Scheppers Instituut Mechelen

Nr	Titel	Auteur	Beschrijving	Categorie
SCH-03567	The Call of the Wild	LONDON Jack	The series is about a group of middle school students living in the fictional town of Stoneybrook, Connecticut. They run a business called The Baby-Sitters Club that helps parents find babysitters from the club who are available for jobs by calling during their club meetings. The club starts out with four members: Kristy Thomas, Mary Anne Spier, Claudia Kishi, and Stacey McGill; it eventually expands to ten. When the club was founded, the four members were in the seventh grade, but ten novels later, they are promoted to the eighth grade. From there, they are frozen in time until the very end of the series, in which they graduate from middle school. A notable facet of the series is that each novel contains at least one subplot dealing with different issues the girls face.	Engelse romans
SCH-03565	The Babysitters Club	MARTIN Ann M.	The series is about a group of middle school students living in the fictional town of Stoneybrook, Connecticut. They run a business called The Baby-Sitters Club that helps parents find babysitters from the club who are available for jobs by calling during their club meetings. The club starts out with four members: Kristy Thomas, Mary Anne Spier, Claudia Kishi, and Stacey McGill; it eventually expands to ten. When the club was founded, the four members were in the seventh grade, but ten novels later, they are promoted to the eighth grade. From there, they are frozen in time until the very end of the series, in which they graduate from middle school. A notable facet of the series is that each novel contains at least one subplot dealing with different issues the girls face.	Engelse romans
SCH-03564	The Babysitters Club	MARTIN Ann M.	The series is about a group of middle school students living in the fictional town of Stoneybrook, Connecticut. They run a business called The Baby-Sitters Club that helps parents find babysitters from the club who are available for jobs by calling during their club meetings. The club starts out with four members: Kristy Thomas, Mary Anne Spier, Claudia Kishi, and Stacey McGill; it eventually expands to ten. When the club was founded, the four members were in the seventh grade, but ten novels later, they are promoted to the eighth grade. From there, they are frozen in time until the very end of the series, in which they graduate from middle school. A notable facet of the series is that each novel contains at least one subplot dealing with different issues the girls face.	Engelse romans
SCH-03563	The Babysitters Club	MARTIN Ann M.	The series is about a group of middle school students living in the fictional town of Stoneybrook, Connecticut. They run a business called The Baby-Sitters Club that helps parents find babysitters from the club who are available for jobs by calling during their club meetings. The club starts out with four members: Kristy Thomas, Mary Anne Spier, Claudia Kishi, and Stacey McGill; it eventually expands to ten. When the club was founded, the four members were in the seventh grade, but ten novels later, they are promoted to the eighth grade. From there, they are frozen in time until the very end of the series, in which they graduate from middle school. A notable facet of the series is that each novel contains at least one subplot dealing with different issues the girls face.	Engelse romans
SCH-03562	The Babysitters Club	MARTIN Ann M.	The series is about a group of middle school students living in the fictional town of Stoneybrook, Connecticut. They run a business called The Baby-Sitters Club that helps parents find babysitters from the club who are available for jobs by calling during their club meetings. The club starts out with four members: Kristy Thomas, Mary Anne Spier, Claudia Kishi, and Stacey McGill; it eventually expands to ten. When the club was founded, the four members were in the seventh grade, but ten novels later, they are promoted to the eighth grade. From there, they are frozen in time until the very end of the series, in which they graduate from middle school. A notable facet of the series is that each novel contains at least one subplot dealing with different issues the girls face.	Engelse romans
SCH-03561	The Babysitters Club	MARTIN Ann M.	The series is about a group of middle school students living in the fictional town of Stoneybrook, Connecticut. They run a business called The Baby-Sitters Club that helps parents find babysitters from the club who are available for jobs by calling during their club meetings. The club starts out with four members: Kristy Thomas, Mary Anne Spier, Claudia Kishi, and Stacey McGill; it eventually expands to ten. When the club was founded, the four members were in the seventh grade, but ten novels later, they are promoted to the eighth grade. From there, they are frozen in time until the very end of the series, in which they graduate from middle school. A notable facet of the series is that each novel contains at least one subplot dealing with different issues the girls face.	Engelse romans
SCH-03560	The Babysitters Club	MARTIN Ann M.	The series is about a group of middle school students living in the fictional town of Stoneybrook, Connecticut. They run a business called The Baby-Sitters Club that helps parents find babysitters from the club who are available for jobs by calling during their club meetings. The club starts out with four members: Kristy Thomas, Mary Anne Spier, Claudia Kishi, and Stacey McGill; it eventually expands to ten. When the club was founded, the four members were in the seventh grade, but ten novels later, they are promoted to the eighth grade. From there, they are frozen in time until the very end of the series, in which they graduate from middle school. A notable facet of the series is that each novel contains at least one subplot dealing with different issues the girls face.	Engelse romans
SCH-03569	American Short Stories	BRUYNE K. de	This series aims to present a wide variety of interesting reading material, either complete or abridged, but not re-written, for secondary schools. Included are outstanding novels, short stories and plays, particularly suitable for study by senior pupils.	Engelse romans
SCH-03559	Vengeance	LOCKE Joseph	When twenty-year-old Butch gets out of jail, he is driven by an insatiable desire for revenge against Margaret Louise Connelly, the attorney who put him in prison, and he decides to get even through Margaret's sixteen-year-old daughter. Original.	Engelse romans
