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Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven
levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of
carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every
student's capabilities. Nelson Mbizi returns to his home in
southern Africa after studying in Britain. When he tries to help a
family of orphans he meets Viki, a South African TV presenter. The
story of Nelson and Viki's relationship is told against a
background of HIV/AIDS and government corruption on the one hand,
and great good humour and wonderful music on the other.
Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CDs including
complete text recordings from the book.
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven
levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of
carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every
student's capabilities. Seven journeys which change lives for ever.
A New York fashion buyer returns to her English home. A successful
author meets an old friend. A reporter travels to an execution. A
lorry driver gives an escaped prisoner a lift. A taxi driver picks
up 'Bruce Lee'. A man's love for a tram driver leads him to follow
her. And four strangers meet at a motel for the first and last
time.Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CDs
including complete text recordings from the book. Contains adult
material that may not be suitable for younger readers.
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven
levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of
carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every
student's capabilities. A dead girl in a swimming pool in Pine
Crest, USA. She's Janine, a 23-year-old student who wanted to write
for a newspaper. Detective Flick Laine has to find the killer. But
first she must find out the big story Janine was working on before
her death. Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CDs
including complete text recordings from the book.
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven
levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of
carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every
student's capabilities. Three stories to make you think, set in the
near future, 100 years and 1500 years from now. The end of spam - a
curse or a blessing? Are people robots? What happens to the last
brain in the world? Paperback-only version. Also available with
Audio CD including complete text recordings from the book.
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven
levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of
carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every
student's capabilities. Arman, a teenage refugee, makes an epic
journey across Europe, often in the hands of people smugglers. He
lives and works as an illegal immigrant in the UK until one day
love comes into his life. Paperback-only version. Also available
with Audio CD of the complete text.
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven
levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of
carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every
student's capabilities. Diamonds smuggled from the bloody civil-war
zones of Africa and traded illegally for weapons are known as
'blood diamonds'. London journalists Harley Kirkpatrick and Annie
Shepherd sense the scoop of a lifetime when they try to trap a deal
in the diamonds. But who is trapping who and are the people
involved what they seem? Paperback-only version. Also available
with Audio CD including complete text recordings from the book.
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven
levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of
carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every
student's capabilities. United by the theme of the circle, these
stories are set in the UK, the USA and Singapore. From the
discovery by a student archaeologist of a mysterious silver disc
with strange properties to the heart-warming story of the rescue of
a dangerously ill child by a poor tri-shaw driver, this collection
of five stories is both amusing and thought provoking.
Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CDs including
complete text recordings from the book.
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Cambridge English Readers is an exciting new series of original fiction, specially written for learners of English. Graded into six levels - from elementary to advanced - the stories in this series provide easy and enjoyable reading on a wide range of contemporary topics and themes.Double Cross is a fast-moving international thriller set in Scandinavia, London and southern Africa. Monika Lundgren, a Swedish secret agent, tracks a would-be killer across the world, encountering a mysterious football team, a rock musician, right-wing extremists and a white supremacist with dreams of world domination.The cassette contains a recording of the full text of the book.
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven
levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of
carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every
student's capabilities. A brick smashes the window of a family-run
Internet cafe in central London. A message comes with it: "Don't
Stop Now!". Matt, a frequent visitor to the cafe, offers to help
Kate and her family. But Kate's father won't tell Matt what the
message means. What is Kate's family secret? And who are the men
ready to do anything to stop Matt finding out? Paperback-only
version. Also available with Audio CD including complete text
recordings from the book.
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven
levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of
carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every
student's capabilities. Dr Mark Latto travels to California USA to
learn about an alternative medical treatment from Deborah Spencer.
But on arrival he finds that Deborah has died and the book she was
writing about the treatment has vanished. The police don't suspect
murder but Mark does. Paperback-only version. Also available with
Audio CDs including complete text recordings from the book.
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven
levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of
carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every
student's capabilities. Alex is a soldier with a peace-keeping
force in a poor country torn apart by fighting. He doesn't speak
the language and is not sure why he is there. On patrol he comes
face to face with the reality of what arms sales mean and pays the
ultimate price. Why? Paperback-only version. Also available with
Audio CD including complete text recordings from the book.
