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`It would still be me... they make it like me, look like me, smell like me, talks like me, feels like me... me. And you... most importantly... you get me...\' Welcome to a world where your partner can arrive by special delivery, you can replace your ex with a replica, or supplement your waning love life with regular updates. It could be the answer to all our problems... but what might we lose along the way? Nessah Muthy\'s fearless examination of the future of sex offers a fascinating vision of where humanity could be heading next. It won the King\'s Head Theatre\'s Adrian Pagan Award and the Live Theatre Newcastle Elevator Lab Bursary, and premiered at the King\'s Head Theatre, London Σελίδες: 64, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

The hit stage play behind major BBC TV drama series Mood. Sasha Clayton is twenty-four and living with her mum, stepdad, and irritating little sister, in Plaistow, East London. She\'s gone from being the most popular girl at school, to spending most of her time on her own in her bedroom scrolling through social media. She may not have a job or a flat, and, admittedly her boyfriend\'s not answering her calls – but she\'s got talent and a dream. When she releases her first EP everything\'s going to change. Nicôle Lecky\'s play Superhoe was first staged in the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in January 2019, performed by its author and directed by Jade Lewis. It was the first collaboration between Talawa Theatre Company and the Royal Court. The play was adapted by Nicôle Lecky into the six-part BBC television drama series Mood, first broadcast in March 2022. Σελίδες: 64, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

‘I dunno. Like…I think I just wanna do something different, I don’t wanna do things the way everyone else is doing them but I don’t know how and I don’t know what I even mean.’ It\'s the middle of the night, and Peebs and Epi are the only students left at school over half-term. At the end of their night out, former step-siblings Red and Jazz try to navigate their reunion. With only a couple of hours until morning, Jaffa tries to help Keesh finish an essay. As day breaks, Wolfie is getting up the courage to confess a secret to VJ at a party. Their choices are small yet momentous. The hours are small but feel very, very long. And when the night finally ends, the future is waiting – every last bit of it. Katherine Soper\'s play The Small Hours was written specifically for young people. It formed part of the 2019 National Theatre Connections Festival and was premiered by youth theatres across the UK. The play offers rich opportunities for a large cast of young performers. Σελίδες: 56, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

Σελίδες: 160, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0717, Διαστάσεις: 12.6x12.6cm

\'I can see her just. Most people can\'t see her at all.\' A girl made of glass. Gods and murders. A serial killer\'s friends. And a secret in a bottle. Four stories by Caryl Churchill. Glass, Kill, Bluebeard, and Imp premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in September 2019. Σελίδες: 80, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

In The Visit (original title Der Besuch der alten Dame), Claire Zachanassian, now a multimillion heiress and an older woman, returns to the impoverished town of her youth with a dreadful bargain: in exchange for returning the town to prosperity through her vast wealth, she wants the townspeople to kill the man who jilted her. From its subtle exploration of parochial politics to its horrific climax, The Visit shows a population willing to sacrifice loyalty and scruples in the pursuit of riches. It is a drama of the absurd that reduces human nature to its most ridiculous depths.Dürrenmatt was one of the most important figures of modern European drama and The Visit remains both a powerful critique of twentieth century civilisation and an outstanding piece of experimental theatre. Σελίδες: 112, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

Finding the theatre of the 1920s lacking in bite and conviction, Thornton Wilder set out to bring back realism and to celebrate the innocent, simple and religious. Yet he also tried to endow individual experience with cosmic significance and Our Town is both an affectionate portrait of American life and \'an attempt to find a value above all price for the smallest events in our daily life\'. The Skin of our Teeth deals with human survival in a \'comic strip\' way, and The Matchmaker is a hilarious farce which urges rebellion against all the constraints that deny a rich, full life. Σελίδες: 256, Διαστάσεις: 12.8x12.8cm

