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The new Macmillan Cultural Readers are factual Readers focusing on countries of the world, and include chapters on history, traditions, daily life, cities, nature and sport. These colour-rich, photographic titles encourage the reader to interact with and explore the text through handy fact boxes. The new 2013 titles are England, The United States of America and Brazil. Key Features • With and without Audio CD versions available • Colourful photographs support the text.

Written specially for students of English, this English Language Teaching (ELT/ESL) eBook is a pre-Intermediate-level Macmillan Reader.Welcome to England, where the first steam trains were built, where 100 million cups of tea are drunk every day, where people throw cakes in the air as they run, and where you can visit some of the world’s most famous sights.

This series contains original, unsimplified short stories written by famous classic and modern writers. All the collections come with substantial support material for each story, including a short summary; description of major themes; pre-reading vocabulary activities; post-reading language and comprehension exercises; a literary analysis section and essay questions. The Macmillan Literature Collections are aimed at Advanced readers and will help ease students' transition from graded Readers to authentic reading, giving them the joy of feeling that they are finally reading and studying literature just as it was written. - Advanced level Readers - Contain original, unsimplified short stories written by famous classic and modern writers - Come with substantial material for each story - Ideal for students ready to make the transition from graded Readers to unabridged English Literature texts.

This series contains original, unsimplified short stories written by famous classic and modern writers. All the collections come with substantial support material for each story, including a short summary; description of major themes; pre-reading vocabulary activities; post-reading language and comprehension exercises; a literary analysis section and essay questions. The Macmillan Literature Collections are aimed at Advanced readers and will help ease students' transition from graded Readers to authentic reading, giving them the joy of feeling that they are finally reading and studying literature just as it was written. - Advanced level Readers - Contain original, unsimplified short stories written by famous classic and modern writers - Come with substantial material for each story - Ideal for students ready to make the transition from graded Readers to unabridged English Literature texts.

Carries EU Toy Safety Directive 'CE' logo. This bumper activity book is based on the bestselling story The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. With 48 pages stuffed full of things to make, do, and colour in, games to play and puzzles to solve, plus over 200 resuable stickers, there's plenty to keep Gruffalo fans busy for hours. It's perfect for rainy days, holidays -- or any day at all! A compilation of favourite and brand new activities, including: colouring, games, spot the difference, recipies, deep dark wood decorations, a Gruffalo Snap card game, a monster-sized sticker scene -- and much more!

Growl along with the Gruffalo's Child as she tip-toes through the snow on a wild, windy and NOISY night! Press the 10 interactive sound buttons on this amazing play-along version of the best-selling THE GRUFFALO'S CHILD and bring the story vividly to life! The perfect gift for all fans of THE GRUFFALO.

You can't get into St Jude's Academy unless you're gifted, talented and supremely rich. New girl Alyssa is on a scholarship and feels like an outsider - she's not even that smart, apart from her photographic memory (and that's cheating, right?). Then one day her room-mate Lily is found floating face down in the lake. It looks like suicide, but, torn apart with guilt and grief, Alyssa is convinced that things aren't as they seem. Soon a jolted memory puts her on the trail of a sinister secret that might hold the clues to Lily's suspicious death. But Alyssa is in too deep, and she's being watched ...The first in a brand-new YA series, perfect for fans of The Gallagher Girls.

Laser is now a five-level course, with the addition of two new levels, A1+ and A2, designed to cater to younger exam students, and now covers the entire span of secondary education. It is the perfect preparation for students still at school and working towards school-leaving exams and the Cambridge ESOL, KET, PET and FCE exams. The vibrant topic-based units cover the lexical and grammatical syllabus of the Breakthrough to Vantage levels of the Council of Europe's Common European Framework. The course integrates development of all the language skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking, and regular revision sections check continuous progress. Each Student's Book comes with a CD-ROM that reinforces the structures and vocabulary learnt in each unit. Each Workbook is complete with Audio CD, making it ideal for homework, and the Teacher's Book includes a DVD-ROM with tests, a test generator and teacher-training videos. Class CDs are also available.

When Philip Hensher realized that he didn't know what a close friend's handwriting looked like, he felt that something essential was missing from their friendship. But does it really matter that typing and texting have largely taken the place of passionate love letters, secret diary entries and postcards home? From the crucial role of handwriting in a child's development, to the novels of Dickens and Proust -- and whether a person's writing really reveals their true personality -- The Missing Ink goes in search of the stories and characters that have shaped our handwriting, and how it in turn has shaped us.

