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Read about Gulliver’s amazing journey to Lilliput and find out everything about this strange country and his adventures there.

Police detective John Calvino is visiting the confines of a state hospital to interrogate Lucas, a mentally disturbed fourteen-year-old who´s just confessed to a horrific crime. The boy seems wiser th...

The job was too good. There had to be a problem - and there was. John Duncan was an honest man, but he needed money. He had children to look after. He was ready to do anything, and his bosses knew it....

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...

n the village of Chinchero, Peru, weaving is an important tradition. Weavers use animal hair to make beautiful cloth. They have always used this cloth to stay warm. However, now they are also selling ...

In Henry V the theme of war is examined, with all its rituals of embassies, mobilizing of troops, strategies, disciplines, heroism and horror. Another subject, which might also be considered the messa...

Cathy Wilson is driving to Norfolk, to begin her new job with the Harvey family. She is going to look after the two young children, Tim and Susan. Cathy meets the children´s father, and their grandmot...

Music has set the tone for most of Zoe Baxter´s life. There´s the melody that reminds her of the summer she spent rubbing baby oil on her stomach in pursuit of the perfect tan. A dance beat that makes...

Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. Some call it football, some call ...

British English Hapu lives in Ancient Egypt. Hapus father is ill, but they havent got any money for a doctor. Hapu makes a beautiful necklace for Queen Cleopatra and takes it to her. But a guard says,...

A story for you to read and lots of fun games for you to play.

London: November. Terrorists blow up the Queen´s coach outside Parliament. The Queen escapes, but five people are killed, and forty others badly hurt - ordinary, innocent people, like Alan Cole, the Q...

"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...

Short stories from Oxford Bookworms with a unique set of resources and information for running successful Reading Circles.

Trees can live for a very long time, and they are alive all year long, even when they look dead in winter. In this newly illustrated book, you will learn how a tree grows and how it gets food and wate...

A serie of graded reading books that meets the recommendations fo the CEF from beginner to advanced (A1 - C2), directed by Maurenn Mclaughlan; introduction and notes by Catherine Wrenn.

A serie of graded reading books that meets the recommendations fo the CEF from beginner to advanced (A1 - C2), directed by Maurenn Mclaughlan; introduction and notes by Catherine Wrenn.

"Then a letter came for Aloo from a famous college in America. They offered him a place . . . a place with a scholarship. Aloo could not believe it at first. He read the letter again and again." Aloo...

Some of the people who live in the flats are strange, Charlie thinks. He watches them carefully, and talks to the police about them. But the police aren´t interest in his stories. Then, one day, there...

Guy Haines is travelling through Texas on a train when a stranger invites him to share a meal. But the stranger has a terrible plan. You murder my father, and Ill murder your wife, he suggests. So beg...

A serie of graded reading books that meets the recommendations fo the CEF from beginner to advanced (A1 - C2), directed by Maurenn Mclaughlan; introduction and notes by Catherine Wrenn.

William Shakespeare. Born April 1564, at Stratford-upon-Avon. Died April 1616. Married Anne Hathaway: two daughters, one son. Actor, poet, famous playwright. Wrote nearly forty plays. But what was he...

A serie of graded reading books that meets the recommendations fo the CEF from beginner to advanced (A1 - C2), directed by Maurenn Mclaughlan; introduction and notes by Catherine Wrenn.

Well educated, good-looking, William Wallace was a born leader with a strong sense of justice and freedom. He was only a boy when his father was killed. This tragedy made his beliefs stronger and his ...

After his parents die, young David Balfour goes to the house of his uncle Ebenezer. But his uncle is a dangerous man. When he puts David on a ship to America, a difficult and dangerous time begins. Bu...

From Captian Sullenberger to Spiderman - ordinary people doing extrodinary things. What makes a hero? This reader explores the qualities of a hero both in real life and in pop culture.

The Greek island of Corfu lies like a jewel, green and gold, in the Ionian sea, where dolphins swim in the sparkling blue water. What better place for an out-of-work actress to relax for a few weeks? ...

On the Polar ice-cap, 640 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle, the deadly, icy winds can freeze a man to death in minutes. But the survivors of the crashed airliner are lucky - they are rescued by t...