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The Amazon American Life

FILM TITLES Rain Forest Vicky Shipton
Bernard Smith Original / American
Original / American English
English Most people around
The Amazon the world today
Rain Forest is the know something
largest rain forest about American life.
in the world. It is The United States is
10,000,000 years old and many different a big country. Not all Americans are the tim
kinds of plants and animals live here. same! In this book you will see the many a
The forest is important for the world’s faces of American life. wo
weather and wildlife, but it is disappearing no
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What will its future be? Au
Babe – Pig in the City* 978 1 4058 8157 9 / 56 pages
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Babe – The Sheep Pig* 978 1 4058 6974 4 / 48 pages
Audio CD Pack 978 1 4058 7829 6 Extreme Five Plays for
Sports Today
Dante’s Peak 978 1 4058 6973 7 / 56 pages
Michael Dean Tonya Trappe
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Original / American Original / British
English English
Dragonheart 978 1 4058 8158 6 / 56 pages
Up in the air! Down Paul is shy and Judy
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on the ground! has no friends.
Under the water! Oliver is afraid of
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about extreme sports from aerial ballet lies to her boyfriends. These five short
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Johnny English 978 1 4058 8162 3 / 36 pages
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Jurassic Park III 978 1 4058 8163 0 / 56 pages Gandhi The Ghost of
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Jane Rollason Genny Castle
Original / American John Escott
Men in Black* 978 1 4058 6972 0 / 48 pages
English Original / British
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Mahatma Gandhi
died in 1948, but Claire is staying with
Mr Bean in Town 978 1 4058 8167 8 / 36 pages
his name is famous her aunt Min. There
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He fought for change with a black tower
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without violence. People watched him people die. One day, Claire goes to the an
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today. th
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Hepburn
Barack
Obama CLASSICS
an Chris Rice
Coleen Degnan-
Original / American Veness
nd English
Original /
ay Audrey Hepburn American English
ng was a beautiful and
fe. In January 2009,
great actress. When
is a new American
there were unhappy
he president moved
times for her, Audrey always showed
ny into the White House. But who is
a warm, friendly face to the world. The
Barack Obama? What do we know
world loved her, and people love her
about his family and his early life? Why
now!
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58 Book 978 1 4058 7698 8 / 28 pages
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Ben Jonson
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English
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ort never has problems with boys. Now
a game. They think Volpone is dying.
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at interested. But Susie likes him too...
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Being Earnest Raymond Audio CD Pack 978 1 4058 7852 4
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London Lost in New Lost Love and Project

Vicky Shipton York Other Stories Omega
Original / British John Escott Jan Carew Elaine O’Reilly
English Original / British Original / British Original / British
London is one of the English English English
great cities of the This is Nicky’s first The stories in this Charles Hatfield
world. It is the biggest visit to New York. book are exciting Baker III, one of the
city in Britain and in He is going to stay and sometimes very richest men in New
Europe. In 1900, it with his aunt, but strange. Some are York City, suddenly
was the biggest city in the world. In this book she is not at the airport. Then some older sad and some are happy. We meet many disappears. His daughter, Julia, wants to W
you will find a lot of interesting information boys on motorbikes play a dangerous interesting people – a young man in love, find him. The directors of his company wo
about London. You will read about its history game with him. Not long after he arrives, a lonely customer in a shop, a shy soldier. want power and money. Do they know ha
from Roman times. You will learn about its the police are looking for Nicky. Can he Strange things happen to all these people. where he is? And what is Project Omega? wh
famous people – and the shops, museums find his aunt before the police find him? But life is strange sometimes. Can Julia find her father and save his co
and palaces of this exciting city. company? sto
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