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Agatha Christie, woman of mystery
- Auteur : John Escott
- Editeur : Oxford University Press Collection : Oxford bookworms. Stage 2 2000 55 p
What does the name "Agatha Christie" mean? To many people, it means a book about a murder mystery - a "whodunnit". But who was Agatha Christie? What was she like? Was her life quiet and unexciting, or was it full of interest and adventure? Was [...]A Christmas carol
- Auteur : Charles Dickens
- Editeur : Oxford University Press Collection : Bookworms. Classics. Stage 3 2000 72 p.
These five short novels, written for Christmas 1843 to 1848, demonstrate Dickens' most characteristic writing. The volume includes : Marley's ghost ; the first of the three spirits ; The second of the three spirits ; The last of the spirits ; Th[...]A Christmas carol
- Auteur : Charles Dickens
- Editeur : Oxford University Press Collection : Progressive English readers. Grade 2 1992 68 p.
An unkind, mean, lonely old man has an unpleasant surprise when he reaches the front door of his home on the night before Christmas. As he looks at the door knocker, it turns into a face, the face of a friend who as been dead for many years ! Th[...]Ear-rings from Frankfurt
- Auteur : Reg Wright
- Editeur : Oxford University Press Collection : Oxford bookworms. Stage 2 2000 55 p. : ill.
Richard Walton is in trouble again. He has lost his job, and he has borrowed money from his sister, Jennifer, again. And now he has disappeared. Jennifer is looking for him, and so are the police. They both have some questions that they want to [...]Goldfish
- Auteur : Raymond Chandler
- Editeur : Oxford University Press Collection : Oxford bookworms. Stage 3 2004 72 p. : ill.
The Leander pearls were stolen nineteen years ago. The thief was caught, but the pearls were never found, and there is still a $25.000 reward for anyone who finds them. Then somebody comes to private detective Carmady with a story about a guy wh[...]Goodbye Mr Hollywood
- Auteur : John Escott
- Editeur : Oxford University Press Collection : Oxford bookworms library. Thriller and aventure. Stage 1 2000 56 p. : ill.
Nick Lortz is sitting outside a café in Whistler, a village in the Canadian mountains, when a stranger comes and sits next to him. She's young, pretty, and has a beautiful smile. Nick is happy to sit and talk with her. But why does she call Nick[...]Kings and Queens
- Auteur : Tim Vicary
- Editeur : Oxford University Press Collection : Oxford bookworms. Stage 1 1998 21 p
This is the story of Boudicca, Alfred, Henry VIII and many other kings and queens, some great, some not so great. Each of them changed the history of Britain. But to become queen in 1558, like Elizabeth I, was very different from becoming queen [...]Mystery in London
- Auteur : Helen Brooke
- Editeur : Oxford University Press Collection : Bookworms. Crime and mystery 2000 56 p. : ill.
Six women are dead because of the Whitechapel Killer. Now another woman lies in 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 ?New York Café
- Auteur : Michael Dean
- Editeur : Oxford University Press Collection : Oxford bookworms starters 2000 30 p. : ill.
It is the year 2030, and an e-mail message arrives at New York Café : "I want to help people and make them happy !". But not everybody is happy about the e-mail, and soon the police and the President are very interested in the New York Café.Oranges in the snow
- Auteur : Phillip Burrows
- Auteur : Mark Foster
- Editeur : Oxford University Press Collection : Oxford bookworms starters 2001 30 p. : ill.
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 befor they escape ?Scotland
- Auteur : Steve Flinders
- Editeur : Oxford University Press Collection : Oxford bookworms. Stage 1 2000 22 p
How much do you really know about this country of exciting cities, beautiful islands and wonderful mountains? Everybody knows about Scotch whisky, but this book looks a little further than the Scotland of visitors - at the real Scotland that lie[...]Selected tales
- Auteur : Edgar Allan Poe
- Editeur : Oxford University Press Collection : Oxford world's classics 2008 338 p
Edgar Allan Poe's Gothic tales have established themselves as classics of horror fiction, and as the inventor of the modern mystery. Poe created many of the conventions which still dominate the genre of detective fiction. Attentive to the histor[...]Sherlock Holmes and the Duke's son
- Auteur : Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Editeur : Oxford University Press Collection : Bookworms. Crime and mystery 1998 51 p.
Dr Huxtable has a school for boys in the north of England. When the Duke of Holdernesse decides to send his young son there, that is good news for the school. The Duke is a very important person, and Dr Huxtable is happy to have his son in the s[...]Sherlock Holmes short stories
- Auteur : Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Editeur : Oxford University Press Collection : Bookworms. Crime and mystery. Stage 2 2000 56 p.
Sherlock Holmes is the greatest detective of them all. He sits in his room, and smokes his pipe. He listens, and watches, and thinks. He listens to the steps coming up the stairs ; he watches the door opening, and he knows what question the stra[...]Star Reporter
- Auteur : John Escott
- Editeur : Oxford University Press Collection : Oxford bookworms starters 2000 30 p.
"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.Exclu du prêt
