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Zorro!
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McCulley, Johnston

Zorro! / Johnston McCulley ; retold by Sally M. Stockton

Genoa : Black Cat, copyr. 2004

Green apple. Starter A1

Abstract: Le ardite avventure di Zorro, il leggendario eroe mascherato della California spagnola di inizio ’800, divertono da sempre i lettori di tutte le età. Personaggio romantico e affascinante, difensore della giustizia ed esperto spadaccino, l’invincibile Zorro sfida i politici corrotti e difende gli oppressi.

Pinocchio
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Collodi, Carlo

Pinocchio / Carlo Collodi ; retold by Katie Daynes ; illustrated by Mauro Evangelista

London : Usborne, 2004

Usborne young reading. Series two

Abstract: Beautifully illustrated retelling of this delightful children's classic retold for children growing in reading confidence and ability. Try as he might, Pinocchio just can't stay out of trouble. Is he doomed to be a wooden puppet forever?

A bend in the river [DOCUMENTO SONORO]
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Naipaul, Vidiadhar Surajprasad

A bend in the river [DOCUMENTO SONORO] / by V. S. Naipaul ; read by Simon Vance

Unabridged [ed.]

Blackstone Audio, p 2004

Abstract: This incandescent novel chronicles both an internal journey and a physical trek into the heart of Africa, a place caught between the dangerously alluring modern world and its own tenacious past and traditions. Exploring political and individual corruption, it expresses skepticism about the ability of newly decolonized nations to forge independent identities. Salim, a Muslim Indian merchant, opens a store in a sleepy small town at a bend in the river, whose inhabitants include a Belgian priest, a witch, and a white intellectual named Raymond. The president of the new country is a demagogue called the Big Man who hires Raymond as his speechwriter. Salim loses control of his store to the commercially inexperienced Citizen Theotime, who hires Salim to manage it. Gradually, the town's veneer of civilization begins to crumble.

Romeo and Juliet
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Shakespeare, William

Romeo and Juliet / William Shakespeare ; adaptation, dossiers and activities by Arlette Finotto and Jole Pignet

Torino : Edisco, [2004?]

Rainbows. Pre-intermediate

Abstract: Romeo and Juliet's love is stronger than the hatred between their families, the Montagues and the Capulets. But the feud of the two noble Veronese houses will also involve the two young lovers tragically. The great Shakespearean tragedy about love has been written in narrative form in this reader rich in activities and extensions. There are also references to the later theatrical, cinema and musical works on the same theme. At the end of the book selected and adapted passages for class or theatre laboratory dramatisation can be found.

Around the world in eighty days
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Verne, Jules

Around the world in eighty days / Jules Verne ; adapted by Jane Bingham ; illustrated by Adam Stower

London : Usborne, 2004

Usborne young reading. Series two

Abstract: The classic tale of Phileas Fogg and his quest to travel around the world in just eighty days, with full colour illustrations throughout.

Matilda
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Dahl, Roald

Matilda / Roal Dahl ; illustrated by Quentin Blake

London : Puffin, 2004

Modern classics

Abstract: Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a kid-hating terror of a headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull she suddenly discovers she has a remarkable power with which to fight back. It'll take a superhuman genius to give Miss Trunchbull what she deserves and Matilda may be just the one to do it!

Lost boy, lost girl
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Straub, Peter

Lost boy, lost girl / Michael Crichton

London : HarperCollins, 2004

Abstract: A woman commits suicide for no apparent reason. A week later, her son– fifteen-year-old Mark Underhill–vanishes. His uncle, novelist Timothy Underhill, searches his hometown of Millhaven for clues that might help unravel this horrible dual mystery. He soon learns that a pedophilic murderer is on the loose in the vicinity, and that shortly before his mother’s suicide, Mark had become obsessed with an abandoned house where he imagined the killer might have taken refuge. No mere empty building, the house whispers from attic to basement with the echoes of a long-hidden true-life horror story, and Tim Underhill comes to fear that in investigating its unspeakable history, Mark stumbled across its last and greatest secret: a ghostly lost girl who may have coaxed the needy, suggestible boy into her mysterious domain.

Red letter day
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Caddle, Colette

Red letter day / Colette Caddle

London : Pocket Books, 2004

Abstract: Recently married to Joe and tipped as Ireland's hottest new designer, Celine Moore is relaxed, happy and looking forward to an exciting future. Why then just five years later, is she at odds with her father and sister-in-law and accepting a job in a second hand clothes shop?

