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Barrie,Bill Bowler
Peter Pan is the boy who never grows up. He lives in Neverland, an island with fairies and pirates - and he isn’t real. Or is he?
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Maggie Harris, Bill Lewis, Sarah Hehir, Barry Fentiman Hall
An anthology of poems by award-winning performance poets
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Bill Bowler
King Shahriyar cannot trust women. Every afternoon he marries a wife, but the next morning he always kills her. One day, the Vizier cannot find any more wives for the…
Tristan and Isolde are in love, but Isolde must marry King Mark. So a happy love story seems impossible… The lovers meet every day but then, one night, King Mark…
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The weather in England that summer had been so awful that Gerald’s mother sold the family house and took her children to live on the Mediterranean island of Corfu. Between…
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Four-level graded readers series, perfect for reading practice and language skills development at upper-primary and lower-secondary levels.
Paris’s father, King Priam, wants to kills him. But Paris lives, and later loves Helen - King Menelaus’s queen - from Greece. When Paris brings Helen to Troy, war begins…
Sometimes there’s a logical explanation for the strangest happenings, but often things cannot be explained by logic alone. Either way, you’re sure to find some frightening reading between the covers…
One day, Yukio leaves his sister in the country and looks for a job in the town. He finds interesting work there, as a sorcerer’s apprentice. But why must he…
The lovers meet every day but then, one night, King Mark finds them together. Now Tristan must leave the castle, but he is badly hurt and dying. Only Isolde can…
Aardman
After Wallace’s new sheep-shaving and pullover-making machine falls into the wrong hands, things start to go very wrong. Can Gromit save Wallace from the danger of a ‘close shave’?
Henry
These sweetly surprising short stories - about both good times and bad - are sometimes sad, and sometimes funny. But all of them are sure to make you think.
Barry O'Neill
An interesting story? A bum for a head? What a strange thing to happen when you wake up in bed!
Barry Knister
Bill is a big, affectionate Labrador mutt living among small, purebred lapdogs at the Donegal Golf and Country Club. When Bill’s owner is forced to give up his dog, Bill…
Rescue dog Bill is a big, affectionate Labrador mutt living the good life with his purebred friends at the Donegal Golf and Country Club. When his master is forced to…
Bill Bowler,Clare West
Word count 5,925
Gerald Durrell,Bill Bowler
This is the story of Gerald’s adventures with the fascinating animals on the Mediterranean island of Corfu, and, of course, with his surprising family and their friends. This is the…
Bill Bowler,Sue Parminter
Happy Earth is a two-level course that aims to bridge the gap between primary and lower secondary courses. It takes into account the progress in reading and writing in the…
A two-level course designed for upper primary, this book seeks to enhance children’s language skills and knowledge about the world through topic-based units. Two plays in each level give opportunities…
Happy Earth is a two-level course bridging the gap between primary and lower secondary courses. It takes into account real progress in reading and writing in the early primary years…
Oscar Wilde
Medusa is a she-monster with snakes for hair. Can Perseus find and kill Medusa? And what happens after he goes back to Seriphos?
‘It’s my garden,’ says the Giant, ‘People must understand. Nobody can play here - only me!
Jules Verne
This is the beginning of one of Jules Verne’s most exciting stories. Phileas Fogg must get back to London by December 21st or lose all his money. And with the…
The Happy Prince feels sad about the city’s poor people, but what can he do? He can’t leave his column. Then the swallow arrives, and helps the Happy Prince to…
William Shakespeare
Prospero, the Duke of Milan, and his daughter Miranda are far away from home, alone on an island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea.Then, Prospero sees a ship near…
Geoffrey Chaucer
The year is 1386 and pilgrims are going to Canterbury to visit the tomb of Saint Thomas Becket, and they tell stories on the way. Who should be stronger in…
Mary Shelley
On a ship in the Arctic, Victor Frankenstein - ill and tired - tells the story of his sad life to the British man of science, Robert Walton. He speaks…
Robert Howard
There are things happening in Alkmeenon that Conan does not understand - strange, terrible things. Will Conan get the jewels, or will Zargeba? And what is the secret of Alkmeenon?
Johnston McCulley
Zorro fights to help the poor and weak in California under the Spanish Governor’s rule. Sergeant Gonzales has promised to catch and kill him, so how does Zorro always escape…
One of the worlds most successful primary courses, the Happy Series is a six-level course thats perfectly in step with your students development.
Bill Barry
For decades, Harry Truman’s police action in Korea was called The Forgotten War. Suddenly it was remembered with Pulitzer-winning revelations of atrocities (murder) allegedly committed by American GIs at NoGun-ri…
Based on the author’s flight logs and memories, this book recounts four tours of military duty in Vietnam and how tactics and the war effort changed each time. It outlines…
The son of William Peter ( Bill ) Barry, the leader of the Democratic Labor Party in the Victorian Legislative Assembly after the Australian Labor Party broke in two in…
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Updated in 2020, this plain-spoken guide helps leaders evaluate their goals & revitalize their unions. For officers who are committed to doing things differently, the handbook walks the reader through…
This 4th edition of Bill Barry's New Union Officer's Handbook couldn't come at a better time. His revised training manual for union leaders is supercharged with lessons learned from the…
Barrie Cassidy
Barrie Cassidy’s dad Bill survived more than four years as a prisoner of war in World War II. He first saw conflict on Crete in May 1941, during the only…
Barrie Cassidy’s dad Bill survived more than four years as a prisoner of war in World War II. Private Bill is a classic heart-warming story- as told by their son-…
The characters in these six original short plays are looking for answers. While trying to solve their problems, people get into some very funny situations. Each play gives an amusing…
Eleanor Porter
Pollyanna always tries to find the good in everything. She soon makes many different people in her new home feel happier. But is Miss Polly’s life going to change for…
Lord Arthur Savile, a rich man with no enemies, finds out that he must do something terrible before he can marry. Poor young Hughie Erskine gives money to an old…
When Conan the Barbarian follows Valeria, he surprises her. They escape from a fierce dragon, and enter a strange city, looking for treasure. This adventure story is full of battles…