Medea/Hecabe/Electra/HeraclesFour devastating Greek tragedies showing the powerful brought down by betrayal, jealousy, guilt and hatredThe first playwright to depict suffering without reference to the gods, Euripides made his characters speak in human terms and face the consequences of their actions. In Medea, a woman rejected by her lover takes hideous revenge by murdering the children they both love, and Hecabe depicts the former queen of Troy, driven mad by the prospect of her daughter\'s sacrifice to Achilles. Electra portrays a young woman planning to avenge the brutal death of her father at the hands of her mother, while in Heracles the hero seeks vengeance against the evil king who has caused bloodshed in his family.Translated with an Introduction by PHILIP VELLACOTT Σελίδες: 208, Διαστάσεις: 12.8x12.8cm

As Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria\'s reign, Alfred Lord Tennyson\'s spellbinding poetry epitomized the Victorian age, and Selected Poems is edited with an introduction and notes by Christopher Ricks.\'Into the jaw of DeathInto the mouth of HellRode the six hundred\'The works in this volume trace nearly sixty years in the literary career of one of the nineteenth century\'s greatest poets, and show the wide variety of poetic forms he mastered. This selection gives some of Tennyson\'s most famous works in full, including Maud, depicting a tragic love affair, and In Memoriam, a profound tribute to his dearest friend. Excerpts from Idylls of the King show a lifelong passion for Arthurian legend, also seen in the dream-like The Lady of Shalot and in Morte d\'Arthur. Other works respond to contemporary events, such as Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington, written in Tennyson\'s official role as Poet Laureate, or the patriotic Charge of the Light Brigade, while Locksley Hall provides a Utopian vision of the future, and the late poem Crossing the Bar is a haunting meditation on his own mortality.In his introduction, Christopher Ricks discusses aspects of Tennyson\'s life and works, his revisions of his poems, and his friendship with Arthur Hallam. This edition also includes a chronology, further reading and notes.Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) was born at Somersby, Lincolnshire, the sixth of eleven children. His first important book, Poems, Chiefly Lyrical, was published in 1830, and was not a critical success, but his two volumes of Poems, 1842, which contain some of his finest work, established him as the leading poet of his generation.If you enjoyed Selected Poems, you might like William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge\'s Lyrical Ballads, also available in Penguin Classics.\'He had the finest ear of any English poet since Milton\'T.S. Eliot Σελίδες: 432, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

WINNER OF THE MOST PROMISING PLAYWRIGHT AT THE CRITICS CIRCLE THEATRE AWARDS 2022 \'Married five times. Mother. Lover. Aunt. Friend.She plays many roles round here. And neverScared to tell the whole of her truth, whetherOr not anyone wants to hear it. WifeOf Willesden: pissed enough to tell her lifeStory to whoever has ears and eyes . . .\' Zadie Smith\'s first time writing for the stage, The Wife of Willesden is a riotous twenty-first century translation of Geoffrey Chaucer\'s classic The Wife of Bath\'s Prologue, brought to glorious life on the Kilburn High Road.Commissioned to celebrate Brent\'s year as Borough of Culture 2020, The Wife of Willesden ran at the Kiln Theatre, London from November 2021 to January 2022. Σελίδες: 144, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

Middle-aged history professor George, and his wife Martha, are joined by another college couple. The result is an all-night drinking session that erupts into a nightmare of revelations. Σελίδες: 144, Διαστάσεις: 13x13cm

Get the most out of your students with structured teaching materials for English language lessons with the English for Everyone Teacher\'s Guide. Ideal for English test preparations or ESL lesson plans, the Teacher\'s Guide uses visual teaching methods to introduce English as a second language, reinforced through a variety of exercises and examples that students can get involved in. This Teacher\'s Guide is an essential resource that can be used to support an entire classroom as well as for one-to-one tuition to help teach English as a second language. Use this comprehensive teaching resource to approach practical English usage for beginners in a simplified, fun and engaging way with practical tips and exercises suggested throughout the book. Use the guide as a stand-alone lesson structure or alongside the English for Everyone Course and Practice Books (Levels 1-4) for a fully comprehensive course on English covering core language skills, grammar rules, and vocabulary with supporting audio materials, online resources and practice exercises. 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: 128, Διαστάσεις: 20.6x20.6cm

