Libros de Lecturas graduadas de inglés 3120 resultados

Macandrew, Richard

Modern, original fiction for learners of English. A missing woman and a dead body welcome Inspector Jenny Logan to her new job with the Edinburgh police. Logan questions the husband of the dead woman and a local doctor about the murder, but can she believe what they say? Then, a piece of jewellery leads Logan to the killer. ...

Macandrew, Richard

Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. When Edinburgh restaurant owner Alex Maclennan is found dead in his bathroom, Inspector Jenny Logan is called in to investigate. At first his death looks like an accide...

Macandrew, Richard

Modern, original fiction for learners of English. Hundreds of dead fish, some unexplained deaths and a birdless town. Three newspaper reports from Finland attract interest from the British secret service. `Foreign Executive` Ian Munro is sent to Lahti to investigate. But when his first contact is killed in front of him, Munro realises that someone knows why he is there, and tha...

Leather, Sue

Modern, original fiction for learners of English. Brad and his girlfriend Gina love the movies and go every Saturday night. They want to get married but haven`t got much money. Then one day, Brad gets an idea from a movie about how to make a lot of money an idea that involves murder. But Brad`s plan doesn`t go quite as he hoped and he discovers that real life doesn`t always ha...

Leather, Sue

Modern, original fiction for learners of English. The right place at the right time? Photographer Ken Harada thinks so when he gets a fantastic photo of a famous sumo star who is visiting Tokyo. However, it becomes clear that somebody wants that photo badly and will do anything to get it. Life suddenly becomes very dangerous for Ken and when he develops the photo he realizes wh...

Johnson, Margaret

Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Sam is like any other teenage girl except that she was born deaf. She meets Jim, falls in love and feels happier than ever before. Then one day Jim's jealous ex-girlfri...

Johnson, Margaret

Modern, original fiction for learners of English. After being jilted by her lover, Carla is devastated and intends to seek revenge. She joins a selfhelp group for people in similar situations and there she meets three women who have been betrayed or abandoned by their husbands. Carla decides to rehearse her revenge on these men and starts by buying a ticket to Cuba. ...

Harmer, Jeremy

Modern, original fiction for learners of English. A musician disappears, leaving only a strange email message. Her husband, in a desperate search to find her, revisits their shared past and has to face up to some unpleasant realities, before trying to rebuild his life. His journey of discovery takes us across the world to Poland and Rio and deep into the human heart. ...

Brennan, Frank

Modern, original fiction for learners of English. Five stories about the senses: Arlo hates noise and has a plan to bring the world silence. Gopal uses smell to protect the memory of his sister. Journalist Kathy uses her blindness to get a clear picture of human characters. Daniel has a tongue that earns him a living but could also be his downfall. And Jamie learns to balance t...

Battersby, Alan

Modern, original fiction for learners of English. Crime becomes personal for New York private investigator Nathan Marley as he tries to prove the innocence of murder suspect José a member of his assistant Stella`s family. As unidentified bodies are washed up on a beach, the search for proof takes him into the heart of the New York RussianAmerican community. Marley must work qu...

Battersby, Alan

Modern, original fiction for learners of English. It`s Christmas in New York and private investigator Nathan Marley is hired by a rich attractive woman to reclaim a briefcase of jewellery from a locker at Grand Central station. Marley is right not to trust the woman and soon finds himself involved in a case of criminal activity involving fraud, computer hacking and kidnap. ...

Johnson, Margaret

Modern, original fiction for learners of English. Alex is a 30yearold art gallery assistant and hopelessly in love with her boss, Brad. Then, an incident at the gallery means they have to spend a few days at Brad`s country house. This is Alex`s opportunity to impress but nothing seems to go the way she planned. A surprise guest and a Christmas party help Alex to discover what s...

Aspinall, Patricia

Modern, original fiction for learners of English. Carl begins to worry when his wife Linda does not arrive for the weekend at their seaside house in the east of England. When he asks local people whether they have seen her, they appear helpful, but he soon begins to wonder whether they are hiding information from him about his missing wife. ...

Leather, Sue

Modern, original fiction for learners of English. Reporter Kate Jensen investigates the death of a karate master in a `dojo`, a karate training room in London. Another death quickly follows and Kate finds herself drawn into the mystery. The trail takes her to Japan, back to London, and back in time to a crime committed over thirty years earlier. ...

Neilsen,Rod

Modern, original fiction for learners of English. Pilot Don Radcliffe returns to Australia hoping to rescue a failed marriage and to spend more time with his daughter, Judy. But a routine cargo flight in an old DC4 airplane turns into tragedy when the plane crashes in the Australian Outback killing the copilot. Don and Judy`s chances of survival seem slim as they struggle again...

