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Border Rosemary

    January 1, 1943
    Tooth and Claw : Short Stories
    The piano
    Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
    The Bride Price
    Recycling
    Mr. Midshipman Hornblower
    • How much rubbish do you throw away in a year? It could be more than atonne or less than a hundred kilograms, but it's still too much. The Earth isdisappearing under a mountain of rubbish - often poisonous - yet, as this bookshows, much of this rubbish could be recycled. Recycling can save energy,materials and money - it may also save the Earth.

      Recycling
    • The Bride Price

      • 106 pages
      • 4 hours of reading
      3.8(37)Add rating

      A Nigerian girl is allowed to finish her education because a diploma will enhance her bride price, but she then rebels against traditional marriage customs.

      The Bride Price
    • A level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read.Written for Learners of English by Rosemary Border.One day, a farmer tells a farm boy to take everything out of an old building and throw it away. 'It's all rubbish,' he says.In the middle of all the rubbish, the boy finds a beautiful old piano. He has never played before, but now, when his fingers touch the piano, he begins to play. He closes his eyes and the music comes to him - and the music moves his fingers.When he opens his eyes again, he knows that his life is changed for ever . . .

      The piano
    • Tooth and Claw : Short Stories

      • 64 pages
      • 3 hours of reading
      3.5(44)Add rating

      A collection of short stories about Conradian, a ten-year-old who hates his aunt, and who keeps a small, wild animal in the garden shed.

      Tooth and Claw : Short Stories
    • Love story

      • 72 pages
      • 3 hours of reading
      3.7(55266)Add rating

      Presents the poignant love story of Oliver Barrett and Jenny Cavilleri. He plays sports, she plays music. He's rich, and she's poor. They argue, fight, and fall in love. They marry, and make a home together. They work hard, enjoy life, and make plans for the future. Then, they learn that they don't have much time left.

      Love story
    • Everybody wants to win the lottery. A million pounds, perhaps five million, even ten million. How wonderful! Emma Carter buys a ticket for the lottery every week, and puts the ticket carefully in her bag. She is seventy-three years old and does not have much money. She would like to visit her son in Australia, but aeroplane tickets are very expensive. Jason Williams buys lottery tickets every week too. But he is not a very nice young man. He steals things. He hits old ladies in the street, snatches their bags and runs away . . .

      The Lottery Winner
    • Go, Lovely Rose and Other Stories

      • 80 pages
      • 3 hours of reading
      3.3(72)Add rating

      The Oxford Bookworms Library offers new editions of the original Oxford Bookworms Black and Green series, merging the two series into one. The new editions build on the original series and provide enhanced teaching support. Sixteen additional pages inside each book allow extra pages of activities and increased author and series information.

      Go, Lovely Rose and Other Stories
    • Ghost Stories

      • 95 pages
      • 4 hours of reading
      3.2(132)Add rating

      Controlled vocab. suitable for Adult Literacy and ESL Learners.

      Ghost Stories