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'Give me the money,' says the robber to the Los Angeles security guard. The guard looks at the gun and hands over the money. The robber has long blond hair and rides a motorcycle – and a girl wit…

What do you do if you have a boring job in a restaurant, serving fast food to people who have no time to eat? Smile, and do your best? Perhaps it's better to find a place where time doesn't matte…

What do you do if you have a boring job in a restaurant, serving fast food to people who have no time to eat? Smile, and do your best? Perhaps it's better to find a place where time doesn't matte…

Into the narrow social world of New York in the 1870s comes Countess Ellen Olenska, surrounded by shocked whispers about her failed marriage to a rich Polish Count. A woman who leaves her husband…

Into the narrow social world of New York in the 1870s comes Countess Ellen Olenska, surrounded by shocked whispers about her failed marriage to a rich Polish Count. A woman who leaves her husband…

Right now, all over the world, people are using energy. As we drive our cars, work on our computers, or even cook food on a wood fire, we probably do not stop to think about where the energy come…

Right now, all over the world, people are using energy. As we drive our cars, work on our computers, or even cook food on a wood fire, we probably do not stop to think about where the energy come…

Every day people come to Mason's store – old people, young people, men and women. From his office, and in the store, Mark watches them. And when they leave the store, he forgets them. Then one da…

Every day people come to Mason's store – old people, young people, men and women. From his office, and in the store, Mark watches them. And when they leave the store, he forgets them. Then one da…

'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.

'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.

A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Clare West. How do you get a licence if you want to keep a monkey? What can you do if your wife has a lover? Ho…

A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Jennifer Bassett. Dr Huxtable has a school for boys in the north of England. When the Duke of Holdernesse decid…

A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Written for Learners of English by Jennifer Bassett. Shirley Homes, private investigator. Like Sherlock Holmes a hundred years ago, she lives in …

A level 3 Oxford Bookworms Library graded readers. Retold for Learners of English by Clare West. On a stormy winter night, a stranger knocks at the door of a shepherd’s cottage. He is cold and hu…

A level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Written for Learners of English by Janet Hardy-Gould. There were six of them – three Katherines, two Annes, and a Jane. One of them was the King’…

A level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Written for Learners of English by Peter Dainty. All he wanted to do was to marry the woman he loved. But his country said 'No!' He was Edward VI…

A level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Written for Learners of English by John Escott. What does the name ‘Agatha Christie’ mean? To many people, it means a book about a murder mystery…

A level 5 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Clare West. Bathsheba Everdene is young, proud, and beautiful. She is an independent woman and can marry any ma…

A level 4 Oxford Bookworms Library graded readers. Retold for Learners of English by Diane Mowat. ‘I like work. I find it interesting… I can sit and look at it for hours.’ With ideas like this, p…