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The year is 1386 and the first flowers of spring are here. A number of pilgrims are going to Canterbury to visit the tomb of Saint Thomas Becket, and they all tell stories on the way. Who should be the stronger in a marriage - the husband or the wife? And what happens when two men fall in love with the same woman? In these five stories from Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales we find different answers to these questions from the Knight, the Wife of Bath, the Clerk of Oxford, the Merchant, and the Franklin. This retelling is good for all ages.

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The men and the woman in this book - William Tell, Tom Blood, Lord Bao, King Matthias, Johnny Appleseed, and Lady Godiva - are all real people from history. But every time someone tells an old story, they change things in it, to make them bigger, better, and more exciting. So what is true in this book and what is not? Read all six of the stories, and see what you think.

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Four-level graded readers series, perfect for reading practice and language skills development at upper-primary and lower-secondary levels.

Prospero, the Duke of Milan, and his daughter Miranda are far away from home, alone on an island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. They want to return to Milan...Then, one day Prospero sees a ship near the island carrying his greatest enemies. Prospero, with the help of his magic and the island spirit, Ariel, makes a magic storm tempest to bring them to the island.

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Four-level graded readers series, perfect for reading practice and language skills development at upper-primary and lower-secondary levels.

The Happy Prince is a beautiful golden statue high up on a column in the city. Everyone loves him. He Feels sad about the city's poor people, but what can he do? He can't leave his column. Then the swallow arrives, and helps the Happy Prince to do many good things. But what about the swallow's dream of flying to Egypt? And what does the Mayor do when the Happy Prince loses all his gold?

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Four-level graded readers series, perfect for reading practice and language skills development at upper-primary and lower-secondary levels.

Zoe Baker works in a bookstore. She also likes acting, and she has a part in the play Romeo and Juliet. Mike Morrison writes about the play for the newspaper. What does he write about Zoe? Is Zoe a good actress...or is she just 'a pretty face'? What does Zoe think when she reads the newspaper? What does she do? If you need lively supplementary reading material, take a look at Oxford Dominoes - the readers series with integrated activities, ideal for individual study or for reading practice in class.

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Four-level graded readers series, perfect for reading practice and language skills development at upper-primary an

Benjamin Button is a very strange baby. Born with a white beard, he looks like his grandfather. As years pass, he seems to get younger. This brings many problems, for him and the people around him. In these three stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald, people are not always as they seem.

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Clay Carter has worked in the Office of the Public Defender for years and for low pay when he has to defend another murderer. But the murders are not what they seem. Soon Clay has the opportunityto make money and a reputation as he battles with large pharmaceutical companies.Will he become the King of Torts?

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On a visit to the fashionable city of Bath, 17-yeras-old Catherine Morland looks for the excitement that she finds in romantic fiction. She makes friends and falls in love. But when she is invited to Northanger Abbey, she also experiences desperate unhappiness. What is real, and what is the product of her wild imagination?

When a Chinese politician is assassinated in Hong Kong, Jason Bourne's name is found at the scene. The killer has returned! Who is paying him and who will he kill next? But American officials know that there never was an assassian called Jason Bourne. So who is is the impostor? How can he be stopped?

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When Miss Marple complains of feeling old and helpless, her doctor jokingly suggests that she needs a murder to solve.Then there is a death in the village. It is murder? Did the right person die? Suddenly, Jane Merple has a new interest in life. And then there are more deaths...

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While John Wood was working for Microsoft, he went on vacation to Nepal. There, in a small mountain village, he visited a school library which had very few books. The shock of this experience changed his life. Now his charity, Room to Read, has built more thgan 10,000 libraries and schools to give children in poor countries a better future.

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Some people choose adventure. Other suddenly find themselves in danger in their ordinary lives. This book tells the true stiries of survivors. Ib the cold od Antarctice or the heat of the Sahara Desert, in the wide Atlantic Ocean or a small Rwandan bathroom, these people have known terrible suffering - but have lived.

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