lontani grazie a mappe, fotografie e descrizioni dettagliate. Ma per i primi esploratori coraggio e determinazione sono state le guide nell’esplorazione dell’ignoto.Chi erano questi importantissimi esploratori e perché hanno rischiato le loro vite per indagare l’ignoto? Dossier:Exploration in films; How were maps born?

Exploring Places Gina D. B. Clemen

R&TDiscovery

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Who were the first explorers and where did they venture? Why didpeople risk their lives to explore the unknown? Where is the finalfrontier and who is ready to explore it? Join some of the mostfamous explorers on their great journeys and share the thrill ofdiscovery!

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the textbecomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explorehistorical background, cultural connections and other topicssuggested by the text. As well as the text, written in British English,this reader contains:• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: The Story of Maps, Exploration in Films• Internet projects• PET-style activities• Trinity-style activities (Grade 4)• A full recording of the text• An exit test and key on our website• Free downloadable summary-based activities for comprehension

and language practice

Book + cD € 9,40

ISBN 978-88-530-0812-1

9 788853 008121

Gina D. B. clemen

Exploring placEs

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Take it fromthe bardWilliam Shakespeare was born in the 16th century, but his plays and sonnets speak to us as though they were written yesterday, because he is talking about us, our life, our desires, even our fears.

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Power, Ambition,

Love, Life, Death

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CLASSICO

Avventura


978-88-530-0544-1 96 pp.

PRELIMINARY TRINITY

Alla morte del padre, David Balfour scopre di aver ereditato una casa a Edimburgo, alla quale però ambisce anche suo zio. Costretto con l’inganno a imbarcarsi per l’America, David verrà coinvolto in una serie di avventure e imparerà col tempo a riconoscere i veri amici. Riuscirà il protagonista a tornare a Edimburgo e a far valere i propri diritti?Dossier:Scotland; The Jacobites; The City of Edinburgh from Past to Present

Kidnapped Robert Louis Stevenson

Adattamento di Nancy Timmins

READING & TRAINING

Rob

ert Louis Stevenson

Kid

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KidnappedWhen David Balfour’s father dies, he leaves him the family home near Edinburgh. But his Uncle Ebenezer also wants the house and puts David on a ship to America. The story follows David’s adventures across land and sea as he learns who he can trust.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains: • Wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: Scotland, The Jacobites and Edinburgh• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 4/5)• Special audio CD/CD-ROM containing the story recorded in full

plus a variety of games and activities for further practice• Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com



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KidnApped

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Kidnapped







WORD COUNT: 7,707

ISBN 978-88-530-0544-1

Book + Cd-ROM € 9,80

ISBN 978-88-530-0544-1

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CLASSICO

Humour & Commedia


978-88-530-0138-2 96 pp.

PRELIMINARY TRINITY

Tre storie che descrivono uno dei periodi più esaltanti della storia americana: la corsa all’oro, che trasformò completamente la costa occidentale degli Stati Uniti.In questi racconti Mark Twain descrive con magistrale umorismo l’ambiente delle miniere e la dura vita di chi ci lavorava.Dossier:The California Gold Rush; Life in the Mining Camps

The Jumping Frog Mark Twain


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Mark TwainBLACK CAT

The JuMping Frog

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Mark Twain

The Jumping Frog







WORD COUNT: 2,991

Audio CD

ISBN 978-88-530-0138-2

Book + CD € 9,60

ISBN 978-88-530-0138-2

The Jumping FrogThe Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County depicts one of American history’s most exciting periods: the California Gold Rush of the 1850s.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text.• Wide range of activities practicing the four skills• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 4/5)• Dossiers: The California Gold Rush, Life in the Mining Camps,

San Francisco and more• Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com

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CLASSICO

Fantascienza


978-88-530-1094-0 112 pp.


Il professor Lidenbrock, esperto di mineralogia, trova un frammento di pergamena in un vecchio libro. Un messaggio in codice descrive un passaggio segreto... in un altro mondo! Il nipote del professore, Axel, decifra il codice e lui e suo zio partono per un viaggio che li porta indietro nel tempo fino alla preistoria.Dossier:Volcanoes; Geological Time

Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Jules VerneAdattamento di Jennifer Gascoigne

READING & TRAINING

Jules VerneJo

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entre of the E

arth

Journey to the Centre of the EarthThe famous mineralogist, Professor Lidenbrock, finds a piece of parchment in a book. A message written in code describes a secret entrance to another world. The Professor’s nephew, Axel, breaks the code and they set out on a journey to discover this world…

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the text, written in British English, this reader contains:• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: Volcanoes, Geological Time (Part 1 and 2)• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 4 and 5)• Full recording of the text • Exit test and keys at blackcat-cideb.com


Jules VerneBLACK CAT

JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE

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Jules Verne

Journey to the Centre of the Earth

ISBN 978-88-530-1094-0

OF THE EARTH

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Poliziesco


978-88-530-1937-0 112 pp.


Un omicidio viene scoperto sull’Orient Express mentre il treno viene bloccato per giorni interi dalla neve, in mezzo alle montagne.C’è un assassino a bordo? Chi sarà mai?Il detective di fama mondiale Hercule Poirot promette di scoprire la verità, in uno dei più famosi e popolari misteri di Agatha Christie.Dossier:Agatha Christie; 1933; The great detectives

Murder on the Orient Express

Agatha ChristieAdattamento di Janet Cameron

€ 9,80

ISBN 978-88-530-1937-0

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MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS

Murder on the O

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A murder is discovered on the Orient Express, just as snow stops the train in the mountains for days. There is a killer on board – but who is it? World-famous detective Hercule Poirot promises to find the truth, in one of Agatha Christie's greatest and most popular mysteries.


activities• Dossiers: Agatha Christie; 1933; The great detectives • Full recording of the text

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Wordcount: 12,643



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AgathaChristie

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ORIGINALE

Poliziesco


978-88-530-0713-1 112 pp.


I Chumash sono una tribù di nativi americani che vive in California. Quando uno speculatore edilizio inizia a costruire proprio sopra il loro cimitero, i Chumash si infuriano. Durante i festeggiamenti per il 4 luglio, appare un misterioso guerriero indiano e viene commesso un omicidio. I sospetti cadono sui Chumash, ma quattro amici indagano...Dossier:Independence Day; American Indians

Murder at Coyote Canyon

Gina D. B. Clemen

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Gina D. B. Clemen

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Murder at Coyote Canyon

ISBN 978-88-530-0713-1

€ 10,00

ISBN 978-88-530-0713-1

Murder at Coyote CanyonThe Chumash, an American Indian people, protest when a property developer builds new homes on their ancient cemetery in Coyote Canyon, California. Then, during the night of the Fourth of July celebrations, a murder is committed by a mysterious American Indian warrior.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains: • Wide range of activities practicing the four skills• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 4)• Dossiers: Independence Day, American Indians• Full recording of the text• Exit test and keys at blackcat-cideb.com

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Word count: 9,006

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ORIGINALE

Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-1550-1 80 pp.


Lola è stanca di non essere notata. Vorrebbe soltanto che la star del rugby della sua scuola, Matt, la invitasse al ballo, ma lui non sa nemmeno che esiste! Però Lola ha un piano per diventare la ragazza più popolare della scuola: ma è davvero questo che rende una ragazza “la più fortunata del mondo”?Dossier:Liverpool; Blogging; Prom Night in the UK

The Luckiest Girl in the World


READING & TRAINING

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The Luckiest Girl in the WorldLola is fed up with being invisible. All she wants is for high school rugby star Matt to ask her to the prom, but he doesn’t even know she exists. She has a plan that will make her the most popular girl in school, but is being popular what makes someone the luckiest girl in the world?

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skils and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: Liverpool; Blogging; Prom night in the UK• Preliminary-style and Trinity-style (Grade 5) activities• Full recording of the text• An exit text and keys at blackcat-cideb.com



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WORD COUNT: 6,870

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CLASSICO

Avventura


978-88-530-0550-2 128 pp.


Secondo l’eccentrico professor Challenger, esiste un luogo dove il tempo si è fermato e ancora vivono i dinosauri. Data l’incredulità di tutti gli altri scienziati, egli decide di organizzare una spedizione nel cuore della foresta amazzonica, alla scoperta di questo mondo preistorico.Dossier:Amazonia: a Land of Wonders; Dinosaurs

The Lost World Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Adattamento di Frederick Garland

Sir A

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The Lost WorldIn this story, which inspired King Kong and Jurassic Park, a team of brave explorers set out for a ‘lost world’ in the middle of the Amazon rain forest.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) activities• Dossiers: ‘The Lost World’: a New Kind of Story and others• PET-style and Trinity-style activities (Grade 5)• A special audio CD/CD-ROM with the text recorded in full and a

variety of games and activities for further practice• An exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com



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THE LOST WORLD

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ISBN 978-88-530-0550-2

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Humour & Commedia


978-88-7754-928-0 112 pp.

PRELIMINARY TRINITY

The Ransom of Red Chief è la divertente storia con finale a sorpresa di due rapitori sprovveduti e della loro inusuale vittima.O. Henry crea con grande talento un mondo pieno di gente comune che compie atti straordinari.Dossier:The Origins of the American Police

The Ransom of Red Chief and Other Stories

O. HenryAdattamento di Gina D. B. Clemen

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The Ransom of Red ChiefO. Henry, America’s master of the short story, is famous for his ability to provide a surprise ending to his stories. The five great stories chosen for this book range from the comic to the poignant.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the stories, written and recorded in American English, this reader contains: • A wide range of activities practicing the four skills• A dossier: The Origins of the American Police• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 4)• A full recording of the text • Exit test and keys at blackcat-cideb.com


O. HenryBLACK CAT

THE RANSOM OF RED CHIEF

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The Ransomof Red Chief

and Other Stories







WORD COUNT: 7,062

Audio CD

ISBN 978-88-7754-928-0

€ 9,80

ISBN 978-88-7754-928-0AND OTHER STORIES

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CLASSICO

Avventura


978-88-530-0495-6 96 pp.

PRELIMINARY TRINITY

Il diamante di Rajah sembra portare sfortuna. La moglie del legittimo proprietario tenta di vendere il diamante per salvarsi dai debiti. A seguito di un furto, però, esso cade nelle mani di diversi personaggi, che subiscono gli effetti negativi della sua bellezza e del suo valore. Dossier:The Hope Diamond; The Thousand and One Nights; Gentlemen’s Clubs, The Empire Strikes Back

The Rajah’s Diamond Robert Louis Stevenson

Adattamento di Frances Justice

READING & TRAINING

Rob

ert Louis Stevenson

The R

ajah’s Diam

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The Rajah’s DiamondThe Rajah’s Diamond, the most precious diamond in the world, seems to bring bad luck on everyone who comes into contact with it. Sir Thomas Vandeleur’s wife tries to sell it to pay her debts. But the diamond is stolen and falls into the hands of people who are all corrupted by its great beauty and value.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains: • Wide range of activities practising the four skills• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 4/5)• Dossiers: The Hope Diamond and others• Story recorded in full• Exit test and keys atblackcat-cideb.com



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NON FICTION

Viaggi


978-88-530-0994-4 96 pp.

PRELIMINARY TRINITY

Il nostro pianeta è pieno di meraviglie naturali: le foreste, ambiente naturale di milioni di specie; gli oceani, che ricoprono i tre quarti della sua superficie; le regioni polari e i deserti. Queste meraviglie sono esistite per migliaia di anni, ma l’ambiente, le piante e gli animali che vi abitano stanno cambiando. Il testo ne spiega i motivi e offre qualche suggerimento su come preservarli.Dossier:The Environment in Films; The Environment and Popular Culture

Natural Environments

Joanna Burgess


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Joanna Burgess

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Discover our planet’s natural wonders – the forests, the oceans, thepolar regions and the deserts. Learn why these environments are indanger and what you can do to help.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the textbecomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explorehistorical background, cultural connections and other topics.• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: The Environment in Films and The Environment in

Popular Culture• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 4 and 5)• A full recording of the text• Exit test and keys at blackcat-cideb.com

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ISBN 978-88-530-0994-4Joanna Burgess

nATuRAL EnViRonmEnTS

iSBn 978-88-530-0994-4

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wORd cOunT: 12,210

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NaturalEnvironments

Natural Environments

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Mistero & Horror


978-88-530-1415-3 96 pp.


Due avidi uomini d’affari vogliono mettere le mani su una splendida riserva naturale. Molto presto la situazione precipita poiché il proprietario della riserva muore. I tre giovani amici Andy, Brian e Megan non si lasciano scoraggiare e indagano per salvare la preziosa riserva.Dossier:What can you eat in New Orleans?; New Orleans, one of America’s most unusual cities; New Orleans and Dixieland Jazz

Mystery in New Orleans

Gina D. B. Clemen

Gina D

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Mystery in N

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Gina D. B. Clemen

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Mystery in New Orleans







WORD COUNT: 7,595

Audio CD

ISBN 978-88-530-1415-3

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Mystery in New OrleansTwo businessmen want to destroy a wildlife reserve in New Orleans and build a shopping center. Mysterious deaths, and an ecological disaster shock the city. Three friends decide to solve this mystery, but can they find the document that will save the wildlife reserve?

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the text, this reader contains:• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: What can you eat in New Orleans? and others• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 4)• A full recording of the text• Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com

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Mistero & Horror


978-88-530-0954-8 112 pp.

PRELIMINARY TRINITY

Tre autori alle prese con l’occulto. In Dickon the Devil di Le Fanu, un sinistro fantasma del passato non ha mai lasciato Barwyke Hall. Kipling racconta la storia di un uomo misteriosamente scomparso. In The Minister’s Black Veil di Hawthorne, il reverendo Hooper è tormentato da una colpa che lo costringe a indossare un velo nero.Dossier:England and Its Ghosts; New England and the Puritans

Stories of Ghosts and Mystery

J. S. Le Fanu, R. Kipling, N. Hawthorne


Joseph S

heridan Le Fanu

Sto

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hosts and

Mystery

Stories of Ghosts and MysteryThree authors, masters of mystery and suspense, reveal the obscure corners of the supernatural: a young man goes mad in a haunted house, poisonous snakes reveal a horrible crime, a Puritan reverend hides a terrible secret…

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• Short biographies of the authors• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: England and Its Ghosts, New England and the Puritans• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 4/5)• A full recording of the text • Exit test and key at blackcat-cideb.com


Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

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STORIES OF GHOSTS

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Stories of Ghosts and Mystery







WORD COUNT: 6,976

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Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-1644-7 96 pp.


Dossier:India; Victorian children

LIFE SKILLS felicità; speranza; affetto; gentilezza; amicizia


This volume without the side coupon is to be considered a free sample copy not for sale. (Sale or other distribution is forbidden: art. 17, c. 2, L. 633/1941).Excluded from V.A.T. (D.P.R. 26/10/72, n. 633, art. 2, 3° c., lett. d.) audio CD€ 9,80

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Frances hodgson Burnett

The Secret Garden


Mary Lennox is a privileged little girl who goes to live with her uncle on his enormous estate in Yorkshire after the death of her parents in India. She explores the grounds of the estate, finds a secret garden and meets Dickon and Colin. This is a story of friendship and hope, where Mary learns the importance of caring for and helping others.

This reader also contains:• A wide range of skills practice• Cambridge English Preliminary and Trinity (Grades 5

and 6) style activities• Think! and Values & Feelings activities• Dossiers: India; Victorian children; Cinema• A full recording of the text



ISBN 978-88-530-1644-7

Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Secret Garden

The Secret Garden


Word count: 6,675


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Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-0689-9 96 pp.


Dopo la morte dei genitori, la solitaria e triste Mary Lennox va a vivere nel misterioso palazzo dello zio. La scoperta di un passaggio nascosto che conduce a un giardino segreto rimasto chiuso per dieci lunghi anni cambierà completamente la sua vita.

The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett

Adattamento di Jenny Pereira

READING & TRAINING

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The Secret Garden



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Mary Lennox is a spoilt, unpleasant little girl, who goes to live with her uncle in Yorkshire after the death of her parents in India. Left to play by herself, she explores the grounds to the house and finds the secret garden which was locked up ten years earlier…

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains: • Wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: India, British Gardens and others • PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 4/5)• Full recording of the text• Exit test and key at blackcat-cideb.com

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ORIGINALE

Mistero & Horror


978-88-530-1328-6 80 pp.

PRELIMINARY TRINITY

Come la maggior parte dei quindicenni, Adam preferisce i videogiochi ai compiti, ma non può spiegarsi come uno dei suoi giochi preferiti possa avere vita propria. E perché improvvisamente sente delle voci? Perché nessun altro può vedere il ragazzo fuori dalla scuola? E perché quel ragazzo assomiglia così tanto ad Adam? Troverà le risposte che cerca e molto altro, in un lontano passato.Dossier:Time Travel; Schools in Britain; Medieval Castles

Time Games Victoria Heward

Victoria H

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Tim

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BLACK CAT

Victoria Heward

Adam prefers computer games to school work but one of his favourite games seems to have a life of its own. Why is he suddenly hearing voices? Why can’t anyone else see the strange boy outside the school? He finds the answers he’s looking for... hundreds of years in the past.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: Education in Britain, Famous Time travellers• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 4)• Full recording of the text • Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com

Time Games

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Time GAmes

ISBN 978-88-530-1328-6

Time GamesVictoria Heward







WORD COUNT: 6,963

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CLASSICO

Poliziesco


978-88-530-1938-7 96 pp.


A Study in Scarlet è il primo racconto di Conan Doyle con protagonista Sherlock Holmes.È un’avventura che parla di un amore perso e di una terribile vendetta, un mistero inatteso per Scotland Yard, fino a quando non entra in gioco Sherlock Holmes che indaga con l’aiuto del suo amico Doctor Watson.Dossier:Conan Doyle; The Detective Story; Transportation in London in the mid-1800s; Utah and the Movement West

A Study in Scarlet Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


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this volume without the side coupon is to be considered a free sample copy not for sale. (Sale or other distribution is forbidden: art. 17, c. 2, l. 633/1941).excluded from V.A.t. (d.P.r. 26/10/72, n. 633, art. 2, 3° c., lett. d.)

A Study in Scarlet is the very first Sherlock Holmes story which brought great fame to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This incredible adventure of lost love and terrible revenge crosses two continents. It is a bewildering and macabre mystery for Scotland Yard, until Sherlock Holmes examines the case in depth with the help of his friend, Doctor Watson.


activities• Dossiers: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Detective Story,

Transportation in London in the mid-1800s, Utah and the Movement West

• Full recording of the text• Online exit test


Wordcount: 6,718

Sir Arthur Conan DoyleA Study in Scarlet

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CLASSICO

Mistero & Horror


978-88-530-1648-5 80 pp.


Dossier:Wilde’s American adventure Haunted Britain

LIFE SKILLS amore; pace; orgoglio; coraggio; patriottismo; felicità



€ 8,90

ISBN 978-88-530-1648-5The CanTerville GhosT

ISBN 978-88-530-1648-5

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oscar Wilde


Oscar W

ilde


Wordcount: 4,870


This volume without the side coupon is to be considered a free sample copy not for sale. (sale or other distribution is forbidden: art. 17, c. 2, l. 633/1941).excluded from v.a.T. (D.P.r. 26/10/72, n. 633, art. 2, 3° c., lett. d.)


The Ghost of Sir Simon has haunted Canterville Chaseforhundredsofyearsandscaredawayeveryonewhohaslived there. But when an American millionaire buys thehouse forhis familyhome, theGhost is in for a shock!There are activities and illustrations to enhance thepleasureofreadingandtoallowreaderstoexpresstheirownfeelingaboutthestory.

Thisreaderalsocontains:• Awiderangeofskillspractice• CambridgeEnglishPreliminaryandTrinity(Grade6)

styleactivities• Think!andValues & Feelingsactivities• Dossiers: Wilde’s American Adventure; Haunted

Britain• Afullrecordingofthetext




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Mistero & Horror


978-88-530-0659-2 112 pp.


