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Developing Skills 1: Workbook This course will help you improve your competence in English for college or university study to an upper-intermediate level. In Book 1: Listening skills include: * following a lecture * using symbols and abbreviations in notes * recognizing signposts and digressions * understanding and noting the main points Reading skills include: * confirming precise meaning * extracting relevant information from case studies * looking for evidence * narrative descriptions * finding the main information in active and passive sentences Speaking skills include: * describing similarity and difference * discussing case studies * comparing more than two things * exchanging information * reporting on research Writing skills include: * concluding opinions * joining sentences * using the passive to describe a process * discursive essays, reviews, instructions, e-mails, 'how to' texts Starting Skills Books 1 and 2 with Building Skills Books 1 and 2 and Developing Skills Books 1 and 2 form a six-level course for higher education studies in English which will take you from Starter to Upper Intermediate. Accompanying Course Book and Teacher's Book also available.

Do you need English in your studies? Then you need Progressive Skills: Reading Level 2.Learn how to: find information quickly predict content distinguish between fact and possibilityTopics include: Culture and civilization: Fireworks, horses and bulls Technology: A brief history of space travel Arts and media: The value of magazines Sports and leisure: Board games Nutrition and health: How to eat healthily

Do you need English in your studies? Then you need Progressive Skills: Writing Level 2.Learn how to: compare events and ideas design a questionnaire record and display results connect ideas with and / but use basic paragraph structure: point, explanation, exampleTopics include: Culture and civilization: Celebrations Technology: The historic moment Arts and media: Media studies research reports Sports and leisure: For and against Nutrition and health: Obesity

English for Academic Study: Writing This fully updated 2012 edition of English for Academic Study: Writing will help you develop the academic writing skills you need to deal effectively with the written element of your academic study, as well as to develop other important skills such as reading research and critical thinking. The units are organized as follows: * Introduction to academic writing * Sustainable energy * The business of science * Telemedicine * Food security * Human resource management * Sustainable fashion * The Tipping Point Each unit explores a key aspect of writing and teaches it in the context of a specific topic area, e.g., Food security and Sustainable fashion. The tasks in each unit prepare you to write an essay that will consolidate the writing skills you are learning. Authentic texts in the accompanying Reading & Writing Source Book provide useful and interesting background information for each topic area covered. The Course Book includes unit summaries to give you a quick overview of what you have covered, and a comprehensive glossary of terms. Each unit also has weblinks offering additional information and activities, relating to both writing skills and the topics covered in the units. This book can be used in conjunction with the following books in the English for Academic Study (EAS) series, also published by Garnet Education: EAS: Reading & Writing Source Book, EAS: Reading, EAS: Extended Writing & Research Skills, EAS: Listening, EAS: Speaking, EAS: Vocabulary and EAS: Pronunciation.

English for ICT Studies in Higher Education Studies The Garnet Education English for Specific Academic Purposes series won the Duke of Edinburgh English Speaking Union English Language Book Award in 2009. English for ICT Studies is a skills-based course designed specifically for students of ICT who are about to enter English-medium tertiary level studies. It provides carefully graded practice and progressions in the key academic skills that all students need, such as listening to lectures and speaking in seminars. It also equips students with the specialist language they need to participate successfully within a ICT faculty. Extensive listening exercises come from ICT lectures, and all reading texts are taken from the same field of study. There is also a focus throughout on the key ICT vocabulary that students will need. *Listening: how to understand and take effective notes on extended lectures, including how to follow the argument and identify the speaker's point of view. *Speaking: how to participate effectively in a variety of realistic situations, from seminars to presentations, including how to develop an argument and use stance markers. *Reading: how to understand a wide range of texts, from academic textbooks to Internet articles, including how to analyze complex sentences and identify such things as the writer's stance. *Writing: how to produce coherent and well-structured assignments, including such skills as paraphrasing and the use of the appropriate academic phrases. *Vocabulary: a wide range of activities to develop students' knowledge and use of key vocabulary, both in the field of ICT and of academic study in general. *Vocabulary and Skills banks: a reference source to provide students with revision of the key words and phrases and skills presented in each unit. *Full transcripts of all listening exercises. The Garnet English for Specific Academic Purposes series covers a range of academic subjects. All titles present the same skills and vocabulary points. Teachers can therefore deal with a range of ESAP courses at the same time, knowing that each subject title will focus on the same key skills and follow the same structure. Key Features * Systematic approach to developing academic skills through relevant content. * Focus on receptive skills (reading and listening) to activate productive skills (writing and speaking) in subject area. * Eight-page units combine language and academic skills teaching. * Vocabulary and academic skills bank in each unit for reference and revision. * Audio CDs for further self-study or homework. * Ideal coursework for EAP teachers. * Extra resources at

The #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author and master of the modern day thriller returns with his All-Star team. There's a new strong man in Russia but his rise to power is based on a dark secret hidden decades in the past. The solution to that mystery lies with a most unexpected source, President Jack Ryan.

