The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.Contents:William the Conqueror, the first Norman King of EnglandSaladin, historic Muslim leaderGenghis Khan, famous leader of the Mongol empireCatherine the Great, the woman who turned Russia into an empireAbraham Lincoln who stopped slavery in the USAQueen Victoria, the famous British QueenBRITISH ENGLISHWord count: 6,360Headword count: 628PLUS: visit www.collinselt.com/readers for videos, teacher resources and self-study materials.This book is Level 1 in the Collins ELT Readers series.Level 1 is equivalent to CEF level A2.About the Amazing People series:A unique opportunity for learners of English to read about the exceptional lives and incredible abilities of some of the most insightful people the world has seen.Each book contains six short stories, told by the characters themselves, as if in their own words. The stories explain the most significant parts of each character's life, giving an insight into how they came to be such an important historic figure.After each story, a timeline presents the most major events in their life in a clear and succinct fashion. The timeline is ideal for checking comprehension or as a basis for project work or further research.Created in association with The Amazing People Club.About Collins ELT Readers:Collins ELT Readers are divided into four levels:Level 1 - elementary (A2)Level 2 - pre-intermediate (A2-B1)Level 3 - intermediate (B1)Level 4 - upper intermediate (B2)Each level is carefully graded to ensure that the learner both enjoys and benefits from their reading experience.
The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.Contents:Johannes Gutenberg, inventor of the printing pressLouis Braille, creator of an alphabet for blind peopleAlexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephoneThomas Edison, inventor of the electric light bulbGuglielmo Marconi, inventor of the wireless systemJohn Logie Baird, inventor of the televisionBRITISH ENGLISHWord count: 6,805Headword count: 726PLUS: visit www.collinselt.com/readers for videos, teacher resources and self-study materials.This book is Level 1 in the Collins ELT Readers series.Level 1 is equivalent to CEF level A2.About the Amazing People series:A unique opportunity for learners of English to read about the exceptional lives and incredible abilities of some of the most insightful people the world has seen.Each book contains six short stories, told by the characters themselves, as if in their own words. The stories explain the most significant parts of each character's life, giving an insight into how they came to be such an important historic figure.After each story, a timeline presents the most major events in their life in a clear and succinct fashion. The timeline is ideal for checking comprehension or as a basis for project work or further research.Created in association with The Amazing People Club.About Collins ELT Readers:Collins ELT Readers are divided into four levels:Level 1 - elementary (A2)Level 2 - pre-intermediate (A2-B1)Level 3 - intermediate (B1)Level 4 - upper intermediate (B2)Each level is carefully graded to ensure that the learner both enjoys and benefits from their reading experience.
The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.Contents:Marco Polo who taught the world about ChinaIbn Battuta who travelled to 44 countriesChristopher Columbus who discovered new worldsJames Cook, first to sail around the world in both directionsDavid Livingstone who explored AfricaYuri Gagarin, the first man to go into spaceBRITISH ENGLISHWord count: 14,679Headword count: 1,163PLUS: visit www.collinselt.com/readers for videos, teacher resources and self-study materials.This book is Level 3 in the Collins ELT Readers series.Level 3 is equivalent to CEF level B1.About the Amazing People series:A unique opportunity for learners of English to read about the exceptional lives and incredible abilities of some of the most insightful people the world has seen.Each book contains six short stories, told by the characters themselves, as if in their own words. The stories explain the most significant parts of each character's life, giving an insight into how they came to be such an important historic figure.After each story, a timeline presents the most major events in their life in a clear and succinct fashion. The timeline is ideal for checking comprehension or as a basis for project work or further research.Created in association with The Amazing People Club.About Collins ELT Readers:Collins ELT Readers are divided into four levels:Level 1 - elementary (A2)Level 2 - pre-intermediate (A2-B1)Level 3 - intermediate (B1)Level 4 - upper intermediate (B2)Each level is carefully graded to ensure that the learner both enjoys and benefits from their reading experience.
