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The Piano
One day, a farmer tells a farm boy to take everything out of an old building and throw it away. 'It's all rubbish,' he says. In the middle of all the rubbish, the boy finds a beautiful old piano. He has never played before, but now, when his fingers touch the piano, he begins to play. He closes his eyes and the music comes to him - and the music moves his fingers. When he opens his eyes a…
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- 9780194790680
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- 56p; ill; bw; pbk
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- Oxford Bookworms 2
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- BOR
Cries from the Heart
from the back cover: From Botswana to New Zealand, from Jamaica to Nigeria, from Uganda to Malaysia, from India to South Africa, these moving stories show us that the human heart is the same in every place. Children, wives, mothers, husbands, friends all have the same feelings of fear and pain, happiness and sadness.( )Bookworms World Stories collect stories written in English from around the…
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- 9780194790840
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- 56p; ill; bw; pbk
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- Oxford Bookworms stage 2
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- BAS
Much Ado About Nothing
from the back cover: There are two love stories in this fast-moving comedy. Brave young Claudio and Leonato's pretty daughter Hero are in love and want to marry, but Don John has a wicked plan to stop their wedding. Will he succeed, or will the truth come out? Will Claudio and Hero marry, after all? Beatrice and Benedick are always arguing with each other, but how do they really feel? Perha…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194235198
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- 56p; ill; bw; pbk
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- Oxford Bookworm stage 2
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- SHA
Factfiles: Seasons and Celebrations
from the back cover: In English-speaking countries around the world people celebrate Easter, Valentine's Day, Christmas, and other special days. Some celebrations are new, like Remembrance Day and Mother's Day; others, like the summer solstice, go back thousands of years. What happens on these special days? What do people eat, where do they go, what do they do? Why is there a special day fo…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194233835
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- 56p; ill; col; pbk
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- Oxford Bookworms stage 2
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- 306 MAG
The Beautiful Game
from the back cover: Some call it football, some call it soccer, and to others it's 'the beautiful game'. By any name, it's a sport with some fascinating stories. There is murder in Colombia, and a game that lasts for two days where many players never see the ball. There's the French writer who learnt lessons about life from playing football, and the women players who had to leave the club gro…
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- 9780194236355
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- 56p; ill; col; pbk
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- Oxford Bookworms Factfiles, tsage 2
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- 796.334 FLI
Factfiles : Marco Polo and the Silk Road
For a child in the great city of Venice in the thirteenth century, there could be nothing better than the stories of sailors. There were stories animals, wonderful cities, sweet spices, and terrible wild deserts where a traveller could die. One young boy listened, waited, and dreamed. Perhaps one day his father and uncle would return. Perhaps he too could travel with them to great markets in fa…
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- 9780194236393
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- 56p; ill; col; pbk
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- Oxford Bookworms stage 2
- Call Number
- 900 HAR
Skyjack!
from the back cover: When a large plane is hijacked, the Prime Minister looks at the list of passengers and suddenly becomes very, very frightened. There is a name on the list that the Prime Minister knows very well - too well. There is someone on that plane who will soon be dead - if the hijackers can find out who he is! And there isn't much time. One man lies dead on the runway. In a f…
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- 9780194791304
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- 72p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 3
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- VIC
Factfiles: World Wonders
What are the most beautiful, the most interesting, the most wonderful things in the world? The Great Pyramid, the Great Wall of China, the Panama Canal - everyone has their favourites. And there are natural wonders too - Mount Everest, Niagara Falls, and the Northern Lights, for example. Here is one person's choice of eleven wonders. Some of them are made by people, and others are natural. Ever…
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- 9780194237765
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- 56p; ill; col; pbk
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- Oxford Bookworms stage 2
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- 930 NEW
Factfiles : Ireland
from the back cover: There are many different Irelands. There is the Ireland of peaceful rivers, green fields, and beautiful islands. There is the Ireland of song and dance, pubs and theatres - the country of James Joyce, Bob Geldof, and Riverdance. And there is the Ireland of guns, fighting, death, and the hope of peace. Come with us and visit all of these Irelands - and many more . . .
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- 9780194233859
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- 56p; ill; col; pbk
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- Oxford Bookworms Factfiles 2
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- 900 VIC
The Coldest Place on Earth
from the back cover: In the summer of 1910, a race began. A race to be the first man at the South Pole, in Antarctica. Robert Falcon Scott, an Englishman, left London in his ship, the Terra Nova, and began the long journey south. Five days later, another ship also began to travel south. And on this ship was Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian. But Antarctica is the coldest place on earth, and it is…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194789035
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- 56p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms level 1
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- VIC
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