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After dinner we turned the lights out and played "hide-and-seek". In the dark, I touched a hand, a very cold hand. Now, because of the game, I had to hide in the dark with . . . with this cold person - not speaking, not knowing who it was. Slowlytheo

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 can never be accepted in polite society. Newland Arch

San Francisco lies under a cloud of radioactive dust. People live in half-deserted apartment buildings, and keep electric animals as pets because so many real animals have died. Most people emigrate to Mars - unless they have a job to do on Earth. L

"Calling all cars, calling all cars. Here´s the story on the Smoke Rise kidnapping. The missing boy is eight years old, fair hair, wearing a red sweater. His name is Jeffry Reynolds, son of Charles Reynolds, chauffeur to Douglas King." The policeatt

V. I. Warshawski, private investigator, Chicago, USA. People imagine private detectives to be tired-looking men in raincoats, but Vic is female. She´s tough, beautiful, carries a gun - and goes on asking questions until she gets answers. When her cou

When Carruthers joins his friend Arthur Davies on his yacht Dulcibella, he is expecting a pleasant sailing holiday in the Baltic Sea. But the holiday turns into an adventure of a different kind. He and Davies soon find themselves sailing in the storm

Why do I hear thunder after I´ve seen lightning? What is sound? How do our ears hear sound? You can find the answers to these and other questions about sound in Why Is It So Loud?

Everyday life in Baltimore, USA, is full of problems - getting the washing done, buying groceries and dog food, avoiding the neighbors . . . After the death of his son and the departure of his wife, Macon´s attempts to run his own life become increas

A complete range of reading materials for students of all abilities. *The Oxford Bookworms Library is a carefully and intelligently graded series, providing a six-stage library of readers, including original stories, true stories, and adaptations ofc

A woman is murdered on a train. When Miss Marple calls her friend Lucy Eyelesbarrow and asks her to disguise themselves to investigate, Lucy quickly accepted the challenge. Who is the dead woman? What was the motive for the murder? And why the body w

Sometimes the Dashwood girls do not seem like sisters. Elinor is all calmness and reason, and can be relied upon for practical, common sense opinions. Marianne, on the other hand, is all sensibility, full of passionate and romantic feeling. She has n

The wind is strong on the Yorkshire moors. There are few trees, and fewer houses, to block its path. There is one house, however, that does not hide from the wind. It stands out from the hill and challenges the wind to do its worst. The house is call

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. Listen along with downloadable MP3 audio. Gatsby´s mansion on Long Island blazesw

Este é um livro de ensino da Língua Inglesa, nele você estudará e aprimorará seus conhecimentos e vocabulários desta língua que hoje é a mais influente no mundo e que mais abre portas para pessoas ao redor do globo.

Em 31 de maio de 1860, o Ministro da Instrução Pública e dos Cultos, Gustave Rouland, manifesta aos Governadores sua satisfação com os progressos da Instrução e, mais particularmente, com os esforços feitos pelos municípios para se dotar de “casas de