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Americans’ working lives are growing more precarious every day. Corporations slash employees by the thousands, and the benefits and pensions once guaranteed by “middle-class” jobs are a thing of the past. In «Bait and Switch», Barbara Ehrenreich goes back undercover to explore another hidden realm of the economy: the shadowy world of the white-collar unemployed. Armed with the plausible résumé of a professional “in transition”, she attempts to land a “middle-class” job. She submits to career coaching, personality testing, and EST-like boot camps, and attends job fairs, networking events, and evangelical job-search ministries. She is proselytized, scammed, lectured, and—again and again—rejected. «Bait and Switch» highlights the people who have done everything right—gotten college degrees, developed marketable skills, and built up impressive résumés—yet have become repeatedly vulnerable to financial disaster. There are few social supports for these newly disposable workers, Ehrenreich discovers, and little security even for those who have jobs. Worst of all, there is no honest reckoning with the inevitable consequences of the harsh new economy; rather, the jobless are persuaded that they have only themselves to blame. Alternately hilarious and tragic, «Bait and Switch», like the classic «Nickel and Dimed», is a searing exposé of the cruel new reality in which we all now live.

The Wheel of Time turns, and Robert Jordan gives us the eleventh volume of his extraordinary masterwork of fantasy. The dead are walking, men die impossible deaths, and it seems as though reality itself has become unstable: All are signs of the imminence of Tarmon Gai’don, the Last Battle, when Rand al’Thor, the Dragon Reborn, must confront the Dark One as humanity’s only hope. But Rand dares not fight until he possesses all the surviving seals on the Dark One’s prison and has dealt with the Seanchan, who threaten to overrun all nations this side of the Aryth Ocean and increasingly seem too entrenched to be fought off. But his attempt to make a truce with the Seanchan is shadowed by treachery that may cost him everything. Whatever the price, though, he must have that truce. And he faces other dangers. There are those among the Forsaken who will go to any length to see him dead — and the Black Ajah is at his side.... Unbeknownst to Rand, Perrin has made his own truce with the Seanchan. It is a deal made with the Dark One, in his eyes, but he will do whatever is needed to rescue his wife, Faile, and destroy the Shaido who captured her. Among the Shaido, Faile works to free herself while hiding a secret that might give her freedom or cause her destruction. And at a town called Malden, the Two Rivers longbow will be matched against Shaido spears. Fleeing Ebou Dar through Seanchan-controlled Altara with the kidnapped Daughter of the Nine Moons, Mat attempts to court the woman to whom he is half-married, knowing that she will complete that ceremony eventually. But Tuon coolly leads him on a merry chase as he learns that even a gift can have deep significance among the Seanchan Blood and what he thinks he knows of women is not enough to save him. For reasons of her own, which she will not reveal until a time of her choosing, she has pledged not to escape, but Mat still sweats whenever there are Seanchan soldiers near. Then he learns that Tuon herself is in deadly danger from those very soldiers. To get her to safety, he must do what he hates worse than work.... In Caemlyn, Elayne fights to gain the Lion Throne while trying to avert what seems a certain civil war should she win the crown.... In the White Tower, Egwene struggles to undermine the sisters loyal to Elaida from within.... The winds of time have become a storm, and things that everyone believes are fixed in place forever are changing before their eyes. Even the White Tower itself is no longer a place of safety. Now Rand, Perrin and Mat, Egwene and Elayne, Nynaeve and Lan, and even Loial, must ride those storm winds, or the Dark One will triumph.

Explorers – серия книг, написанных специально для детей младшего школьного возраста с учетом их интересов и возрастных особенностей. Серия разбита на восемь уровней, состоит из 64 названий и может быть использована с любым учебным пособием по английскому языку для начальной школы. Серия включает в себя как современную прозу и классические произведения, так и научно-популярную литературу.

Explorers – серия книг, написанных специально для детей младшего школьного возраста с учетом их интересов и возрастных особенностей. Серия разбита на восемь уровней, состоит из 64 названий и может быть использована с любым учебным пособием по английскому языку для начальной школы. Серия включает в себя как современную прозу и классические произведения, так и научно-популярную литературу. Young Explorers 2 is aimed at children aged 7-8. The stories have been written using high-frequency words, plus story-specific words which, as far as possible, are clarified by illustrations. Each Reader contains one complete story.

