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Macmillan Publishers
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Deals with a motivating short course for students preparing for the Cambridge Preliminary English Test. |
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A forbidden passion. A lifetime of consequences. Cressida Felbridge is living the high life as a debutante in 1960s London society when she is courted by a friend of her brother's and set to marry. Wishing only the best for his daughter, her father decrees that she must have her portrait painted to mark the occasion. But as soon as she meets the painter Ralph Few, Cressie knows her life will never be the same again. Soon, she is deeply in love with Ralph, but there is one problem: Ralph is still married to Catherine. As Cassie is drawn into a strange, triangular relationship, Catherine's behaviour becomes increasingly erratic and Ralph and Cressie escape to Cressie's family home in Cumbria. But Catherine will not give up Ralph that easily... In the present day, Emily Conway has everything she could wish for: a huge house in West London, two beautiful children and a successful husband, Will. But as Emily and Will drive to a party, Will reveals that he has been betrayed by his business partner. Steering the car off the road at high speed, their perfect life is abruptly ended. When she wakes from her injuries, Emily is told of a mysterious legacy: a house in Cumbria on the edge of an estate, left to her by a woman she has never met. Could this house provide the chance to start anew, or does it hold secrets that she must uncover before it can be at peace? A deliciously dark family saga from Lulu Taylor, the bestselling author of The Winter Folly. |
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Madeleine Altimari is a sassy, smart-mouthed nine-year-old and an aspiring jazz singer, inwardly mourning the recent death of her mother. Little does she know that on Christmas Eve Eve she is about to have the most extraordinary day — and night — of her life. After bravely facing down some mean-spirited classmates and a galling rejection at school, Madeleine doggedly searches for Philadelphia's legendary jazz club The Cat's Pajamas, where she's determined to make her on-stage debut. Meanwhile, her fifth grade teacher Sarina Greene is nervously looking forward to a dinner party that will reunite her with an old high school crush. And across town at The Cat's Pajamas, club owner Jack Lorca discovers that his beloved haunt may have to close forever... As these three lost souls search for love, music and hope on the snow-covered streets of Philadelphia, together they will discover life's endless possibilities over the course of one magical night. A vivacious, charming and moving debut, 2am At The Cat's Pajamas will swell your heart and have you laughing out loud. |
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Love Letters of the Great War brings together some of the most romantic correspondence ever written: passionate love letters sent from British, American, French, German, Australian and Canadian troops in the height of battle, and the heart-breaking replies of their girlfriends, wives and sweethearts. From eloquent declarations of love and longing to wrenching accounts of fear, jealousy and betrayal, each set of letters reveals a story. Some soldiers wrote simple thank you messages for provisions sent, others penned heartfelt goodbyes, many shared sweet dreams of home. But in all the correspondence, there lies a truly human portrait of love and war. These letters, many of which have never before been published, are introduced by a brief piece about the correspondents. Some of the characters in these pages were parted for ever by the tragedy of war; others reunited. Together, a century on from the start of the First World War, these letters offer an intimate glimpse into the hearts of men and women separated by conflict, and show how love can transcend even the bleakest and most devastating of realities. |
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Anarctica is the last unconquered continent, a murderous expanse of howling winds, blinding whiteouts and deadly crevasses. On one edge of Antarctica is Wilkes Station. Beneath Wilkes Station is the gate to hell itself... A team of U.S. divers, exploring three thousand feet beneath the ice shelf has vanished. Sending out an SOS, Wilkes draws a rapid deployment team of Marines-and someone else... First comes a horrific firefight. Then comes a plunge into a drowning pool filled with killer whales. Next comes the hard part, as a handful of survivors begin an electrifying, red-hot, non-stop battle of survival across the continent and against wave after wave of elite military assassins-who've all come for one thing: a secret buried deep beneath the ice... |
