The Satanic Verses: A Novel by Salman Rushdie

The Satanic Verses: A Novel by Salman Rushdie
Picador, 1st Picador USA edition (Dec 2000) | ISBN-10: 0312270828
PDF | English | 2.3 MB | 576 pages

No book in modern times has matched the uproar sparked by Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses, which earned its author a death sentence. Furor aside, it is a marvelously erudite study of good and evil, a feast of language served up by a writer at the height of his powers, and a rollicking comic fable. The book begins with two Indians, Gibreel Farishta ("for fifteen years the biggest star in the history of the Indian movies") and Saladin Chamcha, a Bombay expatriate returning from his first visit to his homeland in 15 years, plummeting from the sky after the explosion of their jetliner, and proceeds through a series of metamorphoses, dreams and revelations. Rushdie's powers of invention are astonishing in this Whitbread Prize winner.

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Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier Unabridged Audiobook (+Text)

Rebecca Unabridged Audiobook (+Text)

By Daphne du Maurier | Narrated by Anna Massey
BBC Audiobooks America (2009) | Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
MP3 | English | 149 MB

"Last Night I Dreamt I Went To Manderley Again..."

Rebecca, a dark psychological tale of secrets and betrayal, is Daphne du Maurier's best-loved work and was named Best Novel of the 20th Century at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention.
After a whirlwind romance and a honeymoon in Italy, the innocent young heroine and the dashing Maxim de Winter return to his beautiful country estate, Manderley. But the unsettling memory of Rebecca, the first Mrs. de Winter, still lingers within. The timid bride must overcome her husband's oppressive silences and the sullen history of the sinister housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers, to confront the emotional horrors of the past.

LINKS: Part I; Part II; Part III

Using the Internet for Active Teaching and Learning

Using the Internet for Active Teaching and Learning
Pearson Merill Prentice Hall (2006) | ISBN 0-13-110546-9
PDF | English | 14.2 MB | 243 Pages

There is no doubt that things are changing in the modern classroom as teachers find more
ways to leverage technology for learning. As the Internet grows at exponential rates, its
associated technologies provide a toolbox of educational and informational resources for
enhancing teaching and learning in the classroom. The Internet is affecting, if not
instigating, many of the changes that are occurring in classrooms today because of its
capacity to connect learners to an almost unlimited supply of information, while providing
an interface that allows flexible, multimodal, and interactive knowledge acquisition
and exploration.
Computer technology and the Internet can have a significant impact on educational
effectiveness.These technologies can enable teachers to deploy complex learning tasks in
the classroom, using powerful instructional methodologies. In addition, certain features
and capabilities of the Internet enable active learning environments, which prompt learners
to become problem solvers, decision makers, communicators, and collaborators.

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Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, 2nd edition

Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, 2nd edition
by Bernd Wursig | Academic Press (2002) | ISBN: 0125513402
PDF | English | 58.2 MB | 1355 pages

Combining excellent science with accessible style, the Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals is an indispensable resource on the fascinating warm-blooded creatures of the sea. The contributions of more than 200 leading international authorities have made this single volume the guide for studyig the entire range of marine mammals.
Organized alphabetically, more the 280 articles are devoted to wide range of topics -- from the specific behavior and physiology of cetaceans and pinnipeds, to ecology, population biology, human effects and interaction, and research methodology.
Up-to-date, accessible, and scientifically sound, the Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals will occupy a central place in any marine science library.

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Landscape Architecture - November 2009

Landscape Architecture - November 2009

PDF | English | 53 MB | 125 pages

Landscape Architecture - the magazine of the American Society of Landscape Architects provides timely information on built landscapes and new techniques for ecologically sensitive planning and design.

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TIME Magazine October 12, 2009 Vol. 174 No. 14

TIME Magazine October 12, 2009 Vol. 174 No. 14

DOC (MS Word) + PDF + MP3 | English | 4.5 + 1.8 + 16.1 MB

• COVER: A Window On the War in Afghanistan - As Washington debates what to do about the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, photographer Adam Ferguson captures and describes the daily lives of the men fighting it
• NATION: An Enemy Within - Out on the prairie, the feds arrest and charge an Afghan with a bomb recipe on his laptop. Was there a wider terrorist plot?
• SCIENCE: A Long-Lost Relative - The oldest hominid skeleton ever discovered offers unexpected clues to what our even more ancient ancestors might have looked like
• RELIGION: How Moses Shaped America - From the Revolution to the Cold War, the Old Testament hero has been the country's defining religious symbol. What we can learn from Moses today

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TIME Magazine October 19, 2009 Vol. 174 No. 15

TIME Magazine October 19, 2009 Vol. 174 No. 15
DOC (MS Word) + PDF + MP3 | English | 3.2 + 1.2 + 39.1 MB

• COVER: Why It's Time To Retire the 401(k) - Last year's market wipeout showed the vulnerability of the popular retirement-savings accounts. But the data are telling us that even in the long run, consumers need better options
• WORLD: A Five-Star Ghost Town at the End of 'The World' - Psst. Wanna buy a continent? As the emirate's economy craters, its archipelago of man-made private islands sits empty. A property bust at the end of the World
• ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT: The Worlds Within - Two new shows celebrate Wassily Kandinsky and Georgia O'Keeffe, diverse pioneers of abstraction
• TECHNOLOGY: Wave New World - Google's latest product combines communication, collaboration and media-sharing into one insanely useful app. Is this the new e-mail?