The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.Contents:Geoffrey Chaucer, writer of the first great works of English LiteratureWilliam Shakespeare, writer of the greatest plays in historyCharles Dickens who wanted to make England a better placeVictor Hugo, the French writer who cared about the poorLeo Tolstoy, the man who wrote War and PeaceRudyard Kipling who wrote The Jungle Book and won a Nobel PrizeBRITISH ENGLISHWord count: 12,886Headword count: 1,039PLUS: visit www.collinselt.com/readers for videos, teacher resources and self-study materials.This book is Level 3 in the Collins ELT Readers series.Level 3 is equivalent to CEF level B1.About the Amazing People series:A unique opportunity for learners of English to read about the exceptional lives and incredible abilities of some of the most insightful people the world has seen.Each book contains six short stories, told by the characters themselves, as if in their own words. The stories explain the most significant parts of each character's life, giving an insight into how they came to be such an important historic figure.After each story, a timeline presents the most major events in their life in a clear and succinct fashion. The timeline is ideal for checking comprehension or as a basis for project work or further research.Created in association with The Amazing People Club.About Collins ELT Readers:Collins ELT Readers are divided into four levels:Level 1 - elementary (A2)Level 2 - pre-intermediate (A2-B1)Level 3 - intermediate (B1)Level 4 - upper intermediate (B2)Each level is carefully graded to ensure that the learner both enjoys and benefits from their reading experience.
The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.Contents:Confucius, the great Chinese philosopherSocrates, the great Greek philosopherAristotle, the first to organize scientific knowledgeWilliam Wilberforce who ended the British slave tradeKarl Marx who wrote The Communist Manifesto and Das KapitalMahatma Gandhi who helped free India from British ruleBRITISH ENGLISHWord count: 16,058Headword count: 1,701PLUS: visit www.collinselt.com/readers for videos, teacher resources and self-study materials.This book is Level 4 in the Collins ELT Readers series.Level 4 is equivalent to CEF level B2.About the Amazing People series:A unique opportunity for learners of English to read about the exceptional lives and incredible abilities of some of the most insightful people the world has seen.Each book contains six short stories, told by the characters themselves, as if in their own words. The stories explain the most significant parts of each character's life, giving an insight into how they came to be such an important historic figure.After each story, a timeline presents the most major events in their life in a clear and succinct fashion. The timeline is ideal for checking comprehension or as a basis for project work or further research.Created in association with The Amazing People Club.About Collins ELT Readers:Collins ELT Readers are divided into four levels:Level 1 - elementary (A2)Level 2 - pre-intermediate (A2-B1)Level 3 - intermediate (B1)Level 4 - upper intermediate (B2)Each level is carefully graded to ensure that the learner both enjoys and benefits from their reading experience.
The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.Contents:Alessandro Volta, inventor of the batteryMichael Faraday, inventor of the electric motorMarie Curie, famous for her work on radioactivityAlbert Einstein, creator of the Theory of RelativityAlexander Fleming, discoverer of the first antibioticLinus Pauling, chemist and peace activistBRITISH ENGLISHWord count: 15,287Headword count: 1,631PLUS: visit www.collinselt.com/readers for videos, teacher resources and self-study materials.This book is Level 4 in the Collins ELT Readers series.Level 4 is equivalent to CEF level B2.About the Amazing People series:A unique opportunity for learners of English to read about the exceptional lives and incredible abilities of some of the most insightful people the world has seen.Each book contains six short stories, told by the characters themselves, as if in their own words. The stories explain the most significant parts of each character's life, giving an insight into how they came to be such an important historic figure.After each story, a timeline presents the most major events in their life in a clear and succinct fashion. The timeline is ideal for checking comprehension or as a basis for project work or further research.Created in association with The Amazing People Club.About Collins ELT Readers:Collins ELT Readers are divided into four levels:Level 1 - elementary (A2)Level 2 - pre-intermediate (A2-B1)Level 3 - intermediate (B1)Level 4 - upper intermediate (B2)Each level is carefully graded to ensure that the learner both enjoys and benefits from their reading experience.
The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.
Contents:
Mayer Amschel Rothschild who started a bank which made his family rich
Cornelius Vanderbilt who became one of the richest people in the USAW.
