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Paul is shy and Judy has no friends. Oliver is afraid of other boys. Jane and Leo can't talk about their feelings, and Sue lies to her boyfriends. These five short plays tell the stories of young people with problems. Are there any answers? What do you think? British English

The man has been shot many times, but he lives. Who wants to kill him, and why? The man can't remember. He can't even remember his name. As he begins to learn about his past, he becomes ecen more confused. Does he have a future? Or will he be killed before he knows who-and what-he really is?

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Around the world there are many beautiful places. There are famous buildings, old and new. Some are interesting; some are important. Some are the tallest or biggest in the world. The Great Wall, Machu Picchu, the Grand Canyon, the Taj Mahal...Which are your wonders of the world? CD-ROM - additional activities and the complete audio recording

Meet Carrie Bradshaw before ‘Sex and the City!’ The Carrie Diaries is the coming-of-age story of one of the most iconic characters of our generation. Before Sex and the City, Carrie Bradshaw was a small town girl who knew she wanted more. She’s ready for real life to start, but first she must navigate her senior year of high school. Up until now, Carrie and her friends have been inseparable. Then Sebastian Kydd comes into the picture, and a friend’s betrayal makes her question everything. With an unforgettable cast of characters, The Carrie Diaries is the story of how a regular girl learns to think for herself, and evolves into a sharp, insightful writer. Readers will learn about her family background, how she found her writing voice, and the indelible impression her early frie

Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi, and her mother will not be happy till Skeeter has a ring on her finger. Skeeter would normally find solace with her beloved maid Constantine, the woman who raised her, but Constantine has disappeared and no one will tell Skeeter where she has gone. Aibileen is a black maid, a wise, regal woman raising her seventeenth white child. Something has shifted inside her after the loss of her own son, who died while his bosses looked the other way. She is devoted to the little girl she looks after, though she knows both their hearts may be broken. Minny, Aibileen’s best friend, is short, fat, and perhaps the sassiest woman in Mississippi. She can look like nob

One of golf guru Jim Flick's mantras is that golf is 90 percent mental, and the other 10 percent is mental, too. Dr. Bob Rotella, a noted sports psychologist and performance consultant, roots around the golfer's mind to expose--and analyze--the doubts, the fears, and the frustrations that haunt anyone who's ever picked up a club and swung it. Through anecdote and aphorism he suggests how these mental and emotional hazards can be played through, and, regardless of skill level, how teeing off with a more positive and confident outlook will translate into better performance.

Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic Socialism as I understand it'. Thus wrote Orwell following his experiences as a militiaman in the Spanish Civil War, chronicled in Homage to Catalonia. Here he brings to bear all the force of his humanity, passion and clarity, describing with bitter intensity the bright hopes and cynical betrayals of that chaotic episode.
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When John meets Savannah, he realises he is ready to make some changes. Always the angry rebel at school, he has enlisted in the Army, not knowing what else to do with his life. Now he's ready to turn over a new leaf for the woman who has captured his heart.

What neither realises is that the events of 9/11 will change everything. John is prompted to re-enlist and fulfil what he feels is his duty to his country. But the lovers are young and their separation is long. Can they survive the distance?

Učebnice angličtiny pro 2. stupeň základních škol a pro nižší ročníky gymnázií. Čtyřdílná učebnice angličtiny Hot Spot je založena na komunikativním přístupu k výuce angličtiny. Společně s komunikativními cíli je žákům předkládána gramatika snadno zvládnutelnou formou. Učebnice angličtiny Hot Spot je rozdělena do sedmi modulů, každý z nich se skládá ze 4 dvoustránkových lekcí. První 3 lekce se zaměřují na výuku gramatiky a slovní zásoby, 4 lekce každého modulu rozvíjí jazykové dovednosti a svá témata čerpají z různých kultur – britské, americké, ale i z neanglicky mluvících zemí. Na závěr každého modulu je zařazena opakovací lekce a také oddíl Extra Special, který obsahuje zábavné aktivity, jako jsou pí

Pracovní sešit k učebnici angličtiny Hot Spot sleduje svou strukturou Student's Book a je určen k dalšímu procvičení a upevnění zejména gramatiky a slovní zásoby. Na konci je zařazen oddíl Extra Practice, jehož účelem je poskytnout další aktivity pro žáky, kteří skončí s prací dříve, tzv. Fast Finishers, aby se učitel mohl věnovat žákům, kteří ještě předchozí úkol dokončují. Vztah ke čtení je rozvíjen pomocí komiksového příběhu zařazeného na konci pracovního sešitu. Příběh může učitel zařazovat do výuky dle vlastního uvážení – zcela jej vypustit, číst po skončení každého modulu nebo jej zařadit až po probr