For twenty gears, Zorro, the people's fighter, has been inCalifornia's worst prison. When Ra-fael Montero put him there,Zorro lost his -family. He felt that his life was over. WhenMontero comes back to California, the people need Zorro again.Zorro wants to help, but he is an old man now. Can he find a newZorro? Can he stop Moatero's plans? And can he win back the loveo-f his beautiful daughter Elena?
Extensive reading improves fluency and there is a real need inthe ELT classroom for motivating, contemporary graded material thatwill instantly appeal to students. "Spiderman 2" is the second tothe phenomenally successful "Spiderman" movies and will beimmediately recognizable to teens of all nationalities.
Famous adventurers Rick and Evy O'Connellarrive in Shanghai just as their son,Alex, makes an importantdiscovery - the tomb of the Dragon Emperor, But things start to gowrong when the Emperor magically comes back to life, Rick and Evyfind themselves high in the Himalayas with a stranger called Linand the angry Emperor Mummy. Will the Mummy find the secret toliving forever? Or will Rick and Evy be able to stop him?
Limerick, 1934. It's cold and it's wet.Frank, his parents and three brothers have just come back fromAmerica to start a new life in Ireland. But life in Limerick iseven harder than life in 1930s' New York. Frank's `father, Malachy,is from the North of Ireland and people sag he has the "strangelook". He loves his family but he also likes to drink ... Seen through a child's eyes, Angela's Ashestells the true story of Frank's experiences with school, work,girls, death and the Catholic Church.
After five years fighting in the Crusades, Robin of Locksleyreturns home to find his people brutalized under the tyrannicalrule of the new Sheriff. In his absence Sir Guy of Gisbornegoverned Robin’s lands. Many villagers including the Scarlettfamily suffered terribly.
Next to the exhortation at the beginning of Moby-Dick, "Call meIshmael," the first sentence of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudicemust be among the most quoted in literature. And certainly whatMelville did for whaling Austen does for marriage--tracing theintricacies (not to mention the economics) of 19th-century Britishmating rituals with a sure hand and an unblinking eye. As usual,Austen trains her sights on a country village and a fewfamilies--in this case, the Bennets, the Philips, and the Lucases.Into their midst comes Mr. Bingley, a single man of good fortune,and his friend, Mr. Darcy, who is even richer. Mrs. Bennet, whomarried above her station, sees their arrival as an opportunity tomarry off at least one of her five daughters. Bingley iscomplaisant and easily charmed by the eldest Bennet girl, Jane;Darcy, however, is harder to please. Put off by Mrs. Bennet'svulgarity and the untoward behavior of the three younger daughters,he is unable to see the true worth of the older girls, Jane andElizabeth. His
