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Camomile Lawn
Escape to the Cornish cliffs in the dizzying heat of August 1939, where five cousins are making the most of the last summer of their youth. Oliver is just back from the Spanish …
Harnessing Peacocks
Hebe has harnessed her two great talents - cooking and making love - to make a living for herself, but when the separate strands of her life become intangled the even tenor of her …
The Changing Curriculum and the Elementary Teacher
Sensible Life
Flora Trevelyan is a ten-year-old misfit, despised by her selfish and indolent parents, and left to wander the streets of a small French town whilst her parents prepare to depart …
Effi Briest
Die siebzehnjährige Effi von Briest heiratet den früheren Verehrer ihrer Mutter, Baron von Innstetten, und folgt ihm in ein Provinzstädtchen in Hinterpommern. Von ihrem Mann …
Dubious Legacy
Henry Tillotson, a generous, genial man who inherited his father's philanthropic attitude along with his beautiful house, rescues Margaret from a disastrous marriage in Egypt and …
Sci-Fi Stories - Starships
Starships in all their glory FTL drive, microgravity or stargates. Trapped, stranded or moving from place to place. Warships, space shuttles, generation ships. Shipwrecks, …
Sustaining Linguistic Diversity
In the last three decades, the field of endangered and minority languages has evolved rapidly, moving from the initial dire warnings of linguists to a swift increase in the number …
Vacillations of Poppy Carew
Poppy Carew has just been dumped by her unscrupulous boyfriend, Edmund, when her beloved and eccentric father dies, leaving Poppy one last request - that she ensure he is buried in …
Speaking Terms
Written in 1969, this is a story of animals outwitting the worst of human beings. The author also wrote "The Sixth Seal", "Haphazard House" and "Speaking Terms".
Not That Sort of Girl
For the whole of Rose's respectable married life, she had kept faith with both men. To Ned she was a perfect wife and mother of his son. To Mylo, Rose was an unconventional …
Oxford Bookworms Library: Level 4:: A Dubious Legacy
"The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story." David R. Hill, Director of the Edinburgh Project on …