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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Автор: West Clare Жанр: Oxford University Press Год: 2011 Страниц: 88 Дата загрузки: 18 марта 20142015-03-29
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What happens when a man lives his life backwards, or a family owns a diamond as big as the Ritz Hotel? How can a boring girl become more popular, a careless young woman become more sensible, or a cut-glass bowl destroy a married woman's life? What does a young man do to save the girl that he likes from an evil ghost, or to forget old feelings for a woman when she marries another man? Read this collection of short stories by one of America's finest storytellers to find out.
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The Count of Monte Cristo
Автор: Dumas Alexandre Жанр: Oxford University Press Год: 2010 Страниц: 88 Дата загрузки: 18 марта 20132014-03-29
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Marseille, France, 1815. It is Edmond Dantes' wedding day. But his enemies have other plans, and Edmond is arrested and sent to the terrible island prison of Chateau d'If. For fourteen long years he waits for the right moment to escape. And now Edmond is a rich man, with many disguises, and a new name. The Count of Monte Cristo begins his revenge...
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Dian and the Gorillas
Автор: Shapiro Norma Жанр: Oxford University Press Год: 2010 Страниц: 88 Дата загрузки: 18 марта 20132014-03-29
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Over the years hunters, poachers, and war have killed many of the gorillas of central Africa. But there are still a few hundred living high in the mists of the Virunga Mountains. When Dian Fossey first saw a family of wild mountain gorillas in the Virungas she knew that she must help these wonderful animals. This true story tells of the twenty years she lived with them, watched them, wrote about them, and protected them. In the end, she gave her life for them.
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The Faithful Ghost and Other Tall Tales
Автор: Bowler Bill Жанр: Oxford University Press Год: 2010 Страниц: 88 Дата загрузки: 18 марта 20132014-03-29
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A 'Tall Tale' is a story that's hard to believe, and the five tall tales in this book all tell of ghosts. Some have dark secrets buried in the past, others bring messages for the living. Some are laughable, some are sad, and some are just evil. Sometimes there's a logical explanation for the strangest happenings, but often things cannot be explained by logic alone. Either way, you're sure to find some frightening reading between the covers of this book.
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Hard Times
Автор: Dickens Charles Жанр: Oxford University Press Год: 2010 Страниц: 88 Дата загрузки: 18 марта 20132014-03-29
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Thomas Gradgrind believes that facts and money are more important than feelings and imagination. After Cissy Jupe a circus child is left alone in the world, Gradgrind takes her into his house, looking after her and teaching her facts with his own children Tom and Louisa. Some years later the Gradgrind family meets hard times. Louisa becomes a prisoner in a loveless marriage, and Tom has problems at work. In the end, Thomas Gradgrind learns the importance of feelings and imagination.
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Little House on the Prairie
Автор: Laura Ingalls Wilder Жанр: Oxford University Press Год: 2010 Страниц: 88 Дата загрузки: 18 марта 20132014-03-29
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Let's go see the West, said Pa. 'The land is flat and the grass grows thick and high. Animals run freely and there are no settlers. Only Indians live there.' So, more than a hundred years ago, the Ingalls family went by covered wagon into Kansas — Indian Territory. This is the true story of how they lived in those exciting, difficult, and sometimes dangerous, times.
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Mansfield Park
Автор: Austen Jane Жанр: Oxford University Press Год: 2010 Страниц: 88 Дата загрузки: 18 марта 20132014-03-29
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'Why shouldn't we offer to take care of her? She could live with us at Mansfield.' In this way Mrs Norris persuades her sister, Lady Bertram, and Lady Bertram's husband, Sir Thomas, to ask their poor niece Fanny Price to live with them at Mansfield Park. At first Fanny is unhappy there. Then, after she makes friends with her young cousins, things improve. But what happens when the cousins are older, and starting to think of love?
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The Moonstone
Автор: Collins Wilkie Жанр: Oxford University Press Год: 2010 Страниц: 88 Дата загрузки: 18 марта 20132014-03-29
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The Moonstone is a beautiful yellow diamond that was stolen from the statue of a Moon god in India. When Franklin Blake brings it to Rachel Verinders house in Yorkshire for her birthday, it brings bad luck with it. How many people will the Moonstone hurt? How many must die before the diamonds revenge is complete?
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Revolution
Автор: Huizenga Jann Жанр: Oxford University Press Год: 2010 Страниц: 88 Дата загрузки: 18 марта 20132014-03-29
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'All men are created equal...' When Thomas Jefferson wrote these words in June 1776, in the American Declaration of Independence, he started something that was very much bigger than he imagined. This book looks at the history around that Declaration, and at the Revolution that led to the birth of the United States of America.
