Cambridge Practice Tests for IELTS 3

Cambridge Practice Tests for IELTS 3
Cambridge University Press; with answers edition (Aug 2002)
PDF + MP3 | English | 23.4 MB | 176 pages
ISBN-10: 052101333X | ISBN-13: 978-0521013338

Cambridge IELTS 3 provides students with an excellent opportunity to familiarise themselves with IELTS and to practise examination techniques using authentic test material. This collection contains four complete tests for Academic candidates, including practice in the updated Speaking test (June 2001 syllabus), plus extra Reading and Writing modules for General Training candidates. The book includes an introduction to these different modules together with an explanation of the scoring system used by Cambridge ESOL. The inclusion of a comprehensive section of answers and tapescripts means that the material is ideal for students working partly or entirely on their own. The CDs contain material for the listening paper in the same timed format as the exam.

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Cambridge Practice Tests for IELTS 2

Cambridge Practice Tests for IELTS 2
Cambridge University Press; with answers edition (Mar 2000)
PDF + MP3 | English | 28.3 MB | 174 pages
ISBN-10: 0521775310 | ISBN-13: 978-0521775311

This collection of practice material for the International English Language Testing system (IELTS) has been specially prepared for publication by the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate. It provides students with an excellent opportunity to familiarise themselves with IELTS and to practise examination techniques using authentic test material. Cambridge IELTS 2 contains four complete tests for Academic candidates, plus extra Reading and Writing modules for General Training candidates. The book includes an introduction to these different modules together with an explanation of the scoring system used by Cambridge ESOL The inclusion of a comprehensive section of answers and tapescripts means that the material is ideal for students working partly or entirely on their own. The cassettes contain material for the listening paper in the same timed format as the exam.

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Cambridge Practice Tests for IELTS 1

Cambridge Practice Tests for IELTS 1
Cambridge University Press; Student edition (Aug 1995)
PDF + MP3 | English | 14.9 MB | 158 pages
ISBN-10: 0521497671 | ISBN-13: 978-0521497671

Cambridge Practice Tests for IELTS I contains four complete practice tests for the Academic module of the International English Language Testing System examination, plus extra Reading and Writing papers for the General Training module. Written by experienced IELTS examiners, one based in Britain and one based in Australia. The Student's Book contains an introduction to the different modules of the exam together with an explanation of the different IELTS question types and how to approach them. The inclusion of annotated keys and tapescripts for each test makes the book ideal for the purposes of self-study students. The cassettes contain listening material carefully chosen to reflect the reality of the exam in terms of timing, format and the types of speaker and accent used.

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Getting Started With English Language Learners: How Educators Can Meet the Challenge

Getting Started with English Language
Learners: How Educators Can Meet the Challenge
Association for Supervision & Curriculum Deve (2007)
PDF | English | 2.3 MB | Pages: 163
ISBN / ASIN: 1416605193

In Getting Started with English Language Learners: How Educators Can Meet the Challenge, Judie Haynes provides a practical resource to help educators who are new to the field of English as a Second Language understand the needs of English language learners. From learning how students acquire a second language to differentiating instruction to exploring practical strategies for teaching newcomers, this book will help educators learn how to create effective learning environments for English language learners.

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TIME Magazine April 21, 2008 Vol. 171 No. 16

TIME Magazine April 21, 2008 Vol. 171 No. 16
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• COVER: The Story of Barack Obama's Mother - Barack Obama's greatest influence was a woman most Americans know nothing about. How her uncommon life shaped his views of the world
• WORLD: Zimbabwe's Opposition Leader Is This Close...Again - Morgan Tsvangirai has been attacked and arrested for challenging Zimbabwe's despot Robert Mugabe. Now he may be on the verge of unseating him
• SOCIETY: On the Colorado Beer Trail - Who needs Napa? Colorado offers fans of craft brews their own playland of tours and tasting bars
• PEOPLE: 10 Questions for Randy Pausch - He's a Carnegie Mellon professor with terminal cancer. His stirring final speech became an Internet sensation and the basis for a new book, The Last Lecture. Randy Pausch will now take your questions

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Assimil - Le Nouvel Allemand Sans Peine

ASSiMiL - Le Nouvel Allemand Sans Peine
Assimil-Verlag (1991)
PDF | German | 23.5 + 155 MB | 414 pp
ISBN-10: 2700510224 | ISBN-13: 978-2700510225

Learn modern German in 100 lively and entertaining lessons. In just five months, you will be able to hold a conversation with German speakers. The audio recordings, made by professional voice-over artists, are invaluable for picking up the rhythms of the spoken language (Book + 4 CDs).