L’americano Mr Hiram B. Otis decide di acquistare la tenuta di Canterville e abitarla con la sua famiglia, nonostante circolino voci che vi dimori un fantasma. I razionali Otis si rifiutano di crederlo, finché non iniziano ad accadere fatti insoliti in un crescendo che conduce al Giardino della Morte.



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The Canterville GhostThe ghost that haunts an English country house decides to frighten away the new residents, an American family, but he soon realises that the Americans are not like his other victims!

This reader uses the expansive reading approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• An introduction about Oscar Wilde’s life and times• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: Oscar Wilde in America and Ghosts• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 5)• Full recording of the text.• A playscript and an exit test with answer key

Oscar Wilde

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Word count: 4,737

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Città


978-88-530-0996-8 112 pp.

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Dove si trova il quartier generale del mondo dei blue jeans? Chi si incontra nella Malibu Colony vicino a Los Angeles? New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago e New Orleans sono le città più caratteristiche e affascinanti d’America. Simili per alcuni aspetti, ma completamente diverse per altri.Dossier:American cities in films; USA: The Birth of Another Music

American Cities Gina D. B. Clemen


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Discovery

TitolotitoloAutore

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Titolo New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and New Orleans areAmerica’s most distinctive and exciting cities. Open this book andfind out why!This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the textbecomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explorehistorical background, cultural connections and other topicssuggested by the text. As well as the text, written in AmericanEnglish, this reader contains:

• A wide range of activities practicing the four skills• Dossiers: The USA: The Birth of Another Music, The Rock and Roll

Revolution and American Cities in Films• Internet projects• PET-style activities• Trinity-style activities (Grade 5)• A full recording of the text in American English• An exit test and key on our website






R&TDiscovery

Gina D. B. Clemen

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New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and New Orleans areAmerica’s most distinctive and exciting cities. Open this book andfind out why!

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the textbecomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explorehistorical background, cultural connections and other topicssuggested by the text. As well as the text, written in AmericanEnglish, this reader contains:• A wide range of activities practicing the four skills• Dossiers: The USA: The Birth of Another Music and others• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 5)• A full recording of the text in American English• Exit test and keys at blackcat-cideb.com

Book + CD € 9,80

ISBN 978-88-530-0996-8

9 788853 009968

Gina D. B. Clemen

AmERicAn ciTiES

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BLACK CAT






word count: 11,084


AmericanCities

American Cities

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€ 9,80

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The £1,000,000 Banknote

Mark TwainAdattamento di Gina D. B. Clemen

Mark Tw

ainT

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The £1,000,000 BanknoteIn the 1850s, a young American finds himself in London by chance. He is penniless, and yet he leads the luxurious life of a millionaire, all thanks to a bizarre bet, made by two eccentric gentlemen.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• An introduction about Mark Twain and his life • A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: San Francisco in the 1850s, Money and its Origins and

London Today• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 5/6)• A full recording of the text • An exit test and keys at blackcat-cideb.com


Mark TwainBLACK CAT

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WORD COUNT: 4,365

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Intorno al 1850 un giovane americano si ritrova a Londra solo e senza un soldo, eppure riesce a fare la vita del miliardario. In che modo? Questo è uno dei più riusciti racconti di Mark Twain; una storia sorprendente dall’ancor più sorprendente finale.Dossier:San Francisco in the 1850s; The English and Betting; Money and its Origins and others

CLASSICO

Humour & Commedia


978-88-530-0849-7 96 pp.

PRELIMINARY TRINITY

Dossier:Oscar Wilde in America and others





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Poliziesco


978-88-530-1329-3 96 pp.

PRELIMINARY TRINITY

Sherlock Holmes è il miglior investigatore privato del mondo e aiuta Scotland Yard a risolvere misteri impossibili. Di sicuro nessuno può sconfiggere Sherlock Holmes... o sì? In questa raccolta di storie, Holmes si trova faccia a faccia con i suoi casi più difficili e con il suo acerrimo nemico, il Professor Moriarty.Dossier:The Role of Women in Victorian England; Sherlock Holmes in Popular Entertainment

The Final Problem and Other Stories

Sir Arthur Conan DoyleAdattamento di Eleanor Donaldson

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Other S

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The Final Problem and Other StoriesSherlock Holmes is the world’s only consulting detective. He helps Scotland Yard to solve mysteries they can’t solve. In this collection of short stories, Holmes comes face to face with some of his most difficult challenges and his main rival, Professor Moriarty.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the text, this reader contains:• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: The role of women in Victorian England, Sherlock Holmes

in Popular Entertainment• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 5 and 6)• Full recording of the text• Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com

AND OTHER STORIES

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Poliziesco


978-88-530-2051-2 128 pp.


Linnet Doyle ha tutto: bellezza, ricchezza e… il fidanzato della sua migliore amica. Ma la luna di miele di Linnet in crociera sul Nilo si trasforma in un incubo quando durante la navigazione uno dei passeggeri viene trovato assassinato sulla nave. Hercule Poirot deve scoprire l’assassino prima che altri passeggeri muoiano. Un famoso e amatissimo romanzo di Agatha Christie. Dossier:Agatha Christie; Egypt; The Wall Street Crash of 1929

Death on the Nile Agatha Christie


READING & TRAINING


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Death on the Nile

Death on the NileLinnet Doyle has everything: beauty, money… and her best friend’s fiancé. But Linnet’s honeymoon cruise down the Nile River turns into a nightmare when one of the passengers is found murdered. Hercule Poirot must find the murderer before more passengers die, in Agatha Christie’s popular classic novel.


activities• Dossiers: Agatha Christie; Egypt; The Wall Street Crash of 1929• Full recording of the text


ISBN 978-88-530-2051-2

DEATH ON THE NILE


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Poliziesco


978-88-530-0795-7 128 pp.

PRELIMINARY TRINITY

Quattro appassionanti racconti polizieschi opera di quattro grandi autori: The Five Orange Pips di Conan Doyle e Hunted Down di Charles Dickens per il XIX secolo; The Stir Outside the Café Royal di Clarence Rook e The Oracle of the Dog di G.K. Chesterton per il XX.Dossier:English Detective Fiction

Classic Detective StoriesAdattamento di Joshua Anderson

Classic D

etective Sto

ries

Classic Detective StoriesIn these four stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Charles Dickens, Clarence Rook and G. K. Chesterton we see the detective and the art of detection at work.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• An introduction to each story with information about the author• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossier: English Detective Fiction• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 6)• A full recording of the text• Exit test and keys at blackcat-cideb.com


ClaSSiC DeteCtive StorieS

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arthur Conan DoyleCharles Dickens

Clarence rookGilbert Keith Chesterton

Classic Detective Stories







WORD COUNT: 11,352

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Poliziesco


978-88-530-0156-6 112 pp.

PRELIMINARY TRINITY

In questo nuovo caso Sherlock Holmes manda il dottor Watson a investigare sulla morte di Sir George Baskerville. Secondo un’antica leggenda che perseguita la famiglia, Sir George è stato ucciso a morsi da un misterioso cane. Il legittimo erede di Sir George ritorna dall’America e si rivolge al famoso detective per risolvere l’enigma.Dossier:Early Crime Detection; The Coming of the Fairies

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Sir Arthur Conan DoyleAdattamento di Jeremy Fitzgerald

Sir A

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The Hound of the BaskervillesHolmes and Watson investigate the mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville, whose body was found mutilated by a huge dog. Is this horrible death an example of ‘the curse of the Baskervilles’?

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• An introduction about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his life• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: Early Crime Detection and The Coming of the Fairies• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 6)• An internet project• Full recording of the text


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Word count: 8,622


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CLASSICO

Fiaba & Fantasy


978-88-530-1647-8 112 pp.


Dossier:Voyages on the page; Imaginary places; Filmography

LIFE SKILLS intelligenza; solidarietà; pace; coraggio; orgoglio


free Audiobook€ 9,80

Gulliver’s Travels

ISBN 978-88-530-1647-8

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Jonathan swift


Jonathan Swift


Wordcount: 11,290

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LemuelGullivermakesoneofthemostfamousjourneysin literature. He meets the tiny people of Lilliput, thegiantsofBrobdingnag,theimpracticalscientistsofLaputaandintelligenthorseswhoruleoverstupid,uglyhumanbeings. Enter the fantastic world of Jonathan Swift’simagination.

Thisreaderalsocontains:• Awiderangeofskillspractice• CambridgeEnglishPreliminaryandTrinity(Grades5

and6)styleactivities• Think!andValues & Feelingsactivities• Dossiers:Popular travel books; Gulliver’s Travels on

screen; Utopia and Dystopia• Fullrecordingofthetext


ISBN 978-88-530-1647-8

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Fiaba & Fantasy


978-88-530-0088-0 112 pp.


Gulliver’s Travels Jonathan Swift

Adattamento di Jeremy Fitzgerald

READING & TRAINING

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Gulliver’s TravelsLemuel Gulliver tells the story of his fantastic adventures on the island of Lilliput, in Brobdingnag, in Laputa and finally in the land of the Houyhnhnms.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains: • Wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: Popular Travel Books and Utopia and Dystopia• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 5)• Full recording of the text• Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com

Jonathan SwiftBLACK CAT

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Travels

€ 9,80

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Word count: 11,181


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Mistero & Horror


978-88-530-0291-4 96 pp.

PRELIMINARY TRINITY

Il mondo è pieno di misteri irrisolti, fatti inspiegabili ed enigmi inquietanti. La realtà spesso supera l’immaginazione. La tomba di re Tutankamon è davvero maledetta? Il Triangolo delle Bermuda è il cimitero dell’oceano Atlantico? Qualcuno ha mai fotografato uno yeti? La macchina sportiva di James Dean portava veramente sfortuna a chi la guidava? Il male può nascondersi in uno splendido gioiello?

Great Mysteries of Our World

Gina D. B. Clemen

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Great Mysteries of Our WorldSome of the world’s most puzzling mysteries remain unsolved. Do you think a fast sports car can be evil and kill its drivers? Would you wear a splendid diamond that brings bad luck? Can a 3,300-year-old Egyptian curse still exist? Which of Nostradamus’ prophecies were true? Why was the Mary Celeste a ghost ship? Find out about the mysterious forces in our world and perhaps you will be able to solve a mystery!

• Wide range of activities practising the four skills• PET-style activities• Trinity-style activities (Grade 5)• Internet projects• Text recorded in full• Exit test with answer key


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Lemuel Gulliver narra le proprie avventure sull’isola di Lilliput, abitata da persone piccole e vanitose; a Brobdingnag, popolata da giganti; a Laputa, terra della scienza futile; infine nel paese degli Houyhnhnms, dove i cavalli hanno il dono della ragione e gli esseri umani ne sono privi.Una satira pungente e senza tempo, che propone una spietata quanto divertente lettura del genere umano.Dossier:Popular Travel Books; Utopia and Dystopia





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Tragedia


978-88-530-0732-2 96 pp.

PRELIMINARY TRINITY

Giulio Cesare è all’apice della sua potenza. Ma a Roma c’è scontento: il popolo soffre la fame e gli aristocratici temono che Cesare voglia farsi incoronare imperatore. Un gruppo di repubblicani guidati da Bruto decide di assassinarlo.Dossier:The Historical Julius Caesar; The Theatre in Shakespeare’s Time and others

Julius Caesar William Shakespeare

Adattamento di James Butler

READING & TRAINING

William ShakespeareW

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€ 9,60

ISBN 978-88-530-0732-2William

Shakespeare

ISBN 978-88-530-0732-2

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WORD COUNT: 7,675

Julius CaesarThere is discontent in Rome. The people are angry because there is not enough grain to feed them and the aristocrats are worried that Julius Caesar will try to become king and end the Republic.Eventually, a group of conspirators ask Brutus to join them and Caesar is assassinated. But soon the ‘spirit of Caesar’ begins to pursue the conspirators...

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• Wide range of activities practising the four skills• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 5)• Dossiers: The Historical Julius Caesar and others• Text recorded in full• Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com• Playscript

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CLASSICO

Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-1718-5 112 pp.



Book + CD € 9,80

Jane eyre

ISBN 978-88-530-1718-5

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Charlotte Brontë

Jane EyreCharlotte Brontë


Wordcount: 9,930


This volume without the side coupon is to be considered a free sample copy not for sale. (Sale or other distribution is forbidden: art. 17, c. 2, L. 633/1941).excluded from V.a.T. (D.P.r. 26/10/72, n. 633, art. 2, 3° c., lett. d.)


JaneEyreisanorphan.Herchildhoodisannotahappyone, but life changes when she becomes a governessat Thornfield Hall for the mysterious Mr Rochester.However, her new home is not all it seems. The household secrets Jane has yet to understand. Will Jane everfind loveandhappinessorwill shealways remain ‘poorandunimportant’?


styleactivities• Think!andValues & Feelingsactivities• Dossiers:The woman in the attic; Locations in Jane

Eyre; Cinema• Afullrecordingofthetext


ISBN 978-88-530-1718-5

Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë

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CLASSICO

Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-0774-2 112 pp.


Jane Eyre, un’orfana povera, viene assunta come governante a Thornfield Hall e si innamora, corrisposta, di Edward Rochester, padrone di casa e tutore di Adèle, la bambina affidata alle cure di Jane. Ma il giorno del matrimonio Jane scoprirà qualcosa che sconvolgerà la sua vita.

Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë

Adattamento di Jenny Pereira

Charlotte B

rontëJane E

yre

Jane EyreAfter a sad and lonely childhood, plain Jane Eyre becomes a governess at the household of the charismatic but mysterious Mr Rochester, who is hiding a terrible secret…

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• An introduction about the life and times of Charlotte Brontë• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 5/6)• Dossiers: Victorian Schools, Victorian Family Life and Victorian

Houses • Full recording of the text • An exit test and keys at blackcat-cideb.com


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ISBN 978-88-530-0774-2

€ 9,80

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Word count: 8,832

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CLASSICO

Commedia


978-88-530-1632-4 112 pp.


Due uomini conducono una vita segreta e due donne vogliono sposare un uomo di nome Ernest. Ma chi è Ernest? Il fratello scapestrato o il fidanzato ideale? Oppure è il nipote scapolo di Lady Bracknell? Scoprilo in questo adattamento dell’avvincente commedia di Oscar Wilde.Dossier:The dandy; Victorian values and morals

The Importance of Being Earnest

Oscar WildeAdattamento di Eleanor Donaldson


€ 9,80

ISBN 978-88-530-1632-4

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OF BEING EARNEST

ISBN 978-88-530-1632-4

Two men have secret lives. Two women want to marry a man called Ernest. But who is Ernest? Is he a badly behaved brother, the ideal fiancé, or Lady Bracknell’s nephew and fun-loving bachelor, Algernon Moncrieff? Follow the incredible events that lead to the discovery of the importance of being ‘earnest’ in this adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s witty and highly entertaining play.

This reader also contains:• A wide range of skills practice • Cambridge English Preliminary and Trinity (Grade 5 and 6) style

activities• Dossiers: Oscar Wilde; Victorian morals and values; The dandy;

Cinema: The Importance of Being Earnest• Full recording of the text



Word count: 10,200

THE IMPORTANCE

The Importanceof Being Earnest

Oscar Wilde



BLACK CATfree Audiobook

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Dossier:The woman in the attic; Locations in Jane Eyre; Cinema

LIFE SKILLS compassione; perdono; amore; fiducia; speranza

Dossier:Victorian Family Life; Victorian Schools; Victorian Houses





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CLASSICO

Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-1549-5 128 pp.


Dopo diciannove anni in prigione, Jean Valjean è finalmente un uomo libero. Ma che cosa ha in serbo il futuro? Viene respinto da tutti quelli che incontra, finché alla fine accade qualcosa che cambierà la sua vita per sempre.Dossier:Paris at the time of King Louis-Philippe; Gardens in Paris; Romantic heroes in 19th century literature

Les Misérables Victor Hugo


READING & TRAINING

Victor H

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WORD COUNT: 11,850

Audio CD

ISBN 978-88-530-1549-5

€ 10,00

ISBN 978-88-530-1549-5

Les MisérablesAfter spending nineteen years in prison, Jean Valjean is a free man at last. But what does the future hold for him? He is insulted and rejected by everyone he meets, until something happens that will change his life forever. Victor Hugo’s masterpiece explores the world of the unfortunate victims of poverty and social injustice in 19th century France.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• A biography of Victor Hugo• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Preliminary-style and Trinity-style (Grade 6) activities• Dossiers: Paris at the time of King Louis-Philippe and others• Full recording of the text• Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com


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CLASSICO

Commedia e tragedia


978-88-530-1097-1 112 pp.


Cinque opere di Shakespeare incentrate sull’amore. In The Taming of the Shrew, Katharina impara ad amare Petruccio. L’amore di Romeo e Giulietta è destinato a finire in tragedia. In Twelfth Night, l’amore è romantico ma anche doloroso, mentre in Othello l’amore si trasforma in gelosia. E, infine, ecco l’amore appassionato di Antonio e Cleopatra.Dossier:The Life of William Shakespeare; Courtship and Marriage in Elizabethan Times

Love in Shakespeare: Five StoriesAdattamento di Jennifer Gascoigne

William Shakespeare

Love in Shakespeare

William

Shakesp

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€ 9,809 788853 010971

ISBN 978-88-530-1097-1William

Shakespeare

ISBN 978-88-530-1097-1

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Love in ShAKeSpeAre

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Varying aspects of love feature in these five stories based on plays by Shakespeare – love and marriage, young love, romantic love, jealous love and passionate love. Some of the characters find happiness while for others love brings only misery and pain.This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• An introduction about Shakespeare and his life • A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: Courtship and Marriage in Elizabethan Times and others• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 5)• Full recording of the text• Summary-based activities on our website• An exit test and key on our website

Love in Shakespeare:Five Stories

free Audiobook



Word count: 11,866

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CLASSICO

Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-0162-7 112 pp.

PRELIMINARY TRINITY

Alla festa di Lady Windermere un chiromante predice che Lord Arthur Savile commetterà un omicidio. In The Sphinx Without a Secret Wilde narra della misteriosa Lady Alroy. In The Model Millionaire, infine, lo scrittore irlandese racconta di milionari e mendicanti.Dossier:London: the World City; Pseudo-Science in Late Victorian England

Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other Stories

Oscar WildeAdapted by Justin Rainey

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Oscar Wilde

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Lord ArthurSavile’s Crime

and Other Stories







WORD COUNT: 7,199

Audio CD

ISBN 978-88-530-0162-7

€ 9,80

ISBN 978-88-530-0162-7

Lord Arthur Savile’s CrimeAt a party a palm reader tells Lord Arthur Savile that he will commit a murder. But will he become an assassin? Find out about Lady Alroy’s mysterious ways in ‘The Sphinx Without a Secret’ and discover how it pays to be nice to the poor in ‘The Model Millionaire’.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the stories, this reader contains:• Wide range of activities practising the four skills• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 5)• Dossiers: London, the World City and Pseudo-Science in Late

Victorian England• Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com• Text recorded in full

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CLASSICO

Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-0956-2 128 pp.

PRELIMINARY TRINITY

Kim, un giovane irlandese, vive solo per le strade della città indiana di Lahore. Incontra un vecchio lama tibetano alla ricerca di un fiume sacro e diventano grandi amici, viaggiando nell’India britannica. È il libro più importante di Rudyard Kipling: una storia sull’impero britannico, le spie, l’amicizia, la spiritualità e l’India.Dossier:The Many Lives of Buddhism; Varanasi – The City of Temples, the City of Light, Kim; Kipling and Mookerjee

Kim Rudyard Kipling


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WORD COUNT: 10,765

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ISBN 978-88-530-0956-2

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KimKim, a young Irish boy, lives alone on the streets of the Indian city of Lahore. He meets an old Tibetan lama who is looking for a sacred river. The boy and the old man become great friends and travel across British India.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• A biography of Rudyard Kipling• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: The Many Lives of Buddhism and others• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 5/6)• A full recording of the text • Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com

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CLASSICO

Mistero & Horror


978-88-530-0716-2 128 pp.

