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Книги издательства «Macmillan Publishers»
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Have you ever seen something that wasn't really there? Heard someone call your name in an empty house? Sensed someone following you and turned around to find nothing? Hallucinations don't belong wholly to the insane. Much more commonly, they are linked to sensory deprivation, intoxication, illness, or injury. In some conditions, hallucinations can lead to religious epiphanies or even the feeling of leaving one's own body. Humans have always sought such life-changing visions, and for thousands of years have used hallucinogenic compounds to achieve them. In this book, with his usual elegance, curiosity, and compassion, Dr Sacks weaves together stories of his patients and of his own mind-altering experiences to illuminate what hallucinations tell us about the organization and structure of our brains, how they have influenced every culture's folklore and art, and why the potential for hallucination is present in us all, a vital part of the human condition. |
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The complete story and original illustrations of the bestselling ROOM ON THE BROOM by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler have been specially re-designed into an early reader format. Created with expert advice from a literacy consultant, this new version is intended to help and encourage children who are growing in reading confidence. Join a witch, her cat, a dog, a frog and a bird on a bumpy broomstick ride. From the award-winning creators of THE GRUFFALO. |
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Skin as white as snow, hair as black as ebony and lips as red as blood... But this is no fairy story as... In a small town in Germany a boy is accused of murdering his beautiful girlfriend. But this is no fairy story... On a September evening eleven years ago, two 17-year-old girls vanished without a trace from the tiny village of Altenhain, just outside Frankfurt. In a trial based on circumstantial evidence 20-year-old Tobias Sartorius was convicted and imprisoned for the murder of his childhood friend Laura and his beautiful girlfriend Stefanie — otherwise known as Snow White. After serving his sentence, Tobias returns home. His presence in the little German village stirs up the events of the past. Events that the locals would prefer to remain hidden. When the Sartorius family is subjected to a number of attacks, Detective Inspector Pia Kirchhoff and DS Oliver von Bodenstein are tasked with monitoring the tense atmosphere in the tight-knit community. As the village inhabitants close ranks it becomes apparent the disappearance of Snow White and her friend was far more complex than imagined. Then history starts to repeat itself in a disastrous manner when another pretty girl goes missing. The police are thrown into a race against time. Can they solve the mystery before it's too late? |
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This is the third novel in Jeffrey Archer's compelling saga, the Clifton Chronicles. 1945. The vote in the House of Lords as to who should inherit the Barrington family fortune has ended in a tie. The Lord Chancellor's deciding vote will cast a long shadow on the lives of Harry Clifton and Giles Barrington. Harry returns to America to promote his latest novel, while his beloved Emma goes in search of the little girl who was found abandoned in her father's office on the night he was killed. When the General Election is called, Giles Barrington has to defend his seat in the House of Commons and is horrified to discover who the Conservatives select to stand against him. But it is Sebastian Clifton, Harry and Emma's son, who ultimately influences his uncle's fate. In 1957, Sebastian wins a scholarship to Cambridge, and a new generation of the Clifton family march onto the page. After Sebastian is expelled from school, he unwittingly becomes caught up in an international art fraud involving a Rodin statue that is worth far more than the sum it raises at auction. Does he become a millionaire? Does he go to Cambridge? Is his life in danger? Best Kept Secret will answer all these questions, but once again, pose so many more. |
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Another title in this popular series of 'Tests that teach', designed to help improve students' exam performance and increase language competence at Proficiency level. Task types familiarise students with the tasks they will face in the exam, further practice and guidance pages build confidence in answering them and an expanded answer key gives clear explanations as to why the given answer is correct. It can be used in the classroom or for self-study. Fully Revised for the Cambridge ESOL Proficiency 2013 exam. Experienced author. Further practice and guidance pages develop confidence in each part of the exam paper. Fully comprehensive. Key and explanation section gives extra information on the right choice of answer. |
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Twenty million podcast downloads say it all: Mignon Fogarty's kicky, practical, and easy-to-remember advice about style and usage has won her fans across the globe. Her first book, Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing, hit the New York Times bestseller list, and her weekly grammar podcast has been hailed by USA Today as authoritative but warm. Now, in daily devotional form, Grammar Girl offers 365 lessons on language that are sure to inspire. Chock-full of bite-sized writing tips, fun quizzes, and efficient memory tricks, The Grammar Devotional gives you the tools you need to improve your grammar and become an even better communicator, one day at a time. |
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An artist's approach to introducing the alphabet Mouse airbrushes the A, buttons the B, carves the C . Mouse is hard at work constructing each letter of the alphabet. He dyes the D, erases the E, and folds the F. Mouse works his way right through to Z, constructing an alphabet that surpasses even the wildest artistic imagination. |
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Pre-readers can sharpen hand-eye coordination as they join Moomintroll's search for that rascal Little My, who has found a very clever hiding place. Along the way, they will meet Moomintroll's family and many friends. The funny names — from Snufkin to Fillyjonk — beg to be sounded out and repeated again and again. Based on characters and artwork created by Tove Jansson, whose original Moomin books have been translated from the original Swedish into more than thirty languages. |
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Little ones can rely on the Moomins to make numbers fun. Moomintroll, Moominmamma, and the Snork Maiden help create a game out of learning to go from one to ten, and beyond, with everyday objects such as seashells and stars. |
