Livres Anglais - page 89

In the still of a snow-covered morning, a girl out riding her horse is hit by a 40-ton truck. Though horribly injured, both thirteen-year-old Grace Maclean and her horse Pilgrim survive. But the impact on their lives is devastating.

Grace is the only child of prominent New York magazine editor Annie Graves and her lawyer husband Robert. In a way that none of them at first understands, [...]
[lire la quatrième du livre The Horse Whisperer]

A gothic masterpiece of tempestuous passions and dark secrets, Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre is edited with an introduction and notes by Stevie Davis in Penguin Classics.

Charlotte Brontë tells the story of orphaned Jane Eyre, who grows up in the home of her heartless aunt, enduring loneliness and cruelty.
[lire la quatrième du livre Jane Eyre]

Le jour de la garden-party annuelle des Sheridan est enfin arrivé. Aussi excitée que nerveuse, Laura papillonne entre le fleuriste, le traiteur et les musiciens. Mais la mort bouleverse soudain toute cette belle organisation... Quatre nouvelles tour à tour comiques, touchantes, cruelles et déchirantes, mais toujours envoûtantes.
[lire la quatrième du livre La Garden-Party et autres nouvelles : The Garden [...]]

As the Shadow of Mordor grows across the land, the Companions of the Ring have become involved in separate adventures. Aragorn, revealed as the hidden heir of the ancient Kings of the West, has joined with the Riders of Rohan against the forces of Isengard, and takes part in the desperate victory of the Hornburg. Merry and Pippin, captured by Orcs, escape into Fangorn Forest and there encounter [...]
[lire la quatrième du livre The Lord of the Rings Part 3: The Return of the [...]]

" The Red-Headed League " and ' " The Speckled Band " are taken from Conan Doyle's " The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ". In these two stories we join Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson in Victorian London as they try to solve two of their most mysterious and terrifying cases.
[lire la quatrième du livre Sherlock Holmes Stories]

Fireheart is a ThunderClan warrior cat now, but his troubles are far from over. As the chill of winter sets in, the cats of rival RiverClan grow restless, while WindClan is weak and facing threats from all sides.

As tensions build to an explosive climax, Fireheart faces not only imminent battle, but betrayal from within his own Clan.
[lire la quatrième du livre WARRIOR CATS Book 2 : Fire and Ice]

BBC2’s major Autumn 2015 TV show THE LAST KINGDOM is based on the first two books in the series.

Uhtred is an English boy, born into the aristocracy of ninth-century Northumbria. Orphaned at ten, he is captured and adopted by a Dane and taught the Viking ways.
[lire la quatrième du livre The Last Kingdom Book 1]

Domino et Sir Henry se sont embarqués pour le Nouveau Monde : un grand voyage et beaucoup d'aventures les attendent ! Les élèves font bien entendu autant partie intégrante de cette découverte que les nouveaux compagnons - Little Bear, jeune Indien et Kimberley, originaire de Washington. Le seul doute : Sir Henry retrouvera-t-il Alice à la fin de la deuxième année ? Wait and see...
[lire la quatrième du livre Domino and Co Cycle 3 Niveau 2]

For generations, four Clans of wild cats have shared the forest according to the laws laid down by the powerful ancestors. But the warrior code is threatened, and the ThunderClan cats are in grave danger. The sinister ShadowClan grows stronger every day. Noble warriors are dying -- and some deaths are more mysterious than others.
[lire la quatrième du livre WARRIOR CATS Book 1 : Into the Wild]

Language readers; Classic fiction (pre c 1945); ELT: learning material & coursework
[lire la quatrième du livre Wuthering Heights + audio CD]

La collection Macmillan adventures (lectures Macmillan) est une série de quatre récits d'aventure totalement adaptés au niveau de vos élèves et accompagnés de ressources gratuites pour travailler la compréhension. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer : Tom Sawyer est un garçon du sud des Etats-Unis vivant sur la rive droite du Mississippi avant la guerre de Sécession.
[lire la quatrième du livre The Adventures of Tom Sawyer with audio CD]

When Mole decides to leave his underground home and meets. Rat, he discovers a completely new world on the river bank in the Wild Wood. And Toad's passion for fast cars leads them on a series of adventures, which end with a battle against the ferrets and weasels, who have captured Toad Hall.
[lire la quatrième du livre The Wind in the Willows]

One day a big cyclone takes Dorothy and her house from Kansas, USA, to a magical country called OZ. But Dorothy wants to go back home to Kansas, and only the country's famous wizard can help her. Follow Dorothy on her many adventures and meet her new friends, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman and the Lion. But be careful of the Wicked Witch!
[lire la quatrième du livre The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]

Prospero, Duke f Milan, lives on a lonely island with his daughter Miranda, Caliban (a monster) and Ariel (a magic spirit). He learns to do magic and he wants to punish his bad brother, Antonio. He creates a magic storm - a tempest. All the people with Antonio on the ship land on Prospero's island. Many strange things happen to them, but in the end they all come together again.
[lire la quatrième du livre The Tempest]

This series provides a wide variety of reading materials for all learners of English. The books are retold versions of popular classics and contemporary titles as well as specially written stories.
[lire la quatrième du livre The Hound of the Baskervilles]

But he also has a fiery temper. Determined not to be like his father, he refuses to show weakness to anyone - even if the only way he can master his feelings is with his fists. When outsiders threaten the traditions of his clan, Okonowo takes violent action. Will the great man's dangerous pride eventually destroy him?.
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[lire la quatrième du livre Things Fall Apart]

Based on analysis of thousands of exam scripts, each unit targets a key problem area.

