Modern business is a blur of jargon with thousands of books all purporting to hold the key to relentless success. The working reality is often very different. This book distils and summarises all the best current thinking in business respectively so that you can become an authority yourself — and quickly. As well as saving hundreds of hours of reading time, the reader is able to grasp ideas accurately, explain them authoritatively to colleagues and avoid being hoodwinked by those who claim to understand a concept when in fact they have got the wrong end of the stick. Books profiled include Nudge, Freakonomics, and Built to Last.

Since John Adair, one of the world's foremost experts in leadership training, introduced the term 'strategic leadership' in the 1980s, it has come into universal use. Strategic leaders are generally responsible for large organizations and may influence thousands of people. It is their role to respond to change and external events, establishing a strong organizational structure, allocating resources and communicating strategic vision. As a strategic leader, your decisions may appear more risky, your actions more visible and achieving results more complex than for organizational managers. In Effective Strategic Leadership, John Adair teaches you everything you need to know to enable you to be clear about what you want to achieve and to lead with purpose in order to turn your strategy into reality. Among other things, he shows you how to: judge situations quickly and respond accordingly; make decisions based on incomplete information; and, pick the best second-tier leaders to achieve your objectives.

Figures of speech are everywhere. Popstar or postman, president or paperboy, the chances are you've already used a whole heap of them today without realising it. For business writers, they're pure gold. They make our words more powerful, persuasive and poetic. They add flavour to dreary standard issue language. They help us get our message across in a way that's immediate and memorable. This book takes fifty of our finest figures of speech and explains how they can help anyone who works with words, regardless of profession, to express themselves with more style and impact. Sounds Good on Paper is a practical guide to every figure of speech you never knew you knew, including the chiasmus ('You can take the boy out of Essex, but you can't take Essex out of the boy'), tmesis ('abso-blooming-lutley') and kenning ('pencil pusher' or 'coffin dodger'). It shows how you can use figures to make your words work harder and pump up your powers of persuasion. If you want to inspire and engage your readers, this book is here to help.

Moscow lies deep under snow, and Arkady Renko is called in to handle a delicate matter: passengers riding the last metro of the night have reported seeing the ghost of Stalin on the platform edge. Not everyone, it seems, likes the fact that Stalin is dead... But in the midst of a blizzard nothing is as it first appears to be. Renko’s girlfriend Eva and his adopted son, Zhenya, seem to be slipping into danger. The owner of a matrimonial agency wants her husband killed. An innocent ‘Russian Bride’ employs a garrotte. A chess grandmaster wanders into Renko’s life and leads him into the line of fire. Diehard Communists gather to sing along with Stalin. ‘Red Diggers’ uncover secrets buried for half century in a desolate forest and Renko discovers ghosts that have been waiting for him all his life... As Russia swings more and more to the right, Renko is more and more out of step. Not only an original and deeply humane thriller, Stalin’s Ghost is also a wonderful evocation of the emerging New Russia.

Начальный курс для младших школьников.Книга для учащегося.

Danny Cartwright and Spencer Craig were born on different sides of the track. Danny, an East End Cockney, leaves Clement Attlee Comprehensive School at the age of 15 to take up a job at a local garage. He falls in love with Beth, the boss’s daughter, and asks her to marry him. Spencer Craig resides in the West End. A graduate of an English public school and Cambridge University. After leaving university he becomes a criminal barrister and is soon tipped to be the youngest Queen’s Counsel of his generation. Danny and Beth travel up to the West End to celebrate their engagement. They end the evening in a wine bar where Spencer Craig is also celebrating — his 30th birthday, along with a select group of university chums. Although the two young men don’t meet, their lives will never be the same again. For, an hour later, one of them is arrested for murder, while the other ends up as the Prosecution’s chief witness in an Old Bailey trial.

The modular structure of the Student's Book allows course pathways to be built according to the student's needs whether focusing on input, speaking, vocabulary etc. Case studies, ideal for independent study, use true business scenarios to challenge the students and push them to develop both their language and business skills. The DVD-ROM comes as part of the Student's Book and provides over 4GB of extra study material, making it ideal for self study, but can also spice up classes by introducing digital media. The units match those of the Student's Book and each contains a video that features business situations which add a visual framework to the elements learnt throughout the course.

New Inside Out takes all the best elements of the original Inside Out series — including the emphasis on personalisation and meaning — and adds a host of brand-new features. Sue and Vaughan have gone back to the classroom to write this new edition, working with teachers and students to find out exactly what works in the real world. The result is one of the most relevant and exciting general English courses available.