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A Way with Words Resource Pack 1 Book (Cambridge Copy Collection)

A Way with Words Resource Pack 1 Book (Cambridge Copy Collection)
Stuart Redman Robert Ellis Brigit Viney | Cambridge University Press (1997)
PDF | English | 7.5 MB | 96 pp
ISBN 0521477751

This resource book of vocabulary practice activities enables teachers to teach vocabulary communicatively in the classroom. Learner-centred in its approach, the material has the dual aim of helping students acquire vocabulary and develop skills and strategies for effective learning. Redesigned from the original version, this photocopiable resource pack retains a fresh approach to vocabulary learning. The book provides a variety of stimulating activities which require learners to actively use the target vocabulary. It develops learning skills, helping learners to become more efficient in organising, storing and remembering new vocabulary. It is easy to use with clear teacher’s notes on the left hand pages and facing photocopiable worksheets on the right. The resource book is accompanied by a cassette (Lower Intermediate to Intermediate only) for further practice of the key vocabulary.

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A Way With Words 2 & 3 (Cambridge University Press)

A Way With Words 2 & 3
( for Lower Intermediate to Intermediate students )
Stuart Redman, Robert Ellis, Geraldine Mark
Cambridge University Press (1997)
PDF | English | 3.7 + 5.7 MB | 2 x 128 pages
ISBN-13: 9780521477772 | ISBN 052135921X

This resource book of vocabulary practice activities enables teachers to teach vocabulary communicatively in the classroom. Learner-centred in its approach, the material has the dual aim of helping students acquire vocabulary and develop skills and strategies for effective learning.

Redesigned from the original version, this photocopiable resource pack retains a fresh approach to vocabulary learning. The book provides a variety of stimulating activities which require learners to actively use the target vocabulary.

It develops learning skills, helping learners to become more efficient in organising, storing and remembering new vocabulary. It is easy to use with clear teacher's notes on the left hand pages and facing photocopiable worksheets on the right. The resource book is accompanied by a cassette (Lower Intermediate to Intermediate only) for further practice of the key vocabulary.

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Tactics for Listening - Expanding (OUP)

Tactics for Listening Expanding
Jack C. Richards | Oxford University Press (2004)
PDF + MP3 | English | 29.4 + 171 MB

The new edition contains even more listening practice, plus expanded speaking activities, while retaining the effective listening practice and clear, natural language that teachers love, within a student-friendly page design.
How can it be used?
• As the basis for an intensive listening course or a language laboratory course.
• As a complementary text in a conversation course.
Who is it for?
• Adult and young adult learners of American English.
Key features
• Fun, natural-sounding recordings that reflect everyday situations.
• New follow-up listening and speaking activities for in-depth practice.
• Expanded 'Over to You' sections for extra speaking practice.
• A Student Audio CD for practice outside the classroom.
• Photocopiable speaking activities for each unit.
• Mid-term, final, and unit tests with Audio CDs for easy student

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Texts and Contexts: An Introduction to Literature and Language Study

Texts and Contexts: An Introduction to Literature and Language Study

Adrian Beard | Routledge (2001)
PDF | English | 25.8 MB | 165 pp
ISBN / ASIN: 0415229871

The idea of studying texts "in context" has become a major new emphasis in contemporary literary studies. This book explores the idea of contexts and the way they affect texts, concentrating upon:
* the writer's context
* the reader's context
* the text's context
* the language context
* the meaning context.
Through a series of units comprising texts, exercises and readings, Adrian Beard sets out a framework for studying texts and their contexts and shows how this approach can lead to a valuable new understanding of the changing and multiple meanings of any text. This accessible, enjoyable set of materials is ideal for any students meeting the idea of contexts for the first time.

