This is the entrancingly entertaining yetamazingly effective guide that shows you how to know the meaning ofwords that you have never seen or heard before, learn the historyof words so that they come alive for you, master an invaluable andpermanent technique of word-viewing within 30 days. This is the onebook that makes you love to learn.
Malcolm's class at school is having a-fami[] picnic. CanMalcolm's -fami[]make new.friends? No! Francis has girl trouble,Lois and Ha[ have parenttrouble, and Malcolm has c~ problem withsome chemicals, is it the end o.fthe picnic and his teacher's job?On[3 Malcolm's secret can save the da3.
When a group of skaters are wrongly accused of vandalising avaluable piece of art, the Spooky Skaters decide it’s time tointervene … Another ghoulish tale from the Land of the Dead ineasy-toread comic-book format.
Extensive reading improves fluency and there is a real need inthe ELT classroom for motivating, contemporary graded material thatwill instantly appeal to students. "Buffy: Halloween" is based onthe hit TV programme and will be immediately recognisable to teensof all nationalities.
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.
Extensive reading improves fluency and there is a real need inthe ELT classroom for motivating, contemporary graded material thatis suitable for Beginner-level students. "Blog Love" is a 21stcentury story about a lonely Japanese student in London, who keepsa daily blog.
Betty Suorez has just got her frst job. She is the assistant tothe editor at Mode,a top -fashion magazine in New York. But there'sone problem - she doesn't careabout-fashion and she's not cool - atatl! What will life be like.for her in a worldwhere.fashion tseverything?
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.
When The Dreams fail to win an important talent contest, anaspiring record producer, Curtis, sees their potential and mouldsthem into the most successful girl group of the 1960s.Soon Curtisrealizes that lead-singer, Deena, has the qualities to become amegastar in her own right. But will his plans for Deena blow apartthe girls’ friendship? Will his recordingbusiness survive?
Roy Eberhardt has just moved to Florida and he doesn't like itmuch. But oneday he.finds the running boy and lie becomes much moreinteresting. Doesthis bou know angthing about the problems at thenew pancake restaurantsite? Whg does he want to save the littleowls that live there? And can Rog doangthing to help?
Following the death of her husband, Mrs Dashwood and her threedaughters, Elinor, Marianne and Margaret, are forced to leave theirfamily home and move to a small cottage in Devon. There, Mariannemeets and falls in love with the charismatic Mr Willoughby but sheis left distraught by his inconsistent behaviour. And whilstconsoling her younger sister, Elinor is forced to confront her ownfeelings towards Edward Ferrars, an old family friend …
Extensive reading improves fluency and there is a realneed in the ELT classroom for motivating, contemporary gradedmaterial that will instantly appeal to students. The LostChronicles is based on the first series of the hugely successful TVseries about a group of survivors from a plane crash who findthemselves on an isolated desert island.
Extensive reading improves fluency and there is a real need inthe ELT classroom for motivating, contemporary graded material thatwill instantly appeal to students. "Spiderman 2" is the second tothe phenomenally successful "Spiderman" movies and will beimmediately recognizable to teens of all nationalities.
"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.