Learning English
Featuring a selection of items from our Learning English (ESOL) collection.
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25/09/2019 5:10 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.
The battle of Newton Road
by
Leslie Dunkling
Call No: LITERACY AOTEAROA : DUN The houses in Newton Road are small, but people are very happy there. Then a civil engineer wants to knock down the houses and build a new road. The people of Newton Road are very angry. But can they win the battle?
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Brave new world
by
Aldous Huxley
Call No: LITERACY AOTEAROA : HUX It is the Brave New World, 600 years in the future. Science has produced a highly ordered world of happiness and social stability. In search of something more meaningful, Bernard Marx takes beautiful Lenina to see the savages of the Old World - and discovers more truth than he might have wanted!
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Harry's holiday
by
Moses Antoinette
Call No: LITERACY AOTEAROA : MOS Harry doesn't live a typical teenage life. His dad works away from home and his mother needs a lot of help, so he can't see his friends after school or at weekends. Then Harry sees a competition - a chance for his family to take a break. But the competition changes Harry's life more than he could ever expect.
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White Fang
by
Jack London
Call No: LITERACY AOTEAROA : LON
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The Norwood builder
by
Arthur Conan Doyle
Call No: LITERACY AOTEAROA : DOY Four short stories in which Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr Watson answer some mysterious questions.
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Detective work
by
John Escott
Call No: LITERACY AOTEAROA : ESC A diamond necklace is stolen from a museum. Everyone who works at the museum could be guilty. But who really took the necklace, and why? The police suspect Paul, a young student. So Paul must find the real thief.
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Cold Mountain
by
Charles Frazier
Call No: LITERACY AOTEAROA : FRA
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The Cambridge guide to learning English as a second language
by
Anne Burns
Call No: 428.24 CAM Through its up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of current perspectives, this volume aims to expand understanding of what it means to learn English as a second or additional language.
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English from afar : how to learn English the less painful way
by
Bruce Peterson
Call No: 428.24 PET
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English grammar drills
by
Mark Lester
Call No: 428.24 LES
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