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When Black Beauty is trained to carry a rider on his back, or to pull a carriage behind him, he finds it hard at first. But he is lucky - his first home is a good one, where his owners are kind people, who would never be cruel to a horse. But in thenineteenth century many people were cruel to their horses, whipping them and beating them, and using them like machines until they dropped dead. Black Beauty soon finds this out, and as he describes his life, he has many terrible stories to tell.CEFR B1/B2Word count 15,400

When a large plan is hijacked, the Prime Minister looks at the list of passengers and suddenlybecomes very frightened...

Stephen Hawking is one of the greatest scientists and thinkers of our time, and is famous around the world because he writes and talks about cosmology - the science of the universe - in a way that people can understand. He has a terrible disease calledALS, and today he can only move and speak with the help of machines. But this has not stopped him working to try and understand our world better. Will people travel in time one day? Where did the universe come from? Most of us cannot even begin to thinkabout questions like this - but Stephen Hawking is always looking for the answers.

Some call it football, some call it soccer, and to others it's the beautiful game. By any name, it's a sport with some fascinating stories. There is murder in Colombia, and a game that lasts for two days where many players never see the ball. There'sthe French writer who learnt lessons about life from playing football, and the women players who had to leave the club grounds because Women's football isn't nice.The cups, the leagues, the World Cup finals, the stars, the rules - they're all a part of the world's favourite sport, the beautiful game.

This is a love story you won't forget. Oliver Barrett meets Jenny Cavilleri. He plays sports, she plays music. He's rich, and she's poor. They argue, and they fight, and they fall in love. So they get married, and make a home together. They work hard,they enjoy life, they make plans for the future. Then they learn that they don't have much time left. Their story has made people laugh, and cry, all over the world.CEFR B1Word count 8,755

Tino wants to be a famous football player, and now is his chance - he is playing in his first game for an important team! But not everyone wants to help him. His father won't come to watch him play. His team captain, Lenda, thinks he is a bad player. Andwhat about the other team? Their captain is very big - and very mean! How will Tino do? What will happen to his friends, and his team? What will his family do? And who will win?

Christmas is humbug, Scrooge says - just a time when you find yourself a year older and not a penny richer. The only thing that matters to Scrooge is business, and making money. But on Christmas Eve three spirits come to visit him. They take himtravelling on the wings of the night to see the shadows of Christmas past, present, and future - and Scrooge learns a lesson that he will never forget.CEFR B1Word count 10,385

Stephen Hawking is one of the greatest scientists and thinkers of our time, and is famous around the world because he writes and talks about cosmology - the science of the universe - in a way that people can understand. He has a terrible disease calledALS, and today he can only move and speak with the help of machines. But this has not stopped him working to try and understand our world better. Will people travel in time one day? Where did the universe come from? Most of us cannot even begin to thinkabout questions like this - but Stephen Hawking is always looking for the answers.

There are broken hearts and kisses and then weddings, so this is a story about love. There are actors who are funny because they cannot act, so it is also a story that makes people laugh. And there are fairies, spirits of the night, so it is a storyabout mischief and magic too. What happens when love and laughter come together with magic in an Athenian forest? A Midsummer Night's Dream was written in about 1596 and is one of Shakespeare's most popular plays. It has been retold for Bookworms, not asa play, but as a story.CEFR B1Word count 11,167

Tom Sawyer does not like school. He does not like work, and he never wants to get out of bed in the morning. But he likes swimming and fishing, and having adventures with his friends. And he has a lot of adventures. One night, he and his friend Huck Finngo to the graveyard to look for ghosts. They don't see any ghosts that night. They see something worse than a ghost - much, much worse...CEFR A1/A2Word count 5,825

'Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.' More than fifty years ago, the new US President, John F. Kennedy, spoke these words. Millions of Americans listened, and they were filled with hope. With Kennedy, aspresident, surely there was a great future ahead for their country.But Kennedy wouldn't finish his four years as president. In November 1963, the world stopped as terrible news came from Dallas, texas..

Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive readers series that offers students a fun reading experience while building their language skills. With integrated activities, an interactive MultiROM, and exciting, fully dramatized audio for every story, the newedition of the series makes reading motivating for students while making it easy for you to develop their reading and language skills.

