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Deadlock
from the back cover: V. I. Warshawski, private investigator, Chicago, USA. People imagine private detectives to be tired-looking men in raincoats, but Vic is female. She's tough, beautiful, carries a gun - and goes on asking questions until she gets answers. When her cousin Boom Boom dies in an accident, Vic is naturally upset. She wants to know how and why the accident happened, and she isn't…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194792219
- Collation
- 104p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 5
- Call Number
- PAR
I, Robot : Short Stories
from the book cover: A human being is a soft, weak creature. It needs constant supplies of air, water, and food; it has to spend a third of its life asleep, and it can't work if the temperature is too hot or too cold. But a robot is made of strong metal. It uses electrical energy directly, never sleeps, and can work in any temperature. It is stronger, more efficient - and sometimes more human …
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194792288
- Collation
- 104p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 5
- Call Number
- ASI
Reflex
from the back cover: People who ride racehorses love the speed, the excitement, the danger - and winning the race. Philip Nore has been riding for many years and he always wants to win - but sometimes he is told to lose. Why? And what is the mystery about the photographer, George Millace, who has just died in a car crash? Philip Nore knows the answer to the first question, and he wants to find…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194791823
- Collation
- 104p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 4
- Call Number
- FRA
The Children of the New Forest
England in 1647: King Charles is in prison, and Cromwell's men are fighting the King's men. These are dangerous times for everybody. The four Beverley children have no parents; their mother is dead and their father died while fighting for the King. Now Cromwell's soldiers have come to burn the house - with the children in it. The four of them escape into the New Forest - but how will they live…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194790543
- Collation
- 56p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms stage 2
- Call Number
- MAR
Cry Freedom
from the back cover: They said Steve Biko was a man of violence; then why did he talk of peace? They said he wanted revolution; so why did he talk of friendship? They said he died of hunger; why was his body broken and bruised? This is the story of a man's fight with the government of South Africa. It is the story of all people who prefer truth to lies. It is the story of all people who cry…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194792561
- Collation
- 120p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 6
- Call Number
- BRI
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