When dynamic, power-dressing Christie blows in like a warm wind to take over their department, five very different women find themselves thrown together at work. But none of them could have predicted the fierce bond of friendship that her leadership would Anna, 39, is reeling from the loss of her fiance, who ran off with a much younger woman. Her pride in tatters, these days Anna finds it difficult to leave the house. So when a handsome, mysterious stranger takes an interest in her, she`s not sure whether she can learn to trust again? Then there`s Grace, in her fifties, trapped in a loveless marriage with a man she married because, unable to have children of her own, she fell in love with his motherless brood. Grace worries that Dawn is...
ISBN: 978-1-84739-283-1
Издательство:
Simon & Schuster UK
Дата выхода: август 2011
The Empress of Blandings, prize-winning pig and all-consuming passion of Clarence, Ninth Earl of Emsworth, has disappeared. Blandings Castle is in uproar and there are suspects a-plenty - from Galahad Threepwood (who is writing memoirs so scandalous they will rock the aristocracy to its foundations) to the Efficient Baxter, chilling former secretary to Lord Emsworth. Even Beach the Butler seems deeply embroiled. And what of Sir Gregory Parsloe-Parsloe, Clarence`s arch-rival, and his passion for prize-winning pigs? With the castle full of deceptions and impostors, will Galahad`s memoirs ever see the light of day? And will the Empress be returned?.. Формат издания: 13 см х 19,5 см.
ISBN: 978-0-09-951382-7
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Knitting and life are both about beginnings and endings. That`s why it makes sense for Lydia Goetz, owner of A Good Yarn on Seattle`s Blossom Street, to offer a class called Knit to Quit. It`s for people who want to quit something - or someone - and start over.
Top Notch, a dynamic 6-level course for international communication, sets a new standard, using the natural language that people really speak. With a rock-solid learner-centered approach, Top Notch provides students an opportunity to confirm their own progress at the end of every easy-to-teach two-page lesson. Features of Top Notch Fundamentals * Essential model conversations that make key social language unforgettable and easy to personalize * Intensive vocabulary development with active recycling * Complete grammar support--extended by a bound-in Vocabulary Booster *"Top Notch Interactions"--unique step-by-step discussion builders that guarantee success for all learners * Thorough attention to pronunciation * A wide array of learning...
Summit helps the high-intermediate learner continue to grow through a balanced development of both fluency and accuracy. Summit offers a unique conversational syllabus and extensive opportunities for discussion, debate, presentations, and projects as well as contextualized grammar review, expansion, and practice. Summit prepares students for academic study through development of word skills, reading and listening skills and strategies, and critical thinking. The second edition offers both online and offline solutions with the following new technology: ActiveBook Each Student`s Book includes the digital course book with the complete audio program and extensive extra practice in all skill areas, including reading, listening, and speaking....
The Summit Complete Assessment: Ten easy-to-administer and easy-to-score unit achievement tests assess listening, vocabulary, grammar, social language, reading, and writing. Two review tests- one mid-book and one end-of-book- provide additional cumulative assessment. Two speaking tests assess progress in speaking. In addition to the photocopiable achievement tests, ExamView software enables teachers to customize tests that best meet their own needs. A two-level high-intermediate/advanced course, Summit is the perfect next step for learners who have completed a beginning to intermediate level course. Summit develops competence and confidence in all four skills
Rock-solid learner support Its unique leaner-centred approach allows students to confirm their progress at the end of every concise two-page lesson. Careful recycling of vocabulary, grammar and social language guarantees success. Rock-solid teacher support An unequalled wealth of resources for the teacher includes professional development, lesson plans, photocopiables activities, web links and more. *Motivate your students with communication goals for each lesson *Build students` confidence in speaking with the step-by-step approach to discussion *Make language unforgettable with the practical conversation models *Make lesson planning simple - every two page lesson is designed for one class session
Especially written for the high-intermediate and advanced learner, Summit takes students to the next level of accuracy, fluency, and academic skills. Summit consistently confronts the challenge of motivating students at this level and ensures that they see progress in every class session. Summit was designed to follow Top Notch 3 and/or is appropriate for any high-intermediate student. Summit ensures confidence in conversations and discussions and enables students to express themselves fluently and accurately in speech and writing. Program Highlights: • Summit is the winner of the 2007 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers for “Best English Language Learning Textbook”! • Summit TV Video...
ISBN: 978-0-13-260798-8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Summit is a two-level high-intermediate/advanced course that provides the post-intermediate learner with an integrated set of skills for global communication.
ISBN: 978-0-13-267992-3
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Summit helps the high-intermediate learner continue to grow through a balanced development of both fluency and accuracy. Summit offers a unique conversational syllabus and extensive opportunities for discussion, debate, presentations, and projects as well as contextualized grammar review, expansion, and practice. Summit prepares students for academic study through development of word skills, reading and listening skills and strategies, and critical thinking. The second edition offers both online and offline solutions with the following new technology: ActiveBook Each Student`s Book includes the digital course book with the complete audio program and extensive extra practice in all skill areas, including reading, listening, and speaking....
Summit helps the high-intermediate learner continue to grow through a balanced development of both fluency and accuracy. Summit offers a unique conversational syllabus and extensive opportunities for discussion, debate, presentations, and projects as well as contextualized grammar review, expansion, and practice. Summit prepares students for academic study through development of word skills, reading and listening skills and strategies, and critical thinking. The second edition offers both online and offline solutions with the following new technology: ActiveBook Each Student`s Book includes the digital course book with the complete audio program and extensive extra practice in all skill areas, including reading, listening, and speaking....