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Webster's Thesaurus Edition - The Scarlet Letter

Webster's Thesaurus Edition - The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne | ICON Group International, Inc. (2005) | ISBN-10: 0497253062
PDF | English | 4.8 MB | 348 pages

Designed for school districts, educators, and students seeking to maximize performance on
standardized tests, Webster’s paperbacks take advantage of the fact that classics are frequently
assigned readings in English courses. By using a running thesaurus at the bottom of each page, this edition of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne was edited for students who are actively
building their vocabularies in anticipation of taking PSAT®, SAT®, AP® (Advanced Placement®),
GRE®, LSAT®, GMAT® or similar examinations.

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TIME Magazine June 18, 2007 Vol. 169 No. 25

TIME Magazine June 18, 2007 Vol. 169 No. 25
DOC (MS Word) + PDF + MP3 | English | 3.3 + 0.8 + 71.4 MB

• COVER: The Case For Amnesty - It has emerged as the pariah term in the immigration debate. But here's why legalizing aliens makes sense
• ESSAY: Learning from Lincoln's Wisdom - He saw how time erodes the memory of our battles against tyranny. Are we ignoring the lessons now?
• WORLD: How to Avoid a New Cold War - U.S. ties with Russia are ominously bad. Longtime diplomat Zbigniew Brzenski warns Washington to tread wisely in the days ahead
• HEALTH & MEDICINE: Fighting Drug-Resistant Bugs - The case of Andrew Speaker's TB highlights the important battle between bacteria and new antibiotics
• BUSINESS: Bill Gates Goes Back To School - Harvard's most famous dropout returns for his diploma, 30 years late. His final exam: Can he save the world?

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Webster's Thesaurus Edition - The Secret Garden

Webster's Thesaurus Edition - The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett | ICON Group International, Inc. (2005) | ISBN-10: 0497010461
PDF | English | 4.7 MB | 356 pages

Designed for school districts, educators, and students seeking to maximize performance on
standardized tests, Webster’s paperbacks take advantage of the fact that classics are frequently
assigned readings in English courses. By using a running thesaurus at the bottom of each page, this edition of The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett was edited for students who are actively building their vocabularies in anticipation of taking PSAT®, SAT®, AP® (Advanced Placement®), GRE®, LSAT®, GMAT® or similar examinations.

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TIME Magazine June 11, 2007 Vol. 169 No. 24

TIME Magazine June 11, 2007 Vol. 169 No. 24
DOC (MS Word) + PDF | English | 3.5 + 0.9 MB

• COVER: The Science Of Appetite - There's a lot more to feeling hungry than you think. New research into what drives us to eat may teach us how to control the urge
• NATION: An Auto Insider Takes on Climate Change - Congressman John Dingell has been accused of being in bed with the auto industry. But that's not stopping him from tackling global warming
• HISTORY: America's Fear of Outsiders - The U.S. has always been a nation of immigrants. It's always been a nation ambivalent about them too
• WORLD: In the Shadow of the Six-Day War - Forty years later, defeats and disappointments continue to shape the lives of Palestinians and Israelis
• HEALTH & MEDICINE: How Babies Decode Faces - For infants, learning a language can mean looking as well as listening

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Webster's Thesaurus Edition - Typee

Webster's Thesaurus Edition - Typee
by Herman Melville | ICON Group International, Inc. (2005) | ISBN-10: 0497252724
PDF | English | 5.7 MB | 445 pages

Designed for school districts, educators, and students seeking to maximize performance on
standardized tests, Webster’s paperbacks take advantage of the fact that classics are frequently
assigned readings in English courses. By using a running thesaurus at the bottom of each page, this edition of Typee by Herman Melville was edited for students who are actively building their
vocabularies in anticipation of taking PSAT®, SAT®, AP® (Advanced Placement®), GRE®,
LSAT®, GMAT® or similar examinations.

