The Cat Who Talked to Ghosts

Veteran reporter Jim Qwilleran tackles the supernatural in the latest entry in Lilian Jackson Braun's Edgar Award-nominated series. Are ghosts really haunting the Goodwinter farmhouse museum? Qwill doesn't think so--not until he finds Iris Cobb literally scared to death on the floor of the farmhouse.

The Cat Who Lived High

Jim Qwilleran with his two cats, Yum Yum and KoKo help to solve the mystery case behind the Casablanca apartment buildings

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (Level 3)

Pip's life changes when he is provided with money by a secret benefactor and he goes to London to live as a gentleman. He thinks he will now be able to marry the woman he loves. But Pip's "great expectations" do not turn out as he hoped.

 

LEVEl: Intermediate

TEXT: English, Russian

AUDIO: English, Russian

Why We Make Mistakes

We forget our passwords. We pay too much to go to the gym. We think we'd be happier if we lived in California (we wouldn't), and we think we should stick with our first answer on tests (we shouldn't). Why do we make mistakes? And could we do a little better?

The Return Of The Bogman Mummy

While shooting a flick, a troupe stumbles on a mummy.
It is live! It must be investigated! It must be used for commercial purposes!

 

A parody on horror movies.