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The Focusing on IELTS series has been developed thoroughly revised to provide a comprehensive, up-to-date learning package that develops the skills students need as they prepare for the IELTS examination. (International English Language Testing System). This new book of practice tests complements the other resources in the series, Focusing on IELTS: Reading and writing skills and Listening and speaking skills. Focusing on IELTS: General Training Practice Tests 2nd ed has been written specifically for those students preparing for the Academic test and can be used for independent study or in the classroom. It contains: four complete practice tests for each section: Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing sample answers to writing tests a complete speaking interview, transcript and analysis full answer key transcripts for Listening and Speaking useful tips for taking IELTS tests.

The Focusing on IELTS series has been developed thoroughly revised to provide a comprehensive, up-to-date learning package that develops the skills students need as they prepare for the IELTS examination. (International English Language Testing System). This new book of practice tests complements the other resources in the series, Focusing on IELTS: Reading and writing skills and Listening and speaking skills. Focusing on IELTS: General Training Practice Tests 2nd ed has been written specifically for those students preparing for the Academic test and can be used for independent study or in the classroom. It contains: four complete practice tests for each section: Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing sample answers to writing tests a complete speaking interview, transcript and analysis full answer key transcripts for Listening and Speaking useful tips for taking IELTS tests.

In A.D. 125, Marcus Flavius Aquila, a young Roman centurion, must recover the infamous Ninth Legion's missing symbol of honor, the eagle standard. Soon to be a major motion picture from Focus Features, starring Channing Tatum and Jamie Bell.

The smash-hit debut novel for every woman who has ever had a complicated love-hate friendship. Rachel White is the consummate good girl. A hard-working attorney at a large Manhattan law firm and a diligent maid of honor to her charmed best friend Darcy, Rachel has always played by all the rules. Since grade school, she has watched Darcy shine, quietly accepting the sidekick role in their lopsided friendship. But that suddenly changes the night of her thirtieth birthday when Rachel finally confesses her feelings to Darcy's fiance, and is both horrified and thrilled to discover that he feels the same way. As the wedding date draws near, events spiral out of control, and Rachel knows she must make a choice between her heart and conscience. In so doing, she discovers that the lines between right and wrong can be blurry, endings aren't always neat, and sometimes you have to risk everything to be true to yourself. This new tie-in edition will coincide with the release of the film, starring Kate Hudson, Ginnifer Goodwin and John Krasinski.

Young Learners English Movers Practice Tests. • Four complete practice tests cover all the papers for the Cambridge ESOL Young Learners English examinations (YLE) at the Movers level. • Tests closely reflect the exam in content, level and layout, to provide authentic and targeted practice for children taking their first Cambridge ESOL exams. • Tests provide a 'bridge' from coursebooks to the exam, with a wealth of visual material to exploit in class. • Easy-to-use downloadable Teacher's Notes are packed with ideas for additional activities and tips for improving exam performance. • Teacher's Notes also include full audio script and keys. • Includes Cambridge ESOL grammar structures and vocabulary lists. • AudioCD included.

Part of a series of readers containing original, unsimplified stories written by famous classic and modern writers, this title includes a short summary, a description of major themes, pre-reading vocabulary activities, post-reading language and comprehension exercises, a literary analysis section and essay questions.

Young Learners English Movers Practice Tests. • Four complete practice tests cover all the papers for the Cambridge ESOL Young Learners English examinations (YLE) at the Movers level. • Tests closely reflect the exam in content, level and layout, to provide authentic and targeted practice for children taking their first Cambridge ESOL exams. • Tests provide a 'bridge' from coursebooks to the exam, with a wealth of visual material to exploit in class. • Easy-to-use downloadable Teacher's Notes are packed with ideas for additional activities and tips for improving exam performance. • Teacher's Notes also include full audio script and keys. • Includes Cambridge ESOL grammar structures and vocabulary lists. • AudioCD included.