Beautifully illustrated and appealing to both children and teachers, this is a six-level course designed to meet the needs of teachers and learners who are working at a higher level of English than traditional courses. Footprints provides a strong emphasis on cross-curricular content with clearly identified language aims that acknowledge the increasing trend towards content-based learning Levels 1 and 2 take students on a magical journey meeting well-known fairy tale characters to find the treasure at the end of the rainbow. The idea of a quest is continued in levels 3 and 4 but the context moves away from the world of fairy tales to one of mystery and adventure, working with the children's growing maturity and awareness of the world around them.

80 full-colour pages comprising: -contents pages -syllabus summary -two page introduction -nine units -materials for festivals Each unit is eight pages, one per lesson. There is also a pull-out double page of colour stickers inserted in the centre of the book. Pupil's Book Pack contains: Pupil's Book Stories and Songs CD CD-ROM Portfolio Booklet

Beautifully illustrated and appealing to both children and teachers, this six-level course is designed to meet the needs of teachers and learners who are working at a high level of English. Footprints provides a strong emphasis on cross-curricular content with clearly identified language aims that acknowledge the increasing trend towards content-based learning. Levels 1 and 2 take students on a magical journey, meeting well-known fairy tale characters to find the treasure at the end of the rainbow. Levels 3 and 4 continue the idea of a quest but the context moves away from the world of fairy tales to one of mystery and adventure, working with the children's growing maturity and awareness of the world around them.

80 full-colour pages comprising: -contents pages -syllabus summary -two page introduction -nine units -materials for four festivals Each unit is made up of eight pages, one per lesson. Pull-out double page of stickers in the centre of the book. Pupil's Book Pack contains: Pupil's Book Stories and Songs CD CD-ROM Portfolio Booklet

Beautifully illustrated and appealing to both children and teachers, this six-level course is designed to meet the needs of teachers and learners who are working at a high level of English. Footprints provides a strong emphasis on cross-curricular content with clearly identified language aims that acknowledge the increasing trend towards content-based learning. Levels 1 and 2 take students on a magical journey, meeting well-known fairy tale characters to find the treasure at the end of the rainbow. Levels 3 and 4 continue the idea of a quest but the context moves away from the world of fairy tales to one of mystery and adventure, working with the children's growing maturity and awareness of the world around them.

The new, comprehensive all-in-one Teacher’s Book is an indispensable aid for newer teachers and a great reference source for more experienced teachers to dip into for inspiration. Contains step-by-step Teachers Notes, a wide range of practical teaching tips and Common European Framework (CEF) checklists. Complete with grammar notes, methodology sections and photocopiable resources. Includes a CD with editable tests.

- Contains informative background notes on the business topic for each unit — Full tapescripts and answer keys for all the Student's Book exercises, including suggested answers for more open activities — Includes helpful teaching notes with ideas for additional activities and tasks — Additional photocopiable speaking activities and reading tests It really provides two books in one: the teacher's notes and photocopiables. It gives suggestions for lead-in and extension activities to suit lower or higher-level classes.

English World is a visually stunning ten-level course which will take children through from Primary to Secondary. Written by the authors of best-sellers Way Ahead and Macmillan English, English World combines best practice methodology with innovative new features for the modern classroom. The presentation of new vocabulary is supported by flashcards which can also be used for classroom games and activities to encourage learning.

English World is a visually stunning ten-level course which will take children through from Primary to Secondary. Written by the authors of best-sellers Way Ahead and Macmillan English, English World combines best practice methodology with innovative…

English World is a visually stunning ten-level course which will take children through from Primary to Secondary. Written by the authors of best-sellers Way Ahead and Macmillan English, English World combines best practice methodology with innovative new features for the modern classroom. The presentation of new vocabulary is supported by flashcards which can also be used for classroom games and activities to encourage learning.

English World is a visually stunning ten-level course which will take children through from Primary to Secondary. Written by the authors of best-sellers Way Ahead and Macmillan English, English World combines best practice methodology with innovative new features for the modern classroom. The Pupil’s Book contains twelve units. One unit can be taught in about two weeks. The Pupil’s Book starts with a Welcome unit, which revises the basic language that children need to have covered in order to begin the course. It provides revision lessons to be done over a few weeks. All units consistently cover the key skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening, underpinned by the firm foundation of the grammar syllabus. These elements are clearly presented in the book so that teachers have a clear objective for every lesson. A variety of well-illustrated stories, dialogues, information texts, songs and poems are included to attract and motivate young learners.