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This book will give you the skills to learn to speak any language with confidence. It uses techniques that can easily be incorporated into your daily life, while making use of whatever resources you have available. Whether you are starting out with your first foreign language or wishing to add to your repetoire, you\'ll find a wealth of easy-to-follow advice and achievable goals. Discover how to: -Speak with greater confidence and accuracy -Effectively learn vocabulary and grammar -Use time on the internet and social media to learn a language -Read real books, websites and articles in a foreign language -Pass exams that certify your language skills Σελίδες: 208, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0808, Διαστάσεις: 15.3x15.3cm

With both pen and camera lens, Orion Carloto captures the dreamlike beauty of memory.Film for Her is a story book of people, places, and memories captured on film. Through photographs, poetry, prose, and a short story, Orion Carloto invites readers to remember the forgotten and reach into the past, find comfort in the present, and make sense of the intangible future. Film photography isn’t just eye candy; it’s timeless and romantic—the ideal complement to Carloto’s writing. In Film for Her, much like a visual diary, word and image are intertwined in a book perfect for both gift and self-purchase. Σελίδες: 192, Έτος Έκδοσης: 1126, Διαστάσεις: 16.3x16.3cm

Are you looking to brush up on your English idioms? English for Everyone: English Idioms can help you to understand the context and use of hundreds of native English expressions. Take your practical English usage to the next level and build your confidence in spoken and written English by visually connecting the literal and idiomatic meaning of common English phrases such as, \"on cloud nine\", \"snowed under\" and many more.With supporting audio available online, sample sentences throughout the book, collocations and common mistakes to watch out for, English for Everyone: English Idioms can help you confidently progress your English language from advanced to fluent in both social and business environments. About English For EveryoneEnglish for Everyone is a series of guides and practice books that support English learning for teenagers and adults from a beginner level, to intermediate, and advanced practical English. Offering a fun and easy-to-follow format that offers guidance for both teaching English as a foreign language, and a self-study approach with resources available to improve English speaking, reading and writing.Whether you are looking for ESL teaching resources, or a structured programme for adults to learn English as a second language, the English for Everyone Series provides: - Sample language examples: New language topics are introduced in context using clear, illustrated, and colour-coded explanations - Supporting audio: Extensive English-speaking audio materials integrated into every unit, giving vital oral and listening practice. (All supplementary audio is available on the DK English for Everyone website and IOS/Android App).- Quick referencing: Easy-to-follow units for easy referencing and teaching- Sentence formation guides: Visual break downs of essential English grammar for beginners, showing learners how to recreate even complex English sentences- Visual English vocabulary cues: Lists of useful English words and common phrases with visual aids are available throughout the bookThe English for Everyone Series covers the skills and topics required for all major global English-language exams and reference frameworks including: - CEFR- TOEFL - IELTS - TOEIC Σελίδες: 256, Διαστάσεις: 20.5x20.5cm

Clearer pronunciation for better communication If your English accent is letting you down, this is the perfect book for you. You’ll see and hear how to soften the influence of your mother tongue and speak clear English everyone will understand. Professional accent coaches Sarah and Helen show you how to pronounce each sound and when to use them. They will help you recognize why your native language makes you mispronounce certain sounds and which sounds you therefore need to focus on. Collins Work on your Accent features: Thirty-eight units on the main consonant and vowel sounds in EnglishAdvice on rhythm, stress and pitchExpanded connected speech section, with extensive practice and pronunciation exercisesClear illustrations and photos show the correct positions to produce accurate soundsAudio and video, available to download free, provides clear model pronunciationA diagnostic quiz to identify areas to work onLearn from the ‘Common mistakes’ sections in every unit CEF level B1-C2Suitable for self-study and classroom use. Σελίδες: 208, Διαστάσεις: 18.6x18.6cm