English for Everyone is an exciting and comprehensive self-study course for adults learning English as a foreign language. This course is a unique new series with a visual, engaging, and easy to follow style to make the English language easy to learn. Learn business English by reinforcing key language skills, grammar rules, and vocabulary with listening, speaking, reading, and writing exercises. This unique course is easy to use, starting at beginner level and working up to advanced English to help you grow in confidence as you learn. This Business English Beginner Practice Book introduces business topics such as meetings and presentations, telephone language, company history, and business lunches.Audio material is provided at every stage through the English For Everyone website and Android/iOS apps to provide vital experience of spoken English and make even tricky phrases easy to understand. Perfect for personal study or to support exams including TOEFL and IELTS, English for Everyone is suitable for all levels of English language learners. Σελίδες: 176, Διαστάσεις: 19.5x19.5cm

English for Everyone is an exciting and comprehensive self-study course for adults learning English as a foreign language. This course is a unique new series with a visual, engaging, and easy to follow style to make the English language easy to learn. Learn business English by reinforcing key language skills, grammar rules, and vocabulary with listening, speaking, reading, and writing exercises. This unique course is easy to use, starting at beginner level and working up to advanced English to help you grow in confidence as you learn. This Business English Intermediate Practice Book introduces business topics such as interpersonal skills, meeting vocabulary, emailing a client, and attending interviews.Audio material is provided at every stage through the English For Everyone website and Android/iOS apps to provide vital experience of spoken English and make even tricky phrases easy to understand. Perfect for personal study or to support exams including TOEFL and IELTS, English for Everyone is suitable for all levels of English language learners. Σελίδες: 176, Διαστάσεις: 19.5x19.5cm

Just the core concepts you need to write and speak French correctlyIf you have some knowledge of French and want to polish your skills, French Essentials For Dummies focuses on just the core concepts you need to communicate effectively. From conjugating verbs to understanding tenses, this easy-to-follow guide lets you skip the suffering and score high at exam time.French 101 — get the lowdown on the basics, from expressing dates and times to identifying parts of speechGender matters — see how a noun’s gender determines the articles, adjectives, and pronouns you have to useThe here and now — learn how to conjugate verbs in the present tense, choose subject pronouns, and form the present participleWay back when — get guidance on working with the past tense, including hints about when to use the compound past (passé composé) and when to use the imperfectWhat lies ahead — discover the different ways to express the future Open the book and find: A review of numbers, dates, and timesThe parts of speechHow to determine a noun’s genderHow to select the correct prepositionRules for making adjectives agreeTips for asking and answering yes/no questionsWays to spice up your descriptions Ten important verb distinctions Σελίδες: 192, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0520, Διαστάσεις: 14x14cm

Teach yourself French in just 12 weeks with this fun, user-friendly, and uniquely visual language course. DK\'s 15 Minute French is the perfect course for busy people who want to learn French fast. Twelve themed chapters are broken down into five daily 15-minute lessons with an easy-to-follow structure and spanning a range of practical themes, including leisure, business, food and drink, travel, and shopping.Each lesson combines vocabulary and grammar essentials with attractive full-colour illustrations, annotated images, and simple pronunciation guides for every word, making it quick, easy, and fun to learn new French vocabulary. There is no writing or homework - you simply use the cover flaps to hide the answers to exercises and test yourself as you learn. Each chapter ends with a review module, so you can track your progress and identify areas where you need further practice.The course includes a fully redesigned free audio app that enables you to hear French words and phrases spoken by native speakers. Use the app alongside the book\'s easy-to-use pronunciation guides to perfect your pronunciation and practise French conversation in real-life situations. Whether you\'re a complete beginner or just in need of a refresher course, there\'s no easier way to learn French than with 15 Minute French. Σελίδες: 160, Διαστάσεις: 12.8x12.8cm

