A non-fiction book, ideal for intermediate and more confident learners of English looking to improve and practise their English. The book is filled with useful vocabulary that is carefully graded and easy to understand, it also comes with audio, so that you can listen at the same time as reading.It is more than forty years since the Great Train Robbery. But what happened to the rest of the money that was taken? Two million pounds has never been found. Perhaps some of the robbers would like to know the answer to this question too ...Many great crimes end in a question. Who really killed President Kennedy? What happened to Shergar? Who knows the truth about Azaria Chamberlain? Not all the answers are known. Join the world's detectives and discover the love, death, hate, money, and mystery held in the stories of these great crimes.
Flies are a nuisance. They are annoying when they buzz around you, but you can brush them away with your hand. After all, a fly is only about half the size of your fingernail. But suppose it wasn't. Catch a fly and look at it closely - look at its head, its eyes, its legs. Now imagine that this thing was the size of a human being . . . These eight stories offer horror in many shapes and forms, in worlds full of monsters and evil spirits, where terror lies waiting in the shadows, and where the living and the dead dance hand in hand.
Ideal for intermediate and more confident learners of English looking to improve or practise their English. The book is filled with useful vocabulary that is carefully graded and easy to understand, it also comes with audio, so that you can listen to the story at the same time as reading. 'I turned on the light, but there was nobody there. Then I saw something in the corner that made my blood turn cold. Scudder was lying on his back. There was a long knife through his heart, pinning him to the floor.'Soon Richard Hannay is running for his life across the hills of Scotland. The police are chasing him for a murder he did not do, and another, more dangerous enemy is chasing him as well - the mysterious 'Black Stone'. Who are these people? And why do they want Hannay dead?
Nick Lortz is sitting outside a caf 233; in Whistler, a village in the Canadian mountains, when a stranger comes and sits next to him. She's young, pretty, and has a beautiful smile. Nick is happy to sit and talk with her. But why does she call Nick 'Mr Hollywood'? Why does she give him a big kiss when she leaves? And who is the man at the next table - the man with short white hair? Nick learns the answers to these questions three long days later - in a police station on Vancouver Island.
It was just a smooth round metal ball, less than a metre in diameter. Although it was still hot from its journey through the huge nothingness of space, it looked quite harmless. But what was it, exactly? A meteor, perhaps - just one of those pieces of rock from outer space that occasionally fall down on to the planet Earth. But meteors don't usually make strange hissing sounds . . . In this collection of four of his famous science-fiction stories, John Wyndham creates visions of the future that make us think carefully about the way we live now.
'Curtis Colt didn't kill that liquor store woman, and that's a fact. It's not right that he should have to ride the lightning - that's what prisoners call dying in the electric chair. Curtis doesn't belong in it, and I can prove it.' But can Curtis's girlfriend prove it? Murder has undoubtedly been done, and if Curtis doesn't ride the lightning for it, then who will? These seven short stories, by well-known writers such as Dashiel Hammett, Patricia Highsmith, and Nancy Pickard, will keep you on the edge of your seat.
A non-fiction book, ideal for elementary learners of English looking to improve and practise their English. The book is filled with useful vocabulary that is carefully graded and easy to understand, it also comes with audio, so that you can listen at the same time as reading.Twenty-five million people come to England every year, and some never go out of London.But England is full of interesting places to visit and things to do. There are big noisy cities with great shops and theatres, and quiet little villages. You can visit old castles and beautiful churches - or go to festivals with music twenty-four hours a day.You can have an English afternoon tea, walk on long white beaches, watch a great game of football, or visit a country house. Yes, England has something for everybody - what has it got for you?
Ideal for elementary learners of English looking to improve or practise their English. The book is filled with useful vocabulary that is carefully graded and easy to understand, it also comes with audio, so that you can listen to the story at the same time as reading. Greg is a porter at the Shepton Hotel in New York.When a girl with beautiful green eyes asks him for help, Greg can't say no.The girl's name is Cassie, and she says she is an artist. She tells Greg that her stepfather has her sketchbooks, and now she wants them back.Cassie says her stepfather is staying at Greg's hotel ... so what could go wrong.
A non-fiction book, ideal for pre-intermediate and intermediate learners of English looking to improve and practise their English. The book is filled with useful vocabulary that is carefully graded and easy to understand, it also comes with audio, so that you can listen at the same time as reading.'Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.' More than fifty years ago, the new US President, John F. Kennedy, spoke these words. Millions of Americans listened, and they were filled with hope. With Kennedy as president, surely there was a great future ahead for their country. But Kennedy would not finish his four years as president. In November 1963, the world stopped as terrible news come from Dallas, Texas ...
