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The Thirty-Nine Steps
from the back cover: 'I turned on the light, but there was nobody there. Then I saw something in the corner that made my blood turn cold. Scudder was lying on his back. There was a long knife through his heart, pinning him to the floor.' Soon Richard Hannay is running for his life across the hills of Scotland. The police are chasing him for a murder he did not do, and another, more dangerou…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194791885
- Collation
- 88p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 4
- Call Number
- BUC
Washington Square
from the back cover: When a handsome young man begins to court Catherine Sloper, she feels she is very lucky. She is a quiet, gentle girl, but neither beautiful nor clever; no one had ever admired her before, or come to the front parlour of her home in Washington Square to whisper soft words of love to her. But in New York in the 1840s young ladies are not free to marry where they please. Cath…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194791922
- Collation
- 88p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 4
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- JAM
A Dubious Legacy
from the back cover: In 1944 Henry Tillotson brings his new wife, Margaret, home to his farmhouse in the English countryside. Margaret is a strange, unpleasant woman, determined, it seems, to make Henry's life miserable. 'Poor Henry!' say his friends, as they visit at weekends and holidays. 'What an awful life he has!' But Henry is not at all the sad and disappointed man we might expect him to…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194791717
- Collation
- 88p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 4
- Call Number
- WES
We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea
from the back cover: The four Walker children never meant to go to sea. They had promised their mother to stay safely in the harbour, and to be home on Friday in time for tea. But there they are in someone else's boat, drifting out to sea in a thick fog. When the fog lifts, they can turn round and sail back to the harbour. But then comes the wind and the storm, driving them out even further a…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194791939
- Collation
- 88p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 4
- Call Number
- RAN
The Whispering Knights
from the back cover: 'I don't know that you have done anything wrong,' Miss Hepplewhite said. 'But it is possible that you have done something rather dangerous.' William and Susie thought they were just playing a game when they cooked a witch's brew in the old barn and said a spell over it, but Martha was not so sure. And indeed, the three friends soon learn that they have called up somethi…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194791946
- Collation
- 88p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 4
- Call Number
- LIV
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
from the back cover: You are walking through the streets of London. It is getting dark and you want to get home quickly. You enter a narrow side-street. Everything is quiet, but as you pass the door of a large, windowless building, you hear a key turning in the lock. A man comes out and looks at you. You have never seen him before, but you realize immediately that he hates you. You are shocked…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194791700
- Collation
- 88p; ill; col; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 4
- Call Number
- STE
The Hound of Baskervilles
from the back cover: Dartmoor. A wild, wet place in the south-west of England. A place where it is easy to get lost, and to fall into the soft green earth which can pull the strongest man down to his death. A man is running for his life. Behind him comes an enormous dog - a dog from his worst dreams, a dog from hell. Between him and a terrible death stands only one person - the greatest det…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194791748
- Collation
- 88p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- DOY
Lord Jim
from the back cover: A hundred years ago a seaman's life was full of danger, but Jim, the first mate on board the Patna, is not afraid of danger. He is young, strong, confident of his bravery. He dreams of great adventures - and the chance to show the world what a hero he is. But the sea is no place for dreamers. When the chance comes, on a calm moonlit night in the Indian Ocean, Jim fails …
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194791762
- Collation
- 104p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 4
- Call Number
- CON
A Time of Waiting : Stories from Around the World
from the back cover: When did you last meet a polar bear, or go to a magician for help? These stories offer many different experiences. Some are strange, some are scary, some are sad, some are blackly funny. A few are shocking - when Lin Lin returns home for a funeral, she learns a dark and terrible family secret which may destroy her. Bookworms World Stories collect stories written in Engl…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194794602
- Collation
- 88p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 4
- Call Number
- WES
Silas Marner
from the back cover: In a hole under the floorboards Silas Marner the linen-weaver keeps his gold. Every day he works hard at his weaving, and every night he takes the gold out and holds the bright coins lovingly, feeling them and counting them again and again. The villagers are afraid of him and he has no family, no friends. Only the gold is his friend, his delight, his reason for living. …
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194791847
- Collation
- 88p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 4
- Call Number
- ELI
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