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Dominoes Two Sherlock Holmes: The Norwood Mystery Pack
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Text adaptation by Jeremy Page
'For me, Watson, life is not so interesting,' says Holmes.
'I loved to read the newspaper, hoping to find some news of an interesting crime for me to investigate or a dangerous criminal for me to catch. Where are all those clever criminals these days?'
Then, suddenly, a wild, excited young man runs up the stairs to Holmes' room. He has a story to tell about a strange crime that took place in Norwood. But who is the criminal? And is he dangerous?
Life, for Holmes,
suddenly starts to get interesting.
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Dominoes Two The Turn of the Screw Pack
Henry James
Text adaptation by Christine Lindop
A young woman arrives at a large country house. Her job is to look after the two children who live there, but she soon discovers that there is something very strange about both the house and the children. The longer she stays, the more she feels that the two children are in danger - or is it that the children are the danger, and the person in danger is herself?
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Dominoes One From the Heart Pack
Anna is a new student at Oxford University. When she arrives in Oxford, she meets Selim, and they become good friends. But Selim is not English, and living in a different country is not easy for him. Anna tries to help but she knows that her father isn't going to like it.
Selim and Anna have each other. But is that enough? And can they find true happiness together?
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Dominoes One Sherlock Holmes: The Blue Diamond Pack
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Text adaptation by Bill Bowler
'He's an intelligent man. He was once rich and is now poor. His wife loved him once, but she doesn't love him now. And he's thirty or forty years old.'
One look at an old hat, and Sherlock Holmes can tell you a lot about its owner. He sees - and thinks - a lot more than the people around him, and when a beautiful blue diamond disappears, Sherlock is the only man in London who can find it.
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Dominoes One The Curse of the Mummy Pack
Joyce Hannam
For thousands of years the dead body of the young king Tutankhamun slept under the sands of Egypt. Then, in the autumn of 1922, Howard Carter and his friends find and open his tomb door. These are exciting times, and Carter's young helper Tariq tells the story in his diary.
But soon people begin to die. Who or what is the killer? Is Tutankhamun angry with them for opening his tomb? And who is the beautiful French girl with the face of Tutankhamun's
long-dead wife?
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Dominoes One The Real McCoy & Other Ghost Stories Pack
Lesley Thompson
'Are you scared, Gordon?' asks Heather.
Four friends talk of ghosts in a hotel in Scotland. That night Gordon sees and hears something strange in his room. But is it really the ghost of Lord McCoy?
These six stories tell of ghosts - friendly, sad, and bad - from Britain, Australia, New Zealand, America - and Egypt!
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Dominoes One The Teacher's Secret and Other Folk Tales Pack
Retold by Joyce Hannam
Are men cleverer than women? Is a poor man cleverer than a rich man? And what about teachers? Are they always cleverer than their students?
The people in these six well-known folk tales from around the world all want to be clever. But are some of them just stupid?
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Dominoes One The Wrong Trousers™ Pack
Aardman
Text adaptation by Bill Bowler
It's Gromit the dog's birthday, and his friend Wallace gives him an unusual present - a pair of Techno-trousers.
At first Wallace uses the trousers to take Gromit for walks, but when the penguin comes to stay, he uses them one night for something different - very different.
This strange story won the Oscar® for Best Animated Short Film in 1993.
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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 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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