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For a child in the great city of Venice in the thirteenth century, there could be nothing better than the stories of sailors. There were stories of strange animals, wonderful cities, sweet spices, and terrible wild deserts where a traveller could die. One young boy listened, waited, and dreamed. Perhaps one day his father and uncle would return. Perhaps he too could travel with them to great markets in faraway places. For young Marco Polo, later the greatest traveller of his time, a dangerous, exciting world was waiting... |
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It is beautiful to look at, hard to reach, and terribly difficult to climb. Winds of 200 kilometres per hour or more scream across it day and night, while temperature falls to-20 degreeC or lower. Every year, some who try to climb the highest mountain in the world do not return. But for a century people have been coming to climb Everest — some alone, some in groups, but all with a dream of going to the highests place in the world. This is their story. |
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Who is the man with the roses in his hand? thinks Anna. I want to meet him. Who is the girl with the guitar? thinks Will. I like her. I want to meet her. But they do not meet. There are lots of men! says Anna's friend Vicki, but Anna cannot forget Will. And then one rainy day... |
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Sally is always running — and she has her phone with her all the time: at home, on the train, at work, at lunchtime, and at the shops. But then one afternoon suddenly she has a different phone... and it changes her life. |
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It's an interesting job, says Sally about her work at Happy Hills. And today is a very exciting day because Zapp the famous singer is coming. Everybody is having a wonderful time. But suddenly something goes wrong — very wrong. |
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The empty centre of Australia. The sun is hot and there are not many people. And when Bill meets a man, alone, standing on an empty road a long way from anywhere, he is surprised and worried. And Bill is right to be worried. Because there is something strange about the man he meets. Very strange... |
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The Audio CD Pack contains a copy of the book along with an audio CD with a recording of the complete text in both British and American English. Listen and read to discover all about your five wonderful senses... How do your eyes work? Whats under your skin? |
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This is a revised edition with new, updated material to keep users up to speed in this fast-moving industry. |
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Intended for electronics students as well as technicians and engineers who must combine their knowledge of English with their technical skills, this text contains authentic reading and listening passages covering a range of topics, from simple components to digital electronics. This student's book contains a detailed glossary of technical terms which forms a mini-dictionary of electronics. The course takes into consideration not only the technical expectations of the students, but also the non-technical backgrounds of most teachers. An accompanying teacher's book contains tapescripts from a cassette designed for the course, and useful teaching notes. |
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A new edition of the dictionary that explains more than 10,000 of the most frequently used idioms in English today. This new edition has hundreds of new idioms and examples taken from our corpus. It also has more notes on the origins of idioms, notes to help with difficult vocabulary, study pages, exercises and cartoons to aid learning and add interest. |
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This title develops students' ability to express basic concepts in simple, clear English. |
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A series of videos for those working or training to work in a business environment. |
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A three-level course for students beginning English from around the age of nine, Brainwaves has been designed to bridge the gap between primary and secondary learning styles. The slow-start syllabus accelerates steadily as the students grow in maturity and confidence. There is a structural syllabus with a grammatical summary at the back of each Student's Book, and an emphasis on communication, with special focus on vocabulary skills. Self-assessment activities in each unit promote learner autonomy. |
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A three-level course for students beginning English from around the age of nine years, Brainwaves has been designed to bridge the gap between primary and secondary learning styles. The slow-start syllabus accelerates steadily as the students grow in maturity and confidence. There is a clear structural syllabus with a grammatical summary at the back of each student book and an emphasis on communication, with special focus on vocabulary skills. Self-assessment activities in each unit promote learner autonomy. |
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A three-level course for students beginning English from around the age of nine years, Brainwaves has been designed to bridge the gap between primary and secondary learning styles. The slow-start syllabus accelerates steadily as the students grow in maturity and confidence. There is a clear structural syllabus with a grammatical summary at the back of each student book and an emphasis on communication, with special focus on vocabulary skills. Self-assessment activities in each unit promote learner autonomy. |
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A set of 8 authentic self-contained case studies for advanced learners of business English. Information input for each case is supplied by video and audio cassettes as well as by a variety of business documents. The course aims to develop spoken and written communication skills. In each of the eight cases, the various components equip learners to perform a complex and challenging assignment, representing a realistic negotiation or decision-making meeting at managerial level. |
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A set of 8 authentic self-contained case studies for advanced learners of business English. Information input for each case is supplied by video and audio cassettes as well as by a variety of business documents. The course aims to develop spoken and written communication skills. In each of the eight cases, the various components equip learners to perform a complex and challenging assignment, representing a realistic negotiation or decision-making meeting at managerial level. |
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This title presents an updated edition of Oxford's best-selling business English course. |
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