A mysterious murder near Esher, a gruesome delivery of two human ears packed in coarse salt, the disappearance of secret submarine plans, the sudden descent into madness of two brothers - these are only some of the apparently unsolvable cases contained in this volume, which the great sleuth, assisted by his trusted friend Doctor Watson, is challenged to clear up with the aid of his sagacity and unrivalled analytical skills. Published a quarter of a century after the first book of Holmes adventures, and including the famous titular story His Last Bow: An Epilogue of Sherlock Holmes, this collection shows the detective&# ... |
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Je suis une chanteuse et en été je chante! Vous aimez chanter? Et bien dansez maintenant! Il fait très chaud en été mais la fourmi travaille beaucoup. La cigale n'aime pas travailler, elle préfère chanter. Mais l'hiver arrive et il fait très froid. La fourmi a beaucoup de choses à manger et dans sa petite maison elle a chaud. La cigale frappe à sa porte parce qu'elle a faim mais la fourmi lui dit de danser après avoir chanté tout l'été. Morale de l'histoire: Si tu veux manger, tu dois travailler! Contenu lexical: Les fruits et les l& ... |
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Can you imagine being whooshed away by the wind to a magic land of witches and strange characters? Have you ever met Munchkins or Winkies or monkeys with wings and an all powerful wizard? This is the story of how Dorothy made some wonderful friends in a magic land and how she tried to get back home to Kansas. Did she manage? You'll have to read the story to find out! Vocabulary areas: Colours, clothes, parts of the body, directions. Grammar and Structures: Present simple, Verb + infinitive, Must and have to for obligation, Determiners: some - any, Adjectives of description and feeling, Prepositions of place. Topic: ... |
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L'histoire de Tristan et Iseut a traversé les siècles pour intégrer la littérature. Le chevalier Tristan doit ramener en Cornouailles la belle Iseut la Blonde promise au roi Marc. Pendant le voyage, Tristan et Iseut boivent le philtre d'amour préparé pour les futurs époux. Ils tombent amoureux. Cette passion interdite conduit les amants à trahir le suzerain, à combattre des méchants et à fuir. Vocabulaire: Le chevalier, Les animaux merveilleux, Les maladies, La justice, Les symboles, Les pierres précieuses, Les bateaux au Moyen Âge, Les châ ... |
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Jean est un amateur de vélo. En 1903, il va prendre le départ de la première édition du Tour de France. Une grande aventure commence. Jean est un jeune amateur de vélo qui vit à la campagne. Alors que le Tour de France va commencer, on lui propose d'y participer. C'est le début de la Grande Boucle, cette course qui deviendra mythique ainsi qu'une immense aventure pour Jean. Le tour de Jean sera fait de rencontres, de découvertes et d'amitié... Vocabulaire: le vélo - les métiers - la ville - la santé. Grammaire: le futur - les pronoms personnels ... |
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Tessa is a very active sabre-toothed tiger! When she finds out there is a tiger birthday party she is very excited and ready to go straight away. However, the other animals feel she should definitely clean up first! Martha and friends help her to have a bath, brush her hair and clean her teeth before they all set off together. On the way Sancho the squirrel and the communal present fall into the muddy river. Who is going to rescue them? And at what cost? The importance of hygiene is one theme of this story. The other is that we should always give a helping hand when we can. Vocabulary areas: everyday hygiene, parts of ... |
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Jack is on his summer holidays. He's at the seaside with his grandma and grandad. Alfie is Jack's dog. He's on holiday too! Follow Jack and Alfie in their fun adventures at the beach. Vocabulary areas: At the seaside, colours, clothes. Grammar and Structures: Singular and plural nouns with "s", Possessive form (s), Present simple (positive, negative, interrogative forms), Have got for possession, Can / Can't for ability, Let's... Topic: At the seaside, Free time. Level: Absolute Beginner Pre-A1. Illustrated by Alistar. The book is part of the Young Readers - Stage 1 below A1 series by ... |
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Ann is always losing her things and her teacher is angry. But help is on the way! Granny Fixit and her piece of yellow string solve all her problems... or will they? Anne is running to school. Her school bag is open! Her books are falling out of her bag. Ann is always losing her things! The teacher is angry. Ann doesn't have her book... again! Granny Fixit puts her hand in her small yellow bag. What is in there? Oh! It is a piece of yellow string! Vocabulary areas: School, family and friends, the home, toys. Grammar and structures: Present simple, Present progressive, imperatives, There is / there are, Question words: ... |
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Mowgli is Little Frog in the language of the jungle. This is not a funny film for children. People and animals die. And one child kills the great tiger and changes the laws of the jungle."– I can call him Mowgli - she said to her husband." From the book Vocabulary areas: Animals, adventure, family. Grammar and Structure: Simple present for narrative (common verbs- all forms), Simple past for narrative (common verbs - all forms), Modal verbs can and could for ability; must for necessity / obligation, Positive, comparative and superlative adjectives adverbs of time and manner, Connectives: and but so because, ... |
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Full of Alice Oseman's trademark charm, warmth and empathy, I Was Born For This revolves around Angel Rahimi's devotion to a popular boyband trio as she comes into unexpectedly close contact with their lead singer. The third novel by the phenomenally talented Alice Oseman, the author of the 2021 YA Book Prize winning Loveless, Solitaire and graphic novel series Heartstopper - now a major Netflix series. For Angel Rahimi life is about one thing: The Ark - a pop-rock trio of teenage boys who are taking the world by storm. Being part of The Ark's fandom has given her everything she loves - her friend Juliet, ... |
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Les Trois Mousquetaires raconte les aventures d'un jeune homme de 18 ans, d'Artagnan, venu à Paris pour devenir mousquetaire. D'Artagnan se lie d'amitié avec Athos, Porthos et Aramis, mousquetaires du roi Louis XIII. Ces quatre hommes vont s'opposer au cardinal de Richelieu et à ses agents, dont le comte de Rochefort et la belle et perfide Milady de Winter, pour sauver l'honneur de la reine de France Anne d'Autriche... Découvrons ensemble leurs aventures. Vocabulaire: Les parties du corps, La nature, Le caractère, Les dates et les lieux, Le voyage et l'aventure, ... |
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PB3 and Robin land on Earth to escape the terrible OOs who are chasing them in another spaceship. They are very surprised to find some beautiful creatures. They are soft and have got wings and black and yellow stripes. They are bees! Some Earth children are telling them all about the importance of bees when they hear the roar of a tractor. An ecological disaster is about to happen. Vocabulary areas: The world around us, animals, parts of the body (animals). Language and Structure: present simple, present continuous, prepositions of place and movement, can / can't, there are / aren't, have got. Expressions: Look ... |