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The PICTURE THIS! series is a brand-new programme of reference books, designed for a new generation of visually-engaged children and inquisitive general readers. Fresh, clean, direct and uncluttered, each spread transforms a core topic into a visual feast of raw facts, figures and statistics relating to the most essential aspects of the subject. The purely graphic approach provides a clear and concise overview, as a jumping-off point to further investigation and cross-referencing. In some ways a visual dictionary, in other ways a revision guide, the quirkily inventive graphics, icons, tables, graphs, maps and step-by-step illustrations are an entertaining way of absorbing information and getting to grips with concepts that can be difficult to understand when explained through a more conventional text-and-image format. |
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Zippo doesn't want to be an ordinary hippo. He wants to be super! Being good at swimming and splashing in mud aren't really superpowers, though. Perhaps he can fly like his friend Roxi. But who's ever heard of a flying hippopotamus? Especially one with such a big bottom... From award-winning author Kes Gray and exciting new illustrating talent Nikki Dyson. This fantastically funny superhero will be flying into children's imaginations everywhere! |
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Micah Sloane knows almost everything there is to know about Risa Clay, including the vicious betrayal she endured years ago and the distrust she's harbored ever since. The only way for the Elite Ops agent to uncover an assassin — and banish the ghosts of his own dark past — is to use Risa as bait. But nothing has prepared him for her disarming blend of innocence and sensuality, or for his overwhelming need to protect her... Risa has spent six years rebuilding her life. And now, to save it, she must pose as Micah's lover and draw a killer into the open. It's a risky plan — especially with a man as powerfully seductive as Micah. But, as their charade becomes reality, Risa realizes the greatest danger may lie in losing her heart forever... |
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In the Ichidian Universe where The League is law, most live in fear. We fight back. Welcome to a world where corrupt assassination politics dominate everyone. It's kill or be killed. Welcome back to the future and meet hell's new breed of heroes. Devyn Kell spent his life in service to the League until he learned of the double dealing and backstabbing that was costing innocent people their lives. Refusing to play those politics, he became a Runner someone who makes sure planets get the weapons, medicine and supplies they need to survive. May the gods have mercy on any who get in his way, because he definitely won't. Alix Garran is a woman on the run from a past she can't escape. Signing on to work for Devyn as a System's Engineer, she finds a cause she can fight for and a man she can respect. But as Alix's past catches up to her, and Devyn's old enemies turn lethal, they have to fight together or fall alone, in Born of Ice, the third bestselling League novel from Sherrilyn Kenyon. |
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The Business is a major new course for the next generation of business leaders. Initial research into the development of the course looked at university syllabi from over 14 countries and developed The Business syallabus to better reflect business students' needs. Each unit is divided into 6 modules- business knowledge, vocabulary, grammar, writing, speaking and case study. Its modularity allows you to choose a learning path which will complement your academic syllabus. |
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ELT: learning material & coursework. |
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Книга для учителя. Учебное пособие предназначено для всех, кто хочет усовершенствовать свои знания в области грамматики и лексики современного английского языка. Основная задача пособия состоит в том, чтобы помочь учащимся подготовиться к сдаче экзамена по английскому языку в 9 классе средней общеобразовательной школы. |
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Motivate! is a four-level course (A1-B1) which contains a wealth of material which is of genuine interest to young teenagers (10-14). Diversity is a key characteristic of today's increasingly international, multicultural and multilingual world, and classrooms these days are equally diverse. Motivate! reflects the wide range of different linguistic capabilities of students in the lower secondary stage in their school career, as well as their varied levels of experience and cultural awareness. Motivate! offers: graded language: Motivate! aims to teach students how to communicate effectively in English. So the presentation of language is always clear and practised thoroughly. Units are clearly structured and easy to follow. The introduction of new grammar and vocabulary is carefully graded, and all four skills are equally well covered recognition of mixed ability: Students begin their studies with different levels of language ability. Motivate! provides diagnostic tests to use before the course starts to help the teacher assess individual student needs. The Progress checks at the end of each unit help students to identify what they know or where they need to study more. The Vocabulary and Grammar guides provide a summary of work covered. In the Workbook the activities are clearly labelled for mixed ability, and in