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Who killed Charles McCarthy at Boscombe Pool? And why? Detective Lestrade from Scotland Yard thinks it was McCarthy's son, James. Things do not look good for James. But the famous English detective, Sherlock Holmes, sees things differently. His friend, Dr Watson, joins him and tells the story.
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 to the story at the same time as reading.'This telegram is from my brother Mycroft,' said Holmes. 'He wants to speak to me at once about Mr Arthur Cadogan. Do you know this man, Watson?''I saw something about him in today's newspaper,' I answered.When a young man dies on a London Underground line, top-secret plans for a new British submarine go missing. But who is Cadogan's killer, why did he die, and where are the missing papers? Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson must quickly help Mycroft to answer these important questions.
Ideal for elementary or pre-intermediate 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 to the story at the same time as reading.'For me, Watson, life is not so interesting,' says Holmes. 'I loved to read the newspaper, hoping to find some news of an interesting crime for me to investigate or a dangerous criminal for me to catch. Where are all those clever criminals these days?'Then, suddenly, a wild, excited young man runs up the stairs to Holmes' room. He has a story to tell about a strange crime that took place in Norwood. But who is the criminal? And is he dangerous? Life, for Holmes, suddenly starts to get interesting.
Ideal for intermediate and more confident learners of English looking to improve or 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 to the story at the same time as reading. Dartmoor. A wild, wet place in the south-west of England. A place where it is easy to get lost, and to fall into the soft green earth which can pull the strongest man down to his death.A man is running for his life. Behind him comes an enormous dog - a dog from his worst dreams, a dog from hell. Between him and a terrible death stands only one person - the greatest detective of all time, Sherlock Holmes.
Toda la obra de Conan Doyle se vio eclipsada por el éxito de las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes, que empezó a publicar por entregas en la revista Strand desde 1891, y luego reunió como libro de 12 aventuras en 1892. El acierto del autor fue elegir la forma de relatos cortos, donde ponía de relieve la extraordinaria capacidad de observación y razonamiento deductivo de este detective.
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 to the story at the same time as reading.A man from the British royal family leaves an expensive gold and emerald crown at Holder and Stevenson's - one of the best banks in London. When someone tries to take the crown from Mr Holder's desk, he asks Sherlock Holmes for help. Who wants the crown and why? Only Sherlock can find the answers.
Ideal for elementary or pre-intermediate 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 to the story at the same time as reading.Sherlock Holmes is the greatest detective of them all. He sits in his room, and smokes his pipe. He listens, and watches, and thinks. He listens to the steps coming up the stairs; he watches the door opening - and he knows what question the stranger will ask.In these three of his best stories, Holmes has three visitors to the famous flat in Baker Street - visitors who bring their troubles to the only man in the world who can help them.
Ideal for elementary learners of English looking to improve or 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 to the story at the same time as reading.Horseracing is the sport of kings, perhaps because racehorses are very expensive animals. But when they win, they can make a lot of money for the owners, for the trainers, and for the people who put bets on them.Silver Blaze is a young horse, but already the winner of many races. One night he disappears, and someone kills his trainer. The police want the killer, and the owner wants his horse, but they can't find them. So what do they do? They write to 221B Baker Street, of course - to ask for the help of the great detective, Sherlock Holmes.
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 to the story at the same time as reading. 'He's an intelligent man. He was once rich and is now poor. His wife loved him once, but she doesn't love him now. And he's thirty or forty years old.One look at an old hat, and Sherlock Holmes can tell you a lot about its owner. He sees - and thinks - a lot more than the people around him, and when a beautiful blue diamond disappears, Sherlock is the only man in London who can find it.
Una pipa, una lupa i una gorra amb orelleres. No cal res més. Davant dels nostres ulls ja està dibuixada la flamant i misteriosa silueta de Sherlock Holmes, el detectiu privat més cèlebre de la història i un dels personatges literaris més fascinants de les lletres universals. Quin misteri s?oculta darrere d?una infantil pintada de ninots ballant? Què fa el carboncle blau robat a la comtessa de Morcar en el pap d?una oca nadalenca? Com s?ha comés l?assassinat de la senyoreta Julia Stoner si l?habitació on dormia resultava inaccessible? Per què la conducta del professor Presbury ha patit un canvi tan brusc que, fins i tot, el seu estimat gos li tem? La màquina d?enraonar de Holmes es posa en funcionament i l?emoció del lector es dispara. Watson ha rebut un telegrama: ?Vinga ara mateix si li va bé. Si li va malament, vinga igualment?. Com no? Tots ens llancem a l?aventura amb Sherlock Holmes. Aquest recull presenta quatre dels millors relats signats per Arthur Conan Doyle i protagonitzats per l?investigador de Baker Street i el seu fidel Watson.
El padre de Sherlock Holmes nos lleva a un territorio perdido en lo recóndito de la selva donde el dinosaurio es el rey. El periodista Ned Malone entrevista al más que excéntrico profesor Challenger. Tras una reunión algo accidentada, el joven queda tan fascinado por él que termina enrolándose en la expedición que este organiza. Su objetivo será llegar a la Tierra de Maple White, un recóndito lugar oculto en la Amazonia donde el tiempo se detuvo millones de años atrás, y demostrar que allí sobreviven especies prehistóricas. Una novela del creador de Sherlock Holmes, en la que vuelve a hacer gala de su maestría para combinar misterio, aventura, humor y personajes singulares con unas capacidades sobresalientes.