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Totally True is a three-level series that builds vocabulary by teaching common words in the context of surprising, and entertaining stories that are all totally true! Each level offers thirty-nine stories carefully written using the core structures and the vocabulary from the Oxford Bookworms syllabus. |
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First Certificate Masterclass is one of the most successful and popular FCE courses available. This edition has been fully updated for the FCE Examination. Key features of the Teacher's Book -Clear procedural notes and ideas for optional activities. -Audioscripts with answers in bold. -Detailed key with suggested answers for speaking tests. |
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An old shoemaker has a shoe shop. It doesn't make much money. One morning he comes down and sees something on the table. It's a beautiful pair of shoes. Every morning he finds new shoes. But who is helping him? The shoemaker and his wife hide in the shop and wait. |
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This richly illustrated series of retold fairy tales for children aged 5-12 years old will bring an extra dimension to your English teaching. With listening, speaking, reading, writing, and drama activities, Classic Tales graded readers make it easy for you to create complete language lessons around a popular and engaging traditional tale. |
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Business Result is a five-level business English course that gives students the communication skills they need for immediate use at work. |
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A two-level course that challenges young learners, developing skills in reading and writing as well as listening and speaking. |
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With a comprehensive syllabus, interactive multimedia materials, plus expert tips and advice from a leading business school, Business Result helps learners develop the skills they need quickly and effectively. |
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American Headway, Second Edition is the world's most trusted adult English course offering a perfectly-balanced, six-level syllabus and fresh new digital support. With a strong focus on grammar, clear vocabulary syllabus and integrated skills work, its proven methodology provides classroom lessons that really work. The new Second Edition features fully-revised material, including a completely new Advanced level. Online Teacher Resource Center, Test Generator CD-ROMs and other features offer an exciting new generation of digital support. |
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American Headway, Second Edition is the world's most trusted adult English course offering a perfectly-balanced, six-level syllabus and fresh new digital support. With a strong focus on grammar, clear vocabulary syllabus and integrated skills work, its proven methodology provides classroom lessons that really work. The new Second Edition features fully-revised material, including a completely new Advanced level. Online Teacher Resource Center, Test Generator CD-ROMs and other features offer an exciting new generation of digital support. |
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Stimulating activities within a graded syllabus, giving confidence in all four skills. |
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Oxford A Level Mathematics for Edexcel covers the latest 2008 curriculum changes and also takes a completely fresh look at presenting the challenges of A Level. It specifically targets average students, with tactics designed to offer real chance of success to more students, as well as providing more stretch and challenge material. This Decision 1 book is fully updated to reflect the changes to the new Edexcel specification, meaning that it can now be studied with confidence at AS level. It also includes a background knowledge chapter to help bridge the gap between GCSE and A Level study. |
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Oxford A Level Mathematics for Edexcel takes a completely fresh look at presenting the challenges of A Level. It specifically targets average students, with tactics designed to offer real chance of success to more students, as well as providing more stretch and challenge material. This Statistics 1 book includes a background knowledge chapter to help bridge the gap between GCSE and A level study. |
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First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, John Blair's Very Short Introduction to the Anglo-Saxon Age covers the emergence of the earliest English settlements to the Norman victory in 1066. This book is a brief introduction to the political, social, religious, and cultural history of Anglo-Saxon England. |
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Beginning with a discussion of familiar images of the French Revolution, garnered from Dickens, Baroness Orczy, and Tolstoy, as well as the legends of let them eat cake, and tricolours, Doyle leads the reader to the realization that we are still living with developments and consequences of the French Revolution such as decimalization, and the whole ideology of human rights. Continuing with a brief survey of the old regime and how it collapsed, Doyle continues to ellucidate how the revolution happened: why did the revolutionaries quarrel with the king, the church and the rest of Europe, why this produced Terror, and finally how it accomplished rule by a general. The revolution destroyed the age-old cultural, institutional and social structures in France and beyond. This book looks at how the ancien regime became ancien as well as examining cases in which achievement failed to match ambition. Doyle explores the legacy of the revolution in the form of rationality in public affairs and responsible government, and finishes his examination of the revolution with a discussion as to why it has been so controversial. |
