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The illustrated version of W. Somerset Maugham's Princess September and the Nightingale was originally published in 1939 by Oxford University Press. Long out of print, it is now reissued with the orig

This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading skills for low-beginning through advanced students.Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabu

從最初級的簡易讀本開始，每頁均有練習活動，培養學童從小閱讀的好習慣。多樣化的故事種類，包括許多現代兒童感興趣的主題。主題式的架構，培養學童有系統且循序漸進的閱讀能力。 ◎本系列共分5級，每級8冊。每級數皆包含4大學習主題：文法(Grammar)、日常生活(Living Together)、我們的環境(The World Around Us)以及自然科學(Science and Nature)。 ◎

Everyone knows Shakespeare's famous love story - Romeo and Juliet are in love, but their families are enemies so their love cannot be. But this exciting retelling puts Romeo and Juliet in a dark and difficult future world - a terrible tomorrow where people are born as Normals or Perfects. Of course, Juliet is a Perfect, so what happens when she meets Romeo - and her horrible brother Tybalt finds out? You need to read this amazing science fiction Romeo and Juliet.

Read the tale of Amrita and the forest trees. What happens when the king’s men want to chop down the trees?

Enjoy this tale from Morocco, and find out how the hungry old donkey helps Mansour.

Over the last century, the centrality of proteins to life on earth has become increasingly clear - from forming enzymes acting as catalysts for specific reactions, to crucial molecules such as antibod

In a city in Arabia there lives a boy called Aladdin. He is poor and often hungry, but one day he finds an old lamp. When he rubs the lamp, smoke comes out of it, and then out of the smoke comes a magical jinnee. With the jinnee's help, Aladdin is soon rich, with gold and jewels and many fine things. But can he win the love of the Sultan's daughter, the beautiful Princess Badr-al-Budur?阿拉丁住在位於阿拉伯的一個城市，他很窮，常常沒東西吃。但有一天，他找到一個舊燈，當他摩擦燈時，一陣煙從燈裡冒出來，煙霧後竟然是一隻精靈！原來這是不是普通的燈，是一個神燈！在精靈的幫助下，阿拉丁變得非常富有，但他該如何贏得蘇丹公主的心呢？ 家喻戶曉的經典床邊故事，只要具備初級英文能力，阿拉丁跟神燈精靈帶領你進入神秘的世界，親口告訴你他們共同的大膽冒險故事。美麗的蘇丹公主也現身，華麗的服飾，大盜的豪情，描繪出阿拉伯世界特有的風情。

Dr Huxtable has a school for boys in the north of England. When the Duke of Holdernesse decides to send his young son there, that is good news for the school. The Duke is a very important person, and Dr Huxtable is happy to have his son in the school. But two weeks later Dr Huxtable is the unhappiest man in England. Why? And why does he take the train down to London and go to Baker Street? Why does he need the help of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes? Because someone has kidnapped the Duke's son.Huxtable博士在英格蘭北部有間男子學校，而Holdernesse公爵打算把自己小兒子送去那裡讀書。起初，Huxtable博士非常開心，因為公爵是位大人物，然而，兩個禮拜過後，Huxtable博士變成英格蘭最不開心的男人。為什麼他要搭火車到倫敦貝克街？為什麼他需要當代最著名的偵探─夏洛克‧福爾摩斯的幫忙？因為有人綁架公爵的兒子！

★本系列按字彙、句型的難度，分為6級 ★從中級到高級英文程度循序增進學生閱讀能力 ★精選從古典到當代的世界文學名著重新改編 ★精心設計的插圖，可提高學生閱讀興趣 ★每篇故事並設計了理解性習題，包括是非題、連連看、情節發展和填充等，幫助讀者瞭解故事精髓 ★超出級數範圍的重要單字皆附插圖及註釋，並反覆於文中出現 ★Strict grading at five levels ★Helps student

What is cultural anthropology, and how can it explain--or even help resolve--contemporary human problems? Robert L. Welsch and Luis A. Vivanco's Cultural Anthropology: Asking Questions About Humanity, Third Edition, uses a questions-based approach to teach students how to think anthropologically, helping them view cultural issues and everyday experiences as an anthropologist might. Inspired by the common observation that ninety-nine percent of a good answer is a good question, Cultural Anthropology combines a question-centered pedagogy with the topics typically covered in an introductory course. It emphasizes up front what the discipline of anthropology knows and which issues are in debate, and how a cultural perspective is relevant to understanding social, political, and economic dynamics in the contemporary world. Cultural Anthropology also represents an effort to close the gap between the realities of the discipline today and traditional views that are taught at the introductory lev