PRELIMINARY TRINITY

Parigi, 1880: circolano molte voci sul Fantasma dell’Opera, una figura sinistra il cui volto rimane celato dietro una maschera grottesca. Una storia toccante e indimenticabile ambientata nell’atmosfera brillante della Parigi di fine Ottocento.Dossier:The Paris Opera House; Film and Stage Versions of the Novel; Lon Chaney (1883-1930); Opera: the First International Pop Music

The Phantom of the Opera

Gaston LerouxAdattamento di Gina D. B. Clemen

Gaston Leroux

The P

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of the O

pera

The Phantom of the OperaA mysterious ghost is haunting the famous Paris Opera House. There are all sorts of rumours about the ‘Phantom of the Opera’, a frightening figure whose face is hidden by a terrible mask.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains: • Wide range of activities practising the four skills• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 6) • Dossiers: The Paris Opera House, Film and Stage Versions of the

Novel and others• Full recording of the text• Exit test and keys at blackcat-cideb.com


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WORD COUNT: 8,957

Audio CD

ISBN 978-88-530-0716-2

Book + CD € 10,00

ISBN 978-88-530-0716-2

9 788853 007162

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CLASSICO

Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-0293-8 112 pp.

PRELIMINARY TRINITY

Kino è un povero pescatore di perle messicano che vive con la moglie e il figlio nella Baja California. Un giorno Kino trova la più grande perla del mondo ma la sua vita subisce una svolta negativa...Una storia toccante, basata su un racconto popolare messicano.Dossier:The Original Mexicans; The Baja California Peninsula and Pearl Fishing

The Pearl John Steinbeck


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The Pearl







WORD COUNT: 10,038

Audio CD

ISBN 978-88-530-0293-8

Book + CD € 9,80

ISBN 978-88-530-0293-8

The PearlIn beautiful Baja California Kino, a poor Mexican fisherman, finds an enormous pearl. He thinks that it will make his family rich and end all their problems. But jealousy is all around him and the splendid pearl brings only trouble and tragedy…

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains: • Accessible adaptation in American English• Wide range of activities practicing the four skills• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 5/6)

Dossiers: The Original Mexicans and others• Text recorded in full• Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com

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CLASSICO

Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-0477-2 112 pp.

PRELIMINARY TRINITY

George e Lennie sono braccianti stagionali in California durante la Grande Depressione. A dispetto delle differenze tra loro, hanno un sogno in comune: diventare proprietari di una fattoria. Ma l’ignoranza e il fato interferiscono con le loro vite e li conducono verso una fine inesorabile e tragica.Dossier:Migrant Workers; The American Dream and the Great Depression

Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck


John Steinb

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f Mice and

Men

Of Mice and MenGeorge and Lennie are migrant workers in California during the Great Depression of the 1930s. They both share a dream: to have their own farm. But a series of events brings their dream to an inevitable end.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text.• Wide range of activities practicing the four skills• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 6)• Dossiers: Migrant Workers and The American Dream and the Great

Depression• Text recorded in full• Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com



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Audio CD

ISBN 978-88-530-0477-2

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CLASSICO

Avventura


978-88-530-0782-7 112 pp.

PRELIMINARY TRINITY

John Trenchard vive a Moonfleet, un villaggio pieno di segreti. Un giorno scopre una cripta dove i contrabbandieri nascondono le loro merci. Qui trova lo scheletro del crudele Colonnello Mohune e un indizio che potrebbe aiutarlo a trovare il tesoro del colonnello... Dossier:The English Civil War

Moonfleet John Meade Falkner


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WORD COUNT: 10,383

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ISBN 978-88-530-0782-7

Book + CD € 9,80

ISBN 978-88-530-0782-7

MoonfleetYoung John Trenchard lives in Moonfleet, an English village with dark secrets. One day he discovers a hidden crypt below the cemetery where smugglers meet and hide their goods. Here he accidentally finds the skeleton of evil Colonel Mohune, better known as Blackbeard, and a precious clue that could help him find Blackbeard’s treasure…

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains: • Wide range of activities practising the four skills• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 5/6)• Dossier: The English Civil War• A recording of the text• Exit test and keys at blackcat-cideb.com

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CLASSICO

Poliziesco


978-88-530-0546-5 112 pp.

PRELIMINARY TRINITY

Nel 1891 Sherlock Holmes scompare. Un mese dopo, il dottor Watson rende noto che l’investigatore è morto durante uno scontro con il professor Moriarty. Ma è davvero andata così? Quattro storie tratte dal volume The Return of Sherlock Holmes.Dossier:The Immortal Sherlock Holmes

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

Sir Arthur Conan DoyleAdattamento di Blanche Malverne

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The Return of Sherlock HolmesIn this selection of stories Holmes and Watson have to deal with an ex-army colonel who is a gambler and a deadly shot with a rifle, a blackmailer who gets more than he asked for, a missing document that might provoke an international incident, and letters written in a mysterious code that lead to murder.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains: • Wide range of activities practising the four skills• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 6)• Dossier: The Immortal Sherlock Holmes• Stories recorded in full• Exit test and key at blackcat-cideb.com


Sir Arthur Conan DoyleBLACK CAT

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ISBN 978-88-530-0546-5

Book + CD € 9,80

ISBN 978-88-530-0546-5

9 788853 005465

SHERLOCK HOLMES

Audio CD

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ORIGINALE

Avventura


978-88-530-1551-8 96 pp.


In un futuro distopico, dove l’acqua è controllata dai Keepers, la sete accompagna la vita di tutti i giorni. Kailani si avventura nel deserto, fino alla misteriosa The Edge, per trovare l’acqua che serve al suo fratellino malato.Dossier:Dystopian Stories; The World’s Driest Places; Water, Water, Everywhere?

Rain, Rain, Go Away! Nicola Prentis

Nicola P

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Nicola PrentisBLACK CAT

RAiN, RAiN, Go AwAy!

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Rain, Rain, Go Away!







WORD COUNT: 8,000

Audio CD

ISBN 978-88-530-1551-8

€ 9,60

ISBN 978-88-530-1551-8

Rain, Rain, Go Away!In a dystopian future where access to clean water is controlled by the Keepers, thirst is a part of everyday life. Kailani, a young girl, goes into the desert, to The Edge, to find water for her sick brother. If she fails, he might die.

This reader also contains:• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: Dystopian stories; The world’s driest places; Water, water,

everywhere?• Preliminary-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 5)• Full recording of the text • Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com


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CLASSICO

Mistero & Horror


978-88-530-1939-4 112 pp.


Guardando il proprio ritratto, Dorian Gray capisce che nel dipinto rimarrà sempre bello e giovane, mentre nella vita è destinato a invecchiare.Così, esprime un desiderio che cambierà non solo il suo aspetto ma anche la sua anima. Però mentre vive di piaceri e di peccati, il quadro rifletterà i segni della sua vita dissipata.Dossier:Oscar Wilde; Victorian Entertainment; Women in Victorian England; Cinema: Dorian Gray

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar WildeAdattamento di Victoria Heward

READING & TRAINING


€ 9,80

ISBN 978-88-530-1939-4

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Oscar Wilde


free Audiobook



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The Picture of Dorian G

ray


Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian GrayWhen the beautiful young Dorian Gray sees his portrait, he

understands that it will remain beautiful forever and that he will grow old. He makes a wish that will change not only his looks but also his soul. As he lives a life of pleasure and sin, the portrait shows the signs of his corruption.


activities• Dossiers: Victorian Entertainment; Women in Victorian England;

Cinema: Dorian Gray• Full recording of the text

THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY

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Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-1095-7 128 pp.

PRELIMINARY TRINITY

In questo primo romanzo di Dickens, Samuel Pickwick e altri tre membri del Circolo Pickwick decidono di fare un viaggio di sei mesi attraverso l’Inghilterra.Nel testo si susseguono le loro divertenti avventure mentre vengono coinvolti in un duello, in una campagna elettorale e anche in un sorprendente guaio con la legge.Dossier:England in the Early Nineteenth Century

The Pickwick Papers Charles Dickens

Adattamento di Maud Jackson

READING & TRAINING

Charles D

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Charles DickensBLACK CAT

The PiCKwiCK PAPers

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The Pickwick Papers







WORD COUNT: 13,198

Audio CD

ISBN 978-88-530-1095-7

€ 10,00

ISBN 978-88-530-1095-7

The Pickwick PapersIn Dickens’s first novel, Samuel Pickwick and three other members of the Pickwick Club decide to spend six months travelling around England observing the manners and habits of everyone they meet. Follow them on their hilarious adventures.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossier: Changes in England at the Time of The Pickwick Papers• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 5 and 6)• A full recording of the text • Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com

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Mistero & Horror


978-88-530-1836-6 96 pp.


Dossier:Deacon Brodie; Mad scientists and monsters: Frankenstein

LIFE SKILLS giustizia; curiosità; responsabilità; fiducia; ambizione




Step Three • B1.2LIFE SKILLS

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THE STRANGE CASE OF

DOCTOR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE

ISBN 978-88-530-1836-6

BLACK CAT


A respected scientist, a mysterious will, a strange door and an evil and violent man. What connects these people and events? Mr Utterson, a lawyer and friend to Dr Jekyll, has decided to find out. One of Stevenson’s best-loved novels: a thrilling story of science, curiosity and the darker side of human nature.

This reader also contains:• A wide range of skills practice• Cambridge English Preliminary and Trinity (Grade 6)

style activities• Think! and Values & Feelings activities• Dossiers: Deacon Brodie; Mad scientists and monsters:

Frankenstein• A full recording of the text


The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde

€ 9,80

ISBN 978-88-530-1836-6


Word count: 8,727



free Audiobook


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CLASSICO

Mistero & Horror


978-88-530-0835-0 96 pp.


Il Dr Jekyll, un eminente scienziato, scopre un farmaco capace di trasformarlo nel malvagio Mr Hyde, l’incarnazione dei suoi impulsi diabolici. Quale lato di Jekyll trionferà? Il buono o il cattivo?

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

CLASSICO

Poliziesco


978-88-530-0780-3 128 pp.


Il personaggio di Sherlock Holmes appare per la prima volta nel 1887 in A Study in Scarlet ed è probabilmente il più famoso ed eccentrico detective di tutti i tempi. Qui risolve i casi di The Blue Carbuncle, A Case of Identity e The Yellow Face.Dossier:Conan Doyle Defends the Crew of the Titanic; Arthur Defends the Underdog

Sherlock Holmes Investigates


Adattamento di Kenneth Brodey e Rebecca Raynes

READING & TRAINING

Sir A

rthur Conan D

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olm

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Sherlock Holmes Investigates Three Stories of DetectionFollow Holmes as he solves the mystery of ‘The Blue Carbuncle’, finds a missing fiancé in ‘A Case of Identity’ and discovers the identity of a strange creature in ‘The Yellow Face’.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains: • An introduction about Conan Doyle and his life • A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: Conan Doyle Defends the Crew of the Titanic, Arthur

Defends the Underdog and Sherlock Homes on Stage and Screen• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 5/6)• Full recording of the text • An exit test and key at blackcat-cideb.com

Sir Arthur Conan DoyleBLACK CAT

SHERLOCK HOLMES

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Sherlock Holmes InvestigatesThree Stories of Detection

ISBN 978-88-530-0780-3

INVESTIGATES free Audiobook



Word count: 10,438

€ 10,00

ISBN 978-88-530-0780-3


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CLASSICO

Tragedia


978-88-530-0686-8 112 pp.


Le famiglie Montecchi e Capuleti sono divise da un odio ancestrale, così i rispettivi figli Romeo e Giulietta quando si innamorano devono ricorrere alla segretezza e al sotterfugio.Uno dei drammi più amati di Shakespeare adattato in una storia narrata in un inglese moderno.Dossier:In Fair Verona; Settings and Sources and others

Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare


READING & TRAINING

William Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet

William

Shakesp

eare

€ 10,009 788853 006868

ISBN 978-88-530-0686-8William

Shakespeare

ISBN 978-88-530-0686-8

BLACK CAT

ROMEO AND JULIET

Ro

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The story of Romeo and Juliet is perhaps the best-known love story of all time. The tragic but triumphant story of Shakespeare’s two young ‘star-crossed lovers’ still shines through in this version retold in modern English.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story and a playscript, this reader contains:• An introduction about Shakespeare and his life • A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: In Fair Verona, Settings and Sources and others• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 5)• Full recording of the text • A playscript• An exit test with answer key

Romeo and Juliet

free Audiobook



Word count: 5,426

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Dossier:London and Crime; The ‘Double’ in 19th Century Fiction

Robert Louis StevensonAdattamento di James Butler

Rob

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The S

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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr HydeEver since its publication in 1886, Stevenson’s masterpiece about the brilliant scientist Dr Jekyll and the violent Mr Hyde lurking inside him has fascinated the public imagination.This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• An introduction about Stevenson and his life• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: London and Crime and The ‘Double’ in 19th-century Fiction• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 6)• Full recording of the text • An exit test and key at www.blackcat-cideb.com


BLACK CAT

THE STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL

AND MR HYDE

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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

ISBN 978-88-530-0835-0

€ 9,60

ISBN 978-88-530-0835-0

9 788853 008350

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Word count: 7,606


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Fantascienza


978-88-530-1717-8 112 pp.


Il Viaggiatore visita l’anno 802701. La gente sembra vivere pacificamente, mangiando frutta e raccogliendo fiori. Qual è il segreto di questo mondo? Che cosa accade di notte? In uno dei più grandi romanzi di fantascienza, H.G. Wells esplora il futuro della razza umana. Dossier:A short history of science fiction; Is time travel possible?; Cinema

The Time Machine

H. G. WellsAdattamento di Derek Sellen

€ 10,00

ISBN 978-88-530-1717-8

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ISBN 978-88-530-1717-8

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H.G. Wells

The Time Traveller visits the year 802701. The people seem to live peacefully with nothing to do but eat fruit, gather flowers and play. But what is the hidden secret of this world? What happens on the darkest night? In one of the greatest science fiction novels, H.G. Wells explores the future of the human race.


activities• Dossiers: A short history of science fiction; Is time travel possible?;

Cinema: The Time Machine• Full recording of the text


THE TIME M

ACHINE

The Time Machine

H.G. Wells The Tim

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The Time Machine


Wordcount: 13,870


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CLASSICO

Avventura


978-88-530-1208-1 128 pp.

PRELIMINARY TRINITY

D’Artagnan arriva a Parigi nella speranza di unirsi ai Moschettieri Porthos, Athos e Aramis, un gruppo di soldati al servizio di Luigi XIII. Impressionati dall’abilità di spadaccino del giovane, i tre uomini chiedono a D’Artagnan di unirsi a loro nella lotta per proteggere la regina Anna dal Cardinale Richelieu, assetato di potere.Dossier:France in the 17th century; Costumes in the 17th century; Dumas beyond the page

The Three Musketeers Alexandre Dumas

Adattamento di Jennifer Gascoigne

Alexand

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he Three M

usketeers

The Three MusketeersD’Artagnan, a young and adventurous Gascon, travels to Paris hoping to join the King’s Musketeers. There he meets his heroes the Musketeers Porthos, Athos, and Aramis. Read about all the exciting adventures they have together.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossier: France in the 17th century, Costumes in the 17th century,

Dumas beyond the page• Internet project• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 4 and 5)• A full recording of the text • Summary-based activities on our website



Alexandre Dumas

BLACK CAT

The Three MusKeTeers

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WORD COUNT: 12,188

Audio CD

ISBN 978-88-530-1208-1

Book + CD € 10,00

ISBN 978-88-530-1208-1

9 788853 012081

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CLASSICO

Humour & Commedia


978-88-530-1646-1 96 pp.




CLASSICO

Humour & Commedia


978-88-530-0763-6 112 pp.

PRELIMINARY TRINITY

Cosa mai può accadere a tre amici e al loro cane durante una tranquilla gita in barca sul Tamigi? Praticamente... di tutto! Nel corso della loro visita ai siti storici lungo il fiume i tre dovranno venire a capo di situazioni incredibilmente comiche.

Three Men in a Boat Jerome K. Jerome

Adapted by Gina D. B. Clemen

€ 9,80

Jerome K

. Jerome

Three M

en in a bo

at

Three Men in a boat What can possibly happen to three friends and their dog when they take a peaceful boat trip on the River Thames? Well, just about anything! Enjoy their funny adventures as they visit historic sites on the beautiful Thames.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains: • Wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: Fox-Terriers, Life on the River, Oxford and others• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 5/6)• Full recording of the text• Exit test and keys at blackcat-cideb.com


Jerome K. Jerom

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BLACK CAT

Three Men in A BoAT

ISBN 978-88-530-0763-6

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Jerome K. Jerome

Three Men

Audio CD

ISBN 978-88-530-0763-6

in a boat

9 788853 007636







WORD COUNT: 6,615

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READING & TRAINING

Dossier:Navigating the rivers; The historical Thames; Films about... boats

LIFE SKILLS amicizia; gentilezza; comprensione; fiducia; empatia

READING & TRAINING

Dossier:Fox-Terriers; Queen Elizabeth I; Life on the River; Preserving Food; The Magna Carta; Famous People and Places on the Thames; Oxford





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Commedia


978-88-530-0401-7 96 pp.

PRELIMINARY TRINITY

Scampata a un naufragio lunga le coste dell’Illiria, Viola assume le mentite spoglie di un ragazzo per entrare a servizio del duca Orsino alla sua corte. All'insaputa della sorella, si è salvato dal naufragio anche Sebastiano, fratello gemello di Viola. Dossier:The Meaning of Twelfth Night; Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Theatre

Twelfth Night William Shakespeare


READING & TRAINING


illiam S

hakespeare

Book + CD € 9,60

ISBN 978-88-530-0401-7

Twelfth N

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Twelfth NightAfter surviving a shipwreck off the coast of Illyria, Viola dresses as a man and goes to work for Duke Orsino, who is in love with beautiful Countess Olivia. Unknown to Viola, her twin brother Sebastian has also survived the shipwreck. When he arrives in Illyria, confusion and misunderstandings follow...

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story and a playscript, this reader contains:• Wide range of activities practising the four skills• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 6)• Dossiers: Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Theatre and

The Meaning of ‘Twelfth Night’• Text recorded in full• An exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com

William

Shakespeare

ISBN 978-88-530-0401-7

BLACK CAT

TWeLfTh NighT

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CLASSICO

Avventura


978-88-530-1935-6 112 pp.


Dossier:Pirates and the Spanish Main; Marooned! All alone on a desert island

LIFE SKILLS coraggio; lealtà; giustizia; leadership; determinazione


Treasure Island

ISBN 978-88-530-1935-6

BlaCK CaT

robert louis stevenson

Treasure IslandRobert Louis Stevenson

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This volume without the side coupon is to be considered a free sample copy not for sale. (sale or other distribution is forbidden: art. 17, c. 2, l. 633/1941).excluded from V.a.T. (d.P.r. 26/10/72, n. 633, art. 2, 3° c., lett. d.)



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Treasure Island


Onedayineighteenth-centuryBristol,anoldseacaptainarrives at an inn. This is where young Jim Hawkinsadventures begin. After finding a treasure map, Jim setsailstofindthemysteriousTreasureIslandinthecompanyofDrLivesey,SquireTrelawneyandtheship’scook,LongJohnSilver.Anexcitingtaleofpirates,mutinyandburiedtreasure;willthevoyageendaswellastheyhadhoped?


styleactivities• Think!andValues & Feelingsactivities• Dossiers: Pirates and the Spanish Main; Marooned!

All alone on a desert island• Afullrecordingofthetext

Treasure Island

€ 9,80

ISBN 978-88-530-1935-6

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CLASSICO

Avventura


978-88-530-0640-0 128 pp.

PRELIMINARY TRINITY

Il giovane Jim entra fortunosamente in possesso della mappa di un tesoro nascosto su un’isola dei Caraibi. Decide di imbarcarsi insieme allo Squire Trelawney e al dottor Livesey per andare alla ricerca del tesoro. Inizia così una emozionante serie di vicende...

Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson

Adattamento di Christopher Hall

Rob

ert Louis Stevenson

Treasure Island

Treasure Island Adventure and piracy in the 18th century! When young Jim Hawkins finds a map of an island where Captain Flint has hidden his treasure, Jim, Squire Trelawney and his friend Dr Livesey sail to the island to look for it.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains: • Accessible adaptation at beginner level• Wide range of activities on the four skills• Dossiers: Pirates in History and others• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 4/5)• Full recording of the text


BLACK CAT

TReASuRe ISLAnd

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ISBN 978-88-530-0640-0

€ 10,00

ISBN 978-88-530-0640-0




Word count: 11,684


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Playscript

CLASSICO

Tragedia


978-88-530-1209-8 112 pp.

PRELIMINARY TRINITY

Dopo la guerra civile tra il Casato di Lancaster e quello di York, l’Inghilterra è in pace sotto il Re Edoardo IV. Ma il fratello di Edoardo, Riccardo, è invidioso. Assetato di potere, Riccardo comincia ad aspirare segretamente al trono, che vuole ottenere a qualsiasi costo.Dossier:The Renaissance: Art of Manners and the Galateo; Niccolò Machiavelli; Richard III on screen and stage

The Tragedy of Richard III

William ShakespeareAdattamento di Richard Elliott

William Shakespeare

William

Shakesp

eare

€ 9,809 788853 012098

ISBN 978-88-530-1209-8William

Shakespeare

ISBN 978-88-530-1209-8

BLACK CAT

The TrAgedy of riChArd iii

The Trag

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The Tragedy of Richard IIIAfter a long civil war between the Houses of Lancaster and York, England is enjoying a period of peace under King Edward IV. But King Edward IV’s younger brother, Richard, resents Edward’s power and the happiness of those around him. He begins to aspire secretly to the throne and decides to kill anyone he has to in order to become king.

This reader uses the expansive reading approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• An introduction about Shakespeare and his life • A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: The Renaissance: Art of Manners and the ‘Galateo’, Niccolò

Machiavelli, Richard III on screen and stage• Internet projects• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 5)• A full recording of the text• Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com

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Dossier:Pirates in History





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Fantascienza


978-88-530-2052-9 112 pp.


Un cilindro proveniente da Marte atterra non lontano da Londra e una gran folla accorre. Ma la curiosità si trasforma in terrore non appena appaiono i marziani. La loro tecnologia è più avanzata di quella umana e i loro raggi di calore possono carbonizzare in un istante. Un'avventura pericolosa per un uomo alla ricerca di sua moglie.Dossiers:H. G. Wells; The Planet Mars; Orson Welles radio dramatisation of The War of the Worlds; Cinema: The War of the Worlds

The War of the Worlds

H. G. WellsAdapted by Jane Cammack

READING & TRAINING


€ 9,80

ISBN 978-88-530-2052-9This volume without the side coupon is to be considered a free sample copy not for sale. (Sale or other distribution is forbidden: art. 17, c. 2, L. 633/1941).Excluded from V.A.T. (D.P.R. 26/10/72, n. 633, art. 2, 3° c., lett. d.)

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ISBN 978-88-530-2052-9

BLACK CAT

H. G. Wells


Wordcount: 10,370

The War of the Worlds

The War of the WorldsWhen a cylinder from Mars lands not far from London, crowds of people arrive. Curiosity turns to terror as Martians appear. Their technology is far more advanced than humans' and their heat-ray weapons kill instantly. One man, looking for his wife, understands that this invasion could mean the end of human civilisation and the beginning of Martian rule.

This reader also contains:• A wide range of skills practice• Cambridge English Preliminary and Trinity (Grade 6) style

activities• Dossiers: H. G. Wells; The Planet Mars; Orson Welles' radio

dramatisation of The War of the Worlds; Cinema: War of the Worlds




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ORIGINALE

Poliziesco


978-88-530-1020-9 112 pp.


Un diamante viene esposto in un museo di New York. Nick ha un piccolo incarico estivo al museo e invita Bill e Michelle a unirsi a lui. Una notte, però, il diamante scompare e una guardia viene trovata morta. Il terrore dei vampiri si scatena in tutta New York e i tre giovani cominciano a indagare.Dossier:Manhattan, the heart of New York City; Vlad Tepes, Prince of Wallachia; Vampires in literature and films

The Vampire’s Tear Gina D. B. Clemen

Gina D

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lemen

The Vam

pire’s Tear

Gina D. B. Clemen

BLACK CAT

The VAmpire’s TeAr

Gina D. B. Clemen

The Vampire’s Tear

ISBN 978-88-530-1020-9

The Vampire’s TearA rare diamond disappears from a museum in New York City, where Nick and Bill have a summer job. Suddenly there is a vampire scare in town. Nick, Bill and Michelle decide to investigate the world of the living dead and make a terrible discovery…

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, written and recorded in American English, this reader contains:• A wide range of activities practicing the four skills• Dossiers: Manhattan, the Heart of New York City and others• PET-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 5/6)• Full recording of the text• Exit test and keys at blackcat-cideb.com

Step

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€ 9,80

ISBN 978-88-530-1020-9This volume without the side coupon is to be considered a free sample copy not for sale. (sale or other distribution is forbidden: art. 17, c. 2, L. 633/1941). excluded from V.A.T. (D.p.r. 26/10/72, n. 633, art. 2, 3° c., lett. d.)


free Audiobook


Word count: 10,336

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Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-0025-5 112 pp.

Disponibile su eBook FIRST TRINITY

Ebenezer Scrooge è un uomo egoista e avido. Ma per il vecchio misantropo quella vigilia di Natale sarà una notte veramente strana: alcuni fantasmi gli faranno visita e lo indurranno a riflettere sulla sua aridità d’animo. Uno dei più famosi, letti e amati racconti di Dickens in versione semplificata.Dossier:Some Christmas Ghosts; London in Dickens’s time; The Christmas Story

A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens

Adattamento di Peter Foreman

READING & TRAINING

A Christmas CarolEbenezer Scrooge doesn’t like Christmas. He doesn’t like people. He only likes money. But when the ghost of his friend Old Marley visits him on Christmas Eve, it’s the beginning of a very strange night…

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• An introduction about Charles Dickens and his life• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: Some Christmas Ghosts, The Christmas Story and London

in Dickens’s Time• FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 7)• A full recording of the text• An exit test with answer key



A ChrisTmAs CAroL

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A Christmas Carol

ISBN 978-88-530-0025-5

€ 9,80

ISBN 978-88-530-0025-5




Word count: 7,931

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ickensA

Christm

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CLASSICO

Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-1417-7 112 pp.


Il capolavoro classico di Geoffrey Chaucer, scritto nel XIV secolo ma ancora moderno e interessante. Un gruppo di pellegrini si riunisce per affrontare insieme il viaggio verso Canterbury e durante il percorso ciascuno narrerà una storia agli altri. Il cavaliere, il mugnaio, il prete, la signora di Bath e molti altri racconteranno storie affascinanti che parlano di amore, di astuzia, di onore, di avventura.Dossier:Thomas Beckett and the City of Canterbury; Pilgrimages Traditional Tales

The Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer

Adattamento di Robert Hill

READING & TRAINING

The C

anterbury Tales

Geoffrey C

haucer

BLACK CAT

Geoffrey Chaucer

When a genial innkeeper suggests to a group of pilgrims bound for Canterbury that they tell each other stories to entertain themselves on the way, everyone agrees! From this simple premise Chaucer created a medieval masterpiece. The prologue and five of the best-known stories are retold in modern English in this edition.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: Traditional Tales and others• First-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 7)• Full recording of the text • An exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com

The Canterbury Tales

€ 9,80

ISBN 978-88-530-1417-7The CAnTerBury TALes

ISBN 978-88-530-1417-7

The Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey Chaucer

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CLASSICO

Leggenda


978-88-530-1330-9 112 pp.


Il potente guerriero Beowulf offre il suo aiuto al re dei Danesi per sconfiggere il crudele mostro Grendel e liberare la sua gente dal terrore. Dopo averlo ucciso, Beowulf deve uccidere anche la madre del mostro, prima di poter tornare a casa, dove diventerà re. Ma nuove avventure lo attendono, infatti arriverà un enorme drago a distruggere il suo regno. La battaglia questa volta gli costerà la vita?Dossier:Epics; Anglo-Saxon Treasure; Versions of Beowulf

BeowulfNarrato da Robert Hill

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BeowulfThe mighty warrior Beowulf offers to help the King of the Danes in a quest to kill the vicious monster Grendel and free his people from terror. After killing Grendel, Beowulf must also kill the monster’s mother before he can return to his homeland, where he eventually becomes king. But he is called for a new adventure...

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: Epics, Anglo-Saxon Treasures, Versions of Beowulf• FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 7)• Full recording of the text• An exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com

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American HorrorFive Terrifying Tales

Edgar Allan PoeAdattamento di Kenneth Brodey

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American Horror Five Terrifying Tales

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American HorrorEdgar Allan Poe will terrify you with these five strange tales of mystery – starting with a man who fights to escape the tortures of the Inquisition, and ending with just a heart, a horrible beating heart.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, written and recorded in American English, this reader contains:• A wide range of activities practicing the four skills• Dossiers: Poe’s scientific imagination, Poe as pop icon and Poe’s

America• FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 7)• Full recording of the text

This volume without the side coupon is to be considered a free sample copy not for sale. (Sale or other distribution is forbidden: art. 17, c. 2, L. 633/1941).Excluded from V.A.T. (D.P.R. 26/10/72, n. 633, art. 2, 3° c., lett. d.) free Audiobook



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Edgar Allan Poe viene ricordato soprattutto per il suo particolare stile horror, popolato da personaggi indimenticabili: un uomo che sottrae un po’ per volta la vita alla moglie per dar vita al suo dipinto; un amante degli animali ossessionato da un gatto; un giovane assillato dall’occhio blu di un vecchio e un uomo ipnotizzato proprio prima di morire.Dossier:Poe’s Scientific Imagination; Poe as Pop Icon; Poe’s America

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Mistero & Horror


978-88-530-1022-3 112 pp.

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Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-2053-6 112 p.

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Flush è la storia di due poeti che si amano, Elizabeth Barrett e Robert Browning, narrata attraverso gli amorevoli occhi del loro cane Flush. Il fedele cucciolo di Elizabeth vive mille avventure. Deve imparare a gestire la gelosia, affrontare pericolosi ladri di cani e adattarsi alla vita in Inghilterra e in Italia.Dossier:The True Love Story of Elizabeth and Robert

LIFE SKILLS lealtà; amore; comprensione; libertà; pazienza

Flush Virginia Woolf

Adapted by Eleanor Donaldson



Virginia WoolfFlush

In Flush, we experience the love story of two famous poets, Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning, through a dog’s eyes. Flush, Elizabeth’s faithful pet, has many adventures. He has to learn about the effects of jealousy, the dangers of dog thieves and the different lifestyles of England and Italy. This biography of a dog shines new light on the human world. This reader also contains:• A wide range of skills practice• Cambridge English First and Trinity (Grade 7) style

activities• Think! and Values & Feelings activities• Dossiers: Viriginia Woolf; The True Love Story of

Elizabeth and Robert• A full recording of the text

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Virginia Woolf

FlushVirginia W

oolfThis volume without the side coupon is to be considered a free sample copy not for sale. (Sale or other distribution is forbidden: art. 17, c. 2, L. 633/1941).Excluded from V.A.T. (D.P.R. 26/10/72, n. 633, art. 2, 3° c., lett. d.)


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Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-1721-5 128 pp.


Batsheba Everdene è una ragazza indipendente che si occupa da sola della sua fattoria, in un’epoca in cui poche donne gestiscono proprietà. Deve anche fare una scelta difficile, fra tre uomini molto diversi tra loro che la amano. Ambientato nella bellissima campagna inglese, Far from the Madding Crowd è uno dei romanzi più romantici e famosi di Thomas Hardy.Dossier:Hardy Country; Love, Marriage and Divorce in Victorian England; Cinema

Far from the Madding Crowd

Thomas Hardy


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Thomas Hardy



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Independent-minded Bathsheba Everdene is in charge of her own farm at a time when few women owned property. She must also make a difficult choice – between three very different men who love her. Set in the beautiful English countryside, Far from the Madding Crowd is one of Thomas Hardy’s most romantic and popular novels.

This reader also contains:• A wide range of skills practice • Cambridge English First and Trinity (Grades 7) style activities• Dossiers: Hardy country; Love, marriage and divorce in Victorian

England; Cinema• Full recording of the text


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Mistero & Horror


978-88-530-0960-9 144 pp.


L’avvocato Jonathan Harker scopre che il suo cliente, il Conte Dracula, ha intenzione di intraprendere un viaggio in Inghilterra per ragioni assai più sinistre di quanto si possa supporre.Il capolavoro di Bram Stoker, senza alcun dubbio la più famosa storia di vampiri di tutti i tempi.Dossier:Real Vampires; Vampire Bats; Victorian Villains; Monsters and Fears

Dracula Bram Stoker


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Bram Stoker

Jonathan Harker travels to a castle in Transylvania to sell a London house to a certain Count Dracula. He soon learns that this polite aristocrat is a vampire…

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• An introduction about the life of Bram Stoker• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: Real Vampires, Vampire Bats and others• FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 7/8)• A recording of parts of the text• An exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com

Dracula

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Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-1416-0 96 pp.


Tre storie della grande scrittrice Katherine Mansfield, ambientate in Inghilterra e in Nuova Zelanda, che esplorano l’infinito e coinvolgente mondo dei sentimenti, dalla felicità alla tristezza, dalla speranza alla gioia di vivere.Dossier:Music: An expression of feelings; New Zealand; Edwardian England; The 1920s

Katherine Mansfield Short Stories

Katherine MansfieldAdattamento di Gina D. B. Clemen

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Katherine Mansfield Short StoriesThe Garden Party talks about class consciousness, sensitivity and the co-existence of life and death. In The Singing Lesson there is the struggle of love and fear. Feminism and materialism are the themes of A Cup of Tea.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the text, this reader contains:• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: The 1920s : A time of great changes and others• First-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 7)• A full recording fo the text• Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com

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ORIGINALE

Poliziesco


978-88-530-0320-1 96 pp.


Chi era veramente Jack lo Squartatore?I mille sospetti e le tante teorie che si sono accumulati su di lui fin dai tempi in cui terrorizzava la Londra vittoriana non sono serviti a sciogliere il mistero che lo circonda.Questo libro, che ricostruisce indagini e testimonianze dell’epoca, mostra nuove verità sul più famoso assassino della storia del crimine.Dossier:Life in the East End; Immigrants in the East End

Jack the Ripper Peter Foreman

Jack the RipperSince the autumn of 1888, when he terrorised London, Jack the Ripper has become famous all over the world. Here is the full story of the most mysterious killer in the history of crime.This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text.

As well as the story, this reader contains: • An introduction about the 1880s• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: Life in the East End and Immigrants in the East End• FCE-style activities Trinity-style activities (Grade 7)• An internet project• Full recording of the text • An exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com

Peter Foreman

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JACK THE RIPPER


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Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-0464-2 112 pp.

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XVII secolo. La casa dei sette abbaini nasconde una vecchia maledizione e un terribile segreto. Hepzibah e Clifford Pyncheon sono tormentati dai ricordi e dai fantasmi del passato, fino a che l’amore di due giovani cambia il corso del destino...Dossier:Witchcraft; The British Colonies in America; The History of Photography

The House of the Seven Gables

Nathaniel HawthorneAdattamento di Gina D. B. Clemen

Nathaniel H

awthorne

The H

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The House of the Seven Gables The House of the Seven Gables shelters a century-old curse and a terrible secret. They begin to ruin the lives of the Pyncheon family, until the love of two young people changes the course of destiny…

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• A biography of Nathaniel Hawthorne• A wide range of activities practicing the four skills• Dossiers: The British Colonies in America, Witchcraft and others• FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 7)• A full recording of the text in American English• An exit test and key at blackcat-cideb.com


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Tragedia


978-88-530-1552-5 112 pp.


La tragedia più famosa di Shakespeare inizia con il ritorno in Danimarca di Hamlet, dopo l’improvvisa morte del re, suo padre. Una notte il fantasma del padre appare a Hamlet e gli rivela di essere stato avvelenato dal proprio fratello e successore. Hamlet promette vendetta a suo padre, ma saprà mantenere la sua promessa?Dossier:Revenge in Elizabethan Drama; London in Shakespeare’s times; Hamlet on the screen

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

William ShakespeareAdattamento di Robert Hill

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William Shakespeare

William

Shakesp

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€ 9,60

ISBN 978-88-530-1552-5

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Hamlet, Prince of DenmarkAfter the sudden death of his father, the king, Hamlet returns to the royal court in Denmark, where he is shocked by the behaviour of his mother, who has remarried. Her new husband is Hamlet’s uncle, the brother of the old king. One night the ghost of the old king appears to Hamlet and says that he was poisoned – by his brother! The ghost makes Hamlet promise to take revenge, but will Hamlet be able to keep his promise?

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: Revenge in Elizabethan Drama; London in Shakespeare’s times;

Hamlet on the screen• First-style and Trinity-style (Grade 7) activities• Full recording of the text• An exit test and keys downloadable at blackcat-cideb.com

William

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Commedia


978-88-530-1515-0 112 pp.


Per aiutare Bassanio, Antonio chiede un prestito all’ebreo Shylock. Quando ad Antonio gli affari cominciano ad andar male, gli è impossibile restituire il denaro e Shylock può pretendere in cambio una libbra di carne del mercante, ma…Dossier:Venice, a Centre of Commerce; Venice, a City of Masks; Jews in Venice

The Merchant of Venice

William Shakespeare

Adattamento di Rob Hill

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William Shakespeare


William

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Shakespeare

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THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

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Bassanio wants to impress Portia but he doesn’t have enough money to do so. He turns for help to Antonio, who is forced to borrow from Shylock, a Jewish moneylender. When Antonio’s business starts going badly, repayment becomes impossible and Shylock is allowed to demand a pound of the merchant’s flesh.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: Venice, a Centre of Commerce, Venice, a City of Masks, Jews in Venice• First-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 7)• Full recording of the text• Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com




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Tragedia


978-88-530-0839-8 96 pp.


Prima di conoscere la profezia che lo prevedeva re di Scozia, Macbeth, il fedele amico del re Duncan, era un uomo leale e coraggioso. Ma la cupa ossessione di diventare re, incoraggiata dalle sfrenate ambizioni della moglie, inducono il protagonista a commettere vari delitti che lo porteranno alla rovina.Dossier:Films of Macbeth; Scotland’s History, Witches; The Castles of Scotland

Macbeth William Shakespeare


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William Shakespeare

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MacbethMacbethThe tragedy of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth and their ambitious, bloody path to tyrannical power – and madness – is as powerful now as it was in Shakespeare’s day.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• An introduction about Shakespeare and his life • A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: Films of Macbeth, Scotland’s History, Witches and The Castles of

Scotland• FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 6)• Full recording of the text • Exit test and key at www.black-cideb.com

William

Shakespeare

ISBN 978-88-530-0839-8

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MACBeTh

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Avventura


978-88-530-0029-3 144 pp.

FIRST TRINITY

Cora e Alice Munro devono raggiungere a Fort Henry il padre, comandante inglese durante la Guerra dei sette anni tra Francia e Gran Bretagna. Il tradimento della loro guida, che le consegna alla tribù irochese, segna l’inizio di innumerevoli avventure.Dossier:The Origins of the American Indian People; The Iroquois Confederacy; The American Indian Experience and others

The Last of the Mohicans

James Fenimore CooperAdattamento di Gina D. B. Clemen

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he Last of the M

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The Last of the MohicansAs Iroquois warriors and the French attack British forces in New York State in 1757, the frontiersman Hawkeye and his Indian friends try to save Cora and Alice, two English girls.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, written and recorded in American English, this reader contains:• An introduction about J. F. Cooper and the American Frontier• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: The French and Indian War and others• FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 6/7)• A full recording of the text• An exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com


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Leggenda


978-88-7754-797-2 144 pp.

