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Read by millions, this timeless book holds that the key to success lies in the secrets of the ancients. Based on the famous "Babylonian principles," it's been hailed as the greatest of all inspirational works on the subject of thrift and financial planning.

IntermediateCEF Level: B1-B2

Suitable for classroom use or self-study, Active Grammar presents and practises grammar in clear, realistic contexts specially chosen to appeal to teenage and young adult learners. The series covers all the grammar points taught at A1-C2 (CEF) levels. Each unit opens with an original text followed by clear explanations of the key grammar points. Engaging presentations help students learn about the world while they study English grammar, and a large number of contrasting revision exercises help to develop students' command of several grammar points at once and to prepare them for communication outside the classroom. Regular tip boxes give information about common mistakes and the accompanying CD-ROM contains additional exam-style exercises and tests

Elementary
British English

Suitable for classroom use or self-study, Active Grammar presents and practises grammar in clear, realistic contexts specially chosen to appeal to teenage and young adult learners. The series covers all the grammar points taught at A1-C2 (CEF) levels. Each unit opens with an original text followed by clear explanations of the key grammar points. Engaging presentations help students learn about the world while they study English grammar, and a large number of contrasting revision exercises help to develop students' command of several grammar points at once and to prepare them for communication outside the classroom. Regular tip boxes give information about common mistakes and the accompanying CD-ROM contains additional exam-style exerci

Open these pages and enter an enchanted realm of proud emperors, pretty princesses, helpful fairies and magical animals...This charming collection contains ten classic fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen and others.

Greg's dad, Frank, is on a mission - a mission to make this wimpy kid, well, less wimpy. All manner of 'manly' physical activities are planned, but Greg just about manages to find a way out of them. That is until military academy is mentioned and Greg realizes that he's going to have to come up with something very special to get out of this one...

An internationally bestselling fable about a spiritual journey, littered with powerful life lessons that teach us how to abandon consumerism in order to embrace destiny, live life to the full and discover joy. / This inspiring tale is based on the author's own search for life's true purpose, providing a step-by-step approach to living with greater courage, balance, abundance and joy. / It tells the story of Julian Mantle, a lawyer forced to confront the spiritual crisis of his out-of-balance life: following a heart attack, he decides to sell all his beloved possesions and trek to India. On a life-changing odyssey to an ancient culture, he meets Himalayan gurus who offer powerful, wise and practical lessons that teach us to: - Develop joyful thoughts - Follow our life's mission - Cultiv

This warm and lyrical semi-autobiographical first novel by singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen charts the coming of age of Lawrence Breavman, the only son of a Jewish Montreal family. 'Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the world is made flesh.' Lawrence Breavman seeks two things: love and beauty. Beginning with the innocent games of delicious misadventure with first love Lisa and the absorbing wanders through Montreal with best friend Krantz, Breavman's tale is a distant echo of 'Catcher in the Rye' and 'Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man' -- injected with 1960s aesthetics and Cohen's unique poetry. As Breavman grows into a young man, the emerging writer continues his quest for beauty and love, finding himself in the arms

Boom! Is a roller-coaster read with spaceships, spies and mortal danger!

Jim and his best friend Charlie weren't looking for adventure, when they decided to bug the staffroom . . . But then they overhear their teachers speaking in a secret language and it's too late to turn back. And now they have to explain to the police, the headmistress and their parents where they've been for a whole week - without mentioning the aliens.

Level: A1 - C2 All levels

Guided practice tests for the IELTS test

KEY FEATURES

* Designed to improve exam performance and increase language competence for success in IELTS
* Includes four completely new practice tests
* Further Practice and Guidance pages
* Accompanying audio CD contains all four listening tests
* Complete answer key with useful explanations

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Peking, 1914. Eight-year-old Eastern Jewel peers from behind a screen as her father, Prince Su makes love to a servant girl. Caught spying by her thirteenth sister, Eastern Jewel's sexual curiosity sees her banished to live with distant relatives in Tokyo, then forced into a passionless marriage in freezing Mongolia. Increasingly isolated, at night she is plagued by disturbing fantasies and unsettling dreams. But she refuses to be pinned down by anyone - least of all a man - and in the dazzling city of Shanghai she puts her thrill-seeking nature to work spying for the Japanese, spurning everything she once held dear Based on the real-life story of Yoshiko Kawashima, Chinese princess turned ruthless Japanese spy, The Private Papers of Eastern Jewel is an intoxicating tale of sexual mani