Extensive reading improves fluency and there is a real need inthe ELT classroom for motivating, contemporary graded material thatwill instantly appeal to students. The Lost Chronicles is based onthe first series of the hugely successful TV series about a groupof survivors from a plane crash who find themselves on an isolateddesert island.
Michael Jackson, the man, the music, the mystery - Bog med CD- level 3 - fra 8. klasse (Scholastic - Vicky Shipton) On the 25th June, 2009, MichaelJackson dies of a heart attack at the age of fifty. He was one ofthe biggest stars in the world and he had sold more records thanany other singer. But he was also famous for his unusual privatelife and his strange appearance. Who was the real Michael Jackson?Read about Michael Jackson' journey from child star to 'King ofPop', and the difficulties that he faced, in this amazing story ofhis life. With Fact Files on 'Memories of Michael', 'MichaelJackson, Motown and the colour barrier' and 'Child stars'. Anon-fiction reader which tells the fascinating story of MichaelJackson in an informed and mature way. The Fact File sectiondevelops themes from the reader to enhance the reading experienceand covers subjects such as the breakthrough of black artists intomainstream music. The ‘People and Places’ section gives a visualtimeline of Michael Jackson and th
It's 1957, and Indiana Jones, the .famous explorer, is back! DrIrina Spalko, apower-hungrg Russian scientist, wants to find thecrgsta[ skull - and nothing willstop her. When Indg meets mtutt,their adventures take them.first to Nazca inPeru, and then ta the'lost citg' o.f Akator in the heart o.f the Amazon. But canthegsurvive the terrible dangers that lie in the kingdom ofthe crgstalskull?
The gear is 1588. Spain is the strongest countrg in the world.The Spanishking, Philip II, is a proud Catholic. England, ruled bklQueen Elizabeth I, is aProtestant country. When the Catholic queen,Marg, Queen oj~ Scots, is executedby Elizabeth, Spain is ready toattack. As the Spanish Armada sails towardsEngland, Elizabethprepares to protect her country, her people and her positionasqueen.
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 start expressing yourself better and absorbing more meaning within Just 10 days master an invaluable and permanent technique of word-viewing within 30 days easily pass vocabulary tests such as the college Boards, scholarship, Civil Service, and others, with the aid of sample quizzes and a list ofthe 1,000 most used test words simply have fun reading a guide dedicated to the principle that the best way to provide information is to make receiving it a pleasure There are many books that are This is the one book that makes you love to learn. 作者简介： Maxwell Nurnberg, like his co-autbor, an expert in the science of words and names,has written many books and articles on the subject, including a series regularly featured in Good Housekeeping, as well as a ra
Not so long ago, writes Jeremy Paxman, the English were "polite, unexcitable, reserved, and had hot-water bottles instead of a sex-life". Today the end of empire has killed off the Bulldog Breed - "fearless and philistine, safe in taxis and invaluable in shipwrecks" - and transformed the great public schools. Princess Diana was mourned with the effusive emotionalism of an Italian saint. Leader-writers in "The Times" even praise the sexual skills of English lovers ...So what are the defining features of "Englishness"? How can a country of football hooligans have such an astonishingly low murder rate? Does the nation's sense of itself extend to millions of black, Asian and other immigrant Britons? Is it grounded in arrogant, nostalgic fantasy or can it form the basis for building a realistic future within Europe? To answer these crucial questions, Paxman looks for clues in the English language, literature, luke-warm religion and "curiously passionless devotion" to cricket. He explores attitudes to Catholics, th
In 1985, top mountaineers Joe Simpson and his friend Simon Yateswent climbing in the Peruvian Andes. After a series of accidents,Simon was forced to cut the rope which held him and Joe together.At the time, Simon believed that he was sending his friend to hisdeath.An inspiring true story about endurance, courage andfriendship in the face of terror and adversity.
It's a new term at Harbor School-for the OC kids, and a newstart -for Ryan. He doesn't want to be there and he's not the onlyone. Marissa has big problems and doesn't want the other kidsto.find out. Seth's still the school geek but he finds new'.friends' in Anna and Summer. Will Seth. find true love at last?And can Marissa and Rgan forget the past and finally betogether?
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…
Limerick,1934.It's cold and it's wet.Frank,his parents andthree brothers have just come back from America to start a new lifein lreland .But life in Limerick is even harder than life in1930s'New York.Frank's father,Malachy,is from the North of lrelandand people say he has the "strange look".He loves his family,but healso likes to drink……
"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.