For fifty years after Dr Watson's death, a packet of papers, written by the doctor himself, lay hidden in a locked box. The papers contained an extraordinary report of the case of Jack the Ripper and the horrible murders in the East End of London in 1888. The detective, of course, was the great Sherlock Holmes - but why was the report kept hidden for so long? This is the story that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle never wrote. It is a strange and frightening tale.在Dr. Walson死後的五十年，有一疊由醫生親筆寫的手稿被發現鎖在一個盒子裡。這份手稿記載著職業殺手Jack的各項檔案，以及在1888年的倫敦東方所發生的非比尋常的恐怖謀殺案。當然，當時是由最有名的偵探Sherlock Holmes來調查這椿案子。但為什麼這些檔案這麼多年一直被藏起來呢？福爾摩斯系列作者─亞瑟‧柯南‧道爾爵士第一次寫這樣的故事，一個詭譎的故事…

Emma Woodhouse, beautiful, clever and rich, has no wish to marry, but she enjoys making matches for those around her. It was Emma who found the perfect husband for her governess Miss Taylor. So when her dear friend Mr Knightley tells her that she should let people choose their own husbands and wives, she will not listen. But does Emma really understand people as well as she thinks? And is she even right about her own feelings, when she says that she will never fall in love?Emma Woodhouse是位漂亮、聰穎又富有的女人，她不想結婚，但是卻喜歡替周遭的人們辦比賽，也是Emma幫她的家庭教師Taylor小姐找到完美的丈夫，所以當她的摯友Knightley先生告訴她應該讓人們選擇自己所愛時，Emma完全聽不進去，但是Emma真的了解他人及自己的想法嗎？當說自己永遠不會墜入愛河時，她對自己的感情是否正確？

Sara has exams to study for, but too much is happening! A girl from her school is dead, her boyfriend Luke is being strange, and her friend Carlie is keeping secrets. Could it all be connected?Sara tries to find out what’s going on. She’s a top student at school, but she’s going to have to break a few rules if she’s going to learn what’s happened to Luke. Can she solve the mystery before it’s too late?Sara要準備考試，但是太多事發生了！她學校的有個女孩死了、她的男朋友Luke變的有些奇怪，而朋友Carlie好像有秘密，這彼此有關聯嗎？Sara試圖找出發生什麼事，她是學校的優秀學生，但如果要了解Luke發生了什麼事，她不得不違反一些規定，在一切變的太遲之前，她能解決這個謎團嗎？

In summer, Grasshopper sings and sleeps, but Ant works hard, carrying food to her store. Enjoy this famous tale and find out what happens when winter comes.

It's London, 1666. It's a hot, dry summer. A small fire starts in a baker's shop in Pudding Lane. Soon the city of London is burning and the fire-fighters can't stop the fire. People are running from

Red Dog was a Red Cloud kelpie, an Australian sheepdog. His life was full of excitement and adventure. He travelled all over Western Australia, and never really had an owner. But he had many, many friends, and he always knew where to go for a good meal. Louis de Bernieres collected these stories about the life of a real dog in Western Australia. They are all true stories - some are funny, some are sad, but all are unforgettable. Everybody should have a friend like Red Dog.Red Dog是隻紅霞色的澳洲卡爾比牧羊犬，牠的一生充滿刺激與冒險。牠曾到過澳大利亞西部，牠也從來沒有過飼主。不過牠擁有非常多的朋友，並且知道哪裡有好吃的東西。這些故事皆為真實故事，關於一隻住在澳大利亞西部的狗，有些很有趣，有些悲傷，但所有的故事都讓人印象深刻。每個人都該擁有一個像Red Dog一樣的朋友

When his father is arrested in Dubai, Kareem has to move fast. He must show that his father is not a thief and prove that his family is honest. For Kareem is going to marry the beautiful and intelligent Samira Al-Hussain, and she could never marry someone from a bad family.So Kareem and his brother get to work quickly - with a little help from Samira.卡林的爸爸在杜拜被逮捕後，他知道自己必須加快腳步找出相關證據來證明爸爸不是小偷，然後還家人一個公道。他必須這麼做！因為他知道他美麗又知性的未婚妻薩米拉‧阿爾胡姍不可能嫁給一個家裡有問題的丈夫。所以卡林和他的哥哥必須快快行動，而未婚妻薩米拉也幫了他們一把。

Read the tale of the man who pulls, and pulls, and pulls the enormous turnip, but cannot move it.