Hercules is the strongest man in the world, but one day he does something very bad. The priestess at Delphi tells him: 'The gods are angry with you. For twelve years you must work for King Eurystheus, and do twelve tasks for him. When you finish, thegods can forgive your crime.' Some tasks are easier, and some tasks are more difficult. Can Hercules finish all twelve of them? And what happens when he does?

London, 1547. A kis koldus Tomot apja az utcára küldi koldulni, s ha nem visz haza semmit, jól elveri. Edward herceg VIII. Henrik fia. Neki megvan mindene: szép ruhák, finom ennivaló, és szolgák hada körötte. A két fiúban azonban valami nagyon furcsavan? különböző hátterük ellenére tejesen egyformán néznek ki. Egy napon, a szerencsétlen véletlen úgy hozza, hogy Edward a koldustanyára, Tom pedig a palotába kerül. Mi történik velük, mikor egy herceg koldusként, egy koldus pedig királyfiként él?A könnyített olvasmány A2-B1 nyelvi szinten íródott, kapható audio cd-vel együtt is.

The moment I first met you, I noticed your pride, your sense of superiority, and your selfish disdain for the feelings of others. You are the last man in the world whom I could ever be persuaded to marry,' said Elizabeth Bennet. And so Elizabeth rejectsthe proud Mr Darcy. Can nothing overcome her prejudice against him? And what of the other Bennet girls - their fortunes, and misfortunes, in the business of getting husbands? This famous novel by Jane Austen is full of wise and humorous observation ofthe people and manners of her times.CEFR B2/C1Word count 29,455

Friedrich Schillers groáes Drama über Liebe, Hass, Tod und Freiheit.Deutschland im 18. Jahrhundert: Karl von Moor will nach seiner Studienzeit nach Hause zurückgehen, zu seinem Vater und seiner groáen Liebe Amalia. Aber sein Bruder Franz hat andere Pläne  Er erzählt Lügen über Karl, so böse Lügen, dass dieser nicht mehrzurück nach Hause darf. Karl, wütend und verzweifelt, sieht keinen Sinn mehr im Leben und wird Räuber. Aber damit fangen seine Probleme erst richtig an 

Elizabeth Gilbert, a successful writer, had everything - a husband, friends, a big house in New York. But one day she realized she did not want any of it. A new relationship brought more heartbreak, deep depression followed, and in desperation, shestarted to pray. She decided to spend a year without any new relationships, and to travel in Italy, India, and Indonesia, searching for meaning in her life. This memoir is the true story of her journey of discovery through pleasure, religion, and back tolove again. It has also been made into a major movie.CEFR B1/B2Word count 18,805

'My first journey was a pilgrimage to Mecca. I got on a donkey and said Goodbye to my parents in Tangier when I was 21. My mother cried.' In this way Ibn Battuta, one of the greatest travellers in the world, begins telling his story to his nephew,Ahmed. His many journeys take him to new and interesting places far from home. He sees many strange and wonderful things, has many funny and frightening experiences, and meets many different people along the way. This is his story...

Mai történetek tinédzsereknektinédzserekről,az őket érdeklő témákban: kaland ésszabadidő, barátság és féltékenység Az óraifelhasználást szövegértésiés projektfeladatoksegítik.

Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR.A mysterious incident at the Marabar Caves, involving Adela Quested, newly arrived from England, and Dr Aziz, an Indian doctor, leads to a drama that divides the British and Indian communities in anger, distrust, and fear. Forster's great novel brings tolife all the dangers and misunderstandings of colonialism but, as Forster himself wrote, the story is 'about something wider than politics, about the search of the human race for a more lasting home, about the universe as embodied in the Indian earth andthe Indian sky, about the horror lurking in the Marabar Caves...CEFR B2/C1Word count 29,773

When Lord Asano drew his sword on Lord Kira one spring day in 1701, it began a story that is now a national legend in Japan. Lord Kira lived, but Lord Asano died, and after his death, his samurai became ronin, samurai without a master. And so began theirlong plan for revenge on Kira. Their loyalty to their dead master made him famous, and people in Japan remember them to this day. The story of the fortyseven ronin has been told and retold for 300 years - in plays, novels, and films. A major Hollywoodfilm was made about the forty-seven ronin in 2013.CEFR A1/A2Word count 6,079