The Oxford Bookworms Library offers new editions of the original Oxford Bookworms Black and Green series, merging the two series into one with new covers. The new editions build on the success of 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. Some of the titles have new illustrations. For those titles which had associated cassettes, the cassettes will remain available with the same ISBNs as before.
I misteri del Maresciallo Guarnaccia Serie
Immergetevi nel cuore vibrante di Firenze, dove ogni caso svela complesse relazioni umane e segreti nascosti. Questa serie di mistero segue un perspicace maresciallo dei Carabinieri italiani mentre naviga in un labirinto di crimini e intrighi. La sua acuta intelligenza ed empatia sono essenziali per decifrare enigmi in un ricco contesto storico.
Ordine di lettura consigliato
There was enough trouble around to keep the police busy for months. All over Florence tourists were being robbed, cars stolen and somewhere in ther city terrorists were quietly at work. So the suicide of a Dutch jeweller looked like a simple case, or was it just too simple?
Dood in de lente
- 130pagine
- 5 ore di lettura
De dokter van een Amerikaanse zakenman wordt in Florence ontvoerd door mensen die goed thuis zijn in het Toscaanse heuvelland.
Zázrak
- 158pagine
- 6 ore di lettura
Bea je úspešná, krásna a silná žena. Jej život sa zdá byt ideálny. Ale zdanie, ako to už býva, klame. Stačí jeden okamih, ktorý ju zrazí na kolená. Napriek tomu dokáže zvládnuť to, čo sa jej zo začiatku zdalo byt nemožné. A rozhodne sa svoj život od základov zmeniť. Krok za krokom nachádza samú seba a spoznáva lásku, v akú už ani nedúfala. Začne napokon veriť aj na zázraky?
Sie ist auf dem Revier, um ihre Freundin vermißt zu melden. Beide sind ursprünglich zum Italienischlernen aus der Schweiz nach Florenz gekommen und dann geblieben, um in einer nahen Kleinstadt illegal zu arbeiten. Seit drei Tagen ist die bildhübsche Monika Heer spurlos verschwunden. Als die Leiche des Mädchens unter einem Haufen Tonscherben entdeckt wird, ist auch Maresciallo Guarnaccia ratlos.
The Marshall and the Madwoman
- 224pagine
- 8 ore di lettura
Why should anyone want to murder Clementina, the crazed old woman who tidied by night the narrow streets of Florence's San Frediano district? Starting without clues, the Marshal sets out in the city's August heat to reconstruct her past. By the author of "The Marshal Makes His Report".
The Marshal's Own Case
- 176pagine
- 7 ore di lettura
“ The lore and mystique of male transvestite lifestyles in Florence. . . . The marshal takes the case that no one wants, a situation underscoring the novel’s theme of unloved and troubled children.”— Publishers Weekly “Among the genre’s most appealing cops.”— Booklist “Surpasses the best of Simenon.”— Kirkus Reviews The marshal must leave his snug world at the Pitti Palace to seek a criminal in the shadowy haunts of prostitutes, pimps, and tricks. No one believes that he can navigate in this milieu, much less identify a killer, but once again he confounds their expectations.
The Marshal Makes His Report
- 320pagine
- 12 ore di lettura
Marshal Guarnaccia enters Florentine high society in search of a clever killer.
The Marshal at the Villa Torrini
- 196pagine
- 7 ore di lettura
Praise for the Marshal Guarnaccia series: "The exquisite sensibility of Magdalen Nabb's police procedurals has all to do with the feeling of displacement that haunts her sensitively observed characters."--"The New York Times Book Review" A well-known writer is found dead in the Villa Torrini near Florence without a mark of violence on her. Marshal Guarnaccia of the carabinieri must solve the mystery while struggling with a new legal system and a strict diet. Magdalen Nabb was born and educated in England. She lived and wrote in Florence, where she died in August 2007.
The Monster of Florence
- 346pagine
- 13 ore di lettura
Investigating a forgery in the art world, Marshal Guarnaccia of the Pitti Palace carabinieri station is dragged into a final attempt to nail the serial killer who has ritually slaughtered seven courting couples over the last ten years and finds himself facing a forgery in his own line of business.
Property Of Blood
- 304pagine
- 11 ore di lettura
Olivia, an American-born model, married Count Ugo Brunamonti, a feckless, soon impoverished aristocrat. The government's official policy is not to permit the payment of ransom. But if the money isn't paid, the kidnappers cannot let their victim go free. Can it be that Olivia's children are unwilling to pay the ransom?
Some Bitter Taste
- 320pagine
- 12 ore di lettura
The marshal's search for the villains who precipitated her death brings him into confrontation with the past, with Jewish refugees from fascism, and with English expatriates, including the ailing heir to the elegant Villa L'Uliveto, Sir Christopher Wrothesly-
The Innocent
- 356pagine
- 13 ore di lettura
It is spring in Florence and everyone around Marshal Guarnaccia seems to be in love, even his own son. The case he is working on, the murder of a young woman, seems to present no particular problems. No distressed parents, no political or influential connections, no pressure from the media. The investigation takes him only a few steps from home, to the Boboli gardens and to the artisans' quarter - where he knows everybody and everybody knows him. The locals also trust him - until he seems to be accusing one of them - then everything changes. A second death follows and Guarnaccia is convinced that it is his fault. The case becomes one of the most distressing he's ever had to handle. Burdened with guilt, he finds it impossible to trust his own instincts any more. But he has to learn to do so before he can get at the truth.
Vita Nuova
- 272pagine
- 10 ore di lettura
A young mother is found dead in her bedroom in the elegant villa of the newly rich Paolottis. There seems to be no motive for the brutal crime until Marshal Guarnaccia investigates.
