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Macmillan Publishers
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This story is not a story at all. It all happened. On New Year's Day Becky Morley begins to write her diary. By March, her world has changed for ever. Foot-and-mouth disease breaks out on a pig farm hundreds of miles from the Morleys' Devon home, but soon the nightmare is a few fields away. Local sheep are infected and every animal is destroyed. Will the Morleys' flock be next? Will their pedigree dairy herd, the sows with their piglets, and Little Josh, Becky's hand-reared lamb, survive? Or will they be slaughtered too? The waiting and hoping is the most agonizing experience of Becky's life... |
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Since John Adair, one of the world's foremost experts in leadership training, introduced the term 'strategic leadership' in the 1980s, it has come into universal use. Strategic leaders are generally responsible for large organizations and may influence thousands of people. It is their role to respond to change and external events, establishing a strong organizational structure, allocating resources and communicating strategic vision. As a strategic leader, your decisions may appear more risky, your actions more visible and achieving results more complex than for organizational managers. In Effective Strategic Leadership, John Adair teaches you everything you need to know to enable you to be clear about what you want to achieve and to lead with purpose in order to turn your strategy into reality. Among other things, he shows you how to: judge situations quickly and respond accordingly; make decisions based on incomplete information; and, pick the best second-tier leaders to achieve your objectives. |
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Figures of speech are everywhere. Popstar or postman, president or paperboy, the chances are you've already used a whole heap of them today without realising it. For business writers, they're pure gold. They make our words more powerful, persuasive and poetic. They add flavour to dreary standard issue language. They help us get our message across in a way that's immediate and memorable. This book takes fifty of our finest figures of speech and explains how they can help anyone who works with words, regardless of profession, to express themselves with more style and impact. Sounds Good on Paper is a practical guide to every figure of speech you never knew you knew, including the chiasmus ('You can take the boy out of Essex, but you can't take Essex out of the boy'), tmesis ('abso-blooming-lutley') and kenning ('pencil pusher' or 'coffin dodger'). It shows how you can use figures to make your words work harder and pump up your powers of persuasion. If you want to inspire and engage your readers, this book is here to help. |
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Academic Writing has been written for intermediate level students who are preparing to study, or are already studying, in an academic environment and need to improve their writing skills. 'Academic Writing' provides students with: — a variety of group, pair and individual planning and writing tasks — plenty of practice to help with each stage of the writing process — models of writing that are based on real assignments 'Academic Writing' takes students from paragraph structuring to essay writing through a process approach. It teaches learners how to order and link paragraphs into cohesive and coherent essays and to create the various paragraph types that are used in written assignments. 'Academic Writing' includes work on how to generate ideas, organic material, draft, review, and revise written work. There are extra sample and reference materials at the back of the book, including models of essay development and a punctuation guide, to help students learn to evaluate their own work. 'Academic Writing' includes a complete answer key and can be used in class or as a self-study book. |
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Human interest, Humor, Crime/Detection & Adventure/Thriller/Spy A recounting of the humorous adventures of a young orphan boy living beside the great Mississippi River in 1844. |
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This series of readers for children aged 6-12 offers a great mix of entertaining stories and factual titles. Key features The series reinforces the basic structures and vocabulary found in most primary courses Each reader has a wordlist or picture dictionary, as well as activity pages at the back The accompanying AudioCD means that children can listen while reading. |
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Anna is making her first trip alone to visit her aunt. She is nervous and excited. Who is the strange man in her train carriage? |
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This is a 6 level series of readers for children learning English, bringing together a variety of enjoyable fiction and non-fiction titles. The series provides reinforcement of the basic structures and vocabulary contained in most major primary courses. |
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This title contains the BEC vantage testbuilder and AudioCD. The BEC testbuilders are designed to improve exam performance and increase language competence for success in the Cambridge business English certificate (BEC) exam. The AudioCD contains all four listening tests. |
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Big Bugs is a new four-level story-based course for primary children (ages 9-12). Big Bugs 1 and 2 provide continuity and progression by recycling and developing language learnt at the early stages of primary. There are eight story-based units with extra materials for key festivals in the year. These fascinating stories help to contextualize new language and provide opportunities for the children to communicate in English. Key features: — Eight story-based units. — Three double-page revision games. — A double page of stickers in the Activity Book. — Four cut-out minibooks in the Activity Book. — 72 full-colour Story Cards illustrating key vocabulary. — 64 full-colour Flashcards to present or review new vocabulary. — 64 Word Cards showing key vocabulary. — Unit tests (one per unit) and three Progress Tests. |
