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A wonderful collection of Cecelia’s short stories As the smell of pinecones and cinnamon fill the air and the plump turkey roasts in the oven, the final preparations for Christmas day have begun just as they do every year. The tree lights are twinkling and the mince pies are cooked and there is just one final tradition to carry out before the Christmas magic can begin. This year though, some...
Some people go on pilgrimages; Julie Powell attempted to master one cookbook. Thirty years old, bored with her job, hating her Queens apartment, Powell decided to transcend her life by concocting all 524 recipes in Julia Child's 1961 classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking -- in a single year. Replicating Child's kitchen artistry at such short notice tested Julie's skill and sta...
Every year, millions of tourists visit New York the most exciting city in the world. Read about its history, its sights and its people. What makes New York "the city that never sleeps"? Прилагаемый к изданию диск (CD) упакован в специальные целлофановый конверт и вложен внутрь книги.
A woman without a past... After a tragic accident left her with no memory, Kate Alexander struggled to fit in with a husband and world that didn't feel right. She's had no reason to question what friends and family have told her, not until her husband is suddenly killed and she finds a photo of a young girl in his office. A girl who can't be anyone but a daughter Kate didn't k...
What does America mean to you? Skyscrapers, President Kennedy, fast food, big cars, cowboys and Indians? But what about the mountains, the deserts and the vast lakes? And what exactly is an American? From the time before Columbus up to the present day, this book looks at the history of the USA and the many different people who live there. OXFORD BOOKWORMS FACTFILES give important and in...
The Snowman flies again! In the middle of winter, a little boy's Snowman and Snowdog come to life and take him on a breathtaking and magical adventure.
Growing up on Long Island, Shelby Richmond is an ordinary girl until one night an extraordinary tragedy changes her fate. Her best friend’s future is destroyed in an accident, while Shelby walks away with the burden of guilt. What happens when a life is turned inside out? When love is something so distant it may as well be a star in the sky? Faithful is the story of a survivor, filled with emot...
Teaching Grammar Creatively is a practical new resource book that offers a variety of lessons and activities for everyday use in English language classes. It aims to stimulate students' imagination, humour and creativity and increase the effectiveness of grammar practice. The book offers more than 50 complete lessons covering a wide range of grammar structures, learner levels, and age groups....
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Get Rid of your Accent is a speech training manual for mastering British English pronunciation. The book is based on a tried and trusted method used in London drama schools for British people with provincial accents to learn standard British English. It includes humourous sentences, tongue twisters, period verses, rhyme exercises, period pictures. Relevant subjects are received pronunciation, eloc...
With her thirtieth birthday looming, Emma Harrison finds her biological clock clanging and the elusive knight in shining armor yet to appear. She's running out of options, especially after her gay best friend backs out from being her sperm donor. Of course, there's always a sperm bank, but Emma fears a donor mix-up might impregnate her with the spawn of Satan. Resident company womanizer, Aidan Fi...
When Little Bear wakes up from hibernating, he discovers that the world has been turned into a winter wonderland. He’s thrilled to see all the snow! First, he sleds down a hill, and then he shakes some snowy branches to make tiny snow storms. There are so many fun adventures for him to have in the snow with friends, but Little Bear realizes he is all alone in the snowy world . . . until he gets an...
Two beautiful women. One mysterious man. Separated by culture, class and war. In the heat and bustle of 1950s Hong Kong, newlywed Claire Pendleton is changing from an uptight English wallflower to a beautiful, graceful bloom. Then she meets Will, driver to wealthy Chinese couple the Chens, when she takes the job of piano teacher to their daughter. His enigmatic presence enthrals and excites her...
The perfect companion for both trainees and teacher trainers following courses such as the Cambridge CELTA, and the Trinity Certificate in TESOL, as well as teachers who are unsure of how to present grammar or those who are looking for new ways to present it. Teaching English Grammar aims to combine language information and methodological help in a straightforward, authoritative way and thus help...
In a career spanning more than thirty years, Patrick Swayze has made a name for himself on the stage, the screen, and television. Known for his versatility, passion and fearlessness, he's become one of the world's most beloved actors. Формат: 16 см x 24,5 см
A bear?s eye view of London as told by the classic, best-loved character from Darkest Peru. Paddington unveils his adopted home as only Paddington can. From the station itself (the start of it all) and on through all the major London destinations (with some surprising detours en route) this is a guide certain to entertain and enlighten the whole family. With plenty o...
A three-level English grammar practice series for the classroom or self-study with clear explanations and lots of extra practice. Each level has an interactive Practice-Boost CD-ROM.
This book systematically teaches grammar and vocabulary and helps students develop all the skills necessary to succeed in all exams at B2 level. Use of English B2 includes: - Presentation of lexical items and grammatical structures in context (including - collocations, expressions, phrasal verbs, words with prepositions, prepositional phrases, key transformations, words easily confused and d...
This book is part of the phenomenally successful Oxford Reading Tree which is used to teach reading in 80% of primary schools. The stories within it are about much-loved Biff, Chip and Kipper, their friends and family, and the exciting adventures they have together. They are carefully graded across 9 stages and contain built-in progression and vocabulary repetition throughout. Each book includes...
There's no place like home Do fairies really come for the dish of milk we leave them? Is Mrs. McClenahan really a witch? How is it possible to find a new baby in a bed of parsley? These are all questions Pat Gardiner wants to know. And it seems her Irish housekeeper, the incomparable Judy Plum, always has an answer... For Pat, there is no place more magical on earth than her home of Sil...
Пособие "Macmillan Primary Grammar 1: Pupil's Book (+ CD-ROM)" - первая часть курса, предназначенная для учащихся первого/второго годов обучения. Пособие отличает четкая структура, большое разнообразие типов упражнений, нетрадиционная форма подачи материала. Книга для учащегося состоит из 12 уроков, каждый из которых включает в себя пять разделов (разделы A, B, C и D и раздел "Давай повтор...
Книга является простым и удобным руководством по написанию деловых писем на английском языке. Приведены примеры деловых писем, образцы обращений к различным адресатам, варианты писем по одному и тому же вопросу с разбором допущенных ошибок. Для бизнесменов, офис-менеджеров, секретарей-референтов, ведущих деловую переписку на английском языке с зарубежными партнерами.
