Diane Mowat Livres

Suitable for younger learners Word count 18,055 Bestseller

Nouvelle approche, C'est : Un nouvel art de lire... ou de relire. Un nouvel art d'aborder les textes, Même les plus intimidants. Echoué sur une île déserte avec pour tous bagages quelques graines de blé et d'orge, un mousquet, de la poudre et des balles, Robinson n'entrevoit d'abord que la faim et la mort. Mais il va tout réinventer : le feu, le pain, le fromage, l'amitié et le bonheur. Le premier roman anglais, le premier et le seul roman écologique à suspens.

Jonathan Harker, jeune clerc de notaire britannique, est envoyé par son étude dans un sinistre château de Transylvanie afin d'y négocier avec un certain comte Dracula l'achat d'une propriété en Angleterre. Il ne tarde pas à découvrir l'effroyable secret de son hôte, un vampire qui repose dans un cercueil dont il sort la nuit pour étancher sa soif de sang -et le jeune homme devient son prisonnier. Le comte Dracula part pour l'Angleterre, où il choisit pour première victime Lucy, amie de Mina, la fiancée de Jonathan, avant de s'attaquer à Mina elle-même. Un roman gothique au procédé narratif novateur, lettres, extraits du journal de Jonathan, articles de presse, et même transcription d'enregistrements phonographiques ! La chasse aux vampires est ouverte...

When the children dug a hole in the gravel-pit, they were very surprised at what they found. 'It' was a Psammead, a sand-fairy, thousands of years old. It was a strange little thing - fat and furry, and with eyes on long stalks. It was often very cross and unfriendly, but it could give wishes - one wish a day. 'How wonderful!' the children said. But wishes are difficult things. They can get you into trouble . . .

Now The Children of Green Knowe and River at Green Knowe are available in one edition. Children of Green KnoweTolly's great grandmother isn't a witch, but both she and her old house, Green Knowe, are full of a very special kind of magic.

Nicola Ferris, on leave from her job as a secretary in Athens, has been looking forward to a quiet week's holiday in Crete, enjoying the wild flowers and the company of her cousin Frances. But before she even reaches her destination Nicola stumbles on evidence of a murderous crime involving a young Englishman and a group of people tied together by blood and the bonds of greed. For the first time in her life Nicola meets a man and a situation she cannot deal with . . .

Matty is fifteen and is leaving school in a few weeks' time. He wants to work with animals, and would like to get a job on a farm. But his parents say he's too young to leave home - he must stay in the town and get a job in ship-building, like his father. They also say he can't go on a campingholiday with his friends. And they say he can't keep his dog, Nelson, because Nelson barks all day and eats his father's shoes. But it is because of Nelson that Matty finds a new life . . .

Reading a complete story in English gives students a great sense of achievement - and encourages them to read more. The books are graded at six vocabulary levels, ranging from 250 words (Starter) to 2,500 (Advanced). The activities pages at the back of each Bookworm are designed to helplearners derive maximum benefit and enjoyment from the story.

Suitable for younger learners Word count 10,710 Bestseller

Pack of ten best-selling iBookworms/i and– ideal for building up class libraries. Each Pack contains one copy of each listed title.liThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer/libr / liThe Elephant Man/libr /liA Little Princess/libr / liLove or Money?/libr / liThe Monkey's Paw/libr / liThe Phantom of the Opera/libr / liThe President's Murderer/libr / liSherlock Holmes and the Duke's Son/libr / liWhite Death/libr / liThe Wizard ofOz/li

"If you wake up in the night and hear a tap running somewhere in the house, what to you do? You get up, of course, and go and turn the tap off. A little later you hear the tap running again. You are alone in the house, and you know you turned the tap off. What do you think? The ghosts in these stories all have unfinished business with the living world. They come back from the grave to continue their work, to keep a promise, to look for something they have lost. Sometimes they want to help people, sometimes they want to punish them - or kill them."--Back cover

This series of readers is aimed at students at 6 levels from elementary to advanced. All stages have exercises for classroom or private use, plus a glossary to help with vocabulary. This elementary level book features a collection of short stories from the American humourist, O. Henry.

Word count 10,295 Suitable for younger learners

A Florence, la veille de Noël, Langley Smythe, un diplomate retraité d'origine anglaise, est découvert mort dans son appartement. Au terme de son enquête, l'adjudant Guarnaccia, malgré une grippe envahissante et un stagiaire encombrant, va mettre au jour une sombre affaire de trafic d'objets d'art. Ce Maigret florentin (il officie au palais Pitti où il commande les carabiniers) est d'origine sicilienne. Gastronome notoire, doté d'un tempérament réservé, il compense son flegme inattendu par une opiniâtreté tenace. En mettant en scène dans le cadre enchanteur de Florence - ses ruelles encombrées, ses petits commerçants de quartier - ce personnage, héros depuis 1981 d'une douzaine d'enquêtes, sa mère spirituelle s'est attiré les louanges, d'autant plus flatteuses que rares, de Georges Simenon soi-même !

The island of Corfu is one of the most beautiful Greek islands. It is a place of sunshine, poetry, mystery. It is possibly the magic island that William Shakespeare was thinking of - the island where Prospero practices his 'rough magic', in the famous play The Tempest. What better place for an out-of-work actress to relax for a few weeks? But the island is full of danger and mysteries, and Lucy Waring's holiday is far from peaceful. Soon she learns that there is a dark side to the magic island where dolphins swim in the clear blue sea.

Suitable for younger learners Word count 5,310

This series of "Bookworms" offers younger readers the chance to enjoy lively and accessible adaptations of the best classic and modern fiction. Each title is highly illustrated to engage the reader in the world of the book and help with specific vocabulary.

Greg is a teenager with a problem - his father. After the death of Greg's mother in an accident, his father takes no interest in life at all. Greg tries hard to help him. His father is too old to rock and roll, of course . . . or is he? These short stories by Jan Mark look at life, love, and friendship through teenagers' eyes.

Suitable for younger learners Word count 5,310

781pages. poche. broché. Dans Les Trois Mousquetaires revit toute l' le Moyen Age parce que c'est une épopée chevaleresque; le XVIIème siècle dominé par Richelieu fondateur de la France moderne; le romantisme parce que des héros exceptionnels, qui ont disparu d'une société contemporaine dépoétisée, se réfugient dans le roman. L'auteur y a mis tout son la surprise, la vitesse, l'humour, la couleur, le sens du mystère et de la grandeur. Le lecteur se sent un instant aventureux comme d'Artagnan, séducteur comme Aramis, hercule comme Porthos, profond comme Athos, poète comme Dumas.