FIRST

Pubblicato da William Caxton nel 1485, Le Morte d’Arthur racconta la nascita di Artù, la sua educazione e l’ascesa al trono; prosegue narrando le imprese dei vari cavalieri e infine descrive la tragica storia d’amore tra Lancillotto e Ginevra, la distruzione della Tavola Rotonda e la misteriosa morte e scomparsa di re Artù.Dossier:Medieval Romance Literature; Places in the Arthurian Story; Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Le Morte d’Arthur Sir Thomas Malory

Adattamento di Victoria Spence

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LE MORTE D’ARTHUR

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Le Morte d’ArthurLe Morte d’Arthur tells the story of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. The tale begins with Arthur’s birth and his rise to the throne. It also recounts the tragic love story of Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere, the destruction of the Round Table and Arthur’s mysterious disappearance or death.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains: • Wide range of activities practising the four skills• FCE-style activities• Dossiers: Medieval Romance Literature and others• Story recorded in full• Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com

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Mistero & Horror


978-88-530-0540-3 128 pp.

FIRST TRINITY

Per il suo diciottesimo compleanno, Rachel Verinder riceve un regalo molto speciale: la pietra di luna, un grande diamante giallo proveniente dall’India. Quella stessa notte, però, la pietra di luna viene rubata...Wilkie Collins narra una storia ricca di mistero, suspense e penetrante indagine psicologica.Dossier:Imperialism on the Indian Subcontinent

The Moonstone Wilkie Collins


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The MoonstoneOn her eighteenth birthday, Rachel Verinder receives a very special present: the Moonstone – a large yellow diamond from India. But that night the Moonstone is stolen...In what T. S. Eliot called ‘the best of modern detective novels’, Wilkie Collins tells a story full of mystery and psychological insight.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historica background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• Wide ranges of activities practising the four skills• FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 7)• Dossier: Imperialism on the Indian Subcontinent• Internet projects• Text recorded• Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com.


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Avventura


978-88-530-0610-3 128 pp.

FIRST TRINITY

Ossessionato dalla volontà di trovare e uccidere Moby Dick, che anni prima gli ha divorato una gamba, il capitano Achab ne insegue le tracce a bordo della nave Pequod. Questo caposaldo della lettura americana affronta magistralmente temi quali il bene e il male, la vendetta, la superstizione, il coraggio e la follia.Dossier:A Short History of Whaling

Moby Dick Herman Melville


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Moby DickThis epic American novel tells the story of Captain Ahab’s remorseless hunt for the great white whale Moby Dick, and how his obsession ultimately leads to tragedy for him and his crew.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, written and recorded in American English, this reader contains:• An introduction about Herman Melville and his life• A wide range of activities practicing the four skills• A dossier: A Short History of Whaling• FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 7)• A full recording of the text• An exit test with answer key


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Commedia


978-88-530-0033-0 96 pp.

FIRST TRINITY

Due innamorati, Hermia e Lysander, si ritrovano nel bosco dopo essere fuggiti per sposarsi segretamente. Demetrio, invaghito di Hermia, e Helena, innamorata di Demetrio, li inseguono. Nessuno sa però che il bosco è incantato...Dossier:Shakespeare’s Sources; The Elizabethan Performance


William ShakespeareAdattamento di James Butler e Maria Lucia De Vanna

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William Shakespeare


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A MIDSUM

MER NIGHT’S DREAM

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Two young lovers, Hermia and Lysander, meet in the wood with the intention of running away and getting married secretly. They are followed by Demetrius, who loves Hermia, and Helena, who is in love with Demetrius. What they don’t know is that the wood is enchanted…

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the text, written in British English, this reader contains:• Wide range of activities practising the four skills• FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 7)• Dossiers: Shakespeare’s Sources, The Elizabethan Performance and

The Popularity of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’• Full recording of the text• Playscript• Exit test and key at blackcat-cideb.com

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Tragedia


978-88-7754-607-4 128 pp.

FIRST

Il generale vittorioso Othello conquista il cuore di Desdemona e la sposa; ma il suo luogotenente Jago, inasprito dalla mancata promozione, decide di distruggere la sua gioia.In questa storia amore e pregiudizi, innocenza, gelosia, inganno, si alternano con rapidi colpi di scena.Dossier:The First London Theatres; The Portrayal of Othello

Othello William Shakespeare

Adattamento di Lucy Parker

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OthelloOthello is a successful general, but a very simple man who trusts Iago completely. When he elopes with and marries Desdemona, he is overwhelmed by the happiness that seems to be his. Iago, embittered by his failure to win promotion in the army, decides to poison the general’s happiness…

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story and a playscript , this reader contains:• Wide range of activities on the four skills• Dossiers: The First London Theatres and The Portrayal of Othello• FCE-style activities• A playscript enables students to perform their own version of the play• Full recording of the text

William

Shakespeare

ISBN 978-88-7754-607-4

BLACK CAT

OTheLLO

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CLASSICO

Mistero & Horror


978-88-530-0811-4 128 pp.

FIRST TRINITY

Catherine è in visita nella città di Bath; viene da un villaggio della campagna inglese e adora i romanzi gotici. Quando conosce il giovane Henry e sua sorella Eleanor finisce nel bel mezzo di una tragedia familiare. Nella casa di Henry è accaduto un crimine. Oppure è tutto frutto dell’immaginazione di Catherine?Dossier:King George III and Regency England; British female novelists

Northanger Abbey Jane Austen


Jane Austen

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Northanger AbbeySeventeen-year-old Catherine Morland is going to Bath. When she makes friends with handsome Henry Tilney, she finds herself in the middle of a family tragedy. Is the Tilneys’ home, Northanger Abbey, the scene of a crime? Or is Catherine just imagining it?

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: King George III and Regency England and others• FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 7)• A full recording of the text• Exit test and key at blackcat-cideb.com


Jane AustenBLACK CAT

NorThANger ABBey

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Northanger Abbey







WORD COUNT: 11,329

Audio CD

ISBN 978-88-530-0811-4

Book + CD € 10,00

ISBN 978-88-530-0811-4

9 788853 008114

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READING & TRAINING

CLASSICO

Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-1719-2 128 pp.


Margaret Hale pensa che il Nord dell'Inghilterra sia molto diverso dal Sud rurale e conservatore da cui proviene. Ma al Nord incontra anche John Thorton, un giovane ambizioso e determinato. Margaret ne è attratta, anche se le loro idee sono molto diverse...Dossier:A novel of contrast, A Condition-of-England novel; A famous kiss; An age of steam and smoke

LIFE SKILLS amore; orgoglio; consapevolezza di sé; ambizione; giustizia

North and South Elizabeth Gaskell

Adattamento di Jane Elizabeth Cammack


North aNd South

ISBN 978-88-530-1719-2

BLaCK Cat

Elizabeth Gaskell

North and South

Elizabeth Gaskell

this volume without the side coupon is to be considered a free sample copy not for sale. (Sale or other distribution is forbidden: art. 17, c. 2, L. 633/1941).Excluded from V.a.t. (d.P.r. 26/10/72, n. 633, art. 2, 3° c., lett. d.)


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Wordcount: 10,518

Book + Cd € 10,00

MargaretHalefindstheindustrialnorthofEnglandverydifferenttotherural,conservativeandgentlesouth,whenshemovestherewithherparents.Sheconsidersthenorthinferiorbecauseofitsnewwealthandeagernesstomakemoney. When she meets John Thornton, who is a self-made and ambitious young man, there is an attraction,buthisideasareverydifferenttoMargaret’s.

Thisreaderalsocontains:• Awiderangeofskillspractice• CambridgeEnglishFirstandTrinity (Grades7) style

activities• Think!andValues & Feelingsactivities• Dossiers:A novel of contrast; A Condition-of-England

novel; A famous kiss; An age of steam and smoke• Fullrecordingofthetext


North and South

North and South

Elizabeth Gaskell


ISBN 978-88-530-1719-2

audio CD

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Playscript

CLASSICO

Commedia

Libro + CD € 10,00

978-88-530-0154-2 128 pp.

FIRST TRINITY

Riuscirà Claudio a essere ricambiato da Hero? L’arguto e cinico Benedick si innamorerà di Beatrice, intelligente e determinata a non sposarsi? Sarà Don Pedro, amico di entrambi, a risolvere i problemi e a sventare le trame diaboliche del malvagio Don John, suo fratello.Dossier:Tragic and Comic Elements in Much ado About Nothing; Women in Shakespeare’s Comedies

Much Ado About Nothing

William ShakespeareAdattamento di James Butler

READING & TRAINING

William Shakespeare

Much Ado About Nothing

William

Shakesp

eare

Book + CD € 10,00

ISBN 978-88-530-0154-2

Much A

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Claudio is in love with Hero but is scared to tell her. His friend, Don Pedro, volunteers to make her fall in love with him at a masked ball. The plan works well but Don Pedro’s brother, Don John, organises a plot to make Claudio think that Hero is unfaithful. The plot succeeds, and Claudio’s love for Hero is turned to hatred and a desire for revenge…

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 7)• Dossiers: Women in Shakespeare’s Comedies and others• Full recording of the text• Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com• Playscript

Audio CD

William

Shakespeare

ISBN 978-88-530-0154-2

BLACK CAT

MuCh ADo ABouT NoThiNg







WORD COUNT: 9,816

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Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-1418-4 112 pp.


Prospero, duca di Milano, viene spodestato dal fratello Antonio e condannato a morire in mare con la figlia. Tuttavia sopravvivono su un’isola deserta. Un giorno una nave passa di lì. Prospero, che è diventato un potente mago, evoca una tempesta e fa naufragare la nave. Tra i passeggeri c’è Antonio, fratello di Prospero…Dossier:John Dee – an Elizabethan Magus; The Tempest and the New World; Music in Elizabethan Times

The Tempest William Shakespeare


READING & TRAINING







WORD COUNT: 11,498

William Shakespeare

Book + CD € 9,80

ISBN 978-88-530-1418-4William

Shakespeare

ISBN 978-88-530-1418-4

BLACK CAT

The TempeST

The Tem

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eare

The TempestProspero, the Duke of Milan, is robbed of his title by his brother and sent to die at sea with his daughter Miranda. Luckily, their boat takes them to an island, which they make their new home. Thirteen years later Prospero, with the help of his magic powers, is able to take his revenge and get his title back.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the text, this reader contains:• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: John Dee – an Elizabethan Magus, The Tempest and the New

World, Music in Elizabethan Times• First-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 6)• Full recording of the text• Exit test and keys at blackcat-cideb.com

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CLASSICO

Poliziesco


978-88-530-0295-2 112 pp.

FIRST TRINITY

In una casa vuota viene ritrovato il cadavere di un uomo. Il corpo non presenta ferite e su una parete è scritta con il sangue la parola Rache, che in tedesco significa “vendetta”. Le indagini di Sherlock Holmes e del fido Watson porteranno alla luce una antica storia d’amore e di vendetta.Il primo caso di Sherlock Holmes e Watson e l’inizio di un celebre e lungo sodalizio.Dossier:The Mormons; London in the 1800s

A Study in Scarlet Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


READING & TRAINING


BLACK CAT


A man lies dead in an empty room and the mysterious word RACHE is written in blood on the wall. To solve this case, Sherlock Holmes must uncover a story which began years before in Salt Lake City, USA.

This reader uses the expansive reading approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains: • An introduction about the life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: The Mormons and London in the 1880s• FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 7)• Internet projects• Full recording of the text • An exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com

A Study in Scarlet

ISBN 978-88-530-0295-2A STuDy in SCArLeT

ISBN 978-88-530-0295-2

A Study in Scarlet


Audio CD







WORD COUNT: 9,006

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CLASSICO

Poliziesco


978-88-530-0597-7 128 pp.

FIRST TRINITY

La bella Mary Morstan si presenta al 221B di Baker Street con una strana storia da raccontare: suo padre è scomparso da dieci anni e sono sei anni che lei riceve una perla ogni anno. Essendo stata invitata ad incontrare il misterioso mittente, chiede aiuto al famoso detective e al suo fedele amico Watson.Dossier:The Andaman Islands; The British in India

The Sign of Four Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


READING & TRAINING

Sir A

rthur Conan D

oyleT

he Sig

n of F

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The Sign of FourMary Morstan arrives at 221B Baker Street with a strange story to tell. Her father vanished ten years ago: four years later she received a beautiful pearl, and since then she has received a pearl every year. Now she has been invited to meet the sender of these pearls and asks Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson for their help.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springbord to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• Wide range of activities practising the four skills• FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade7)• Trinity-style activities (Grade 7)• Dossiers: The British in India and The Andaman Islands • Story recorded in full• Exit test and keys at blackcat-cideb.com



BLACK CAT

The Sign oF Four

Step

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The Sign of Four







WORD COUNT: 10,538

Audio CD

ISBN 978-88-530-0597-7

€ 10,00

ISBN 978-88-530-0597-7

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CLASSICO

Tragedia


978-88-530-1210-4 112 pp.


Richard III, assetato di potere; Hamlet, determinato e vendicativo; Julius Caesar, potente e spietato; Henry V, ambizioso e senza freni: il potere e l’ambizione in tutte le loro sfaccettature raccontati in cinque storie tratte dalle immortali tragedie di William Shakespeare.Dossier:Ghosts; Witches and Revenge; The Influence on Shakespeare’s Plays

Power and Ambition in ShakespeareAdattamento di Jane Elizabeth Cammack

READING & TRAINING

William Shakespeare

William

Shakesp

eare

William

Shakespeare

ISBN 978-88-530-1210-4

BLACK CAT

POWER AND AM

BITION

Po

wer and

Am

bitio

n in Shakesp

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tep Fo

ur B2.1Power and Ambition

in ShakespeareA power-hungry Richard III, a remorseful Macbeth, a revengeful Prince Hamlet, a powerful Julius Caesar, and a ruthless and ambitious King Henry V: various aspects of power and ambition feature in these five stories based on plays by William Shakespeare.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the text, written in British English, this reader contains:• An introduction about Shakespeare and his life• A wide range of activities covering the four skills• Dossiers: The Influences on Shakespeare’s Plays and others• FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 7/8)• Full recording of the text• Exit test and key at blackcat-cideb.com

Power and Ambition in Shakespeare

IN SHAKESPEARE free Audiobook


€ 9,80

ISBN 978-88-530-1210-4

9 788853 012104



Word count: 12,279

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75

CLASSICO

Mistero & Horror


978-88-530-0121-4 128 pp.

FIRST TRINITY

Metà Ottocento. Una giovane donna è istitutrice in una casa di campagna inglese. I due bambini di cui si occupa sono una gioia e per un momento la giovane pensa che la sua posizione sia invidiabile, fino a quando non comincia a vedere i fantasmi dell’istitutrice precedente e del domestico Peter Quint...Dossier:Governesses and Upper-class Children; Puritanism

The Turn of the Screw Henry James


READING & TRAINING

Henry Jam

esT

he Turn of the S

crew


Henry James

BLACK CAT

THE TURN OF THE SCREW

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Henry James

The Turnof the Screw







WORD COUNT: 10,537

Audio CD

ISBN 978-88-530-0121-4

€ 10,00

ISBN 978-88-530-0121-4

The Turn of the ScrewA young woman goes to work as a governess in a large country house. She must take full responsibility for two children whose parents have died. In this lonely situation, the governess starts to see the ghosts of the former governess and a manservant…

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• Wide range of activities practising the four skills• FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 7)• Dossiers: Governesses and upper-class children and Puritanism • Text recorded in full• Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com

RT_Turn of Screw COP_20.indd 1 16/01/20 11:40

Playscript

CLASSICO

Tragedia


978-88-7754-796-5 128 pp.

FIRST

Il Doctor Faustus, un brillante studioso, vende la sua anima al diavolo per ricevere in cambio ventiquattro anni di conoscenza, potere e ricchezze. Ben presto, però, comprende di aver commesso un’azione sconsiderata...Dossier:Christopher Marlowe and Elizabethan Espionage and others

The Tragedy of Dr Faustus

Christopher MarloweAdattamento di James Butler

Christop

her Marlow

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he Traged

y of D

r Faustus


Christopher Marlowe

BLACK CAT

THE TRAGEDY OF DR FAUSTUS

Step

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Christopher Marlowe

The Tragedy ofDr Faustus







WORD COUNT: 8,364

Audio CD

ISBN 978-88-7754-796-5

Book + CD € 10,00

ISBN 978-88-7754-796-5

The Tragedy of Dr FaustusThe brilliant scholar Doctor Faustus agrees to sell his soul to the Devil in return for twenty-four years of knowledge, power and riches. But when the time comes for the Devil to claim his soul, Faustus feels only despair and terror.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: The Death of Christopher Marlowe and others• FCE-style activities• A full recording of the text• Playscript, exit test and keys at blackcat-cideb.com

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READING & TRAINING

CLASSICO

Avventura


978-88-7754-929-7 144 pp.

FIRST TRINITY

Mr Allworthy al ritorno da un viaggio trova un bambino abbandonato. Lo adotta e lo chiama Tom Jones. Mentre Tom diventa un giovanotto un po’ scapestrato ma onesto, Blifil, nipote di Mr Allworthy, trama in segreto contro di lui. Ma che cosa succede quando Tom si innamora di Sophia, la figlia di un vicino la cui famiglia vuole che sposi Blifil?Dossier:The Early 18th-century Novel; Tom Jones as Hero

Tom Jones Henry Fielding

Adattamento di James Butler Attività di Justin Rainey

Henry Field

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Henry FieldingBLACK CAT

Tom Jones

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Henry Fielding

Tom Jones







WORD COUNT: 11,573

Audio CDISBN 978-88-7754-929-7

€ 10,00

ISBN 978-88-7754-929-7

Tom JonesMr Allworthy returns home to find a baby boy in his bed. He adopts the foundling, giving him the name Tom Jones. Tom grows up together with Master Blifil, Mr Allworthy’s nephew. What happens when Tom falls in love with a neighbouring gentleman’s daughter, Sophia, whose family wish her to marry Blifil?

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• Wide range of activities practising the four skills• FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 7)• Dossiers: The Early 18th-century Novel and Tom Jones As Hero• Text recorded in full• Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com

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READING & TRAINING

CLASSICO

Humour & Commedia


978-88-530-1096-4 112 pp.

FIRST TRINITY

Tre amici, George, Harris e J., hanno bisogno di un cambiamento nella loro vita e decidono, così, di compiere un vaggio in bicicletta in Germania attraverso la Foresta Nera. Qui andranno incontro a tante avventure divertenti e a una montagna di guai. Un classico di Jerome K. Jerome, seguito ideale di Three Men in a boat.

Dossier:The Golden Age of Bicycles; The Black Forest

Three Men on the Bummel

Jerome K. JeromeAdattamento di Gina D. B. Clemen

Jerome K

. Jerome

Three M

en on the B

umm

el

Three Men on the BummelThree friends decide to go on a bicycle trip through the beautiful Black Forest in Germany, where they meet with all kinds of hilarious adventures as they get into and out of trouble…

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the text, written in British English, this reader contains:• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: The Golden Age of Bycicles, The Black Forest• Internet projects• FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 7)• A full recording of the text • Summary-based activities on our website• An exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com


Jerome K. Jerom

e

BLACK CAT

Three Men on The BuM

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Jerome K. Jerome

Three Men on the Bummel







WORD COUNT: 8,301

Audio CD

ISBN 978-88-530-1096-4

Book + CD € 9,80

ISBN 978-88-530-1096-4

9 788853 010964

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76

CLASSICO

Mistero & Horror


978-88-530-0483-3 112 pp.


Nel cuore della notte, lungo una strada solitaria nei pressi di Londra, un giovane insegnante si imbatte in una donna vestita di bianco. Così si apre The Woman in White, romanzo vittoriano denso di suspense e di atmosfere cariche di tensione. Chi è la misteriosa donna in bianco? Perché si aggira da sola, in piena notte, sulla strada per Londra?Dossier:Victorian Asylums

The Woman in White Wilkie Collins


Wilkie C

ollinsT

he Wo

man in W

hite

The Woman in WhiteLate one night, on a lonely road near London, Walter Hartright, a young drawing teacher, meets a solitary woman dressed in white. Who is the mysterious woman in white, and why is she alone on the road to London at midnight?

