Heat and Dust

Heat and Dust
Author: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 196
Release: 1987
Genre: British
ISBN: 0671646575

Winner of the Booker Prize as best novel of the year in 1983, Heat and Dust was also made into a major motion picture starring Julie Christie, now regarded by many as a classic.

Tess of the d'Urbervilles - With Audio Level 6 Oxford Bookworms Library

Tess of the d'Urbervilles - With Audio Level 6 Oxford Bookworms Library
Author: Thomas Hardy
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2015-03-05
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 0194631087

A level 6 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Retold for Learners of English by Clare West. A pretty young girl has to leave home to make money for her family. She is clever and a good worker; but she is uneducated and does not know the cruel ways of the world. So, when a rich young man says he loves her, she is careful - but not careful enough. He is persuasive, and she is overwhelmed. It is not her fault, but the world says it is. Her young life is already stained by men's desires, and by death.

The Piano Man - With Audio Level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library

The Piano Man - With Audio Level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library
Author: Tim Vicary
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 67
Release: 2015-03-05
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 0194630919

A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Written for Learners of English by Tim Vicary. A woman finds a man on a beach. He is very cold, his clothes are wet, and he cannot speak. The woman phones for help, and an ambulance comes and takes the man to hospital. In hospital they ask the man questions, but he does not answer. He still cannot speak - or does not want to speak. Who is he, this strange man from the sea? What is his name? Where did he come from? And why do they call him the Piano Man?

The Fifteenth Character Starter Level Oxford Bookworms Library

The Fifteenth Character Starter Level Oxford Bookworms Library
Author: Rosemary Border
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 47
Release: 2012-02-10
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 0194630404

A Starter level Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Written for Learners of English by Rosemary Border. '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.

The Phantom of the Opera - With Audio Level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library

The Phantom of the Opera - With Audio Level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library
Author: Jennifer Bassett
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2014-09-30
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 0194631915

A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Written for Learners of English by Jennifer Bassett. It is 1880, in the Opera House in Paris. Everybody is talking about the Phantom of the Opera, the ghost that lives somewhere under the Opera House. The Phantom is a man in black clothes. He is a body without a head, he is a head without a body. He has a yellow face, he has no nose, he has black holes for eyes. Everybody is afraid of the Phantom - the singers, the dancers, the directors, the stage workers . . . But who has actually seen him?

The Cat Starter Level Oxford Bookworms Library

The Cat Starter Level Oxford Bookworms Library
Author: John Escott
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 49
Release: 2012-02-10
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 0194630366

A Starter level Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Written for Learners of English by John Escott. The Cat steals things from houses in Hollywood. He steals from movie stars and nobody can stop him. Or can they? Natalie is a movie star. Nathan is her stand-in. Nathan does all Natalie's stunts in the movie. But when Natalie and Nathan see The Cat driving away from Zak Wakeman's Hollywood home, they both go after him. Natalie drives fast. 'Be careful,' Nathan tells her. 'You have a movie to finish!'

Hollywood Level 1 Factfiles Oxford Bookworms Library

Hollywood Level 1 Factfiles Oxford Bookworms Library
Author: Janet Hardy-Gould
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 75
Release: 2012-02-10
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 0194630722

A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Written for Learners of English by Janet Hardy-Gould. Hollywood - nine big white letters against the Hollywood Hills. Every year millions of people come from all over the world and look up at this famous sign. Why do they come? They come to see the stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and to see the hand and foot prints outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre. They come to visit Universal Studios, and perhaps to see a movie star or two. Most of all, they come to be in the most famous place in movie history - exciting, wonderful Hollywood!