Fleshmarket close
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Rankin, Ian

Fleshmarket close / Ian Rankin

London : Orion, 2004

Abstract: An illegal immigrant is found murdered in an Edinburgh housing scheme: a racist attack, or something else entirely? Rebus is drawn into the case, but has other problems: his old police station has closed for business, and his masters would rather he retire than stick around. But Rebus is that most stubborn of creatures. As Rebus investigates, he must visit an asylum seekers' detention centre, deal with the sleazy Edinburgh underworld, and maybe even fall in love...Siobhan meanwhile has problems of her own. A teenager has disappeared from home and Siobhan is drawn into helping the family, which will mean travelling closer than is healthy towards the web of a convicted rapist. Then there's the small matter of the two skeletons - a woman and an infant - found buried beneath a concrete cellar floor in Fleshmarket Close. The scene begins to look like an elaborate stunt - but whose, and for what purpose? And how can it tie to the murder on the unforgiving housing-scheme known as Knoxland?

The  torment of others
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McDermid, Val

The torment of others / Val McDermid

London : HarperCollins, 2004

Abstract: In a small grim room, the body of a woman is discovered, panic and pain etched in her face. The scene matches in every detail a series of murders two years ago-murders that ended when irrefutable forensic evidence secured the conviction of a deeply disturbed young man named Derek Tyler. But there's no way Tyler could have killed the latest victim. He's been locked up in a mental institution since his trial, barely speaking a word. So is there a copycat? All his years of experience tell top criminal psychologist Dr. Tony Hill that there isn't-but that would make the murders literally impossible. While Hill tries to crack Tyler, DCI Carol Jordan and her team must mount a desperate undercover operation to trap the murderer-a decision that will have terrible consequences. In The Torment ofOthers, Val McDermid keeps the tension mounting, as a mixture of psychological insight and dogged detective work leads inexorably to a terrifying climax where Tony faces one of the most perverse killers he has ever encountered.

The enemy
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Child, Lee

The enemy / Lee Child

London : Bantam Press, 2004

Abstract: Jack Reacher. Hero. Loner. Soldier. Soldier’s son. An elite military cop, he was one of the army’s brightest stars. But in every cop’s life there is a turning point. One case. One messy, tangled case that can shatter a career. Turn a lawman into a renegade. And make him question words like honor, valor, and duty. For Jack Reacher, this is that case. New Year’s Day, 1990. The Berlin Wall is coming down. The world is changing. And in a North Carolina “hot-sheets” motel, a two-star general is found dead. His briefcase is missing. Nobody knows what was in it. Within minutes Jack Reacher has his orders: Control the situation. But this situation can’t be controlled. Within hours the general’s wife is murdered hundreds of miles away. Then the dominoes really start to fall. Two Special Forces soldiers - the toughest of the tough - are taken down, one at a time. Top military commanders are moved from place to place in a bizarre game of chess. And somewhere inside the vast worldwide fortress that is the US Army, Jack Reacher - an ordinarily untouchable investigator for the 110th Special Unit - is being set up as a fall guy with the worst enemies a man can have. But Reacher won’t quit. He’s fighting a new kind of war. And he’s taking a young female lieutenant with him on a deadly hunt that leads them from the ragged edges of a rural army post to the winding streets of Paris to a confrontation with an enemy he didn’t know he had. With his French-born mother dying - and divulging to her son one last, stunning secret - Reacher is forced to question everything he once believed…about his family, his career, his loyalties - and himself. Because this soldier’s son is on his way into the darkness, where he finds a tangled drama of desperate desires and violent death - and a conspiracy more chilling, ingenious, and treacherous than anyone could have guessed.

Twisted
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Kellerman, Jonathan

Twisted / Jonathan Kellerman

London : Headline, 2004

Abstract: Hollywood homicide detective Petra Connor has helped psychologist Alex Delaware crack tough cases in the past. And in Jonathan Kellerman’s New York Times bestseller Billy Straight she took the lead in the desperate hunt for a teenage runaway stalked by a vengeful murderer. Now the complex and wryly compassionate Petra is once again at the center of the action, in a novel of cunning twists and page-turning suspense. Lifeless bodies sprawl in a dance-club parking lot after a brutal L.A. drive-by. Of the four seemingly random victims, one stands out: a girl with pink shoes who cannot be identified–and who, days later, remains a Jane Doe. With zero leads and no apparent motive, it’s another case destined for the cold file–until Petra decides to follow her instincts and descends into a world of traveling grifters and bloodthirsty killers, pursuing a possible eyewitness whose life is in mortal danger. Finding her elusive quarry–alive–isn’t all Petra has on her plate: departmental politics threatens to sabotage her case, and her personal life isn’t doing much better. If all that wasn’t enough, Isaac Gomez, a whiz-kid grad student researching homicide statistics at the station house, is convinced he’s stumbled upon a bizarre connection between several unsolved murders. The victims had nothing in common, yet each died by the same method, on the same date–a date that’s rapidly approaching again. And that leaves Petra with little time to unravel the twisted logic of a cunning predator who’s evaded detection for years–and whose terrible hour is once more at hand.