El origen del universo y otras conversaciones sobre ciencia en forma de cómic. La única preocupación del físico teórico Clifford V. Johnson es conseguir introducir la ciencia en nuestras conversaciones diarias y acabar de una vez por todas con la noción de que es un asunto complicado para pensadores abstractos de talento único. Con la misma naturalidad con la que charlamos sobre cualquier asunto -amor, política, libros o deportes-, Johnson nos incita a descubrir a través de este maravilloso cómic de qué está hecho nuestro mundo, cómo llegó a configurarse o cómo lo comprendemos. Desde la ciencia culinaria, pasando por la teoría de las cuerdas o los agujeros negros, hasta el multiverso, las conversaciones que escuchamos a escondidas al adentrarnos en la lectura de este fabuloso libro demuestran que las grandes preguntas de la física son relevantes para todos, y lo que es más importante, contagian la emoción de aprender. Escogido como uno de los mejores libros de divulgación científica del año 2018 por el célebre programa Science Friday. Reseñas:«Una manera más bien inusual de observar a escondidas un seguido de personajes inteligentes y cercanos que debaten sobre algunos de los temas más fascinantes del mundo de la ciencia y sus fronteras.»Maria Popova, Brain Pickings «Los diálogos desempeña un trabajo extraordinario al explicar conceptos complejos de manera que no solo facilita su comprensión, sino que hace que seguir leyendo sea un placer. Pero lo que realmente hace destacar a esta obra es la gran calidad de su escritura.»ZME Science «Es muy probable que los lectores de Los diálogos aprecien la forma tan única con la que Johnson enfoca las conversaciones sobre física con el público general y que admiren su pasión por esta disciplina.»Physics Today «El nuevo libro de Johnson, Los diálogos, es una exploración que penetra en cuestiones tanto antiguas como modernas sobre la naturaleza del universo. Me ha parecido un libro cautivador, y el formato de novela gráfica no ha hecho más que acentuar esa impresión.»Adam Frank, National Public Radio «Los diálogos ilustra cómo la ciencia puede ser un tema corriente de conversación para todo el mundo.»CBC
They said Steve Biko was a man of violence; then why did he talk of peace? They said he wanted revolution; so why did he talk of friendship? They said he died of hunger; why was his body broken and bruised? This is the story of a man's fight with the government of South Africa. It is the story of all people who prefer truth to lies. It is the story of all people who cry 'Freedom', and who are not afraid to die.
A non-fiction book, ideal for intermediate and more confident learners of English looking to improve and practise their English. The book is filled with useful vocabulary that is carefully graded and easy to understand, it also comes with audio, so that you can listen at the same time as reading.It is more than forty years since the Great Train Robbery. But what happened to the rest of the money that was taken? Two million pounds has never been found. Perhaps some of the robbers would like to know the answer to this question too ...Many great crimes end in a question. Who really killed President Kennedy? What happened to Shergar? Who knows the truth about Azaria Chamberlain? Not all the answers are known. Join the world's detectives and discover the love, death, hate, money, and mystery held in the stories of these great crimes.
Flies are a nuisance. They are annoying when they buzz around you, but you can brush them away with your hand. After all, a fly is only about half the size of your fingernail. But suppose it wasn't. Catch a fly and look at it closely - look at its head, its eyes, its legs. Now imagine that this thing was the size of a human being . . . These eight stories offer horror in many shapes and forms, in worlds full of monsters and evil spirits, where terror lies waiting in the shadows, and where the living and the dead dance hand in hand.
Ideal for intermediate and more confident learners of English looking to improve or practise their English. The book is filled with useful vocabulary that is carefully graded and easy to understand, it also comes with audio, so that you can listen to the story at the same time as reading. 'I turned on the light, but there was nobody there. Then I saw something in the corner that made my blood turn cold. Scudder was lying on his back. There was a long knife through his heart, pinning him to the floor.'Soon Richard Hannay is running for his life across the hills of Scotland. The police are chasing him for a murder he did not do, and another, more dangerous enemy is chasing him as well - the mysterious 'Black Stone'. Who are these people? And why do they want Hannay dead?
Nick Lortz is sitting outside a caf 233; in Whistler, a village in the Canadian mountains, when a stranger comes and sits next to him. She's young, pretty, and has a beautiful smile. Nick is happy to sit and talk with her. But why does she call Nick 'Mr Hollywood'? Why does she give him a big kiss when she leaves? And who is the man at the next table - the man with short white hair? Nick learns the answers to these questions three long days later - in a police station on Vancouver Island.
It was just a smooth round metal ball, less than a metre in diameter. Although it was still hot from its journey through the huge nothingness of space, it looked quite harmless. But what was it, exactly? A meteor, perhaps - just one of those pieces of rock from outer space that occasionally fall down on to the planet Earth. But meteors don't usually make strange hissing sounds . . . In this collection of four of his famous science-fiction stories, John Wyndham creates visions of the future that make us think carefully about the way we live now.