Explorers – серия книг, написанных специально для детей младшего школьного возраста с учетом их интересов и возрастных особенностей. Серия разбита на восемь уровней, состоит из 64 названий и может быть использована с любым учебным пособием по английскому языку для начальной школы. Серия включает в себя как современную прозу и классические произведения, так и научно-популярную литературу Young Explorers 2 is aimed at children aged 7-8. The stories have been written using high-frequency words, plus story-specific words which, as far as possible, are clarified by illustrations. Each Reader contains one complete story.

Explorers – серия книг, написанных специально для детей младшего школьного возраста с учетом их интересов и возрастных особенностей. Серия разбита на восемь уровней, состоит из 64 названий и может быть использована с любым учебным пособием по английскому языку для начальной школы. Серия включает в себя как современную прозу и классические произведения, так и научно-популярную литературу.

Kanon's «New York Times» bestseller is now the basis for Warner Bros. Picture's latest film, starring George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, and Tobey Maguire, scheduled for release in November. American reporter Jake Geismar is sent to Berlin to cover the final Allied summit meeting of World War II and becomes tangled up in a murder mystery.

Macmillan English Explorers reading programme introduces, teaches and develops essential reading skills and gives continuity at each age level. They contain a balance of whole class teaching, shared reading and individual activities. With important high frequency words included in the authentic natural language, Macmillan English Explorers will help make children want to read and encourage reading as a habit.

From the best-selling and much-loved author of The Gruffalo and other classic picture books, this title contains eleven fun-to-act short plays for primary-aged children (Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2) complete with helpful, simple guidance on target age, running time and cast! Ranging from adaptations of traditional tales (e.g., the Legend of Persephone and Three Billy Goats Gruff) to original and contemporary short plays, Julia Donaldson has produced an entertaining, simple, satisfying play collection.

Macmillan English takes beginners (or those who have followed a pre-school course) up to intermediate level. Structures and functions are taught through a variety of imaginative and inviting child-centred activities, which have been carefully graded and are suitable for classes in a variety of cultural backgrounds.

The first International English coursebook based on how English is taught to native speaker children. Macmillan English is a unique blend of first language methodology and support for non-native learners. Macmillan English grows with the children. The wide range of integrated components provides a complete language learning tool Macmillan English Teacher's Book gives teachers the support they need when they need it The 18-episode Macmillan English Fluency Book introduces children to the pleasure of listening to and speaking in English The cross-curricular contents make Macmillan English a unique learning tool with a gradual shift towards learning English as a first language at higher levels Course Elements: The Fluency Book is the primary source-book for the students. Its purpose is the presentation of new topics, language and vocabulary through a continuing story. It is an inviting story book, it includes stickers. Students are encouraged to read and re-read it throughout the year. The Fluency Book is supported by Posters, and by an Audio cassette or CD with a dramatised version of the story. The Language Book contains reading, writing, listening and grammar, it recycles and extends the vocabulary and structures introduced in the Fluency Book. The Practice Book provides ample individual practice opportunities either for the classroom or homework.

A new general English course for adults and young adults based on observation of what good teachers do in the classroom. Straightforward is transparent in its structure, pragmatic in its methodology and varied in its content. Key features: A practical approach to methodology that prioritizes what works in the real, as opposed to the ideal, classroom. Double-page lessons offer a balanced mix of language input, skills work and oral tasks. A wide range of speaking tasks help students become flexible communicators in English. Engaging and modern topics promote reaction and interest amongst students. An extensive, fully integrated lexical syllabus enriches students' vocabulary and encourages greater awareness of lexical patterns. Functional language lessons provide students who use English in their daily lives with language that is immediately useful. Did You Know sections give up-to-date cultural information and encourage cross-cultural comparison.

Macmillan English Explorers is an exciting new reading programme developed specifically for children learning English in kindergartens and primary schools. Written with second language learners in mind, these books expose children to real language and develop their reading and vocabulary skills. Key features: Stories have been written using high-frequency words, plus story-specific words which as far as possible are clarified by illustrations High-frequency words have been taken from the UK National Literacy Strategy and correlated with the Ladybird Key Words list and the words most commonly used by L1 children in their own writing Phonetically-regular words are included where they can be used in a meaningful and contextualized way, but not to the detriment of the storyline There are eight levels in the Macmillan English Explorers series, each consisting of several genres, including traditional tales, contemporary real-life stories, and comic characters. Each Reader contains one complete story, and some of the characters reappear at higher levels, providing a sense of continuity and familiarity to the children. Support materials: Comprehension Books at each level include activities for vocabulary building, as well as development of wider reading strategies Teacher's Books contain copies of the Readers pages plus expanded teaching notes Phonics Books, teaching the fundamentals of the phonemic system, accompany the first four levels of the series An Audio Cassette at each level contains dramatized readings of the stories

