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American Crime Stories
from the back cover: 'Curtis Colt didn't kill that liquor store woman, and that's a fact. It's not right that he should have to ride the lightning - that's what prisoners call dying in the electric chair. Curtis doesn't belong in it, and I can prove it.' But can Curtis's girlfriend prove it? Murder has undoubtedly been done, and if Curtis doesn't ride the lightning for it, then who will? These…
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- 9780194792530
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- 120p; ill; bw; pbk
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- Oxford Bookworms stage 6
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- ESC
Deadheads
from the back cover: An English rose garden on a summer's day. A small boy watches with interest as his great-aunt cuts the deadheads off the rosebushes with a sharp knife. What could be more peaceful, more harmless? Young Patrick grows up to be a calm, pleasant man, with a good job, a wife and two children, and the best rose garden for miles around. When somebody tells the police that Patrick…
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- 9780194792578
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- 120p; ill; bw; pbk
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- Oxford Bookworms stage 6
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- KER
Crime Never Pays
from the back cover: Murder: the unlawful, intentional killing of a human being - a terrible crime. But murder stories are always fascinating. Who did it? And how? Or why? And was it murder, or just an unfortunate accident? Who will triumph, the murderer or the detective? This collection contains a wide range of murder stories, from the astute detection of the famous Sherlock Holmes, to the ch…
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- 9780194226936
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- 144p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms Collection
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- CHR
Deadlock
from the back cover: V. I. Warshawski, private investigator, Chicago, USA. People imagine private detectives to be tired-looking men in raincoats, but Vic is female. She's tough, beautiful, carries a gun - and goes on asking questions until she gets answers. When her cousin Boom Boom dies in an accident, Vic is naturally upset. She wants to know how and why the accident happened, and she isn't…
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- 9780194792219
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- 104p; ill; bw; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms 5
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- PAR
The Dead of Jericho
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- 9780194792202
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- 120p; ill; bw; pbk
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- Oxford Bookworms 5
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- DEX
King's Ransom
from the back cover: 'Calling all cars, calling all cars. Here's the story on the Smoke Rise kidnapping. The missing boy is eight years old, fair hair, wearing a red sweater. His name is Jeffry Reynolds, son of Charles Reynolds, chauffeur to Douglas King.' The police at the 87th Precinct hate kidnappers. And these kidnappers are stupid, too. They took the wrong boy - the chauffeur's son instea…
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- 9780194792301
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- 104p; ill; bw; pbk
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- Oxford Bookworms 5
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- MCB
The Blue Lotus (The Adventures of Tintin: Young Readers Edition)
This new format, crafted specifically for younger readers, features the original Tintin graphic novel plus brand-new content. Go "behind the scenes" with the true story about people, places and antiquities that Hergé drew from, filled with fun facts, lots of pictures, and easy-to-read text! In this adventure: A sequel to Cigars of the Pharaoh, Tintin follows a mysterious lead to China on the t…
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- 9780316133821
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- Tintin
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- HER
Tintin in America (The Adventures of Tintin: Young Readers Edition)
This new format, crafted specifically for younger readers, features the original Tintin graphic novel plus brand-new content. Go "behind the scenes" with the true story about people, places and antiquities that Hergé drew from, filled with fun facts, lots of pictures, and easy-to-read text! In this adventure: Tintin comes to the U.S.A. to clean up the mean streets of Chicago but ends up in the…
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- 9780316133807
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- Tintin
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- HER
The Broken Ear (The Adventures of Tintin: Young Readers Edition)
This new format, crafted specifically for younger readers, features the original Tintin graphic novel plus brand-new content. Go "behind the scenes" with the true story about people, places and antiquities that Hergé drew from, filled with fun facts, lots of pictures, and easy-to-read text! In this adventure: A sacred tribal statue has been stolen from the museum! Tintin and Snowy are on the c…
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- 9780316133852
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- Tintin
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- HER
The Mystery of Manor Hall
from the back cover: The Oxford Bookworms Library offers high-quality storytelling and a great reading experience, with a world wide range of classic and modern fiction, non-fiction and plays. Bookworms include original and adapted texts in seven carefully graded language stages (Starter to Stage 6), which take learners from beginner to advanced level.
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780194785990
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- 40p; ill; col; pbk
- Series Title
- Oxford Bookworms Starter
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- CAM
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