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TIME Magazine April 9, 2007 Vol. 169 No. 15

TIME Magazine April 9, 2007 Vol. 169 No. 15
DOC (MS Word) + PDF | English | 8.00 + 1.7 MB

• COVER: 51 Things We Can Do - Here is our guide to some of the planet's best ideas, with an assessment of their impact and feel-good factor
• On the Front Lines Of Climate Change - Adapting to a warmer planet. The world's most vulnerable coastal communities are taking action now for a future of rising oceans and more severe floods. What America's cities can learn from them
• What Now For Our Feverish Planet? - Our feverish planet badly needs a cure. Climate change is caused by a lot of things, and it will take a lot of people to fix it. There's a role for big thinkers, power players, those with deep pockets--and the rest of us
• RELIGION: Pastors' Wives Come Together - Their roles have changed with the times. Now they're finding fellowship--online
• SOCIETY: Knee Deep - Examining how exercise, fatigue and the differences between men and women affect sports injuries
• Parents: Relax - Teens are acting more responsibly. It may even be time to reward them with some of the rights adults have
• WORLD: The Master's Next Move (Profile) - Two decades after he conquered the chess world, Garry Kasparov is taking on his biggest challenge: Russian President Vladimir Putin
• HEALTH & MEDICINE: Living with Cancer - The toll of the disease is still high, but more and more patients are fighting it to a draw, enjoying one active, busy year at a time

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Webster's Thesaurus Edition - Wuthering Heights

Webster's Thesaurus Edition - Wuthering Heights
by Emily Brontë | ICON Group International, Inc. (2005) | ISBN-10: 0497010429
PDF | English | 5.8 MB | 443 pages

Designed for school districts, educators, and students seeking to maximize performance on
standardized tests, Webster’s paperbacks take advantage of the fact that classics are frequently
assigned readings in English courses. By using a running thesaurus at the bottom of each page, this edition of Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë was edited for students who are actively building
their vocabularies in anticipation of taking PSAT®, SAT®, AP® (Advanced Placement®), GRE®,
LSAT®, GMAT® or similar examinations.

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TIME Magazine January 29, 2007 Vol. 169 No. 5

TIME Magazine January 29, 2007 Vol. 169 No. 5
DOC (MS Word) + PDF | English | 4.1 + 1.3 MB

COVER: The New Map Of The Brain - There are uncharted worlds inside your head, but science is drawing a map
• The Mystery of Consciousness - You exist, right? Prove it. How 100 billion jabbering neurons create the knowledge--or illusion--that you're here
• The Power of Hope - We say "Sweet dreams" when we induce general anesthesia--but nobody dreams. Consciousness stops. With anesthesia, however, we know how to undo the spell. You wake up when the operation is over, and there you are again. Not so when you drop into the coma of an advanced brain tumor
• RELIGION: Minnesota's Teetotal Taxis - The refusal of Muslim cabbies to allow alcohol in their cars may be misguided, but it's not a clash of civilizations
• WORLD: At Baghdad's Ground Zero - Sadr City is home to Iraq's worst death squads. In a new push to pacify Baghdad, here's how U.S. forces hope to take it back
• BUSINESS: The Global Question: Who Needs the U.S.? - Vibrant Asian and European economies may test the theory that when America sneezes, the planet catches a cold
• SOCIETY: The Overscheduled Child Myth - Despite the dire warnings, children whose schedules are packed with activities actually flourish

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First Certificate Passkey Grammar Practice with Key

First Certificate Passkey Grammar Practice with Key
by David McKeegan | Macmillan (Sep 1996) | 104 pages | ISBN-10: 0435244957
PDF | English | 41.2 MB | 104 pages

Part of a course for the revised Cambridge First Certificate English examination. The course aims to provide a combination of motivating material and systematic development of language and exam skills, and consists of 12 topic-based units.

LINKS: 1 (PDF); 2 (PDF reduced to 16.7 MB)

Get on Track to FCE Teacher's Book

Get on Track to FCE Teacher's Book
By Jane Allemano | Longman (2002) | ISBN-10: 0582451078
PDF | English | 48.9 MB | 192 pages

Give your teenage and young adult students in their pre-FCE year a flying start. This engaging course gives a solid grounding in all the language and skills tested at First Certificate and gradually introduces exam tasks. Motivate your students with topics like Music, Time Out and The Age Of TV. Teach a structured, thorough curriculum with ease - the Coursebook is logically organised and has lots of vocabulary and grammar practice. Give your students exam confidence with detailed practice of key reading, writing and listening strategies. It's easy to teach speaking using the recorded sample speaking tests.
Podręcznik z doskonałej serii Track, dla uczniów na poziomie Pre-First Certificate, stanowi pomost między poziomem Intermediate a First Certificate. Przeznaczony jest głównie dla młodzieży. Łącząc solidne przygotowanie językowe z poznawaniem i ćwiczeniem technik egzaminacyjnych, podręcznik wdraża uczniów do rozwiązywania zadań typu egzaminacyjnego.