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New Proficiency Listening and Speaking - Longman Exam Skills

New Proficiency Listening and Speaking - Longman Exam Skills
Fiona Scott-Barrett | Longman (1999)
PDF + MP3 | English | 114 MB | 96 pp
ISBN / ASIN: 058236339X

Designed for students preparing for the Cambridge exams, each book in this series offers both students and teachers comprehensive support, including revision sections, mini dictionaries and appendices in the students' books, and model answers, photocopiable tests and marking schemes in the teacher's books. The books can be used either as free-standing supplementary material, or as a complete exam preparation series. They are designed to develop the essential language skills and sub-skills students need for each exam paper; they also offer specific training and guidance for each part of the exams, with an abundance of practice based on realistic test tasks.

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Doing English: Guide for Literature Students

Doing English: Guide for Literature Students

Robert Eaglestone | Routledge (2000)
DJVU | English | 1 MB | 152pp
ISBN / ASIN: 041519136X

Illustrated with examples from essential texts, Doing English examines the evolution of English as a subject and questions the assumptions that lie behind approaches to literature. The book includes chapters on the history of English, doing criticism, jargon and technical terms, language, English as Heritage and the Canon. Dealing with the exciting new ideas and contentious debates that make up English today, this volume is an essential purchase.

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Market Leader: Intermediate: Business Law

Market Leader: Intermediate: Business Law
Tricia Smith | Longman (Aug 2000)
PDF | English | 8.5 MB | 88 pp
ISBN-10: 058232842X | ISBN-13: 978-0582328426

Business Law is one of a number of specialist books within the Market Leader series that compliments the course. Each book consists of 18 units, 2 tests, and a multilingual glossary.
The topics have been chosen following research among teachers to establish which are the areas of widest possible interest to the majority of their students.

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The Linguistics Encyclopedia

The Linguistics Encyclopedia
K. Malmkjaer | Routledge (1995)
PDF | English | 4.3 MB | 592 pp
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415125669 | ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415125666

This A-Z encyclopedia covers over 150 areas of linguistics such as phonetics, dyslexia, semantics, grammar, phonology, rhetoric, stylistics, the origin of languages, writing systems, historical linguistics, pidgins, psycholinguistics, speech therapy, and lexicography.

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College Writing: A Personal Approach to Academic Writing

College Writing: A Personal Approach to Academic Writing
Toby Fulwiler | Boynton/Cook (2000)
PDF | English | 1.6 MB | 256pp
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0867095237 | ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780867095234

Writing is a varied critical and imaginative process, not a rigid adherence to a set of conventions. Based on that premise, the third edition of College Writing, like its previous editions, continually exhorts students to find and celebrate their own voices. In fact, it is this affirmation of individual creativity that sets College Writing apart from other process-oriented rhetorics.

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Trouble with Adjectives, Adverbs and Pronouns?

Trouble with Adjectives, Adverbs and Pronouns?
David Bolton, Noel Goodey | First Person Publishing (2000)
PDF | English | 3.1 MB | 68pp
ISBN 0953309878

Uses the same guided discovery method as "Trouble with Verbs?". Covers the main trouble areas associated with adjectives, adverbs and pronouns at elementary and intermediate level.
This book deals with common difficulties that students have with adjectives, adverbs and pronouns, and helps them to the correct choice when faced with two or more alternatives. It is particulary useful for remedial work.

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How to Teach English by Jeremy Harmer (Longman)

How to Teach English (Longman)
Jeremy Harmer | Longman Publishing Group (1997)
PDF | English | 25.3 MB | 212pp
ISBN 0582297966

This straightforward, highly readable handbook is an essential introduction to the theory and practice of teaching English. It examines a variety of teaching methods based on the author's extensive experience in the classroom and with teachers in training. The book offers ideas on lesson planning and textbook use that can be put into practice immediately.
• Explains and gives examples of current teaching methods including the Engage-Study-Activate model
• Contains a basic introductory grammar guide
• Offers practical advice for coping with common classroom problems
Contains photocopiable tasks for each chapter and is appropriate for self-study and for use with teacher trainees.