Enjoy the famous tale of the three clever goats and the hungry troll.

Enjoy the tale of the Irish giant Finn MacCool and his clever wife Oonah.

Love stories with a difference… There’s a kiss by a fireside that was a mistake, there’s a man-hating aunt by the seaside, and a gunman in Texas wanting a fight. There’s a white heron flying over a forest, and a messenger running between two benches in a park. And of course, there’s a girl who meets a boy…These love stories are by US writers Kate Chopin, Stephen Crane, Sarah Orne Jewett, O. Henry, and Canadian writer Lucy Maud Montgomery (author of the famous Anne of Green Gables).不同的愛情故事…在爐邊接吻是個誤會、討厭男人的阿姨在海邊、德克薩斯州的槍手想要打架、有一隻白蒼鷺在森林上方飛翔、信使在公園的兩個長椅間奔跑、有個女孩遇到一個男孩…這些愛情故事是由美國作家Kate Chopin、Stephen Crane、Sarah Orne Jewett、O. Henry和加拿大作家Lucy Maud Montgomery(Anne of Green Gables的作者)所撰寫。

Prospero, the Duke of Milan, and his daughter Miranda are far away from home, alone on an island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. They want to return to Milan...Then, one day, Prospero sees a s

'He's great, Vera,' said Angie.When Viktor Sarav takes a job at Ballantine's, Angie and her brother Don - the young owners of the New York fashion company - are pleased. But Angie and Don's parents died in an unusual plane accident, and other strange deaths in the company follow. Is there a vampire at work at Ballantine's? Vera Donato, a company director with secrets to hide, is against Viktor. But Ed Valdemar, the company lawyer, trusts him. Who is right? And what happens to Viktor, Angie, Don, and Vera in the end? Angie說：「Vera，他很不錯。」當Viktor Sarav在Ballantine’s工作，Angie和她的兄弟Don感到很高興，他們是紐約時尚公司的老闆，但是他們的父母因不尋常的飛機事故去世，而公司也出現其他奇怪的命案，難道有吸血鬼在Ballantine’s工作嗎？Vera Donato是一位藏有秘密的公司董事，他排斥Viktor，但是公司的律師Ed Valdemar相信他，誰才是對的？最後Viktor、Angie、Don和 Vera會發生什麼事？

There are broken hearts and kisses and then weddings, so this is a story about love. There are actors who are funny because they cannot act, so it is also a story that makes people laugh. And there are fairies, spirits of the night, so it is a story about mischief and magic too. What happens when love and laughter come together with magic in an Athenian forest?A Midsummer Night’s Dream was written in about 1596 and is one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays. It has been retold for Bookworms, not as a play, but as a story.這部有心痛、接吻和結婚，所以這是愛情故事，但也有滑稽的演員，因為他們沒辦法演出，所以這是令人歡笑的故事，也有仙女、夜晚的靈魂，所以這也是有關惡作劇和魔法的故事，如果愛情、歡笑與魔法在雅典的森林結合會發生什麼事？A Midsummer Night's Dream在1596年撰寫，而這是莎士比亞最受歡迎的戲劇之一，經過Bookworms重編，這不再是戲劇，而是一個故事。

'Suddenly, there was a high voice screaming in the darkness: "Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight!" It was Long John Silver's parrot, Captain Flint! I turned to run.' But young Jim Hawkins does not escape from the pirates this time. Will he and his friends find the treasure before the pirates do? Will they escape from the island, and sail back to England with a ship full of gold?.「突然，一個高亢的聲音畫破寧靜的夜晚：『8個西班牙古硬幣！8個西班牙古硬幣！8個西班牙古硬幣！』是海盜Long John Silver的鸚鵡─Flint船長！我轉身逃跑。」但小Jim Hawkins這次沒有成功逃走，他依然被海盜抓住。他和他的朋友能夠趕在海盜之前，找到寶藏嗎？他們能夠逃離島嶼，並載著滿船的黃金駛回英格蘭嗎?