Vanity fair
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Thackeray, William Makepeace

Vanity fair / William Makepeace Thackeray ; retold by James Butler ; activities by Kenneth Brodey

Genoa : Black Cat, 2004

Reading & training. Step five B2.2

Abstract: Amelia Sedley e Becky Sharps sono due amiche. Amelia proviene da una famiglia abbiente ma suo padre è costretto al fallimento. Sposa George Osborne, un giovane superficiale e vanesio che non l’ama veramente. Becky Sharp, invece, viene da una famiglia povera ma è decisa a usare la sua bellezza e il suo fascino per assicurarsi una buona posizione in società.

The scarlet letter
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel

The scarlet letter / Nathaniel Hawthorne ; text adaptation and activities by Gina D. B. Clemen

Genoa : Black Cat, 2004

Reading & training. Step five, B2.2

Abstract: Ambientata tra il 1642 e il 1649 nella puritana colonia di Boston, la storia narra le vicende della giovane eroina Hester Prynne, condannata a indossare la lettera scarlatta “A” quale segno del suo adulterio. The Scarlet Letter è un romanzo psicologico che affronta temi universali quali amore e odio, peccato e punizione, ribellione e ipocrisia.

Gothic
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Gothic : short stories / W. W. Jacobs ... [et al.] ; retold by Peter Foreman and Kenneth Brodey ; activities by Kenneth Brodey and Peter Foreman

Genoa : Black Cat, 2004

Reading & training. Step five B2.2

Abstract: Seguite lo studente Malcom Malcomson alle prese con enormi ratti in una casa abbandonata. Viaggiate, se ne avete il coraggio, in una carrozza fantasma con tre passeggeri morti. Visitate la funerea casa degli Usher, ma non esprimete desideri con la zampa di scimmia…

The turn of the screw
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James, Henry

The turn of the screw / Henry James ; retold by Maud Jackson ; activities by Justin Rainey

Genoa : Black Cat, 2004

Reading & training. Step four B2.1

Abstract: Metà Ottocento. Una giovane donna è impiegata come istitutrice in una casa di campagna inglese. I due bambini di cui si occupa la protagonista sono belli e affascinanti e per un momento la giovane pensa che la sua posizione sia invidiabile, fino a quando non comincia a vedere i fantasmi dell’istitutrice precedente e del domestico Peter Quint…

Did I ever tell you how lucky you are?
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Doctor Seuss

Did I ever tell you how lucky you are? / by Dr. Seuss

London : Harper Collins children's books, 2004

Yellow back books

Abstract: In this hilarious tale of mishap and misadventure, Dr. Seuss reminds us that there is always someone, somewhere, worse off than ourselves. With his unique combination of hilarious stories, zany pictures and riotous rhymes, Dr. Seuss has been delighting young children and helping them learn to read for over fifty years.

The hound of the Baskervilles
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Doyle, Arthur Conan

The hound of the Baskervilles / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ; retold by Jeremy Fitzgerald ; activities by Louis Vaughan

Genoa : Black Cat, 2004

Reading & training. Step three B1.2

Abstract: In questo nuovo caso Sherlock Holmes manda il dott. Watson ad investigare sulla misteriosa morte di Sir Charles Baskervilles. Secondo un’antica leggenda che perseguita la famiglia, Sir Charles è stato ucciso dai morsi di un misterioso cane. Il nuovo erede al titolo ritorna dall’America e si rivolge al gran detective per risolvere l’enigma.

Wicked and humorous tales
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Saki

Wicked and humorous tales / Saki ; text adaptation and activities by Kenneth Brodey

Genoa : Black Cat, 2004

Reading & training. Step four B2.1

Abstract: Una drammatica intrusione conclude una lunga faida familiare. Un uomo è stranamente influenzato dai suoi animali domestici. Un gatto suscita lo scandalo della società inglese. Un ragazzino combatte per godersi la vita con l’aiuto del suo dio personale. Queste sono solo alcune delle storie create da Saki, alias Hector Hugh Munro, giornalista, saggista e soprattutto autore satirico dell’Inghilterra dei primi del Novecento.

Le morte d'Arthur
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Malory, Thomas

Le morte d'Arthur / Thomas Malory ; text adaptation and notes by Victoria Spence ; activities by Kenneth Brodey

Genoa : Black Cat, copyr. 2004

Reading & training. Step four B2.1