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A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Written for Learners of English by Rowena Akinyemi.Witches are dangerous. They can kill you with a look, or a word. They can send their friend the Devil after you in the shape of a dog or a cat. They can make a clay picture of you, then break it… and a few weeks later you are dead.Today, of course, most people don't believe in witches. But in 1612 everybody was afraid of them. Young Jennet Device in Lancashire knew a lot about them because she lived with the Witches of Pendle. They were her family…

A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Jennifer Bassett.France, 1815. Jean Valjean leaves prison after nineteen years. These are dangerous and troubled times, and life is hard. Valjean must begin a new life, but how can he escape his past, and his enemy, Inspector Javert? This story for Bookworms is loosely based on the famous novel Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, one of France's greatest writers. The novel was written in 1862, and the story has been retold many times – in a musical, in plays for radio and theatre, and in more than fifty films for television and cinema.

A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Written for Learners of English by Tim Vicary.In the summer of 1910, a race began. A race to be the first man at the South Pole, in Antarctica. Robert Falcon Scott, an Englishman, left London in his ship, the Terra Nova, and began the long journey south. Five days later, another ship also began to travel south. And on this ship was Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian.But Antarctica is the coldest place on earth, and it is a long, hard journey over the ice to the South Pole. Some of the travellers never returned home.This is the story of Scott and Amundsen, and of their famous and dangerous race.

Prussakas kergitab tundlaid ja vaatab mulle mõnitavalt otsa. Noh, lähed või ei lähe? Lähen, juba lähen. Ta seisab keset kitsast kõnniteed ja võtab rajalt maha minusuguseid pisikesi blonde, kes liiga palju tahavad ja arvavad. Hüppan tast üle ja kiirustan oma teed. Oma asju ajama, ülikooli ja peole ja matkama. Hobuste võiduajamisele ja kirjanduse jumala palge ette palvetama. Ainult et vanainimesed kõnnivad nii aeglaselt, et jään nende taha ummikusse toppama. Kas nad siis ei näe, et mul on palju teha? Kui praegu kiirustan, saan õhtuks maailma vallutatud.Aga siis süüdatakse prügikastid, tänavad mattuvad pisargaasi ja miski muu pole enam oluline. Linna kohal kõrguva Lõvikalju valvsa pilgu all pulbitseb revolutsioon. Hongkonglased asuvad suure Hiina kiuste vabaduse eest võitlema. Sest linnas, kus kõik on müügiks, on vabadus hindamatu. Meeleavaldustest saab elustiil ja minust rindeajakirjanik. Miljonil häälel kõlab hüüd: „Veel õli tulle!“