SCH-03599	Death in the Dojo	LEATHER Sue	Cambridge English Readers is an exciting new series of original fiction, specially written for learners of English. Graded into six levels - from elementary to advanced - the stories in this series provide easy and enjoyable reading on a wide range of contemporary topics and themes.	Engelse romans
SCH-03598	The Amsterdam Connection	LEATHER Sue	Modern, original fiction for learners of English. Journalist Kate Jensen is shocked when her friend Max is found murdered in Amsterdam. She goes there to search for her friend's killer and starts asking questions at the football club he owned. It soon becomes clear that someone doesn't want her to get any answers and Kate discovers that football can be a very dangerous game indeed.	Engelse romans
SCH-03595	Nothing But the Truth Level 4	KERSHAW George	Modern, original fiction for learners of English. It is the start of a new school year for teenager Hu at an international school in the exciting city of Bangkok. She has a problem with one of the teachers and does not know what to do. Through an adventure in a national park, acting in a musical and the help of friends, Hu finds the courage to tell the truth.	Engelse romans
SCH-03594	All I Want	JOHNSON Margaret	Modern, original fiction for learners of English. Alex is a thirty-year-old art gallery assistant and hopelessly in love with her boss, Brad. Then, an incident at the gallery means they have to spend a few days at Brad's country house. This is Alex's opportunity to impress but nothing seems to go the way she planned. A surprise guest and a Christmas party help Alex to discover what she really, really wants.	Engelse romans
SCH-03593	He Knows Too Much	MALEY Alan	Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. An English company executive in India is dismissed after he tries to uncover corruption within his company. He returns to England where his life falls apart and his marriage breaks up. He then sets out on a one-man search for the truth behind his dismissal. He turns to the rich mystery and beauty of India and is finally forced to choose between love and revenge. Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CDs including complete text recordings from the book.	Engelse romans
SCH-03591	Stories from Shakespeare	HEATON Brian & WEST Michael	A few of Shakespeare's most famous plays in their simplified versions.	Engelse romans
SCH-03589	A Day Saved	TAYLOR Peter	Ten stories by important modern authors, specially selected for advanced students of English.	Engelse romans
SCH-10305	Hanry and Cato	MURDOCH Iris	Henry and Cato is the story of two prodigal sons. Henry returns from a self-imposed exile in America to an unforeseen inheritance of wealth and land in England. He is also returning to his mother. His friend Cato is struggling with two ambiguous intermingled passions, one for a God who may or may not exist, the other for a petty criminal who may or may not be capable of salvation. Cato's father and his sister Colette wait anxiously to welcome Cato back to sanity after his dubious escapades. Henry meanwhile confronts his mother, the unappeased furies of childish resentment, and various possibilities of revenge. Henry's cool mother watches, Cato's impetuous sister intervenes. Can love here become a saving force, or is it condemned to be possessive and demonic? Blackmail and violence take a hand, and both Henry and Cato return home at last.	Engelse romans
SCH-02834	The Old Man and the Sea	HEMINGWAY Ernest	The Old Man and the Sea is the story of an epic struggle between an old, seasoned fisherman and the greatest catch of his life.	Engelse romans
SCH-02833	If Only They Could Talk	HERRIOT James	When the newly qualified vet, James Herriot, arrives in the small Yorkshire village of Darrowby, he has no idea of the new friends he will meet or adventures that lie ahead. From the author whose books inspired the BBC series 'All Creatures Great and Smal', this first volume of unforgettable memoirs chronicles James Herriot's first years as a country vet, with the signature storytelling magic that has made him a favourite the world over. Here is a book for all those who find laughter and joy in animals, and who know and understand the magic of wild places and beautiful countryside. Simplified version.	Engelse romans
SCH-10292	Selected stories	DAHL Roald	9 Stories.	Engelse romans
SCH-02869	Oliver Twist	DICKENS Charles	The story of the orphan Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse only to be taken in by a den of thieves, shocked readers when it was first published. Dickens's tale of childhood innocence beset by evil depicts the dark criminal underworld of a London peopled by vivid and memorable characters, the arch-villain Fagin, the artful Dodger, the menacing Bill Sikes and the prostitute Nancy. Combining elements of Gothic Romance, the Newgate Novel and popular melodrama, in Oliver Twist Dickens created an entirely new kind of fiction, scathing in its indictment of a cruel society, and pervaded by an unforgettable sense of threat and mystery. Simplified version.	Engelse romans
SCH-02873	Five Short Shorts	DIJKSTRA Jacob	A set of short stories, meant to practice your English (starter level).	Engelse romans
SCH-02872	Five Short Shorts	DIJKSTRA Jacob	A set of short stories, meant to practice your English (starter level).	Engelse romans
SCH-02877	Ask Miss Thompson	DANAHER Jo	"I know everything in the village and everyone knows me". A story about Emily Thompson, the shop owner of Woodfield village.	Engelse romans
SCH-02933	The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd	CHRISTIE Agatha	In the village of King's Abbot, a widow's sudden suicide sparks rumors that she murdered her first husband, was being blackmailed, and was carrying on a secret affair with the wealthy Roger Ackroyd. The following evening, Ackroyd is murdered in his locked study, but not before receiving a letter identifying the widow's blackmailer. King's Abbot is crawling with suspects, including a nervous butler, Ackroyd's wayward stepson, and his sister-in-law, Mrs. Cecil Ackroyd, who has taken up residence in the victim's home. It's now up to the famous detective Hercule Poirot, who has retired to King's Abbot to garden, to solve the case of who killed Roger Ackroyd, a task in which he is aided by the village doctor and narrator, James Sheppard, and by Sheppard's ingenious sister, Caroline.	Engelse romans