Teach yourself Spanish in just 12 weeks with this fun, user-friendly, and uniquely visual language course. DK\'s 15 Minute Spanish is the perfect course for busy people who want to learn Spanish fast. Twelve themed chapters are broken down into five daily 15-minute lessons with an easy-to-follow structure and spanning a range of practical themes, including leisure, business, food and drink, travel, and shopping.Each lesson combines vocabulary and grammar essentials with attractive full-colour illustrations, annotated images, and simple pronunciation guides for every word, making it quick, easy, and fun to learn new Spanish vocabulary. There is no writing or homework - you simply use the cover flaps to hide the answers to exercises and test yourself as you learn. Each chapter ends with a review module, so you can track your progress and identify areas where you need further practice.The course includes a fully redesigned free audio app that enables you to hear Spanish words and phrases spoken by native speakers. Use the app alongside the book\'s easy-to-use pronunciation guides to perfect your pronunciation and practise Spanish conversation in real-life situations. Whether you\'re a complete beginner or just in need of a refresher course, there\'s no easier way to learn Spanish than with 15 Minute Spanish. Σελίδες: 160, Διαστάσεις: 11.8x11.8cm

Teach yourself German in just 12 weeks with this fun, user-friendly, and uniquely visual language course. DK\'s 15 Minute German is the perfect course for busy people who want to learn German fast. Twelve themed chapters are broken down into five daily 15-minute lessons with an easy-to-follow structure and spanning a range of practical themes, including leisure, business, food and drink, travel, and shopping.Each lesson combines vocabulary and grammar essentials with attractive full-colour illustrations, annotated images, and simple pronunciation guides for every word, making it quick, easy, and fun to learn new German vocabulary. There is no writing or homework - you simply use the cover flaps to hide the answers to exercises and test yourself as you learn. Each chapter ends with a review module, so you can track your progress and identify areas where you need further practice.The course includes a fully redesigned free audio app that enables you to hear German words and phrases spoken by native speakers. Use the app alongside the book\'s easy-to-use pronunciation guides to perfect your pronunciation and practise German conversation in real-life situations. Whether you\'re a complete beginner or just in need of a refresher course, there\'s no easier way to learn German than with 15 Minute German. Σελίδες: 160, Διαστάσεις: 12.7x12.7cm

A true modern classic from one of the twentieth century\'s most significant writers, Long Day\'s Journey into Night is an intensely autobiographical, magnificently tragic portrait of the author\'s own family - a play so acutely personal that he insisted it was not published until after his death. One single day in the Tyrones\' Connecticut home. James Tyrone Snr is a miser, a talented actor who even squanders his talent in an undemanding role; eldest son Jamie is an affable, whoremongering alcoholic and confirmed ne\'er-do well; youngest son Edmund is poetic, sensitive, suffering from a respiratory condition and deep-seated disillusionment; and their mother Mary, living in a haze of self-delusion and morphine addiction. Existing together under this roof, and the profound weight of the past, they subtly tear one another apart, shred by shred. \'Set in 1912, the year of O\'Neill\'s own attempted suicide, it is an attempt to understand himself and those to whom he was irrevocably tied by fate and by love. It is the finest and most powerful play to have come out of America\' Christopher Bigsby Eugene O\'Neill\'s play Long Day\'s Journey into Night was written in 1939-41, and first published in 1956 (after O\'Neill\'s death in 1953). It was first performed at the Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm, in February 1956, and had its first American production at Helen Hayes Theater, New York, in November that year. It won the Tony Award for Best Play, and O\'Neill was posthumously awarded the 1957 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. This edition includes a full introduction, biographical sketch and chronology. Σελίδες: 128, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

Start learning English as a second language with this visually stimulating practice book for adults. Accompanying the English for Everyone Course Book Level 2 Beginner, this illustrated workbook features abundant vocabulary and grammar exercises for adults learning English as a foreign language. When it comes to languages, practice does make perfect! This workbook guides linguistic learners through exercises and activities to consolidate what they’ve learned and build confidence in their skills. Using a range of familiar and new exercise mechanisms, this practice book is an invaluable research tool to test the vocabulary and grammar structures taught in the course book. Immerse yourself in this practical ESL learning material, which includes: Over 1,000 vocabulary and grammar exercises Lay-flat binding, making the book easier to write in Extensive accompanying audio resources that can be accessed via the website and the app The same unit-by-unit structure as the English for Everyone Course Book Level 2 Beginner, making it the perfect learning accompanimentThis book is part of DK\'s best-selling English for Everyone series, which is suitable for all levels of English language learners and provides the perfect reading companion for study, exams, work, or travel. As you work through the units, you\'ll cover all the language skills, vocabulary, and grammar needed for the major global English-language exams, including TOEFL and IELTS. Σελίδες: 184, Διαστάσεις: 19.5x19.5cm

