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This is a new and lively course for teenagers. It aims to build up their general English skills while gently easing them into more tailored PET and FCE exam practice. The clear yet integrated approach develops reading, writing, listening and speaking skills whilst there is systematic build-up of topic-based lexis and lexico-grammar. The topic-based units cover general topics common to international exams, but these are approached in a way that is appropriate to the experience and interest of the target age group. Key features of the series: • Challenging enough for stronger students, yet enables weaker students to progress with confidence • Writing banks, speaking files, 'words to know' sections and grammar sections provide invaluable reference tools • Macmillan Practice Online web-based activities provide reinforcement of the language taught in each of the units and are accessible with a special code at the back of the Student's Book • Review sections after every unit • 'Can do' areas in the Workbook for self-evaluation • Writing files provide detailed and comprehensive guidance • Cross-curricular element in the Workbook • Editable tests for schools are available as a separate component • 12 ten-page units so the course can easily be covered in a school year • Interactive Whiteboard material complements the course and adds a digital element to classes Key features of Code Green: • Lexical and grammatical syllabus based on the Vantage level of the CEF • Comprehensive practice for all fi ve papers of the FCE exam • Lead-in activities that teach vocabulary in a motivating way before students are confronted with a challenging text • Particular focus on collocations, word patterns, word formation, phrasal verbs and easily confused words

English World is a visually stunning ten-level course which will take children through from primary to secondary. Written by the authors of best-sellers Way Ahead and Macmillan English, English World combines best practice methodology with innovative new features for the modern classroom. Active whole-class learning is supported by vibrant posters and interactive activities on the DVD-ROM. Thorough grammar and skills work is applied in natural contexts in the real world, through dialogues and cross-curricular material. English World provides a complete package for today's teachers and pupils. Key features: • Innovative Teacher's DVD-ROM adds an exciting dimension to classroom teaching, and helps the teacher prepare customised materials • Test builder on the Teacher's DVD-ROM means teachers can produce customised progress checks • Informative, cross-curricular and cross-cultural content means that students learn about the world through English • The stories, topics and projects promote social values and citizenship • 'Learning to learn' pages in the Workbook help pupils develop strategies such as scanning and thinking skills • Dictionary for each level further promotes independent learning and develops valuable strategies for later study • Projects and portfolios encourage independent learning • Grammar Practice Books at each level consolidate pupils' learning • At levels 5 and 6, more reading material is adapted from real-life sources and pupils learn about the structure of diff erent reading genres such as plays and newspaper articles

Beautifully illustrated and appealing to both children and teachers, this six-level course is designed to meet the needs of teachers and learners who are working at a high level of English. Footprints provides a strong emphasis on cross-curricular content with clearly identified language aims that acknowledge the increasing trend towards content-based learning. Levels 1 and 2 take students on a magical journey, meeting well-known fairy tale characters to find the treasure at the end of the rainbow. Levels 3 and 4 continue the idea of a quest but the context moves away from the world of fairy tales to one of mystery and adventure, working with the children's growing maturity and awareness of the world around them. Key features: * Strong story element uses a series of clues and riddles to lead the learner to the next episode and to solve the puzzle * Cohesive identity develops throughout the six levels, growing with the level and age of the learner * A clear language progression in harmony with CEF descriptor bands and the Cambridge ESOL and Trinity YL exams * Intercultural learning reflects the increasing importance of this aspect of the CEF * Extensive range of photocopiable worksheets caters for varying needs including materials for mixed-ability classes, wordlists, advice for parents and exam practice pages

Our new IELTS preparation course combines the successful elements of the Ready For series and an experienced author team to ensure students aiming for IELTS bands 5 — 6.5 are ready for success! All four skills are systematically and progressively developed and practised in each unit, while in-depth exam training is presented in the 'What to expect in the exam' and 'How to go about it' help boxes. There is a complete IELTS grammar syllabus, and vocabulary and word building skills make up a key part of the course. The accompanying CD-ROM offers further practice of the exam papers. It can be used completely independently from the Student's Book, and is ideal for self-study. Key features: • Two-page review section at the end of each unit with exam style tasks • 'Ready For' sections focus on each IELTS exam paper, giving extra support and tips • Special emphasis on word building, collocations and phrasal verbs, paraphrasing, synonyms, polysemy • Topic-based wordlist • Model answers, graded by an examiner, provide excellent support for writing • Workbook offers practice of the language presented in the Student's Book and further writing and reading practice • The Teacher's Book comes with five photocopiable revision tests and a full final test in IELTS format, all of which include a listening test

