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This beautifully illustrated volume tells the story of Britain and its people over two thousand years, from the coming of the Roman legions to the present day. Encompassing political, social, economic, and cultural developments throughout the British Isles, the dramatic narrative is taken up in turn by ten leading historians who offer the fruits of the best modern scholarship to the general reader in an authoritative form, illuminating their text with carefully chosen pictures and maps. A vivid, sometimes surprising picture emerges of a continuous turmoil of change in every period, and the wider social context of political and economic tension is made clear. But consensus, no less than conflict, is a part of the story: in focusing on elements of continuity down the centuries, the autho

A four-level American English course for teenage learners

Philippa Bowen and Denis Delaney

Got it! is a course which is comprehensive and innovative in its range of resources, but also offers support and flexibility for the teacher. How does it achieve this?

By presenting grammar through dialogues or texts and following up with more detailed analysis, students are able to check their understanding of meaning and context. They are encouraged to try out new structures and are given opportunities to explore the meaning and usage of new language before it is presented and practised more formally. This allows them to discover the language intuitively for themselves and this sense of achievement helps to motivate them.

Do you believe in ghosts? Jerry doesn't. He's a nineteen-year-old American, who just wants a good holiday with his friend, Brad. They are travelling round the north of England by bicycle. But strange things begin to happen in the small hotel where they are staying. First, Brad seems to think that he has been there before. And then a girl called Ellen appears ...The first of these three original plays is set in the seventeenth century, and the other two take place in modern times. In each play, a ghost comes back from the dead to change the lives of living people.

Oxford Bookworms Playscripts - Key features

* A range of plays, designed for reading and performing in the classroom.
* Each play offers the opportunity to learn and practise language in

It is beautiful to look at, hard to reach, and terribly difficult to climb. Winds of 200 kilometres per hour or more scream across it day and night, while the temperature falls to -20 °C or lower. Every year, some who try to climb the highest mountain in the world do not return.

But for a century people have been coming to climb Everest - some alone, some in groups, but all with a dream of going to the highest place in the world. This is their story.

Red Dog was a Red Cloud kelpie, an Australian sheepdog. His life was full of excitement and adventure. He travelled all over Western Australia, and never really had an owner. But he had many, many friends, and he always knew where to go for a good meal.

Cedric Errol is seven years old. He lives with his mother in a little house in New York. They don't have much money, but mother and son are good friends. Cedric is a kind, friendly little boy, and everybody likes him. His father was English, but he is now dead, and Cedric and his mother are alone in the world.

But one day a lawyer arrives from England with some very surprising news about Cedric's grandfather...

Every day people come to Mason's store - old people, young people, men and women.

From his office, and in the store, Mark watches them. And when they leave the store, he forgets them.

Then one day a girl with red hair comes to the store, and everything changes for Mark. Now he can't forget the beautiful face, those green eyes, and that red hair...

Word count 1,702

Tom Creek's treasure is under the sea. Many men try to get the treasure, but many men die.

'Our boat is ready. We are all good divers. Let's find the treasure! Yes?' says John West to his wife and friends. 'Yes! Arr! Ooohh! they shout.

They are all ready to go - but are they afraid of Tom Creeks's curse?

Word count 950

Each level of Practical Grammar has 100 units, divided into modules of five units. Each module examines a particular area of grammar. The grammar is set in short, everyday conversations or texts, showing the language in natural situations which students will find engaging and can relate to. Students then examine the form, meaning and use of the language before practising it in a variety of activity types.

A Review section concludes each module and regular tests check students' progress.

Each level comes with two audio CDs and a pin code which allows access to MyPG for extensive additional online practice for use at home or in self-access centres.

Features:

* Real language in natural situations: exposes students to grammar at work

New digital resources for use with interactive whiteboards.

With Solutions iTools, teachers have exciting new interactive whiteboard-friendly material which brings fresh stimulus to language lessons.

Solutions iTools features content from the Student's Book and other components that has been chosen specifically for its interactive potential in class - the activities and presentations create new ways to engage and motivate students.

Accompanied by a guide on how to use interactive whiteboards effectively, plus built-in teaching notes, Solutions iTools helps teachers use whiteboards with ease and confidence.

*Material selected especially for its interactive potential, and includes all class audio tracks.

Digital Resources for use with interactive whiteboards, data projectors, or computers.

Each level contains:

*Workbook and Class Book on screen

*A range of integrated interactive language games

*Karaoke versions of the songs

*DVD clips to help students practise speaking and listening

*Built-in teaching notes

*Print-ready and customizable Cambridge Young Learners English and Trinity Examinations practice papers