Start learning English as a second language with this visually stimulating practice book for adults. Accompanying the English for Everyone Course Book Level 1 Beginner, this illustrated workbook features abundant vocabulary and grammar exercises for adults learning English as a foreign language.When it comes to languages, practice really does make perfect! This workbook guides linguistic learners through exercises and activities to consolidate what they’ve learned and build confidence in their skills. Using a range of familiar and new exercise mechanisms, this practice book is an invaluable research tool to test the vocabulary and grammar structures taught in the course book.Immerse yourself in this practical ESL learning material, which includes: Over 1,000 vocabulary and grammar exercisesLay-flat binding, making the book easier to write inExtensive accompanying audio resources that can be accessed via the website and the appThe same unit-by-unit structure as the English for Everyone Course Book Level 1 Beginner, making it the perfect learning accompanimentThis book is part of DK\'s best-selling English for Everyone series, which is suitable for all levels of English language learners and provides the perfect reading companion for study, exams, work, or travel. As you work through the units, you\'ll cover all the language skills, vocabulary, and grammar needed for the major global English-language exams, including TOEFL and IELTS. Σελίδες: 184, Διαστάσεις: 19.5x19.5cm

Terry Pratchett\'s infamous city of Ankh-Morpork is under threat from a 60-foot fire-breathing dragon, summoned by a secret society of malcontented tradesmen.Defending Ank-Morpork against this threat is the entire, underpaid, undervalued City Night Watch - a drunken and world-weary Captain, a cowardly and overweight Sergeant, a small opportunistic Corporal of dubious parentage...and their newest recruit, Lance Constable Carrot, who is upright, literal, law-abiding and keen. Aiding them in their fight for truth, justice and the Ankh-Morporkian way are a small swamp dragon and the Librarian of Unseen University (who just happens to be an orang-utan). Σελίδες: 208, Διαστάσεις: 12.7x12.7cm

Death comes to us all. When he came to Mort, he offered him a job.But when Mort is left in charge for an evening, he allows his heart to rule his head and soon the whole of causality and the future of the Discworld itself, are at risk. Along the way, Mort encounters not only Death\'s adopted daughter, Ysabell - who has been 16 for 35 years - and his mysterious manservant Albert - whose cooking can harden an artery at ten paces - but also an incompetent wizard with a talking doorknocker and a beautiful, but rather bad-tempered and dead, princess. He also, of course, meets Death.On Terry Pratchett\'s Discworld, Death really is a 7 foot skeleton in a black hooded robe and wielding a scythe. He is also fond of cats, enjoys a good curry, and rides around the skies on a magnificent white horse called Binky. Σελίδες: 192, Διαστάσεις: 12.7x12.7cm

Two contemporary poets turns their attention to poetry as a living, rhythmic, often musical performance. Their wide-ranging selections encompass epic, folk songs, the Romantics, the Victorians, poets of the Harlem Renaissance and contemporary hip hop. For many readers, the most familiar poetic metre is the iambic pentameter of Shakespeare, but this only scratches the surface of the extraordinary diversity of rhythmic patterns that poets have employed over the ages. Measure for Measure has sections on Accentual Metre (Kipling, Bishop, Auden), Trochees (Blake, Dickinson, Dorothy Parker), Anapests (Byron, Frost, Langston Hughes); other sections cover iambs, ballads, and more exotic metres like amphibrachs, dipodics, hendecasyllabics and sapphics Σελίδες: 256, Διαστάσεις: 11.3x11.3cm

