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Oxford Bookworms Library 3: The Wind in the Willows
Автор: Kenneth Grahame Жанр: Oxford University Press Год: 2008 Страниц: 80 Дата загрузки: 14 февраля 20102013-08-17
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Down by the river bank, where the wind whispers through the willow trees, is a very pleasant place to have a lunch party with a few friends. But life is not always so peaceful for the Mole and the Water Rat. There is the time, for example, when Toad gets interested in motor-cars — goes mad about them in fact... The story of the adventures of Mole, Rat, Badger, and Toad has been loved by young and old for over a hundred years.
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Oxford Bookworms Library 3: Wyatt's Hurricane
Автор: Desmond Bagley Жанр: Oxford University Press Год: 2008 Страниц: 80 Дата загрузки: 14 февраля 20102013-08-17
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Hurricane Mabel is far out in the Atlantic Ocean and moving slowly northwards. Perhaps it will never come near land at all. But if it hits the island of San Fernandez, many thousands of people will die. There could be winds of more than 250 kilometres an hour. There could be a huge tidal wave from the sea, which will drown the capital city of St Pierre. Mabel will destroy houses, farms, roads, bridges... Only one man, David Wyatt, believes that Mabel will hit San Fernandez, but nobody will listen to him ...
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Oxford Bookworms Library 4: Cranford
Автор: Elizabeth Gaskell Жанр: Oxford University Press Год: 2008 Страниц: 96 Дата загрузки: 15 апреля 20122013-08-23
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Life in the small English town of Cranford seems very quiet and peaceful. The ladies of Cranford lead tidy, regular lives. They make their visits between the hours of twelve and three, give little evening parties, and worry about their maid-servants. But life is not always smooth — there are little arguments and jealousies, sudden deaths and unexpected marriages... Mrs Gaskell's timeless picture of small-town life in the first half of the nineteenth century has delighted readers for nearly 150 years.
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Oxford Bookworms Library 4: Death of an Englishman
Автор: Magdalen Nabb Жанр: Oxford University Press Год: 2007 Страниц: 96 Дата загрузки: 15 апреля 20112012-08-23
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It was a very inconvenient time for murder. Florence was full of Christmas shoppers and half the police force was already on holiday. At first it seemed quite an ordinary murder. Of course, there are always a few mysteries. In this case, the dead man had been in the habit of moving his furniture at three o'clock in the morning. Naturally, the police wanted to know why. The case became more complicated. But all the time, the answer was right under their noses. They just couldn't see it. It was, after all, a very ordinary murder.
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Oxford Bookworms Library 4: Desert, Mountain, Sea
Автор: Sue Leather Жанр: Oxford University Press Год: 2008 Страниц: 96 Дата загрузки: 15 апреля 20122013-08-23
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Three different parts of the world, but all of them dangerous, lonely places. Three different women, but all of them determined to go — and to come back alive! Robyn Davidson walked nearly 3,000 kilometres across the Australian desert — with a dog and four camels. Arlene Blum led a team of ten women to the top of Annapurna — one of the highest mountains in the world. Only eight came down again. Naomi James sailed around the world alone, on a journey lasting more than 250 days.
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Oxford Bookworms Library 4: A Dubious Legacy
Автор: Mary Wesley Жанр: Oxford University Press Год: 2008 Страниц: 96 Дата загрузки: 15 апреля 20122013-08-23
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In 1944 Henry Tillotson brings his new wife, Margaret, home to his farmhouse in the English countryside. Margaret is a strange, unpleasant woman, determined, it seems, to make Henry's life miserable. 'Poor Henry!' say his friends, as they visit at weekends and holidays. 'What an awful life he has!' But Henry is not at all the sad and disappointed man we might expect him to be. He manages to enjoy life, and indeed, has quite a lot of fun, one way and another... Mary Wesley's story takes a sharp but light-hearted look at love, sex, and marriage — and the things people will do to get what they want.
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Oxford Bookworms Library 4: The Eagle of the Ninth
Автор: Rosemary Sutcliff Жанр: Oxford University Press Год: 2008 Страниц: 96 Дата загрузки: 15 апреля 20122013-08-23
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In the second century AD, when the Ninth Roman Legion marched into the mists of northern Britain, not one man came back. Four thousand men disappeared, and the Eagle, the symbol of the Legion's honour, was lost. Years later there is a story that the Eagle has been seen again. So Marcus Aquila, whose father disappeared with the Ninth, travels north, to find the Eagle and bring it back, and to learn how his father died. But the tribes of the north are wild and dangerous, and they hate the Romans...
