'It's an interesting job,' says Sally about her work at Happy Hills. And today is a very exciting day because Zapp the famous singer is coming. Everybody is having a wonderful time. But suddenly something goes wrong - very wrong.
Rosemary Border Ordine dei libri (cronologico)






How much rubbish do you throw away in a year? It could be more than atonne or less than a hundred kilograms, but it's still too much. The Earth isdisappearing under a mountain of rubbish - often poisonous - yet, as this bookshows, much of this rubbish could be recycled. Recycling can save energy,materials and money - it may also save the Earth.
Oxford Bookworms Starters: Drive Into Danger
- 30pagine
- 2 ore di lettura
'I can drive a truck,' says Kim on her first day at work in the office. When Kim's passenger Andy finds something strange under the truck things get dangerous - very dangerous.
The Bride Price
- 106pagine
- 4 ore di lettura
A Nigerian girl is allowed to finish her education because a diploma will enhance her bride price, but she then rebels against traditional marriage customs.
Go, Lovely Rose and Other Stories
- 80pagine
- 3 ore di lettura
The Oxford Bookworms Library offers new editions of the original Oxford Bookworms Black and Green series, merging the two series into one. The new editions build on the original series and provide enhanced teaching support. Sixteen additional pages inside each book allow extra pages of activities and increased author and series information.
The Lottery Winner
- 64pagine
- 3 ore di lettura
Everybody wants to win the lottery. A million pounds, perhaps five million, even ten million. How wonderful! Emma Carter buys a ticket for the lottery every week, and puts the ticket carefully in her bag. She is seventy-three years old and does not have much money. She would like to visit her son in Australia, but aeroplane tickets are very expensive. Jason Williams buys lottery tickets every week too. But he is not a very nice young man. He steals things. He hits old ladies in the street, snatches their bags and runs away . . .
The books are graded at six vocabulary levels, ranging from 400 words (Beginning) to 2,500 words
Il singolare "caso" del dottor Jekyll e del suo doppio, il signor Hyde, diventa teatro di uno spietato confronto tra istinto e ragione, tra le esigenze della virtù e le pulsioni più oscure e ribelli che albergano ne] cuore dell'uomo. Scritto in maniera lucida ed essenziale, divenuto ormai un classico dell'horror per il clima di mistero e di terrore in cui si svolge la vicenda, questo racconto ha pagine di alta potenza suggestiva, che uniscono al brivido e alla suspense lo spirito austero e ferrigno dei sermoni.
Oxford Bookworms - 2: Pollution
- 24pagine
- 1 ora di lettura
This full-color series presents nonfiction topics about interesting places and subjects. Each title features color photographs and a glossary to help with vocabulary comprehension. Exercises and suggestions for project work are also included. The books are graded at 400-to 1,400-word vocabulary levels. Audio "CDs or "Cassettes are available for select titles.
Under the Ground
- 22pagine
- 1 ora di lettura
Factfiles are a sub-series of Bookworms with a non-fiction angle, providing factual information for students on a wide variety of themes. Exercises at the back of each book check student's understanding of the text and provide ideas for activities and project work.
Oxford Progressive English Readers - 2: The Mill on the Floss
- 78pagine
- 3 ore di lettura
Tall, clever, beautiful Maggie Tulliver loves the son of her father's greatest enemy. What will be the result of this relationship?
Tooth and claw : short stories
- 80pagine
- 3 ore di lettura
Conradin is ten years old. He lives alone with his aunt. He has two big secrets. The first is that he hates his aunt. The second is that he keeps a small, wild animal in the garden shed. The animal has sharp, white teeth, and it loves fresh blood. Every night, Conradin prays to this animal and asks it to do one thing for him, just one thing. This collection of short stories is clever, funny, and shows us 'Nature, red in tooth and claw'. In other words, it is Saki at his very best.
Vikings : Longships and Battle-Axes
- 48pagine
- 2 ore di lettura
The piano
- 64pagine
- 3 ore di lettura
A level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read.Written for Learners of English by Rosemary Border.One day, a farmer tells a farm boy to take everything out of an old building and throw it away. 'It's all rubbish,' he says.In the middle of all the rubbish, the boy finds a beautiful old piano. He has never played before, but now, when his fingers touch the piano, he begins to play. He closes his eyes and the music comes to him - and the music moves his fingers.When he opens his eyes again, he knows that his life is changed for ever . . .
Ghost Stories
- 95pagine
- 4 ore di lettura
Controlled vocab. suitable for Adult Literacy and ESL Learners.
Love Story
- 133pagine
- 5 ore di lettura
Oliver Barrett IV, a wealthy jock from a stuffy WASP family on his way to a Harvard degree and a career in law . . . Jenny Cavilleri, a sharp-tongued, working-class beauty studying music at Radcliffe . . . Opposites in nearly every way, Oliver and Jenny are kindred spirits from vastly different worlds. Falling deeply and powerfully, their attraction to one another defies everything they have ever believed—as they share a passion far greater than anything they dreamed possible . . . and explore the wonder of a love that must end too soon. One of the most adored novels of our time, this is the book that defined a generation—a story of uncompromising devotion, of life as it really is . . . and love that changes everything.
Start with English Readers: Grade 5: People and Things
- 32pagine
- 2 ore di lettura
The story of Mary's shopping trip.