Rabbit borrows a book about wolves from the library. Straightforward enough. But it's not long before a sinister figure with sharp claws and a bushy tail starts to creep right off the pages. You won't believe your eyes especially if you're a rabbit. Brilliantly witty, with amazing artwork, two surprise endings, plus fun novelty elements, Wolves created a real buzz of excitement among critics and booksellers alike on first publication in 2005.

Unafraid to walk both sides of the law to attain his goals, CIA operative Tommy Carmellini is sent to post guard duty at a farmhouse in West Virginia. When he arrives, he finds the guards shot dead and a ruthless team of American commandos killing everyone in sight. Carmellini escapes in a hail of bullets with what seems to be the sole survivor-a stunningly attractive translator, who then steals his car and abandons him after a deadly mountain car chase. But someone else survived the massacre-someone who holds the answers to a deadly conspiracy. Catapulted into a life and death struggle, Tommy must employ all his savvy and skill just to stay alive. But to find out who is hunting him and why, he'll need the help of retired Admiral Jake Grafton. Now they must learn to tell friend from foe as they fight their way through a poisonous wilderness of intrigue, all the way to a presidential convention in New York City-and to the surprising identity of someone standing on the verge of absolute power who has jeopardized the safety of the entire nation to prevent a dark secret from ever seeing the light of day...

READ THE SENSATIONAL BLOCKBUSTER THAT STARTED IT ALL! Take it from the top in # 1 New York Times bestselling author Sue Grafton's knockout thriller that introduced detective Kinsey Millhone — and a hot new attitude — to crime fiction... A IS FOR AVENGER A tough-talking former cop, private investigator Kinsey Millhone has set up a modest detective agency in a quiet corner of Santa Teresa, California. A twice-divorced loner with few personal possessions and fewer personal attachments, she's got a soft spot for underdogs and lost causes. A IS FOR ACCUSED That's why she draws desperate clients like Nikki Fife. Eight years ago, she was convicted of killing her philandering husband. Now she's out on parole and needs Kinsey's help to find the real killer. But after all this time, clearing Nikki's bad name won't be easy. A IS FOR ALIBI If there's one thing that makes Kinsey Millhone feel alive, it's playing on the edge. When her investigation turns up a second corpse, more suspects, and a new reason to kill, Kinsey discovers that the edge is closer — and sharper — than she imagined.

'It took me a long time and most of the world to learn what I know about love and fate and the choices we make, but the heart of it came to me in an instant, while I was chained to a wall and being tortured.' So begins this epic, mesmerizing first novel set in the underworld of contemporary Bombay. Shantaram is narrated by Lin, an escaped convict with a false passport who flees maximum security prison in Australia for the teeming streets of a city where he can disappear. Accompanied by his guide and faithful friend, Prabaker, the two enter Bombay's hidden society of beggars and gangsters, prostitutes and holy men, soldiers and actors, and Indians and exiles from other countries, who seek in this remarkable place what they cannot find elsewhere. As a hunted man without a home, family, or identity, Lin searches for love and meaning while running a clinic in one of the city's poorest slums, and serving his apprenticeship in the dark arts of the Bombay mafia. The search leads him to war, prison torture, murder, and a series of enigmatic and bloody betrayals. The keys to unlock the mysteries and intrigues that bind Lin are held by two people. The first is Khader Khan: mafia godfather, criminal-philosopher-saint, and mentor to Lin in the underworld of the Golden City. The second is Karla: elusive, dangerous, and beautiful, whose passions are driven by secrets that torment her and yet give her a terrible power. Burning slums and five-star hotels, romantic love and prison agonies, criminal wars and Bollywood films, spiritual gurus and mujaheddin guerrillas — this huge novel has the world of human experience in its reach, and a passionate love for India at its heart. Based on the life of the author, it is by any measure the debut of an extraordinary voice in literature.

