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The Workbook includes an Audio CD with extra listening material, tasks in the style of the BEC examination and a complete BEC Vantage test

The full-colour Intelligent Business Skills Book provides focussed training in the functional language and communication strategies needed for work skills such as closing deals, handling conflict and public speaking.

Integrated closely with the Course book syllabus, the Skills Book can also be used alone as an intensive business English skills course or used to supplement the Intelligent Business course book.


* Students develop confidence in communicating professionally, by learning language through realistic business situations
* A cultural awareness syllabus helps students do business anywhere around the world
* A Good Business Practice reference section provides a practical reference for students to work effectively and professionally in

Zorro! is a starter level reader from the Black Cat Green Apple Readers series for teenagers. It tells the story of the legendary masked hero of Spanish California. Zorro is a champion of justice and an expert with the sword. He is invincible as he defies corrupt politicians and defends the oppressed. *Accessible adaption at Starter Level *Wide range of activities to practice the four skills *KET-style exercises *Trinity-style exercises (Grades 1/2) *Informative dossiers on Spanish California and California Today *Project work using the Web *Exit test *Full recording of the text The Green Apple series consists of lavishly illustrated graded readers especially designed for young teenagers.

This classic story, set in the English countryside, features the lovable characters Rat, Mole, Toad and Badger. When Mole decides to leave his underground home and meets Rat, he discovers a completely new world on the river bank and the Wild Wood. And Toad’s passion for fast cars leads them on a series of adventures, which end with a battle against the ferrets and weasels, who have captured Toad Hall. *Easy Adaption at Starter Level *Wide range of fun activities in the four skills *Ket-style exercises *Trinity-style exercises (Grade 2) Special AUDIO CD/CD-ROM containing the text recorded in full plus a variety of games and activities for further practice in the four skills *An informative dossier on a animals in winter *Project Work using the web *Exit test with answer key The Green

The Darling children’s amazing adventure begins when Peter Pan flies into their nursery and whisks them off to his enchanted island, Neverland. There they meet Peter’s friends, the Lost Boys. But James Hook, the cruel captain of the pirates, soon captures them. Can Peter Pan save them before Captain Hook makes them walk the plank?

*Easy adaption at Starter Level
*Wide range of fun activities in the four skills
*KET-style activities
*Trinity-style activities (Grade 2)
*Audio CD containing the text recorded in full
*Informative dossiers on Pirates, Fairies and Film and Theatre Versions of Peter Pan
*Project work using the web
*Exit test with answer key The Green Apple series con

The Happy Prince is the unforgettable story of the touching friendship between the golden statue of the Happy Prince and a little swallow. The enchanted garden of The Selfish Giant is the perfect place for children to play, until the Giant decides to keep it all for himself! *Accessible adaptation at starter level *Ket-style exercises *Trinity Grade 2-style exercises *Wide range of activities in the four skills *Full recording of the text *Dossiers on migratory birds, flowers and gardens *Instructions on how to grow your own avocado ´tree´ *Project work using the web *Portfolio exit test The Green Apple series consists of lavishly illustrated graded readers especially designed for young teenagers.

'The Young King' tells how a shepherd boy becomes a king and realises that money is not worth human suffering. In 'The Star Child' a baby is found in the forest and discovers his true identity after many adventures. 'The Nightingale and the Rose' is a tale of a nightingale who sacrifices her life to create the perfect red rose for a student in love.

*Accessible adaptation at step 2 level

*Wide range of activities to practise the four skills

*PET-style exercises

*Trinity-style exercises

*Informative dossiers on the coronation, the crown jewels and life in Victorian times

*Full recording of the text with additional listening activities Project work using the web

*Exit test The Green Apple series consists of lavishly graded readers e

'A winning combination of crime fiction and adventure story as if Flashman were frisking through a tale by Dostoevsky' Independent Erast Fandorin returns to Moscow after an absence of six years, only to find himself instantly embroiled in court politics and scandal. His old friend General Sobolev - the famous 'Russian Achilles' - has been found dead in a hotel room, and Fandorin suspects foul play. Using his now-famous powers of detection - powers that belie his twenty-six years - Fandorin embarks on an investigation, during which the political and the personal may become dangerously blurred. With the assistance of some formidable martial arts skills, acquired whilst Fandorin was in Japan, our eccentric and ingenious hero must endeavour to discover not so much whodunit, as why ...

In 1918 in the peaceful province of Transkei, South Africa, the Mandela family gave their new baby son the name Rolihlahla - 'troublemaker'. But the young boy's early years were happy ones, and he grew up to be a good student and an enthusiastic sportsman. Who could imagine then what was waiting for Nelson Mandela - the tireless struggle for human rights, the long years in prison, the happiness and sadness of family life, and one day the title of President of South Africa? Factfiles

From out of the sky, from under the earth, from far out at sea - disaster comes. We build and invent new things - and sometimes bring disaster on ourselves. Today television and the Internet mean that we can watch disasters as they happen, and see their terrible results. From Pompeii to the Asian Tsunami, from the Great Fire of London to Chernobyl, the stories of disasters are frightening, but they have much to tell us. Disasters bring stories of fear, pain, loss, and death - but also of people whose extraordinary bravery and feeling for others will touch your heart. Factfiles

Everybody knows about the United States of America. You can see its films, hear its music, and eat its food just about everywhere in the world. Cowboys, jazz, hamburgers, the Stars and Stripes - that's the United States. But it's a country with many stories to tell. Stories of busy cities, and quiet, beautiful forests and parks. Stories of a country that fought against Britain, and then against itself, to make the United States of today. Stories of rich and poor, black and white, Native American and immigrant. And the story of what it is really like to be an American today ... Factfiles

What will we do when there is nowhere to put our rubbish? Every day, all over the world, people drop cans, boxes, paper, and bottles into bins and never think about them again. And the rubbish mountains get bigger and bigger. But there is another way - a way that makes old paper into houses, broken bottles into jewellery, and old cans into bridges. Anyone can recycle - it's easy, it saves money, and it's a way to say, 'I care about the Earth.' Saving the world starts with you - here - now. Factfiles