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'Then a letter came for Aloo from a famous college in America. They offered him a place ...a place with a scholarship. Aloo could not believe it at first. He read the letter again and again.' Aloo is very happy, but soon he finds that it is not so easy. He will need money to live on, money for his plane ticket ...And then there is Mother ...The stories in this volume of World Stories come from Malawi, South Africa, and Tanzania by African writers Steve Chimombo, Farida Karodia, and M. G. Vassanji. World Stories

You are in a small plane, going across the Rocky Mountains. Suddenly, the engine starts to make strange noises ...Soon you are alone, in the snow, at the top of a mountain, and it is very, very cold. Can you find your way out of the mountain? Human Interest

Nová verze oblíbeného autorsky původního slovníku. Naší snahou při jeho tvorbě bylo v co nejhutnější, avšak maximálně přehledné formě postihnout skutečnou slovní zásobu jak češtiny, tak i angličtiny. Ačkoliv jde o slovník rozměrem střední, svým obsahem a záběrem se na našem trhu řadí spíše k slovníkům větším.

Všechna hesla a významy jsou ověřeny na základě informací z důvěryhodných zdrojů, pečlivě zpracovány a graficky upraveny tak, aby Vám umožnily co nejrychleji nejen najít správný překlad, ale také jej správně použít v daném kontextu.

Při práci na anglické straně slovníku jsme vycházeli z nejnovějších anglických výkladových slovníků renomovaných nakladatelství ja

Designed to bridge the gap between B1 (Intermediate) and B2 (FCE) level English. Provides comprehensive coverage of the grammar and vocabulary required at this level as well as extensive language skills practice. * Vocabulary Builder sections, focusing on topic-based lexis, collocations, patterns, word formation, phrasal verbs and metaphorical use of language * Comprehensive practice in revised FCE exam-orientated task types * Revision sections after every two units * Writer's database, Word pattern database, Phrasal verb database, Speaking database, and Grammar database, for students' reference * Downloadable wordlists available for Laser Pre-FCE

At the beginning of the 1900s the whole world has been explored. There is nothing left to discover. But maybe this is not totally true. The eccentric Professor Challenger says that there is a place where time stopped, where dinosaurs still live. All the other scientists do not believe him. So, Professor Challenger decides to lead an expedition to this prehistoric world located in the middle of the great Amazon forest. With this fantastic adventure, Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, showed that he could also write great science fiction. The Lost World has also inspired some of the most popular films of recent years, including King Kong and Jurassic Park. *Wide range of activities practising the four skills *Activities which focus on content areas such as history, geogr

One after the other, half a dozen monks are found murdered in the most bizarre of ways. A learned Franciscan who is sent to solve the mysteries finds himself involved in the frightening events.

A hidden treasure. A forgotten truth. Cotton Malone is in trouble. His son has been kidnapped and his bookshop in Copenhagen attacked, all because he is the only man alive who knows the whereabouts of the Alexandria link - the means of locating the most important cache of ancient knowledge ever assembled: the legendary Library of Alexandria, which vanished without trace fifteen hundred years ago. Now, Malone is forced to join the search for a forgotten truth hidden within that vast literary treasure - a truth that, if revealed, will have grave consequences, not only for Malone, but for the balance of world power ...