Despite not having been used in anger since Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the atomic bomb is still the biggest threat that faces us in the 21st century. As Bill Clinton's first secretary of defence, Les Aspin, aptly put it: 'The Cold War is over, the Soviet Union is no more. But the post-Cold War world is decidedly not post-nuclear'. For all the effort to reduce nuclear stockpiles to zero, it seems that the bomb is here to stay. This Very Short Introduction reveals why. The history and politics of the bomb are explained: from the technology of nuclear weapons, to the revolutionary implications of the H-bomb, and the politics of nuclear deterrence. The issues are set against a backdrop of the changing international landscape, from the early days of development through the Cold War. In this new edition, Joseph M. Siracusa includes a new concluding chapter, moving away from the emphasis of nuclear weapons in the 'age of terrorism', to the significant lessons to be learnt from the history of the nuclear weapons era. Siracusa shows that because 21st century nuclear proliferation has deep roots in the past, an understanding of the lessons of this nuclear history is paramount for future global policies to be successful. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Talk Time is a three-level conversation course that provides speaking and listening practice based on everyday situations. Gentle progression of communicative activities in each lesson makes it ideal for less confident students. The Student CD, included at the back of the Student Book, contains recordings of the conversations to provide students with listening practice outside of the classroom.

Talk Time 2 Test Booklet contains a photocopiable test for each unit in the Talk Time 1 Student Book. It also contains the Audio CD with the listening sections for each test and a complete audio script and answer key for each test.

Talk Time is a three-level conversation course that provides speaking and listening practice based on everyday situations. Gentle progression of communicative activities in each lesson makes it ideal for less confident students. The Student CD, included at the back of the Student Book, contains recordings of the conversations to provide students with listening practice outside of the classroom.

Talk Time is a three-level conversation course that provides speaking and listening practice based on everyday situations. Gentle progression of communicative activities in each lesson makes it ideal for less confident students.

Successful Presentations is a video-led course which teaches students to communicate successfully in presentations in English.

Success in the U.S. is a collection of touching, humorous stories told by immigrants about all kinds of success.

This textbook accompanies a secondary English language course centred around a magazine whose format allows for a variety of thought-provoking topics which are accessible and appealing to teenagers. In addition to vocabulary exercises focusing on words in text, there are sections to improve the reader's wordpower. Each book provides authentic reading texts, a variety of listening and speaking activities, revision of grammar, and pronunciation exercises which cover word and sentence stress, intonations and weak forms. Additional sections provide project work based upon the themes of each unit, and explore the nature of language and communication.

This textbook accompanies a secondary English language course centred around a magazine whose format allows for a variety of thought-provoking topics which are accessible and appealing to teenagers. In addition to vocabulary exercises focusing on words in text, there are sections to improve the reader's wordpower. Each book provides authentic reading texts, a variety of listening and speaking activities, revision of grammar, and pronunciation exercises which cover word and sentence stress, intonations and weak forms. Additional sections provide project work based upon the themes of each unit, and explore the nature of language and communication.

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A revised and updated edition of this highly successful course for the revised Cambridge Proficiency exam. Using authentic sources throughout for receptive skills work, the course gives examples of all the CPE exam tasks, together with hints and training.

This wide-ranging and authoritative dictionary contains 7,000 entries — 200 new to this edition — covering all areas of business and management, including marketing, organizational behavior, business strategy, and taxation. Written by a team of experts, this new edition features the very latest terminology, including recent vocabulary associated with structured finance and the subprime lending crisis (e.g. collateralized debt obligation and special purpose vehicle). Written in a clear, concise, and accessible manner, it contains American business terms, general management concepts (competence, knowledge management), named theories (Tannenbaum and Schmidt, Blake and Mouton) as well as expanded coverage of the contemporary theory of the firm and human resources. New terms are included from the fast-moving areas of current affairs (MiFID), Internet business, and information technology. With recommended web links for many entries, updated via the books companion web site, this edition is more informative than ever — essential for business students, teachers and professionals, and invaluable for anyone needing a guide to business terminology.

Oxford Read and Imagine graded readers are at eight levels (Starter, Beginner, and Levels 1 to 6) for students from age 4 and older. They offer great stories to read and enjoy. Activities provide Cambridge Young Learner Exams preparation.

There, on top of the mushroom, was a large caterpillar, smoking a pipe. After a while the Caterpillar took the pipe out of its mouth and said to Alice in a slow, sleepy voice, 'Who are you?' What strange things happen when Alice falls down the rabbit-hole and into Wonderland! She has conversations with the Caterpillar and the Cheshire Cat, goes to the Mad Hatter's tea party, plays croquet with the King and Queen of Hearts . . .

A A housewife, a tramp, a lawyer, a waitress, an actress — ordinary people living ordinary lives in New York at the beginning of this century. The city has changed greatly since that time, but its people are much the same. Some are rich, some are poor, some are happy, some are sad, some have found love, some are looking for love. O. Henry's famous short stories — sensitive, funny, sympathetic — give us vivid pictures of the everyday lives of these New Yorkers.

Love stories with a difference ...There's a kiss by a fireside that was a mistake, there's a man-hating aunt by the seaside, and a gunman in Texas wanting a fight. There's a white heron flying over a forest, and a messenger running between two benches in a park. And of course, there's a girl who meets a boy ...These love stories are by US writers Kate Chopin, Stephen Crane, Sarah Orne Jewett, O. Henry, and Canadian writer Lucy Maud Montgomery (author of the famous Anne of Green Gables).

Dorothy lives in Kansas, USA, but one day a cyclone blows her and her house to a strange country called Oz. There, Dorothy makes friends with the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion. But she wants to go home to Kansas. Only one person can help her, and that is the country's famous Wizard. So Dorothy and her friends take the yellow brick road to the Emerald City, to find the Wizard of Oz ...

Shirley Homes, private investigator. Like Sherlock Holmes a hundred years ago, she lives in London, enjoys working on difficult cases, and has some helpful friends. She understands people, is a good listener, and of course, she is clever with computers. In today's world that is important, because a lot of crime is cyber crime. In this second Shirley Homes detective story, Shirley must catch a cyber thief. But how? You can't see a cyber thief, you can't hear a cyber thief. Only the computer knows, and the computer isn't talking ...

In 1918 in the peaceful province of Transkei, South Africa, the Mandela family gave their new baby son the name Rolihlahla — 'troublemaker'. But the young boy's early years were happy ones, and he grew up to be a good student and an enthusiastic sportsman. Who could imagine then what was waiting for Nelson Mandela — the tireless struggle for human rights, the long years in prison, the happiness and sadness of family life, and one day the title of President of South Africa?