She's trained to kill. He's beaten the best. This time all bets are off. Former secret service agents turned private investigators, Sean King and Michelle Maxwell, return in their most surprising, personal and dangerous case to date. Michelle had chased many things in her life. As a track star and later Olympic rower, she had constantly pitted herself against others in races. As a cop in Tennessee she had run down her share of felons fleeing the scenes of their crimes. As a Secret Service Agent she had been fleet of foot next to limos carrying important leaders. Tonight, though, she was competing against a long-legged teenager with the boundless energy and fresh knees of youth who had a substantial head start and was running like the devil was on his heels...King and Maxwell encounter teenager Tyler Wingo when he has just received the tragic news that his soldier father has been killed in Afghanistan. But then Tyler receives an email from his father...after his supposed death. Sean and Michelle are hired to solve the mystery, and their investigation leads to deeper, even more troubling questions. Could Tyler's father really still be alive? Was his mission all that it seemed? Has Tyler's life been a lie, and could he be the next target? It's clear that King and Maxwell have stumbled upon something even more sinister when those in power seem intent on removing them at any cost. Determined to help and protect Tyler, their search for the truth takes them on a perilous journey which not only puts their lives at risk but arrives at a frightening conclusion.

Ada Goth is the only child of Lord Goth. The two live together in the enormous Ghastly-Gorm Hall. Lord Goth believes that children should be heard and not seen, so Ada has to wear large clumpy boots so that he can always hear her coming. This makes it hard for her to make friends and, if she's honest, she's rather lonely. Then one day William and Emily Cabbage come to stay at the house, and together with a ghostly mouse called Ishmael they and Ada begin to unravel a dastardly plot that Maltravers, the mysterious indoor gamekeeper, is hatching. Ada and her friends must work together to foil Maltravers before it's too late!

A new strand of the popular Macmillan Readers series, the Macmillan Cultural Readers are factual readers focusing on countries and culture, and include chapters on history, traditions, daily life, cities, nature and sport. These lively and engaging readers are illustrated in full-colour photography throughout, and contain fact and interview boxes, encouraging readers to interact with and explore the text. The Macmillan Readers series provides a wide variety of enjoyable reading material for all learners of English. Macmillan Readers are retold versions of popular classic and contemporary titles as well as specially written stories, published at six levels - Starter, Beginner, Elementary, Pre-intermediate, Intermediate and Upper. Extra grammar and vocabulary exercises Points for Understanding comprehension questions Glossary of difficult vocabulary and Useful Phrases Audio CD for selected titles and eight pages of additional exercises Many well-loved favourites including Daphne du Maurier, Charles Dickens, Stephen King and Wilbur Smith More Author Data Sheets - these two-page sheets are aimed at teachers and students who want to find out more about the writers represented in our list A fantastic new website for teachers and students featuring free essential supplementary materials: Worksheets, Worksheet Answer Keys and Answers to the Points for Understanding comprehension questions and much more A revised edition of the free teacher's booklet Using Graded Readers in the Classroom

This Walking with Dinosaurs Encyclopedia is filled with facts about the dinosaurs from the movie as well as facts about the world the dinosaurs inhabited and theories about their rise and fall. With full-colour images from the film and photos of paleontologists at work, this encyclopedia is a must-have item for Walking with Dinosaurs fans. The original TV series, Walking with Dinosaurs, had 70 million viewers and the long-running live stage show has sold 7 million tickets. The long-awaited 3D motion picture comes out this December, and is sure to thrill fans.

Straightforward Second edition is now even more experienced in providing English for adults and young adults at all levels. Clear student progression and self checking (CEFR) Pick-up-and-use practicality Intuitive, easy-to-follow format Flexible and adaptable Supported by one of the most comprehensive Teacher's Books around What's new? New topics, articles and exercises Emphasis on wordlists and lexical features including a unique interactive online wordlist New online component supports the students in their language development New authentic video content

Straightforward Second edition is now even more experienced in providing English for adults and young adults at all levels. Clear student progression and self checking (CEFR) Pick-up-and-use practicality Intuitive, easy-to-follow format Flexible and adaptable Supported by one of the most comprehensive Teacher's Books around What's new? New topics, articles and exercises Emphasis on wordlists and lexical features including a unique interactive online wordlist New online component supports the students in their language development New authentic video content

For ease of use and practicality Straightforward Second Edition is structured to provide one lesson per double-page spread (A/B/C/D), lasting around 90 minutes. All lessons are interlinked to promote better and more memorable learning, but the is the flexibility to pick out certain key sections to focus on certain language points. GRAMMAR - Clear and uncomplicated grammar explanations present new grammar elements. Students are always supported by the Language Reference pages at the back of their book allowing them to further work on a difficult area and understand the language. VOCABULARY - Difficult and out of context words from the text are presented in the glossary so students are not distracted by these lexical hurdles. READING - Texts are accessible for the relevant level, realistic and from a variety of different sources/contexts. FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE - Students are not expected to learn in a vacuum and their interests and curiosities are met with 'Did you know' sections. CEF/SELF ASSESSMENT - Each unit culminates in a self assessment box so students can check and monitor their own progress and become more independent learners. The checklist is a selection of clear 'can-do' statements and therefore links to the CEF and portfolio elements of the course. FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE - This section helps students to deal with common, every-day situations in an English-speaking environment - what we might think of as survival language