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Dominoes Quick Starter Crying Wolf and Other Tales
New
Aesop
Text adaptation by Janet Hardy-Gould
'Help! A wolf is eating my sheep!'
What happens when a bored shepherd boy lies to the people in his village - or when he later tells the truth?
What do a man and his wife do when their goose lays golden eggs? And what can two travellers learn from a bear in the woods?
These three old Greek tales teach us important truths about people today.
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Dominoes Quick Starter Troy
New
Retold by Bill Bowler
'I see Troy in flames years from now - because Paris brings disaster to us,' Queen Hecuba says about her son.
Paris's father, King Priam, wants to kills him. But Paris lives, and later loves Helen - King Menelaus's queen - from Greece. When Paris brings Helen to Troy, war begins between the Trojans and Greeks.
What happens when Paris's brother Hector and the Greek fighter Achilles meet in battle? Who wins the war, and how? Read Troy and find the answers.
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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter Mystery of Manor Hall
New
Jane Cammack
Manor Hall is an old dark house with a mystery. Nobody can go into the music room. But one night Tom and Milly hear something. The noise is coming from the music room. Tom and Milly open the door. Someone in the music room is singing. Tom and Milly are afraid, but they can't move.
Can Tom and Milly discover the mystery of Manor Hall?
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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter The Mystery of Manor Hall Pack
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Jane Cammack
Manor Hall is an old dark house with a mystery. Nobody can go into the music room. But one night Tom and Milly hear something. The noise is coming from the music room. Tom and Milly open the door. Someone in the music room is singing. Tom and Milly are afraid, but they can't move.
Can Tom and Milly discover the mystery of Manor Hall?
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Dominoes Quick Starter The Sorcerer's Apprentice
New
Retold by Bill Bowler
'What's your job?' Yukio asks.
'I'm a sorcerer,' the old man smiles, 'and I need a young apprentice.'
One day, Yukio - a young boy from old Japan - leaves his sister in the country and looks for a job in the town. He finds interesting work there, as a sorcerer's apprentice. But why must Yukio wait to learn magic? And what happens after he puts a spell on a broom when the sorcerer is away?
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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter The Girl with Green Eyes
Greg is a porter at the Shepton Hotel in New York.
When a girl with beautiful green eyes asks him for help, Greg can't say no.
The girl's name is Cassie, and she says she is an artist. She tells Greg that her stepfather has her sketchbooks, and now she wants them back.
Cassie says her stepfather is staying at Greg's hotel . . . so what could go wrong?
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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter The Girl with Green Eyes Audio CD Pack
Greg is a porter at the Shepton Hotel in New York.
When a girl with beautiful green eyes asks him for help, Greg can't say no.
The girl's name is Cassie, and she says she is an artist. She tells Greg that her stepfather has her sketchbooks, and now she wants them back.
Cassie says her stepfather is staying at Greg's hotel . . . so what could go wrong?
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Dominoes Starter Heidi
Johanna Spyri
Retold by Paul Davenport
'I'm not going with you, Aunt Dete!' Heidi cries.
'Oh yes, you are!' Dete answers.
Heidi loves her home in the Swiss mountains, her grandfather, and her friend Peter, the goatherd. So when Aunt Dete takes her away to Frankfurt, she doesn't leave happily.
In Frankfurt, Heidi is soon good friends with Clara Sesemann, a rich but very ill girl in a wheelchair.
But how can Heidi live without the mountains? And what can she do about Fräulein Rottenmeier, the Sesemanns' unfriendly housekeeper?
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Dominoes Starter Heidi Pack
Johanna Spyri
Retold by Paul Davenport
'I'm not going with you, Aunt Dete!' Heidi cries.
'Oh yes, you are!' Dete answers.
Heidi loves her home in the Swiss mountains, her grandfather, and her friend Peter, the goatherd. So when Aunt Dete takes her away to Frankfurt, she doesn't leave happily.
In Frankfurt, Heidi is soon good friends with Clara Sesemann, a rich but very ill girl in a wheelchair.
But how can Heidi live without the mountains? And what can she do about Fräulein Rottenmeier, the Sesemanns' unfriendly housekeeper?
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Dominoes Starter Sheherazade
King Shahriyar cannot trust women. Every afternoon he marries a wife, but the next morning he always kills her. One day, the Vizier cannot find any more wives for the King. What can he do?