"New York Times" bestselling author Sarah Jio imagines life on Boat Street, a floating community on Seattle's Lake Union, home to people of artistic spirit who for decades protect the dark secret of one startling night in 1959 Fleeing an East Coast life marred by tragedy, Ada Santorini takes up residence on houseboat number seven on Boat Street. She discovers a trunk left behind by Penny Wentworth, a young newlywed who lived on the boat half a century earlier. Ada longs to know her predecessor's fate, but little suspects that Penny's mysterious past and her own clouded future are destined to converge.

A novel of the black markets of the South Vietnamese city of Danang during the Vietnam War, based on the author's experiences as a self-described South Korean mercenary on the side of the South Vietnamese, this is a Vietnam War novel like no other, truly one that sees the war from all sides. Scenes of battle are breathtakingly well told. The plot is thick with intrigue and complex subplots. But ultimately "The Shadow of Arms" is a novel of the human condition rather than of the exploits and losses of one side or the other in war.

De una primera conferencia en la Universidad Essaadi sobre "Vivencias y Experiencias Consulares" a esta obra, "Práctica Consular e Inmigración". Su autor ha trabajado durante los últimos dos años como Consul General de España en las ciudades de Nador, Tetuan y Larache, situadas a uno y otro extremo de lo que fue el Protectorado español en el Norte de Marruecos. Tras una "Introduccion" de caracter autobiografico, y un elenco de las "Limitaciones de la obra", Javier Jimenez-Ugarte, diplomatico orgulloso de seguir formando parte de la "Asociacion Española de Profesores de Derecho Internacional y Relaciones Internacionales" dedica un capitulo muy esquematico a la "Problematica Consular". El resto del trabajo viene constituido por un ordenado "Vademecum sobre visados", seguido de dos capitulos sobre las "Notificaciones denegatorias de visados", y sobre las "Resoluciones de los Recursos". Finalmente, la obra incluye un importante "Listado de anejos", dedicados en su gran mayoria a reproducir los planteamientos considerados procedentes por el autor sobre los distintos casos practicos resueltos con mayor o menor acierto a la luz de lo dispuesto en el Real Decreto 2393/2004 que desarrolla la Ley de Extranjeria en vigor.

English for Global Industries: Oil and Gas English for Global Industries: Oil and Gas is a study and practice book aimed at industry professionals working in or training towards managerial positions in the oil and gas industry. Although designed primarily for self-study, the book can be easily adapted for classroom use. The main focus is to help students develop essential professional language and increase their effectiveness when they work in English. Full of up-to-date, industry-specific content, the units have four integrated components: * Focused reading * Vocabulary-building activities * Individualized 'Put it to work' activities * Full glossary of terms There is a full answer key at the back of the book. Each one-hour unit can be studied independently of the other units. Users can therefore select units that are most relevant to their needs. Topic areas include: * The Business of Oil and Gas * Working on a Rig * Drilling Operations * Geological and Geophysical Operations * Producing and Delivering

Skills in English Listening Levele 3 Student CDs The Garnet Education Skills in English series was highly commended in the Duke of Edinburgh English Speaking Union English Language Book Award in 2004. Do you have to listen to lectures in English as part of your studies? Then you need Skills in English Listening. This course builds the skills that help you survive in the lecture room. At Level 3, you learn how to: * recognise fixed phrases in the stream of speech; * use abbreviations and symbols in note-taking; * take notes of stories, ideas, etc.; * leave spaces in notes for missing information; * recognise digressions; * understand signpost language; * recognise rhetorical questions; * distinguish fact from opinion; * understand a speaker's argument; * guess the spelling of proper nouns; * understand dramatic language. As well as preparing students for entry into English-medium study, the Skills in English Course is ideal for students who wish to improve their scores in skills-based examinations for university entry requirements, such as the International English Language Testing System (IELTS). Rather than focusing on exam preparation, Skills in English teaches the necessary skills as part of a systematic programme of language development. Skills in English courses are also available in Speaking, Reading and Writing. See the Skills in English website at skillsinenglish.com for additional materials and help. Key Features * Reading texts a maximum of 700 words * Listening texts a maximum of 1,000 words * Speaking tasks between five and ten paragraphs, with short essay-type writing assignments * Test booklets containing theme tests, a revision test after five units, plus an end-of-course test * Over five hours of audio material * Teacher's Book containing full answer keys, methodology notes and transcript of listening material * All lectures available on DVD Accompanying Course Book, Teacher's Book, Student Test Pack and Teacher Test Booklet also available.

