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Headwords: 1,000Word count: 9,614- Read at a comfortable level with word count and CEFR level on every cover- Illustrations, photos, and diagrams support comprehension- Activities build language skills and check understanding- Glossaries teach difficult vocabularyIt is hard to imagine the modern world without information technology. At home, at work, and at play, mobile phones, emails, and computers have become part of daily life. The story of information technology is a story of machines - from the ancientabacus to the small powerful computer chips of today.

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.

The United States in the 1950s and 60s was a troubled place. Black people were angry, because they did not have the same rights as whites. It was a time of angry words, of marches, of protests, a time of bombs and killings.But above the angry noise came the voice of one man - a man of peace. 'I have a dream,' said Martin Luther King, and it was a dream of blacks and whites living together in peace and freedom. This is the story of anextraordinary man, who changed American history in his short life.

In Edinburgh a detective listens to a confession

V. I. Warshawski, private investigator, Chicago, USA. People imagine private detectives to be tiredlooking men in raincoats, but Vic is female. She's tough, beautiful, carries a gun - and goes on asking questions until she gets answers. When her cousinBoom Boom dies in an accident, Vic is naturally upset. She wants to know how and why the accident happened, and she isn't satisfied by the answers she gets. So she goes on asking questions ... and more people start to die.

What do you find in these two countries at the end of the world? One is an enormous island, where only twenty million people live - and the other is two long, narrow islands, with ten sheep for every person. One country has the biggest rock in all theworld, and a town where everybody lives under the ground

Imagine an animal with teeth as big as bananas - and a brain as big as an orange. Or a flying animal with wings as wide ad a small plane. Think about a tail that could knock a man's head off, or a mouth with hundreds of teeth. It is any surprise thatpeople are intrested in dinosaurs?

A non-fiction book, ideal for elementary learners of English looking to improve and practise their English. The book is filled with useful vocabulary that is carefully graded and easy to understand, it also comes with audio, so that you can listen at thesame time as reading.Come with us to London - a city as old as the Romans, and as new as the twenty-first century. There are places to go - from Oxford Street to Westminster Abbey, from Shakespeare's Globe Theatre to Wimbledon Tennis Club. And things todo - ride on the London Eye, visit the markets, go to the theatre, run in the London Marathon.Big, beautiful, noisy, exciting - that's London.

On a quiet sea, the biggest ship in the world is waiting. There is no noise from the engines. Up in the night sky there are hundereds of stars. Behind the ship, and iceburg, a great mountain of ice - goes slowly away into the black night.

It's an exciting life - full of fast cars, money, and travel. The names of Formula One champions are known all over the world. And everywhere young drivers dream of success one day in Monaco, Melbourne, Monza ...But it is a difficult life too. Drivers need strong bodies - and minds. They

Hogy néz ki a föld a holdról nézve? Hogyan működik a testünk? Tudnak-e az emberek repülni? Tudnék-e nyolc méter magas bronzlovat készíteni? Hogyan lehetnének tisztábbak városaink? Leonardo egész életében kérdéseket tett föl, és megpróbált rájukválaszolni. Noha elsősorban művészetéről ismerjük, a mai napig is ő az egyik legnagyobb valaha élt gondolkodó, napjainkban is tanulnak tőle tudósok, orvosok. Ismerjük meg közelebbről azt az embert, aki robot oroszlánt készített, tükörírással írt, ésúgy próbált háborút nyerni, hogy elterel egy folyót...Az új Factfile sorozatból megismerhetjük az 1460-as évekbeli Firenzét, ahol a gazdag emberek nem győzték elkölteni a pénzüket, biztos megélhetést adva ezzel a képző-és iparművészeknek. Itt dolgozott Andrea del Verrocchio mester is, számtalan segédjével.Köztük dolgozott a különös Leonardo, a mester Vinciből való barátjának fia, aki kitűnt a többiek közül érdeklődésével, végtelen tudásszomjával és tehetségével.A2-B1 szint, 700 kulcsszó

Mindenki fényképeket készített Vilmos hercegről. mikor belépett a St Andrews egyetem kapuján. Tömegek érkeztek a skót kisvárosba, hogy láthassák a nevezetes új diákot, a Királynő 19 éves unokáját. Kate Middleton első napját azonban senki nem akartamegörökíteni az egyetemen. Csendesen beköltözött, és készen állt tanulmányai megkezdésére. Csak egy átlagos diák volt, átlagos jövővel. Vagy mégsem?Vilmos herceg egyike a világ leghíresebb fiatalembereinek. Régi patinás családból származik, édesanyja a gyönyörű Diana hercegnő, édesapja pedig Károly herceg, a trónörökös, Anglia eljövendő uralkodója.Vilmos is király lesz egyszer. Ha valaki pedig egyszer király lesz, a világ szeme állandóan rajta van.Az élete minden területére kíváncsiak az emberek, a barátaira, az iskoláira, és persze mindenek előtt a barátnőjére. Ki a barátnője Vilmosnak? -kérdezgetik az újságokjra és újra. Mi a neve? Királyi csalódból való, vagy netalán külföldi?És végül megkapta a világ a választ: 2011. április 29-én a herceg és Cambridge hercegnője egybekeltek: William és Kate700 kulcsszavas, A1-A2 nyelvtudás szintnek megfeleltetett könnyített olvasmány

Thousands of years ago, people looked out across an ocean and asked themselves, 'What is on the other side?' And the bravest of them began to travel and find the answers - beautiful islands, frozen lands, different peoples . . .And there are stillinteresting questions about the oceans.

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CEFR B1Word count 10,098Headwords 1,000What will we do when there is nowhere to put our rubbish? Every day, all over the world, people drop cans, boxes, paper, and bottles into bins and never think about them again. And the rubbishmountains get bigger and bigger. But there is another way - away that makes old paper into houses, broken bottles into jewellery, and old cans into bridges. Anyone can recycle - it's easy, it saves money, and it's a way to say, 'I care about the Earth.' Saving the world starts with you - here - now.

Is there anyone who has not looked at the dark sky, and the shining points of light above us, and asked themselves questions about what is out there? Where did our planet come from? When did the universe begin? Could we live on another planet? And onequestion above all - is there life anywhere else in space? Begin a journey into space - where spacecraft travel at thousands of kilometres an hour, temperatures are millions of degrees, and a planet may be hard rock - or a ball of gas. In space,everything is extraordinary . . .

CEFR B1Word count 10,244Headwords 1,000Right now, all over the world, people are using energy. As we drive our cars, work on our computers, or evencook food on a wood fire, we probably do not stop to think about where the energy comes from. But when the gas is gone and there is no more coal - what then? Scientists are finding new answers all the time. Get ready for the children whose running feetmake the energy to bring water to their village