This is a new and lively course for teenagers. It aims to build up their general English skills while gently easing them into more tailored PET and FCE exam practice. The clear yet integrated approach develops reading, writing, listening and speaking skills whilst there is systematic build-up of topic-based lexis and lexico-grammar. The topic-based units cover general topics common to international exams, but these are approached in a way that is appropriate to the experience and interest of the target age group. Key features of the series: • Challenging enough for stronger students, yet enables weaker students to progress with confidence • Writing banks, speaking files, 'words to know' sections and grammar sections provide invaluable reference tools • Macmillan Practice Online web-based activities provide reinforcement of the language taught in each of the units and are accessible with a special code at the back of the Student's Book • Review sections after every unit • 'Can do' areas in the Workbook for self-evaluation • Writing files provide detailed and comprehensive guidance • Cross-curricular element in the Workbook • Editable tests for schools are available as a separate component • 12 ten-page units so the course can easily be covered in a school year • Interactive Whiteboard material complements the course and adds a digital element to classes Key features of Code Red: • Lexical and grammatical syllabus based on the Vantage level of the CEF • Further focus on the development of productive language skills, with particular emphasis on modelling and structuring spoken and written texts • 'Exam alert' sections draw attention to what to be aware of in exams • 'Steps to success' feature for all skills sections • Efficient recycling of grammar and vocabulary throughout the course

This is a new and lively course for teenagers. It aims to build up their general English skills while gently easing them into more tailored PET and FCE exam practice. The clear yet integrated approach develops reading, writing, listening and speaking skills whilst there is systematic build-up of topic-based lexis and lexico-grammar. The topic-based units cover general topics common to international exams, but these are approached in a way that is appropriate to the experience and interest of the target age group. Key features of the series: • Challenging enough for stronger students, yet enables weaker students to progress with confidence • Writing banks, speaking files, 'words to know' sections and grammar sections provide invaluable reference tools • Macmillan Practice Online web-based activities provide reinforcement of the language taught in each of the units and are accessible with a special code at the back of the Student's Book • Review sections after every unit • 'Can do' areas in the Workbook for self-evaluation • Writing files provide detailed and comprehensive guidance • Cross-curricular element in the Workbook • Editable tests for schools are available as a separate component • 12 ten-page units so the course can easily be covered in a school year • Interactive Whiteboard material complements the course and adds a digital element to classes Key features of Code Red: • Lexical and grammatical syllabus based on the Vantage level of the CEF • Further focus on the development of productive language skills, with particular emphasis on modelling and structuring spoken and written texts • 'Exam alert' sections draw attention to what to be aware of in exams • 'Steps to success' feature for all skills sections • Efficient recycling of grammar and vocabulary throughout the course

This is a new and lively course for teenagers. It aims to build up their general English skills while gently easing them into more tailored PET and FCE exam practice. The clear yet integrated approach develops reading, writing, listening and speaking skills whilst there is systematic build-up of topic-based lexis and lexico-grammar. The topic-based units cover general topics common to international exams, but these are approached in a way that is appropriate to the experience and interest of the target age group. Key features of the series: • Challenging enough for stronger students, yet enables weaker students to progress with confidence • Writing banks, speaking files, 'words to know' sections and grammar sections provide invaluable reference tools • Macmillan Practice Online web-based activities provide reinforcement of the language taught in each of the units and are accessible with a special code at the back of the Student's Book • Review sections after every unit • 'Can do' areas in the Workbook for self-evaluation • Writing files provide detailed and comprehensive guidance • Cross-curricular element in the Workbook • Editable tests for schools are available as a separate component • 12 ten-page units so the course can easily be covered in a school year • Interactive Whiteboard material complements the course and adds a digital element to classes Key features of Code Red: • Lexical and grammatical syllabus based on the Vantage level of the CEF • Further focus on the development of productive language skills, with particular emphasis on modelling and structuring spoken and written texts • 'Exam alert' sections draw attention to what to be aware of in exams • 'Steps to success' feature for all skills sections • Efficient recycling of grammar and vocabulary throughout the course