One of four new, vehicle-themed titles in the hugely successful Busy Books series It's a very busy day on the railway! The simple push or pull of a tab in this chunky, interactive board book can cause all sorts of amazing things to happen: guard rails go up and down, trains go in and out of tunnels and smoke pops out of the chimney! Full of delightful detail and magical mechanisms, this is the perfect book for keeping busy hands and busy minds entertained for hours.

Ordinary Heros, Extraordinary Deeds The bestselling author of Kane & Abel, The Prodigal Daughter and Honor Among Theives once again astonishes, delights, and electrifies his legions of fans. From London to China, and New York to Nigeria, Jeffrey Archer takes the reader on a tour of ancient heirlooms and modern romance, of cutthroat business and kindly strangers, of lives lived in the realms of power and lives freed from the gloom of oppression. Fortunes are made and squandered, honor betrayed and redeemed, and love lost and rediscovered. Embracing the passions that drive men and women to love and to hate, A Quiver Full of Arrows will captivate the hearts and souls of readers of everywhere.

Ideal for ages 3 and up. Fun activities teach children new words and counting, sorting, writing and drawing skills. Contains over 600 stickers.

The third volume in the 'Night's Dawn' trilogy Hell just went quantum... The Confederation is starting to collapse politically and economically, allowing the 'possessed' to infiltrate more worlds. Quinn Dexter is loose on Earth, destroying the giant arcologies one at a time. As Louise Kavanagh tries to track him down, she manages to acquire some strange and powerful allies whose goal does not match her own. The campaign to liberate Mortonbridge from the possessed degenerates into a horrendous land battle, the kind that hasn't been seen by humankind for six hundred years. Then some of the protagonists escape in a very unexpected direction... Joshua Clavert and Syrinx now fly their starships on a mission to find the Sleeping God — which an alien race believes holds the key to finally overthrowing the possessed.

On an isolated river station at the last inhabited point in the jungle, Dr Forle and his band of international scientists are carrying out their work. Connected to the outside world only by satellite and email, they study the eerie forest glades that local tribes call 'devil's gardens', predicting that these poisoned places will help unlock an evolutionary puzzle. When an unannounced boat docks at their jetty and discharges a crew of soldiers, a colonel, and a sinister judge, their research is thrown into jeopardy. The intruders claim to be registering the indigenous peoples to vote. But that night, Forle witnesses an act of torture he can neither forgot nor ignore, and over the next days, as reality and nightmare become blurred among the trees, he is pushed to his absolute limits... 'Shocking and satisfying. An unusually intelligent thriller' Metro 'Reminiscent of novels by JM Coetzee or Damon Galgut. This poisoned Eden throbs with intensity, and delivers a gut punch that leaves you reeling' Independent on Sunday.

Sixteen year old Shelley and her mother move to Honeysuckle cottage in the middle of the countryside, fleeing their fears and anxieties and hoping to put behind them years of suffering at the hands of others. Shelley has endured terrible bullying from the girls who used to be her best friends, and her mother has been left reeling following a divorce from her selfish, demanding husband. For Shelley and her mother are 'mice' timid, nervous and obliging. And for a while, in their cottage-haven, the women flourish. But one night, their fragile peace is shattered when Shelley wakes to hear a creak on the stairs. Someone has broken into the house... In the shocking, chilling events that follow, Shelley's world is turned on its head, as the women find themselves tested as never before. And as their lives spiral out of control, the tension reaches fever pitch, and Shelley begins to wonder: if she and her mother are not mice after all, then what are they? 'A gripping, flawless novel... memorable, atmospheric and chilling' Sophie Hannah.

A mesmerizing, moving, and elegantly written debut novel, The Language of Flowers beautifully weaves past and present, creating a vivid portrait of an unforgettable woman whose gift for flowers helps her change the lives of others even as she struggles to overcome her own troubled past. The Victorian language of flowers was used to convey romantic expressions: honeysuckle for devotion, asters for patience, and red roses for love. But for Victoria Jones, it's been more useful in communicating grief, mistrust, and solitude. After a childhood spent in the foster-care system, she is unable to get close to anybody, and her only connection to the world is through flowers and their meanings. Now eighteen and emancipated from the system, Victoria has nowhere to go and sleeps in a public park, where she plants a small garden of her own. Soon a local florist discovers her talents, and Victoria realizes she has a gift for helping others through the flowers she chooses for them. But a mysterious vendor at the flower market has her questioning what's been missing in her life, and when she's forced to confront a painful secret from her past, she must decide whether it's worth risking everything for a second chance at happiness.