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A luminous and unforgettable tale of two women, destiny, and identity in Afghanistan.
Kabul, 2007: The Taliban rules the streets. With a drug-addicted father and no brothers, Rahima and her sisters can rarely leave the house or attend school. Their only hope lies in the ancient Afghan custom of bacha posh, which allows young Rahima to dress and be treated as a son until she is of marriageable age. As a boy, she has the kind of freedom that was previously unimaginable . . . freedom that will transform her forever.But Rahima is not the first in her family to adopt this unusual custom. A century earlier, her great-great-grandmother Shekiba, left orphaned by an epidemic, saved herself and built a new life in the same way--the change took her on a journey from the deprivation of life i

The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory is firmly established as a key work of reference in the complex and varied field of literary criticism. Now in its fifth edition, it remains the most comprehensive and accessible work of its kind, and is invaluable for students, teachers and general readers alike. It gives definitions of technical terms (hamartia, iamb, zeugma) and critical jargon (aporia, binary opposition, intertextuality). It explores literary movements (neoclassism, romanticism, vorticism) and schools of literary theory. It covers genres (elegy, fabliau, pastoral) and literary forms (haiku, ottava rima, sonnet).

British culture today is the product of a shifting combination of tradition and experimentation, national identity and regional and ethnic diversity. These distinctive tensions are expressed in a range of cultural arenas, such as art, sport, journalism, fashion, education, and race. This Companion addresses these and other major aspects of British culture, and offers a sophisticated understanding of what it means to study and think about the diverse cultural landscapes of contemporary Britain. Each contributor looks at the language through which culture is formed and expressed, the political and institutional trends that shape culture, and at the role of culture in daily life. This interesting and informative account of modern British culture embraces controversy and debate, and never

'Password Emil!' Emil is excited to be taking the train on his own for the first time. He doesn't like the look of his fellow passenger, the man in the bowler hat. Emil will just have to keep his wits about him and his money in his pocket. But Emil falls asleep and when he wakes up the man in the bowler hat is gone - and so is the money! Emil is determined to get it back. He teams up with a gang of young detectives and so begins a hair-raising chase across Berlin to catch the dirty rotten thief...

'This night will be bad, and tomorrow will be beyond imagining.' It's Christmas time in the Stanton family house: presents, carol singing, good cheer. But for eleven-year-old Will Stanton something sinister has begun, inching round his subconscious, shouting silent warnings he can't decipher. Then on Midwinter Day Will wakes up to a different world - silent, covered in snow and ancient forest, a world of another time. A world where evil lurks. Because Will is not the ordinary boy he always thought he was. He is the last of the Old Ones and the power to vanquish the evil magic of the Dark lies within him. Includes exclusive material: in the Backstory you can read an interview with the author and discover the ancient beliefs that inspired the story. Vintage Children's Classics is a twent

It's been a while since Doc Sportello has seen his ex-girlfriend. Suddenly out of nowhere she shows up with a story about a plot to kidnap a billionaire land developer whom she just happens to be in love with. It's the tail end of the psychedelic sixties in L.A., and Doc knows that "love" is another one of those words going around at the moment, like "trip" or "groovy," except that this one usually leads to trouble. In this lively yarn, Thomas Pynchon, working in an unaccustomed genre, provides a classic illustration of the principle that if you can remember the sixties, you weren't there...or...if you were there, then you...or, wait is it...

Učebnice Tracks je určena pro 1.-5. třídu. Novinka roku 2010. Úroveň A1 (beginner - elementary) Doložka MŠMT ČR Hodinová dotace 90-100 hodin/úroveň * 4 úrovně s variabilním začátkem - vhodné i pro začátek výuky již od 1. třídy * Učení pomocí příběhů a vyprávění přirozeně motivuje * Velké množství veselých nebo napínavých textů * Pozvolný rozvoj všech 4 dovedností úměrně věku * Klíčová slovní zásoba a gramatika vždy na každé straně * Reálný svět a mezipředmětové vztahy průběžně v celé knize, speciálně v sekci Look at the World * Dostatek průběžného opakování v sekcích Backtrack * Obrázkový slovník, vystřihovánky, nálepky, projekty

Učebnice Tracks je určena pro 1.-5. třídu. Novinka roku 2010. Úroveň A1 (beginner - elementary) Doložka MŠMT ČR Hodinová dotace 90-100 hodin/úroveň * 4 úrovně s variabilním začátkem - vhodné i pro začátek výuky již od 1. třídy * Učení pomocí příběhů a vyprávění přirozeně motivuje * Velké množství veselých nebo napínavých textů * Pozvolný rozvoj všech 4 dovedností úměrně věku * Klíčová slovní zásoba a gramatika vždy na každé straně * Reálný svět a mezipředmětové vztahy průběžně v celé knize, speciálně v sekci Look at the World * Dostatek průběžného opakování v sekcích Backtrack * Obrázkový slovník, vystřihovánky, nálepky, projekty

Učebnice Tracks je určena pro 1.-5. třídu. Novinka roku 2010. Úroveň A1 (beginner - elementary) Doložka MŠMT ČR Hodinová dotace 90-100 hodin/úroveň * 4 úrovně s variabilním začátkem - vhodné i pro začátek výuky již od 1. třídy * Učení pomocí příběhů a vyprávění přirozeně motivuje * Velké množství veselých nebo napínavých textů * Pozvolný rozvoj všech 4 dovedností úměrně věku * Klíčová slovní zásoba a gramatika vždy na každé straně * Reálný svět a mezipředmětové vztahy průběžně v celé knize, speciálně v sekci Look at the World * Dostatek průběžného opakování v sekcích Backtrack * Obrázkový slovník, vystřihovánky, nálepky, projekty

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A brand new adult course based on academic research as to how adults best learn languages and extensive classroom research.

Navigate is a brand new, six-level General English course tailored exclusively to adults. The course takes an innovative approach to reading and listening based on academic research as to how adults best learn languages. It teaches reading and listening from the bottom up, giving learners the skills they need to understand the next text they will read and hear, not just the one they are reading or hearing now. The content has been extensively piloted and reviewed in ELT classrooms across the world, giving teachers the confi

Your direct route to English success

A brand new adult course based on academic research as to how adults best learn languages and extensive classroom research.

Navigate is a brand new, six-level General English course tailored exclusively to adults. The course takes an innovative approach to reading and listening based on academic research as to how adults best learn languages. It teaches reading and listening from the bottom up, giving learners the skills they need to understand the next text they will read and hear, not just the one they are reading or hearing now. The content has been extensively piloted and reviewed in ELT classrooms across the world, giving teachers the confi

THIRD EDITION of the full-colour Cambridge English: Young Learners (YLE) preparation activities for all three levels of the test (Starters, Movers, Flyers). Fun for Flyers provides full-colour preparation material for the Cambridge English: Flyers. Fun activities balanced with exam-style questions practise all the areas of the syllabus in a communicative way. The material is specifically designed to focus on those areas most likely to cause problems for young learners at this level. This Teacher's Book contains photocopiable resources, a full practice test, new integrated extension projects and clear guidance on which areas of the syllabus are covered. Listening material to accompany the Student's Book is available online for download or as a separate Audio CD.