Editura: BLACK CAT

An anthology of texts illustrating the development of the short story from the 19th century to the present day, by Charles Dickens, R. L. Stevenson, H. G. Wells, D. H. Lawrence, K. Mansfield, W. S….

Lola is fed up with being invisible. All she wants is for high school rugby star Matt to ask her to the prom, but he doesn’t even know she exists. She has a plan that…

Do you know that Henry VIII was happily married for almost 20 years to the same queen before meeting his other wives? Do you know Queen Elizabeth refused to marry in spite of all the…

David’s life changes for the worse when his mother dies and he is left with a cruel stepfather who sends him to work in London. But he doesn’t want to work in a factory all…

Bathsheba, a beautiful Weather Witch, lives with her cat, Cobweb, on top of a high mountain near the village of Sunnyville. Her life is peaceful until one day she goes down to the village and…

Set 15yh century England during the Wars of the Roses, this is the adventure story of Richard Shelton and the band of the Black Arrow. Sir Daniel Brackley is like a father to Richard, but…

You can’t break this bottle because it’s magic. Inside there is an imp. This imp is very powerful. You can have everything you want: love, money.’ When Keawe, a young Hawaiian sailor, hears this, he…

A boat trip to the Farallon Islands near San Francisco to see the birds and sea-life there turns into a journey of terror as ghastly ghosts from the past appear… This reader uses the Expansive…

Some festivals are popular all over the world. Festivals! tells children how Christmas, Easter, Halloween and other festivities are celebrated in many countries of the world. Young readers are encouraged to use fine-motor skills to…

What does Cymru mean? What did Emperor Hadrian build in England nearly 2000 years ago? What do competitors throw at the Highland games? Why do people „kiss the Blarney Stone”? The British Isles tells the…

Tales to Talk About. A collection of topics to analyse and discuss by Antonella Mignani Tales to Talk About is a riveting collection of twelve short stories which will appeal to all kinds of reader….

A World of Difference. Selected Short Stories by British and American Writers by Gabriella Bonavoglia This collection of seven short stories focuses on people forced to come to terms with a pitiless reality which shatters…

This play is set in the dazzling social world of 1890’s London. It is the world of the aristocrat and the dandy – and it is also the world of shabby political and financial intrigue….

Voices from Inside. Accessing the Literary Text: A Skills-Based Approach by Guglielmo Corrado Voices from Inside presents some of the most outstanding authors of the 19th and 20th centuries through a selection of short stories…

Ellie is mad about music: she dreams of becoming a singer and she desperately wants to go to the Glastonbury Festival, where her favourite singer, Murphy, will be playing. But with an overprotective Dad and…

These stories from James Joyce’s Dubliners take you inside the tragedies and comedies of Irish life in the early twentieth century. Meet unforgettable characters, including a boy who died for love, determined mothers and romantic…

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 its own. And why is he suddenly…

A Study in Scarlet is the very first Sherlock Holmes story which brought great fame to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This incredible adventure of lost love and terrible revenge crosses two continents. It is a…

When a mysterious birthday present arrives from somebody she doesn’t know, Helen realises that there’s something strange going on. With her cousin Will, she discovers a terrifying secret which is hundreds of years old and…

In an empty house lies a dead man. There are no wounds on his body. On the wall, the word Rache – German for ‘revenge’ – is written in blood. With the help of his…