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Factfiles : Leonardo da Vinci
from the back cover: 'What does the world look like from the moon?' 'How do our bodies work?' 'Is it possible for people to fly' 'Can I make a horse of bronze that is 8 metres tall?' 'How can we have cleaner cities?' All his life, Leonardo da Vinci asked questions. We know him as a great artist, but he was also one of the great thinkers of all time, and even today, doctors and scientists are s…
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- 9780194236706
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- 56p; ill; col; pbk
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- Oxford Bookworms stage 2
- Call Number
- 920 RAY
Factfiles : Chocolate
from the back cover: You can drink it, and you can cook with it. You can even make buildings, dresses, and hats out of it. You can give it to somebody as a present, or you can buy it for yourself. And of course you can eat it. Dark chocolate, milk chocolate, white chocolate, chocolates with gold on the outside - everybody loves chocolate. Follow its story, from the forests of Central America h…
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- 9780194787307
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- 56p; ill; col; pbk
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- Oxford Bookworms stage 2
- Call Number
- 637 HAR
Factfiles : Climate Change
It's a terrible problem - or it's really not as bad as people say. There will be sudden big changes - or slower changes that we can learn to live with. It means the end for many animals, people, even whole
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- 9780194236317
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- 56p; ill; col; pbk
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- Oxford Bookworms 2
- Call Number
- 551.69 NEW
Huckleberry Finn
from the back cover: Who wants to live in a house, wear clean clothes, be good, and go to school every day? Not young Huckleberry Finn, that's for sure. So Huck runs away, and is soon floating down the great Mississippi River on a raft. With him is Jim, a black slave who is also running away. But life is not always easy for the two friends. And there's 300 dollars waiting for anyone who …
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194790635
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- 56p; ill; bw; pbk
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- Oxford Bookworms stage 2
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- TWA
Grace Darling
from the back cover: All they could hear was the wind, and the waves crashing on to the rocks. All they could see was the night. They could not see the ship, broken in two. They could not see the people holding on to the dark wet rock, slowly dying of cold. And they could not hear the cries for help - only the wind. How could they save the people on the rock? Was their wooden boat stronger th…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194790611
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- 56p; ill; bw; pbk
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- Oxford Bookworms 2
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- VIC
Five Children and It
from the back cover: When the children dug a hole in the gravel-pit, they were very surprised at what they found. 'It' was a Psammead, a sand-fairy, thousands of years old. It was a strange little thing - fat and furry, and with eyes on long stalks. It was often very cross and unfriendly, but it could give wishes - one wish a day. 'How wonderful!' the children said. But wishes are difficult…
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- 9780194790604
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- 56p; ill; bw; pbk
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- Oxford Bookworms stage 2
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- NES
The Death of Karen Silkwood
from the back cover: This is the story of Karen Silkwood. It begins with her death. Why does her story begin where it should end? Certain people wanted her death to be an ending. Why? What were they afraid of? Karen Silkwood had something to tell us, and she believed that it was important. Why didn't she live to tell us? Will we ever know what really happened? The questions go on and on, but …
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- 9780194790574
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- 56p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms stage 2
- Call Number
- HAN
The Children of the New Forest
England in 1647: King Charles is in prison, and Cromwell's men are fighting the King's men. These are dangerous times for everybody. The four Beverley children have no parents; their mother is dead and their father died while fighting for the King. Now Cromwell's soldiers have come to burn the house - with the children in it. The four of them escape into the New Forest - but how will they live…
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- 9780194790543
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- 56p; ill; bw; pbk
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- Oxford Bookworms stage 2
- Call Number
- MAR
Ear-rings from Frankfurt
from the back cover: Richard Walton is in trouble again. He has lost his job, and he has borrowed money from his sister, Jennifer - again. And now he has disappeared. Jennifer is looking for him, and so are the police. They both have some questions that they want to ask him. How did he lose his job? Why did he fly to Frankfurt? Who gave his girlfriend those very expensive gold ear-rings? Onl…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194790598
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- 56p; ill; bw; pbk
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- Oxford Bookworms stage 2
- Call Number
- WRI
Factfiles : Rainforests
from the back cover: Deep rivers, tall trees, strange animals, beautiful flowers - this is the rainforest. Burning trees, thick smoke, new roads and cities, dead animals, people without homes - this is the rainforest too. To some people the rainforests mean beautiful places that you can visit; to others they mean trees that they can cut down and sell. Between 1950 and 2000 half of the worl…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194233811
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- 56p; ill; col; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms stage 2
- Call Number
- 577.3 AKI
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