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Around the Worldin Eighty Days

Adventure

In 1872 a rich English gentleman,

Phileas Fogg, makes a bet that he can

go around the world in 80 days.

Accompanied by his French man-

servant, Passepartout, he sets off on

an incredible race against the clock,

over land and sea. The tenacious

Inspector Fix, convinced that Phileas

Fogg is a robber, pursues him re-

lentlessly across the continents.

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The Fishermanand his Soul

Fairy tale & fantasy

A story of love and friendship abouta fisherman who catches a mermaid.He lets her go because she promisesto help him fish. Each day the mer-maid appears and sings her song, sohe falls in love with her! However,she cannot marry him until he haslost his human soul.

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– Aestheticism

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A Dream Come True

Human interest

E l l ie i s mad about mus ic : shedreams of becoming a singer andshe desperately wants to go to theGlastonbury Festival, where herfavourite singer, Murphy, will beplaying. But with an overprotectiveDad and important exams to take,it seems that El l ie’s dreams wil lhave to remain just that, dreams.But one day she sees a competitionin a music magazine…


– Education in England

– Yorkshire

– Festivals in Britain and Ireland

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Alice’s Adventuresin Wonderland


Join Alice as she follows the whiterabbit into the amazing world ofWonderland, where anything canhappen! Watch Alice change size,meet the Mad Hatter and hisfriend, the March Hare, talk to thesmiling Cheshire cat, play a gameof croquet with the Queen ofHearts, etc., and enjoy never-endingadventures in the land of dreams!


– Oxford

– A Great Invention: Photography

– Victorian Sports

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Animal Tales

Humour & comedy

Read these amusing stories and youwill discover why elephants havetrunks, how it's best to work out thecorrect price for pigs straight awayand what happened to an Englishlady when she went hunting for atiger! You will also find a stolen ele-phant, go boating with three friendsand see how much trouble a smalldog can make!


– Elephants

– Tigers

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Kidnapped

Adventure

When his father dies, David Balfourdiscovers he has inherited the familyhome near Edinburgh. But his UncleEbenezer also wants the house andputs David on a ship to America.The story follows David’s adventuresacross land and sea. With the helpof his new friend, Alan Breck, canDavid return to Edinburgh and claimwhat is rightfully his?

Integrated dossiers:– Scotland– The Jacobites– The City of Edinburgh from Past

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The Lost World

Adventure

At the beginning of the 1900s the

whole world has been explored: there

is nothing left to discover. But maybe

this is not totally true. The eccentric

Professor Challenger says there is a

place where dinosaurs still live. So he

decides to lead an expedition to this

prehistoric world in the middle of the

great Amazon forest.


– Amazonia: a Land of Wonders

– Dinosaurs

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The Jumping Frog

Humour & comedy

The Celebrated Jumping Frog ofCalaveras County depicts one ofAmerican history’s most excitingperiods: the California Gold Rush ofthe 1850s. Come to Angel’s MiningCamp in California and meet Smileywhose frog is a living gold mine untilone day…


– The California Gold Rush

– Life in the Mining Camps and others

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Journey to the Centreof the Earth

Adventure

The famous mineralogist, ProfessorLidenbrock, finds a piece of parch-ment in an old book. A messagewritten in code describes a secretentrance to another world. TheProfessor’s nephew, Axel, breaks thecode and he and his uncle set out ona journey that takes them back intime to the days of the dinosaursand prehistoric man. But how will theymanage to get back to the presentsafely?


– Volcanoes

– Geological Time

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HamletPrince of Denmark

Tragedy

When the ghost of Hamlet’s fatherreveals the terrible secret of Elsi-nore, the result is chaos and tra-gedy for the young Prince of Den-mark. Will he avenge his father’smurder?


– Films of Hamlet

– Shakespeare and the Elizabethan

Theatre

– Who was Hamlet?

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The Mutinyon the Bounty

Adventure

What really happened on board thefamous ship, the Bounty? Why did thesailors mutiny against their captain,and where did they take the ship?How did the captain and his loyal crewsurvive a 5,000 mile journey? JoinCaptain Bligh, Fletcher Chris-tian andTom on their incredible adventures atsea, and discover what the Bountymutiny was really about.

Integrated dossiers:– Life at Sea in the 18th Century– Island Destinations in The Mutiny

on the Bounty– Pitcairn

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Mystery in New Orleans

Mystery and horror

Two greedy businessmen want todestroy a wildlife reserve in NewOrleans, where Andy and Brian havesummer jobs, and plan to build ahuge shopping center. Mysteriousand terr ible deaths, and anecological disaster shock the peopleof New Orleans. Andy, Brian andMegan decide to solve this bizarremystery.


– What can you eat in New Orleans?

– New Orleans, one of America’s

most unusual cities

– New Orleans and Dixieland Jazz

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Magical Talesfrom the South Seas


Set in the South Seas, Stevensoncreates tales of magic and adventure.The Isle of Voices Kalamake, a wizardwho transforms seashells into dollars!The Beach of Falesá is a thrilling tale oftreachery, devils, island magic andtwo people who find love.