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Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English

Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English
Douglas Biber, Susan Conrad, Geoffrey Leech | Longman Pearson ESL (2002)
PDF | English | 82 MB | 497pp
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0582237262 | ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780582237261

This book is a coursebook and a reference grammar for students and their teachers. Although it is based on the Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English (LGSWE), the Student Grammar is much more than just an abbreviated LGSWE. Rather, we have simplified and reorganized the content of the LGSWE, avoiding much technical detail while retaining the strengths of the larger book. For example, like the LGSWE, the Student Grammar contains over 3,000 authentic English examples, and contrasts the major patterns of use in spoken and written registers. However, we have simplified the presentation when possible; for example, we have tried hard to find new and simpler extracts from our corpus data, often replacing more complex examples in LGSWE.
Of the five authors of LGSWE, we three owe a debt of gratitude to our two other co-authors: Stig Johansson and Ed Finegan. We benefited from the work that Stig and Ed did on the LGSWE during our writing of the Student Grammar. We would also like to thank the students in English 528 at Northern Arizona University, who used a draft of the Student Grammar as their grammar textbook and provided numerous helpful comments and suggestions for revision.
To support the educational use of the Student Grammar, we have also written a Workbook, which can be used as a classroom textbook or for self-study by students. The Workbook provides exercises based on authentic English texts and sentences, linked directly to the Grammar Bites in the present book.

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How to Teach Grammar

How to Teach Grammar
Scott Thornbury | Pearson ESL; 1st edition (Oct 2000)
PDF | English | 7.2 MB | 190 pages
ISBN-10: 0582339324 | ISBN-13: 978-0582339323

"How to Teach Grammar", like others in the series, (How To Teach Pronunciation (Book with Audio CD)), is an excellent and very practical resource. As always, it is written with the classroom teacher in mind, and Scott Thornbury has written a very accessible and very useful book.

The book covers some broad areas, such as why teach grammar and even how "NOT" to teach it. Thornbury gives three broad approaches: teaching grammar from examples, texts and rules. He also covers issues related to correcting it, practicing it and integrating it through a couple of different approaches, (such as PPP and skills-based teaching).

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Fluent English: Perfect Natural Speech,Sharpen Your Grammer, Master Idiomatic, Speak Fluently

Barbara Raifsnider "Fluent English: Perfect Natural Speech,
Sharpen Your Grammer, Master Idiomatic, Speak Fluently"

Living Language (April 2005) | ISBN 1400020883 | 240 Pages
PDF + MP3 | 1.42 + 22.7 + 28.7 + 27.4 MB

ESL (English as a Second Language) students who reach an intermediate level of English don’t need endless drills in grammar or tedious vocabulary lists; they need to learn how to make their English sound natural. Fluent English is the ideal course for developing native-like fluency in English. It focuses on the essentials—idiomatic expressions, phrasal verbs, practical vocabulary expansion, and grammar usage in context—and builds listening comprehension as well as pronunciation and intonation skills. Students will find numerous opportunities to practice speaking, listening, writing, and reading English. They’ll also learn essential information about living and working in the United States. At $29.95, this affordable program—which comes complete with a 224-page textbook and three hours of recordings on three CDs—offers language learners the perfect opportunity to hone their language skills effectively and economically.

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101 American English Idioms

101 American English Idioms

Harry Collis | McGraw-Hill (2007)
PDF | English | 11 MB | Pages: 136
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0071487727 | ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780071487726

101 American English Idioms is designed to help bridge the gap between "meaning" and "thrust" of American colloquialisms by providing a situation and a graphic illustration of that situation, so that the imagery created by the expression can be felt, rather than simply learned as a stock definition.
The book is divided into nine sections. The title of each section reflects a notion or a manifestation of the physical world, the world of behavior, or the world of the senses with which the reader may easily identify.
It is hoped that the natural tone of the language of the situations in which the idiom is presented will help to convey the feeling of the idiom and the circumstances under which it may be used. The illustrations graphically depicting the meaning of the components of the expressions not only add an element of humor, hut also serve to highlight the contrast between the literal and actual meaning of the idioms as presented in the text.
An index is included to facilitate recall and location of the expressions.
101 American English Idioms is intended primarily for all students of English. Nevertheless, because of the graphic humor of the idioms in caricature, native speakers of English will also find the book refreshingly entertaining.

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Hot Topics 1: Heinle & Heinle Publishers (2005)

Hot Topics 1
Cheryl Pavlik | Heinle & Heinle Publishers (2005)
PDF | English | 24.7 MB | Pages: 191
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1413007023 | ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781413007022

HOT Topics is a three-level reading discussion series written for inquisitive, mature students of English language learners. Each chapter contains several high-interest readings on a specific controversial and thought-provoking topic.