All they could hear was the wind, and the waves crashing on to the rocks. All they could see was the night. They could not see the ship, broken in two. They could not see the people holding on to the dark wet rock, slowly dying of cold. And they could not hear the cries for help - only the wind. How could they save the people on the rock? Was their wooden boat stronger than the iron ship? Were a man and his daughter stronger than the great waves that broke the ship in two? The Forfarshire was wrecked off the north-east coast of England in 1838. This is the true story of Grace Darling - a girl who became a famous heroine on that stormy night.他們只聽到風聲及巨浪拍打在岩石上的聲音，他們所能看到的只剩黑夜。他們無法看到已裂成兩半的船隻，更無法看到努力抓著岩石，卻因為寒冷而慢慢死去的人們。當然，他們也無法聽到淒厲的求救聲──只能聽到風聲。他們該如何救這些岩石上奄奄一息的人們？他們的木船難道會比那些鐵造的船隻還堅固嗎?一個男人和他女兒難道會比把船隻打裂成兩半的大浪還強大嗎？這是一個真實故事發生在1838年，一艘大船再英格蘭東北岸遭遇船難。一個名叫Grace Darling的女孩，在那暴風雨的晚上成為家喻戶曉的女英雄。

Every day people come to Mason's store - old people, young people, men and women. From his office, and in the store, Mark watches them. And when they leave the store, he forgets them. Then one day a girl with red hair comes to the store, and everything changes for Mark. Now he can't forget the beautiful face, those green eyes, and that red hair...不論哪天，梅森的店總是門庭若市，男女老少都愛來這。馬克在辦公室、在店裡看著人們進進出出，沒有誰能讓他留下印象。有一天，一名紅髮女子走進店裡，一剎那，馬克的人生有了改變。他無法忘懷女子美麗的臉龐、碧綠的雙眸，當然，還有那紅色的秀髮。

Find out how Lownu mends all the holes in the day sky and in the night sky.

Enjoy the famous Japanese tale of Momotaro – Peach Boy – and his friends. Can they fight the ogres?

Enjoy the famous tale of the miller’s daughter and the little man who can spin gold.

Enjoy the famous tale of the prince who isn’t happy. How can he find a real princess?

Who wants to live in a house, wear clean clothes, be good, and go to school every day? Not young Huckleberry Finn, that's for sure. So Huck runs away, and is soon floating down the great Mississippi River on a raft. With him is Jim, a black slave who is also running away. But life is not always easy for the two friends. And there's 300 dollars waiting for anyone who catches poor Jim. 有誰想要住在豪宅中、穿著乾淨的衣服、做個乖巧的孩子、而且每天都準時上學？不用懷疑，這些都不是Huckleberry Finn想要做的事。 所以Huck乘著木筏，順著密西西比河逃走了。跟著他的是一位黑奴Jim，但這樣逃離的生活對這兩位朋友來說並不容易。而且有三百美元的懸賞金等著任何人來抓可憐的Jim。

We must leave for Zenda at once, to find the King!' cried Sapt. 'If we're caught, we'll all be killed!' So Rudolf Rassendyll and Sapt gallop through the night to find the King of Ruritania. But the Ki

France, 1815. Jean Valjean leaves prison after nineteen years. These are dangerous and troubled times, and life is hard. Valjean must begin a new life, but how can he escape his past, and his enemy, Inspector Javert? This story for Bookworms is loosely based on the famous novel Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, one of France's greatest writers. The novel was written in 1862, and the story has been retold many times - in a musical, in plays for radio and theatre, and in more than fifty films for television and cinema.1815年，Jean Valjean已離開監獄19年，這時的法國非常混亂，大家的日子都不好過。Valjean必須展開新生活，但他該如何擺脫過去的汙點以及時時監督他的警察─Javert。本書故事改編自法國大文豪雨果的著名作品─悲慘世界。「悲慘世界」於1862年問世，現在已改編成多種形式作品，如音樂劇、廣播劇、舞台劇及超過50部電視及電影作品。

Mr Ross lives on an island where no visitors come. He stops people from taking photographs of him. He is young and rich, but he looks sad. And there is one room in his house which is always locked. Carol Sanders and her mother come to the island to work for Mr Ross. Carol soon decides that there is something very strange about Mr Ross. Where did he get his money from? How can a young man buy an island? So she watches, and she listens - and one night she learns what is behind the locked door.Mr. Ross住在一個無人島上。他既年輕又很富有，然而，他看起來卻充滿悲傷。在他所住的房子裡，有一間房間終日鎖著。Carol Sanders與她的母親到這個島上為Mr. Ross做事。很快的，Carol發現有關Mr. Ross一些奇怪的事情。他怎麼會這麼有錢？一個年輕的男子怎麼能夠買一座島嶼？Carol開始仔細觀察，仔細聆聽，直到有天晚上，她發現那道上鎖的門背後藏了什麼東西。

This volume contains three masterpieces by the Greek playwright Sophocles, widely regarded since antiquity as the greatest of all the tragic poets. The vivid translations, which combine elegance and m

This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading skills for low-beginning through advanced students.Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabu