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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
Lorna Doone
from the back cover: One winter's day in 1673 young John Ridd is riding home from school, across the wild lonely hills of Exmoor. He has to pass Doone valley - a dangerous place, as the Doones are famous robbers and murderers. All Exmoor lives in fear of the Doones. At home there is sad news waiting for young John, and he learns that he has good reason to hate the Doones. But in the years t…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194791779
- Collation
- 88p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 4
- Call Number
- BLA
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
Heat and Dust
from the back cover: Heat and dust - these simple, terrible words describe the Indian summer. Year after year, endlessly, it is the same. And everyone who experiences this heat and dust is changed for ever. We often say, in these modern times, that sexual relationships have changed, for better or for worse. But in this book we see that things have not changed. Whether we look back sixty years,…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194792271
- Collation
- 104p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 5
- Call Number
- JHA
Jeeves and Friends
from the back cover: What on earth would Bertie Wooster do without Jeeves, his valet? Jeeves is calm, tactful, resourceful, and has the answer to every problem. Bertie, a pleasant young man but a bit short of brains, turns to Jeeves every time he gets into trouble. And Bertie is always in trouble. These six stories include the most famous of P. G. Wodehouse's memorable characters. There are th…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194792295
- Collation
- 104p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 5
- Call Number
- WOD
The Accidental Tourist
from the back cover: Everyday life in Baltimore, USA, is full of problems - getting the washing done, buying groceries and dog food, avoiding the neighbors . . . After the death of his son and the departure of his wife, Macon's attempts to run his own life become increasingly desperate - and more and more odd. Meanwhile, he has to get on with his work, writing tourist guides for business peopl…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194792158
- Collation
- 104p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 5
- Call Number
- TYL
The Garden Party and Other Stories
from the back cover: oh, how delightful it is to fall in love for the first time! How exciting to go to your first dance when you are a girl of eighteen! But life can also be hard and cruel, if you are young and inexperienced and travelling alone across Europe... or if you are a child from the wrong social class. . . or a singer without work and the rent to be paid. Set in Europe and New Zea…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194792240
- Collation
- 104p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 5
- Call Number
- MAN
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
X-Treme X-Ray
This book offers a fascinating opportunity to literally view the world inside out. Each page presents an object, person or animal as seen through the X-ray lens, penetrating to the very core of physical matter. The wealth of diverse and appealing subject-matter includes humans, buildings, forms of transport, animals, food and technology. Combined with each image are intriguing facts that shed l…
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- 9781847324894
- Collation
- 45 p. : ill.
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- -
- Call Number
- 539 VEA x
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
- Collation
- 120p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Bookworms stage 6
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- BIN
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