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New Yorkers : Short Stories
from the back cover: A housewife, a tramp, a lawyer, a waitress, an actress - ordinary people living ordinary lives in New York at the beginning of this century. The city has changed greatly since that time, but its people are much the same. Some are rich, some are poor, some are happy, some are sad, some have found love, some are looking for love. O. Henry's famous short stories - sensiti…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194790673
- Collation
- 56p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms stage 2
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- HEN
Changing their Skies
'Then a letter came for Aloo from a famous college in America. They offered him a place . . . a place with a scholarship. Aloo could not believe it at first. He read the letter again and again.' Aloo is very happy, but soon he finds that it is not so easy. He will need money to live on, money for his plane ticket . . . And then there is Mother . . . Bookworms World Stories collect stories w…
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- Oxford Bookworms stage 2 (6,987 words, 700 headwor
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194790826
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- 56p; ill; bw; pbk
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- Oxford Bookworms stage 2
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- BAS
Alice's Adventures in the Wonderland
from the back cover: There, on top of the mushroom, was a large caterpillar, smoking a pipe. After a while the Caterpillar took the pipe out of its mouth and said to Alice in a slow, sleepy voice, 'Who are you?' What strange things happen when Alice falls down the rabbit-hole and into Wonderland! She has conversations with the Caterpillar and the Cheshire Cat, goes to the Mad Hatter's tea par…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194790512
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- 56p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms stage 2
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- CAR
The Canterville Ghost
from the back cover : There has been a ghost in the house for three hundred years, and Lord Canterville's family have had enough of it. So Lord Canterville sells his grand old house to an American family. Mr Hiram B. Otis is happy to buy the new house and the ghost - because of course don't believe in ghosts. The Canterville ghost has great plans to frighten the life out of th Otis family.…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194790536
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- 56p; ill; bw; pbk
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- Oxford Bookworms stage 2
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- WIL
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
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- BRI
A Tale of Two Cities
from the back cover: 'The Marquis lay there, like stone, with a knife pushed into his heart. On his chest lay a piece of paper, with the words: Drive him fast to the grave. This is from JACQUES.' The French Revolution brings terror and death to many people. But even in these troubled times people can still love and be kind. They can be generous and true-hearted ...and brave.
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194791878
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- 88p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 4
- Call Number
- DIC
Oxford Bookworms 2 : Stories from the Five Towns
from the back cover: Arnold Bennett is famous for his stories about the Five Towns and the people who live there. They look and sound just like other people, and, like all of us, sometimes they do some very strange things. There's Sir Jee, who is a rich businessman. So why is he making a plan with a burglar? Then there is a Toby Hall. Why does he find there? And there are the Hessian brothers …
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194790727
- Collation
- 56p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 2
- Call Number
- BEN
Songs for the Soul : Stories from around the World
Good luck in Malaysia, bad news in New Zealand, a chicken and a jug of cider in Britain, a goat and a pumpkin in India, fun and games in a cyber café in Nigeria ... The countries change, but people's lives are always strange and wonderful in any place. Bookworms World Stories collect stories written in English from around the world. These stories are by Shahana Chaudhury, Mary McCluskey, Na…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194793612
- Collation
- 56p; ill; col; pbk
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- Oxford Bookworms 2
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- BAS
Oxford Bookworms 3: As the Inspector Said and Other Stories
from the back cover: The murder plan seems so neat, so clever. How can it possibly fail? And when Sonia's stupid, boring little husband is dead, she will be free to marry her handsome lover. But perhaps the boring little husband is not so stupid after all ...Murder plans that go wrong, a burglar who makes a bad mistake, a famous jewel thief who meets a very unusual detective ...These five stor…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194791083
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- 72p; ill; bw; pbk
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- Oxford Bookworms 3
- Call Number
- ESC
Oxford Bookworms level 4: Three Men in Boat
from the back cover: 'I like work. I find it interesting . . . I can sit and look at it for hours.' With ideas like this, perhaps it is not a good idea to spend a holiday taking a boat trip up the River Thames. But this is what the three friends - and Montmorency the dog - decide to do. It is the sort of holiday that is fun to remember afterwards, but not so much fun to wake up to early on a …
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194791892
- Collation
- 104p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms level 4
- Call Number
- JER
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