Books with author Pauline Francis

Fast Track Classics Intermediate : Little Women (Paperback & CD Set)Little Women" was published in 1868 and tells the story of the March girls - Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. It describes the ups and downs of one eventful year in their family life. This title is part of a wonderful series that offers a quick way into a range of exciting stories. Fast-moving and accessible, each story is a shortened, dramatically illustrated version of the classic novel, which loses none of the strength and flavour of the original. This ELT edition of the series is available for the first time with an accompanying audio CD. It is suitable for Level: Intermediate, CEF B1 ALTE Level 2.

Francis (Frank) Pauc is a graduate of West Point, Class of 1980. He served as an officer for six years after receiving his commission, five of those as a helicopter pilot. After he met his wife in Germany, he had a gradual change of heart about the military that led him became a pacifist. Now, despite his best intentions, his oldest son joined the U.S. Army in 2009 and was deployed to the Middle East in 2011. Hans left military active service in April 2014, although he did sign up as a reservist with the Texas National Guard.Frank’s youngest son, Stefan, graduated from high school and also wanted to join the military, but eventually decided against it.The letters and articles that Frank has have written over the years are his efforts to work for peace in a violent world. Thus far, he feels he has been very unsuccessful. His own flesh and blood followed the path that he rejected. This distresses him a lot.“It would be easy for me to say, ‘Screw it’ and stop trying. I won’t stop,” he says, “but I will keep writing and speaking out, because it needs to be done.”

This abridged classic, written from the animal's point of view, describes the life of a working horse in Victorian England. Black Beauty has to adapt to a variety of masters and grooms, survives fire, floods and fever until he feels ready to die, but then he is taken to another horse sale. It is one of a series of shortened classic stories ranging from chilling tales to gripping adventures.