Cambridge English Readers - Ниво 5: Upper-intermediate
Better Late Than Never
J. M. Newsome
Cambridge University Press
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.
Alexandria, Egypt. Anika and Zaphira are sitting at a seafront café. Suddenly, there is a huge explosion which knocks them over and changes their lives for ever. Both teenage girls learn a lot about each other as they struggle to survive, and to understand what has happened and why. And their combined strength is a surprise to the men they come up against. ... |
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Cambridge English Readers - Ниво 6: Advanced
A Dangerous Sky
Michael Austen
Cambridge University Press
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.
Eighteen-year-old Francesca comes to England to achieve her life-long ambition of learning to fly. The first lessons go really well and Doug, her instructor, describes her as a natural pilot. But when Doug's actions lead Francesca to question his motives, she starts to lose her confidence. Her dream of independence in the sky is in danger. ... |
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Cambridge English Readers - Ниво 1: Beginner/Elementary
The Caribbean File
Richard MacAndrew
Cambridge University Press
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 sent to the islands of the Caribbean to discover what two notorious terrorists are doing there. He tracks down the men and their beautiful female accomplice, and then follows them as they put their plan to dominate the world into action. How can he stop them? And what about the kidnapped boy and his nuclear scientist father? ... |
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Cambridge English Readers - Ниво 1: Beginner/Elementary
Ten Long Years
Alan Battersby
Cambridge University Press
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. New York private investigator Nat Marley meets a stranger who is celebrating his release from prison after a ten-year sentence. The man wants to trace an old friend and reclaim the money which the friend is holding for him. Finding the "friend" turns out to be relatively easy, but getting hold of the money is quite another matter. ... |
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Cambridge English Readers - Ниво 2: Elementary/Lower
The Dark Side of the City
Alan Battersby
Cambridge University Press
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. In snowy Manhattan a client asks private investigator Nat Marley to help with a family problem. But after someone dies, things turn serious and Marley has an unusual case on his hands. As his client says, 'Snakes and drugs don't go together.' Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CD including complete text recordings from the book. ... |
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Cambridge English Readers - Ниво Starter/Beginner
Arman's Journey
Philip Prowse
Cambridge University Press
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.
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. ... |
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Cambridge English Readers - Ниво 6: Advanced
Solo Saxophone
Jeremy Harmer
Cambridge University Press
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.
In the early 1990s Katy, a young reporter, arrives in Sarajevo, a city under siege, and receives conflicting advice from two colleagues. 'Of all the wars I've been in,' a news cameraman tells her, 'this is the one where it's not possible to 'be objective'. You can't be objective about what's going on here.' 'This is not my war or your war,' an Italian journalist ... |
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Cambridge English Readers - Ниво 5: Upper Intermediate
Forget to Remember
Alan Maley
Cambridge University Press
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.
Hello. Kate. This is Jan. I'm sorry, but you'll have to come down to Mother's. We've got to talk. I can't go on like this. It's becoming impossible. I know you're always busy but you'll have to come, Kate. I can't manage with Mother any more. Please call me back as soon as you can. Two sisters struggle to come to terms with their mother's illness and its effect on their lives. ... |
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Cambridge English Readers - Ниво 4: Intermediate
Man Hunt
Richard MacAndrew
Cambridge University Press
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.
The first killing went well. Perfectly, in fact. Though I always knew it would. I had planned it well. Arrangements, organisation – these are things I'm good at. Now I've discovered I'm good at killing too.' The police are in a race against time to catch the murderer before he kills again. And again … Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CDs including complete text recordings from the ... |
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Cambridge English Readers - Ниво 3: Lower/Intermediate
No Place to Hide
Alan Battersby
Cambridge University Press
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.
One day in the fall a woman calls at the New York office of Nat Marley, licensed private investigator, to ask him to find Patrick, her missing husband. Marley's enquiries take him to the financial district of Wall Street and an investment company whose returns are too good to be true. Then the police find a body in the trunk of a car – Patrick's car. Whose is the body and where is Patrick? Paperback-only ... |
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Cambridge English Readers - Ниво 2: Elementary/Lower Intermediate
Bad Company
Richard MacAndrew
Cambridge University Press
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.
Detective Inspector Helen Shepherd is called to investigate the murder of a young woman on a beach on the south coast of England. The young woman was one of a group of workers from a music company who are staying at a nearby hotel. Inspector Shepherd and her new sergeant Webb question the other workers to find out who had a motive for murder. More than one has, so which one is the murderer and how did they do it? ... |
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Cambridge English Readers - Ниво 6: Advanced
Trumpet Voluntary
Jeremy Harmer
Cambridge University Press
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.
A musician disappears, leaving only a strange e-mail message. Her husband, in a desperate search to find her, revisits their shared past and has to face up to some unpleasant realities, before trying to rebuild his life. His journey of discovery takes us across the world to Poland and Rio and deep into the human heart. ... |