the Teacher's Book there is a wealth of suggestions for extra activities which cater for diversity. Assessment also takes mixed ability into consideration, with test and exams at three levels culture and CLIL: To encourage students to learn about the world around them, Motivate! includes texts and situations based on real contexts with specific cultural references. In addition, every unit contains a CLIL section which provides another way of motivating students and helping them to develop other areas of interest. CLIL also enables teachers to change the focus from learning English to learning about other subject areas through English basic competences: The course contents for Motivate! are designed to reflect the Council of Europe recommendations for the basic competences for lifelong learning. These are a combination of knowledge, skills and attitudes which young people in education are encouraged to acquire Motivate! digital: A page-faithful Digibook comes free with every print Student's Book and includes integrated audio. |
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Motivate! is a four-level course for lower secondary school students, offering a well-paced, balanced approach to teaching grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and the four skills of reading, listening, speaking and writing, with an emphasis on mixed abilities. Culture and CLIL feature in every unit. Each Student's Book comes with a page-faithful Digibook on DVD-Rom. Thorough grammar teaching with practice in written and oral contexts Engaging and age-appropriate reading texts and tasks Regular listening exercises to enhance students' communicative competence Well-structured and well-modelled methods for the teaching and practising of the productive skills (speaking and writing), leading to frequent opportunities for personalisation Strong Culture and CLIL features in every unit in addition to lots of real world content throughout the units A wealth of support features and tips (e.g. learning strategies and common errors), making the learning experience more memorable and effective A systematic, cumulative approach to revision and consolidation through unit-by-unit Vocabulary and Grammar Guides and Progress checks Revision sections every three units combine revision of key grammar and vocabulary with creative group work in the writing and performance of sketches and the production of projects A Workbook (incorporating its own audio) providing an outstanding resource for additional practice and consolidation of materials taught in the Student's Book A Teacher's Book with Class Audio CDs and a Tests and Exams Pack, providing comprehensive, supportive back-up of the teaching material in the Student's Book through ready-made lesson plans, guiding the teacher every step of the way Teacher's Interactive Whiteboard (IWB) software (i. e. the Student's Digibook with the teacher's presentation tools enabled) is also available For the Student Student's Book with Digibook Workbook with Audio CDs For the Teacher Teacher's Book with Teacher's Interactive Whiteboard (IWB) presentation software plus Tests and Exams Multi-ROM and Test Generator Multi-ROM Class Audio CDs. |
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A 4-level course for secondary and for schools with fewer contact hours (2-3 per week). It starts at A1 and ends at B1. The course will meet different sales and marketing needs primarily in our CEE markets (incl. Russia and Turkey, Kazakhstan and Ukraine) and will be treated as replacement/alternative to Smash and Tempo. Some markets will be looking to reach out to new segments of secondary, others will be targeting whole new markets that we're not present in, and finally, just having an alternative course for this segment to take to our customers is seen as a welcome opportunity to increase Macmillan's market share in lower secondary. The course is a version of the Spanish ESO course Interface and offers a solid and well-paced approach to teaching grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and the four skills in equal balance and with emphasis on mixed abilities. The material stands out with its thorough and comprehensive grammar. — Solid, well-paced, balanced approach to teaching grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and the four skills — Engaging and age-appropriate reading texts and tasks — Well-structured and well-supported methods for the teaching and practising of the productive skills (speaking and writing) -Predictable unit structure offering the teacher and the student a welcome sense of security — A wealth of support features and tips, making the learning experience more memorable and effective — Reliable, cumulative approach to revision — Strong culture and CLIL features in every unit — Workbook (incorporating its own audio) providing an outstanding resource for additional practice and consolidation through a wide variety of activities and strategies. |
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The Teacher's Book Is An Accessible And Detailed Guide To Ensure Full Exploitation Of The Course. Typescripts And Teacher's Notes With Answer Key Are Included. |
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