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2008
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"Linnet Ridgeway is rich, beautiful and clever. She appears to have everything. But Linnet also has enemies. When she is shot dead on a passenger boat in Egypt, it is fortunate that Hercule Poirot is also on the trip. But even for the great Belgian detective, this is not a simple case."--P. [4] of cover.
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2008
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"Gabriel Oak is an honest, hard-working young farmer, who falls in love with the beautiful and independent Bathsheba Everdene. After a tragic accident, Gabriel loses his farm. Bathsheba, on the other hand, becomes rich. Is there any hope for Gabriel?"--Cover.
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2008
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'Soon I felt something alive moving along my leg and up my body to my face, and when I looked down, I saw a very small human being, only fifteen centimetres tall...I was so surprised that I gave a great shout.' But that is only the first of many surprises which Gulliver has on his travels. He visits a land of giants and a flying island, meets ghosts from the past and horses which talk...
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[2008]
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About a quarter of the people in the world today speak or use English... How has this happened? How did English begin, and what will become of it in the future? The history of the English language is a journey through space and time, from thousands of years ago to today and beyond, and to all parts of the world. Come on that journey and meet the monks and soldiers, the kings and scientists...
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2008
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"Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead just outside his home, Baskerville Hall. many of the Baskerville family have died mysteriously. People say that they were killed by a gigantic devil-like creature - the Hound of the Baservilles! Can that be true? And can Sherlock Holmes save the new owner of Baskerville Hall from a terrible death?"--P. [4] of cover.
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