K. Kellogg who started the world's biggest cereal company
Elizabeth Arden who built the Elizabeth Arden cosmetics company
Walt Disney who started the famous entertainment company
Soichiro Honda who started the Honda motorbike and car company
BRITISH ENGLISH
Word count: 6,901Headword count: 623PLUS: visit www.collinselt.com/readers for videos, teacher resources and self-study materials.This book is Level 1 in the Collins ELT Readers series.
Level 1 is equivalent to CEF level A2.About the Amazing People series:A unique opportunity for learners of English to read about the exceptional lives and incredible abilities of some of the most insightful people the world has seen.Each book contains six short stories, told by the characters themselves, as if in their own words. The stories explain the most significant parts of each character's life, giving an insight into how they came to be such an important historic figure.After each story, a timeline presents the most major events in their life in a clear and succinct fashion. The timeline is ideal for checking comprehension or as a basis for project work or further research.Created in association with The Amazing People Club.
About Collins ELT Readers:Collins ELT Readers are divided into four levels:Level 1 - elementary (A2)Level 2 - pre-intermediate (A2-B1)Level 3 - intermediate (B1)Level 4 - upper intermediate (B2)Each level is carefully graded to ensure that the learner both enjoys and benefits from their reading experience.
The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.
Contents:
Harriet Tubman, the slave who helped hundreds of other slaves to escape
Emmeline Pankhurst who wanted women to be able to vote
Maria Montessori, the doctor who found a new way to teach children
Helen Keller, the deaf and blind woman who became a famous teacher
Eva Perón, the actress who helped poor and sick people in Argentina
Nancy Wake, the Second World War spy
BRITISH ENGLISHWord count: 7,001Headword count: 665PLUS: visit www.collinselt.com/readers for videos, teacher resources and self-study materials.
This book is Level 1 in the Collins ELT Readers series.Level 1 is equivalent to CEF level A2.About the Amazing People series:A unique opportunity for learners of English to read about the exceptional lives and incredible abilities of some of the most insightful people the world has seen.Each book contains six short stories, told by the characters themselves, as if in their own words. The stories explain the most significant parts of each character's life, giving an insight into how they came to be such an important historic figure.After each story, a timeline presents the most major events in their life in a clear and succinct fashion. The timeline is ideal for checking comprehension or as a basis for project work or further research.Created in association with The Amazing People Club.About Collins ELT Readers:Collins ELT Readers are divided into four levels:Level 1 - elementary (A2)Level 2 - pre-intermediate (A2-B1)Level 3 - intermediate (B1)Level 4 - upper intermediate (B2)Each level is carefully graded to ensure that the learner both enjoys and benefits from their reading experience.
The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.
Contents:
Johann Sebastian Bach who wrote the Brandenburg Concertos
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the child genius
Giuseppe Verdi who wrote the operas Aida and La Traviata
Johann Strauss, 'The Waltz King'
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky who wrote the ballet Swan Lake
Irving Berlin who wrote There's No Business Like Show Business
BRITISH ENGLISH Word count: 8,344Headword count: 723PLUS: visit www.collinselt.com/readers for videos, teacher resources and self-study materials.
This book is Level 2 in the Collins ELT Readers series.Level 2 is equivalent to CEF level A2-B1.About the Amazing People series:A unique opportunity for learners of English to read about the exceptional lives and incredible abilities of some of the most insightful people the world has seen.Each book contains six short stories, told by the characters themselves, as if in their own words. The stories explain the most significant parts of each character's life, giving an insight into how they came to be such an important historic figure.After each story, a timeline presents the most major events in their life in a clear and succinct fashion. The timeline is ideal for checking comprehension or as a basis for project work or further research.Created in association with The Amazing People Club.About Collins ELT Readers:Collins ELT Readers are divided into four levels:Level 1 - elementary (A2)Level 2 - pre-intermediate (A2-B1)Level 3 - intermediate (B1)Level 4 - upper intermediate (B2)Each level is carefully graded to ensure that the learner both enjoys and benefits from their reading experience.
The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.
