Jane Rollason Books

Based on the true story of Alexander Selkirk, who survived alone for almost five years on an uninhabited island off the coast of Chile, The Mysterious Island is considered by many to be Jules Verne's masterpiece. "Wide-eyed mid-nineteenth-century humanistic optimism in a breezy, blissfully readable translation by Stump" (Kirkus Reviews), here is the enthralling tale of five men and a dog who land in a balloon on a faraway, fantastic island of bewildering goings-on and their struggle to survive as they uncover the island's secret.

'The moment I first met you, I noticed your pride, your sense of superiority, and your selfish disdain for the feelings of others. You are the last man in the world whom I could ever be persuaded to marry,' said Elizabeth Bennet. And so Elizabeth rejects the proud Mr Darcy. Can nothing overcome her prejudice against him? And what of the other Bennet girls - their fortunes, and misfortunes, in the business of getting husbands? This famous novel by Jane Austen is full of wise and humorous observation of the people and manners of her times.

Timesaver Interactive is an exciting new series of interactive whiteboard materials for use in the English Language Teaching classroom. Interactive Grammar contains twelve ready-to-use lessons, all packed with motivating activities designed to exploit the potential of the interactive whiteboard. Student worksheets and full teacher's note accompany each lesson. Includes 56-page book and CD-ROM.

This reader is based on the animated film The Secret Life of Pets. The quiet life of a terrier named Max is upended when his owner takes in Duke, a stray whom Max instantly dislikes. After a chance encounter in an alleyway, the pair reluctantly embark on an adventure with a whole host of fun characters and pets.

Our Hidden Figures reader is based on the nonfiction book called Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Storyof the Black Women Who Helped Win the Space Race. It is 50 years since man first walked on the moon, and this untold story of the women behind it makes for an appealing reader for older teenagers.

This rich resource provides grammar practice activities mixed-ability classes covering elementary, pre-intermediate and intermediate structures. Each lesson contains three graded levels of activity based around each structure. Activities include language games, quizzes and articles and are suitable for class participation and individual study.

A key aim of an intensive English language course in the UK will be to consolidate the grammar that the student will already have learnt in a lively and motivating way. At the same time many of the teachers working in intensive courses in the UK will be relatively inexperienced.

Around the Ying Zheng, king of Qin, became the first emperor of China. He had new ideas and made new laws. He built big palaces - and a great wall. But life was difficult for his people and dangerous for the emperor. So he took an army with him into the next world.

"Josh thinks he is a normal teenager. He likes the Red Hot Chili Peppers, playing football and his girlfriend, Jazminda. Then he meets a girl called Tilly Turnera dn his life changes ..." -- back cover.