'Curtis Colt didn't kill that liquor store woman, and that's a fact. It's not right that he should have to ride the lightning - that's what prisoners call dying in the electric chair. Curtis doesn't belong in it, and I can prove it.' But can Curtis's girlfriend prove it? Murder has undoubtedly been done, and if Curtis doesn't ride the lightning for it, then who will? These seven short stories, by well-known writers such as Dashiel Hammett, Patricia Highsmith, and Nancy Pickard, will keep you on the edge of your seat.
A non-fiction book, ideal for elementary learners of English looking to improve and practise their English. The book is filled with useful vocabulary that is carefully graded and easy to understand, it also comes with audio, so that you can listen at the same time as reading.Twenty-five million people come to England every year, and some never go out of London.But England is full of interesting places to visit and things to do. There are big noisy cities with great shops and theatres, and quiet little villages. You can visit old castles and beautiful churches - or go to festivals with music twenty-four hours a day.You can have an English afternoon tea, walk on long white beaches, watch a great game of football, or visit a country house. Yes, England has something for everybody - what has it got for you?
Ideal for elementary learners of English looking to improve or practise their English. The book is filled with useful vocabulary that is carefully graded and easy to understand, it also comes with audio, so that you can listen to the story at the same time as reading. Greg is a porter at the Shepton Hotel in New York.When a girl with beautiful green eyes asks him for help, Greg can't say no.The girl's name is Cassie, and she says she is an artist. She tells Greg that her stepfather has her sketchbooks, and now she wants them back.Cassie says her stepfather is staying at Greg's hotel ... so what could go wrong.
A non-fiction book, ideal for pre-intermediate and intermediate learners of English looking to improve and practise their English. The book is filled with useful vocabulary that is carefully graded and easy to understand, it also comes with audio, so that you can listen at the same time as reading.'Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.' More than fifty years ago, the new US President, John F. Kennedy, spoke these words. Millions of Americans listened, and they were filled with hope. With Kennedy as president, surely there was a great future ahead for their country. But Kennedy would not finish his four years as president. In November 1963, the world stopped as terrible news come from Dallas, Texas ...
El origen del universo y otras conversaciones sobre ciencia en forma de cómic. La única preocupación del físico teórico Clifford V. Johnson es conseguir introducir la ciencia en nuestras conversaciones diarias y acabar de una vez por todas con la noción de que es un asunto complicado para pensadores abstractos de talento único. Con la misma naturalidad con la que charlamos sobre cualquier asunto -amor, política, libros o deportes-, Johnson nos incita a descubrir a través de este maravilloso cómic de qué está hecho nuestro mundo, cómo llegó a configurarse o cómo lo comprendemos. Desde la ciencia culinaria, pasando por la teoría de las cuerdas o los agujeros negros, hasta el multiverso, las conversaciones que escuchamos a escondidas al adentrarnos en la lectura de este fabuloso libro demuestran que las grandes preguntas de la física son relevantes para todos, y lo que es más importante, contagian la emoción de aprender. Escogido como uno de los mejores libros de divulgación científica del año 2018 por el célebre programa Science Friday. Reseñas:«Una manera más bien inusual de observar a escondidas un seguido de personajes inteligentes y cercanos que debaten sobre algunos de los temas más fascinantes del mundo de la ciencia y sus fronteras.»Maria Popova, Brain Pickings «Los diálogos desempeña un trabajo extraordinario al explicar conceptos complejos de manera que no solo facilita su comprensión, sino que hace que seguir leyendo sea un placer. Pero lo que realmente hace destacar a esta obra es la gran calidad de su escritura.»ZME Science «Es muy probable que los lectores de Los diálogos aprecien la forma tan única con la que Johnson enfoca las conversaciones sobre física con el público general y que admiren su pasión por esta disciplina.»Physics Today «El nuevo libro de Johnson, Los diálogos, es una exploración que penetra en cuestiones tanto antiguas como modernas sobre la naturaleza del universo. Me ha parecido un libro cautivador, y el formato de novela gráfica no ha hecho más que acentuar esa impresión.»Adam Frank, National Public Radio «Los diálogos ilustra cómo la ciencia puede ser un tema corriente de conversación para todo el mundo.»CBC
They said Steve Biko was a man of violence; then why did he talk of peace? They said he wanted revolution; so why did he talk of friendship? They said he died of hunger; why was his body broken and bruised? This is the story of a man's fight with the government of South Africa. It is the story of all people who prefer truth to lies. It is the story of all people who cry 'Freedom', and who are not afraid to die.