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This Very Short Introduction traces the history and cultural impact of the elements on humankind, and examines why people have long sought to identify the substances around them. Looking beyond the Periodic Table, the author examines our relationship with matter, from the uncomplicated vision of the Greek philosophers, who believed there were four elements - earth, air, fire, and water - to the work of modern-day scientists in creating elements such as hassium and meitnerium. Packed with anecdotes, The Elements is a highly engaging and entertaining exploration of the fundamental question: what is the world made from?

A dictionary of problem points in the English language as encountered by learners and their teachers. Common problems are solved with practical, clear information in over 600 entries.

Učebnica anglického jazyka pre stredné a jazykové školy New Headway Beginner, prvý diel šesťdielneho kurzu. Anglický text.

In Greenmantle (1916) Richard Hannay, hero of The Thirty-Nine Steps, travels across war-torn Europe in search of a German plot and an Islamic Messiah. He is joined by three more of Buchan's heroes: Peter Pienaar, the old Boer Scout; John S. Blenkiron , the American determined to fight the Kaiser; and Sandy Arbuthnot, Greenmantle himself, modelled on Lawrence of Arabia. The intrepid four move in disguise through Germany to Constantinople and the Russian border to face their enemies - the grotesque Stumm and the evil beauty of Hilda von Einem. In this classic espionage adventure Buchan shows his mastery of the thriller and the Stevensonian romance, and also his enormous knowledge of world politics before and during the First World War. This ed ition illuminates for the first time the many levels beneath the stirring plot and romantic characters.

This is a course in English pronunciation to complement New Headway"."

Cross-curricular topics and colour photos make learning English through other subjects exciting with these new non-fiction graded readers for primary – 8-year-olds and up.

Three Tales offers an excellent introduction to the work of one of the world's greatest novelists. A Simple Heart is set in the Normandy of Flaubert's childhood, while Saint Julian and Herodias draw on medieval myth and the biblical story of John the Baptist for their inspiration. Each of the tales invites comparison with one or other of Flaubert's novels, but they also reveal a fresh and distinctive side to the writers's genius.

People who ride racehorses love the speed, the excitement, the danger - and winning the race. Philip Nore has been riding for many years and he always wants to win - but sometimes he is told to lose. Why? And what is the mystery about the photographer, George Millace, who has just died in a car crash? Philip Nore knows the answer to the first question, and he wants to find out the answer to the second. But as he begins to learn George Millace's secrets, he realizes that his own life is in danger.

This work includes four classic fairy tales for children learning English: Aladdin", "Goldilocks and the Three Bears", "Three Billy-Goats", and "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse"."

"The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" are overshadowed by the event with which they close - the meeting of the great detective and Moriarty, the Napoleon of Crime. Their struggle, seemingly to the death, was to leave many readers desolate at the loss of H olmes, but was also to lead to his immortality as a literary figure. However illogical as a detective story, "The Final Problem" has proved itself an unforgettable tale. The stories that precede it included two narratives from Holmes himself, on a mu tiny at sea and a treasure hunt in a Sussex country house, as well as a meeting with his brilliant brother Mycroft.

One page. One lesson. One focus. Everything you look for in an English course, made simple.

Use these ready-to-use lesson plans and photocopiable worksheets with your students and see how they progress with grammar.

Graded 'read and do' fiction and non-fiction readers that teach children about the world around them.

When the wheel of sexual ecstasy is in full motion, there is no textbook at all, and no order.' The Kamasutra is the oldest extant Hindu textbook of erotic love. It is about the art of living - about finding a partner, maintaining power in a marriage , committing adultery, living as or with a courtesan, using drugs - and also about the positions in sexual intercourse. It was composed in Sanskrit, the literary language of ancient India, sometime in the third century CE. It combines an encyclopaedi c coverage of all imaginable aspects of sex with a closely observed sexual psychology and a dramatic, novelistic narrative of seduction, consummation, and disentanglement. Best known in English through the highly mannered, padded, and inaccurate nine teenth-century translation of Sir Richard Burton, the text is presented here in an entirely new translation into clear, vivid, sexually frank English, together with three commentaries: translated excerpts from the earliest and most famous Sanskrit co mmentary (13th century) and from a twentieth-century Hindi commentary, and explanatory notes by the two translators.

Jazyková úroveň: Beginner, Elementary, Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate, Upper Intermediate, Advanced Jedná se o učebnici. Popis řady: Učebnice, učebnice rozdělená na půl v balíčku vázaná i s pracovním sešitem a CR-ROMem (tzv. Multipack), pracovní sešit s audio a CD-ROM (s klíčem nebo bez), učitelská příručka, audio kazety nebo audio CD, studentská kazeta nebo audio CD, kazeta pro studenta listen and speak – pro poslech v autě nebo doma (k dílům 1 a 2), DVD k novým dílům, příručky s obchodní angličtinou, iTools, iPacks, internetové stránky. Hlavní znaky: • Šestidílný kurz pro středoškoláky a dospělé studenty. • Humor, zábava, motivace studentů. • Důraz na komunikativní schopnosti studentů a jejich jazykovou vybavenost nutnou pro běžnou praxi, obzvláště pak při různých společenských a pracovních příležitostech. • Word bank – obrázkový slovník 500 slov seřazených do tématických celků na konci učebnice. • Travel with English – základní fráze nutné pro cestování. • Dokonalá metodická příručka má v každém díle přes 60 stran kopírovatelných doplňkových aktivit (60–120 hodin). c

This book is intended for teachers of English as a foreign language.