\'A magical, endearing memoir ... the literary romance of the year\' Oprah \'A charming diary of life with a tame magpie - despite George\'s bad behaviour, it will render corvid lovers (like me) green with envy!\' Katherine May, author of Wintering A Times Best Book to Watch Out For in 2023 A Guardian Books highlight for the year ahead Then, just in time, before I swung the spade again, I saw, right by the blade and camouflaged by the leaves on the ground, a magpie chick. It squatted belligerently, peering up at me with miniature magpie fury. George. When Frieda Hughes moved to the depths of the Welsh countryside, she was expecting to take on a few projects: planting a garden, painting and writing her poetry column for the Times. But instead, she found herself rescuing a baby magpie, the sole survivor of a nest destroyed in a storm - and embarking on an obsession that would change the course of her life. As the magpie, George, grows from a shrieking scrap of feathers and bones into an intelligent, unruly companion, Frieda finds herself captivated - and apprehensive of what will happen when the time comes to finally set him free. Σελίδες: 272, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0427, Διαστάσεις: 14x14cm

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In this collection of plays from one of our finest dramatists, Caryl Churchill demonstrates her remarkable ability to find new forms to express profound truths about the world we live in. Complete with a new introduction by the author, this volume contains: Seven Jewish Children (Royal Court Theatre, London, 2009): a short play about seven families wondering how to protect their children, written at the time of the bombing of Gaza by Israel in 2008–9. Love and Information (Royal Court, 2012): a fast-moving kaleidoscope in which more than a hundred characters try to make sense of what they know. Ding Dong the Wicked (Royal Court, 2012): two families on opposite sides of a war, locked in identical hatred. Here We Go (National Theatre, 2015): a play about dying and being dead. Escaped Alone (Royal Court, 2016): three old friends and an unexpected neighbour have tea in a sunny back yard, and face catastrophes. Pigs and Dogs (Royal Court, 2016): a look at how colonialism crushed the fluidity of sexuality in Africa and brought a new intolerance, as shown in the Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2014. Also included are three previously unpublished short plays, each written in response to political events: War and Peace Gaza Piece (2014), Tickets are Now On Sale (2015) and Beautiful Eyes (2017). \'The wit, invention and structural ingenuity of Churchill\'s work are remarkable… she never does anything twice\' Telegraph \'The most dazzlingly inventive living dramatist in the English language\' New York Times Σελίδες: 232, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

Façon de Parler 1 is the bestselling French course for adult beginners. Whether learning for holiday, business or exams, Angela Aries and Dominique Debney guide you step by step through all the basic language skills and there is plenty of opportunity for practice as you go along. Façon de Parler 1 Activity Book contains a wealth of exercises for use in class or for homework purposes. It includes:- puzzles and quizzes, along with more conventional activities- Coin info sections offering extra information- challenging activities for fast learners - FAQ (Foire Aux Questions) containing grammar and vocabulary revision- Bilan self-assessment summariesEach unit closely mirrors that of the Coursebook with exercises following each section chronologically, so that students who have only worked through part of a unit can concentrate on consolidating their knowledge or relevant items. Σελίδες: 144, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0725, Διαστάσεις: 18.8x18.8cm

“Lovely, hilarious, and seriously thought-provoking.” TONI MORRISON \"Endlessly curious, playful, and subtle.\" PANKAJ MISHRA SLEEPING AMONG SHEEP UNDER A STARRY SKY is a collection of essays written over the course of the last thirty-five years. Shawn seems to start from the premise that the world ought to be a place where all of us can lie around on cushions writing letters and love poems to each other on multi-coloured paper, as perhaps the women and men of the eleventh-century Heian court in Japan were able to do. Why do we not inhabit a world in which beauty, sensuality, and the adoration of other people, other beings, and the natural world are our principal preoccupations? Why, instead, are we obsessed with a joyless struggle for supremacy over each other? Why have we invented races and nations? Is what we call “civilization” the precipitating cause of our destructiveness and viciousness, our sadism, our love of murder? Shawn himself grew up as a child of privilege and has devoted his life to aesthetic pursuits and hedonism. Has the life he’s led provided him with any sort of valuable vantage point from which to view the world, or has he simply been a parasite? As he himself feels that the answer isn’t clear, a certain self-questioning underlies these essays, along with a nagging doubt about whether we’re right to insist that all of our different qualities and aspects cohere into a single “self.” If the self is simply an illusion, how can we understand “ourselves”? And if we don’t understand ourselves, what conclusions should we draw from that?  Σελίδες: 195, Διαστάσεις: 15.5x15.5cm