Grant, David

Smith, Bernard

Modern, original fiction for learners of English. A plane crashes in the middle of the desert in Oman leaving a pilot and his family hurt and stranded. The pilot begins a journey across the desert to get help but collapses from exhaustion. He is found and taken to a nearby hospital but he is unconscious and no one has any idea who he is or where he has come from. Meanwhile time...

Wilson, Judith

Modern, original fiction for learners of English. Ikuko goes to England to study English, promising her boyfriend Hiroshi she will return to Japan to marry him. However, in Birmingham Ikuko discovers a whole new world and falls in love with another overseas student. Ikuko`s journey across the world not only teaches her about different ways of life but also becomes a voyage of s...

Walker, Carolyn

Modern, original fiction for learners of English. Chief Inspector Jane Honeywell is a city detective who wonders why she has moved to a sleepy country town nothing happens in Pilton. But then the rural peace and quiet is suddenly disturbed by a horrible murder. When Jane starts the dangerous pursuit of the killer, she discovers a more terrible plan in operation. ...

Walker, Carolyn

Modern, original fiction for learners of English. Talk in the local pub is of strange deaths of sheep and rumours of the return of the legendary Beast of Brynmawr. Susie and Charlie are taking a break from work in London and renting a cottage in Brynmawr, where events grow stranger and stranger until it becomes clear that it is Susie the beast wants. ...

Prowse, Sue

Modern, original fiction for learners of English. A brick smashes the window of a familyrun Internet café in central London. A message comes with it: Don`t Stop Now! . Matt, a frequent visitor to the café, offers to help Kate and her family. But Kate`s father won`t tell Matt what the message means. What is Kate`s family secret? And who are the men ready to do anything to stop ...

Moses, Antoinette

Modern, original fiction for learners of English. Jojo is playing in the fields when soldiers come and kill everyone in his village. With the help of Chris, a British journalist, and his memories, Jojo struggles to come to terms with the loss of his family and friends. Jojo`s journey across his wartorn country leads him to selfdiscovery and a decision that will change his life ...

Moses, Antoinette

Modern, original fiction for learners of English. It is 2051. CONTROL, the government of Europe, keeps everyone happy in a virtual reality where music made by dolphins gives exquisite pleasure. When Saul Grant, a writer, discovers the truth about the music, the illusion is shattered. He soon sets out to free the dolphins but CONTROL is aware of his actions and will stop him at ...

Maley, Alan

Modern, original fiction for learners of English. Dan Combes is a former MI6 agent living peacefully in France. After being attacked by a former colleague, he realizes his relationship with the British Secret Service has not yet finished. He believes the attack is linked to his roles in Berlin and Central America. But that was years ago so why do they want him dead now? Dan ret...

Leather, Sue

Modern, original fiction for learners of English. Seven journeys which change lives for ever. A New York fashion buyer returns to her English home. A successful author meets an old friend. A reporter travels to an execution. A lorry driver gives an escaped prisoner a lift. A taxi driver picks up `Bruce Lee`. A man`s love for a tram driver leads him to follow her. And four stran...

Loader, Mandy

Modern, original fiction for learners of English. A hurricane is tearing across the Atlantic from the west coast of Africa towards America. As the hurricane passes through the Caribbean, it destroys everything in its path. In Florida, a man is out in a fishing boat, unaware of the approaching disaster. His daughter, Ikemi, and her boyfriend must confront the hurricane in a desp...

Macandrew, Richard

Modern, original fiction for learners of English. Diamonds smuggled from the bloody civilwar zones of Africa and traded illegally for weapons are known as `blood diamonds`. London journalists Harley Kirkpatrick and Annie Shepherd sense the scoop of a lifetime when they try to trap a deal in the diamonds. But who is trapping who and are the people involved what they seem? ...

Macandrew, Richard

Modern, original fiction for learners of English. Billy Marr, a local misfit, claims he has murdered someone in an Edinburgh park. Inspector Logan and Sergeant Grant don`t believe him Billy has lied many times in the past about crimes he hasn`t committed. But then a young woman is found dead in the park. Soon there is another body. Perhaps Billy is not so innocent after all. ...

Leather, Sue

Modern, original fiction for learners of English. Life and death in Venice. A young man and a beautiful woman meet and fall in love in the most romantic city in the world. She gives him the thing he wants most, but what does the future hold for them and what price must they pay for their happiness? ...

Johnson, Margaret

Modern, original fiction for learners of English. On an adventure holiday in the Caribbean, Lisa and Jennifer are sharing a room. They are very different people and do not get on. However, they do have something in common: they are both attracted to Ian. And Ian likes both of them. But what about Ian`s girlfriend, Caroline? And then there`s Pete and of course, Gary! ...