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Make learning English fun with the adventures of Spike the Spider, Archire, Emily and the Bugs Band in this four- level story based course for children aged 8-12. Big Bugs develops interest and enjoyment in learning English and promotes an active desire in children to communicate in English . Eight story based units and material for festivals are contained in the Pupil's Books which include, games, chants, songs and craft activities. Levels 1 and 2 follow the adventures of Spike the Spider and his human friends Archie and Emily to a world of English fun and discovery. Levels 3 and 4 take a more mature approach by following the activities of the Bugs Band, a lively pop group with Cool, Sporty, Techy, and Bio. Every unit has a Bugs Band song. Children also listen to the Bug's Band talking about a topic related to the song and the unit, creating a motivating link between learning English in the classroom and the children's world and real-life interests. |
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Human interest & Adventure / Thriller / Spy s modern, action-packed detective story. Salahadin El Nur is an inspector in the Antiquities Department of the Egyptian police. The death of a visiting European archaeologist leads Salahadin to investigate the whereabouts of a priceless statuette. He is soon on the trail of a gang of international smugglers. |
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«Книга для чтения на английском языке уровня Beginner, адаптированное издание одноименного произведения одного из самых читаемых французских авторов в мире — Александра Дюма. Сюжет романа берет свое начало в Голландии в 1672 году. Молодой Корнелиус Ван Баерле нашел секрет выращивания черного тюльпана, и он скоро получит выигрыш, обещанный первому человеку, добившемуся черного цвета. Но у Корнелиуса есть завистливый сосед, и в напряженной политической ситуации этого года, этот человек оказывается опасным врагом... Cornelius von Baerle lives only to cultivate the elusive black tulip and win a magnificent prize for its creation. But when his powerful godfather is assassinated, the unwitting Cornelius becomes caught up in a deadly political intrigue. Falsely accused of high treason by a bitter rival, Cornelius is condemned to life in prison. His only comfort is Rosa, the jailer`s beautiful daughter, who helps him concoct a plan to grow the black tulip in secret. As Robin Buss explains in his informative introduction, Dumas infuses his story with elements from the history of the Dutch Republic (including two brutal murders) and Holland`s seventeenth-century «tulipmania» phenomenon. Retold by Florence Bell.» |
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It is 1852 and three young people meet for the first time in High Court of Chancery. They are the latest victims to be caught in the long-running court case of Jamdyce vs Jamdyce. A case which has caused the financial and moral breakdown of many previous claimants. |
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The college term has ended and Rick and Jen join their friends at the beach to swim and surf. Jen doesn't realise that the new friend she meets will soon save their lives. |
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Part of an ELT course which aims to help nurture children's confidence and enthusiasm for English through gently graded activities. The syllabus has built-in revision and pronunciation lessons, and involves pupils in the evaluation of their own progress. |
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Way Ahead — шестиуровневый курс английского языка для детей младшего и среднего школьного возраста. Основу курса составляют разнообразные задания, направленные на формирование языковых навыков и речевых умений учащихся. Содержание упражнений и типы заданий составлены с учетом интересов ребенка, его возрастных (физических и психологических) особенностей. Материал учебника позволяет учителю научить учащихся понимать иноязычную речь на слух, говорить читать и писать на английском языке, а также приобщить детей |
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Bravo! is an exciting course for children who are learning English. It is suitable for complete beginners as well as children who have done an introductory or pre-school course. Extensive research and piloting ensure that the materials are ideal for the language classroom and appropriate for different cultural backgrounds. Key Features: • Bravo! has cross-curricular activities which reflect what the children are learning in other subject areas, such as geography, maths and science. • Bravo! has a variety of motivating topics that reflect the growing maturity of the child. • Bravo! develops the children's vocabulary and gives practice in all four skills. • Bravo! has task-based activities and exercises which provide a meaningful context for spoken communication. • Bravo! is based on a carefully-graded structural and lexical syllabus. There are regular revision lessons which are used to mark the pupil's progress throughout the course. Bravo! 6 consists of Pupil's Book, Activity Book, Teacher's Book, Cassettes. |
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Contributed articles presented at an International Workshop on High Capacity Bus Systems held in New Delhi in January 2002; with special reference to India. |
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Brilliant is a four-level primary course which follows the adventures of the same characters throughout each level. Key Features: An absorbing and colourful story which presents a language area and stimulating practice exercises 'Adventure Notebook' pages in every unit open children's eyes to the world around them through simple reading texts. Each mini-project has a multicultural feel and covers topics such as cities, food, national costumes and daily life Simple explanations of grammatical structures Clear presentation of new vocabulary Systematic recycling of the language Controlled writing practice Listening exercises with stickers in every unit Easy-to-learn songs in every unit Regular revision. |
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