Even in today’s era of computer spell checking, it’s important for everybody to know how to spell words correctly. For those of us who speak and write in English—with its countless exceptions to spelling rules—that’s easier said than done. This book will help students, businesspeople, and everybody else master the art of spelling. The authors examine reasons why we misspell, then offer tips for improvement. Their methods include learning basic spelling rules, developing memory devices, and acquiring the habit of using a good dictionary. The authors explain homonyms and homophones, provide lists of frequently misspelled words, and present hundreds of quick-check exercises designed to improve every reader’s spelling.
Издательство:
Barron`s Educational Series, ins
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
The spectre of the French Revolution - the rumbling of the death carts, the thud of the guillotine, the ferocious mobs and the storming of the Bastille - is vividly portrayed Charles Dickens` epic tale.
Издательство:
Barron`s Educational Series, ins
Дата выхода: июль 2012
Many of the world`s greatest literary works are introduced in Barron`s collection of Graphic Classics. Available in both paperback and hardback edition, each story features high-quality illustrations, fast-paced narratives, a thumbnail biography of the author`s life, and a timeline and general the novel by Alexandre Dumas: Young d` Artagnan, in search of fortune and adventure, joins three of the French king`s musketeers: Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. Soon, this dynamic quartet is defending the king against his most menacing enemies.
Издательство:
Barron`s Educational Series, ins
Дата выхода: август 2011
Up-to-date in content, beautifully illustrated with color photos, packed with bilingual lists of vital words and phrases, and overflowing with helpful travel advice, this book is a perfect take-along for both business and vacation travelers to Russia. Page edges are color-tipped—a different color for each section—so that on-the-go travelers can refer to any one of 17 separate general topics and find the information they`re looking for in a hurry.
Издательство:
Barron`s Educational Series, ins
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Young Jim Hawkins is the son of an innkeeper. When his father dies, Jim joins the crew of a sailing ship bound from the English port of Bristol to a distant island where a fabulous pirate`s treasure is buried. In each of Barron`s "Graphic Classics" an English literary classic is transformed into a dramatic graphic novel with superb, atmospheric color illustrations and a finely-paced narrative. The tale - chosen from among important novels in the literary canon - ill keep young readers fascinated from first page to last. "Graphic Classics" make fine introductions for young readers to the riches of English literature. Books are available in both paperback and hardcover editions. In addition to the stories, each title features a brief...
Издательство:
Barron`s Educational Series, ins
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
Updated to reflect questions found on the most recent ESL tests, this book presents 400 common phrasal verbs as they are used in everyday English. Phrasal verbs are verbs combined with prepositions or adverbs. Familiarity with phrasal verbs and understanding their use as nouns ("breakup", "showoff", and many others), or adjectives ("spaced-out", "broken-down", "stressed-out" and many others) is essential to ESL students. This book’s hundreds of examples in context and hundreds of exercises will be extremely useful to ESL students who are preparing for TOEFL or who simply wish to improve their English.
Издательство:
Barron`s Educational Series, ins
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
A sound and convincing business plan is an entrepreneur’s important first step in starting up a profitable business. It’s also a prerequisite for getting financing and attracting investors. A sound business plan describes the business operations and goals, analyzes and forecasts markets and sales, sets up operating and marketing plans and schedules, and estimates operating expenses. This book shows how to organize and write a logical, business-savvy, and professionally polished business plan that can be presented to potential investors and financial institutions.
Издательство:
Barron`s Educational Series, ins
Дата выхода: август 2011
This immortal English romance is retold here in graphic novel format. It is the story of Heathcliff, a foundling rescued from the slums of Liverpool, and his love for Catherine, daughter in the wealthy Earnshaw family of Wuthering Heights. Barrons popular and growing series of Graphic Classics titles introduce many of the worlds literary masterpieces to young readers. Elementary and secondary school teachers will value these books as a way to make great novels and plays accessible to their students especially to those students who resist reading. Presented in graphic novel format, each title tells an absorbing, fast-paced story dramatized with high-quality color illustrations. After delving into any of these stimulating titles, many boys...
Издательство:
Barron`s Educational Series, ins
Дата выхода: август 2011
Young Genius is a bright little boy who escorts children through the pages of this amusing and instructive color-illustrated book. In this book, Young Genius tells kids about food and its nutrients, and how it is digested in the stomach and intestines. "Young Genius" books explain different parts of the human body to children, showing and telling kids how each part works. In each book, Young Genius also talks about nourishing foods to help keep those body parts in great condition, and he asks questions that will prompt boys and girls to giggle—but also to get a clearer understanding of how their bodies function. The language is easy enough for children in early grades to understand, and the information is sound and reliable. One...
Издательство:
Barron`s Educational Series, ins
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Young Genius is a bright little boy who escorts children through the pages of this amusing and instructive color-illustrated book. Children share Young Genius’s knowledge about their bones when they find the answers to these and other questions: What would you look like if you didn’t have any bones? Where is the longest bone in the body? Which foods are best for making bones strong? "Young Genius" books explain different parts of the human body to children, showing and telling kids how each part works. In each book, Young Genius also talks about nourishing foods to help keep those body parts in great condition, and he asks questions that will prompt boys and girls to giggle—but also to get a clearer understanding of how their...
Издательство:
Barron`s Educational Series, ins
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Young Genius is a bright little boy who escorts children through the pages of amusing and instructive color-illustrated books that describe the human body. In this book, kids learn about sight, their perception of shapes and colors, and the parts of the human eye. Books in Barron`s "Young Genius" series show and tell kids how different body organs work, with questions that will prompt boys and girls to giggle - but also to get a clearer understanding of how their bodies function. The language is easy for younger children to understand, and though the information is presented in simple terms, its details are scientifically correct and reliable. A special illustration in each book includes tabs for kids to lift, examine what is hidden...
Издательство:
Barron`s Educational Series, ins
Дата выхода: август 2011
Young Genius is a bright little boy who escorts children through the pages of this amusing and instructive color-illustrated book. Kids will discover answers to many interesting questions about their brains. For example: How can you look at your brain without taking it out of your head? Where do headaches come from? What is imagination? Does having a big brain make you more clever? Young Genius books explain different parts of the human body to children, showing and telling kids how each part works. In each book, Young Genius also talks about nourishing foods to help keep those body parts in great condition, and he asks questions that will prompt boys and girls to giggle but also to get a clearer understanding of how their bodies...
Издательство:
Barron`s Educational Series, ins
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