Beautiful Sad Eyes, Weary Waiting for Love is a two-book collection from bestselling poets r.h. Sin and Robert M. Drake that explores the duality of the heart to cling to darkness while fighting to feel the light.A unique duet between two powerhouse poets, Beautiful Sad Eyes, Weary Waiting for Love is a poem told in two parts: Beautiful Sad Eyes explores the romance of melancholy, while Weary Waiting for Love shines light on the resilience of optimism and peace. Together, r.h. Sin and Robert M. Drake bring the reader face to face with unthinkable truths and the reality that in order to break through, you must first have the courage to break down. Σελίδες: 416, Έτος Έκδοσης: 1109, Διαστάσεις: 13x13cm

An elegant hardcover collector’s edition celebrating the 10th anniversary of the bestselling Love & Misadventure. This gorgeous gift book features a special foreword by Lang Leav and highly personal annotations interspersed throughout. Also included are newly colored artworks and a ribbon marker. Beautifully illustrated and thoughtfully conceived, this updated version of Love & Misadventure will take you on a rollercoaster ride through the highly relatable themes of love—from the initial butterflies, through to the soaring heights, and the devastating plunge. And, in the end, the message is one of hope.The journey from love to heartbreak to finding love again is personal yet universal. Lang Leav’s evocative poetry speaks to the soul of anyone who has travelled along this path. Capturing the naivety, excitement, and pure joy of finding that special someone, and the mind-numbing despair when a relationship suddenly comes to an end. Leav has an unnerving ability to see deep inside the hearts and minds of her readers. Her talent for translating complex emotions with astonishing simplicity has won her a cult following of devoted modern poetry fans from all over the world.         Lang Leav is an internationally bestselling poet, novelist and artist. Lang’s words of love, loss, and self-empowerment have inspired millions across the globe to seek their own voice through the healing power of poetry. Love & Misadventure was her first poetry collection. Σελίδες: 176, Έτος Έκδοσης: 1123, Διαστάσεις: 13.5x13.5cm

An anthology of seven of the best plays from VAULT Festival 2019, London\'s biggest and most exciting arts festival. 3 Billion Seconds by Maud Dromgoole is a hilarious, macabre love story about a pregnant couple of activists attempting to offset the carbon footprint of their unborn baby\'s life. Alcatraz by Nathan Lucky Wood is a thrilling play about family and social care that follows Sandy on her daring, Christmas mission to emulate Clint Eastwood and bust her gran out of lock-up. Collapsible by Margaret Perry is a funny, furious monologue about navigating a world that cares so much about you keeping it together, it doesn\'t notice you falling apart. Inside Voices by Nabilah Said blends dark comedy and magic realism in its subversive portrayal of three Singaporean Muslim women challenging the bounds of freedom, feminism and faith in a place that isn\'t home. Open by Christopher Adams and Timothy Allsop is a frank, refreshing romance that draws on interviews, conversation and private correspondence to explore the authors\' real-life open marriage. JERICHO by MALAPROP Theatre is an off-kilter, high-energy, form-pushing play about what pro-wrestling and politics have in common. It asks big questions in weird ways, like what can a pop-culture journalist do to stop the world burning down? Thrown by Jodi Gray sees a child-psychologist attempting to record what she\'s spent her whole life trying to forget, as the memories of former patients collide with her own. \'A major London festival … showcasing new and rising talent\' Independent on VAULT Festival Σελίδες: 320, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