In the 30 years that I have been in English language training CELT), I have despaired of the lack of stimulating reading texts, accompanied by activities written specifically to energize and inspire the mature English learner. Why aren't many ESL reading texts sufficient? Although ESL learners may not yet have mastered English syntax, they still have interests beyond the mundane, and they certainly have ample reasoning ability. And while many reading texts are written about subjects of broad appeal, virtually all of them avoid topics that are deemed "too controversial" for the classroom setting. Unfortunately, many of those neglected topics are of great interest and relevance to adult lives. By steering course themes away from controversy, the instrucror also steers students away from motivating and stimulating topics.

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Hot Topics 2: HEINLE-CENGAGE Learning (2006)

Hot Topics 2
Cheryl Pavlik | HEINLE-CENGAGE Learning (2006)
PDF | English | 21.7 MB | Pages: 190
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1413007066 | ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781413007060

HOT TOPICS is guaranteed to engage readers, stimulate thinking, and provoke conversation while developing vocabulary and reading skills. The controversial topics explored in the text all have more than one side to them, thus encouraging debate and classroom discussion.
• Three readings per chapter explore the same hot topic from different points of view. The readings in each chapter vary by genre and increase in difficulty to support reading development.
• A focus on reading skills and reading comprehension through pre-reading questions, skimming and scanning activities, the use of context clues, vocabulary analysis, and the development of critical thinking skills helps students increase their reading fluency.
• Open-ended questions at the end of every chapter encourage students to voice their opinions and defend their viewpoints either through discussion or in writing.

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Hot Topics 3: HEINLE-CENGAGE Learning (2006)

Hot Topics 3
Cheryl Pavlik | HEINLE-CENGAGE Learning (2006)
PDF | English | 58.3 MB | 217 pages
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1413007104 | ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781413007107

HOT TOPICS is guaranteed to engage readers, stimulate thinking, and provoke conversation while developing vocabulary and reading skills. The controversial topics explored in the text all have more than one side to them, thus encouraging debate and classroom discussion.
• Three readings per chapter explore the same hot topic from different points of view. The readings in each chapter vary by genre and increase in difficulty to support reading development.
• A focus on reading skills and reading comprehension through pre-reading questions, skimming and scanning activities, the use of context clues, vocabulary analysis, and the development of critical thinking skills helps students increase their reading fluency.
• Open-ended questions at the end of every chapter encourage students to voice their opinions and defend their viewpoints either through discussion or in writing.

Hot topics 3 differs from the preceding two levels in that the majority of readings are authentic or only slightly adapted from sources such as the New York Times. CNN, and the BBC.

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A Glossary Of Words And Phrases Pertaining To The Dialect Of Cumberland

A Glossary Of Words And Phrases Pertaining To
The Dialect Of Cumberland (1878)
by William Dickinson
Published For The English Dialect Society,
by Trubner & Co., 57 & 59, Ludgate Hill (1878)
PDF | English | 36 MB | 430pp

The work is a second edition, revised and extended, of "A Glossary of the Words and Phrases of Cumberland", published in Whitehaven, in 1859, which has for some time been out of print. The changes in this edition are numerous, both in the way of omission and addition. As regards the omissions, many words previously included were merely corruptions or peculiar pronunciations of ordinary current English. These it has not been deemed necessary to retain. The rule of exclusion, however, has not been absolutely or rigorously observed, because some Cumbrian forms of common English cannot without explanation be made intelligible to people living beyond the borders of the county.
In treating of Cumberland words, it must be borne in mind that, small as the county is, having an area of only a little over fifteen hundred square miles, it possesses its geography of language, ranging across the county in tolerably distinct bands, and each preserving its substantive identity with the fidelity attaching to a national language, but occasionally shading into and blending with the others, its immediate neighbours.

All the glossaries and publications in the county dialect, hitherto met with by the author, are local, and unavoidably provincial ; or are indiscriminately intermixed, and consequently imperfect. An attempt is made to render this one more perfect, by localizing each word and phrase. The sources from which information has been derived are, a frequent, or rather an almost continuous, personal business intercourse with nearly all classes of the rural inhabitants of nearly every parish in the county during the greater part of a half-century ; the inspection of various glossaries of Cumberland and north-country words ; a rigid search through the publications met with in the dialect of the county ; the contributions of friends ; an intimate acquaintance with the mother tongue of the county, and a lifelong residence in the central district described.

