Jennifer Wilson is the latest victim in a growing number of suicides and only one person can help – the brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes. As Sherlock launches an investigation, he becomes caught up in one of the most dangerous cases of his career. A contemporary re-telling of Conan-Doyle’s classic story adapted from the award-winning BBC series, ‘Sherlock’.
In 2006, YouTube.com featured an extraordinary film clip that showed the emotional reunion between two young men and their pet lion, Christian, in Kenya. Before long it had been watched by millions of people all over the world.
Jenny has just turned sixteen and is determined to escape her stifling suburban homelife by going to Oxford University. When she meets glamorous older man David, she starts to reassess her life and her ambitions…
Follow the fortunes of Becky Sharp, one of English literature’s most colourful heroines, as she uses her wit, charm and ruthless ambition in an attempt to forge a place for herself in high society. With Fact Files on William Thackeray, the Napoleonic Wars, and Young Men in Regency England
In 1985, top mountaineers Joe Simpson and his friend Simon Yates went climbing in the Peruvian Andes. After a series of accidents, Simon was forced to cut the rope which held him and Joe together. At the time, Simon believed that he was sending his friend to his death…
‘Design is not just what it looks and feels like. It’s how it works.’ In 1976, Steve jobs and his friend Steve Wozniak started a computer company called Apple in a garage in California. Today, Apple is one of the world’s largest companies, famous for its innovative products and beautiful designs.
As a child, Henry Knight believed he saw a large monster kill his father on Dartmoor. Twenty years later, he is sure that the monster is back and he goes to the brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes for help.
We need to fight for what is right. And equal pay for women is right.’ The year is 1968. Rita O’Grady and her friends work as machinists at the Ford car factory in Dagenham. It is detailed work, carried out in hot, noisy conditions. So why are the women paid the same as unskilled workers? Is it because the work is unskilled? Or is it because they are women?
What happens when a cargo ship sinks in the Pacific Ocean, leaving only one lifeboat of survivors? And what happens if those survivors are a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orang-utan and a Bengal tiger called Richard Parker? Sixteen-year-old Pi ‘Piscine’ Patel is about to find out …
“A miserable childhood is bad enough. A miserable Irish childhood is worse. But a miserable Irish Catholic childhood is the worst of all”.
127 Hours is the extraordinary true story of Aron Ralston who, after a canyoneering accident in Utah, was forced to amputate his own arm to survive.
Following the death of her husband, Mrs Dashwood and her three daughters, Elinor, Marianne and Margaret, are forced to leave their family home and move to a small cottage in Devon. There, Marianne meets and falls in love with the charismatic Mr Willoughby but she is left distraught by his inconsistent behaviour.
This compelling and topical non-fiction title tells the story of Prince William and his wife, Kate Middleton, covering their early lives and influences, how they met and fell in love, and culminating with their fairy tale wedding day.
Johnny English, the world’s most unlikely spy, is back!
Orphaned as a young child, Jane Eyre has an unhappy start to life living with her cruel aunt and cousins and later enduring the hardships of Lowood school. After taking up a post as a governess, her life begins to improve, helped by her growing friendship with Mr Rochester, her surly employer. But can she achieve true happiness in a place filled with dark secrets?
Extensive reading improves fluency and there is a real need in the ELT classroom for hand-picked classics of English literature that are simplified and adapted for students in an accessible and engaging way. Great Expectations is one of Charles Dickens' most popular novels, its colourful characters and strong story inspiring numerous film and TV adaptations.
When Tintin discovers a scroll inside a model ship he knows it is a clue. But what does it mean? With the help of his dog Snowy and Captain Haddock, Tintin sets off an adventure to find out! But the three friends aren’t the only ones looking for clues – the evil Sakharine is after them too. Who will be the first to find out the meaning of the three scrolls?