Learn more than 3,000 of the most common and essential English words and phrases through English for Everyone\'s method for learning, practising and retaining practical language skills.Ideal for English test preparations or ESL lesson plans, the English Vocabulary Builder uses visual teaching methods to introduce English phrases and words for beginners, reinforced through a variety of exercises and examples. Once you have built up your confidence in the English language, our vocabulary book can act as a reference guide for more advanced sentence structures in practical English usage.With supporting audio available online for every word that is introduced, sample sentences throughout the book, and practice exercises, English for Everyone: English Vocabulary Builder can help you confidently progress your English language from beginner to advanced in both social and business environments.About English For EveryoneEnglish for Everyone is a series of guides and practice books that support English learning for teenagers and adults from a beginner level, to intermediate, and advanced practical English. Offering a fun and easy-to-follow format that offers guidance for both teaching English as a foreign language, and a self-study approach with resources available to improve English speaking, reading and writing.Whether you are looking for ESL teaching resources or a structured programme for students to learn English as a second language, the English for Everyone Series provides:- Sample language examples: New language topics are introduced in context using clear, illustrated, and colour-coded explanations- Supporting audio: Extensive English-speaking audio materials integrated into every unit, giving vital oral and listening practice. (All supplementary audio is available on the DK English for Everyone website and IOS/Android App).- Quick referencing: Easy-to-follow units for easy referencing and teaching- Sentence formation guides: Visual break downs of essential English grammar for beginners, showing learners how to recreate even complex English sentences- Visual English vocabulary cues: Lists of useful English words and common phrases with visual aids are available throughout the bookThe English for Everyone Series covers the skills and topics required for all major global English-language exams and reference frameworks including:-CEFR-TOEFL-IELTS-TOEIC Σελίδες: 360, Διαστάσεις: 20.5x20.5cm

\'A guide to the mind of one of the great English novelists of the last half-century\' Guardian\'Like hearing the voice of an old friend\' Observer\'Extraordinary . . . a quality of timelessness and prescience\' New Statesman, Book of the Year\'Magical . . . Here we meet not just Mantel the Cromwell-catcher, but Mantel the quill-sharp critic of contemporary life\' The Times, Book of the YearTHE MAGNIFICENT FINAL BOOK FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE WOLF HALL TRILOGYAs well as her celebrated career as a novelist, Hilary Mantel long contributed to newspapers and journals, unspooling stories from her own life and illuminating the world as she found it. This strand of her writing was an integral part of how she thought of herself. \'Ink is a generative fluid,\' she explains. \'If you don\'t mean your words to breed consequences, don\'t write at all.\' A Memoir of My Former Self collects the finest of this writing over four decades. Mantel\'s subjects are wide-ranging. She discusses nationalism and her own sense of belonging; our dream life flopping into our conscious life; the mythic legacy of Princess Diana; the many themes that feed into her novels - revolutionary France, psychics, Tudor England - and other novelists, from Jane Austen to V. S. Naipaul. She writes about her father and the man who replaced him; she writes fiercely and heartbreakingly about the battles with her health she endured as a young woman, and the stifling years she found herself living in Saudi Arabia. Here, too, is a selection of her film reviews - from When Harry Met Sally to RoboCop - and, published for the first time, her stunning Reith Lectures, which explore the process of art bringing history and the dead back to life.From her unique childhood to her all-consuming fascination with Thomas Cromwell that grew into the Wolf Hall Trilogy, A Memoir of My Former Self reveals the shape of Hilary Mantel\'s life in her own dazzling words, \'messages from people I used to be.\' Compelling, often very funny, always luminous, it is essential reading from one of our greatest writers.\'A smart, deft, meticulous, thoughtful writer, with such a grasp of the dark and spidery corners of human nature\' Margaret Atwood\'Mantel was a queen of literature . . . her reign was long, varied and uncontested\' Maggie O\'Farrell Σελίδες: 400, Έτος Έκδοσης: 1019, Διαστάσεις: 15.2x15.2cm

Alan Bennett sealed his reputation as the master of observation with this series of 12 groundbreaking monologues, originally filmed for BBC Television. At once darkly comic, tragically poignant and wonderfully uplifting, Talking Heads is widely regarded as a modern classic. This edition, which contains the original complete collection of Talking Heads, as well as his earlier monologue, A Woman of No Importance, is a celebration of Alan Bennett\'s finest work. Σελίδες: 272, Διαστάσεις: 13.5x13.5cm