'I can be Shahriyar's new wife!' says Sheherazade, his older daughter. 'God willing I can stay alive, and help the women of our country.'
But how can Sheherezade stay alive for a thousand and one nights? And does Shahriyar learn to trust women again in the end?
This famous 'story of stories' has the answers.
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Dominoes Starter Sheherazade Pack
King Shahriyar cannot trust women. Every afternoon he marries a wife, but the next morning he always kills her. One day, the Vizier cannot find any more wives for the King. What can he do?
'I can be Shahriyar's new wife!' says Sheherazade, his older daughter. 'God willing I can stay alive, and help the women of our country.'
But how can Sheherezade stay alive for a thousand and one nights? And does Shahriyar learn to trust women again in the end?
This famous 'story of stories' has the answers.
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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter Dead Man's Money
When Cal Dexter rents one of the Blue Lake Cabins, he finds $3000 - under the floor! He doesn't know it, but it is the money from a bank robbery. A dead man's money.
'Do I take it to the police?' he thinks. But three more people want the money, and two of them are dangerous.
Can Cal stop them?
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Dominoes Starter Hercules Pack
Retold by Janet Hardy-Gould
Hercules is the strongest man in the world, but one day he does something very bad.
The priestess at Delphi tells him: 'The gods are angry with you. For twelve years you must work for King Eurystheus, and do twelve tasks for him. When you finish, the gods can forgive your crime.'
Some tasks are easier, and some tasks are more difficult. Can Hercules finish all twelve of them? And what happens when he does?
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Dominoes Starter The Great Fire of London Pack
It's London, 1666. It's a hot, dry summer. A small fire starts in a baker's shop in Pudding Lane. Soon the city of London is burning and the fire-fighters can't stop the fire. People are running from their houses down to the River Thames.
But how does the fire begin and who can stop it? What is the King of England doing to help?
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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter Pirate Treasure
Phillip Burrows and Mark Foster
STARTER - Thriller & Adventure
Tom Creek's treasure is under the sea. Many men try to get the treasure, but many men die.
'Our boat is ready. We are all good divers. Let's find the treasure! Yes?' says John West to his wife and friends. 'Yes! Arr! Ooohh! they shout.
They are all ready to go - but are they afraid of Tom Creeks's curse?
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Dominoes
Second Edition
English graded readers series for upper-primary / lower-secondary
Bill Bowler and Sue Parminter
Dominoes are carefully graded from Starter Level to Level Three according to the Bookworms syllabus.
Build your language skills through reading Dominoes, the interactive readers series.
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Dominoes Starter Sinbad
Retold by Janet Hardy-Gould
Sinbad the sailor spends many years at sea. He visits strange countries, meets some strange people and some frightening animals. He is sometimes rich, sometimes poor and always in danger. But all the time he is learning from his adventures, until finally he returns home to Baghdad, an older and wiser man.
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Dominoes Starter The Great Fire of London
It's London, 1666. It's a hot, dry summer. A small fire starts in a baker's shop in Pudding Lane. Soon the city of London is burning and the fire-fighters can't stop the fire. People are running from their houses down to the River Thames.
But how does the fire begin and who can stop it? What is the King of England doing to help?
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Dominoes Starter Blackbeard
Retold by John Escott
The year is 1717. It is a bad time to be the captain of a ship in the Caribbean because of pirates. The most frightening pirate on the sea is Edward Teach, or 'Blackbeard'.
'The Governor of Virginia wants us all dead!' Blackbeard thinks. 'But can he kill me - the most famous pirate in the Caribbean? No!'
This is his story...
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Dominoes Starter Blackbeard Pack
Retold by John Escott
The year is 1717. It is a bad time to be the captain of a ship in the Caribbean because of pirates. The most frightening pirate on the sea is Edward Teach, or 'Blackbeard'.
'The Governor of Virginia wants us all dead!' Blackbeard thinks. 'But can he kill me - the most famous pirate in the Caribbean? No!'
This is his story...
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Dominoes Starter Hercules
Retold by Janet Hardy-Gould
Hercules is the strongest man in the world, but one day he does something very bad.
The priestess at Delphi tells him: 'The gods are angry with you. For twelve years you must work for King Eurystheus, and do twelve tasks for him. When you finish, the gods can forgive your crime.'
Some tasks are easier, and some tasks are more difficult. Can Hercules finish all twelve of them? And what happens when he does?
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Dominoes Starter The Big Story
'Bring me something new and exciting. Bring me a BIG story!' says Rosie's editor at The Record newspaper.