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The Secret Agent
Автор: Conrad Joseph Жанр: Oxford University Press Год: 2010 Страниц: 88 Дата загрузки: 18 марта 20132014-03-29
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Adolf Verloc is a double agent, working for both the British police and a foreign country. He pretends to live a normal life, with his wife, Winnie, and has a shop in London, which, at night, becomes a meeting place for anarchists. One day Verloc is told to plant a bomb but the plan goes terribly wrong Does Verloc really love Winnie, or is she just part of his cover? Can Winnie ever forgive him? Who is Verloc really working for?
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The Vesuvius Mosaic
Автор: Hannam Joyce Жанр: Oxford University Press Год: 2012 Страниц: 88 Дата загрузки: 19 февраля 20142015-02-29
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'We have some wonderful mosaics in Pompeii, but I've never seen a better one than this!' After the young Roman mosaic designer Felix starts work in Pompeii, his whole life changes. There he falls in love with the beautiful Greek slave Agathe, who can see into the future. When the volcano Vesuvius sends hot ash over the city, Felix — and Agathe's brother Alcander — ride to the port of Misenum for help. But will they reach admiral Gaius Plinius in time, and will they ever see Agathe alive again?
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The Little Match Girl
Автор: Hans Christian Andersen Жанр: Oxford University Press Год: 2012 Страниц: 40 Дата загрузки: 15 июня 20142014-05-25
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Fearful of returning home to a violent father without having sold enough matches for the day, the Little Match Girl remains on the street resigned to warming herself by lighting matches. With each match, she sees a vision — a warm stove, a table laden with hot food, a beautiful Christmas tree decorated with lights leading up to the sky, so high that one becomes a shooting star. According to her grandmother, each shooting star is a person who had recently passed on and is now heading to heaven. Her next strike brings a vision of her grandmother — the only person in the world who ever loved the Little Match Girl — who takes her away in her warm embrace to heaven. The classic ending is intact here and accompanied by gentle, sensitive illustrations — children will return to this stirring tale often to understand its tragedy and the valuable lessons within.
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Crying Wolf and Other Tales
Жанр: Oxford University Press Год: 2013 Дата загрузки: 7 декабря 20152014-12-07
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Dominoes are full colour readers with extensive Activities and Project pages. Quick Starters are the same level as Starter with shorter, simpler stories. They are suitable for students who need more support in their reading than is provided by traditional readers. The Activities and Projects can be used either in class or as homework.
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Автор: Bowler Bill Жанр: Oxford University Press Год: 2012 Страниц: 33 Дата загрузки: 19 февраля 20142013-06-15
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'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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Zombie Attack!
Автор: Thompson Lesley Жанр: Oxford University Press Год: 2013 Страниц: 40 Дата загрузки: 15 июня 20152015-05-25
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'Professor Clark's work usually helps people. But this is something new.' Clark's helper — Tasha Kiara — is telling Chaz — a local TV reporter about the Professor's new serum. Then an earthquake hits Clark's California lab, and his serum brings dead bodies in the cemetery alive. Soon the zombies attack! What happens to Professor Clark? How can Tasha and Chaz stop the zombies? Who lives and who dies? Read this story and see.
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Around the World in Eighty Days
Автор: Verne Jules Жанр: Oxford University Press Год: 2013 Страниц: 56 Дата загрузки: 03 августа 20152016-04-15
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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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The Big Story
Автор: Escott John Жанр: Oxford University Press Год: 2010 Страниц: 56 Дата загрузки: 02 сентября 20152013-04-15
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Bring me something new and exciting. Bring me a BIG story! says Rosies 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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Heidi
Автор: Spyri Johanna Жанр: Oxford University Press Год: 2011 Страниц: 56 Дата загрузки: 02 сентября 20162014-04-15
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'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 Fraulein Rottenmeier, the Sesemanns' unfriendly housekeeper?
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American Headway 1: Workbook
Автор: Soars Liz Жанр: Oxford University Press Год: 2001 Страниц: 84 Дата загрузки: 02 сентября 20092004-02-23
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Providing a foundation in the structure of the language by gradually building students' understanding of the basic grammar, vocabulary, and functions of English.
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American Headway 2: Student Book
Автор: Soars Liz Жанр: Oxford University Press Год: 2002 Страниц: 160 Дата загрузки: 25 апреля 20092004-07-04
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Builds on the firm foundation laid in American Headway 1.
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