Is this the right book for me?With over 30,000 translations, including everyday idioms and expressions, Essential Dutch Dictionary is the perfect tool to support your Dutch learning. This edition is fully updated to reflect the recently published spelling conventions, and includes a guide to usage and insights from the author to help you learn and remember new words and phrases.Learn effortlessly with an easy-to-read page design, in particular: Author insightsLots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author\'s many years of experience.Not got much time?One- and five-minute informative summaries to get you started.Useful vocabularyAn extensive list of everyday words and phrases translated, to build a solid foundation for speaking.Want to learn more? Why not check out the Teach Yourself Library at library.teachyourself.com. Σελίδες: 400, Έτος Έκδοσης: 1001, Διαστάσεις: 13x13cm

Master Russian script with this straightforward guide from Teach Yourself - the No. 1 brand in language learning. Read and write Russian script is a clear step-by-step guide to the written language, with plenty of examples from real-life texts to show how it works in context and lots of exercises to reinforce your learning. This new edition has an easy-to-read page design.Now fully updated to make your language learning experience fun and interactive. You can still rely on the benefits of a top language teacher and our years of teaching experience, but now with added learning features within the course. Learn effortlessly with new, easy-to-read page design: AUTHOR INSIGHTSLots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author\'s many years of experience.USEFUL VOCABULARYEasy to find and learn, to build a solid foundation for speaking.TEST YOURSELFTests in the book to keep track of your progress.TRY THISInnovative exercises illustrate what you\'ve learnt and how to use it. Σελίδες: 176, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0901, Διαστάσεις: 13x13cm

Master Urdu script with this straightforward guide from Teach Yourself - the No. 1 brand in language learning. Read and write Urdu script is a clear step-by-step guide to the written language, with plenty of examples from real-life texts to show how it works in context and lots of exercises to reinforce your learning. This new edition has an easy-to-read page design.Now fully updated to make your language learning experience fun and interactive. You can still rely on the benefits of a top language teacher and our years of teaching experience, but now with added learning features within the course. Learn effortlessly with new, easy-to-read page design: AUTHOR INSIGHTSLots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author\'s many years of experience.USEFUL VOCABULARYEasy to find and learn, to build a solid foundation for speaking.TEST YOURSELFTests in the book to keep track of your progress.TRY THISInnovative exercises illustrate what you\'ve learnt and how to use it. Σελίδες: 160, Έτος Έκδοσης: 1001, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

Master Arabic script - in which the Koran is written - with this straightforward guide from Teach Yourself, the No. 1 brand in language learning. Read and write Arabic script is a clear step-by-step guide to the written language, with plenty of examples from real-life texts to show how it works in context and lots of exercises to reinforce your learning. This new edition has an easy-to-read page design.Now fully updated to make your language learning experience fun and interactive. You can still rely on the benefits of a top language teacher and our years of teaching experience, but now with added learning features within the course and online. Learn effortlessly with new, easy-to-read page design and interactive features: NOT GOT MUCH TIME?One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started.AUTHOR INSIGHTSLots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author\'s many years of experience.TEST YOURSELFTests in the book and online to keep track of your progress. Σελίδες: 304, Έτος Έκδοσης: 1213, Διαστάσεις: 12.8x12.8cm

Build confidence for the written and oral assessments with hours of essential grammar practice activities and opportunities to develop writing skills. - Ensure structured language practice through comprehensive coverage of all IB grammar points and in-depth practice of core reading and writing skills based around the main text types. - Provide revision opportunities alongside material for ab initio students in the Transition section.- Effectively teach students at two levels with differentiated activities at Standard and Higher level. Σελίδες: 104, Διαστάσεις: 20.6x20.6cm

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True crime meets ecopoetry at the level of the soil, bringing together life and death.A decaying psychogeography unfurls the landscapes of the 1967–69 Michigan Murders, the 2019 Detroit serial killer, and the COVID-19 lockdown in this visceral poetry collection. Author, performance artist, and disability culture activist Petra Kuppers dissects traces of violence in the richness of the soil while honoring lost community members. Dynamic and somatic poems traverse the realms of urban space, wild rivers, and the hinterlands of suburbia, glimpsing the decay of bodies, houses, carpets, hair, and bones by way of ecopoetry. Poems like \"Reintegration\" and \"Earth Séance\" delve into cycles of decomposition and decreasing biodiversity across the micro- and macroworlds. Others such as \"Dancing Princesses\" tie timeless fairy-tale tropes of violence toward women to modern murders and lived experience. Moments in lockdown are embodied through somatic exploration of nature and self in works like \"Dear White Pine in My Garden.\" This evocative entanglement of life and death, joy and horror, natural and artificial processes and particles offers an intriguing lyrical and poetic quality as well as unique perspectives through the lenses of feminist, queer, and disability studies. Σελίδες: 72, Διαστάσεις: 16.5x16.5cm