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven
levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of
carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every
student's capabilities. Joe lives in Canada, in a beautiful, quiet
place. His peace is interrupted one day by the noise of bulldozers
excavating near his house. He is told that it's a diamond mine. Joe
is a journalist for a local newspaper and his neighbours soon come
to ask him to write about the awful noise and destruction. Joe
becomes suspicious when his boss won't let him write about it. He
starts to investigate the mine, but gets himself in harm's way.
Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CD with complete
text recordings from the book.
Cambridge English Readers is an exciting new series of original fiction, specially written for learners of English. Graded into six levels – from elementary to advanced – the stories in this series provide easy and enjoyable reading on a wide range of contemporary topics and themes.Help! is a comic fantasy set in contemporary London. Frank Wormold is an unsuccessful writer whose luck suddenly changes when a Hollywood producer offers him a large sum of money for one of his stories. The problem is he’s only written half of the story. To finish it on time he uses the help of a computer. At first the computer is very helpful, but when it starts to take over first his story, and then his life, he needs ‘help’ of a different kind.
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven
levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of
carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every
student's capabilities. Six stories about a world we cannot
explain. A film star discovers the dangers of dancing with a
stranger. A man comes face-to-face with his father's history. An
Irish-American family cannot escape someone from the past. A woman
doesn't listen to warnings about an old tree. An English writer
slowly becomes more and more Japanese. And a killer watches himself
die in hospital. Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio
CDs including complete text recordings from the book.
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven
levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of
carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every
student's capabilities. Nancy is a security guard at a detention
centre for asylum seekers and refugees who have come to Britain to
escape persecution in their own countries. Nancy thinks she has
everything: a comfortable house, nice furniture, a boyfriend and a
beautiful Rolex watch. Then she falls in love with George, an
asylum seeker who has nothing, and her world changes completely.
Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CD including
complete text recordings from the book.
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven
levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of
carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every
student's capabilities. Life and death in Venice. A young man and a
beautiful woman meet and fall in love in the most romantic city in
the world. She makes his dreams come true, but what does the future
hold for them and what price must they pay for their happiness?
Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CD including
complete text recordings from the book.
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven
levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of
carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every
student's capabilities. Tess and Grant are tour leaders for a group
walking holiday in France. And they don't get on at all. Tess is an
artist and a dreamer, whose father owns the tour company. Grant is
experienced, knowledgeable and efficient - and enjoys making Tess
appear foolish. As the rain pours down, things go from bad to worse
until ... Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CDs
including complete text recordings from the book.
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven
levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of
carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every
student's capabilities. Secret agent Ian Munro is despatched to
Penang to stop an assassination attempt on the Prince (a member of
the British royal family, who is there on a state visit). Munro
tracks down the paid assassin, identifies where and how the 'hit'
will take place, but can he foil the assassination attempt in time?
Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CD including
complete text recordings from the book.
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven
levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of
carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every
student's capabilities. Rick Drummond is a music lover without a
job who dreams of making it big in the world of music. The people
around him think he's just a dreamer, or a loser. When his wife
walks out on him it seems the real world is falling around him. But
then his luck changes when he wins the lottery. Is this really a
change of fortune for Rick or is he about to lose again?
Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CD including
complete text recordings from the book.
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Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven
levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of
carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every
student's capabilities. Nolan is a robot, created by a lonely
electronics expert, John, to run his home, cook and do the ironing.
But Nolan is not content; he wants to be human. When he realizes
that this is not possible, he turns against John, who finds there
is no escape from his malevolence. Paperback-only version. Also
available with Audio CD with complete text recordings from the
book.
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven
levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of
carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every
student's capabilities. Stella is curious about her attractive new
London neighbour, Tony. She gradually gets to know Tony - and also
his young daughter, Daisy. But Stella and Tony's growing
relationship is threatened when Tony's ex-wife makes plans to move
away with Daisy. How can Tony keep Daisy? And how can Stella keep
Tony? Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CD
including complete text recordings from the book.
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