"Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles" are non-fiction graded readers from the "Oxford Bookworms Library" available for Levels 1 to 4 (CEFR A1 - B2). Students learn about different countries and cultures, science and nature, history and historical figures all while practising and improving their English. Is there anyone who has not looked at the dark sky, and the shining points of light above us, and asked themselves questions about what is out there? Where did our planet come from? When did the universe begin? Could we live on another planet? And one question above all - is there life anywhere else in ... |
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The year is 1547. In London, two boys from different families live very different lives. One is Edward Tudor, a prince and the future King of England; the other is Tom Canty, the son of a thief. One day they meet and their lives change forever. What happens when the two boys wear each others clothes? Why does the prince need the help of a poor man? Who becomes king when Henry VIII dies? And how can a beautiful gold object save the prince? Mark Twain's classic story of two young boys who swap lives has the answers. "A few minutes later, Tom was wearing the prince's expensive clothes and the hat with purple ... |
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Filling notebook after notebook with sketches, inventions, and theories, Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519) not only stands as one of the most exceptional draftsmen of art history, but also as a mastermind and innovator who anticipated some of the greatest discoveries of human progress, sometimes centuries before their material realization. From the smallest arteries in the human heart to the far-flung constellations of the universe, Leonardo saw nature and science as being unequivocally connected. His points of inquiry and invention spanned philosophy, anatomy, geology, and mathematics, from the laws of optics, ... |
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Illustrated by Fausto Biabchi. ... "I have got to do it, because she has given me a reason to do it which I will not say out loud. She must die, because if she doesn't die she'll deceive other men. I'll put out the light of this torch, and then I'll put out the light of her life." From the Book When Othello, the Moorish general of Venice, marries Desdemona, the daughter of a rich Venetian, he must prove that they are really in love. But his "honest" friend Iago has other plans, for power revenge. They travel to the island of Cyprus, and Iago works to set Othello against his new wife ... |
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Ouvrage de Grammaire en français langue étrangère (FLE) dans la collection Progressive destiné aux grands adolescents et adultes, niveau perfectionnement (B2 - C2). La Grammaire progressive du français niveau perfectionnement est à la fois une grammaire générale et une grammaire des difficultés. Elle s'adresse à des étudiants, adultes et adolescents de niveau avancé / perfectionnement. On y retrouve ce qui fait le succès de la collection Progressive du français: une organisation claire: La partie théorique sur la page de gauche, une pré ... |
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Two dark comedies with ghost/mystery themes which are set around the period of the American War of Independence. Ichabod Crane is the hero of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Peculiar-looking and socially inept, this schoolmaster is a joke to the people of Sleepy Hollow as he tries to win the love of the beautiful daughter of a rich farmer." - The horseman's head still lies somewhere on the battlefield - the people of Sleepy Hollow said. – Every night, he rides back to the battlefield to look for it. One dark night, Ichabod Crane - the village schoolmasters - saw the Headless Horseman. Or did he?" From the book ... |
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They Wish They Were Us meets The Queen's Gambit in the world of competitive Scrabble when a teen girl is forced to investigate the mysterious death of her best friend a year after the fact when her Instagram comes back to life with cryptic posts and messages. Catalyst 13 points noun: a person or thing that precipitates an event or change When Najwa Bakri walks into her first Scrabble competition since her best friend's death, it's with the intention to heal and move on with her life. Perhaps it wasn't the best idea to choose the very same competition where said best friend, Trina Low, died. It might be ... |
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A key figure in the international avant-garde, Piet Mondrian (1872 - 1944) was at once an extraordinary painter and leading art theoretician whose influence resonates to this day. Coining the term "Neo-plasticism", he pursued a style of painting composed only of primary colors against a grid of black vertical and horizontal lines and a white base background. Mondrian's vision was that this essential painting would help to achieve a society in which art as such has no place, but rather exists for the total realization of "beauty". With stints in Amsterdam, Paris, London, and New York, Mondrian drew ... |
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Parfait pour apprendre le français. ... Nickel! Une méthode de français destinée aux grands adolescents, jeunes adultes et adultes débutants ou faux-débutants. Nickel! Une méthode ambitieuse. Nickel! suit les principes du Cadre européen commun de référence pour les langues. Nickel! 2 permet aux apprenants d’atteindre le niveau A2 et d’obtenir avec aisance le DELF A2. Elle les initie également à certaines compétences propres au niveau B1. Nickel! Une méthode pratique. Dans une perspective actionnelle: elle développe les compétences de ... |
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Parfait pour apprendre le français. ... Nickel! Une méthode de français destinée aux grands adolescents, jeunes adultes et adultes débutants ou faux-débutants. Nickel! Une méthode ambitieuse. Nickel! suit les principes du Cadre européen commun de référence pour les langues. Nickel! 4 permet aux apprenants d’atteindre le niveau B2 et d’obtenir avec aisance le DELF B2. Nickel! Une méthode pratique. Dans une perspective actionnelle: elle développe les compétences de communication des apprenants; elle propose des activités et des tâches qui pr&# ... |
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Parfait pour apprendre le français. ... Nickel! Une méthode de français destinée aux grands adolescents, jeunes adultes et adultes débutants ou faux-débutants. Nickel! Une méthode ambitieuse. Nickel! suit les principes du Cadre européen commun de référence pour les langues. Nickel! 1 et Nickel! 2 couvrent les niveaux A1 et A2. Nickel! 3 vise l'acquisition du niveau B1 du CECR, qui pourra être certifiée par le DELF B1. Elle amorce en outre la présentation de certains contenus du niveau B2. Nickel! Une méthode pratique. Dans une perspective ... |
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Parfait pour apprendre le français. ... Nickel! Une méthode de français destinée aux grands adolescents, jeunes adultes et adultes débutants ou faux-débutants. Nickel! Une méthode ambitieuse. Nickel! suit les principes du Cadre européen commun de référence pour les langues. Nickel! 1 vise l'acquisition du niveau A1 du CECR, qui pourra être certifiée par le DELF A1. Elle amorce en outre la présentation de certains contenus du niveau A2. Nickel! Une méthode pratique. Dans une perspective actionnelle: elle développe les compétences de ... |