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Philosophical Dictionary. Vol. 3: Voltaire (Penguin Classics)

Philosophical Dictionary. Volumin 3: Voltaire (Penguin Classics)
Francois Voltaire | Penguin Classics (1984)
PDF | English | 5.9 MB | Pages: 1577
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 014044257X | ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780140442571

Voltaire is one of the greatest philosophers that ever lived on earth. Even today his writings are so relevant and they surely make to much sense still so there's nothing old-fashioned or unfamiliar in any page!
Candide is his masterpiece but for a start I would reccomend you this lovely essays book that will certainly make you wiser once you finish reading them.

This book is about man's freedom: freedom of thought, freedom of worship, freedom of the mental encroachments that make a man think he has the right to despise, oppress, kill a fellow human being because he is different. This book is about the power of reason, about the absurdity of racism, war, greed and violence. Voltaire was the father of modern man. His errors were the errors of his age: his wisdom is the wisdom of the better part of man.

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TIME Magazine June 30, 2008 Vol. 171 No. 26

TIME Magazine June 30, 2008 Vol. 171 No. 26 (U.S. Edition)
DOC (MS Word) + PDF + MP3 | English | 9.5 + 1.8 + 6.8 MB

• COVER: The Great Wall of America - The US is erecting miles of new fences along much of the Mexican border. Can a barrier stop the tide of illegal aliens?
• SOCIETY: Should You Drink with Your Kids? - The effort to stamp out underage alcohol use has failed, creating a culture in which young people binge in secret. John Cloud suggests there's a better way
• ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT: Graphic Novels are Hollywood's Newest Gold Mine - Graphic novels — long comic books for grownups — have also become the movie industry's most reliable development tool
• PEOPLE: 10 Questions for Steve Carell - From The 40-Year-Old Virgin to The Office's clueless boss Michael Scott, he's made hilariously awkward comedy an art form. His new film, Get Smart, is in theaters. Steve Carell will now take your questions

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The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century

The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History
of the Twenty-first Century
Thomas L. Friedman | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2006)
PDF | English | 1.5 MB | Pages: 579
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0374292795 | ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780374292799

The World Is Flat is Thomas L. Friedman’s account of the great changes taking place in our time, as lightning-swift advances in technology and communications put people all over the globe in touch as never before—creating an explosion of wealth in India and China, and challenging the rest of us to run even faster just to stay in place. This updated and expanded edition features more than a hundred pages of fresh reporting and commentary, drawn from Friedman’s travels around the world and across the American heartland—from anyplace where the flattening of the world is being felt.

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Vocabulary Games and Activities 1 (Penguin English Photocopiables)

Vocabulary Games and Activities 1 (Penguin English Photocopiables)
Peter Watcyn-Jones | Pearson ESL (Sept 2004)
PDF | English | 6.6 MB | Pages: 174
ISBN-10: 0582465664 | ISBN-13: 978-0582465664

Vocabulary Games and Activities 1 is a fully revised and updated edition of the best-selling Vocabulary Games and Activities for Teachers by Peter Watcyn-Jones. It contains sixty enjoyable games and activities that provide invaluable practice in the most useful vocabulary that learners of English need to know. There is a wide variety of activity types including ice-breakers, quizzes, pair work, bingo, board games, crosswords, and much more.
• 60 photocopiable activities requiring minimum preparation
• NEW - Activities selected and revised following teacher feedback
• NEW - Organized according to level from Beginners to Advanced for ease of reference
• Most activities can be completed in 10-30 minutes

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Everything You Need To Know About American History

Everything You Need To Know About American History
Anne Zeman, Kate Kelly | Scholastic Reference (Jan 2005)
PDF | English | 16.5 MB | 137 pages
ISBN-10: 0439625203 | ISBN-13: 978-0439625203

The newly revised and updated Everything You Need to Know About series provide kids and parents with a quick refresher to 4th through 6th grade curriculum topics. The organization and scope of these concise homework-help guides make them an essential reference resource. Researched according to middle-grade curriculum and current textbooks, and created in conjunction with subject experts, these titles answer kids' most frequently asked homework questions. In AMERICAN HISTORY, students will find everything from accounts of the first Americans to the 21st Century.

