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A Passage to India
from the back cover: A mysterious incident at the Marabar Caves, involving Adela Quested, newly arrived from England, and Dr Aziz, an Indian doctor, leads to a drama that divides the British and Indian communities in anger, distrust, and fear. Forsters great novel brings to life all the dangers and misunderstandings of colonialism but, as Forster himself wrote, the story is about something wid…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194792714
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- 120p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms stage 6
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- FOR
Dublin People : Short Stories
from the back cover: A young country girl comes to live and work in Dublin. Jo is determined to be modern and independent, and to have a wonderful time. But life in a big city is full of strange surprises for a shy country girl . . . Gerry Moore is a man with a problem - alcohol. He knows he must give it up, and his family and friends watch nervously as he battles against it. But drink is a ha…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194792592
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- 120p; ill; bw; pbk
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- Bookworms stage 6
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- BIN
Decline and Fall
from the back cover: After a wild, drunken party, Paul Pennyfeather is forced to leave Oxford and begin a new life out in the wide world. His experiences take him from a boys' private school in Wales, where he meets some rather strange people, to a life of luxury in a grand country house and the Ritz Hotel, and then to seven years' hard labour in prison. Where will it all end? The black humour…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194792585
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- 120p; ill; bw; pbk
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- Oxford Bookworms stage 6
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- WAU
Deadheads
from the back cover: An English rose garden on a summer's day. A small boy watches with interest as his great-aunt cuts the deadheads off the rosebushes with a sharp knife. What could be more peaceful, more harmless? Young Patrick grows up to be a calm, pleasant man, with a good job, a wife and two children, and the best rose garden for miles around. When somebody tells the police that Patrick…
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- 9780194792578
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- 120p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms stage 6
- Call Number
- KER
The Fly and Other Horror Series
from the back cover: Flies are a nuisance. They are annoying when they buzz around you, but you can brush them away with your hand. After all, a fly is only about half the size of your fingernail. But suppose it wasn't. Catch a fly and look at it closely - look at its head, its eyes, its legs. Now imagine that this thing was the size of a human being . . . These eight stories offer horror in m…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194792615
- Collation
- 120p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms: stage 6
- Call Number
- ESC
Cold Comfort Farm
from the back cover: The farm lies in the shadow of a hill, and the farmyard rarely sees the sun, even in summer, when the sukebind hangs heavy in the branches. Here live the Starkadders - Aunt Ada Doom, Judith, Amos, Seth, Reuben, Elfine... They lead messy, untidy lives, full of dark thoughts, moody silences, and sudden noisy quarrels. That is, until their attractive young cousin arrives from…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194792554
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- 104p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 6
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- GIB
Jane Eyre
from the back cover: Jane Eyre is alone in the world. Disliked by her aunt's family, she is sent away to school. Here she learns that a young girl, with neither money nor family to support her, can expect little from the world. She survives, but she wants more from life than simply to survive: she wants respect, and love. When she goes to work for Mr Rochester, she hopes she has found both at …
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194792622
- Collation
- 120p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 6
- Call Number
- BRO
Brat Farrar
from the back cover: 'You look exactly like him! You can take the dead boy's place and no one will ever know the difference. You'll be rich for life!' And so the plan was born. At first Brat Farrar fought against the idea; it was criminal, it was dangerous. But in the end he was persuaded, and a few weeks later Patrick Ashby came back from the dead and went home to inherit the family house and…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194792172
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- 104p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 5
- Call Number
- TEY
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
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- 104p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 5
- Call Number
- PAR
The Bride Price
from the back cover: When her father dies, Aku-nna and her young brother have no one to look after them. They are welcomed by their uncle because of Aku-nna's 'bride price' - the money that her future husband will pay for her. In her new, strange home one man is kind to her and teaches her to become a woman. Soon they are in love, although everyone says he is not a suitable husband for her. Th…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194792189
- Collation
- 104p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 5
- Call Number
- EME
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