The series is about a group of middle school students living in the fictional town of Stoneybrook, Connecticut. They run a business called The Baby-Sitters Club that helps parents find babysitters from the club who are available for jobs by calling during their club meetings. The club starts out with four members: Kristy Thomas, Mary Anne Spier, Claudia Kishi, and Stacey McGill; it eventually expands to ten. When the club was founded, the four members were in the seventh grade, but ten novels later, they are promoted to the eighth grade. From there, they are frozen in time until the very end of the series, in which they graduate from middle school. A notable facet of the series is that each novel contains at least one subplot dealing with different issues the girls face.

Engelse romans

SCH-03565

The Babysitters Club

MARTIN Ann M.

The series is about a group of middle school students living in the fictional town of Stoneybrook, Connecticut. They run a business called The Baby-Sitters Club that helps parents find babysitters from the club who are available for jobs by calling during their club meetings. The club starts out with four members: Kristy Thomas, Mary Anne Spier, Claudia Kishi, and Stacey McGill; it eventually expands to ten. When the club was founded, the four members were in the seventh grade, but ten novels later, they are promoted to the eighth grade. From there, they are frozen in time until the very end of the series, in which they graduate from middle school. A notable facet of the series is that each novel contains at least one subplot dealing with different issues the girls face.

Engelse romans

SCH-03564

The Babysitters Club

MARTIN Ann M.

The series is about a group of middle school students living in the fictional town of Stoneybrook, Connecticut. They run a business called The Baby-Sitters Club that helps parents find babysitters from the club who are available for jobs by calling during their club meetings. The club starts out with four members: Kristy Thomas, Mary Anne Spier, Claudia Kishi, and Stacey McGill; it eventually expands to ten. When the club was founded, the four members were in the seventh grade, but ten novels later, they are promoted to the eighth grade. From there, they are frozen in time until the very end of the series, in which they graduate from middle school. A notable facet of the series is that each novel contains at least one subplot dealing with different issues the girls face.

Engelse romans

SCH-03563

The Babysitters Club

MARTIN Ann M.