Gateway is an academically-rich five-level course designed to lead teenage students to success in school-leaving and university entrance exams and prepare them for university and the world of work. The course stimulates the interest of students and teachers by providing cross-curricular and intercultural content that is interesting, meaningful and thought-provoking. Gateway helps students prepare and practise for their school-leaving exams and equips them with lifelong learning and study skills.

Fun, cultural and informative, this series of readers offers an extensive range of fiction and non-fiction titles.

A lower secondary course that takes all the best elements of the original course and brings it up to date with fresh content, including new photo stories.

Fun, cultural and informative, this series of readers offers an extensive range of fiction and non-fiction titles that reinforces the basic structures and vocabulary found in most primary courses. The Macmillan Children's Readers series can be used as supplementary reading material with any primary course.

Gateway is a multi-level course for students working towards their school-leaving examinations. By developing language and study skills and promoting learner confidence and independence? Gateway prepares students for their exams and life beyond the classroom. Key features of the course include: — Authentic texts introducing language in context and engaging students' interest; — Exams focus and task familiarisation throughout the course, using exam success tips, study skills tips and extended exam preparation after every two units; — Regular 'can do' self-check progress lists for students to actively monitor their progress and identify areas for improvement; — CLICK (Cross-curricular, Literature and International Cultural Knowledge) pages focus on cross-curricular and cross-cultural themes which develop students' language through real contexts; — Gateway Interactive Classroom which includes a digital version of the student book for the interactive whiteboard, with integrated audio and extra interactive activities; — Gateway Online student and teacher websites, which include extra language and exam practice, video activities, interactive wordlist, culture worksheets and a free downloadable Macmillan Reader.

Fun, cultural and informative, this series of readers offers an extensive range of fiction and non-fiction titles that reinforce the basic structures and vocabulary found in most primary courses. This series can be used as supplementary reading material with any primary course.

Sherlock knows that Amyus Crow, his mysterious American tutor, has some dark secrets. But he didn't expect to find a notorious killer, hanged by the US government, apparently alive and well in Surrey — and Crow somehow mixed up in it. When no one will tell you the truth, sometimes you have to risk all to discover it for yourself. And so begins an adventure that will take Sherlock across the ocean to America, to the centre of a deadly web — where life and death are cheap, and truth has a price no sane person would pay...

Drawing on a wealth of unexplored material — available for the first time since the collapse of the former Soviet Union — Robert Service's biography of Stalin is the most authoritative yet published. It concentrates not simply on Stalin as dedicated bureaucrat or serial political killer, but on a fuller assessment of his formative interactions in Georgia, his youthful revolutionary activism, his relationship with Lenin, with his family, and with his party members. 'This is effectively the first full biography since perestroika to encompass the economic, political, diplomatic, military, administrative and, above all, ideological dimensions, as well as the personal aspects of Stalin's colossal life... Gritty and unshowy, but enlightened by Service's compelling characterisation, magisterial analysis and dry wit, this outstanding biography of lightly worn authority, wide research and superb intuition will be read for decades' — Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of «Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar», «Sunday Times».

Lesson number one: When taking a cow's temperature the old-fashioned way, never let go of the thermometer... Now firmly ensconced in the sleepy Yorkshire village of Darrowby, recently qualified vet James Herriot has acclimatised to life with his unpredictable colleagues, brothers Siegfried and Tristan Farnon. But veterinary practice in the 1930s was never going to be easy, and there are challenges on the horizon, from persuading his clients to let him use his 'modern' equipment, to becoming an uncle (to a pig called Nugent). Throw in his first encounters with Helen, the beautiful daughter of a local farmer, and this year looks to be as eventful as the last...From the author whose books inspired the BBC series «All Creatures Great and Small», «It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet» is a book for all those who find laughter and joy in animals, and who know and understand the magic and beauty of Britain's wild places. 'I grew up reading James Herriot's books and I'm delighted that thirty years on, they are still every bit as charming, heartwarming and laugh-out-loud funny as they were then' — Kate Humble. 'He can tell a good story against himself, and his pleasure in the beauty of the countryside in which he works is infectious' — «Daily Telegraph». 'Full of warmth, wisdom and wit' — «The Field».

