If you love a good story, then look no further. Oxford Children`s Classics bring together the most unforgettable stories ever told. They`re books to treasure and return to again and again.When five children go exploring in the gravel pit they never expect to find `It` . . . a Psammead who can grant them one wish per day. But this grumpy old Sand-fairy has to be in the right mood to grant wishes, and as the children discover having your wishes come true may sound like fun, but can actually turn into a whole heap of trouble...This charming tale is the latest addition to the Oxford Children`s Classics series from the author of The Railway Children.
On a balmy summer`s day in Oxford an old lady who once helped decipher the Enigma Code is killed. After receiving a cryptic anonymous note containing only the address and the symbol of a circle, Arthur Seldom, a leading mathematician, arrives to find the body. Then follow more murders - an elderly man on a life-support machine is found dead with needle marks in this throat; the percussionist of an orchestra at a concert at Blenheim Palace dies before the audience`s very eyes - seemingly unconnected except for notes appearing in the math department, for the attention of Seldom. Why is he being targeted as the recipient of these coded messages? All he can conjecture is that it might relate to his latest book, an unexpected bestseller about...
Dr Huxtable has a school for boys in the north of England. When the Duke of Holdernesse decides to send his young son there, that is good news for the school. The Duke is a very important person, and Dr Huxtable is happy to have his son in the school. But two weeks later Dr Huxtable is the unhappiest man in England. Why? And why does he take the train down to London and go to Baker Street? Why does he need the help of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes? Because someone has kidnapped the Duke`s son ...
ISBN: 978-0-194-78919-6
Издательство:
Oxford University Press
Дата выхода: апрель 2011
A beautiful young Indian girl, and a brave Englishman. Black eyes, and blue eyes. A friendly smile, a laugh, a look of love ... But this is North America in 1607, and love is not easy. The girl is the daughter of King Powhatan, and the Englishman is a white man. And the Indians of Virginia do not want the white men in their beautiful country. This is the famous story of Pocahontas, and her love for the Englishman John Smith. Retold by Tim Vicary.
ISBN: 978-0-19-478916-5
Издательство:
Oxford University Press
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
A housewife, a tramp, a lawyer, a waitress, an actress - ordinary people living ordinary lives in New York at the beginning of this century. The city has changed greatly since that time, but its people are much the same. Some are rich, some are poor, some are happy, some are sad, some have found love, some are looking for love. O. Henry`s famous short stories - sensitive, funny, sympathetic - give us vivid pictures of the everyday lives of these New Yorkers.
ISBN: 978-0-194-79067-3
Издательство:
Oxford University Press
Дата выхода: апрель 2011
An English rose garden on a summer`s day. A small boy watches with interest as his great-aunt cuts the deadheads off the rosebushes with a sharp knife. What could be more peaceful, more harmless? Young Patrick grows up to be a calm, pleasant man, with a good job, a wife and two children, and the best rose garden for miles around. When somebody tells the police that Patrick Aldermann is killing people, Chief Superintendent Dalziel thinks it`s probably all nonsense. But Inspector Pascoe is not so
ISBN: 978-0-19-479257-8
Издательство:
Oxford University Press
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
"Первая энциклопедия" - увлекательное издание для самых юных читателей. В этой книге ребенок найдет ответы на вопросы об устройстве человеческого тела, о природе Земли, о животных и птицах, о науке и технике, о бесконечном космосе. На каждой странице он обнаружит красочные иллюстрации, забавные рисунки, интересные задания, которые помогут развить его творческие способности.
ISBN: 978-5-353-04672-1
Издательство:
ГЭОТАР-Медиа
Дата выхода: март 2010
Up-to-date vocabulary with new words from British and American English Oxford 3000 keywords (the most important words to learn in English) are marked with a key symbol Corpus-based examples show how words are used Lots of help with irregular forms and spelling Explains thousands of idioms and phrasal verbs
ISBN: 978-0-19-439872-5
Издательство:
Oxford University Press
Дата выхода: март 2011
