Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. It is Molly Clarkson's fiftieth birthday. She is having a party. She is rich, but she is having a small party - only four people. Four people, however, who all need the same thing: they need her money. She will not give them the money, so they are waiting for her to die. And there are other people who are also waiting for her to die. But one person can't wait. And so, on her fiftieth birthday, Molly Clarkson is going to die. CEFR A1-A2 Word count 6,010

Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. In the jungle of Southern India the Seeonee Wolf- Pack has a new cub. He is not a wolf - he is Mowgli, a human child, but he knows nothing of the world of men. He lives and hunts with his brothers the wolves. Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther are his friends and teachers. And Shere Khan, the maneating tiger, is his enemy. Kipling's famous story of Mowgli's adventures in the jungle has been loved by young and old for more than a hundred years. CEFR A2-B1 Word count 6,510

《混沌理论》一只蝴蝶不过是扇了扇它美丽的翅膀，地球的另一边却有可能掀起一场龙卷风暴 蝴蝶效应 已经俨然成为了混沌的代名词。从棋盘的棋格中放置的米粒、比萨的花园里放养的兔子，到高尔顿钉板的钟形分布、轮盘赌的投注策略，再到奥伯斯佯谬提出 为什么夜空是漆黑的 、纸牌游戏演示 计算机不能制造混沌 ，这本小书用生动的实例深入浅出地说明了混沌理论及其在现实生活中的种种应用，为我们开启这个前沿领域的大门。

Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. You are walking through the streets of London. It is getting dark and you want to get home quickly. You enter a narrow side-street. Everything is quiet, but as you pass the door of a large, windowless building, you hear a key turning in the lock. A man comes out and looks at you. You have never seen him before, but you realize immediately that he hates you. You are shocked to discover, also, that you hate him. Who is this man that everybody hates? And why is he coming out of the laboratory of the very respectable Dr Jekyll? CEFR B1-B2 Word count 12,520

叶嘉莹先生一生从事中国古典诗词的教研，擅长以深入浅出的文字，把当代西方文学概念融汇、应用于中国古典诗词的探讨和诠释，以直悟配合精析，见解独到，卓然成家。除了研究诗词，叶先生也自己创作诗词。《独陪明月看荷花 叶嘉莹诗词选译》即是从叶先生历年所作诗词中选取六十余首，由陶永强译成英文，谢琰配以诗词相应的书法作品，结集出版。 细读《独陪明月看荷花 叶嘉莹诗词选译》中的作品，可以体会叶先生坚毅不拔的精神，从中可见其顿悟人生种种的困苦，终能升华自我，予人的启迪无穷。

Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. Down by the river bank, where the wind whispers through the willow trees, is a very pleasant place to have a lunch party with a few friends. But life is not always so peaceful for the Mole and the Water Rat. There is the time, for example, when Toad gets interested in motor-cars - goes mad about them in fact... The story of the adventures of Mole, Rat, Badger, and Toad has been loved by young and old for over a hundred years. CEFR B1 Word count 11,540

Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. One day, a farmer tells a farm boy to take everything out of an old building and throw it away. 'It's all rubbish,' he says. In the middle of all the rubbish, the boy finds a beautiful old piano. He has never played before, but now, when his fingers touch the piano, he begins to play. He closes his eyes and the music comes to him - and the music moves his fingers. When he opens his eyes again, he knows that his life is changed for ever... CEFR A2-B1 Word count 6,070

Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. Dorothy lives in Kansas, USA, but one day a cyclone blows her and her house to a strange country called Oz. There, Dorothy makes friends with the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion. But she wants to go home to Kansas. Only one person can help her, and that is the country's famous Wizard. So Dorothy and her friends take the yellow brick road to the Emerald City, to find the Wizard of Oz... CEFR A1-A2 Word count 5,440

Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. It is 1880, in the Opera House in Paris. Everybody is talking about the Phantom of the Opera, the ghost that lives somewhere under the Opera House. The Phantom is a man in black clothes. He is a body without a head, he is a head without a body. He has a yellow face, he has no nose, he has black holes for eyes. Everybody is afraid of the Phantom - the singers, the dancers, the directors, the stage workers... But who has actually seen him? CEFR A1-A2 Word count 6,230

Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. A housewife, a tramp, a lawyer, a waitress, an actress - ordinary people living ordinary lives in New York at the beginning of the twentieth century. The city has changed greatly since that time, but its people are much the same. Some are rich, some are poor, some are happy, some are sad, some have found love, some are looking for love. O. Henry's famous short stories - sensitive, funny, sympathetic - give us vivid pictures of the everyday lives of these New Yorkers. CEFR A2-B1 Word count 5,895

《傲慢与偏见》是英国小说家简 奥斯丁的代表作。小说以爱情纠葛为主线，描写了傲慢的单身青年达西与对他有偏见的伊丽莎白之间从敌视到相爱的过程，情节具喜剧性，语言机智幽默，同时强调经济利益对恋爱和婚姻的影响，有现实性，是奥斯丁小说中备受欢迎的一部。

Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. There, on top of the mushroom, was a large caterpillar, smoking a pipe. After a while the Caterpillar took the pipe out of its mouth and said to Alice in a slow, sleepy voice, 'Who are you?' What strange things happen when Alice falls down the rabbit-hole and into Wonderland! She has conversations with the Caterpillar and the Cheshire Cat, goes to the Mad Hatter's tea party, plays croquet with the King and Queen of Hearts... CEFR A2-B1 Word count 6,315

从*经典的电影片段来认识 罗恩 韦斯莱 吧！ 重温罗恩 韦斯莱的魔法片刻，我们会发现他与自己大名鼎鼎的挚友哈利 波特一样勇敢而忠诚 不管是面对斯莱特林魁地奇队，还是爬满整个森林的恐怖巨蜘蛛！本书包括来自八部 哈利 波特 电影的经典剧照与台词，让你更近距离地观察罗恩的生活，包括他在霍格沃茨的时光、他的家人和朋友，还有他与同伴们对抗黑魔头伏地魔的危险战斗。并且书中所有文字均为英汉对照，英文为原汁原味的台词或情节介绍，适合学习英语的人群阅读。

《古代亚述简史》你可知道骡子曾是长途通信中的无名功臣？你可见过把墓穴建在起居室下的房子？你可了解为什么亚述历经大火焚城反倒留下了更多的史料？ 数千年前，能征惯战的亚述人在西亚开疆拓土，所向披靡。无论是至高无上的帝王，四处奔波的商旅，抑或流落他乡的战俘，无论是在帝国名城亚述城、尼尼微、卡尔胡，异国贸易殖民点卡奈什，抑或遥远的附庸国埃及，形形色色的亚述人书写了亚述的历史，留下了自己的印记，为后世留下了丰厚的遗产。

《天气简话》（斑斓阅读 外研社英汉双语百科书系典藏版）：从决定适合出行的日期，到预测农业的气象条件，再到评估飓风的破坏性影响，天气无时无刻不在影响着我们的生活。然而，我们却并不了解天气背后的各种复杂机制。 本书以简明风趣的语言介绍了风、雨、云和天气预报的基本知识，回答了诸如什么是天气，天气的成因，天气事件的形成和影响，以及大规模的大气环流等问题，不失为一部非常实用的天气科普图书。

Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. In the summer of 1910, a race began. A race to be the first man at the South Pole, in Antarctica. Robert Falcon Scott, an Englishman, left London in his ship, the Terra Nova, and began the long journey south. Five days later, another ship also began to travel south. And on this ship was Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian. But Antarctica is the coldest place on earth, and it is a long, hard journey over the ice to the South Pole. Some of the travellers never returned home. This is the story of Scott and Amundsen, and of their famous and dangerous race. CEFR A1-A2 Word count 5,400

本书为迪士尼电影《疯狂元素城》同名双语小说，故事发生在一座水、火、土、气四大元素共同生活的奇妙城市里。在这里，生活着两位大相径庭的人物 艾梅柏和韦德，他们一位是火热的年轻女子，一位是随波逐流的家伙。这对 水火不容 的搭档要在这座水、火、土、气四大元素共同生活的城市里闯荡，逐渐发现彼此的很多共同之处。该书由迪士尼正版授权，英文来自美国兰登书屋，译文由翻译家朱振武教授领衔，文字优美。随书还附赠全书英文音频、电子书及核心词讲解。

