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This book is based on the movie 12 angry men, a black-and-white film produced in 1957, and based on the book by the same name. It narrates the story of twelve jurors bound by the acceptance of their civic duty and thrust together into a hot, humid room to deliberate the guilto or innocence of a boy accused of killing his father in a moment of rage.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and the famous 1939 movie based upon it, have captured the imaginations of children and adults around the world. A farm girl named Dorothy and her little dog, Toto, are transported from dusty Kansas to a strange land 'beyond the rainbow.' In this land, they encounter magical characters, terrifying villains and a challenge: To follow the Yellow Brick Road in the hope of finding the Wizard of Oz. This book, English through Movies: The Wizard of Oz, offers the reader an entertaining and enjoyable way of improving his/her English. Included within are a summary of L. Frank Baum's life and career, an analysis of his beloved book, and, best of all, a transcription of the famous MGM movie's script—with hundreds of annotations that will help you to understanding any confusing or difficult words.

¿Que significan las siglas AFT? ¿o NUC? ¿Tiene más de un significado la palabra "pull"? La nueva era comunicativa está plagada de un sinfín de siglas, de palabras con múltiples acepciones y con un significado distinto entre el ingles britanico y el ingles americano. España es un destino turistico por excelencia, si nuestro trabajo o estudio estan estrechamente relacionados con el turismo, este Diccionario sera una herramienta practica e imprescindible para desenvolvernos con fluidez y correccion. Esta obra recoge de manera exhaustiva las expresiones y el vocabulario propios de la profesion, las diferencias entre ingles britanico e ingles americano, un glosario de terminos para usuarios de internet codigos de aeropuertos y ciudades importantes, de compañias de alquiler de coches, codigos para hoteles, de lineas aereas, de terminales informatizadas, de tarjetas de credito y comidas especiales, de comunicacion internacional y, finalmente, codigos de paises y monedas.