Wyman Ford is called up for a secret expedition to Cambodia to locate the source of strangely beautiful gemstones that do not appear to be of this world. Meanwhile, a brilliant meteor lights up the Maine coast. Two young women borrow a boat and set out for a distant island anxious to find the impact crater. A scientist at the National Propulsion facility discovers an inexplicable source of gamma rays in the outer Solar System. He is found decapitated and the data missing. High resolution NASA images reveal an unnatural feature hidden in the depths of the crater on Mars — and it appears to have been activated. Sixty hours and counting...' A superb read! Thoughtful and flat-out entertainment — a page-turning thriller. You'll be up all night with this book' — Jeffery Deaver on Blasphemy.

Fresh out of Veterinary College, and shoulder-deep in an uncooperative cow, James Herriot's first job is not panning out exactly as expected... To a Glaswegian like James, 1930s Yorkshire appears to offer an idyllic pocket of rural life in a rapidly changing world. But even life in the sleepy village of Darrowby has its challenges. On the one hand there are his new colleagues, Siegfried and Tristan Farnon, two brothers who attract a constant stream of local girls to whom James is strangely invisible. On the other he must contend with herds of semi-feral cattle, gruff farmers with incomprehensible accents and an overweight Pekingese called Tricki Woo Heartbreaking and hilarious in equal measure, If Only They Could Talk is a book for all those who find laughter and joy in animals, and who know and understand the magic and beauty of Britain's wild places. 'Bulls with sunstroke, pigs on the run and a cake-eating Peke with a betting habit... I grew up reading James Herriot's book and I'm delighted that thirty years on they are still every bit as charming, heartwarming and laugh-out-loud funny as they were then' Kate Humble 'It's a pleasure to be in James Herriot's company' Observer 'After an evening among his tales, anyone with as much as a dog or a budgerigar will feel he should move to Darrowby at once' Yorkshire Post.

Charlie Trumper's earliest memory is of hearing his grandfather's sales patter from behind his costermonger's barrow. When Grandpa Charlie dies, young Charlie wants nothing more than to follow in his footsteps — his burning ambition is to own a shop that will sell everything: 'The Biggest Barrow in the World'. Charlie's progress from the teeming streets of Whitechapel to the elegance of Chelsea Terrace is only a few miles as the crow flies. But in Jeffrey Archer's expert hands it becomes an epic journey.

The much-loved classic Christmas poem is brought beautifully to life in this gorgeous new picture book and CD set, sure to bring visions of sugarplums to everyone's head. With dreamy, magical artwork by Eric Puybaret and an audio CD recorded by Peter, Paul and Mary, this is the perfect Christmas present for any child.

Ideal for very young children, this sturdy board book is full of favourite farmyard creatures. With bold illustrations and chunky flaps to lift, this is a perfect introduction to animals and counting. This is the classic title with a fresh new cover look.

This is Rod Campbell's classic lift-the-flap book. Dear Zoo has delighted toddlers for almost thirty years, and now this slipcase of board books based on the much-loved story is perfect for a new generation of very young children. Packed with favourite animals, from puppies and kittens to lions and penguins, these sturdy books introduce key early learning concepts and toddlers' favourite creatures — Numbers, Colours, Pets and Wild Animals.

One of a graded series of retold versions of popular classic and contemporary titles and specially written stories, The Importance of Being Earnest is Oscar Wilde's comic masterpiece of love and mistaken identity. It first appeared on the stage in 1895 and has been hugely popular ever since.

This is the second, in a two-level series of business vocabulary and practice books. It is a self study/classroom book & CD pack. The first half of the book is devoted to business vocabulary and practice, the second half to skills work. The audio CD features interviews with real business people and has accompanying exercises in the book. The business vocabulary builders are intended as companions to the two business grammar builders by the same author.