“Bloom and change your way of living,” Xi Chuan exhorts us. “Bloom / unleash a deep underground spring with your rhizome.” In his wildly roving new collection, Bloom & Other Poems, Xi Chuan, like a modern-day master of the fu-rhapsody, delves into the incongruities of daily existence, its contradictions and echoes of ancient history, with sensuous exaltations and humorous observations. Problems of mourning and reading, thoughts on loquaciousness, Manhattan, the Luxor Temple and socks are scrutinised, while in other poems we encounter dead friends on a visit to a small village and fakes in an antique market. At one moment we follow the river’s flow through the history of Nanjing, in another we follow an exquisite meditation on the golden. Brimming with lyrical beauty and philosophical intensity, the collection ends with a transcript of a conversation between Xi Chuan and the journalist Xu Zhiyuan that earned seventy million views when broadcast online. Award-winning translator Lucas Klein demonstrates in this remarkable bilingual edition that Xi Chuan is one of the most electrifying international poets writing today. Σελίδες: 176, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0929, Διαστάσεις: 15.5x15.5cm

In just thirteen brief, accessible chapters, this engaging little book takes \"absolute beginners\" from the most basic questions about the language (e.g., what does a classical Chinese character look like?) to reading and understanding selections from classical Chinese philosophical texts and Tang dynasty poetry. \"An outstanding introduction to reading classical Chinese. Van Norden does a wonderful job of clearly explaining the basics of classical Chinese, and he carefully takes the reader through beautifully chosen examples from the textual tradition. An invaluable work.\" —Michael Puett, Harvard University Σελίδες: 152, Διαστάσεις: 14x14cm

Described as \'America\'s greatest living playwright\' (Wall Street Journal), Kenneth Lonergan is internationally acclaimed for his trademark humour and his genius for capturing the real heart and soul of human interactions. This volume gathers together three of his landmark plays. This Is Our Youth (1996) is a wildly funny, bittersweet and lacerating look at three days in the lives of three affluent young Manhattanites in the 1980s. Its West End premiere in 2002 was notable for its successive casts of young Hollywood stars, including Casey Affleck, Matt Damon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anna Paquin and Summer Phoenix. \'A rambunctious and witty play... caustic, cruel, compassionate\' The New York Times. The Waverly Gallery (1999) is a poignant, generous and frequently hilarious play about a feisty grandmother\'s last battle against Alzheimer\'s disease. More than a memory play, it captures the humour and strength of a family in the face of crisis. It was a finalist for the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and revived on Broadway in 2018 to widespread acclaim. \'Both one of the most beautiful things you\'ll ever see in a Broadway theatre and one of the most profoundly sad\' Chicago Tribune. Lobby Hero (2001) tells the story of a luckless young security guard trying to get his life together after being thrown out of the navy. But working in a lobby proves to be no sanctuary from the world, as he is unwittingly drawn into a murder investigation. The play received its British premiere at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in 2002, and was also revived on Broadway in 2018. \'Artfully intertwines private and public issues... [Lonergan] has the lightest of touches and writes with deft humour\' Guardian. This collection, published alongside the UK premiere of Lonergan\'s The Starry Messenger in 2019, also features an exclusive introduction by the author. Σελίδες: 288, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

