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Diane Mowat

    The Children of Green Knowe Collection
    Five Children and it
    A Stranger at Green Knowe
    Dracula
    Robinson Crusoé
    Three men in a boat
    • 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.

      The Children of Green Knowe Collection2013
      4,0
    • Vanity Fair

      • 72pages
      • 3 heures de lecture

      Classic / British English Becky Sharp, an intelligent young lady with no family or money, becomes a governess. But this type of life is not enough for her. She has big plans for herself. Is she clever enough to find success? Will she marry and be happy? Or will life be unkind to her?

      Vanity Fair2011
      3,9
    • The Prisoner of Zenda

      • 128pages
      • 5 heures de lecture

      Een Engelsman neemt de plaats in van zijn neef, de koning van Ruritanië.

      The Prisoner of Zenda2008
      3,8
    • Les trois mousquetaires

      • 695pages
      • 25 heures de lecture

      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.

      Les trois mousquetaires2008
      4,0
    • Three men in a boat

      • 112pages
      • 4 heures de lecture

      Suitable for younger learners Word count 18,055 Bestseller

      Three men in a boat2008
      3,8
    • Jeune Anglais assoiffe d'aventures, Robinson décide de s'embarquer à bord d'un navire. Il apprend la dure vie de marin et affronte de nombreux dangers. Après quelque temps passé au Brésil, il repart pour la Guinée, où il n'arrivera jamais... Unique survivant d'un naufrage, il échoue sur une île déserte. Il s'invente alors une vie solitaire, jusqu'au jour où débarque un jeune indigène, Vendredi...

      Robinson Crusoé2008
      4,2
    • Dracula

      • 256pages
      • 9 heures de lecture

      Un jeune notaire anglais, Jonathan Harker, est envoyé en Transylvanie pour rencontrer un client, le comte Dracula, nouveau propriétaire d'un domaine à Londres. L'homme qu'il découvre est une créature démoniaque, un mort vivant qui boit le sang de ses victimes... Jonathan échappera-t-il au vampire ? Et quel sort attend Mina, sa douce fiancée ?

      Dracula2003
      4,1
    • "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

      A Pair of Ghostly Hands and Other Stories2002
      3,7
    • 'Who, Sir? Me, Sir?'

      • 74pages
      • 3 heures de lecture

      Sam Sylvester is a teacher who wants his class to have ambition, and to do great things in life. So he enters them for a sporting competition against the rich students of Greycoats School. The team that he has chosen for the competition think Sam has gone crazy. 'Who, Sir? Me, Sir?' says little Hoomey, his eyes round with horror. 'We'll never beat Greycoats,' the others cry. 'Never in a million years!' But you don't know what you can do - until you try . . .

      'Who, Sir? Me, Sir?'2000
      3,5
    • 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 . . .

      Matty Doolin2000
      3,7
    • New Yorkers: short stories

      • 56pages
      • 2 heures de lecture

      A housewife, a tramp, a lawyer, a waitress, an actress - ordinary people living ordinary lives in New York at the beginning of the 20th century. The city has changed greatly since that time, but its people are much the same. Some are rich, some are poor, some are happy, some are sad, some have found love, some are looking for love. O. Henry's famous short stories -sensitive, funny, sympathetic- give us vivid pictures of the everyday lives of these New Yorkers

      New Yorkers: short stories2000
      3,5
    • 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.

      Too old to rock and roll and other stories2000
    • 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 !

      Grands Détectives: Le Gentleman florentin1995
      3,1
    • Five Children and it

      • 192pages
      • 7 heures de lecture

      The five children find a cantankerous sand fairy or 'psammead' in a gravel pit. Every day 'It' will grant each of them a wish that lasts until sunset, often with disastrous consequences.

      Five Children and it1995
      4,0
    • The Moonspinners

      • 76pages
      • 3 heures de lecture

      Part of a series designed to provide English language students at all levels of comprehension with the opportunity to extend their reading and appreciation of English, this adventure novel at Level 4 is set in Greece.

      The Moonspinners1994
      3,9
    • A Stranger at Green Knowe

      • 48pages
      • 2 heures de lecture

      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.

      A Stranger at Green Knowe1994
      3,8
    • The Monkey's Paw

      • 47pages
      • 2 heures de lecture

      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. The approximate vocabulary count for stage 1 is 400 words. This is a ghost story.

      The Monkey's Paw1994
      3,7
    • This Rough Magic

      • 416pages
      • 15 heures de lecture

      After the bleak depression of London in winter, Corfu seems like paradise to Lucy Waring. But this peace is soon to be shattered. Two incidents, seemingly unconnected, but both surrounded in mystery, throw her life into a dangerous spin

      This Rough Magic1991
      2,9