Mr. Rabbit's new neighbors are Otters. OTTERS! But he doesn't know anything about Otters. Will they get along? Will they be friends? Just treat otters the same way you'd like them to treat you, advises wise Mr. Owl. And so begins Mr. Rabbit's reflection on good manners. In her smart, quirky style Laurie Keller highlights how to be a good friend and neighbor — just follow the Golden Rule!

Ali G: How many words does you know? Noam Chomsky: Normally, humans, by maturity, have tens of thousands of them. Ali G: What is some of 'em? -Da Ali G Show Did you know that both mammal and matter derive from baby talk? Have you noticed how wince makes you wince? Ever wonder why so many h-words have to do with breath? Roy Blount Jr. certainly has, and after forty years of making a living using words in every medium, print or electronic, except greeting cards, he still can't get over his ABCs. In Alphabet Juice, he celebrates the electricity, the juju, the sonic and kinetic energies, of letters and their combinations. Blount does not prescribe proper English. The franchise he claims is over the counter. Three and a half centuries ago, Thomas Blount produced Blount's Glossographia, the first dictionary to explore derivations of English words. This Blount's Glossographia takes that pursuit to other levels, from Proto-Indo-European roots to your epiglottis. It rejects the standard linguistic notion that the connection between words and their meanings is arbitrary. Even the word arbitrary is shown to be no more arbitrary, at its root, than go-to guy or crackerjack. From sources as venerable as the OED (in which Blount finds an inconsistency, at whisk) and as fresh as Urbandictionary.com (to which Blount has contributed the number-one definition of alligator arm), and especially from the author's own wide-ranging experience, Alphabet Juice derives an organic take on language that is unlike, and more fun than, any other.

It's the classic law of the invader. Get to the strongest guy and smash him, then watch the weaker ones fall like ninepins. Which is just what a vicious gang of horse dealers decides to do when their little kickback scam is threatened with a spot of old-fashioned honesty. But they haven't reckoned with bloodstock agent Jonah Dereham, a man who belies his quiet exterior with a steely and implacable resolve. They can threaten him, try to burn down his home, even attempt to kill him. But they'll soon wish they hadn't. Because Dereham flushes out the real scam, and with it finds out just who the real Mr Big is. And when he does that, life suddenly becomes cheap...

Two weeks before D-Day, the French Resistance attacks a chateau containing a telephone exchange vital to German communications — but the building is heavily guarded and the attack fails disastrously. Flick Clairet, a young British secret agent, proposes a daring new plan: she will parachute into France with an all-woman team known as the 'Jackdaws' and they will penetrate the chateau in disguise. But, unknown to Flick, Rommel has assigned a brilliant, ruthless Intelligence colonel, Dieter Franck, to crush the Resistance. And Dieter is on Flick's trail. From the master storyteller and best-selling author of «Eye of the Needle» and «Code to Zero» comes the new thriller, set against the menacing backdrop of the Second World War and crackling with suspense and action. «Jackdaws» is an irresistible novel of the Resistance and of love, courage and revenge.

The temperature is over 100. The rapids are some of the largest in North America. Water levels are rising. And JT Maroney, veteran river guide, is leading his 125th trip down the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. For the next two weeks, his 13 passengers — strangers, mostly — will paddle, row, swim, ride the rapids, eat gourmet meals, sleep under the stars, and learn a lot about geology. They'll learn a lot about each other, too — perhaps more than they want to know. Allegiances form, and likewise dissolve, in the course of an afternoon. JT's decision on the first day to adopt a stray dog further complicates the group dynamics, leading to a series of fateful mishaps, one of which will alter the course of many lives.

