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It's Summer, 1921. Eight-year-old Lucy Gault clings to the glens and woods above Lahardane - the home her family is being forced to abandon. She knows the Gaults, as Protestants, are no longer welcome in Ireland and that danger threatens. She is headstrong and decides that somehow she must force her parents into staying.

At the heart of "Born to Run" lies a mysterious tribe of Mexican Indians, the Tarahumara, who live quietly in canyons and are reputed to be the best distance runners in the world; in 1993, one of them, aged 57, came first in a prestigious 100-mile race wearing a toga and sandals. A small group of the world's top ultra-runners (and the awe-inspiring author) make the treacherous journey into the canyons to try to learn the tribe's secrets and then take them on over a course 50 miles long. With incredible energy and smart observation, McDougall tells this story while asking what the secrets are to being an incredible runner. Travelling to labs at Harvard, Nike, and elsewhere, he comes across an incredible cast of characters, including the woman who recently broke the world record for 100

Can Butterfly help Little Monkey find his mum? Yes, but only after a lot of trial and error as Butterfly misunderstands Monkey's descriptions and leads him to all kinds of unsuitable animals.
From the creators of the award winning book "The Gruffalo"

Ruprecht Van Doren is an overweight genius whose hobbies include very difficult maths and the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence. Daniel 'Skippy' Juster is his roommate. In the grand old Dublin institution that is Seabrook College for Boys, nobody pays either of them much attention. But when Skippy falls for Lori, the frisbee-playing Siren from the girls' school next door, suddenly all kinds of people take an interest - including Carl, part-time drug-dealer and official school psychopath ...A tragic comedy of epic sweep and dimension, "Skippy Dies" scours the corners of the human heart and wrings every drop of pathos, humour and hopelessness out of life, love, Robert Graves, mermaids, M-theory, and everything in between.

The Book was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2

An English course for the hotel and catering industry

A new level of this highly communicative course for trainees in the hospitality and catering industry, who need English to deal with customers and colleagues.

City & Guilds - Level B2 Communicator - 12 Complete Practice Tests
2012 Edition

• 12 Complete Practice Tests for the IESOL and ISESOL
• a writing supplement with model compositions
  marked according to IESOL Communicator Level B2 exam guidelines

Answers are in the Teacher's Book!

When Mr Bingley comes to live at Netherfield bringing his friend Mr Darcy with him, Mrs Bennet is delighted; she has five daughters to be married. However, things don’t go as smoothly as she hoped: Mr Bingley abandons Jane, Mr Darcy clearly has no interest in Elizabeth and she refuses Mr Collins’ proposal of marriage. *Wide range of activities on the four skills *FCE-style exercises *Trinity-style exercises (grade 8) *Internet project *Dossiers giving background information on Jane Austen, the role of women in the Regency Period and the Romantic Movement *Exit test with answer key *Recording of parts of the text

A thrilling story by the internationally acclaimed African writer. Young Njoroge believes that education is the key to success in his life. Yet, as he grows up, political events and personal tragedy shatter his hopes and beliefs.

Určeno pro úplné začátečníky až středně pokročilé. Rozvoj všech 4 jazykových dovedností. Každá lekce je zaměřená na 1 téma a obsahuje dialogy z každodenního života, slovní zásobu, gramatické úlohy, procvičování poslechu, hry, písničky, množství zajímavých textů atd. Na každý díl se doporučuje 65 až 70 vyučovacích hodin.

Určeno pro úplné začátečníky až středně pokročilé. Rozvoj všech 4 jazykových dovedností. Každá lekce je zaměřená na 1 téma a obsahuje dialogy z každodenního života, slovní zásobu, gramatické úlohy, procvičování poslechu, hry, písničky, množství zajímavých textů atd. Na každý díl se doporučuje 65 až 70 vyučovacích hodin.