Learning English
Featuring a selection of items from our Learning English (ESOL) collection.
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5/02/2020 2:19 p.m.
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Items on this page include books from the Penguin Readers series which are easy reading to improve your English, speaking and listening, IELTS and general learning English resources.
Private
by
James Patterson
Call No: LITERACY AOTEAROA : PAT Former US Marine Jack Morgan runs Private, an international detective agency. Jack and his team of investigators use the world's most advanced forensic tools to solve cases, and they're never afraid to break the rules. When the wife of Jack's best friend is found murdered, Jack's work life gets personal. Private, a Level 2 Reader, is A1+ in the CEFR framework.
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A Christmas Carol
by
Charls Dickens
Call No: LITERACY AOTEAROA : DIC Ebenezer Scrooge hates Christmas. He is angry that people are not working. Then, he meets the ghost of his old partner, Jacob Marley. Can Scrooge be a good person before it is too late?
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Jane Eyre
by
Charlotte Bronte
Call No: LITERACY AOTEAROA : BRO
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Pride and Prejudice
by
Jane Austen
Call No: LITERACY AOTEAROA : AUS Elizabeth Bennet, the daughter of an English country gentleman, meets Mr Darcy, a rich man who owns land. At first, Elizabeth hates him and thinks he is proud, but slowly her feelings start to change. Can she fight her own pride and find happiness?
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The Call of the Wild
by
Jack London
Call No: LITERACY AOTEAROA : LON In Yukon, Canada during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, strong sled dogs are in high demand. Buck is stolen from his comfortable home in California and sold into service as a sled dog in Alaska. Will he survive life in the wild? The Call of the Wild, a Level 2 Reader, is A1+ in the CEFR framework. Sentences contain a maximum of two clauses, introducing the future tenses will and going to, present continuous for future meaning, and comparatives and superlatives.
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The Great Gatsby
by
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Call No: LITERACY AOTEAROA : FIT
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The Thirty-Nine Steps
by
John Buchan
Call No: LITERACY AOTEAROA : BUC
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Me Before You
by
Jojo Moyes
Call No: LITERACY AOTEAROA : MOY Lou Clark is an ordinary girl leading an ordinary life. Will Traynor's life has changed since a motorcycle accident robbed him of his desire to live. But Will doesn't count on Lou entering his world in a riot of colour and that they will each change the other for all of time. Me Before You, a Level 4 Reader, is A2+ in the CEFR framework.
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Wuthering Heights
by
Emily Bronte
Call No: LITERACY AOTEAROA : BRO It is winter in the wild English countryside. A man caught in a snowstorm finds shelter at a remote manor called Wuthering Heights. He learns about Cathy, who lived in the house many years before, whose story is one of love, heartbreak and revenge that still haunts those in the present.Wuthering Heights, a Level 5 Reader, is B1 in the CEFR framework.
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