The series is about a group of middle school students living in the fictional town of Stoneybrook, Connecticut. They run a business called The Baby-Sitters Club that helps parents find babysitters from the club who are available for jobs by calling during their club meetings. The club starts out with four members: Kristy Thomas, Mary Anne Spier, Claudia Kishi, and Stacey McGill; it eventually expands to ten. When the club was founded, the four members were in the seventh grade, but ten novels later, they are promoted to the eighth grade. From there, they are frozen in time until the very end of the series, in which they graduate from middle school. A notable facet of the series is that each novel contains at least one subplot dealing with different issues the girls face.

Engelse romans

SCH-03562

The Babysitters Club

MARTIN Ann M.

The series is about a group of middle school students living in the fictional town of Stoneybrook, Connecticut. They run a business called The Baby-Sitters Club that helps parents find babysitters from the club who are available for jobs by calling during their club meetings. The club starts out with four members: Kristy Thomas, Mary Anne Spier, Claudia Kishi, and Stacey McGill; it eventually expands to ten. When the club was founded, the four members were in the seventh grade, but ten novels later, they are promoted to the eighth grade. From there, they are frozen in time until the very end of the series, in which they graduate from middle school. A notable facet of the series is that each novel contains at least one subplot dealing with different issues the girls face.

Engelse romans

SCH-03561

The Babysitters Club

MARTIN Ann M.

The series is about a group of middle school students living in the fictional town of Stoneybrook, Connecticut. They run a business called The Baby-Sitters Club that helps parents find babysitters from the club who are available for jobs by calling during their club meetings. The club starts out with four members: Kristy Thomas, Mary Anne Spier, Claudia Kishi, and Stacey McGill; it eventually expands to ten. When the club was founded, the four members were in the seventh grade, but ten novels later, they are promoted to the eighth grade. From there, they are frozen in time until the very end of the series, in which they graduate from middle school. A notable facet of the series is that each novel contains at least one subplot dealing with different issues the girls face.

Engelse romans

SCH-03560

The Babysitters Club

MARTIN Ann M.

The series is about a group of middle school students living in the fictional town of Stoneybrook, Connecticut. They run a business called The Baby-Sitters Club that helps parents find babysitters from the club who are available for jobs by calling during their club meetings. The club starts out with four members: Kristy Thomas, Mary Anne Spier, Claudia Kishi, and Stacey McGill; it eventually expands to ten. When the club was founded, the four members were in the seventh grade, but ten novels later, they are promoted to the eighth grade. From there, they are frozen in time until the very end of the series, in which they graduate from middle school. A notable facet of the series is that each novel contains at least one subplot dealing with different issues the girls face.

Engelse romans

SCH-03569

American Short Stories

BRUYNE K. de

This series aims to present a wide variety of interesting reading material, either complete or abridged, but not re-written, for secondary schools. Included are outstanding novels, short stories and plays, particularly suitable for study by senior pupils.

Engelse romans

SCH-03559

Vengeance

LOCKE Joseph

When twenty-year-old Butch gets out of jail, he is driven by an insatiable desire for revenge against Margaret Louise Connelly, the attorney who put him in prison, and he decides to get even through Margaret's sixteen-year-old daughter. Original.

Engelse romans

SCH-03599

Death in the Dojo

LEATHER Sue

Cambridge English Readers is an exciting new series of original fiction, specially written for learners of English. Graded into six levels - from elementary to advanced - the stories in this series provide easy and enjoyable reading on a wide range of contemporary topics and themes.

Engelse romans

SCH-03598

The Amsterdam Connection

LEATHER Sue

Modern, original fiction for learners of English. Journalist Kate Jensen is shocked when her friend Max is found murdered in Amsterdam. She goes there to search for her friend's killer and starts asking questions at the football club he owned. It soon becomes clear that someone doesn't want her to get any answers and Kate discovers that football can be a very dangerous game indeed.

Engelse romans

SCH-03595

Nothing But the Truth Level 4

KERSHAW George

Modern, original fiction for learners of English. It is the start of a new school year for teenager Hu at an international school in the exciting city of Bangkok. She has a problem with one of the teachers and does not know what to do. Through an adventure in a national park, acting in a musical and the help of friends, Hu finds the courage to tell the truth.

Engelse romans

SCH-03594

All I Want

JOHNSON Margaret

Modern, original fiction for learners of English. Alex is a thirty-year-old art gallery assistant and hopelessly in love with her boss, Brad. Then, an incident at the gallery means they have to spend a few days at Brad's country house. This is Alex's opportunity to impress but nothing seems to go the way she planned. A surprise guest and a Christmas party help Alex to discover what she really, really wants.