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Don't Know Much About the Bible: Everything You Need to Know About the Good Book but Never Learned

Don't Know Much About the Bible: Everything You Need to Know
About the Good Book but Never Learned
Kenneth C. Davis | Harper Paperbacks (1999)
PDF | English | 2.3 MB | Pages: 584
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0380728397 | ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780380728398

With wit, wisdom, and an extraordinary talent for turning dry, difficult reading into colorful and realistic accounts, the creator of the bestselling Don't Know Much About®, series now brings the world of the Old and New testaments to life as no one else can in the bestseller Don't Know Much About® The Bible. Relying on new research and improved translations, Davis uncovers some amazing questions and contradictions about what the Bible really says. Jericho's walls may have tumbled down because the city lies on a fault line. Moses never parted the Red Sea. There was a Jesus, but he wasn't born on Christmas and he probably wasn't an only child.

Davis brings readers up-to-date on findings gleaned from the Dead Sea Scrolls and Gnostic Gospels that prompt serious scholars to ask such serious questions as: Who wrote the Bible? Did Jesus say everything we were taught he did? Did he say more? By examining the Bible historically, Davis entertains and amazes, provides a much better understanding of the subject, and offers much more fun learning about it.

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The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli (Bantam Classics)

The Prince (Bantam Classics)
Niccolo Machiavelli | Bantam Classics (1984)
PDF | English | 0.5 MB | Pages: 132
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0553212788 | ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780553212785

Here is the world's most famous master plan for seizing and holding power. Astonishing in its candor The Prince even today remains a disturbingly realistic and prophetic work on what it takes to be a prince . . . a king . . . a president. When, in 1512, Machiavelli was removed from his post in his beloved Florence, he resolved to set down a treatise on leadership that was practical, not idealistic. In The Prince he envisioned would be unencumbered by ordinary ethical and moral values; his prince would be man and beast, fox and lion. Today, this small sixteenth-century masterpiece has become essential reading for every student of government, and is the ultimate book on power politics.

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An Asperger Dictionary of Everyday Expressions

An Asperger Dictionary of Everyday Expressions
Ian Stuart-Hamilton | Jessica Kingsley Publishers (2007)
PDF | English | 1.5 MB | Pages: 256
ISBN / ASIN: 1843105187

Addressing an important aspect of social communication for people with Asperger Syndrome, who use direct, precise language and 'take things literally', this dictionary of idiomatic expressions aims to dispel any confusion that arises from the misinterpretation of language. This book provides explanations of over 5,000 idiomatic expressions plus a guide to their politeness level. Each expression is accompanied by a clear explanation of its meaning and when and how it might be used. The expressions are taken from American and British English, with some Australian expressions included as well. Although the book is primarily intended for people with Asperger Syndrome, it will be useful for anyone who finds problems understanding idiomatic and colloquial English.

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Your Writing Coach: From Concept to Character, From Pitch to Publication

Your Writing Coach:
From Concept to Character, From Pitch to Publication
Nicholas Brealey Publishing (2007)
PDF | English | 1.6 MB | Pages: 257
ISBN / ASIN: 1857883675

Written by a highly successful author with vast experience in many different kinds of writing - feature films, television, radio, books, newspapers, plays, with writing credits from Hollywood to the BBC Your Writing Coach shows aspiring writers how to overcome fear, get past excuses, and start writing! With practical advice on developing a niche and a writing style, Wolff provides all the strategies needed to become a full time writer and build a successful career.

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504 Absolutely Essential Words

504 Absolutely Essential Words
Murray Bromberg, Julius Liebb, Arthur Traiger,
Barrons Educational Series Inc. (1988)
PDF | English | 6.9 MB | Pages: 144
ISBN / ASIN: 0812037022 | EAN: 9780812037029

Here's the latest edition of a proven English vocabulary supplementary etxt for ESL and remedial English courses. Forty-two lessons each introduce twelve new words in sample sentences and short, entertaining articles. Frequent word repetition helps students master these 504 words that are basic to every educated person's vocabulary. Self-testing exercises in fill-in-the-blanks format are a part of every lesson. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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The Penguin Dictionary of American English Usage and Style

The Penguin Dictionary of American English Usage and Style

Paul M. Lovinger | Penguin (2001)
PDF | English | 2.2 MB | Pages: 505
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0142000469 | ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780142000465

The Penguin Dictionary of American English Usage and Style covers a wide range of topics from grammar and punctuation to style and word choice. Drawing on more than 2,000 real-life examples of questionable usage, it features topics found in no comparable reference work, such as clear examples and definitions in all word entries and explanations of misunderstood and misused words and clichés. This authoritative and highly readable guide provides exceptionally clear answers in plain language to the most complicated questions about English. It will be welcomed by anyone who cares about the way words are used.