Detective Harry Mason has rejoined the South African Police Service after a two-year leave of absence, and moved over to the specialised Serious and Violent Crimes unit, headed by the tough and fiery veteran commander Superintendent Carl 'Blackie' Swarts. Soon afterwards, Harry is assigned to investigate the slaying of a minor politician and his family, in a township west of Johannesburg. The case, at first seemingly unsolvable, is abruptly saved by an enigmatic grassroots anarchist whom Harry befriended during the apartheid riots of the '80s, and soon the SVC is hot on the heels of one of the country's most secretive and violent vigilante groups, known as 'The Guardians', headed up by two brothers whose brutality is legendary amongst the poor inhabitants of Johannesburg's squatter camps.As the investigation slices away at the layers of secrecy surrounding this group, other secrets surface — truths that ultimately pose a threat to Harry's unit, and to the city at large. When Harry is abruptly gunned down by unseen assassins during a dawn raid on a remote village, and a bomb is detonated in the judicial heartland of Johannesburg, his former police partner and long-time friend, Detective Jacob Tshabalala, is forced to take matters into his own hands, and expose a splinter faction of vigilantes operating within the police service itself — a faction whose connections stretch all the way into parliament itself.

When Florrie Maltby defies her father by refusing to marry Gervase Richards, she sets off a chain of events that will alter her life. Instead she goes to London and becomes involved with the suffragette movement. She's imprisoned for her militant actions, and goes on hunger strike. With her health deteriorating, there is one person who can save her — Gervase. After a brief stay in the countryside to recuperate, Florrie returns to London to continue her fight for women's rights. Only the outbreak of the Great War puts a halt to her activities. It is when James, her younger brother, is shamed by their father into volunteering, that Florrie enlists as a nurse and is sent to the Front. Amidst the fear and horror of the hospital close to the trenches, she finds love. But when her beloved brother is accused of desertion, help comes from a very unexpected source.

This is a beautiful, very moving, melancholic and elegiac novel set in the late 1960s in Melton, a small town in the West Country. The story revolves around a disparate group of people who come together there to establish an arts festival. There is Jack Curtis a self-made millionaire who has bought and refurbished the local stately home, Florence Plover, a garden designer in her sixties whom he has employed and her Anglo-Greek niece, Persephone. There are the Musgrove siblings, Thomas and Mary, whose family originally owned Melton Hall, who run a failing garden nursery nearby and there is Francis Brock, whose sister Celia, Thomas' wife, was tragically killed in a car crash some years previously. This is the story of their intertwining relationships and how they come to love, and not to love each other in different ways and why — a perfect book to curl up and read by the fireside on an autumn afternoon and as satisfying a read as Brief Encounter is a film.

Al Greenwood has decided to kill his wife, and he`s planned the perfect murder. But things don`t turn out quite the way he hoped, and Al finds himself committing more crimes to cover his tracks.

Why are Iraqi prisoners of war forced to listen to Barney the Purple Dinosaur's theme tune repeatedly, at top volume? Why have a hundred de-bleated goats been secretly placed inside the Special Forces command centre at Fort Bragg, North Carolina? Has the US Army really enlisted the help of Uri Geller? In The Men Who Stare at Goats, Jon Ronson searches for answers to these and many other questions, revealing some of the extraordinary beliefs at the core of the War on Terror. 'Not only a narcotic road trip through the wackier reaches of Bush's war effort, but also an unmissable account of some of the insanity that has lately been done in our names' — Observer. 'Funny and gravely serious, what emerges is a world shrouded in secrecy, mystery and wackiness... Mind-blowing stuff' — Metro. 'A funny and tragic story of how the hippie dream was enlisted by the military' — Daily Telegraph.

'The world will witness my despair...' In the heart of Beijing's business district, a man throws himself off the top of a building. Tied to an advertising hoarding on the roof, he leaves behind his dead and frozen child. Having earlier rejected the man's plea for help, Beijing private investigator Song has enough to deal with — Song's own father-in-law, soon to be tried on corruption charges, is found dead. Did he kill himself or was someone else involved? But Song cannot forget the man and his frozen child. When he starts to investigate, he and his team are drawn into a web of evil that extends from the scorching Beijing summer to the slums of London. And in a country where justice is often for sale, can Song discover the truth before it is buried for good?