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text.• Wide range of activities practising the four skills• FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 7)• Dossier on Victorian Asylums• Text recorded in full• Exit test and key at blackcat-cideb.com


Wilkie Collins

BLACK CAT

The Wom

An in WhiTe

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The Woman in White







WORD COUNT: 11,983

Audio CD

ISBN 978-88-530-0483-3

€ 9,80

ISBN 978-88-530-0483-3

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READING & TRAINING

CLASSICO

Humour & Commedia


978-88-530-0140-5 128 pp.

FIRST TRINITY

Una drammatica intrusione conclude una lunga faida familiare; un gatto suscita lo scandalo della società inglese; un ragazzino combatte per godersi la vita con l’aiuto del suo dio personale. Queste sono solo alcune delle storie create da Saki, alias Hector Hugh Munro, giornalista, saggista e soprattutto autore satirico dell’Inghilterra dei primi del Novecento.Dossier:Writers and the First World War

Wicked and Humorous Tales

SakiAdattamento di Kenneth Brodey

Saki

Wicked

and H

umo

rous Tales

Wicked and Humorous TalesThese six short stories by Hector Hugh Munro, whose pen-name was Saki, will surprise, shock and, above all, amuse.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• An introduction about Saki and his life• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• A dossier: Writers and the First World War• FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 7)• Exit test and key at blackcat-cideb.com


SakiBLACK CAT

WICKED AND HUM

OROUS TALES

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Saki

Wicked and Humorous Tales







WORD COUNT: 8,291

Audio CD

ISBN 978-88-530-0140-5

Book + CD € 10,00

ISBN 978-88-530-0140-5

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READING & TRAINING

CLASSICO

Poliziesco


978-88-530-0614-1 128 pp.

FIRST TRINITY

Il grande Sherlock Holmes è chiamato a risolvere un caso di omicidio avvenuto nel Sussex. Accanto al cadavere è stato lasciato un messaggio contenente le iniziali VV e il numero 341. Scoprire altri elementi relativi al caso sembra quasi impossibile. La soluzione giace al di là dell’Atlantico, in un luogo noto come “la valle della paura”.Dossier:Hiding Places in Times of Trouble Secret Societies

The Valley of Fear Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


READING & TRAINING


The Valley o

f Fear

Bram

Stoker

€ 10,00

BLACK CAT


Sherlock Holmes is called in to help solve a mysterious murder in Sussex, England, but the motives for the crime originated years before in a place known as ‘the Valley of Fear’ across the Atlantic.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, parts of which are recorded in American English, this reader contains:• An introduction about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his life• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: Secret Societies and Hiding Places• Internet projects• FCE-style activities• Trinity-style activities (Grade 7)• A full recording of the text• An exit test and key at blackcat-cideb.com

The Valley of Fear

ISBN 978-88-530-0614-1The VALLey oF FeAr

ISBN 978-88-530-0614-1

Audio CD







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CLASSICO

Esperienze di vita


978-88-7754-930-3 160 pp.

FIRST TRINITY

La siccità che colpisce il Sudovest degli Stati Uniti negli anni Trenta del Novecento obbliga la famiglia Joad a emigrare in California. Ma la presunta "Terra promessa" offrirà solo sfruttamento, miseria e fame.Un linguaggio realistico e una vigorosa denuncia sociale fanno di questo romanzo un lucido spaccato del periodo della Grande Depressione.Dossier:The Dust Bowl

The Grapes of Wrath

John SteinbeckAdattamento di Gina D. B. Clemen

John Steinb

eckT

he Grap

es of W

rath

The Grapes of WrathThis is the epic story of the Joad family, who travel along Highway 66 from the Dust Bowl of Oklahoma to the green valleys of California during the Great Depression of the 1930s.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• Accessible adaptation in American English• Wide range of activities practising the four skills• FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 7/8)• Dossier on The Dust Bowl in the southwestern states of USA in the

1930s• Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com



THE GRAPES OF WRATH

Step

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The Grapesof Wrath







WORD COUNT: 19,687

Audio CD

ISBN 978-88-7754-930-3

Book + CD € 10,20

ISBN 978-88-7754-930-3

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READING & TRAINING

CLASSICO

Mistero & Horror


978-88-530-0176-4 128 pp.

FIRST TRINITY

Lo studente Malcom Malcomson alle prese con enormi ratti in una casa abbandonata; una carrozza fantasma con tre passeggeri morti; la funerea casa degli Usher…Mistero e inquietudine in quattro celebri storie.Dossier:The Gothic Craze

Gothic Short Stories W. W. Jacobs, Amelia B. Edwards,

Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan PoeAdattamento di Peter Foreman e Kenneth Brodey

Go

thic Sho

rt Sto

ries

Gothic Short StoriesThis book contains four short stories, classics of the Gothic genre, by Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, W. W. Jacobs and Amelia B. Edwards.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the stories, recorded in British and American English, this reader contains:• An introduction about the authors• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• A dossier: The Gothic Craze • Internet projects• FCE-style activities• Trinity-style activities (Grade 8)• A full recording of all four stories • An exit test with answer key


BLACK CAT

GoThiC ShorT STorieS

Step

Five B2.2

W. W. Jacobs Amelia B. edwards

Bram Stoker edgar Allan PoeGothic

Short Stories







WORD COUNT: 11,442

Audio CD

ISBN 978-88-530-0176-4

Book + CD € 10,00

ISBN 978-88-530-0176-4

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READING & TRAINING

CLASSICO

Mistero & Horror


978-88-530-0837-4 144 pp.


L’incondizionata fiducia nelle possibilità della scienza e l’aspirazione a comprendere i misteri dell’esistenza organica spingono Victor Frankenstein a creare la vita dalla morte. Ma i risultati non sono quelli sperati e attesi dallo scienziato e il suo rifiuto per l’essere mostruoso creato ha terribili conseguenze per lui e per le persone che ama.Dossier:Science Fiction; Romantic Landscapes; Monsters; Frankenstein in Film and others

Frankenstein Mary Shelley


Mary S

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FrankensteinFull of elements of gothic terror and early science fiction, Frankenstein is probably the most famous horror story of all time as well as being a novel of ideas.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains: • An introduction about Mary Shelley and her life • A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: Gothic, Science Fiction, Monsters and Madmen and others• FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 8)• Full recording of the text• An exit text and key at blackcat-cideb.com

Mary Shelley

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READING & TRAINING

Emma Jane Austen


READING & TRAINING

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Jane Austen

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ma

EmmaEmma 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 matchmaking she finds that her imagination has created more problems than solutions…

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains: • Wide range of activities practising the four skills• FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 8)• Dossiers: Jane Austen and Reading, The Poor and others• Recording of most of the story• Exit test and keys at blackcat-cideb.com



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Emma Woodhouse, bella, intelligente e ricca, ha una vita perfetta. Ha deciso di non sposarsi mai e di vivere ad Hartfield, la dimora paterna nella splendida campagna inglese. Ma quando inizia a combinare matrimoni altrui si rende conto di quanto il proprio atteggiamento l’abbia messa in pericolo.Dossiers:Jane Austen and Reading; Leisure in early 19th-century England; The Poor; The Upper Classes

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Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-0801-5 128 pp.

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Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-0776-6 160 pp.

FIRST TRINITY

Orfana, Jane Eyre vive a casa della zia finché non viene mandata in collegio. Quando Jane lascia la scuola per lavorare come governante presso Thornfield Hall, di proprietà di Mr Rochester, trova finalmente una certa felicità. Ma strani avvenimenti sono il segnale che il misterioso passato di Mr Rochester sta per riemergere.Dossier:Jane as a Feminist Heroine; Race and Empire in Jane Eyre; Jane as Romantic Revolutionary

Jane Eyre Charlotte Brönte


READING & TRAINING

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Charlotte B

rontëJane E

yreJane EyreAfter a sad and lonely childhood, plain Jane becomes a governess at the household of mysterious Mr Rochester, who is hiding a terrible secret…

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• An introduction about the life of Charlotte Brontë• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: Jane as a Feminist Heroine, Race and Empire in Jane Eyre,

Jane as Romantic Revolutionary• FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 8)• A recording of parts of the text • Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com


Charlotte BrontëBLACK CAT

JAnE EyrE

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Charlotte Brontë

Jane Eyre

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Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-0558-8 112 pp.

FIRST

Marlow, un marinaio della marina mercantile, naviga nell'Africa coloniale. Compie un viaggio irto di pericoli per salvare Kurtz, un agente seriamente ammalato. Quando raggiunge Kurtz scopre che l’agente ha il controllo assoluto dell’intera area. Completamente isolato dalla società civile, Kurtz ha istituito un sistema brutale di sacrifici umani e di magia per assoggettare gli indigeni.Dossier:Conrad and the Colonial Experience and others

Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad


Joseph C

onradH

eart of D

arknessThis volume without the side coupon is to be considered a free sample copy not for sale. (Sale or other distribution is forbidden: art. 17, c. 2, L. 633/1941).Excluded from V.A.T. (D.P.R. 26/10/72, n. 633, art. 2, 3° c., lett. d.)

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Heart of DarknessMarlow, a merchant sailor, travels through colonial Africa. He makes a perilous journey by steamboat to rescue Kurtz, an agent, who is seriously ill. He arrives at Kurtz’s station to find that the agent has taken control of the whole area.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains: • Wide range of activities practising the four skills• FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 8)• Dossiers: Conrad and the Colonial Experience and others• Full recording of the text• Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com

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CLASSICO

Esperienze di vita

Libro € 9,20

978-88-530-0788-9 160 pp.

FIRST TRINITY

The Great Gatsby è la storia indimenticabile di un uomo ricco e dal misterioso passato che organizza le feste più stravaganti di Long Island mentre è alla disperata ricerca di un antico amore.Dossier:The 'Roaring Twenties'; American Literature in the 1920s

The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald


F. Scott Fitzgerald

The G

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The Great GatsbyA rich man with a mysterious past hosts Long Island’s most extravagant parties, while he desperately seeks his long lost love.Scott Fitzgerald’s novel is both a pitiless and moving exposure of ‘the American Dream’.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains: • Accessible adaptation in American English• Wide range of activities practicing the four skills• FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 7)• Dossiers: The “Roaring Twenties” and American Literature in the

1920s• Exit test and key at blackcat-cideb.com


F. Scott Fitzgerald

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The GreAT GATSBy

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The Great Gatsby







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ISBN 978-88-530-0788-9

€ 9,20

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CLASSICO

Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-1211-1 144 pp.


Pip è destinato a diventare il fabbro di un piccolo villaggio, ma il destino ha in serbo per lui una vita diversa. L’incontro con un galeotto e l’amicizia con una eccentrica vecchia signora e una bellissima ragazza cambieranno il corso degli eventi. Pip un giorno scopre un terribile segreto...Dossier:Dickens and His Times; Prison Ships Social Aspects of the Victorian Age

Great Expectations Charles Dickens


READING & TRAINING

Charles D

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GrEAT ExpECTATions

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Great Expectations

ISBN 978-88-530-1211-1

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9 788853 012111

Great ExpectationsPip is a orphan boy destined to become a blacksmith. But a chance meeting with an escaped convict and an invitation to the house of Miss Havisham mark the beginning of great changes in his life...

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• A biography of Charles Dickens• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: Dickens and his Times; Prison Ships and others• FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 7-8)• Full recording of the text• Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com

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Mistero & Horror


978-88-530-0548-9 144 pp.


Vedendo il suo ritratto Dorian Gray esprime un terribile desiderio: che il quadro invecchi al suo posto e che egli possa restare giovane per sempre. La storia inquietante di un uomo pronto a perdere l’anima per l’eterna giovinezza.Dossier:The Aesthetic Movement; Oscar Wilde’s London


Oscar WildeAdattamento di Gina D. B. Clemen

Oscar W

ilde

The P

icture of D

orian G

rayThe Picture of Dorian GrayWhen the superbly handsome Dorian Gray sees his portrait he makes a terrible 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 disturbing story of a man who is willing to sell his soul for eternal youth while pursuing pleasure and passion.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains: • Wide range of activities practising the four skills• FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 7/8)• Dossiers: The Aesthetic Movement and Oscar Wilde’s London• Full recording of the text• Exit test and keys at blackcat-cideb.com

Oscar Wilde

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The PiCTure Of DOriAn GrAy

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Word count: 12,946


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READING & TRAINING

CLASSICO

Esperienze di vita


978-88-7754-925-9 160 pp.

FIRST TRINITY

Ossessionata dal desiderio di conoscere la “vera India”, Adela Quested si reca a Chandrapore in compagnia di Mrs Moore. Qui le due donne conoscono il dottor Aziz, che le invita a visitare le inquietanti grotte Marabar, dove avverrà un misterioso incidente. I problemi sociali e culturali legati al colonialismo sono al centro di questo brillante romanzo.Dossier:Hindus and Moslems in India; The British in India

A Passage to India Edward M. Forster


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€ 10,20

E. M

. ForsterA

Passag

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A Passage to IndiaAdela Quested visits India with Mrs Moore to decide whether to marry Mrs Moore’s son, Ronny Heaslop. Obsessed with understanding the ‘real India’, the two women make friends with Dr Aziz, who invites them to visit the renowned and mysterious Marabar Caves…

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains: • Wide range of activities practising the four skills• FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 7/8)• Dossiers: Hindus and Moslems in India and The British in India• Recording of parts of the text• Exit test and keys at blackcat-cideb.com


E. M. Forster

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A PAssAgE To IndIA

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A Passage

ISBN 978-88-7754-925-9

to India







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CLASSICO

Poliziesco


978-88-530-0766-7 112 pp.

Due strani casi per Monsieur Auguste Dupin, il grande investigatore di Edgar Allan Poe. Riuscirà il famoso detective a risolvere questi intricati misteri?Dossier:The Art of the Detective Story; Apes Going Ape; Paris in the 1800s

The Murders in the Rue Morgueand The Purloined Letter

Edgar Allan PoeAdattamento di G. e S. Thomson

CLASSICO

Avventura


978-88-530-0605-9 144 pp.

Jim è un giovane ufficiale inglese sulla nave passeggeri Patna. Durante un incidente, assieme al capitano abbandona la nave che sta affondando con tutti i passeggeri. Jim affronta un processo per il suo atto di codardia, che lo tormenterà per tutta la vita. Jim incontra Marlow, un vecchio capitano, che lo aiuta a cercare lavoro. Ma Jim non riesce a trovare pace, e parte per la Malesia dove prova a cominciare una nuova vita e a riscattarsi...Dossier:Colonial Malaysia

Lord Jim Joseph Conrad


Joseph C

onradLo

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Lord JimJim is a young British naval officer who dreams of performing brave acts. During an accident at sea, however, Jim follows the captain and abandons the damaged ship, leaving all the passengers onboard. Jim then goes on trial, but a bigger personal trial faces him as he tries to come to terms with his cowardly act…

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: Disasters at Sea and Colonial Malaysia• Internet projects• FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 7/8)• A recording of parts of the text • Summary-based activities on our website• Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com

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The Murdersin the Rue Morgue and The Purloined Letter







WORD COUNT: 10,376

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9 788853 007667

The Murders in the Rue Morgue and The Purloined LetterTwo cases of detection for Monsieur Dupin, Poe’s great detective.Who could have committed the atrocious murders in the Rue Morgue in Paris and how did the murderer get in or out of the apartment?

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text.• Wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: The Art of the Detective Story and others• Text recorded in full• Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com

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Extraordinary personalitiesStories of great heroes and role models teach us how to respond and react to the difficult challenges we all face in life. These extraordinary personalities battle through the same doubts, fears and insecurities we all share and they will leave your students asking the question… “If they can do it, why can’t I?”.

Get to know...- Jesse Owens

- Katherine Johnson

- David Attenborough

- Zaha Hadid

- Stephen Hawking

- Meryl Streep

- Bill Gates

- J.K. Rowling

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978-88-530-0090-3 160 pp.


Ambientata tra il 1642 e il 1649 nella puritana colonia di Boston, la storia narra le vicende della giovane Hester Prynne, condannata a indossare la lettera scarlatta ‘A’ quale segno del suo adulterio.The Scarlet Letter è un romanzo psicologico che affronta temi universali quali amore e odio, peccato e punizione, ribellione e ipocrisia.Dossier:The Puritans; The Origins; Boston, Heart of the American Revolution, and others

The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne


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Nathaniel H

awthorne

The S

carlet LetterThe Scarlet LetterIn 17th-century Puritan Boston, Hester Prynne gives birth to an illegitimate child and is condemned to wear the scarlet letter “A” as a sign of her adultery. She refuses to reveal the identity of her lover, and is forced to lead a life of humiliation.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, written and recorded in American English, this reader contains:• Wide range of activities practicing the four skills• FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 8)• Dossiers: The Occult and Witchcraft, The Puritans and more• Full recording of the text• An exit test with answer key


Nathaniel Hawthorne

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The Scarlet Letter

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Word count: 13,026

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CLASSICO

Avventura


978-88-530-0841-1 144 pp.


Naufragato su un’isola deserta, Robinson Crusoe riesce a sopravvivere solo grazie alla sua buona stella e a una straordinaria ingegnosità. Schiavitù e spirito di avventura sono tra le componenti di questo celeberrimo romanzo pubblicato nel 1719.Dossier:The Slave Trade; Shipwrecks; Mercantilism: Trade Wealth and Colonies and others

Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe


READING & TRAINING

free Audiobook

Daniel D

efoeR

ob

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rusoe

Robinson CrusoeRegarded by many as the first English novel, Defoe’s famous story celebrates how Robinson Crusoe, shipwrecked on a desert island, manages to survive and prosper through his own resourcefulness.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• An introduction: Daniel Defoe and his World• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: The Slave Trade, Shipwrecks and others• FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 7/8)• Full recording of the text • An exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com


Daniel DefoeBLACK CAT

RoBinson CRusoe

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Daniel Defoe

Robinson Crusoe

ISBN 978-88-530-0841-1

€ 10,00

ISBN 978-88-530-0841-1

9 788853 008411


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Word count: 13,683

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CLASSICO

Mistero & Horror


978-88-7754-759-0 96 pp.

Per il Professor Van Dusen niente è impossibile. “Chiudetemi in qualunque cella di qualsiasi prigione ed evaderò in una settimana.” Un’ora dopo aver pronunciato queste parole, si trova rinchiuso nella cella della morte della prigione di Chisholm. Troverà il modo di fuggire?Dossier:Other Prison Stories; Futrelle’s Death on the 'Titanic'

The Problem of Cell 13 Jacques Futrelle

Adattamento di Graeme e Silvia Thomson

READING & TRAINING

Jacques Futrelle

The P

rob

lem o

f Cell 13


Jacques FutrelleBLACK CAT

THE PROBLEM OF CELL 13

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The Problem of Cell 13“Lock me in a cell, in any prison anywhere at any time, wearing only normal clothes and I’ll escape in a week.” For Professor Van Dusen, otherwise known as “The Thinking Machine” nothing is impossible. Logic is his passion. He makes a bet with his friends and one hour later finds himself locked up in Chisholm Prison. Now he has to use all his mental resources to find the solution to the problem.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains: • Wide range of activities practicing the four skills• Dossiers: Other Prison Stories and Futrelle’s Death on the ‘Titanic’• Story recorded in full• Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com

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CLASSICO

Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-0778-0 160 pp.


Mrs Bennet ha cinque figlie da maritare: Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty e Lydia. Così, quando il ricco e gentile Mr Bingley va a vivere nel loro villaggio con il suo ricchissimo ma scontroso amico Mr Darcy, Mrs Bennet comincia a sperare. Ma qualcosa va storto e Mr Bingley perde interesse per Jane, mentre Elizabeth e Mr Darcy chiaramente non si piacciono... o sì?Dossier:The Regency Era; The Jane Austen Industry

Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen


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Jane Austen

Prid

e and P

rejudice

Pride and PrejudiceWhen Elizabeth Bennet first meets Darcy, she finds him proud, arrogant and rude. In time she makes the painful discovery that first impressions can be wrong and eventually love triumphs over prejudice.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: The Regency Era, The Jane Austen Industry• FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 8)• Full recording of the text • Exit test and key at blackcat-cideb.com



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Avventura


978-88-530-0805-3 160 pp.