Hundreds of words to learn and remember Collins Work on your Vocabulary – Pre-Intermediate (A2) is a new practice book that covers the key vocabulary needed by learners of English at Pre-Intermediate level (CEF level A2). This book is an essential resource for learners who want to improve their English vocabulary. Each of the 30 units presents vocabulary relating to a particular topic using clear language and examples. This is followed by practice exercises to ensure the learner will remember and be able to use what they have learnt with confidence in their written and spoken English. The vocabulary covered in Collins Work on your Vocabulary – Pre-Intermediate (A2) has been carefully selected based on Collins Corpus research and the experience of our language experts. As a result, this book provides plenty of useful practice with authentic, up-to-date examples of language usage in context. A carefully structured layout and simple illustrations make sure the language is always clear and the book is easy to navigate. Collins Work on your Vocabulary – Pre-Intermediate (A2) is ideal for self-study or for use in the classroom, and is an essential resource for students and teachers. Focuses on the vocabulary required at Pre-Intermediate level (CEF level A2)Thirty units with clear presentation material followed by practice exercisesAuthentic examples of real English, taken from the Collins CorpusIncludes line drawings which illustrate key conceptsClear structure and presentation of languagePlenty of room to write inFull answer key includedIdeal for self-study or for use in the classroom Σελίδες: 128, Διαστάσεις: 18.9x18.9cm

The goddaughter of Igor Stravinsky and a graduate of Hollywood High, Eve Babitz posed in 1963, at age twenty, playing chess with the French artist Marcel Duchamp. She was naked; he was not. The photograph made her an instant icon of art and sex. Babitz spent the rest of the decade rocking and rolling on the Sunset Strip, honing her notoriety. There were the album covers she designed: for Buffalo Springfield and the Byrds, to name but a few. There were the men she seduced: Jim Morrison, Ed Ruscha, Harrison Ford, to name but a very few. Then, at nearly thirty, her It girl days numbered, Babitz was discovered—as a writer—by Joan Didion. She would go on to produce seven books, usually billed as novels or short story collections, always autobiographies and confessionals. Under-known and under-read during her career, she’s since experienced a breakthrough. Now in her mid-seventies, she’s on the cusp of literary stardom and recognition as an essential—as the essential—LA writer. Her prose achieves that American ideal: art that stays loose, maintains its cool, and is so simply enjoyable as to be mistaken for simple entertainment. What Hollywood’s Eve has going for it on every page is its subject’s utter refusal to be dull… It sends you racing to read the work of Eve Babitz.” The New York Times  “Read Lili Anolik’s book in the same spirit you’d read a new Eve Babitz, if there was one: for the gossip and for the writing. Both are extraordinary.” Jonathan Lethem “There\'s no better way to look at Hollywood in that magic decade, the 1970s, than through Eve Babitz\'s eyes. Eve knew everyone, slept with everyone, used, amused, and abused everyone. And then there\'s Eve herself: a cult figure turned into a legend in Anolik\'s electrifying book. This is a portrait as mysterious, maddening-and seductive-as its subject.” —Peter Biskind, author of Easy Riders, Raging Bulls For Babitz, life was slow days, fast company until a freak fire turned her into a recluse, living in a condo in West Hollywood, where author Lili Anolik tracked her down in 2012. Hollywood’s Eve, equal parts biography and detective story “brings a ludicrously glamorous scene back to life, adding a few shadows along the way” (Vogue) and “sends you racing to read the work of Eve Babitz” (The New York Times). Σελίδες: 288, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0319, Διαστάσεις: 13x13cm

\'We don\'t live alone ... We are responsible for each other\'A policeman interrupts a rich family\'s dinner to question them about the suicide of a young working-class girl. As their guilty secrets are gradually revealed over the course of the evening, \'An Inspector Calls\', J. B. Priestley\'s most famous play, shows us the terrible consequences of poverty and inequality. The other powerful plays in this collection - \'Time and the Conways\', \'I Have Been Here Before\' and \'The Linden Tree\' - explore time, fate, free will and the effects of war. \'A vastly talented and exceptionally versatile and wise writer\' Iris Murdoch\'Priestley was volcanic, fertile ... and never dull\' Anthony BurgessIf you enjoyed An Inspector Calls, you might like Arthur Miller\'s Death of a Salesman, also available in Penguin Modern Classics. Σελίδες: 304, Διαστάσεις: 12.8x12.8cm

