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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
Chemical Secret
from the back cover: The job was too good. There had to be a problem - and there was. John Duncan was an honest man, but he needed money. He had children to look after. He was ready to do anything, and his bosses knew it. They gave him the job because he couldn't say no; he couldn't afford to be honest. And the job was like a poison inside him. It changed him and blinded him, so that h…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194791120
- Collation
- 72p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms stage 3
- Call Number
- VIC
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
- Collation
- 88p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 4
- Call Number
- DIC
Oxford Bookworms 1 : Shirley Homes and the Cyber Thief
from the back cover: Shirley Homes, private investigator. Like Sherlock Holmes a hundred years ago, she lives in London, enjoys working on difficult cases, and has some helpful friends. She understands people, is a good listener, and of course, she is clever with computers. In today's world that is important, because a lot of crime is cyber crime. In this second Shirley Homes detective story, …
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194236195
- Collation
- 56p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 1
- Call Number
- BEN
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
Oxford Bookworms 5 : The Riddle of the Sands
When Carruthers joins his friend Arthur Davies on his yacht Dulcibella, he is expecting a pleasant sailing holiday in the Baltic Sea. But the holiday turns into an adventure of a different kind. He and Davies soon find themselves sailing in the stormy waters of the North Sea, exploring the channels and sandbanks around the German Frisian Islands, and looking for a secret - a secret that could m…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194792318
- Collation
- 104p; ill; col; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms stage 5
- Call Number
- CHI
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
- Collation
- 72p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 3
- Call Number
- ESC
Oxford Bookworms level 1: Titanic
from the back cover: On a quiet sea, the biggest ship in the world is waiting. There is no noise from the engines. Up in the night sky there are hundreds of stars. Behind the ship, an iceburg - a great mountain of ice - goes slowly away into the black night. In the beautiful first-class rooms, rich passengers eat and listen to music. Down in the third-class cabins, families sleep. An exciting…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194236195
- Collation
- 56p; ill; col; pbk
- Series Title
- oxford bookworms 1
- Call Number
- 970 VIC
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
Oxford Bookworms 1 (5440 words) The Wizard of Oz
from the back cover: Dorothy lives in Kansas, USA, but one day a cyclone blows her and her house to a strange country called Oz. There, Dorothy makes friends with the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion. But she wants to go home to Kansas. Only one person can help her, and that is the country's famous wizard. So Dorothy and her friends take the yellow brick road to the Emerald city,…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194789264
- Collation
- 56p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 1
- Call Number
- BAU
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