FIRST TRINITY

Il turbine di violenza che segue la caduta della monarchia francese travolge i personaggi del romanzo, i cui destini privati si intrecciano ai grandi avvenimenti storici. La storia, dal ritmo incalzante e coinvolgente, contiene una delle più famose descrizioni di evasione della letteratura inglese.Dossier:The French Revolution; The French Revolution in A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens


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Charles D

ickensA

Tale of Tw

o C

itiesA Tale of Two CitiesDr Manette is falsely imprisoned for 18 years by the Marquis of Evrémonde. He is eventually released and goes to England to join his daughter Lucie, who marries the Frenchman Charles Darnay of the Evrémonde family. During the Reign of Terror Darnay travels to Paris where he is imprisoned and sentenced to be executed...


• Wide range of activities practising the four skills• FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 8)• Dossiers: The French Revolution and others• Dramatic recording of parts of the story • Exit test and keys at blackcat-cideb.com



A TALe of Two CiTies

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Two Cities

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Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-0170-2 144 pp.

FIRST TRINITY

Gertrude Morel è una donna forte, intelligente e autoritaria. Il suo matrimonio con un minatore non è certo felice e la donna riversa tutto il proprio amore sui figli. Il più giovane di loro, Paul, sviluppa un particolare attaccamento a Gertrude. Per tutta la vita Paul sarà diviso tra questo grande affetto e quello per le sue amanti, Miriam e in seguito Clara.Dossier:The Oedipus Complex; The Women’s Social and Political Union

Sons and Lovers David H. Lawrence

Adattamento di Blanche Malvern

READING & TRAINING

D. H

. Lawrence

So

ns and Lo

versThis volume without the side coupon is to be considered a free sample copy not for sale. (Sale or other distribution is forbidden: art. 17, c. 2, L. 633/1941).Excluded from V.A.T. (D.P.R. 26/10/72, n. 633, art. 2, 3° c., lett. d.)

D. H. LawrenceBLACK CAT

SonS AnD LoverS

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Sons and Lovers







WORD COUNT: 15,247

Audio CD

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Book + CD € 10,00

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Sons and LoversMrs Morel’s marriage is not a happy one. She is antagonistic to her husband and gives all her love to her sons. The Morels’ younger son is torn between a passionate love for his mother and his lovers.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text.• Wide range of activities practising the four skills• FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 8)• Dossiers: The Oedipus Complex and The Women’s Social and

Political Union• Recording of parts of the text• Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com

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CLASSICO

Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-0387-4 128 pp.

FIRST TRINITY

Elinor e Marianne Dashwood sono sorelle: entrambe sono intelligenti, sensibili, affascinanti, ma hanno caratteri e aspirazioni molto diverse. In questo celebre romanzo, Jane Austen esplora due modi diversi di pensare e di agire – il buon senso di Elinor e la sensibilità di Marianne – e ci narra come le protagoniste tentino di trovare la felicità in un mondo pieno di ipocrisia ed egoismo.Dossier:Money and Marriage

Sense and Sensibility Jane Austen

Adattamento di Blanche Malvern

READING & TRAINING

Jane Austen

Sense and

Sensib

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Sense and SensibilityElinor Dashwood values common sense and self-control but her sister Marianne shows her emotions and values Romantic ‘sensibility’. Both sisters fall in love, but the road to love is not easy for either of them...

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• An introduction about Jane Austen• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossier: Money and Marriage• FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 8)• A recording of parts of the text • Exit test and key at blackcat-cideb.com



SenSe And SenSiBiLiTy

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WORD COUNT: 17,179

Audio CD

ISBN 978-88-530-0387-4

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978-88-530-1634-8 128 pp.

App eReaders FIRST

Queste storie, tratte della raccolta Dubliners, portano il lettore nell’Irlanda dei primi anni del Novecento, dove è possibile incontrare personaggi indimenticabili, prigionieri di una paralisi morale e di una vita banale alla quale non sfuggiranno. Dossier:The Easter Rising Features of life in Ireland

A Selection from Dubliners

James JoyceAdattamento di Derek Sellen

READING & TRAINING


James Joyce

ISBN 978-88-530-1634-8

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These stories from James Joyce’s Dubliners take you inside the tragedies and comedies of Irish life in the early twentieth century. Meet unforgettable characters, including a boy who died for love, determined mothers and romantic dreamers. Many of them are forced to see the truth about their lives. One of Ireland’s greatest writers gives you his view of his native city.

This reader also contains:• A wide range of skills practice • Cambridge First style activities• Dossiers: James Joyce and Dubliners; The Easter Rising; Features of

life in Ireland; Cinema: The Dead• Full recording of the text

James Joyce

A SELECTion fRom DuBLinERS

A Selection from

Dubliners

A Selection from Dubliners


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Esperienze di vita


978-88-530-0324-9 144 pp.

FIRST TRINITY

Nella desolata brughiera dello Yorkshire vive la famiglia Earnshaw, dalla quale è stato adottato l’orfano Heathcliff. Cresciuti insieme, Catherine Earnshaw ed Heathcliff finiranno per innamorarsi perdutamente. Tuttavia Catherine decide di sposare il ricco vicino di casa Edgar Linton, provocando la fuga disperata di Heathcliff. Un’indimenticabile storia d’amore e uno dei capolavori della letteratura inglese.Dossier:A Family of Writers

Wuthering Heights Emily Brontë


READING & TRAINING

Em

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Wuthering

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htsWuthering HeightsWuthering Heights is home to the Earnshaw family, who adopt an orphan called Heathcliff. When they grow up, Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff fall in love. But when Catherine marries Edgar Linton, Heathcliff runs away. When he returns, a series of terrible events destroys the relationship between the Lintons and the Earnshaws.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains: • Wide range of activities practising the four skills• FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 8)• Dossier on A Family of Writers (the Brontës)• Recording of parts of the text• Exit test and keys at blackcat-cideb.com


Emily Brontë

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WORD COUNT: 21,203

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Esperienze di vita


978-88-7754-933-4 144 pp.

FIRST TRINITY

Amelia Sedley e Becky Sharp sono due amiche. Amelia appartiene a una famiglia abbiente, ma suo padre fallisce e lei sposa George Osborne, un giovanotto vanesio e superficiale. Becky Sharp, al contrario, proviene da una famiglia povera ed è decisa a usare la sua bellezza e il suo fascino per conquistare un posto di rilievo nell’alta società.Dossier:Thackeray and Waterloo; A Critic’s Assessment of Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair William Makepeace Thackeray


READING & TRAINING

W. M

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airThis volume without the side coupon is to be considered a free sample copy not for sale. (Sale or other distribution is forbidden: art. 17, c. 2, L. 633/1941).Excluded from V.A.T. (D.P.R. 26/10/72, n. 633, art. 2, 3° c., lett. d.)

W. M

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Vanity Fair







WORD COUNT: 12,065

Audio CD

ISBN 978-88-7754-933-4

Book + CD € 10,00

ISBN 978-88-7754-933-4

9 788877 549334

Vanity FairThis satirical picture of English society at the time of the Napoleonic Wars follows the fortunes of two young women, the unscrupulous and clever Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley, her kind-hearted friend.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains: • An introduction about William Makepeace Thackeray• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: Thackeray and Waterloo and A critic’s assessment of

Vanity Fair• FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 8)• A full recording of the text • Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com

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Esperienze di vita


978-88-7754-932-7 160 pp.

FIRST TRINITY

I Durbeyfield sono semplici e poveri, ma discendono dall’antica e nobile famiglia d’Urbervilles. In un momento di particolare sfortuna essi mandano la loro figlia maggiore presso una ricca cugina per chiederle aiuto, ma questa ha un figlio che trova Tess molto attraente...Dossier:No Sex, Please We’re Victorians; Stonehenge

Tess of the d’Urbervilles

Thomas HardyAdattamento di Maud Jackson

READING & TRAINING

€ 10,20

Thomas H

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Tess of the d

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Tess of the d’UrbervillesWhen the Durbeyfields meet with misfortune, they send their eldest daughter Tess to visit her wealthy cousin and ask for help. However, the wealthy cousin has a young son, Alec Stoke-d’Urberville, who finds Tess very attractive…

This reader uses the expansive reading approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• An introduction about Thomas Hardy and his life• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: No Sex, Please, We’re Victorians! and Stonehenge• FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 8)• A recording of parts of the text• Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com


Thomas Hardy

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Commedia


978-88-7754-608-1 128 pp.

FIRST

Riuscirà Petruccio a domare l’orgogliosa e sprezzante Katharine, facendone un modello di devozione e obbedienza?Il divertente scontro di volontà tra i due protagonisti è al centro di una commedia allegra e travolgente.Dossier:Shakespeare and English Comedy; Shakespeare and Italian Comedy

The Taming of the Shrew

William ShakespeareAdattamento di James Butler e Lucia De Vanna

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The Taming of the ShrewBianca has many different suitors, but she cannot marry until someone marries her sister, Katherine, the rude ‘shrew’. Then Petruchio arrives and proposes marriage to Katherine…

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story and a playscript, this reader contains:• An introduction about William Shakespeare• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: Shakespeare and English Comedy and Shakespeare and Italian

Comedy• FCE-style activities• A recording of parts of the text• Exit test with answer key at blackcat-cideb.com

William Shakespeare

Book + CD € 10,00

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978-88-530-0568-7 144 pp.

Tra Heathcliff, l’orfano adottato dalla famiglia Earnshaw, e la piccola Catherine nasce una grande amicizia, che con il passare degli anni si trasforma in amore. Tuttavia, Catherine decide di sposare il facoltoso Edgar Linton, che abita in una bella casa dall’altro lato della brughiera. Ma la sua scelta avrà drammatiche conseguenze...Dossier:The Imaginative World of the Brontë Children

Wuthering Heights Emily Brontë


READING & TRAINING

Em

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Wuthering

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Wuthering HeightsWuthering Heights recounts the story of Catherine Earnshaw and the adopted orphan Heathcliff’s love affair and the tragic events which follow.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains:• An introduction about Emily Brontë and her life• A wide range of activities practising the four skills• A dossier: The Imaginative World of the Brontë Children• CAE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 9)• Extension activities• A recording of parts of the text• Exit test and keys at blackcat-cideb.com


Emily Brontë

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Wuthering Heights







WORD COUNT: 24,852

Audio CD

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Esperienze di vita


978-88-7754-934-1 112 pp.

Silas è un tessitore. Viene tradito dal suo migliore amico e dalla donna che ama, perde la fede negli uomini, abbandona il paese e si trasferisce nel villaggio di Raveloe. Qui conduce una vita solitaria lavorando e accumulando monete d’oro, finché un giorno l’oro gli viene rubato...Dossier:Evolutionary Theory; Weaving and the Industrial Revolution

Silas Marner George Eliot


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Silas MarnerSet in the English countryside in the first years of the nineteenth century, Silas Marner is a magical story of redemption through human relationships. Silas, a weaver, is betrayed by his best friend and the woman he loves. He loses all faith in humanity and moves to the village of Raveloe. There he lives a solitary life, working and hoarding his gold coins, until one day his gold is stolen.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains: • Wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossiers: George Eliot and ‘Silas M arner’ and others• Recording of parts of the text• Extension exercises


George EliotBLACK CAT

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WORD COUNT: 12,485

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ISBN 978-88-7754-934-1

€ 9,80

ISBN 978-88-7754-934-1

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The Mill on the Floss George Eliot


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The Mill on the FlossMaggie and Tom are sister and brother. Maggie is passionate, impulsive, intelligent and often makes mistakes. Tom is practical, unimaginative, honest and hardworking. When their father is declared bankrupt, Tom works hard to pay his father’s debts and restore the family name, while Maggie forms unsuitable friendships and is eventually ostracised by her family and local society.

This reader uses the EXPANSIVE READING approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains: • Wide range of activities practising the four skills• Dossier: The ‘Woman Question’ in Victorian Britain• Recording of parts of the story• Exit test and keys at blackcat-cideb.com


George EliotBLACK CAT

ThE MiLL on ThE FLoss

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L’affascinante e intelligente Maggie Tulliver vive in maniera passionale, fantasiosa e impulsiva. Ma le tacite rigide regole sociali dell’Inghilterra rurale e vittoriana, del tutto condivise dal fratello Tom, pratico, concreto e lavoratore, le impongono limiti insopportabili. Dossier:The ‘Woman Question’ in Victorian Britain

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978-88-7754-798-9 160 pp.




Are you feeling ready for the

UNABRIDGED?

INTERACT WITH LITERATURE

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Libro (192 pp.) + audio 978-88-7754-375-2 € 11,05

by Guglielmo Corrado

B. Stoker, R. Simpson Brown, A. Geras, M. Leach, S. King, E. Waugh, E. A. Poe, F. Boyd, F. Brown, A. Christie

Horrifying! Irrational! Unforgettable!Meet the madmen, vampires, ghosts, robots, thieves and supernatural creaturesin this sometimes puzzling, sometimes spine-tingling but always entertainingcollection of stories!Amazing Characters proposes a thematic approach grouping the stories underthe headings: horrifying, irrational and unforgettable. It is structured in amodular way allowing teachers and students the freedom to read the stories inthe order of their choice.• Wide variety of activities and questions to enable students to analyse the text

in full• Extensive glossaries to aid understanding• Dramatised recording of five of the stories and some extracts from Dracula

G. Corrado

Amazing Characters

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A collection of very shortstories and modern fables

by Guglielmo Corrado

V. Alcock, I. Asimov, F. Brown, J. Gorog, A. Gray, J. Thurber, O. Wilde

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Mind the Characters is a collection of very short stories and modern fables. Thethemes covered are highly contemporary: children, computers, love, mystery andmurder. Students meet characters ranging from the well-known – a modern LittleRed Riding Hood – to the surreal – a talking snail!

Arranged in modules, teachers and students can study the stories in any order.A range of activities, which practise all four language skills, lead the studentthrough detailed analyses of the stories.

• Exam-style activities to prepare for Cambridge PET and Trinity grades 5 and 6

• Focus on the main characteristics of short stories• Extensive glossaries to help comprehension• Biographical information about the authors• Recordings by native speakers of all the stories

G. Corrado

Mind the Characters

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A task-based stylistic analysis and critical study ofshort passages and stories

by Antonella Mignani

George OrwellJames JoyceVirginia Woolf

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The relevance and modernity of the writings of George Orwell, James Joyce andVirginia Woolf within the context of twentieth-century literature is indisputable.Relationships takes four of these authors’ best known works – Animal Farm,Nineteen Eighty-Four, Dubliners and Mrs Dalloway – and explores the complexweb of elements that makes up their fictional world.

The inalienable right to personal and intellectual freedom, the exploration of theboundaries between madness and sanity, the unceasing paralysis of the individualcaught up in the provincial world: outside the realms of fiction the reader isguided towards an awareness of the art of writing as seen through the eyes ofboth author and critic.

• Unabridged texts• Biographical details about each author• Extensive glossaries to aid understanding• Wide range of guided activities• Dramatised recording of the texts

This volume without the side coupon is tobe considered a sample copy not for sale.

Antonella Mignani

Relationships

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A task-based approach tothe analysis of short stories


M. Whitaker, J. Thurber, R. Dahl, J. Frame,E. O’Brien, A. Cassidy, K. Mansfield, J. Joyce

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Love’s dilemma, loneliness, crime, happy memories, a mythical creature and anuneventful shopping trip to an ordinary supermarket are only some of theingredients of the ten short stories collected in this anthology. But what makeseach of them ‘a good story’? What features of the narrative text enhance thereader’s involvement? How are the characters constructed and made credible?The tasks draw the learner’s attention to these and other questions, so thatreading literature becomes a process of interaction between the readers and thewritten text.

The activity-based approach helps the learner become aware of the issuesinvolved in the analysis of short fiction and encourages personal response to theliterary text.

The selection of Ten Women Ten Stories includes a variety of modern writers fromdifferent English-speaking countries – England, Ireland, the USA and NewZealand. The texts are all unabridged to ensure close contact with original piecesof writing and to promote effective language improvement.

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Ten Women Ten Stories

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Oscar Wilde

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This play is set in the dazzling social world of 1890’s London. It is the worldof the aristocrat and the dandy – and it is also the world of shabby politicaland financial intrigue. Sir Robert Chiltern is a man who seems to haveeverything – money, power, an important position, and a wife who idealiseshim. Sir Robert finds his world threatened with collapse by the arrival ofthe sinister Mrs Cheveley in London. Mrs Cheveley knows that Sir Roberthas a shameful secret in his past and she will destroy him if he doesn’t dowhat she wants.

Oscar Wilde’s play combines farce, verbal wit and satire in this grippingcomedy. The play also contains an argument about the nature of love, andthe need for women to forgive rather than idealise their husbands.

A wide variety of activities accompanies the full text of the play.

The activities are designed to check comprehension, and to develop anunderstanding of the themes of the play. An audio CD offers severalpassages from the play.

O. Wilde

An Ideal Husband

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J. Archer, I. Asimov, M. Binchy, M. Bowen, G. Greene, E. Hemingway, B. MacLaverty, N. Mailer, R. Pardoe, L. Rajan, R. Rendell, Saki

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This lively collection of twelve paired short stories by modern and contemporaryauthors offers something for everyone: love, hope, conflict and disillusionment.Some are stylish, some witty, some entertaining, some puzzling and evendisturbing. You may even expect the unexpected.• Wide variety of activities and questions to enable students to analyse the text

in full• Stories paired based on theme and/or form and style to encourage

comparative studies, personal interpretations and meaningful communicationin class

• Extensive glossaries to aid understanding• Dramatised recording of six complete stories

A. Mignani

The Splintering Frame

ISBN 978-88-7754-336-3

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This volume without the side coupon is to be consid-ered a free sample copy not for sale. (Sale or otherdistribution is forbidden: art. 17, c. 2, L. 633/1941).Excluded from V.A.T. (D.P.R. 26/10/72, n. 633, art. 2,3° c., lett. d.)

9 788877 543363Book + CD € 11,80

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Accessing the Literary Text: A Skills-Based Approachby Guglielmo Corrado

M. Shelley, R. L. Stevenson,E. Brontë, O. Wilde, J. Conrad,J. Joyce, V. Woolf, G. Orwell

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Voices from Inside presents some of the most outstanding authors of the 19thand 20th centuries through a selection of short stories and passages taken fromtheir masterpieces. A natural resource for stimulating language learning, thetexts offer a wide range of styles, registers and text types.Students are encouraged not only to use literary texts as a source for the study oflanguage while developing the four basic skills but also to respond in a personalway to what they are reading.

• Introduction and synoptic table preceding each section• Chronology of author’s life in each chapter• Glossary to aid text analysis• Graded activities including comprehension, stylistic analysis and free

production• Recording of selected extracts


G. Corrado

Voices from Inside

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Oscar Wilde

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Ever since its debut on 14 February 1895, The Importance of Being Earnesthas been a literary and theatrical success. The brilliance of the wittyconversation never ceases to delight and entertain. But beneath its dazzlingironic humour, there is a deep vein of social criticism of Victorian society. Thisintricate mix of comedy, absurdity, ambiguity and social criticism makes theplay Oscar Wilde’s masterpiece.

• Unabridged text• Wide variety of activities practising the four skills• Extensive introduction on the life and times of Oscar Wilde• Numerous footnotes to aid comprehension, with phonetic transcription of

difficult words• Recording of key scenes

Oscar Wilde

The Importance of

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A collection of stories forpleasure and learning


V. Alcock, M. Allingham, I. Asimov, B. Capes, R. Dahl,W. W. Jacobs, A. Lurie, K. Mansfield, R. Rendell, S. Rushdie, Saki

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Sweet and Sour is a highly absorbing collection of gripping and enjoyable shortstories which will captivate young readers.The stories show the contrasting sides of human nature: some have a devilish orunpredictable twist in the tale, some show how ordinary people are drivento murder, revenge and deceit by unexpected circumstances.This book is designed to help students progress from intermediate to advancedlevel. It has been devised to improve learners’ reading skills and familiarise themwith literary texts. It also enriches learning through accurate language work andin-depth exploration of literary conventions.