2024年7月， 北京中轴线 中国理想都城秩序的杰作 正式列入《世界遗产名录》。为帮助国内外人士了解北京、了解中轴线，携手保护传承好这一人类共同的遗产，《北京中轴线保护传承关键词（汉英对照）》作者系统梳理与之相关的关键词，形成 历史文化价值 历史文化要素 世界遗产知识 等三方面共95个词语，并根据有关国际组织文件、我国法律法规和法定规划、学术研究成果等撰写释义。出版方外研社邀请资深译者翻译成英文。

Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. Cedric Errol is seven years old. He lives with his mother in a little house in New York. They don't have much money, but mother and son are very good friends. Cedric is a kind, friendly little boy, and everybody likes him. His father was English, but he is now dead, and Cedric and his mother are alone in the world. But one day a lawyer arrives from England with some very surprising news about Cedric's grandfather. CEFR A1-A2 Word count 7,250

《卖花女》讲述了语言学家Higgins用六个月时间从语言和仪态上对一个卖花姑娘Eliza进行训练，使她融入上流社会。萧伯纳在剧中以卖花女和教授之间的矛盾收场，从而讽刺上层社会所谓文雅的语言和风度，鲜明地显示劳动人民淳朴的本质远远高于上层社会的空虚外表。 葛传椝先生和俞亢咏先生为该书从语言角度进行注释，力求详尽，之所以选择这个剧本，是希望它在一般地帮助学习英语之外，特别有助于学习口语。并且萧伯纳的语言精练明快，而剧本本生无论从题材还是思想性艺术性方面来说，都是理想的英语读物。

《地球系统科学》作为地球的一员，你了解地球吗？ 这颗能够让生命进化的行星是怎样被创造出来的？地球何以成为一个不断变化，却能通过自我调节维持稳定性的系统？人类作为一个物种是怎样重塑地球的？科学家如何预测地球系统未来的状态？ 欢迎走进地球系统科学，它将陪你走过45亿年的地球历史，把地球系统中复杂精细的物质循环、反馈与调节过程尽收眼底；它能带你前瞻人类活动对地球系统产生的影响，助你下定决心保护这颗非凡的行星。

Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. Christmas is humbug, Scrooge says - just a time when you find yourself a year older and not a penny richer. The only thing that matters to Scrooge is business, and making money. But on Christmas Eve three spirits come to visit him. They take him travelling on the wings of the night to see the shadows of Christmas past, present, and future - and Scrooge learns a lesson that he will never forget. CEFR B1 Word count 10,385

作为 孤独无依 的大陆国家，澳大利亚占据了南半球一整片陆地，享有得天独厚的地理环境与自然资源。在欧洲的船帆靠近澳大利亚海岸之前，原住民世世代代生活于此。然而，随着白人移民迈开扩张的脚步，在不到三百年的时间里，这个曾经的囚犯流放地被建设成为不可小觑的发达国家。本书要言不烦地介绍了澳大利亚的历史、经济、政治、外交、体育与文化，展示了澳大利亚的当代发展，但同时也不忘强调原住民的艰难处境及原住民文化的璀璨光芒，为我们呈现出这个多元文化国家的种种独特面貌。

Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. Tom Sawyer does not like school. He does not like work, and he never wants to get out of bed in the morning. But he likes swimming and fishing, and having adventures with his friends. And he has a lot of adventures. One night, he and his friend Huck Finn go to the graveyard to look for ghosts. They don't see any ghosts that night. They see something worse than a ghost - much, much worse... CEFR A1-A2 Word count 5,825

Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. This famous play is one of the finest English comedies. Algernon knows that his friend Jack does not always tell the truth. For example, in town his name is Ernest, while in the country he calls himself Jack. And who is the girl who gives him presents 'from little Cecily, with all her love'? But when the beautiful Gwendolen says that she can only love a man called Ernest, Jack decides to change his name. Then Cecily agrees to marry Algernon, but only if his name is Ernest, too, and things become difficult for the two young men. CEFR A2-B1 Word count 6,347