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Oxford Bookworms Library 4: The Hound of the Baskervilles
Автор: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Жанр: Oxford University Press Год: 2008 Страниц: 104 Дата загрузки: 25 мая 20112012-03-19
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Dartmoor. A wild, wet place in the south-west of England. A place where it is easy to get lost, and to fall into the soft green earth which can pull the strongest man down to his death. A man is running for his life. Behind him comes an enormous dog — a dog from his worst dreams, a dog from hell. Between him and a terrible death stands only one person — the greatest detective of all time, Sherlock Holmes.
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Oxford Bookworms Library 4: Lord Jim
Автор: Joseph Conrad Жанр: Oxford University Press Год: 2008 Страниц: 112 Дата загрузки: 05 июня 20102010-07-23
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A hundred years ago a seaman's life was full of danger, but Jim, the first mate on board the Patna, is not afraid of danger. He is young, strong, confident of his bravery. He dreams of great adventures — and the chance to show the world what a hero he is. But the sea is no place for dreamers. When the chance comes, on a calm moonlit night in the Indian Ocean, Jim fails the test, and his world falls to pieces around him. He disappears into the jungles of south-east Asia, searching for a way to prove himself, once and for all...
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Oxford Bookworms Library 4: Lorna Doone
Автор: R.D. Blackmore Жанр: Oxford University Press Год: 2008 Страниц: 96 Дата загрузки: 15 апреля 20122013-08-23
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One winter's day in 1673 young John Ridd is riding home from school, across the wild lonely hills of Exmoor. He has to pass Doone valley — a dangerous place, as the Doones are famous robbers and murderers. All Exmoor lives in fear of the Doones. At home there is sad news waiting for young John, and he learns that he has good reason to hate the Doones. But in the years to come he meets Lorna Doone, with her lovely smile and big dark eyes. And soon he is deeply, hopelessly, in love...
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Oxford Bookworms Library 4: The Moonspinners
Автор: Mary Stewart Жанр: Oxford University Press Год: 2008 Страниц: 96 Дата загрузки: 15 апреля 20122013-08-23
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When Nicola arrives in Crete a day early, she gets more than just an extra day of holiday. She comes to a village where no one can be trusted, and she becomes involved in a murder mystery that puts her own life in danger. This story is set in a small village in the mountains of Crete. This is an island where people have strong feelings, where arguments begin suddenly, and end quickly. And Nicola has arrived in the middle of an argument that could end very quickly — with a gun.
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Oxford Bookworms Library 4: Mr Midshipman Hornblower
Автор: C.S. Forester Жанр: Oxford University Press Год: 2008 Страниц: 96 Дата загрузки: 15 апреля 20122013-08-23
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'Hornblower fired. There was a small cloud of smoke, but no bang. This is death, he thought. My pistol was the unloaded one'. But Horatio Hornblower does not die. He survives the duel with Simpson, learns to overcome his seasickness, and goes on to risk his life many times over. It is 1793, Britain is at war with France, and life on a sailing ship of war is hard and dangerous. But the hardest battles are fought by Hornblower within himself.
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Oxford Bookworms Library 4: Persuasion
Автор: Jane Austen Жанр: Oxford University Press Год: 2008 Страниц: 96 Дата загрузки: 15 апреля 20122013-08-23
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At nineteen Anne Elliot refuses an offer of marriage from Frederick Wentworth, persuaded to do so by Lady Russell, a friend of her dead mother. Wentworth is a sailor, with no money and an uncertain future, says Lady Russell — just a nobody, certainly not worthy of a baronet's daughter. Eight years later Wentworth returns, a rich and successful captain, looking for a wife. Anne is still unmarried, but Captain Wentworth clearly prefers the company of the two Musgrove girls...