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All the practice you need for a top score in the Cambridge English: First (FCE). With the realistic test papers and helpful advice in Collins Practice Tests for FCE, you will feel confident and fully prepared for what to expect on the day of the test. It contains: 4 complete practice tests with answer keys and model answersFree online practice module that guides you through a complete test with tips for successFree downloadable audio scripts for the Listening and Speaking papersFull colour section with visual materials for the Speaking paper, plus model answers (in the downloadable audio)A mini-dictionary of difficult words from the tests, taken from our COBUILD dictionaries With Collins Practice Tests for FCE, students will know what to expect from the real test: Material and layout has been carefully prepared to replicate the real test (both paper-based and computer-based)Introduction contains a full guide to the different sections of the test, along with tips and practical advice on how to revise and prepare for the testSample answer sheets from Cambridge English are included Suitable for Upper Intermediate students (CEF level B2) preparing to take the Cambridge English: First (also known as FCE or First Certificate in English). Σελίδες: 192, Διαστάσεις: 18.9x18.9cm

This Norton Critical Edition includes: The texts of eleven complete, authoritative romances—four new to the Second Edition: Havelok, Ywain and Gawain, Of Kyng Robert of Cisyle, Hou Pride dude Him Begyle, Sir Orfeo, Sir Launfal, Athelston, The Awntyrs off Arthure at the Terne Wathelyne, The Weddyng of Syr Gawen and Dame Ragnell for Helpyng of Kyng Arthoure, The Grene Knight, The Sege off Melayne, and The Taill of Rauf Coilyear, How He Harbreit King Charlis.A thorough introduction accompanied by updated and expanded explanatory footnotes by Stephen H. A. Shepherd.In “Sources and Backgrounds,” detailed contextualizing headnotes and comparative analogues (many complete) for each of the eleven romances.In “Criticism,” eight essays—four new to the Second Edition—that help students analyze the themes of Middle English romances.An updated selected bibliography   “This welcome Second Edition of Stephen Shepherd’s collection of Middle English romances offers an authoritative entry into the richly varied world of medieval narrative. The expanded selection, which now also includes Older Scots, invites readers to make any number of connections between these important works and a range of fascinating contextual material that includes chronicles; Continental romances; biblical tales; and other central Middle English poems, such as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The thematic groupings present a provocative stimulus to comparative reading, while the new critical pieces on madness, magic, history, and representations of Islam offer a thoughtful selection of fresh approaches to the texts. Professor Shepherd is to be thanked for providing a wonderful resource for students and teachers alike.” —Sarah Wood, University of Warwick Σελίδες: 864, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0104, Διαστάσεις: 13.2x13.2cm

Privyet! Explore the Russian language with this fantastic beginner\'s guide With over 260 million speakers around the world, Russian remains one of the most popular and marketable languages you can learn. And for those who have no idea where to begin, Russian For Dummies is the perfect first step! In this easy-to-understand resource for Russian language beginners, you\'ll discover basic grammar and common expressions you might use while shopping, dining out, traveling, or conducting business. You\'ll also find simplified and generalized conjugation rules and a streamlined approach to grammar based on how you actually understand the language, rather than technical rules and details. This book offers: Supplemental online resources so you can hear how native Russian speakers use the words you\'re trying to learnGuidance on identifying Cyrillic letters from the alphabet used by Russian speakers and writersTons of useful exercise and practice opportunities you can take advantage of to sharpen your skills Perfect for any newcomer to the Russian language trying to pick up their first few phrases, Russian For Dummies is a fantastic first foray into conversational Russian that will have you ordering meals, going shopping, and navigating other day-to-day situations with ease. Удачи! (That means good luck!) Σελίδες: 400, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0610, Διαστάσεις: 18.5x18.5cm

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Robert Holman wrote plays of startling beauty, combining close observation of the way people behave with a thrilling and often fiercely uncompromising mastery of dramatic form. He is the playwright most admired by other playwrights. To Simon Stephens, he was, until Holman\'s death in 2021, \'My favourite living writer\'. Here, in this selection from Holman\'s first decade of playwriting, a monkey is taken for a French spy by an eighteenth-century fishing community; the inhabitants of a Greek island reside under the shadow of the atom bomb; and a group of lonely people converge on the North Yorkshire moors. With an introduction written for this volume by Holman himself, Robert Holman Plays: One contains The Natural Cause (Cockpit Theatre, London, 1974), Mud (Royal Court Theatre, London, 1974), Other Worlds (Royal Court, 1983), Today (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1984) and The Overgrown Path (Royal Court, 1985). \'Holman\'s instinct for truth, and an unaffected ability to spot what\'s poignant in it, is what one remembers: that, and a paradoxical impression of spare richness, astringent abundance\' The Times Σελίδες: 512, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