Contents:
Pablo Casals, the Catalan cello-player
Louis Armstrong, the American trumpet-player and singer
Frank Sinatra, the Italian-American singer and actor
Édith Piaf, France's famous singing star
Maria Callas, the Greek opera singer
Elvis Presley, the man who changed pop music
BRITISH ENGLISHWord count: 14,723Headword count: 1,121PLUS: visit www.collinselt.com/readers for videos, teacher resources and self-study materials.
This book is Level 3 in the Collins ELT Readers series.Level 3 is equivalent to CEF level B1.About the Amazing People series:A unique opportunity for learners of English to read about the exceptional lives and incredible abilities of some of the most insightful people the world has seen.Each book contains six short stories, told by the characters themselves, as if in their own words. The stories explain the most significant parts of each character's life, giving an insight into how they came to be such an important historic figure.After each story, a timeline presents the most major events in their life in a clear and succinct fashion. The timeline is ideal for checking comprehension or as a basis for project work or further research.Created in association with The Amazing People Club.About Collins ELT Readers:Collins ELT Readers are divided into four levels:Level 1 - elementary (A2)Level 2 - pre-intermediate (A2-B1)Level 3 - intermediate (B1)Level 4 - upper intermediate (B2)Each level is carefully graded to ensure that the learner both enjoys and benefits from their reading experience.
The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.
Contents:
Voltaire, the French writer who believed in equality for all
Charlotte Brontë, the British novelist who wrote Jane Eyre
Mark Twain, the American who wrote Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer
Jacques Prévert, the writer known in France as 'the People's Poet'
Ayn Rand, whose writing expressed her own philosophical ideas
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn who wrote about life in a Soviet Labour Camp
BRITISH ENGLISHWord count: 18,787Headword count: 1,631PLUS: visit www.collinselt.com/readers for videos, teacher resources and self-study materials.
This book is Level 4 in the Collins ELT Readers series.Level 4 is equivalent to CEF level B2.About the Amazing People series:A unique opportunity for learners of English to read about the exceptional lives and incredible abilities of some of the most insightful people the world has seen.Each book contains six short stories, told by the characters themselves, as if in their own words. The stories explain the most significant parts of each character's life, giving an insight into how they came to be such an important historic figure.After each story, a timeline presents the most major events in their life in a clear and succinct fashion. The timeline is ideal for checking comprehension or as a basis for project work or further research.Created in association with The Amazing People Club.About Collins ELT Readers:Collins ELT Readers are divided into four levels:Level 1 - elementary (A2)Level 2 - pre-intermediate (A2-B1)Level 3 - intermediate (B1)Level 4 - upper intermediate (B2)Each level is carefully graded to ensure that the learner both enjoys and benefits from their reading experience.
The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.
Contents:
Gaius Julius Caesar, the powerful Roman leader
Queen Elizabeth I who ruled England for 45 years
George Washington, the first president of the USA
King Louis XVI, the last king of France
Winston Churchill who led Britain in the Second World War
Che Guevara, the Argentinian doctor who fought for revolution
BRITISH ENGLISHWord count: 18,924Headword count: 1,654PLUS: visit www.collinselt.com/readers for videos, teacher resources and self-study materials.
This book is Level 4 in the Collins ELT Readers series.Level 4 is equivalent to CEF level B2.About the Amazing People series:A unique opportunity for learners of English to read about the exceptional lives and incredible abilities of some of the most insightful people the world has seen.Each book contains six short stories, told by the characters themselves, as if in their own words. The stories explain the most significant parts of each character's life, giving an insight into how they came to be such an important historic figure.After each story, a timeline presents the most major events in their life in a clear and succinct fashion. The timeline is ideal for checking comprehension or as a basis for project work or further research.Created in association with The Amazing People Club.About Collins ELT Readers:Collins ELT Readers are divided into four levels:Level 1 - elementary (A2)Level 2 - pre-intermediate (A2-B1)Level 3 - intermediate (B1)Level 4 - upper intermediate (B2)Each level is carefully graded to ensure that the learner both enjoys and benefits from their reading experience.