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Laser B1 Student's Book

Laser B1 Student's Book
By Malcolm Mann | Macmillan | ISBN: 9789604471485
PDF | English | 11.9 MB | 192 pages

Laser B1 is the first level in a modern and exciting three-level course combining interesting topics and texts with a carefully graded lexical and grammatical syllabus. Laser B1 was specifically designed for young teenagers in Greece and aims to start them on their way to an exam qualification by laying the foundations for the B2 level exams.
Uaktualnione i dostosowane do nowej formy egzaminu FCE, nowe wydanie serii Laser zostało wzbogacone o CD-ROM i płytę audio dla ucznia, co wraz z bardzo współczesną, młodzieżową tematyką zapewnia nastolatkom dodatkową motywację do nauki.

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Sustainable Landscaping For Dummies (Home & Garden)

Sustainable Landscaping For Dummies (Home & Garden)
By Dell (2009) | ISBN-10: 047041149X
PDF | English | 8.3 MB | 384 pages

Sustainable Landscaping For Dummies provides hands-on, how-to instruction for realizing the benefits of a sustainable landscape, from selecting sutainable hardscape materials to installing a rain-water catchment system to choosing native plants.

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Landscaping Step-by-Step: Planning, Planting, Building

Landscaping Step-by-Step: Planning, Planting, Building
By Better Homes and Gardens (Jan. 1991) | ISBN-10: 0696025582
PDF | English | 30.6 MB | 336 pages

Transforming a bare or bedraggled yard into a private paradise is more than a willy-nilly
procedure. It's a step-by-step operation that involves measuring and drawing a map of your
site, sketching the new landscape possibilities, choosing a final plan, and, lastly, staging the work according to personal priorities, logical work order, and budget.

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TIME Magazine July 21, 2008 Vol. 172 No. 3 (U.S. Edition)

TIME Magazine July 21, 2008 Vol. 172 No. 3 (U.S. Edition)
DOC (MS Word) + PDF + MP3 | English | 3.6 + 1.2 + 16.1 MB

• COVER: Mandela: His 8 Lessons of Leadership - As he celebrates his 90th birthday, the world's greatest moral leader reflects on a lifetime of service--and what the rest of us can learn from it
• SOCIETY: The Truth About Plastic - It's in just about everything--which may be harmful to you and the planet. How to shrink your plastic footprint
• ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT: Batman Is Back - The new Batman epic is a violent, masterly weave of madness and dread
• TECHNOLOGY: Post Apocalypse - The Web needs commenters. But are they ruining the Net faster than they can save it?

Solutions Intermediate Class CDs (Oxford)

Solutions Intermediate (Class CDs)
By Tim Falla and Paul A Davis | Oxford University Press
MP3 | English | 57.6 + 59.7 MB + 57.6 MB

A five-level general English course for 14-19 year-olds, who are also preparing for the school-leaving exam. The clear structure and step-by-step approach to communication provides supported language and skills training to get students speaking confidently. Every lesson has an outcome: the "I can" objective in each lesson gives students an immediate sense of achievement. Clear lessons mean Solutions is quick to prepare and easy to use. All school-leaving exam topics and task-types are covered in Solutions. Maximum support for speaking and writing. Teachers who use Solutions say that "every student spoke!". Vocabulary Builder and Grammar Builder in the Student's Book provide plenty of extra practice.

LINKS: CD1; CD2; CD3

New Headway Intermediate Teacher's Resource Book (3rd edition)

New Headway Intermediate Teacher's Resource Book (3rd edition)
By M. Castle, M. Uribe, L & J Soars | Oxford University Press (2004)
ISBN-10: 0194387569 | PDF | English | 11 MB

Description: Photocopiable Teacher's Resource Book.
New Headway Intermediate (New Edition) is a brand-new edition of this course, maintaining the core content but updated. Key features of the new course are streamlined units, now eight pages long, easy to navigate, with clearly divided sections. There are small changes to make activities run more smoothly, as well as major changes to text and topic. The grammar syllabus has been retained, but has been modified where necessary for greater clarity. Grammar Spots highlight key areas, getting students to analyse form and use. Up-to-date texts with global appeal reflect changing trends and the use of English worldwide. Reading and listening texts from a variety of authentic sources develop comprehension skills and integrate speaking practice, usually personalised. Writing now has a separate section at the back of the book, with a fuller syllabus, providing models and follow-up activities.

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Spotlight on the USA (Oxford University Press)

Spotlight on the USA by Randee Falk
Oxford University Press (1993) | Level: Intermediate | pages: 172
ISBN 0-19-434235-2 | DjVu | English | 5.7 MB

The book consists of high-interest reading passages on prominent regions across the United States. Each unit is divided into separate readings focusing on topics such as the history, geography, famous personalities, economics and culture of the particular region. Illustrations and photographs in each passage heighten students' interest. Puzzles and games at the end of each passage reinforce the topics and vocabulary.

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