Based on the story of Jules Verne . Text adaptation by Merinda Wilson . ... In Hamburg, Germany, Professor Otto Lidenbrock comes home with an old Icelandic book. In it there is a message about a journey to the centre of the Earth. Can Lidenbrock and Axel and their Icelandic guide, Hans, find the centre of the Earth? And can they all get home alive after their many underground adventures? Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive readers series that offers students a fun reading experience while building their language skills. With integrated activities and on-page glossaries the new edition of the series makes reading ...![](/b-images/quad-transp.gif) |
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This book is an adaptation of seven of Edgar Allan Poes's famous short stories. It has about 3 000 headwords and is appropriate for upper intermediate to advanced learners. The text has been adapted and simplified, but it keeps the ideas and flavor found in the original stories. Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, literary critic and a major figure in world literature."It would also be just to say that Edgar Allan Poe sacrificed his life to work, his human destiny to immortality." Jeorge Luis Borges "It's because I liked Edgar Allan Poe's strories so much ...![](/b-images/quad-transp.gif) |
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When Arthur pulls the sword from the stone, he becomes king of the land of Logres. Arthur chooses the beautiful Guinevere to be his queen and builds a castle at Camelot. Here he is joined by the famous Knights of the Round Table, whose adventures include slaying dragons, rescuing maidens and fighting the spells of Arthur's half-sister, the cruel sorceress, Morgana. ...![](/b-images/quad-transp.gif) |
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Improve your Skills: Listening and Speaking for IELTS 4.5-6.0 fully prepares students for the Academic IELTS Listening and Speaking tests. Part of IELTS Skills 4.5-6.0 series, this book prepares students through pronunciation focus and test questions. Two audio CDs contain all the listening material. This book comes with Answer Key. Improve your Skills: Listening and Speaking is available in 2 versions: with answers and without answers. This allows the exam preparation to be conducted both in groups and classes, and individually. Improve your Skills for IELTS 4.5-6.0 is a three book series for students preparing to take ...![](/b-images/quad-transp.gif) |
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Improve your Skills: Writing for IELTS 4.5-6.0 Student's Book prepares pupils for the Academic IELTS Writing paper. The book is full of exercises and examples to help develop key Writing skills. Tips support students on how to approach the Writing tasks and build their confidence to ensure success in the exam. This book comes with Answer Key. Improve your Skills: Writing is available in 2 versions: with answers and without answers. This allows the exam preparation to be conducted both in groups and classes, and individually. Improve your Skills for IELTS 4.5-6.0 is a three book series for students preparing to take ...![](/b-images/quad-transp.gif) |
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Improve your Skills: Reading for IELTS 4.5-6.0 Student's Book prepares pupils for the Academic IELTS Reading paper. The book is full of exercises and examples to help develop key reading skills and build student confidence on how to approach the Reading tasks. Improve your Skills for IELTS 4.5-6.0 is a three book series for students preparing to take the IELTS exam. Each of the ten topic-based units systematically leads you through the tasks. This series is perfect for self-study or in class use. This book comes with Answer Key. This Book is available in 2 versions: with answers and without answers. This allows ...![](/b-images/quad-transp.gif) |
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Based on the story of Gaston Leroux . Retold by Jennifer Bassett . ... It is 1880, in the Opera House in Paris. Everybody is talking about the Phantom of the Opera, the ghost that lives somewhere under the Opera House. The Phantom is a man in black clothes. He is a body without a head, he is a head without a body. He has a yellow face, he has no nose, he has black holes for eyes. Everybody is afraid of the Phantom - the singers, the dancers, the directors, the stage workers... But who has actually seen him? Finalist of The Language Learner Literature Award 2004. Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written ...![](/b-images/quad-transp.gif) |
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Enola Holmes is on the run from the world's most famous detective - her brother Sherlock Holmes. As she roams the dark and dangerous streets of London disguised as a doctor's secretary called Miss Ivy Meshle, Enola is reminded more and more that her name backwards spells "alone". But when she finds a concealed cache of dazzling charcoal drawings, she feels drawn to the girl who drew them. Only, that girl, young Lady Cecily, has mysteriously vanished. It's up to Enola to find her, but false appearances can only last so long... Enola's adventures continue in this thrilling second instalment. ...![](/b-images/quad-transp.gif) |
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Award-winning readers series of original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. For Grace, a ghost in a haunted house, the arrival of a young mother with a baby stirs memories of the man and the child she lost so many years before. But then danger threatens the baby girl and Grace must act decisively. ...![](/b-images/quad-transp.gif) |
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The Hound of the Baskervilles is the classic detective chiller. It features the world's greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes , in his most challenging case. The Baskerville family is haunted by a phantom beast "with blazing eyes and dripping jaws" which roams the mist-enshrouded moors around the isolated Baskerville Hall on Dartmoor. Now the hound seems to be stalking young Sir Henry, the new master of the Baskerville estate. Is this devilish spectre the manifestation of the family curse? Or is Sir Henry the victim of a vile and scheming murderer? Only Sherlock Holmes can solve this devilish affair. The ...![](/b-images/quad-transp.gif) |
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Based on the story of Mark Twain . Retold by Alex Raynham . ... It is 1547 in London, and Tom is a pauper. His father sends him onto the streets of London to beg for money every day, and hits him when he brings nothing back. But Edward is a prince, the son of King Henry VIII, and he has everything. There is something very unusual about these boys: they are from different worlds, but they look the same. When they meet one day, a mistake puts each boy into the wrong life. So what happens when a prince lives as a pauper, and a pauper lives as a king? Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary ...![](/b-images/quad-transp.gif) |
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The ever-elusive Enola Holmes has now been on the run for more than eight months, much to the bemusement of her brother - the world's most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes. During a chance encounter with an old acquaintance, Lady Cecily, Enola realises that there is more to the young woman's plight than meets the eye. Especially when she leaves behind a dire plea for help within a peculiar pink fan... Puzzled, Enola finds she has no choice but to risk her freedom and join forces with Sherlock. But can she trust him? And can they both save Lady Cecily in time? ...![](/b-images/quad-transp.gif) |