Bernie Gunther is the ideal narrator for Philip Kerr' bleak tale of the dirty deals made by victors and vanquished alike in post-war Germany. Having learned that there's no way to distinguish 'the one from the other', the cynical P.I. has the moral clarity to see through the deceit and hypocrisy of both friend and foe.It is Munich, in the year 1949. Amid the chaos of defeat, it's home to all the backstabbing intrigue that prospers in the aftermath of war. A place where a private eye can find a lot of not-quite-reputable work: cleaning up the Nazi past of well-to-do locals, abetting fugitives in the flight abroad, and sorting out rival claims to stolen goods. It's work that fills Bernie with disgust — but it also fills his sorely depleted wallet. Then a woman seeks him out. Her husband has disappeared. She's not looking to get him back — he's a wanted man who ran one of the most vicious concentration camps in Poland. She just wants confirmation that he's dead. It's a simple enough job. But in post-war Germany, nothing is simple...

Posing as an escaping Nazi war-criminal Bernie Gunther arrives in Buenos Aires and, having revealed his real identity to the local chief of police, discovers that his reputation as a detective goes before him. A young girl has been murdered in peculiarly gruesome circumstances that strongly resemble Bernie's final case as a homicide detective with the Berlin police. A case he had failed to solve. Circumstances lead the chief of police in Buenos Aires to suppose that the murderer may be one of several thousand ex Nazis who have fetched up in Argentina since 1945. And, therefore, who better than Bernie Gunther to help him track that murderer down? Redolent with atmosphere, this novel ends up asking some highly provocative questions about the true extent of Argentina's Nazi collaboration and anti-semitism under the Perons.

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Straightforward is a multi-level course for adults and young adults. Based on observation of what good teachers do in the classroom, it is transparent in its structure, pragmatic in its methodology and varied in its content. This book contains 90 hours of teaching material on this course.

- Provides motivating content in a format that is easy for both teachers and students to use — All lessons include a balance of language and skills work, and the different sections on the page are clearly labelled so that students know exactly what they are focusing on at each moment — Covering 12 topics per level, the units in the student’s book contain skills work, contextualised grammar activities, vocabulary development exercises and functional language lessons

- Provides motivating content in a format that is easy for both teachers and students to use — All lessons include a balance of language and skills work, and the different sections on the page are clearly labelled so that students know exactly what they are focusing on at each moment — Covering twelve topics per level, the units in the student’s book contain skills work, contextualised grammar activities, vocabulary development exercises and functional language lessons — Includes new multimedia CD-ROM for self-study. Complete with grammar and vocabulary reference provides invaluable learning support

A new general English course for adults and young adults based on observation of what good teachers do in the classroom. Straightforward is transparent in its structure, pragmatic in its methodology and varied in its content. Portfolio: — Allows students to keep a personal record of their work during their English course — Encourages students to think about the way they learn and assess their own progress — Includes a Language Passport, Learning Diary, 'can do' checklists, self-assessment forms and questionnaires

- Contains practice material for each lesson in the Student’s Book, offering thorough consolidation of the language input — A complete writing course containing practical writing tasks for classroom or self-study — Extra reading texts and activities for every unit — Audio CD with dictation activities and audio versions of reading texts from the Student's Workbook

- Allows students to keep a personal record of their work during their English course — Encourages students to think about the way they learn and assess their own progress — Includes a Language Passport, Learning Diary, 'can do' checklists, self-assessment forms and questionnaires

Straightforward is a multi-level course for adults and young adults. Based on observation of what good teachers do in the classroom, 'Straightforward' is transparent in its structure, pragmatic in its methodology and varied in its content. — Allows students to keep a personal record of their work during their English course — Encourages students to think about the way they learn and assess their own progress — Includes a Language Passport, Learning Diary, 'can do' checklists, self-assessment forms and questionnaires