And, when she leaves the office, Rosie does find a story. A story that is bigger then she expects. A story that takes her across Europe, into a dangerous world of art and art thieves.
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Dominoes Starter The Big Story Pack
'Bring me something new and exciting. Bring me a BIG story!' says Rosie's editor at The Record newspaper.
And, when she leaves the office, Rosie does find a story. A story that is bigger then she expects. A story that takes her across Europe, into a dangerous world of art and art thieves.
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Dominoes Starter The Happy Prince
Oscar Wilde
Text adaptation by Bill Bowler
The Happy Prince is a beautiful golden statue high up on a column in the city. Everyone loves him.
He feels sad about the city's poor people, but what can he do? He can't leave his column. Then the swallow arrives, and helps the Happy Prince to do many good things.
But what about the swallow's dream of flying to Egypt? And what does the Mayor do when the Happy Prince loses all his gold?
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Dominoes Starter The Happy Prince Pack
Oscar Wilde
Text adaptation by Bill Bowler
The Happy Prince is a beautiful golden statue high up on a column in the city. Everyone loves him.
He feels sad about the city's poor people, but what can he do? He can't leave his column. Then the swallow arrives, and helps the Happy Prince to do many good things.
But what about the swallow's dream of flying to Egypt? And what does the Mayor do when the Happy Prince loses all his gold?
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Dominoes Starter The Tempest
William Shakespeare
Text adaptation by Bill Bowler
Prospero, the Duke of Milan, and his daughter Miranda are far away from home, alone on an island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. They want to return to Milan...
Then, one day, Prospero sees a ship near the island carrying his greatest enemies. Prospero, with the help of his magic and the island spirit, Ariel, makes a magic storm - a tempest - to bring them to the island.
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Dominoes Starter The Tempest Pack
William Shakespeare
Text adaptation by Bill Bowler
Prospero, the Duke of Milan, and his daughter Miranda are far away from home, alone on an island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. They want to return to Milan...
Then, one day, Prospero sees a ship near the island carrying his greatest enemies. Prospero, with the help of his magic and the island spirit, Ariel, makes a magic storm - a tempest - to bring them to the island.
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Dominoes Starter Tristan and Isolde Pack
Retold by Bill Bowler
Tristan and Isolde are in love, but Isolde must marry King Mark. So a happy love story seems impossible...
The lovers meet every day but then, one night, King Mark finds them together. Now Tristan must leave the castle, but he is badly hurt and dying. Only Isolde can help him.
Can Isolde find Tristan in time? Can their love survive?
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Dominoes Starter Around the World in Eighty Days Pack
Jules Verne
Text adaptation by Bill Bowler
'Today you can go round the world in eighty days,' says Phileas Fogg.
'Do it, and I pay you 20,000 pounds,' says his friend Stuart.
This is the beginning of one of Jules Verne's most exciting stories. Phileas Fogg must get back to London by December 21st or lose all his money. And with the help of his servant, Passepartout, Fogg travels in many ways - from train to elephant - and has some surprising adventures on the way.
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Dominoes Starter Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Jules Verne
Text adaptation by Merinda Wilson
In Hamburg, Germany, Professor Otto Lidenbrock comes home with an old Icelandic book. In it there is a message about a journey to the centre of the Earth.
This is the beginning of one of Jules Vernes most exciting stories.
'Is this message true? We must go to Iceland and see!' says Lidenbrock excitedly. But his nephew, Axel, wants to stay at home.
Can Lidenbrock and Axel and their Icelandic guide, Hans find the
centre of the Earth? And can they all
get home alive after their many underground adventures?
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Dominoes Starter Journey to the Centre of the Earth Pack
Jules Verne
Text adaptation by Merinda Wilson
In Hamburg, Germany, Professor Otto Lidenbrock comes home with an old Icelandic book. In it there is a message about a journey to the centre of the Earth.
This is the beginning of one of Jules Vernes most exciting stories.
'Is this message true? We must go to Iceland and see!' says Lidenbrock excitedly. But his nephew, Axel, wants to stay at home.
Can Lidenbrock and Axel and their Icelandic guide, Hans find the
centre of the Earth? And can they all
get home alive after their many underground adventures?
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Dominoes Starter Tristan and Isolde
Retold by Bill Bowler
Tristan and Isolde are in love, but Isolde must marry King Mark. So a happy love story seems impossible...
