In 1998 John Wood worked for Microsoft in Australia. He was a busy, successful man. Then he went on vacation to Nepal and visited a school in a Himalayan village, this changed his life. He helped the school and decided to change the World! He started the charity 'Room to Read'.

When Miss Marple complains of feeling old and helpless, her doctor jokingly suggests that she needs a murder to solve. Then there is a death in the village. Is it murder? Did the right person die? Suddenly, Jane Marple has a new interest in life. And then there are more deaths.

Clay Carter has worked in the Office of the Public Defender for years for low pay when he defends another murderer. But things are not what they seem. This is his opportunity to make money and a reputation, as he battles with large pharmaceutical companies. Will he become the King of Torts?

Visiting the fashionable city of Bath, 17-year-old Catherine Morland looks for the excitement she finds in romantic fiction. She makes friends and falls in love. But when she is invited to Northanger Abbey, she experiences desperate unhappiness. What is real, and what is the product of her wild imagination?

Mark Sway is eleven and he knows a terrible secret. He knows where a body is hidden. Some secrets are so dangerous that it's better not to tell. But it's just as dangerous if you don't. So Mark needs help fast... because there isn't much time.

Katherine Mansfield is one of the most famous short story writers in the English language. These four stories take place about a hundred years ago in England and New Zealand. They are sometimes funny, sometimes sad and often cruel.

The Time Traveller has built a time machine and has gone into the future to the year 802,701. He expects to find a better world with highly-intelligent people and great inventions. Instead, he finds that people have become weak, child-like creatures. They dance and sing and wear flowers. They seem happy, but why are they so frightened of the dark? And who or what has taken his time machine? Will the Time Traveller ever be able to return to the present?

Three former judges are in prison. They call themselves the Brethren and organize a pen-pal scam. The money is pouring in. But then the Brethren contact the wrong pen-pal — a powerful man with dangerous friends.

A Chinese politician assassinated in Hong Kong. Jason Bourne's name found at the scene... the killer has returned! Who's paying him and who will he kill next? But American officials know there never was an assassin called Bourne. So who is the impostor? How can he be stopped?

* Differentiated workbooks for each year contain extra reading and writing activities perfect for homework or coverwork. * Years 8 and 9 — Vert for reinforcement and Rouge for extension. * Vocabulary lists at the end of each module. Written to support: * the renewed Framework. * 2008 Programme of Study. * Personal Learning and Thinking Skills.

Intelligent Business is a dynamic and flexible new course with an integrated range of components to develop students' knowledge of the business world and the skills to work within it. — Learn Business — The topic-based course book provides an accessible introduction to the concepts and language of today's business world. — Do Business — The dedicated Skills Book provides skills-based intensive training in executive business skills Featuring authentic texts from the well-respected Economist magazine, the Intelligent Business course material is informative, up-to-date and highly motivating. Intelligent Business is fully benchmarked alongside the BEC business English exam suite and the Common European Framework.

Provides step-by-step instructions for each activity with integrated key and audioscripts for easy reference. It also offers alternative ways of presenting some tasks and many extra activities which can be given to students who finish their work early or can provide additional practice to all students.

Round-Up — серия пособий по грамматике для школьников семи уровней сложности, сочетающих игры с системным изучением грамматики. CD-ROM содержит дополнительные упражнения и игры.

«Focus on Academic Skills for IELTS» is the ideal companion to Focus on IELTS Coursebook, providing further thematically-linked practice for each unit. It can also be used on its own for self-study or as a short intensive IELTS course.»

This exciting new textbook for students and teachers of the International Baccalaureate Diploma was written and developed by practicing IB teachers also involved in examining, delivering workshops and curriculum review.

The 3rd edition Course Book contains: *100% new reading texts from the Financial Times (c) *100% new case studies with opinions from successful consultants who work in the real world of business *100% new listening texts reflecting the global nature of business with texts that are all available to view on the new DVD-ROM * 'Business Across Cultures' spreads which focus on particular cultural issues The DVD-ROM accompanying the Course Book contains: * Authentic video material from FT.com with accompanying worksheets * All the listening texts available to view, providing truly authentic listening practice * Vocabulary Trainer * iGlossary

Gwendolen thinks that she loves Ernest. Cecily thinks that she loves Ernest too. But who is Ernest really? What kind of man is he? Read this funny play and laugh. Or act it to your friends and they will laugh. This is a wonderful play by one of the greatest writers of his time.

The man has been shot many times. Who wants to kill him, and why? The man can't remember. As he begins to learn about his past, he becomes even more confused. Does he have a future? Or will he be killed before he knows who — or what — he really is?

10,000 words and meanings including content vocabulary and academic instruction words. More than 1,000 full colour photos and illustrations. Combined dictionary and thesaurus supports emerging readers and writers Word Families, Word Origins, and Word Building boxes expand students' understanding of new vocabulary.