Poet and soldier, brawler and charmer, Cyrano de Bergerac is desperately in love with Roxane, the most beautiful woman in Paris. But there is one very large problem - he has a nose of stupendous size and believes she will never see past it to return his feelings. So when he discovers that the handsome but tongue-tied Christian is also pining for Roxane, generous Cyrano offers to help by writing exquisite declarations of love for the young man to woo her with. Will she ever recognize who she is really falling in love with? Set during the reign of Louis XIII, Rostand\'s Cyrano de Bergerac (1897) was one of the great theatrical successes of its time and remains as popular today for its dramatic power and, above all, for its good-natured, passionate and swashbuckling hero. Σελίδες: 224, Διαστάσεις: 12.7x12.7cm

Journalist, maverick, rebel and author of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Hunter S. Thompson offers another novel of American counterculture in Hell\'s Angels, beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range.\'A phalanx of motorcycles came roaring over the hill from the west... the noise was like a landslide, or a wing of bombers passing over. Even knowing the Angels I couldn\'t quite handle what I was seeing. It was like Genghis Khan, Morgan\'s Raiders, the Wild One and the Rape of Nanking all at once.\'In September, 1964 a cavalcade of motorbikes ripped through the city of Monterey, California. It was a trip destined to make Hell\'s Angels household names across America, infamous for their violent, drunken rampages and feared for the destruction left in their wake. Enter Hunter S. Thompson, the master of counter-culture journalism who alone had the ability and stature to ride with the Angels on their terms. In this brilliant and hair-raising expose, he journeys with the last outlaws of the American frontier.A mixture of journalism, story-telling and sheer bravado, Hell\'s Angels is Hunter S. Thompson at full throttle.\'Excellent documentary non-fiction\' Time Out\'The maverick voice of American counterculture\' Guardian\'There are only two adjectives writers care about any more - \"brilliant\" and \"outrageous\" - and Hunter has a freehold on both of them\' Tom Wolfe\'The book that made Thompson\'s name\' LoadedHunter S. Thompson was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1937. He began his writing career as a sports columnist in Florida and went on to work on newspapers and magazines in New York, San Juan and Rio de Janeiro. His articles appeared in Esquire, Rolling Stone magazine and the San Francisco Chronicle. He is the author of a number of books, including Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail \'72, The Great Shark Hunt, Generation of Swine, The Curse of Lono, Songs of the Doomed, Better Than Sex, The Proud Highway and The Rum Diary. Hunter S. Thompson died in 2005. Σελίδες: 336, Διαστάσεις: 11.1x11.1cm

Hundreds of exercises to get you to the next level Collins Work on your Grammar – Intermediate (B1) is a new practice book that covers the key grammar points needed by learners of English at Intermediate level (CEF level B1). This book is an essential resource for learners who want to improve their English grammar. Each of the 30 units presents a different area of grammar using clear language and examples. This is followed by practice exercises to ensure the learner will remember and be able to use what they have learnt with confidence in their written and spoken English. The grammar covered in Collins Work on your Grammar – Intermediate (B1) has been carefully selected based on Collins Corpus research and the experience of our language experts. As a result, this book provides plenty of useful practice with authentic, up-to-date examples of language usage in context. A carefully structured layout and simple illustrations make sure the language is always clear and the book is easy to navigate. Collins Work on your Grammar – Intermediate (B1) is ideal for self-study or for use in the classroom, and is an essential resource for students and teachers. Focuses on the grammar required at Intermediate level (CEF level B1)Thirty units with clear presentation material followed by practice exercisesAuthentic examples of real English, taken from the Collins CorpusIncludes line drawings which illustrate key conceptsClear structure and presentation of languagePlenty of room to write inFull answer key includedIdeal for self-study or for use in the classroom Σελίδες: 128, Διαστάσεις: 18.9x18.9cm

The official account - complete with full-colour illustrations - of how four ordinary people managed to expose the government\'s hypocrisies through a nationwide guerrilla advertising campaign.Seeking to highlight the hypocrisy of our politicians on Brexit four friends armed with nothing more than ladders, roller brushes and a treasure trove of damning statements from our leaders slapped up the politicians\' biggest lies on billboards around the country.This guerrilla operation wasn\'t easy, but it wasn\'t long before the British public enabled them to take things into their own hands - and the rest is history. Leave the EU or remain? An apparently simple question divided the nation in historic fashion. Many of us believed the words of these politicians. By putting up their quotes as billboards, self-styled \'Led By Donkeys\' had clear intentions - to compare the promises that have been made across the years with the damning reality. Σελίδες: 144, Διαστάσεις: 20.7x20.7cm

