Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles Stage 4: Nelson Mandela

In 1918 in the peaceful province of Transkei, South Africa, the Mandela family gave their new baby son the name Rolihlahla - 'troublemaker'. But the young boy's early years were happy ones, and he …

Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 3: The Last Sherlock Holmes Story

For fifty years after Dr Watson's death, a packet of papers, written by the doctor himself, lay hidden in a locked box. The papers contained an extraordinary report of the case of Jack the Ripper a…

Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 3: Moondial

'Moondial!' As Minty spoke the word, a cold wind went past her, and her ears were filled with a thousand frightened voices. She shut her eyes and put her hands over her ears - and the voices and th…

Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 3: Rabbit-Proof Fence

Fourteen-year-old Molly and her cousins Daisy and Gracie were mixed-race Aborigines. In 1931 they were taken away from their families and sent to a camp to be trained as good 'white' Australians. T…

Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 3: Playing with Fire: Stories from the Pacific…

He smiled, showing teeth yellow from cigarette smoke. He looked at his desk diary, then at her papers again. 'Mmm... a hundred pesos a month. Why, that's one thousand two hundred pesos a year. Sure…

Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 3: 'Who, Sir? Me, Sir?'

Sam Sylvester is a teacher who wants his class to have ambition, and to do great things in life. So he enters them for a sporting competition against the rich students of Greycoats School. The team…

Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles Stage 3: The Everest Story

It is beautiful to look at, hard to reach, and terribly difficult to climb. Winds of 200 kilometres per hour or more scream across it day and night, while the temperature falls to -20°C or lower. …

Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles Stage 3: Australia and New Zealand

What do you find in these two countries at the end of the world? One is an enormous island, where only twenty million people live - and the other is two long, narrow islands, with ten sheep for eve…

Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles Stage 3: Animal Kingdom

From the smallest fly to the biggest elephant, and from fish living at the bottom of the ocean to birds that fly several kilometres above land: this is the animal kingdom, the biggest group of livi…

Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles Stage 3: The USA

Everybody knows about the United States of America. You can see its films, hear its music, and eat its food just about everywhere. Cowboys, jazz, hamburgers, the Stars and Stripes - that's the Unit…

Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles Stage 3: Information Technology

It is hard to imagine the modern world without information technology. At home, at work, and at play, mobile phones, emails, and computers have become part of daily life. The story of information t…

Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles Stage 3: Formula One

It's an exciting life - full of fast cars, money, and travel. The names of Formula One champions are known all over the world. And everywhere young drivers dream of success one day in Monaco, Melbo…

Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles Stage 3: Future Energy

Right now, all over the world, people are using energy. As we drive our cars, work on our computers, or even cook food on a wood fire, we probably do not stop to think about where the energy comes …

Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles Stage 3: The Human Body

You're fast asleep, and nothing is happening. Or is it? In fact, your body is hard at work. Your lungs are taking oxygen from the air, and your heart is pumping blood round your body. Millions of p…

Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles Stage 3: Martin Luther King

The United States in the 1950s and 60s was a troubled place. Black people were angry, because they did not have the same rights as whites. It was a time of angry words, of marches, of protests, a t…

Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles Stage 3: Space

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 un…

Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles Stage 3: Recycling

What will we do when there is nowhere to put our rubbish? Every day, all over the world, people drop cans, boxes, paper, and bottles into bins and never think about them again. And the rubbish moun…

Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles Stage 3: Dinosaurs

Imagine an animal with teeth as big as bananas - and a brain as big as an orange. Or a flying animal with wings as wide as a small plane. Think about a tail that could knock a man's head off, or a …

Emergency Management for Facility and Property Managers

Part I Elements of Emergency Management for Facility and Property Managers 1 Categorizing and Managing Emergencies 2 Emergency and Disaster Planning, Organizing, and Responsibilities 3 Mitigatio…

Designing Brand Identity: An Essential Guide for the Whole Branding Team

Edition

4

ISBN/ISSN

978-1-118-09920-9

Collation

x, 326p., Illust., Biblio., Index. 22.5 x 28.5 cm

Series Title

-

Call Number

658.827 WHE d