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Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 1 Titanic Audio CD Pack
Tim Vicary
STAGE 1 - Factfiles
On a quiet sea, the biggest ship in the world is waiting. There is no noise from the engines. Up in the night sky there are hundreds of stars. Behind the ship, an iceburg - a great mountain of ice - goes slowly away into the black night.
In the beautiful first-class rooms, rich passengers eat and listen to music. Down in the third-class cabins, families sleep. An exciting new life is waiting for them in America.
But for many of the
people in this small 'city on
the sea', this is their last night alive...
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Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 6 A Passage To India
E. M. Forster
STAGE 6 - Classics
A mysterious incident at the Marabar Caves, involving Adela Quested, newly arrived from England, and Dr Aziz, an Indian doctor, leads to a drama that divides the British and Indian communities in anger, distrust, and fear.
Forsters great novel brings to life all the dangers and misunderstandings of colonialism but, as Forster himself wrote, the story is about something wider than politics, about the search of the human race for a more lasting home, about the universe as
embodied
in the Indian earth and the Indian sky, about the horror lurking in the Marabar Caves...
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Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 1 Little Lord Fauntleroy Audio CD Pack
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Retold by Jennifer Bassett
STAGE 1 - Human Interest
Cedric Errol is seven years old. He lives with his mother in a little house in New York. They don't have much money, but mother and son are good friends. Cedric is a kind, friendly little boy, and everybody likes him. His father was English, but he is now dead, and Cedric and his mother are alone in the world.
But one day a lawyer arrives from England with some very surprising news about Cedric's grandfather...
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Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 2 The Beautiful Game
Steve Flinders
STAGE 2 - Factfiles
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 grounds because 'Women's football isn't nice'.
The cups, the leagues, the World Cup
finals, the stars,
the rules - they're all part of the world's favourite sport, the beautiful game.
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Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 1 Little Lord Fauntleroy
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Retold by Jennifer Bassett
STAGE 1 - Human Interest
Cedric Errol is seven years old. He lives with his mother in a little house in New York. They don't have much money, but mother and son are good friends. Cedric is a kind, friendly little boy, and everybody likes him. His father was English, but he is now dead, and Cedric and his mother are alone in the world.
But one day a lawyer arrives from England with some very surprising news about Cedric's grandfather...
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Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 2 The Beautiful Game Audio CD Pack
Steve Flinders
STAGE 2 - Factfiles
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 grounds because 'Women's football isn't nice'.
The cups, the leagues, the World Cup
finals, the stars,
the rules - they're all part of the world's favourite sport, the beautiful game.
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Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 3 Playing with Fire: Stories from the Pacific Rim
Retold by Jennifer Bassett
STAGE 3 - World Stories
He smiled, showing teeth yellow from cigarette smoke. He looked at his desk diary, then at her papers again. 'Mmm... a hundred pesos a month, Why, that's one thousand two hundred pesos a year. Surely, you can afford to buy me a forty-peso dinner!'
How can Marina say no? How can she refuse the Chief's next request? He is an evil man, but she needs her promotion...
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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter The Girl with Red Hair Audio CD Pack
Christine Lindop
STARTER - Human Interest
Every day people come to Mason's store - old people, young people, men and women.
From his office, and in the store, Mark watches them. And when they leave the store, he forgets them.
Then one day a girl with red hair comes to the store, and everything changes for Mark. Now he can't forget the beautiful face, those green eyes, and that red hair...
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Oxford Bookworms Library Starter The Girl with Red Hair
Christine Lindop
STARTER - Human Interest
Every day people come to Mason's store - old people, young people, men and women.
From his office, and in the store, Mark watches them. And when they leave the store, he forgets them.
Then one day a girl with red hair comes to the store, and everything changes for Mark. Now he can't forget the beautiful face, those green eyes, and that red hair...
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Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 4 Great Crimes Audio CD Pack
John Escott
STAGE 4 - Factfiles
It is more than forty years since the Great Train Robbery. But what happened to the rest of the money that was taken? Two million pounds has never been found. Perhaps some of the robbers would like to know the answer to this question too...
Many great crimes end in a question. Who really killed President Kennedy? What happened to Shergar? Who knows the truth about Azaria Chamberlain? Not all the answers are known. Join the world's detectives and discover the love, death, hate, money, and mystery held in the stories of these great crimes.
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