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Factfiles: Nelson Mandela
from the back cover: In 1918 in the peaceful province of Transkei, South Africa, the Mandela family gave their new baby son the name Rolihlahla - 'troublemaker'. But the young boy's early years were happy ones, and he grew up to be a good student and an enthusiastic sportsman. Who could imagine then what was waiting for Nelson Mandela - the tireless struggle for human rights, the long years…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194233965
- Collation
- 88p; ill; col; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 4
- Call Number
- 920 AKI
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
Black Beauty
from the back cover: When Black Beauty is trained to carry a rider on his back, or to pull a carriage behind him, he finds it hard at first. But he is lucky - his first home is a good one, where his owners are kind people, who would never be cruel to a horse. But in the nineteenth century many people were cruel to their horses, whipping them and beating them, and using them like machines un…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194791663
- Collation
- 88p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 4
- Call Number
- SEW
The Scralet Letter
from the back cover: Scarlet is the colour of sin, and the letter 'A' stands for 'Adultery'. In the 1600s, in Boston, Massachusetts, love was allowed only between a husband and a wife. A child born outside marriage was a child of sin. Hester Prynne must wear the scarlet letter on her dress for the rest of her life. How can she ever escape from this public shame? What will happen to her chil…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194791830
- Collation
- 88p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 4
- Call Number
- HAW
Mary, Queen of Scots
from the back cover: England and Scotland in the 1500s. Two famous queens - Mary, the Catholic Queen of Scots, and Elizabeth I, the Protestant Queen of England. It was an exciting and a dangerous time to be alive, and to be a queen. Mary was Queen of Scotland when she was one week old. At sixteen, she was also Queen of France. She was tall and beautiful, with red-gold hair. Many men loved h…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194789097
- Collation
- 72p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 1
- Call Number
- VIC
Vampire Killer
from the back cover: 'I am a vampire killer . . . and now I need help,' says Professor Fletcher to Colin. Colin needs a job and he needs money - but do vampires exist or is the professor crazy?
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194234191
- Collation
- 72p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms Starter
- Call Number
- SHI
The Fifteenth Character
from the back cover: 'It's an interesting job,' says Sally about her work at Happy Hills. And today is a very exciting day because Zapp the famous singer is coming. Everybody is having a wonderful time. But suddenly something goes wrong - very wrong.
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- SBY01926B
- Collation
- 72p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms Starter
- Call Number
- BOR
Starman
from the back cover: The empty centre of Australia. The sun is hot and there are not many people. And when Bill meets a man, alone, standing on an empty road a long way from anywhere, he is surprised and worried. And Bill is right to be worried. Because there is something strange about the man he meets. Very strange . . .
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194234276
- Collation
- 72p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms Starter
- Call Number
- BUR
Give Us the Money
from the back cover: 'Every day is the same. Nothing exciting ever happens to me,' thinks Adam one boring Monday morning. But today is not the same. When he helps a beautiful young woman because some men want to take her bag, life gets exciting and very, very dangerous.
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194234139
- Collation
- 72p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms Starter
- Call Number
- CLA
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