For people studying or working with computers this manual presents a variety of modern materials taken from authentic sources. Particular attention is devoted to the active vocabulary and grammatical correctness.
The book consists of 15 units and 2 applications. At the end of units have either crosswords or other game-related words in order to (more…)
# Paperback: 176 pages
# Publisher: Longman (January 18, 2007)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0582841712
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Author: Michael Shermer
Publisher: Audio Renaissance
File size: 80.91 MB
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Why People Believe Weird Things
Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time (more…)
Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English 1 contains four complete tests for the Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) examination from Cambridge ESOL.
These past examination papers provide the most authentic exam preparation available. They allow candidates to familiarise themselves with the content and format of the examination and to practise useful examination techniques. Attractive colour visual material for Paper 5 is included with each test, enabling students to prepare thoroughly for the paired interview.
The Student’s Book is also available as a ‘with answers’ edition which contains a comprehensive section of keys and transcripts, making it suitable for self study.
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Author: Starkey David
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“An abused child, yet confident of her destiny to reign, a woman in a man’s world, passionately sexual yet, she said, a virgin, Elizabeth I was to be famed as England’s most successful ruler. This absorbing new book, by concentrating on the early years from her birth in 1533 to her accession in 1558, shows how her experiences of danger and adventure formed her remarkable character and shaped her opinions and beliefs. (more…)
Publisher: BBC
File size: 17,43 Mb
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin
When Abraham Lincoln met the writer Harriet Beecher Stowe after the start of the American Civil War, he reportedly said to her: ‘So you’re the little lady whose book started this big war’. Stowe’s novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin, published in 1852, is credited as fuelling the cause to abolish slavery in the northern half of the United States in direct response to its continuation in the South. (more…)
Publisher: BBC
File size: 17,42 Mb
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Mathematics and Music
The seventeenth century philosopher Gottfried Leibniz wrote: ‘Music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting’. Mathematical structures have always provided the bare bones around which musicians compose music and have been vital to the very practical considerations of performance such as fingering and tempo. (more…)