La guerre - la Grande Guerre -, et la vie qui reprend. L''inhumanité des combats, le difficile retour à la vie civile, les souvenirs obsédants. Dans ces six nouvelles qui parurent après son exil aux

English for the Energy Industries: Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals English for the Energy Industries is a foundation English course for employees in the oil, gas and petrochemicals industries. It is aimed at pre- and low-intermediate level students who have a basic grasp of English, but who need to use technical and semi-technical vocabulary within specific functional language applicable to the workplace. It provides approximately 140 hours of listening, speaking, reading, writing and language practice activities. English for the Energy Industries focuses on high-frequency lexis and structures used in the work environment, such as the language of safety, instructions, descriptions of equipment, processes and systems. English for the Energy Industries develops the four language skills in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) contexts: *Reading: uses authentic texts that energy industry technicians will use in everyday life, such as instruction manuals. *Speaking and listening: communicative pairwork tasks practise real-life communication situations, such as describing and giving information about equipment and jobs, giving instructions and warnings and discussing workplace problems. *Writing: tasks motivate students by developing knowledge of useful language for different text types, such as accident report forms and written notes and instructions. * A comprehensive Glossary provides clear explanations of approximately 160 key terms in common use in the energy industries. Key Features * Essential expressions and language used in the industry * Constant recycling of high-frequency technical terms and vocabulary * Real-life listening and reading texts * A communicative approach to oral accuracy and fluency * Over 140 hours of skills practice activities * A glossary of over 160 key terms Track Listing CD1 Unit 1: Tracks 1-8 Unit 2: Tracks 9-16 Unit 3: Tracks 17-26 Unit 4: Tracks 27-35 Unit 5: Tracks 36-44 CD2 Unit 6: Tracks 1-9 Unit 7: Tracks 10-19 Unit 8: Tracks 20-29 Unit 9: Tracks 30-38

As a child, Ali Neuman ran away from home to escape the Inkatha, a militant political party at war with the then-underground African National Congress. He and his mother are the only members of his family that survived the carnage of those years and the psychological scars remain. Today, Neuman is chief of the homicide branch of the Cape Town police, a job in which he must do battle with South Africa's two scourges: widespread violence and AIDS. When the mutilated corpse of a young white woman is found in the city's botanical gardens, Neuman's job gets even more difficult. He is chasing one false lead after another when a second corpse, again that of a white woman, is found. This time, the body bears signs of a Zulu ritual. A new evil has insinuated itself into this recently integrated city. And a new drug: traces of an unknown narcotic have been found in the blood of both victims. The investigation will take Neuman back to his homeland, where he will discover that the once bloody killing fields have become the ideal no-man's land for unscrupulous multinationals, and that the apparatchiks of apartheid still lurk in the shadows and the back rooms of a society struggling toward reconciliation. Soon to be a major motion picture.

Cuando los copos de nieve empiezan a caer, un divertido muñeco de nieve viene a jugar con nosotros. ¡Abrígate bien y disfruta de unas aventuras hibernales con el! ¡Gira la mano y Copito el muñeco tam

Esta obra podemos considerarla como un libro de historia sobre el Consejo de Estado, entendido como un análisis histórico de un determinado período, de la época constitucional hasta nuestros días (1808-2012).Estructurada en dos grandes apartados, el Consejo de Estado en el siglo XIX (1808 a 1904) y el Consejo de Estado en el siglo XX (1904 a 2012), se divide despues en varios capitulos dispuestos segun las fechas mas significativas en los cambios cualitativos del desarrollo historico del Consejo de Estado.En los distintos capitulos se analiza la composicion, organizacion, competencias, fundamentos, personal y nombres relevantes de cada periodo. Todo ello encuadrado con el marco politico y social del momento estudiado y relacionado con las distintas Constituciones vigentes en cada etapa.La obra se acompaña de un anexo en CD-ROM, como apendice de documentos reproducidos del original, que serviran de interes para los estudiosos de la materia. Contiene las normas basicas del Consejo (Leyes y Reglamentos, en general) en cada periodo y algunos de los debates parlamentarios que dieron origen a esa normativa.

An award-winning and bestselling SF writer, Kim Stanley Robinson is widely acknowledged as one of the most exciting and visionary writers in the field. His latest novel, 2312, imagined how we would be living 300 years from now. Now, with his new novel, he turns from our future to our past - to the Palaeolithic era, and an extraordinary moment in humanity's development. An emotionally powerful and richly detailed portrayal of life 30,000 years ago, it is a novel that will appeal both to his existing fans and a whole new mainstream readership.

¿Tienes un lado oscuro? Tenemos trabajo para ti. ¡Quedas contratado para toda la eternidad! En «Zombillénium» todo se va al traste. El parque de monstruos, después de haber sufrido la ira del pueblo

¡Ya está aquí la segunda edición del exitoso método! Esta nueva versión combina la metodología típica del curso con nuevas características, que hacen el aprendizaje aún más fácil y efectivo. Los contenidos han sido revisados y se basan en Cambridge English Corpus, garantizando asi que esten lo mas actualizados posible. La edicion for Spanish Speakers incluye un Handbook que ha sido editado para atender las necesidades especificas de los estudiantes españoles en su aprendizaje del ingles. face2face for Spanish Speakers Second Edition no sustituye a la primera edicion vigente.