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More than ever before, the Renaissance stands as one of the defining moments in world history. Between 1400 and 1600, European perceptions of society, culture, politics and even humanity itself emerged in ways that continue to affect not only Europe but the entire world. This wide-ranging exploration of the Renaissance sees the period as a time of unprecedented intellectual excitement and cultural experimentation and interaction on a global scale, alongside a darker side of religion, intolerance, slavery, and massive inequality of wealth and status. It guides the reader through the key issues that defined the period, from its art, architecture, and literature, to advancements in the fields of science, trade, and travel. In its incisive account of the complexities of the political and religious upheavals of the period, the book argues that Europe's reciprocal relationship with its eastern neighbours offers us a timely perspective on the Renaissance that still has much to teach us today. |
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Almost twenty years after the Soviet Unions' end, what are we to make of its existence? Was it a heroic experiment, an unmitigated disaster, or a viable if flawed response to the modern world? Taking a fresh approach to the study of the Soviet Union, this Very Short Introduction blends political history with an investigation into the society and culture at the time. Mike Lovell examines aspects of patriotism, political violence, poverty, and ideology; and provides answers to some of the big questions about the Soviet experience. |
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Where does our conscience come from? How reliable is it? In the West conscience has been relied upon for two thousand years as a judgement that distinguishes right from wrong. It has effortlessly moved through every period division and timeline between the ancient, medieval, and modern. The Romans identified it, the early Christians appropriated it, and Reformation Protestants and loyal Catholics relied upon its advice and admonition. Today it is embraced with equal conviction by non-religious and religious alike. Considering its deep historical roots and exploring what it has meant to successive generations, Paul Strohm highlights why this particularly European concept deserves its reputation as one of the prouder Western contributions to human rights and human dignity throughout the world. Using examples from popular culture including the Disney classic Pinocchio, as well as examples from contemporary politics, he explores the work of thinkers such as Nietzsche, Freud, and Aquinas, to show how and why conscience remains a motivating and important principle in the contemporary world. |
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Tony Wright's Very Short Introduction to British Politics is an interpretative essay on the British political system, rather than an abbreviated textbook on how it currently works. He identifies key characteristics and ideas of the British tradition, and investigates what makes British politics distinctive, while emphasizing throughout how these characteristics are reflected in the way the political system functions. Each chapter is organized around a key theme, such as the constitution or political accountability, which is first established and then explored with examples and illustrations. In this new edition Wright considers how the system has recently changed and continues to do so, in light of the coalition government and the fall of New Labour, as well as the impact of the financial crisis and issues such as terrorism and immigration. |
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This book introduces readers to the concepts of political philosophy. It starts by explaining why the subject is important and how it tackles basic ethical questions such as how should we live together in society? It looks at political authority, the reasons why we need politics at all, the limitations of politics, and whether there are areas of life that shouldn't be governed by politics. It explores the connections between political authority and justice, a constant theme in political philosophy, and the ways in which social justice can be used to regulate rather than destroy a market economy. David Miller discusses why nations are the natural units of government and whether the rise of multiculturalism and transnational co-operation will change this: will we ever see the formation of a world government? |
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This Very Short Introduction to Christian ethics introduces the topic by examining its sources and historical basis. D. Stephen Long presents a discussion of the relationship between Christian ethics, modern, and postmodern ethics, and explores practical issues including sex, money, and power. Long recognises the inherent difficulties in bringing together Christian and ethics but argues that this is an important task for both the Christian faith and for ethics. Arguing that Christian ethics are not a precise science, but the cultivation of practical wisdom from a range of sources, Long also discusses some of the failures of the Christian tradition, including the crusades, the conquest, slavery, inquistions, and the Galileo affair. Placing them in the context of the theory and practice of ethics and their historical persepctive, he notes the challenges they raise for Christian ethics. He concludes with a discussion of their implications in the modern era, considering how this affects our lives in the present age. |
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