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Vocabulary Games & Activities 2 (Penguin English Photocopiables)

Vocabulary Games & Activities 2 (Penguin English Photocopiables)
Peter Watcyn-Jones | Pearson ESL (2004)
PDF | English | 5.7 MB | Pages: 171
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0582465656 | ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780582465657

It's an excellent book, with materials suitable for all levels and age groups. Younger students love "Word Battleships", while older students find the "Half Crosswords" both challenging and entertaining.
One of the book's most attractive features is the fact that it cuts down significantly on class preparation time. All you need is access to a photocopier and scissors. In fact some activities require neither. "Three-in-a-row", a fun quiz, is an ideal stand-by for that class one has to give at a moment's notice. What impresses most about "Vocabulary Games and Activities" is the sheer variety of activities it has to offer. Apart from the afore-mentioned, you can find: bingo, dominoes, word-grouping activities, conundrums, "Find someone who", board games and dictations, all with the underlying characteristics of encouraging interaction in the classroom, reinforcing existing vocabulary and teaching new lexis in an almost effortless, and always enjoyable way. Finally, it's worth pointing out that a wide range of language is covered. Supplementary material is available for teaching homophones, prepositions, adjectives and idioms, as well as several word fields.
Finally, it's worth pointing out that a wide range of language is covered. Supplementary material is available for teaching homophones, prepositions, adjectives and idioms, as well as several word fields.

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The Least You Should Know about English: Writing Skills, Form A

The Least You Should Know about English: Writing Skills, Form A

Paige Wilson, Teresa Ferster Glazier | Wadsworth Publishing; 9th edition (May 2005)
PDF | English | 14.8 MB | 319 pages
ISBN-10: 1413008941 | ISBN-13: 978-1413008944

Improve your word choice, spelling, punctuation, sentence structure, and writing with THE LEAST YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ENGLISH: WRITING SKILLS, FORM A! For thirty years, this developmental English text has helped students like you improve their skills through a simple, friendly approach. Extensive sets of exercises, humorous and informative topics, and a book-specific website with grammar reviews and resources, ensure that you succeed in this course.
With an amazing gift for explaining the basics of punctuation and grammar, Paige Wilson, Assistant Professor at Pasadena City College, focuses on the vital basics of English, reinforcing fundamental concepts with an abundance of easy-to-follow exercises.

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101 American English Riddles : Understanding Language and Culture Through Humor

101 American English Riddles :
Understanding Language and Culture Through Humor
Harry Collis | McGraw-Hill (1996)
PDF | English | 5.3 MB | Pages: 144
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0844256064 | ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780844256061

Humorous riddles with comic illustrations help ESL students gain new insights into American language and culture. Each riddle is accompanied by text that helps students grasp and master the
underlying linguistic and cultural reasons why the joke is funny.

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How to Pass Advanced Verbal Reasoning Tests: Essential Practice for English Usage, Critical Reasoning and Reading Comprehension Tests

How to Pass Advanced Verbal Reasoning Tests:
Essential Practice for English Usage, Critical Reasoning and Reading
Comprehension Tests

Mike Bryon | Kogan Page (2008)
PDF | English | 1.5 MB | Pages: 234
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0749449691 | ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780749449698

Aimed at applicants for graduate or managerial jobs, How to Pass Advanced Verbal Reasoning Tests addresses the rising demand for more difficult preparation material. Offering unbeatable score-improving practice for online or pen and paper tests, it will help anyone prepare thoroughly and impress their potential employer. With over 550 practice questions and answers available, covering all the major types of advanced verbal reasoning, along with explanations of scores, How to Pass Advanced Verbal Reasoning Tests contains everything that job candidates need to know to stand out from the crowd.

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