People, places, and Listening combines great listening and vocabulary development with quality test preparation that helps learners improve their scores.

Listening passages with real appeal:

People ... from Louis XIV to Michiko Koshino

Places ... from the artic tundra to Kangwon Resort

Things ... from special effects to panda bears

Activities that prepare learners for key standardized tests:

*Multiple-choice comprehensive questions prepare learners for the TOEIC test and the TOEFL test

*New words are recycled in regular Vocabulary Reviews

*Learners develop their ability to work out meaning from context

*Unit Quizzes check learners' progress and build

The English language is a battlefield. Since the age of Shakespeare, arguments over correct usage have been acrimonious, and those involved have always really been contesting values - to do with morality, politics and class. THE LANGUAGE WARS examines the present state of the conflict, its history and its future. Above all, it uses the past as a way of illuminating the present. Moving chronologically, the book explores the most persistent issues to do with English and unpacks the history of 'proper' usage. Where did these ideas spring from? Which of today's bugbears and annoyances are actually venerable? Who has been on the front line in the language wars? THE LANGUAGE WARS examines grammar rules, regional accents, swearing, spelling, dictionaries, political correctness, and the role o

This is a collection of 160 stories from over forty cultures. The stories are grouped thematically: fooling the devil, shape shifters, the not-quite-human, numbskulls and noodleheads, true loves and false, likely and unlikely heroes, and death and the world's end.

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Calvin and Hobbes, Bill Watterson shares his thoughts on cartooning and the creation of the popular "boy and tiger" strip. The book is illustrated throughout with his favourite cartoons.

Open Forum is three-level series that exposes students to engaging and informative content while developing essential listening and speaking skills. Each level contains listening selections and discussion activities related to a range of academic content areas, including communications, technology, business, and the social sciences. Each chapter provides presentation and practice of important listening and speaking skills so that students can develop effective learning strategies. Open Forum also offers vocabulary and pronunciation strands to complement the instruction.

*Repeated exposure to the content areas prepares students for the academic classroom and builds confidence.

*Diverse listening selections including radio interviews, news, reports, mono

Open Forum is three-level series that exposes students to engaging and informative content while developing essential listening and speaking skills. Each level contains listening selections and discussion activities related to a range of academic content areas, including communications, technology, business, and the social sciences. Each chapter provides presentation and practice of important listening and speaking skills so that students can develop effective learning strategies. Open Forum also offers vocabulary and pronunciation strands to complement the instruction.

*Repeated exposure to the content areas prepares students for the academic classroom and builds confidence.

*Diverse listening selections including radio interviews, news, reports, mono

Heslář nabízí více než 100 000 termínů z 96 oborů.

Obsahuje termíny z průmyslových odvětví, z přírodovědeckých oborů, ale i techniky. Přiměřená pozornost byla věnována technické terminologii nových progresivních odvětví, jako jsou výpočetní technika, zpracování dat, informační technologie, telekomunikace a jaderná fyzika.

Slovník využívá hnízdování hesel, která jsou uspořádána abecedně. Využívá různé tučnosti a řezy písma a tím nabízí přehlednou orientaci.

*Platná elektronická verze papírového slovníku

*Abecední i fulltextové vyhledávání anglicko-české i česko-anglické

*Základní výslovnost v programu Speakonia

When Kasey Edwards discovers she'll be infertile within a year, she is forced to bring the baby issue to the forefront of her mind. In "30-Something and the Clock Is Ticking", she explores what having a child would mean to her identity, her career, her body, her relationships and her mental health. Kasey speaks to people who have children and people who don't, women who claim motherhood is the best thing they've ever done and those who say it's the worst. She discovers how the desire for a baby can drive people to the brink of insanity, the logistical challenges of ovulating and trying to conceive on a longhaul flight, the indignity and despair of IVF and the price of buying sperm on the Internet. This witty memoir will make you laugh, cry and ponder the joys and regrets of

She's a catwalk model who has everything: a boyfriend, a career, a loyal best friend. But when a sudden motor 'accident' leaves her disfigured and incapable of speech, she goes from being the beautiful centre of attention to being an invisible monster, so hideous that no one will acknowledge she exists.

This collection of cartoons features Calvin and Hobbes . It shows Calvin-turned-firefly waking Hobbes with his flashlight glow; Spaceman Spiff rocketing through alien galaxies as he battles Dad-turned-Bug-Being; and Calvin's always inspired snowman art.

When ship after ship goes down in the Atlantic, Dr Pierre Aronnax and his servant, Conseil, journey from Paris to learn more. What - or who - is attacking these ships?
Aronnax, Conseil, and the Canadian, Ned Land, find the answer to this question when they meet the strange Captain Nemo.
After a long journey under the sea in Nemo's submarine, the Nautilus, the doctor and his friends plan to leave for the surface.
But how can they escape?

OXFORD DOMINOES:

Four-level graded readers series, perfect for reading practice and language skills development at upper-primary and lower-secondary levels.

Are men cleverer than women? Is a poor man cleverer than a rich man? And what about teachers? Are they always cleverer than their students?
The people in these six well-known folk tales from around the world all want to be clever. But are some of them just stupid?

OXFORD DOMINOES:

Four-level graded readers series, perfect for reading practice and language skills development at upper-primary and lower-secondary levels.
A full-colour, entertaining, interactive readers series, that offers students an enjoyable reading experience while building their language skills through integrated language activities, projects, and contextualized grammar work.
Dominoes makes reading motivating and f