Clear explanations and exercises help students to use the language accurately.

Regular tests offer students a further opportunity to check and consolidate what they have learnt.

Highlights common mistakes that learners really make. Based on analysis of thousands of exam scripts. [...]
[lire la quatrième du livre Common Mistakes at IELTS... and How to Avoid Them [...]]

« Au début des années 1990, j'étais correspondant à Londres pour le New Yorker Magazine. C'était un travail excitant et quelque peu étrange : être correspondant étranger dans mon propre pays, jeter un regard neuf sur des coutumes établies et essayer de les expliquer à un public éloigné qui partage la même langue et pourtant peu d'usages communs.
[lire la quatrième du livre Lettres de Londres (choix)]

Days before his release from prison, Shadow's wife, Laura, dies in a mysterious car crash. Numbly, he makes his way back home. On the plane, he encounters the enigmatic Mr Wednesday, who claims to be a refugee from a distant war, a former god and the king of America.
[lire la quatrième du livre American Gods]

The Wave is based on a true incident that occured in a high school history class in Palo Alto, California, in 1969.
[lire la quatrième du livre The Wave]

Chief Vitalstatistix rashly invites his brother-in-law to dine of a stew seasoned with Caesar's laurel wreath, so Asterix and Obelix must go to Rome to fetch those laurels. Hoping to get access to Caesar, they sell themselves as slaves - but can they do a deal with the corrupt Goldendelicius to swap the laurels for parsley? If so, it will be their own Roman triumph.
[lire la quatrième du livre Asterix and the Laurel Wreath]

In 1878, Robert Louis Stevenson was suffering from poor health, struggling to survive on the income derived from his writings, and tormented by his infatuation with Fanny Osbourne, a married American woman. His response was to embark on a journey through the Cevennes with a donkey, Modestine, and a notebook, which he later transformed into Travels with a Donkey. Just a few months after [...]
[lire la quatrième du livre Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes and the [...]]

When Roman Centurion Crismus Bonus finds out about Getafix’s magic potion, he kidnaps the druid to force him to reveal the recipe. So Asterix joins his friend in captivity and together they two plan to whip up a surprise with truly hair-raising effects.
[lire la quatrième du livre Asterix The Gaul]

Sherlock Holmes ? Une grande silhouette mince et athlétique, un long manteau, un chapeau à oreillettes, une pipe, une loupe et surtout un talent exceptionnel pour résoudre les énigmes policières les plus complexes...
[lire la quatrième du livre Silver Blaze : Etoile d'argent]

A great learning resource for young children, these 50 flashcards help children to master simple vocabulary. The cards can be used to play games, for self-testing, or simply be propped up around the house or classroom as useful reminders.
[lire la quatrième du livre Everyday Flashcards]

As the country begins to fall apart under a military coup, Kambili and Jaja are sent to their aunt, a university professor outside the city, where they discover a life beyond the confines of their father’s authority. Books cram the shelves, curry and nutmeg permeate the air, and their cousins’ laughter rings throughout the house.
[lire la quatrième du livre Purple Hibiscus]

When Eragon finds a polished stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy; perhaps it will buy his family meat for the winter. But when the stone brings a dragon hatchling, Eragon soon realizes he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empire itself.
[lire la quatrième du livre Eragon]

Three university students go on holiday to a remote part of Wales. They are going to stay in a cottage without electricity or a telephone in a remote part of the country. But who is the bearded man that haunts them?
[lire la quatrième du livre The Long Tunnel]

La collection Macmillan adventures (lectures Macmillan) est une série de quatre récits d'aventure totalement adaptés au niveau de vos élèves et accompagnés de ressources gratuites pour travailler la compréhension. A propos de L. A. Winners : Lenny Samuel est engagé pour trouver un ancien cheval de course.
[lire la quatrième du livre L.A.Winners]

Philip Ashley's older cousin Ambrose, who raised the orphaned Philip as his own son, has died in Rome. Philip, the heir to Ambrose's beautiful English estate, is crushed that the man he loved died far from home. He is also suspicious. While in Italy, Ambrose fell in love with Rachel, a beautiful English and Italian woman.
[lire la quatrième du livre My Cousin Rachel]