This workbook provides students with extra practice as they explore the five themes from the new IB Diploma Language ab initio guide (first examination 2020): identities, experiences, human ingenuity, social organisation and sharing the planet. It helps students further develop their Spanish language skills with additional exercises that complement the activities in the coursebook, with a focus on grammar and vocabulary. The workbook is ideal for teachers needing differentiated exercises for their class and can be used for independent study and revision. Answers to the workbook activities are in the teacher\'s resource. Σελίδες: 72, Διαστάσεις: 23.1x23.1cm

Exam board: AQALevel: A-levelSubject: FrenchFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2018Maximise your students\' potential and build the skills needed to succeed with this exam-focused workbook, packed with practice questions for every section of the AQA A-Level French exams.- Encourage rolling revision throughout the two years by developing your students\' skills in class and at home- Test each skill with exam-style activities for every section of the exam papers, with all the audio and answers accessible online- Build your students\' confidence in vocab and grammar with focused lists, explanations and activities- Target the top grades with sample answers and tips to boost exam performance Σελίδες: 96, Διαστάσεις: 20.8x20.8cm

Exam board: AQALevel: A-levelSubject: SpanishFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2018Maximise your students\' potential and build the skills needed to succeed with this exam-focused workbook, packed with practice questions for every section of the AQA A-Level Spanish exams.- Encourage rolling revision throughout the two years by developing your students\' skills in class and at home- Test each skill with exam-style activities for every section of the exam papers, with all the audio and answers accessible online- Build your students\' confidence in vocab and grammar with focused lists, explanations and activities- Target the top grades with sample answers and tips to boost exam performance Σελίδες: 96, Διαστάσεις: 20.2x20.2cm

Help your child take their first steps into the world of phonics with Haircut Hippos, the perfect phonic books for beginner readers.Specially developed by experts to introduce young children to phonics and support their first steps in learning to read, this series is ideal for beginner readers. Children will love joining twin hippos, Pat and Don, in this series of books as they team up to run their hair salon.Eight delightful books introduce the sounds of the alphabet in small stages, allowing independent reading from the outset. Each book contains a word list for blending practice and a game to enjoy together!Haircut Hippos covers the following essential sounds:Book 1: s, a, t, i, mBook 2: n, o, pBook 3: b, c, g, hBook 4: d, e, f, vBook 5: k, l, r, uBook 6: j, w, zBook 7: x, y, ff, ll, ss, zzBook 8: CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant words)A Parent’s Guide to Haircut Hippos with advice and activity ideas is also included. Give your child a head start in the world of reading and phonics.This beginner reader series features:- A pack of 8 decodable books that each contain a story that covers different sounds of the alphabet- Reading material aimed at children aged 4-6- CVC words (consonant-vowel-consonant). An example of this is sat, s-a-t- A Parents’ Guide to Haircut Hippos is also included, with advice and activity ideasWhat is phonics?Phonics is a way of teaching children to read by understanding the sounds that letters make and blending them to make a word. Children can learn to read using this skill to decode new words.More in the seriesThis series of beginning reader books by DK Super Phonics is a friendly and accessible introduction to learning to read. If you’re looking for more beginner reader books, why not try DK Super Phonics My First Decodable Stories Pet Shop Panda, which provides further practice of these essential first sounds of the alphabet. Σελίδες: 104, Διαστάσεις: 22x22cm

Speak. Speak loud and clear. Let them hear you in Belfast. Let the Fenians hear it everywhere. Let the Hun hear the sons of Ulster preaching war.On 1 July 1916, the 36th (Ulster) Division took part in one of the bloodiest battles in human history, the Battle of the Somme. In the extraordinary circumstances of World War I, eight ordinary men are changed, changed utterly.Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme premiered on the Peacock Stage at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, 1985.\'A great act of theatrical generosity.\' GUARDIAN Σελίδες: 128, Διαστάσεις: 12.5x12.5cm