• Unabridged texts• Extensive glossaries to guide understanding• Graded activities with explanations of difficult points• Guided comprehension and appreciation of literary aspects• Recording of selected stories to help with pronunciation and listening skills

A. Mignani

Sweet and Sour

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Selected Short Stories byBritish and American Writers

by Gabriella Bonavoglia

R. Dahl, B. MacLaverty,G. Greene, K. Chopin,S. Jackson

This collection of seven short stories focuses on people forced to come to termswith a pitiless reality which shatters their fragile defences. Nothing is quite whatit seems: the characters who inhabit this world are either outwardly respectableor blind to greater truths that lie beyond the restrictions imposed by society.

The activities that accompany these highly accessible stories guide the readertowards literary competence and an awareness of the art of the short story.Stimulating follow-up and discussion work, on such related topics as racialprejudice, loneliness, superstition and ritual and the role of women takes thereader outside this world of difference and into a realm where literature and lifeintertwine.

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A World of Difference

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An activity-based approach to Shakespeare.

Shakespeare’s most famous play, with its mixture of

violence, intrigue, incest and revenge has been

recognised as one of the most fascinating works of

literature ever written. It is here presented in a

stimulating and accessible form for secondary-

school students.

The most important scenes are presented in fifteen

units, with the Italian text on the facing page. In

each unit:

ⓦ pre-reading, comprehension and interpretation

activities guide students towards a detailed

understanding of the text

ⓦ a ‘Spotlight’ section focuses more closely on

key aspects of the play: revenge, imagery, etc.

ⓦ further activities encourage personal response

to the text, and provide opportunities for

exploitation through speaking and writing

tasks.

The book also includes historical, biographical and

critical introductions, a full summary of the plot,

and a guide to the film versions that have been

made.

It is also accompanied by an audio CD.

A teacher’s book is available separately.

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William Shakespeare

Hamlet

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William Shakespeare

MACBETH

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Shakespeare’s ‘Scottish play’, with its ambitious

but conscience-stricken couple of Macbeth

and Lady Macbeth, has always fascinated

the popular imagination. It is here presented

in a stimulating and accessible form for

secondary-school students.

The most important scenes are presented in

thirteen units, with the Italian text on the facing

page. In each unit:





key aspects of the play: witches, imagery, etc.

ⓦ further activities encourage personal response


exploitation through speaking and writing tasks.

The book also includes historical, biographical

and critical introductions, a full summary of the

plot, and a guide to the film versions that have

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S p o t l i g h t o n S h a k e s p e a r e

W i l l i a m S h a k e s p e a r e

All the World’s a StageThemes from the greatest plays

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All the World’s a Stage

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An activity-based approach to Shakespeare.Seven of the most important themes in Shakespeare’splays (love, evil, women, etc.) are presented in 14 units,arranged chronologically, with the Italian text on the facingpage. Each theme is treated twice, so that students cansee how the dramatist’s treatment of the same topicdeveloped as he gained experience and maturity.Each unit contains up to three texts, accompanied by:ⓦ pre-reading, comprehension and interpretation

activities which guide students towards a detailed understanding of the text;

ⓦ further activities which encourage personal response to the text, and provide opportunities for exploitation through speaking and writing tasks.

The book also includes detailed historical, biographical andcritical introductions, summaries of the plots, and a guideto the film versions that have been made.It is also accompanied by an audio CD.A teacher’s book is available separately.

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Romeo andJuliet

S p o t l i g h t o n S h a k e s p e a r e


Shakespeare’s famous tragedy, with its pair of ‘star-

crossed lovers’, has been recognised as one of the

most fascinating love-stories ever written. It is here

presented in a stimulating and accessible form for

secondary-school students.

The most important scenes are presented in

thirteen units, with the Italian text on the facing

page. In each unit:





key aspects of the play: society, sonnets, etc.

ⓦfurther activities encourage personal response


exploitation through speaking and writing

tasks.

The book also includes historical, biographical and

critical introductions, a full summary of the plot,

and a guide to the film versions that have been

made.



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Romeo and Juliet

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Dubliners

In the course of fifteen brilliant short stories, Dubliners unfoldsa minute and fascinating portrait of the Irish capital at the turnof the century.Written between 1904 and 1907, when Joyce was in his earlytwenties, these stories contain all the subtlety, symbolicdensity and sensitivity to language that were to establish JamesJoyce’s reputation as the pre-eminent modernist.In Dubliners the reader follows Joyce’s declared thematicprogression for his work, from childhood through adolescenceand young adulthood to maturity.● Full biographical and critical introduction● Wide choice of activities to help students analyse the text in

full● Numerous footnotes to guide understanding, with phonetic

transcriptions of some difficult words● Recording of selected stories to aid pronunciation and

listening skillsBook design by Nadia Maestri

Dubliners

Dubliners

James Joyce

Dubliners

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Charles DickensSelfish, miserly Scrooge has no sense of the Christmas Spirit, butwhen he is visited by three spirits who show him past, presentand future visions of Christmas we witness his gradual self-transformation.A Christmas Carol is the first of five books that Dickens wroteabout Christmas and it is an attempt to awaken the conscience ofa society which is indifferent to or ignorant of the sufferings ofthe poor.• Full biographical and critical introduction• Variety of activities to enable students to make a thorough

analytical study of the book• Numerous footnotes with phonetic transcriptions of some

difficult words• Recording of selected extracts

Book design by Nadia Maestri

A ChristmasCarol

Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol

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Aldous Huxley

Brave New World

This grim but witty vision of a world of mass-produced people,first published in 1932, soon became a best seller. Its image of the‘Brave New World’ of the future, dominated by science andtechnology, has firmly established itself in the public imagination.Huxley’s World State is organised to ensure that everyone ishappy and social stability is guaranteed. It is a world withoutdisease, old age or war but also without strong passions, a placewhere the past has been abolished and the future cannot begin.The novel offers a satirical portrait of the measures that could betaken to protect mankind from its potential for self-destruction.ⓦ Full biographical and critical introductionⓦ Variety of activities and questions to enable an in-depth

study of the bookⓦ Numerous footnotes with phonetic transcriptions of some

difficult wordsⓦ Recording of selected extracts


Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

Aldous Huxley

Brave New World

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N. Gordim

er, C. Achebe et al.Four Continents

Nadine Gordimer, Chinua Achebe, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, HenryLawson, Marjorie Barnard, Mordecai Richler, KhushwantSingh, Arun Joshi, R. K. Narayan, Salman Rushdie, FrankSargeson, Witi Ihimaera, V. S. Naipaul, Jean Rhys.The stories in this volume represent a wide range of cultures,offering a fascinating insight into the mentality and the way oflife of English-speaking Africans, Australians, Canadians,Indians, New Zealanders and West Indians, as well as a richvariety of modes of expressions.ⓦ Full biographical and critical introductionⓦ Variety of questions and activities to enable students to make an in-depth analytical study of the bookⓦ Numerous footnotes to the text, with phonetic transcriptions of some difficult wordsⓦ Recording of selected extracts from the text


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N. Gordimer, C. Achebe et al.

FourContinents


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Ma

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In Frankenstein, Mary Shelley tells the story of a scientist’sattempt to create a new noble species, an experiment whichinstead produces a monster.It is remarkable that such a young person (Shelley was not yettwenty when she completed the book) should have conceived awork that has acquired myth-like status. Not only can MaryShelley be considered the creator of a new literary genre, sciencefiction, but her novel has had an immense influence on manysubsequent writers, as well as providing the subject for numerousdramatisations, including film and television adaptations.● Full biographical and critical introduction with exhaustive

filmography● Variety of activities and questions to enable a thorough

analytical study of the book● Numerous footnotes with phonetic transcriptions of some

difficult words● Recording of selected extractsBook design by Nadia Maestri

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

Frankenstein

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James Joyce

A selection from Dubliners

Completed at the age of twenty-five, Dubliners is Joyce’sunsentimental look at the provincial city he left as a young manbut maintained would always be engraved upon his heart.Richly symbolic yet firmly realistic in style, these short storiespaint a compassionate and ironic portrait of the city Joyce sawas ‘the centre of paralysis’.The selection contained in this volume allows the reader tofollow the author’s declared thematic progression fromchildhood through adolescence and young adulthood tomaturity.ⓦ Full biographical and critical introductionⓦ Wide variety of exercises to enable students to make a

thorough analytical study of the book ⓦ Numerous footnotes to guide understanding, with phonetic

transcriptions of some difficult wordsⓦ Recording of selected stories to aid pronunciation and

listening skillsBook design by Nadia Maestri

James Joyce

A selection from Dubliners

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby, rightfully considered Fitzgerald’s masterpiece,is a superb depiction of the Jazz Age which offers the mostprofound commentary in fiction on the American Dream. Withfresh dramatic power, Fitzgerald examines the decay of idealism,innocence and moral value in the decade following World WarOne and creates a figure of mythic stature in his portrait of JayGatsby. The magical suggestiveness of style gives the novel itsclassic quality.• Full biographical and critical introduction• Wide variety of exercises to enable students to make a

thorough analytical study of the book• Numerous footnotes, with phonetic transcriptions of some

difficult words• Recording of selected extracts


F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

The GreatGatsby

The Great Gatsby

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Joseph ConradHeart of Darkness

Heart of Darkness, in its formal perfection and narrative tension,is one of the masterpieces of English literature and representsone of the highest points of European culture.The story of a voyage and a powerful moral and politicalexposure of colonialism, Conrad’s skilfully-told tale – which isat the same time autobiographical – reveals the desperateexistence of Black Africa, rich in fascination and mystery.• Full biographical and critical introduction• Wide variety of exercises to enable students to make an

in-depth study of the book • Numerous footnotes to guide understanding, with phonetic

transcriptions of some difficult words• Recording of selected extractsBook design by Nadia Maestri

Joseph Conrad

Heart of Darkness

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Joseph Conrad

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Oscar Wilde


Oscar Wilde

The Importance

of Being Earnest

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Oscar Wilde wrote The Importance of Being Earnest at the heightof his success and ever since its debut in 1895, it has been aliterary and theatrical success. Its absurdity, ambiguity andsocial criticism, along with the brilliance of the wittyconversation, has never ceased to delight and entertain.It tells the story of two men and two women and how, througha combination of lies and misunderstandings, there arises agreat importance of having the name Ernest.But beneath its ironic humour lies great social criticism ofVictorian society.• Full biographical and critical introduction• Wide range of activities focusing on comprehension and

analysing Wilde’s language and characterisation• Numerous detailed footnotes to guide understanding, with

phonetic transcriptions of some difficult words• Includes as an appendix ‘The Gribsby Episode’ from the

original four act version of the play• Dramatic recording of parts of the playBook design by Nadia Maestri

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The Strange Case of DrJekyll and Mr Hyde

The Strange Case ofDr Jekyll and Mr Hydeand other stories

The Strange Case ofDr Jekyll and Mr Hydeand other stories

R. L. Stevenson

The Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

ISBN 978-88-7754-075-1

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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) is one of the most famous storiesin nineteenth century European literature. Stevenson’s talecontains a masterful analysis of moral and solid Victoriansociety and the theme of dualism between the good and evilpresent in human nature.The two short stories that are included in this volume,‘Markheim’ and ‘The Body Snatcher’, are also concerned withthe theme of ‘doubleness’.● In-depth biographical and critical introduction● Wide variety of exercises allowing students to make

a thorough analytical study of the book● Numerous footnotes to guide understanding, with phonetic

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Oscar Wilde

ShortStories

The tales in this volume, including Wilde’s first published shortstory, ‘The Canterville Ghost’, will give readers a taste of hishumour, his sympathy for those who suffer and his wisdomabout life. We can appreciate the irony of ‘The Nightingale andthe Rose’, the wit and satire of ‘The Remarkable Rocket’ and thecontrast between beauty and the grotesque in ‘The Birthday of theInfanta’. Though Wilde told stories like the ‘The Happy Prince’and ‘The Selfish Giant’ to his young sons, they have provedpopular with readers of all ages – with all those who, as theauthor wrote, have kept the childlike faculties of wonder and joy.ⓦ Extensive biographical and critical introductionⓦ Activities on comprehension, text analysis and Wilde’s

language and styleⓦ Footnotes to guide understanding, with phonetic

transcriptions of some difficult wordsⓦ Recording of selected stories to aid pronunciation and

listening skills


ShortStories

Oscar Wilde

ShortStories

Oscar Wilde

Short Stories

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Dickens, Stevenson et al.

The ten stories collected in this volume provide readers with avaluable introduction to one of the most successful and versatileof literary genres: the short story. There is an exceptionally wide range of narratives – in terms ofboth time and theme – from writers as diverse as Dickens,D. H. Lawrence, Greene and Rushdie, introducing students toprotagonists from all walks of life, from the upper classes tovictims of poverty. These stories will stimulate, amuse, excite or astonish readers,with a panorama of human experience designed to make themlaugh, cry and marvel.

• Extensive introduction to the short story• Guided comprehension and wide variety of activities to

enable in-depth analysis• Numerous footnotes to guide understanding, with phonetic

transcriptions of difficult words• Recording of selected extracts



Short Stories

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Short Stories

C. Dickens – R. L. Stevenson – H. G. Wells D. H. Lawrence – K. Mansfield

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John Osborne

Since 1956, when Look Back in Anger was first staged at the RoyalCourt Theatre in London and John Osborne was hailed as theleader of the ‘Angry Young Men’, this play has become amodern-day classic. Osborne’s magnificent dramatisation of thestormy relationship between Jimmy Porter, his wife Alison andtheir best friend Cliff has maintained much of its vitality. Now, inthe new millennium, one can still feel the sparks of Jimmy’svitriolic anger, sympathise with Alison’s sad plight and find afriend in Cliff, whose warmth and understanding contrastsharply with Jimmy’s aggression.• In-depth biographical and critical introduction• Wide variety of questions and activities to help students

to make a thorough analytical study of the book• Numerous footnotes to guide understanding, with phonetic

transcriptions of some difficult words• Recording of selected extracts to aid pronunciation

and listening skillsBook design by Nadia Maestri

This volume without the side coupon is to beconsidered a free sample copy not for sale.(Sale or other distribution is forbidden: L.633/1941, art. 17, c. 2). Exempt from V.A.T.(D.P.R. 26/10/1972, art. 2, lett. d).

John Osborne

Look Back in Anger

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Look Back in Anger

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Oscar Wilde


The Picture of Dorian Gray is the story of a man with a terriblesecret. Dorian Gray lives a double life: a public life in eleganthigh society and a life of secret sin in the most degraded slumsof Victorian London. Received with outrage by the critics on its publication in 1890,The Picture of Dorian Gray expresses the essence of aestheticismand fin de siècle decadence in the pure English of the great prosestylist Oscar Wilde.ⓦ Full biographical and critical introductionⓦ Variety of activities and questions to enable students to analyse the text in fullⓦ Numerous footnotes with phonetic transcriptions of some difficult wordsⓦ Recording of selected extracts


The Picture ofDorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde


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George Bernard ShawPygmalion

Pygmalion is� the� supreme� example� of� George� Bernard� Shaw’scomedy�of�ideas.�Humour,�dialectic�debate�and�social�and�moralcomment�combine�to�amuse�and�enlighten.�Professor�Higgins,�arenowned� phonetician,� decides� to� ‘adopt’� Eliza,� a� commoncockney�flower�girl,�to�teach�her�to�speak�English�and�‘pass�heroff’�as�a�lady.�The�Cinderella-like�transformation�that�takes�placedemonstrates� Shaw’s� thesis� that� class� distinctions� can� beovercome� and� that� language� is� a� major� instrument� in� theachievement�of�progress.�The�enormous�success�of�the�play,�firstperformed� in�1914,� led� to�a� film�version�(1938)�and�the� famousstage�and�screen�musical�My Fair Lady.• Full biographical�and�critical�introduction• Wide�variety�of�questions�and�activities�to�enable�students�

to�make�an�in-depth�study�of�the�book• Numerous�footnotes�to�guide�understanding�with�

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Pygmalion

George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw

Pygmalion

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1,000,000 Banknote (The) ...................................................... 54 ct II: Murder! .................................................................................................... 42Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ............................................. 36Adventures of Tom Sawyer (The) − GA .......................... 20Adventures of Tom Sawyer (The) − GALS .................. 20Akron House Mystery ............................................................................. 20Alarm at Marine World! ......................................................................... 20Alaska Adventure! ....................................................................................... 21Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland − GA ......................... 12Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland − RT .......................... 42Alien Alert in Seattle ................................................................................. 21All the World's a Stage − SS ............................................................ 89Amazing Characters ................................................................................. 88American Cities ................................................................................................ 54American Horror ............................................................................................. 68Animal Tales ......................................................................................................... 42Anne of Green Gables ............................................................................. 12Around the World in Eighty Days − RT ............................. 43Around the World in Eighty Days − RTLS ..................... 43 athsheba the Witch ............................................................................... 12Beauty and the Beast ............................................................................ 12Beowulf ....................................................................................................................... 68Black Arrow (The) ........................................................................................ 21Black Beauty ....................................................................................................... 13 Boscombe Valley Mystery (The) ............................................ 43Bottle Imp (The) ............................................................................................ 22Brave New World − RC ............................................................................ 90British and American Festivities ............................................ 22British Isles (The) ........................................................................................ 43 all of the Wild (The) .............................................................................. 36Canterbury Tales (The) ........................................................................ 68Canterville Ghost (The) − GA ........................................................ 22Canterville Ghost (The) − RT ........................................................ 54Canterville Ghost (The) − RTLS ................................................ 54Christmas Carol (A) − GALS ........................................................... 22Christmas Carol (A) − RC .................................................................. 90Christmas Carol (A) − RT ................................................................... 68Classic Detective Stories ................................................................... 55 avid Copperfield − GA .......................................................................... 37David Copperfield − GALS .................................................................. 37Death on the Nile ........................................................................................... 55

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...................................................................................... 82Pygmalion − RC .......................................................................................................... 91 ailway Children (The) ........................................................................................ 31Rajah’s Diamond (The) ......................................................................................... 50Ransom of Red Chief and Other Stories (The) .................................... 50Relationships ............................................................................................................... 88Return of Sherlock Holmes (The) ................................................................. 62Robin Hood .................................................................................................................... 39Robinson Crusoe − GA ........................................................................................... 32Robinson Crusoe − RT ............................................................................................ 82Romeo and Juliet − GA .......................................................................................... 40Romeo and Juliet − RT .......................................................................................... 63Romeo and Juliet − SS .......................................................................................... 89 andokan ....................................................................................................................... 16Scarlet Letter (The) ................................................................................................. 82Secret Garden (The) − GA ................................................................................... 16Secret Garden (The) − RT ................................................................................... 51Secret Garden (The) − RTLS 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and Mr Hyde (The) − RTLS ................... 63Study in Scarlet (A) − RT .................................................................................... 52Study in Scarlet (A) − RT .................................................................................... 74Sweet and Sour .......................................................................................................... 88 ale of Two Cities (A) ............................................................................................. 83Tales from Camelot .................................................................................................. 40Tales from The Thousand and One Nights ............................................... 33Taming of the Shrew (The) ................................................................................ 84Tempest (The) − GA ................................................................................................. 17Tempest (The) − RT .................................................................................................. 74Ten Women Ten Stories ......................................................................................... 88Tess of the D’Urbervilles ...................................................................................... 84Three Men in a Boat − RT ..................................................................................... 64Three Men in a Boat − RTLS ............................................................................... 64Three Men on the Bummel ................................................................................. 75Three Musketeers (The) ...................................................................................... 64Time Machine (The) ................................................................................................ 64Tom Jones 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