Beautiful, damaged, the ultimate sex symbol, publicly celebrated, privately unhappy — Marilyn Monroe's tumultuous life and untimely death continue to fascinate us. When Marilyn Monroe became famous in the 1950s, the world was told that her mother was either dead or simply not a part of her life. However, that was not true. In fact, her mentally ill mother was very much present in Marilyn's world and the complex family dynamic that unfolded behind the scenes is a story that has never been told — until now. In this groundbreaking book Taraborrelli draws complex and sympathetic portraits of the women so influential in the actress' life, including her mother, her foster mother and her legal guardian. He also reveals, for the first time, the shocking scope of Marilyn's own mental illness, the identity of Marilyn's father and the half-brother she never knew, and new information about her relationship with the Kennedys — Bobby, Jack and Pat Lawford Kennedy. Explosive, revelatory and surprisingly moving, this is the final word on the life of one of the most fascinating and elusive icons of the twentieth century.

In 1509, in the kingdom of the Burren, people lived according to the ancient customs and Brehon laws of their ancestors. The Michaelmas Fair: a time for trade and celebration. A chance for the people of the Burren to gather, buy and sell their wares and give tribute to the lord of their clans. When the steward of the MacNamara clan demands more, tempers run high. Then the steward's body is found in the local churchyard; he's been beaten to death. Was it revenge, greed or something more sinister that led to his murder? Mara tries to piece the puzzle together but, distracted by thoughts of the King's surprising offer of marriage, nothing seems to make sense. Is Mara prepared to give up her position as Brehon to become Queen? And will she be able to bring the killer to justice before they strike again...

When Chelsea Duke took a year out to travel round the world alone, she had no idea what she was letting herself in for. Never having described herself as the outdoorsy type or having stayed in a hostel before, life on the backpacker trail held some rather unpleasant surprises. But by the end of the year she had amassed a range of survival techniques to rival Ray Mears, all of which she is generously passing on here. From beauty treatments to do before you set off and how not to kill yourself in a South American shower, to the indispensable nature of the sparkly flip-flop, High Heels and a Head Torch will tell you everything you need to know to keep yourself looking and feeling glam when your wardrobe fits into a shoe box and those little home comforts are a million miles away. As well as lists of 'dos and don'ts' and tons of useful advice on every aspect of the travel experience, including personal safety, High Heels and a Head Torch is full of hilarious anecdotes and is the ultimate survival tool for any glamorous girl about to set off in search of adventure.

Offers an insight into the human story behind the money in our pockets, and reminds us that making a living is about exactly that — living. This title helps to discover the dark arts of haggling from the carpet merchants of Marrakech and learn what the ancient camel markets of Sudan can teach us about the current banking crisis.

Want to keep your man all to yourself? If so, you need to read this book. In Beat the Bitch, Tess Stimson, self-confessed scarlet woman and wronged wife delivers a self-help book with a difference. Written in short, snappy chapters and packed with unmissable advice, anecdotes, quizzes and humor, Beat the Bitch tells every woman things she won't want to hear — but needs to. From this book you will discover: how to put the spark back into your relationship? Whether your partner is vulnerable to attack from another woman? How to find out if he is really being unfaithful... and exactly what to do if he is. Beat the Bitch will be the must-read self-help title of 2009. As Tess herself says, should the worst come to the worst, Don't Get Mad — Get Diamonds.

This is the story of a man who loved two women, and one of them killed him. Some people have dreams that are so outrageous that if they were to achieve them, their place in history would be guaranteed. Francis Drake, Robert Scott, Percy Fawcett, Charles Lindbergh, Amy Johnson, Edmund Hillary and Neil Armstrong are among such individuals. But what if one man had such a dream, and when he'd fulfilled it, there was no proof that he had achieved his ambition? Paths of Glory is the story of such a man. But not until you've turned the last page of this extraordinary novel, will you be able to decide if George Mallory should be added to this list of legends, because if he were, another name would have to be removed. 'Archer at the peak of his imaginative powers' — The Times. ' Paths of Glory will lead Archer to fans he has never before conquered' — The Independent. 'The plain storytelling is unimprovable. Few literary writers could do his job better' — Sunday Times.