The lovers meet every day but then, one night, King Mark finds them together. Now Tristan must leave the castle, but he is badly hurt and dying. Only Isolde can help him.
Can Isolde find Tristan in time? Can their love survive?
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Dominoes Starter Around the World in Eighty Days
Jules Verne
Text adaptation by Bill Bowler
'Today you can go round the world in eighty days,' says Phileas Fogg.
'Do it, and I pay you 20,000 pounds,' says his friend Stuart.
This is the beginning of one of Jules Verne's most exciting stories. Phileas Fogg must get back to London by December 21st or lose all his money. And with the help of his servant, Passepartout, Fogg travels in many ways - from train to elephant - and has some surprising adventures on the way.
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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter Last Chance Audio CD Pack
Phillip Burrows and Mark Foster
STARTER - Thriller & Adventure
'How can Mr Frank be angry now?' thinks Mike happily. His film is good and he is the only cameraman on the volcano. Now he can go home.
But then he finds Jenny and she is dying. Rocks start to move and Mike is afraid. Can they get off the volcano alive? And what happens to Mike's camera and film?
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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter Drive into Danger Audio CD Pack
Rosemary Border
STARTER - Thriller & Adventure
'I can drive a truck,' says Kim on her first day at work in the office. When Kim's passenger Andy finds something strange under the truck things get dangerous - very dangerous.
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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter Orca Audio CD Pack
Phillip Burrows and Mark Foster
STARTER - Thriller & Adventure
When Tonya and her friends decide to sail around the world they want to see exciting things and visit exciting places.
But one day, they meet an orca - a killer whale - one of the most dangerous animals in the sea. And life gets a little too exciting.
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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter Police TV Audio CD Pack
Tim Vicary
STARTER - Crime & Mystery
'Every day someone steals money from people near the shops. We must stop this,' says Dan, a police officer.
The police use TV cameras but it is not easy because there are so many suspects - who is the robber?
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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter Sally's Phone Audio CD Pack
Christine Lindop
STARTER - Human Interest
Sally is always running - and she has her phone with her all the time: at home, on the train, at work, at lunchtime, and at the shops.
But then one afternoon suddenly she has a different phone . . . and it changes her life.
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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter Starman Audio CD Pack
Phillip Burrows and Mark Foster
STARTER - Fantasy & Horror
The empty centre of Australia. The sun is hot and there are not many people. And when Bill meets a man, alone, standing on an empty road a long way from anywhere, he is surprised and worried.
And Bill is right to be worried. Because there is something strange about the man he meets. Very strange . . .
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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter The Fifteenth Character Audio CD Pack
Rosemary Border
STARTER - Thriller & Adventure
'It's an interesting job,' says Sally about her work at Happy Hills.
And today is a very exciting day because Zapp the famous singer is coming. Everybody is having a wonderful time. But suddenly something goes wrong - very wrong.
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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter Escape
Phillip Burrows and Mark Foster
Starter - Thriller & Adventure
'I'm not a thief. I'm an innocent man,' shouts Brown. He is angry because he is in prison and the prison guards hate him. Then one day Brown has an idea. It is dangerous - very dangerous.
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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter King Arthur
Janet Hardy-Gould
STARTER - Human Interest
It is the year 650 in England. There is war everywhere because the old king is dead and he has no son. Only when the new king comes can the fighting stop and the strange, magical story of King Arthur begin. But first, Merlin the ancient magician has to find a way of finding the next king . . .
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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter Oranges in the Snow
Phillip Burrows and Mark Foster
STARTER - Crime & Mystery
'Everything's ready now. We can do the experiment,' says your assistant Joe.
You are the famous scientist Mary Durie working in a laboratory in Alaska. When you discover something very new and valuable, other people want to try to steal your idea - can you stop them before they escape?
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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter Orca
Phillip Burrows and Mark Foster
STARTER - Thriller & Adventure
When Tonya and her friends decide to sail around the world they want to see exciting things and visit exciting places.
But one day, they meet an orca - a killer whale - one of the most dangerous animals in the sea. And life gets a little too exciting.
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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter Police TV
Tim Vicary
STARTER - Crime & Mystery
'Every day someone steals money from people near the shops. We must stop this,' says Dan, a police officer.
The police use TV cameras but it is not easy because there are so many suspects - who is the robber?