This volume of Conor McPherson\'s collected plays, covering a decade of writing, celebrates a fascination with the uncanny which has led him to be described as \'quite possibly the finest playwright of his generation\' (New York Times). In Shining City, a man seeks help from a counsellor, claiming to have seen the ghost of his dead wife. The play, premiered at the Royal Court, London, is \'up there with The Weir, moving, compassionate, ingenious and absolutely gripping\' (Daily Telegraph). The Seafarer, premiered at the National Theatre before going on to become a Tony Award-winning Broadway hit, tells the story of an extended Christmas Eve card game, but one played for the highest stakes possible. \'McPherson proves yet again he is both a born yarn-spinner and an acute analyst of the melancholy Irish manhood\' (Guardian) Set in \'the big house\' in 1820s rural Ireland, The Veil is McPherson\'s first period play. Seventeen-year-old Hannah is to be married off in order to settle the debts of the crumbling estate. But when Reverend Berkeley arrives, determined to orchestrate a séance, chaos is unleased. \'A cracking fireside tale of haunting and decay\' (The Times) The Birds, hauntingly adapted from the short story by Daphne du Maurier, is \'deliciously chilling, claustrophobic, questioning, frightening; and with a twist\' (Irish Independent). It is published here for the first time, as is The Dance of Death, a new version of Strindberg\'s classic, which premiered at the Trafalgar Studios in London. \'A spectacularly bleak yet curiously bracing drama that often makes you laugh out loud\' (Daily Telegraph). Completing the volume is a Foreword by the author. Σελίδες: 392, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

The first eight astonishing plays by Enda Walsh, \'one of the most dazzling wordsmiths of contemporary theatre\' (Guardian). Bursting onto the theatre scene in 1996 with Disco Pigs, Enda Walsh has delivered a sustained fusillade of strikingly original plays ever since. This volume, with a Foreword by the author, contains: The Ginger Ale Boy (1995), Walsh\'s very first, previously unpublished play, a Cork cabaret about a ventriloquist who loses control. Disco Pigs (1996), his breakthrough play, winner of the 1997 George Devine and Stewart Parker Awards, a play that \'does for Irish kids what Irvine Welsh\'s Trainspotting did for young Scots\' (Daily Telegraph). Misterman (1999, revised in 2012), in which we meet Thomas Magill on his obsessive mission to bring God to the townsfolk of Inishfree. bedbound (2000), his Fringe First Award-winning play, in which a father and daughter are trapped in their own compulsive and claustrophobic story. The Small Things (2005), a \'harrowingly precise and poetic\' (Guardian) exploration of language and our need for words to survive. Chatroom (2005), a chilling tale of teenage manipulation that was written for the National Theatre\'s 2005 Connections season. Also included are two previously unpublished short plays, How These Desperate Men Talk (2004) and Lynndie\'s Gotta Gun (2005), written during Walsh\'s time working with European theatremakers. Σελίδες: 256, Διαστάσεις: 12.8x12.8cm

The second volume of Harold Pinter\'s collected work includes The Caretaker.The CaretakerIt was with this play that Harold Pinter had his first major success. The obsessive caretaker, Davies, is a classic comic creation, and his uneasy relationship with the enigmatic Aston and Mick a landmark in twentieth-century drama.\'The play remains a masterpiece.\' Daily TelegraphThe CollectionThis one-act play for television explores the sexual manoeuvres between two couples in the clothing trade.\'Taps the adrenal flow of contemporary guilt and anxiety.\' TimeThe LoverRichard and Sarah conduct themselves with apparent respectability in the mornings, whilst living out a sequence of erotic rituals in the afternoons.\'Beautifully written... the sexiest play I remember seeing on the television.\' Sunday TimesThe volume also includes Night School and The Dwarfs, plus five revue sketches written during the same period. Σελίδες: 256, Διαστάσεις: 12.5x12.5cm