Engelse romans

SCH-03593

He Knows Too Much

MALEY Alan

Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. An English company executive in India is dismissed after he tries to uncover corruption within his company. He returns to England where his life falls apart and his marriage breaks up. He then sets out on a one-man search for the truth behind his dismissal. He turns to the rich mystery and beauty of India and is finally forced to choose between love and revenge. Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CDs including complete text recordings from the book.

Engelse romans

SCH-03591

Stories from Shakespeare

HEATON Brian & WEST Michael

A few of Shakespeare's most famous plays in their simplified versions.

Engelse romans

SCH-03589

A Day Saved

TAYLOR Peter

Ten stories by important modern authors, specially selected for advanced students of English.

Engelse romans

SCH-10305

Hanry and Cato

MURDOCH Iris

Henry and Cato is the story of two prodigal sons. Henry returns from a self-imposed exile in America to an unforeseen inheritance of wealth and land in England. He is also returning to his mother. His friend Cato is struggling with two ambiguous intermingled passions, one for a God who may or may not exist, the other for a petty criminal who may or may not be capable of salvation. Cato's father and his sister Colette wait anxiously to welcome Cato back to sanity after his dubious escapades. Henry meanwhile confronts his mother, the unappeased furies of childish resentment, and various possibilities of revenge. Henry's cool mother watches, Cato's impetuous sister intervenes. Can love here become a saving force, or is it condemned to be possessive and demonic? Blackmail and violence take a hand, and both Henry and Cato return home at last.

Engelse romans

SCH-02834

The Old Man and the Sea

HEMINGWAY Ernest

The Old Man and the Sea is the story of an epic struggle between an old, seasoned fisherman and the greatest catch of his life.

Engelse romans

SCH-02833

If Only They Could Talk

HERRIOT James

When the newly qualified vet, James Herriot, arrives in the small Yorkshire village of Darrowby, he has no idea of the new friends he will meet or adventures that lie ahead. From the author whose books inspired the BBC series 'All Creatures Great and Smal', this first volume of unforgettable memoirs chronicles James Herriot's first years as a country vet, with the signature storytelling magic that has made him a favourite the world over. Here is a book for all those who find laughter and joy in animals, and who know and understand the magic of wild places and beautiful countryside. Simplified version.

Engelse romans

SCH-10292

Selected stories

DAHL Roald

9 Stories.

Engelse romans

SCH-02869

Oliver Twist

DICKENS Charles

The story of the orphan Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse only to be taken in by a den of thieves, shocked readers when it was first published. Dickens's tale of childhood innocence beset by evil depicts the dark criminal underworld of a London peopled by vivid and memorable characters, the arch-villain Fagin, the artful Dodger, the menacing Bill Sikes and the prostitute Nancy. Combining elements of Gothic Romance, the Newgate Novel and popular melodrama, in Oliver Twist Dickens created an entirely new kind of fiction, scathing in its indictment of a cruel society, and pervaded by an unforgettable sense of threat and mystery. Simplified version.

Engelse romans

SCH-02873

Five Short Shorts

DIJKSTRA Jacob

A set of short stories, meant to practice your English (starter level).

Engelse romans

SCH-02872

Five Short Shorts

DIJKSTRA Jacob

A set of short stories, meant to practice your English (starter level).

Engelse romans

SCH-02877

Ask Miss Thompson

DANAHER Jo

"I know everything in the village and everyone knows me". A story about Emily Thompson, the shop owner of Woodfield village.

Engelse romans

SCH-02933

The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd

CHRISTIE Agatha

In the village of King's Abbot, a widow's sudden suicide sparks rumors that she murdered her first husband, was being blackmailed, and was carrying on a secret affair with the wealthy Roger Ackroyd. The following evening, Ackroyd is murdered in his locked study, but not before receiving a letter identifying the widow's blackmailer. King's Abbot is crawling with suspects, including a nervous butler, Ackroyd's wayward stepson, and his sister-in-law, Mrs. Cecil Ackroyd, who has taken up residence in the victim's home. It's now up to the famous detective Hercule Poirot, who has retired to King's Abbot to garden, to solve the case of who killed Roger Ackroyd, a task in which he is aided by the village doctor and narrator, James Sheppard, and by Sheppard's ingenious sister, Caroline.

Engelse romans