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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter Robin Hood
John Escott
STARTER - Human Interest
'You're a brave man, but I am afraid for you,' says Lady Marian to Robin of Locksley. She is afraid because Robin does not like Prince John's new taxes and wants to do something for the poor people of Nottingham. When Prince John hears this, Robin is suddenly in danger - great danger.
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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter Survive!
Helen Brooke
STARTER - Human Interest
You are in a small plane, going across the Rocky Mountains. Suddenly, the engine starts to make strange noises . . .
Soon you are alone, in the snow, at the top of a mountain, and it is very, very cold. Can you find your way out of the mountain?
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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter Taxi of Terror
Phillip Burrows and Mark Foster
STARTER - Thriller & Adventure
'How does it work?' Jack asks when he opens his present - a mobile phone. Later that night, Jack is a prisoner in a taxi in the empty streets of the dark city. He now tries his mobile phone for the first time. Can it save his life?
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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Mark Twain
Retold by Alan Hines
STARTER - Classics
Hank Morgan is a happy young man in Connecticut, USA, in 1879 until one day someone runs into his office and shouts, 'Come quickly, Boss! Two men are fighting.' After this, something very strange happens to him, and his life changes forever.
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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter Drive into Danger
Rosemary Border
STARTER - Thriller & Adventure
'I can drive a truck,' says Kim on her first day at work in the office. When Kim's passenger Andy finds something strange under the truck things get dangerous - very dangerous.
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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter Girl on a Motorcycle
John Escott
STARTER - Crime & Mystery
'Give me the money,' says the robber to the Los Angeles security guard. The guard looks at the gun and hands over the money. The robber has long blond hair and rides a motorcycle - and a girl with long blond hair arrives at Kenny's motel - on a motorcycle. Is she the robber?
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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter Give us the Money
Maeve Clarke
STARTER - Crime & Mystery
'Every day is the same. Nothing exciting ever happens to me,' thinks Adam one boring Monday morning.
But today is not the same. When he helps a beautiful young woman because some men want to take her bag, life gets exciting and very, very dangerous.
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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter Mystery in London
Helen Brooke
STARTER - Crime & Mystery
Six women are dead because of the Whitechapel Killer. Now another woman lies in a London street and there is blood everywhere. She is very ill.
You are the famous detective Mycroft Pound; can you catch the killer before he escapes?
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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter Sally's Phone
Christine Lindop
STARTER - Human Interest
Sally is always running - and she has her phone with her all the time: at home, on the train, at work, at lunchtime, and at the shops.
But then one afternoon suddenly she has a different phone . . . and it changes her life.
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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter Star Reporter
John Escott
STARTER - Human Interest
'There's a new girl in town,' says Joe, and soon Steve is out looking for her.
Marietta is easy to find in a small town, but every time he sees her something goes wrong . . . and his day goes from bad to worse.
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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter Starman
Phillip Burrows and Mark Foster
STARTER - Fantasy & Horror
The empty centre of Australia. The sun is hot and there are not many people. And when Bill meets a man, alone, standing on an empty road a long way from anywhere, he is surprised and worried.
And Bill is right to be worried. Because there is something strange about the man he meets. Very strange . . .
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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter The Fifteenth Character
Rosemary Border
STARTER - Thriller & Adventure
'It's an interesting job,' says Sally about her work at Happy Hills.
And today is a very exciting day because Zapp the famous singer is coming. Everybody is having a wonderful time. But suddenly something goes wrong - very wrong.
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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter The Ransom of Red Chief
O. Henry
Retold by Paul Shipton
STARTER - Classics
Bill and Sam arrive in the small American town of Summit with only two hundred dollars, but they need more and Sam has an idea for making a lot of money. When things start to go very wrong, both men soon regret their visit - and their idea.
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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter The White Stones
Lester Vaughan
STARTER - Thriller & Adventure
'The people on this island don't like archaeologists,' the woman on the ferry says. You only want to study the 4,500 year-old Irish megalithic stones but very soon strange things begin to happen to you. Can you solve the mystery in time?
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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter Vampire Killer
Paul Shipton
STARTER - Fantasy & Horror
'I am a vampire killer . . . and now I need help,' says Professor Fletcher to Colin. Colin needs a job and he needs money - but do vampires exist or is the professor crazy?
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Oxford Bookworms Library
Third Edition
English graded readers series for secondary level to adult
Beginner to Advanced
A1 to C1
Read your way to better English with Oxford Bookworms
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