Two of Wells`s masterpieces get the red-carpet treatment here in these luxurious editions. Along with annotated texts, they feature scholarly introductions and appendixes, bibliographies, illustrations, and indexes. Though they are perhaps a tad pricey for most public libraries, academic collections supporting English departments should definitely invest in these volumes.

ISBN: 978-0-451-53167-4
Издательство: Penguin Group
Дата выхода: август 2011

Josh`s father is missing in Mexico, presumed dead. Then Josh discovers that his dad was murdered. Suddenly he is caught in a race to find the legendary Ix Codex - a lost Mayan prophecy that predicts the end of the world and holds the key to unmasking his father`s killers.

ISBN: 978-1-4071-1611-2
Издательство: Scholastic UK
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2011

If a gorilla walked out into the middle of a basketball pitch, you`d notice it. Wouldn`t you? If a serious violent crime took place just next to you, you`d remember it, right? The Invisible Gorilla is a fascinating look at the unbelievable, yet routine tricks that your brain plays on you. In an award-winning and groundbreaking study, psychologists Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons asked volunteers to watch a 60-second film of a group of students playing basketball and told them to count the number of passes made. About halfway through, a woman dressed head to toe in a gorilla outfit slowly moved to centre screen, beat her chest at the camera, and casually strolled away. Unbelievably, almost half of the volunteers missed the gorilla....

ISBN: 978-0-00-731731-8
Издательство: HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011

This book, now in its revised second edition, was written primarily for ESL students. However, it`s also useful in remedial English courses presented on high school and college freshman levels. Students of English as a second language quickly discover that English is unlike their native tongue in the many ways it uses prepositions. The majority of other languages have relatively few prepositions, each of them serving many different communication purposes. English is different in that it has dozens of prepositions, none having exact equivalents in other languages. This book offers practical guidelines for correct preposition usage, and provides hundreds of examples that incorporate English prepositions into familiar contexts. The author...

ISBN: 978-0-7641-4728-9
Издательство: Barron`s Educational Series, ins
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011

ISBN: 978-0-582-07374-6
Издательство: Pearson
Дата выхода: июль 2011

It`s history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: why wax models were captured and made Prisoners of War? Which warrior went to battle naked? How to make yourself invisible? This work helps you to find out the tragic truth about Ireland`s foul famines, savage sieges and wretched rebellions, and the incredible Irish people who lived and died in them.

ISBN: 978-1-4071-1022-6
Издательство: Scholastic UK
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011

In this beautiful collection Ita Daly retells favourite stories at the heart of Irish storytelling tradition. Read about King Balor and his evil eye that kills enemies at a glance-can brave young warrior Lugh of the Long Arm save the day? What will happen to the children of Lir turned into swans by their jealous stepmother? Find out what is in store for wicked Cuchulainn and his magic knife. Here are ten thrilling adventures of heroes and princesses, fairies and leprechauns-stories of love, revenge, magic, and glory, all evocatively illustrated in colour by Bee Willey.

ISBN: 978-0-19-275454-7
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011

It is a time of revolts and revolutions, conflict and intrigue. New Crobuzon is being ripped apart from without and within. War with the shadowy city-state of Tesh and rioting on the streets at home are pushing the teeming metropolis to the brink. In the midst of this turmoil, a mysterious masked figure spurs strange rebellion, while treachery and violence incubate in unexpected places. In desperation, a small group of renegades escapes from the city and crosses strange and alien continents in the search for a lost hope, an undying legend. In the blood and violence of New Crobuzon`s most dangerous hour, there are whispers. It is the time of the Iron Council.

ISBN: 978-0-330-53420-8
Издательство: Picador
Дата выхода: май 2011

Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. A young man appears at the door and seems to be the answer to Marina`s wishes. She and her husband Tom have moved from London to a quiet village, and Marina is bored with her life, as

ISBN: 978-0-521-68614-3
Издательство: Cambridge
Дата выхода: январь 2012

You`ve probably heard of Isaac Newton. He is horribly famous for: discovering gravity, being a right clever dick and getting hitn the head with an apple. But have you heard that Isaac: came bottom of the class at school, poked sticks in his eye and nearly blinded himself and nearly got himself executed?

ISBN: 978-1-4071-2399-8
Издательство: Scholastic UK
Дата выхода: апрель 2011

Welcome to Islands, a six level Primary series that engages children in 21st century learning. Children uncover clues and solve mysteries as they learn English. •A special Synthetic Phonics programme is presented to teach pronunciation and spelling and help develop pupils’ reading and writing. •Testing resources and activity types focus on preparing and practicing for Cambridge Young Learners English Testing (CYLET), KET and Trinity Exams. •Cross-curricular lessons in every unit and cultural topics will help you teach more than English. •The most innovative and attractive online and offline digital tools, including Active Teach software for the teacher and Digital Activity Book and Online World for your pupils.

ISBN: 978-1-4479-1370-2
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012

Islands 4 - четвертый уровень увлекательного курса английского языка для учеников начальной школы, соответствует международной ступени Elementary, A2. Пособие разделено на 8 основных глав и 2 дополнительных, которые содержат большой объем нового материала и упражнений на закрепление. Изучаются такие увлекательные для детей темы, как: проведение свободного времени, дикие животные и их жизнь, времена года и...

ISBN: 978-1-4479-1371-9
Дата выхода: февраль 2013

The Test Booklet contains initial placement tests, progress tests for each unit and practice tests, testing all four skills using question types from external exams (CYL, Trinity and KET for schools).

ISBN: 978-1-4479-1368-9
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012

The Reading and Writing Booklet includes four pages per unit to target specific skills. The first page focuses on reading, the second on comprehension with more of a range of texts than those offered in the CLIL and Wider World pages of the Pupil`s Book. The third page offers reading and writing activities to revise the key vocabulary, and using the fourth page pupils have the opportunity to write texts which practice punctuation, syntax and structure. An answer key is provided at the back of the Teachers Book. Details of when to use this booklet are given in the teaching notes.

ISBN: 978-1-4082-9072-9
Издательство: Pearson
Дата выхода: февраль 2013