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Книги издательства «Oxford University Press»
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I'm not a thief. I'm an innocent man, shouts Brown. He is angry because he is in prison and the prison guards hate him. Then one day Brown has an idea. It is dangerous — very dangerous. |
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Every day is the same. Nothing exciting ever happens to me, thinks Adam one boring Monday morning. But today is not the same. When he helps a beautiful young woman because some men want to take her bag, life gets exciting and very, very dangerous. |
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It is the year 650 in England. There is war everywhere because the old king is dead and he has no son. Only when the new king comes can the fighting stop and the strange, magical story of King Arthur begin. But first, Merlin the ancient magician has to find a way of finding the next king... |
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Bill and Sam arrive in the small American town of Summit with only two hundred dollars, but they need more and Sam has an idea for making a lot of money. When things start to go very wrong, both men soon regret their visit — and their idea. |
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You're a brave man, but I am afraid for you, says Lady Marian to Robin of Locksley. She is afraid because Robin does not like Prince John's new taxes and wants to do something for the poor people of Nottingham. When Prince John hears this, Robin is suddenly in danger — great danger. |
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There's a new girl in town, says Joe, and soon Steve is out looking for her. Marietta is easy to find in a small town, but every time he sees her something goes wrong... and his day goes from bad to worse. |
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How does it work? Jack asks when he opens his present — a mobile phone. Later that night, Jack is a prisoner in a taxi in the empty streets of the dark city. He now tries his mobile phone for the first time. Can it save his life? |
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I am a vampire killer... and now I need help, says Professor Fletcher to Colin. Colin needs a job and he needs money — but do vampires exist or is the professor crazy? |
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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. |
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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 with long blond hair arrives at Kenny's motel — on a motorcycle. Is she the robber? |
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It is the year 2030, and an e-mail message arrives at New York Cafe: I want to help people and make them happy! But not everybody is happy about the e-mail, and soon the police and the President are very interested in the New York Cafe. |
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When Tonya and her friends decide to sail around the world they want to see exciting things and visit exciting places. But one day, they meet an orca — a killer whale — one of the most dangerous animals in the sea. And life gets a little too exciting. |
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Every day someone steals money from people near the shops. We must stop this, says Dan, a police officer. The police use TV cameras but it is not easy because there are so many suspects — who is the robber? |
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Sally is always running — and she has her phone with her all the time: at home, on the train, at work, at lunchtime, and at the shops. But then one afternoon suddenly she has a different phone... and it changes her life. |
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Six women are dead because of the Whitechapel Killer. Now another woman lies in a London street and there is blood everywhere. She is very ill. You are the famous detective Mycroft Pound; can you catch the killer before he escapes? |
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The empty centre of Australia. The sun is hot and there are not many people. And when Bill meets a man, alone, standing on an empty road a long way from anywhere, he is surprised and worried. And Bill is right to be worried. Because there is something strange about the man he meets. Very strange... |
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Everything's ready now. We can do the experiment, says your assistant Joe. You are the famous scientist Mary Durie working in a laboratory in Alaska. When you discover something very new and valuable, other people want to try to steal your idea — can you stop them before they escape? |
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You are in a small plane, going across the Rocky Mountains. Suddenly, the engine starts to make strange noises... Soon you are alone, in the snow, at the top of a mountain, and it is very, very cold. Can you find your way out of the mountain? |
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Who is the man with the roses in his hand? thinks Anna. I want to meet him. Who is the girl with the guitar? thinks Will. I like her. I want to meet her. But they do not meet. There are lots of men! says Anna's friend Vicki, but Anna cannot forget Will. And then one rainy day... |
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The people on this island don't like archaeologists, the woman on the ferry says. You only want to study the 4,500 year-old Irish megalithic stones but very soon strange things begin to happen to you. Can you solve the mystery in time? |
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