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Oxford Bookworms Library 4: Silas Marner
Автор: George Eliot Жанр: Oxford University Press Год: 2008 Страниц: 96 Дата загрузки: 15 апреля 20122013-08-23
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In a hole under the floorboards Silas Marner the linen-weaver keeps his gold. Every day he works hard at his weaving, and every night he takes the gold out and holds the bright coins lovingly, feeling them and counting them again and again. The villagers are afraid of him and he has no family, no friends. Only the gold is his friend, his delight, his reason for living. But what if a thief should come in the night and take his gold away? What will Silas do then? What could possibly comfort him for the loss of his only friend?
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Oxford Bookworms Library 4: The Silver Sword
Жанр: Oxford University Press Год: 2008 Страниц: 88 Дата загрузки: 18 марта 20112012-03-29
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Jan opened his wooden box and took out the silver sword. 'This will bring me luck', he said to Mr Balicki. 'And it will bring you luck because you gave it to me'. The silver sword is only a paper knife, but it gives Jan and his friends hope. Hungry, cold, and afraid, the four children try to stay alive among the ruins of bombed cities in war-torn Europe. Soon they will begin the long and dangerous journey south, from Poland to Switzerland, where they hope to find their parents again.
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Oxford Bookworms Library 4: The Songs of Distant Earth and Other Stories
Автор: Arthur C. Clarke Жанр: Oxford University Press Год: 2007 Страниц: 96 Дата загрузки: 15 апреля 20112012-08-23
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'High above them, Lora and Clyde heard a sound their world had not heard for centuries — the thin scream of a starship coming in from outer space, leaving a long white tail like smoke across the clear blue sky. They looked at each other in wonder. After three hundred years of silence, Earth had reached out once more to touch Thalassa ...' And with the starship comes knowledge, and love, and pain. In these five science-fiction stories Arthur C. Clarke takes us travelling through the universe into the unknown, but always possible future.
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Oxford Bookworms Library 4: Washington Square
Автор: Henry James Жанр: Oxford University Press Год: 2008 Страниц: 88 Дата загрузки: 18 марта 20112012-03-29
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When a handsome young man begins to court Catherine Sloper, she feels she is very lucky. She is a quiet, gentle girl, but neither beautiful nor clever; no one had ever admired her before, or come to the front parlour of her home in Washington Square to whisper soft words of love to her. But in New York in the 1840s young ladies are not free to marry where they please. Catherine must have her father's permission, and Dr Sloper is a rich man. One day Catherine will have a fortune of 30,000 dollars a year...
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Oxford Bookworms Library 5: David Copperfield
Автор: Charles Dickens Жанр: Oxford University Press Год: 2008 Страниц: 104 Дата загрузки: 25 мая 20112012-03-19
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'Please, Mr Murdstone! Don't beat me! I've tried to learn my lessons, really I have, sir!' sobs David. Although he is only eight years old, Mr Murdstone does beat him, and David is so frightened that he bites his cruel stepfather's hand. For that, he is kept locked in his room for five days and nights, and nobody is allowed to speak to him. As David grows up, he learns that life is full of trouble and misery and cruelty. But he also finds laughter and kindness, trust and friendship... and love.
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Oxford Bookworms Library 5: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Автор: Philip K. Dick Жанр: Oxford University Press Год: 2007 Страниц: 128 Дата загрузки: 20 сентября 20122009-07-21
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San Francisco lies under a cloud of radioactive dust. People live in half-deserted apartment buildings, and keep electric animals as pets because so many real animals have died. Most people emigrate to Mars — unless they have a job to do on Earth. Like Rick Deckard — android killer for the police and owner of an electric sheep. This week he has to find, identify, and kill six androids which have escaped from Mars. They're machines, but they look and sound and think like humans — clever, dangerous humans. They will be hard to kill. The film Blade Runner was based on this famous novel.
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Oxford Bookworms Library 5: Great Expectations
Автор: Charles Dickens Жанр: Oxford University Press Год: 2008 Страниц: 112 Дата загрузки: 05 июня 20102010-07-23
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In a gloomy, neglected house Miss Havisham sits, as she has sat year after year, in a wedding dress and veil that were once white, and are now faded and yellow with age. Her face is like a death's head; her dark eyes burn with bitterness and hate. By her side sits a proud and beautiful girl, and in front of her, trembling with fear in his thick country boots, stands young Pip. Miss Havisham stares at Pip coldly, and murmurs to the girl at her side: 'Break his heart, Estella. Break his heart!'
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