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Reward is a multi-level course designed to take students from their first introduction to English up to a fully proficient use of the language. The cross-cultural contexts of Reward provide stimulating input and encourage discussion, making learning interesting and relevant to today's world. The Reward Grammar and Vocabulary Workbook consolidates the structures and vocabulary in the Student's Book. It contains a variety of stimulating exercises including extensive grammar revision, vocabulary building and both guided and creative writing activities. With its clear layout and simple instructions, the students will find the book motivating and easy to use. |
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Reward is a multi-level course designed to take students from their first introduction to English up to a fully proficient use of the language. Reward offers unique choice and flexibility in teaching and learning English. The 70-hour core syllabus in the Student's Book ensures swift progression with its essential grammar points, systematic vocabulary and skills development, and regular Progress checks. The Resource Packs contain optional communicative activities linked to the Student's Book, which can be used to supplement lessons, revise specific language and structures, and provide variety in class. The cross-cultural contexts of Reward provide stimulating input and encourage discussion, making learning interesting and relevant to today's world. The clear organisation, with each lesson on a double-page spread, means the book is easy and enjoyable to use. |
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Reward is the highly successful five-level general English course for adults and young adults which is now used and recommended extensively across the world. Choose the Reward series and you will have up to twelve fully-integrated components at each of the five levels. The series, written by Simon Greenall and the highly-experienced Reward author team, is now complete. It provides teachers and students with one of the most comprehensive English language teaching courses available today. Reward takes adult and young adult learners from complete beginner to upper intermediate level. The course is based on a broad and integrated multi-syllabus approach: broad in the sense that it gives obvious systematic focus to grammar and language functions, vocabulary, the four skills and sounds, but also in that it implicitly covers a variety of topics, learner training and socio-cultural competence. |
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Reward is a multi-level course designed to take students from their first introduction to English up to a fully proficient use of the language. Reward offers unique choice and flexibility in teaching and learning English. The 70-hour core syllabus in the Student's Book ensures swift progression with its essential grammar points, systematic vocabulary and skills development, and regular Progress checks. The Resource Packs contain optional communicative activities linked to the Student's Book, which can be used to supplement lessons, revise specific language and structures, and provide variety in class. The cross-cultural contexts of Reward provide stimulating input and encourage discussion, making learning interesting and relevant to today's world. The clear organisation, with each lesson on a double-page spread, means the book is easy and enjoyable to use. |
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A communication-focused course that builds young adult and adult learners' confidence to use English. Breakthrough Plus contains modernised content, a fresh design and a digital version of the Student's Books for classroom presentation purposes as well as additional practice material with markbook functionality. The accompanying digibook provides an onscreen version of the Student's Book with integrated audio, plus additional interactive practice with over 120 activities and markbook functionality. The Digibook includes 12 video street interviews filmed in New York with accompanying worksheets. Teachers have access to the DigiBook, their students' markbook, and an additional Test Generator program. This has created a truly blended, content-rich course, covering high-interest themes in a thorough but accessible way. |
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A communication-focused course that builds young adult and adult learners' confidence to use English. Breakthrough Plus contains modernised content, a fresh design and a digital version of the Student's Books for classroom presentation purposes as well as additional practice material with markbook functionality. The accompanying digibook provides an onscreen version of the Student's Book with integrated audio, plus additional interactive practice with over 120 activities and markbook functionality. The Digibook includes 12 video street interviews filmed in New York with accompanying worksheets. Teachers have access to the DigiBook, their students' markbook, and an additional Test Generator program. This has created a truly blended, content-rich course, covering high-interest themes in a thorough but accessible way. NEW Digibook provides an onscreen version of the Student's Book with integrated audio, plus additional interactive practice with over 120 activities and markbook functionality. |
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A communication-focused course that builds young adult and adult learners' confidence to use English. Breakthrough Plus contains modernised content, a fresh design and a digital version of the Student's Books for classroom presentation purposes as well as additional practice material with markbook functionality. The accompanying digibook provides an onscreen version of the Student's Book with integrated audio, plus additional interactive practice with over 120 activities and markbook functionality. The Digibook includes 12 video street interviews filmed in New York with accompanying worksheets. Teachers have access to the DigiBook, their students' markbook, and an additional Test Generator program. This has created a truly blended, content-rich course, covering high-interest themes in a thorough but accessible way. NEW Digibook provides an onscreen version of the Student's Book with integrated audio, plus additional interactive practice with over 120 activities and markbook functionality. |
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Beautifully illustrated and appealing to both children and teachers, this six-level course is designed to meet the needs of teachers and learners who are working at a high level of English. Footprints provides a strong emphasis on cross-curricular content with clearly identified language aims that acknowledge the increasing trend towards content-based learning. Levels 1 and 2 take students on a magical journey, meeting well-known fairy tale characters to find the treasure at the end of the rainbow. Levels 3 and 4 continue the idea of a quest but the context moves away from the world of fairy tales to one of mystery and adventure, working with the children's growing maturity and awareness of the world around them. |
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