– The History of Money

– The Hawaiian Islands

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Murder at Coyote Canyon

Crime

The Chumash are American Indianswho live in California. When aproperty developer starts buildinghomes on the site of their ancientcemetery, the Chumash becomeangry. During the night of the Fourthof July celebrations a mysteriousAmerican Indian warrior appears anda murder is committed. Suspicion fallson the Chumash, but four youngfriends investigate further…


– Independence Day

– American Indians

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The Rajah’s Diamond

Adventure

The Rajah’s Diamond, the mostprecious diamond in the world,seems to bring bad luck on everyonewho comes into contact with it.Owned by Sir Thomas Vandeleur, hiswife tries to sell it to pay off herdebts. But the diamond is stolen andfalls into the wrong hands. Followthe diamond on its adventures andfind out what happend to it.


– The Hope Diamond

– The Thousand and One Nights

– Gentlemen’s Clubs and The

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Rob Roy

Adventure

1715: Frank Osbaldistone likes poetryand he does not want to enter thefamily business. The young man isthen sent by his father to the north ofEngland. Frank meets a charismaticScotsman and an official of theEnglish government. This will be thebeginning of his involvement in arebellion against the British monarchy.In this great historical novel, Frankcomes to love and understand thewild world of the Scottish Highlands.

Integrated dossiers:– Rob Roy: history comes alive– The historical novel: Sir Walter

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The Secret Garden

Human interest

Mary Lennox is a spoilt, unpleasantlittle girl who goes to live with heruncle on his enormous estate inYorkshire after the death of herparents in India. Left very much toherself she explores the grounds ofthe house and f inds the secretgarden which has been locked upfor ten years…

Integrated dossiers:– The World of The Secret Garden– India– The Rich and the Poor in Victorian

Times, British Gardens

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Stories of Ghostsand Mystery

Mystery and horror

Three authors reveal the obscure

corners of the occult. Sinister ghosts

of the past have never left Barwyke

Hall; a man disappears mysteriously;

the Pur i tan Reverend Hooper is

plagued by a terrible secret sin that

forces him to wear a black veil.


– England and Its Ghosts

– New England and the Puritans

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The Ransom of Red Chiefand Other Stories

Humour & comedy

The Ransom of Red Chief is a wonder-fully funny and ironic story about twoinexperienced kidnappers and theirunusual "victim", with a great surpriseending. O. Henry's unique talent ena-bled him to create a world full ofordinary people who did extraordi-nary things.

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– The Origins of the American Police

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Recipe for Success

Adventure

Seren wants to go on a school trip toParis more than anything. But whenher Dad won’t even let her walk homefrom school by herself, how is shegoing to convince him? Determinednot to give up on her dream, Serencomes up with a plan. But she quicklylearns that even the best plans can gowrong, and even the biggest dreamscan end up broken. She needsanother plan fast. But will it be goodenough to convince her Dad?

Integrated dossiers:– A food journey across the United

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The Canterville Ghost

Mystery & horror

When Mr Hiram B. Otis decides to buy

Canterville Chase, everyone tells him

that the house is haunted by a ghost.

Strange things begin to happen: a

bloodstain that changes colour,

mysterious noises in the night, a

journey to the Garden of Death…


– The Times of Oscar Wilde

– Oscar Wilde in America and others

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The £1,000,000Bank Note

Humour & comedy

Have you ever made a bet – a big bet?In the 1850s, a young Americanfinds himself in London by chance.He is penniless, and yet he leadsthe luxurious life of a millionaire.How can he do this?It’s all thanks to a bizarre bet madeby two eccentric gentlemen.


– San Francisco in the 1850s

– The English and Betting

– Money and its Origins and others

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Alien at School

Mystery & horror

Whoever thought that starting highschool would be so excit ing? Acomet and a constel lat ion havecrossed paths, and space expertsknow this means the possibility ofalien encounters!In a town near Boston, Jennifer Daleand her friends have some weirdnew teachers! Mr Stone, the Englishteacher, is particularly strange…


– UFOs

– American Teenagers and High School

– American Food and others

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The Willing Ghost

Crime

Selena Willing, a young, beautiful

heiress, contacts Richard Boot, a

private detective, because she thinks

there is a noisy ghost in her stately

home. Richard investigates, looking

into Selena’s life and discovers that

the noise she hears is not a ghost, but

something much more real and

dangerous…


– Private Detectives

– Stately Homes

– Soho

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Time Games

Mystery

Like many 15 year olds, Adam prefers

computer games to school work, but

he can’t understand why one of his

favourite games seems to have a life of

i t s own. And why is he suddenly

hearing voices? Why can’t anyone else

see the strange boy outside the school

gates? And why does the boy look so

like Adam? He finds the answers he’s

looking for and a lot more besides

hundreds of years in the past.


– Time Travel

– Schools in Britain

– Medieval Castles

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