Mark Foster

Phillip Burrows

A beginner-level series that leads into Stage 1 of the Oxford Bookworms Library. The stories are all written in the present tense, using carefully graded language. Each story has 24 pages: short enough to maintain motivation; long enough to give the satisfaction of reading a whole book in English.

Starman

Simon Cox

An A to Z of the Occult

"It is not an ordinary job," the Frenchman had told me, "you may have to get your hands a little dirty. "Here I am, Charlie fucking Whitman - still pissed from last night, driving a rental car with two retarded kids in the back, somewhere between Barcelona and Paris. I used to be an art dealer, I suppose I still am, but now I do bad things for good money. Everything has its price, and I think I've just found mine. "An obscenely comic tale." "Sickeningly surreal." "So gross I couldn't finish it." "Books don't come much darker than this."

Grotesque

A Starter level Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Written for Learners of English by Phillip Burrows and Mark Foster. 'How can Mr Frank be angry now?' thinks Mike happily. His film is good and he is the only cameraman on the volcano. Now he can go home. But then he finds Jenny and she is dying. Rocks start to move and Mike is afraid. Can they get off the volcano alive? And what happens to Mike's camera and film?

Last Chance Starter Level Oxford Bookworms Library

Drug abuse has been around the United States for decades. But the current generation is in the middle of taking it to a whole new level. The National Institute of Drug Abuse tracks overdoses. From 2002 to 2015, the number of overdoses in the U.S. went from around 20,000 to 50,000. Heroin seems to be the choice lately, with deaths from heroin overdoses climbing from 2,500 in 2010 to 13,000 in 2015. Meet Lily and Mark, individuals who had accepted Christ earlier in life, but were wandering through the Earth when we meet them. Lily is a heroin addict. Mark wants to save her but does not know how. When they meet, it was if they had known each other forever. Follow them on their journey, as each learns how to cope -with drugs and with the person on drugs. Will their friendship last? Will they ever find romance? Will they survive the perils of life around them?

Or how I learned to stop worrying and start embracing unrequited love

Hey! No Peeking

The Knowledge Of The Hidden That Is The Meaning Of The Latin Occultus, From Which We Take Our Modern Phrase The Occult . Why Is It That This Subject Stirs Up So Much Controversy? Is The Answer Present In That Very Definition: The Idea That Studies Into The Occult Are Pushing At The Very Boundaries Of Human Knowledge? In This Simple-To-Follow A To Z Guide, You Will Discover The Details Of Both Studies Into The Occult And The Truth About Occultists, Who, From The Earliest Times In History, Have Attempted To Remove The Veil That Shrouds The Knowledge Of The Hidden . " What Were The World S Greatest Occultists, Including Plato, Nostradamus, Isaac Newton And William Blake, Searching For? " What Are The True Origins Of Alchemy? " What Secret Knowledge Is Concealed Within The Tarot Deck? " Was The Infamous Aleister Crowley Really The Wickedest Man In The World ? " Did The Ancient Egyptians Believe In Magic? Simon Cox And Mark Foster Guide You Along The Pathways Of The Occult And Attempt To Bring The Hidden Into Full View.

Learn to harness the programming power that comes standard with all unix and linux systems (including Apple's OSX). This guide encourages hands-on experimentation by including actual scripts that feature the korn shell (ksh), awk, and sed.

How to Program with the Korn Shell and Awk

Linux Shell Scripts

Oxford Bookworms Library: Starter: Escape

Mark Oxbrow

Simon Cox's A to Z Series (Simon Coxs a to Z)

An A to Z Of Atlantis

Word count 1,600 Suitable for young learners

Oxford Bookworms Library: Starter: Orca

Oxford Bookworms Library: Starter: Taxi of Terror

Long before the invention of electricity or the discovery of underground reservoirs of fossil fuels, people depended on whale oil to keep their lamps lit. A few brave Colonial farmers left their fields and headed out to sea to chase whales and profits farther and farther off shore. When they did, towns sprung up around their harbors as demand grew for sailors, blacksmiths, ropewalkers, and the many other craftsmen needed to support the growing whaling industry. Through the fictional village of Tuckanucket, Whale Port explores the history of these towns. Detailed illustrations and an informative narrative reveal the way Tuckanucket’s citizens lived and worked by sharing the personal stories of people like Zachariah Taber, his family and neighbors, and the place they called home. Whale Port is also the story of America, and the important role whales played in its history and development as people worked together to build communities that not only survived, but prospered and grew into the flourishing cities of a new nation.

Whale Port

Robin Fell

Patrick MacGregor

David Stapledon

Graeme Bell

Geotechnical Engineering of Dams, 2nd edition provides a comprehensive text on the geotechnical and geological aspects of the investigations for and the design and construction of new dams and the review and assessment of existing dams. The main emphasis of this work is on embankment dams, but much of the text, particularly those parts related to geology, can be used for concrete gravity and arch dams. All phases of investigation, design and construction are covered. Detailed descriptions are given from the initial site assessment and site investigation program through to the preliminary and detailed design phases and, ultimately, the construction phase. The assessment of existing dams, including the analysis of risks posed by those dams, is also discussed. This wholly revised and significantly expanded 2nd edition includes a lengthy new appendix on the assessment of the likelihood of failure of dams by internal erosion and piping. This valuable source on dam engineering incorporates the 200+ years of collective experience of the authors in the subject area. Design methods are presented in combination with their theoretical basis, to enable the reader to develop a proper understanding of the possibilities and limitations of a method. For its practical, well-founded approach, this work can serve as a useful guide for professional dam engineers and engineering geologists and as a textbook for university students.

Geotechnical Engineering of Dams, 2nd Edition

A Starter level Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Written for Learners of English by Phillip Burrows and Mark Foster. The empty centre of Australia. The sun is hot and there are not many people. And when Bill meets a man, alone, standing on an empty road a long way from anywhere, he is surprised and worried. And Bill is right to be worried. Because there is something strange about the man he meets. Very strange . . .

Starman Starter Level Oxford Bookworms Library

Word count 1,928 CD: American English Suitable for young learners

Oxford Bookworms Library: Starter: Last Chance

A Starter level Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Written for Learners of English by Phillip Burrows and Mark Foster. 'How can Mr Frank be angry now?' thinks Mike happily. His film is good and he is the only cameraman on the volcano. Now he can go home. But then he finds Jenny and she is dying. Rocks start to move and Mike is afraid. Can they get off the volcano alive? And what happens to Mike's camera and film?

Last Chance - With Audio Starter Level Oxford Bookworms Library

This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading skills for low-beginning through advanced students. Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students' reading confidence. Introductions at the beginning of each story, illustrations throughout, and glossaries help build comprehension. Before, during, and after reading activities included in the back of each book strengthen student comprehension. Audio versions of selected titles provide great models of intonation and pronunciation of difficult words.

Last Chance

England, 1854 Returning from the Crimean War, Lawrence Pownall Beaumont is given a string bound bundle of cryptic letters by his dying father. They bear the family seal and have crossed land and sea to find him - they are written by his brother Nathaniel's hand. The mysterious letters lead Lawrence into a labyrinth of supernatural and occult worlds, scandals and betrayals to arouse violent passions, and a journey far from home to explore lands of cultures past and present. A journey to a world as wild as the one he feels within. To a world beyond our knowing.

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