Extensive reading improves fluency and there is a real need inthe ELT classroom for contemporary graded material that willstimulate students. This compelling biography tells the story ofthe world's most famous president; from his schooldays in Hawaiiand Indonesia, to his time as a community activist in Chicago, andhis subsequent route to the White House.

"Richard Lederer is the true king of language comedy.Anguished English is the funniest book I have ever read." -SidneySheldon Anguished English is filled with accidental misuses oflanguage that will delight and entertain you. This book has all thestudent bloopers, dangling modifiers, misread headlines, andmalapropisms imaginable. It's a must-have for word loverseverywhere. Advertisement: "Dog for sale. Eats anything and is fondof children." In a lawsuit: "Doctor, how many autopsies have youperformed on dead people?" "All my autopsies are on dead people."On a Hong Kong tailor shop: "Ladies may have a fit upstairs."Describing an accident: "In an attempt to kill a fly, I drove intoa telephone pole." From student essays to newspaper headlines, hereis a fabulous collection of linguistic goofs and mixed-up metaphorsthat have done everything from rewriting history to announcing theability of a soft drink to resurrect the dead! Dell.

This is the entrancingly entertaining yet amazingly effective guide that shows you how to know the meaning of words that you have never seen or heard before, learn the history of words so that they come alive for you, master an invaluable and permanent technique of word-viewing within 30 days. This is the one book that makes you love to learn.

In a border town in Mexico, a group of young Mexicans begin adangerous journey across the US-Mexico border in search of a betterlife… . Don starts a new job as a marketing manager for Mickey’s, agroup of fast food restaurants. Will he find out the truth behindthe burgers…? And Amber, a high school student, starts to askserious questions about her part-time job at Mickey’s. Maybe theburgers don’t taste so good after all…

Ryan's back in Newport Beach again, but for how long thistime? As Ryan and Marissa become closer, Luke gets angry -dangerously angry. Seth still dreams of sailing to Tahiti withSummer but Summer seems more interested in bad boy Ryan. Aseveryone prepares-for the Newport debutante dance, who will getwhat they want?

Becky Sharp is alone in the world. She has no money, nofortune and no family. However she is clever, funny ... and hasvery .fine eyes. Amelia Sedley is a sweet girl with a good fortune,but some say she is rather boring. As the two girls meet theirhusbands and live their lives in Vanity Fair,which of them findswhat they are looking for?

After the war in Iraq ended in 2003,James Longley and a smallteam of film-makers spent two years filming if different parts ofthe country.In Iraq in Fragments we hear the voices of ordinaryIraqis:Sunis,Shias and Kurds.We learn their opinions about thewar,the occupation and their hopes for the future of their brokencountry.This is their story.

After five years fighting in the Crusades, Robin of Locksleyreturns home to find his people brutalized under the tyrannicalrule of the new Sheriff. In his absence Sir Guy of Gisbornegoverned Robin’s lands. Many villagers including the Scarlettfamily suffered terribly.