«In 76 A.D., during the reign of Vespasian, «informer» Marcus Didius Falco searches for a general's famous female conquest who has escaped from house arrest — leaving a horrendous murder in her wake. Falco seems to be the only one who notices that some dark agency is bringing death to the city streets.»

The business is a multi-level business English course which offers the student a cutting-edge blend of electronic and print material. The syllabus is organized by topic and has been developed from detailed research into business-related degree courses in leading European institutions. The business is particularly suitable for students studying business at college or university, but the course will also appeal to working business people who need to enrich their vocabulary and express themselves more authoritatively beyond their immediate professional context. Level: pre-intermediate, takes students from Council of Europe level A2 to B1. The business offers you: — an integrated self-study DVD-ROM, including video, interactive workbook, business dilemmas, interactive business documents, progress tests and all the course audio. — a flexible modular structure which offers users maximum choice and flexibility. The units are divided into speaking, writing, vocabulary, grammar, business knowledge and case study modules. — thorough and detailed language support including a Student's Book word list, grammar reference and extensive grammar and vocabulary practice material. — systematic development of specific business language skills — from report writing to stating your views persuasively in a meeting. The business package includes: Student's Book and DVD-ROM pack, Teacher's Book with notes and extra photocopiables. AudioCDs and a Website with tests, course updates and innovative supplementary materials.

«Four men are trapped in the forest. Heavy rain has turned the tracks into mud. The bridge across the river is broken. The men looked at the broken bridge and at the rushing water. Pedro spoke first: «How can we get back to base now?» • Extra grammar and vocabulary exercises • Free resources including worksheets, tests and author data sheets at www.macmillanenglish.com/readers • Audio CD/download available for this title»

Mia Thermopolis lives with her mother in New York City One day her life changes forever as she discovers that she is the Princess of Genovia Mia must forget her teenage ways and learn royal etiquette But Mia doesn t want to be a princess or live in Europe She wants to be a normal teenage girl What will happen to Mia when her classmates find out who she really is?

Everyone knows that tyrannosauruses are big and scary, so when a placid duckbill dinosaur's egg ends up in the wrong nest confusion is sure to ensue! When the baby dinosaur hatches out, he's so out of place that his grisly big sisters call him Tyrannosaurus Drip. Poor little Drip: all he wants is a quiet life munching on water weed...

Beneath the five interlinked rings of the Olympic flag, young women are being raped, mutilated and entombed in the concrete foundations of the new National Stadium. A prostitute, her beauty now ruined by a jigsaw of razor cuts... and the star of the People’s Republic carved deeply into her abdomen. Shanghai-based Senior Inspector Sun Piao has recently been released from Ankang – a mental hospital where he was sent for his own safety after his last case. Soon it becomes clear that the girls are being murdered by well-protected officers of the People’s Liberation Army and Sun Piao cannot get close. His only hope is to approach the mysterious and powerful Citizen One...

Almost two decades have passed since the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the USSR. Robert Service, one of our finest historians of modern Russia, sets out to examine the history of communism throughout the world. His uncomfortable conclusion — and an important message for the twenty-first century – is that although communism in its original form is now dead or dying, the poverty and injustice that enabled its rise are still dangerously alive. Unsettling, compellingly written and brilliantly argued, this is a superb work of history and one that demands to be read.

The third book in the wartime series continuing from Tuesday’s War and Charlie’s War. The war’s over. Charlie Bassett is one of England’s brave young survivors. Haunted by one woman’s smile and by his wartime adventures, he finally returns back home to try to pick up the pieces of his broken life. There’s just one small problem – everyone thinks he’s dead. Arrested as a deserter, his only way out of prison is to work for a shadowy government agency monitoring the growth of Communism in post-war Europe. Special radio missions keep him busy in the air, while his all-female team, headed up by the icy Miss Miller, keeps his feet firmly on the ground. But then Charlie is forced to go undercover as a spy in a Communist group called the Rubble Rats. The government calls them the Red Menace, but Charlie finds a group of hard-working families just trying to get by – and his loyalties are torn. When he discovers that Grace Baker is one of them, Charlie must make some difficult decisions. For king and country? Or for the woman he once loved?

Wilbur Smith returns with the eagerly awaited sequel to his thrilling Egyptian series. Following on from River God, The Seventh Scroll and Warlock, The Quest continues the story of the Warlock, Taita, wise in the lore of the ancient Gods and a master of magic and the supernatural. Egypt is struck by a series of terrible plagues that cripple the Kingdom, and then the ultimate disaster follows. The Nile fails. The waters that nourish and sustain the land dry up. Something catastrophic is taking place in the distant and totally unexplored depths of Africa from where the mighty river springs. In desperation Pharoah sends for Taita, the only man who might be able to win through to the source of the Nile and discover the cause of all their woes. None of them can have any idea of what a terrible enemy lies in ambush for The Warlock in those mysterious lands at the end of their world.

On the day after Halloween, in th eyear 1327, four children slip away from the cathedral cith of Kingsbridge. In the forest they see two men killed. As adults, their lives become braided together by desire, determination, avarice and retribution. They will see prosperity and famine, plague and war. Yet they will always live under the shadow of the unexplained killin on that fateful childhood day.

«The Google Story» is the definitive account of one of the most remarable organizations of our time. Every day over sixty-four million people use Google in more than one hundred languages, running billions of searches for information on everything and anything. Through the creative use of cutting-edge technology and a series of groundbreaking business ideas, Google's thirty-five year old founders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, have in ten years taken Google from being just another internet start-up to a company with a market value of over US$80 billion. Based on scupulous research and extraordinary access to the inner workings of Google, this book takes you inside the creation and growth of a company that has become so familiar its name is used as a verb around the world. But even as it rides high, Google wrestles with difficult challenges in a business that changes at lightning speed. In this new and updated edition to celebrate Google’s 10th birthday, David A. Vise has written a new preface and new final chapter which look at further developments since 2005 and how Google will continue to expand and innovate while trying to follow its founders' mantra: DO NO EVIL»

Find your voice as a presenter Presentations in English is the ideal choice for anyone who needs to make presentations in English. The flexible seven-step approach helps students to 'find their voice' and develop their own unique presentation style. KEY FEATURES Ideal for self-study and classroom use Students can work through the chapters progressively or dip into them to find the skills and language most useful to them The book presents language, advice and a range of powerful, up-to-date presentation techniques The DVD follows the progress of real students doing their presentation course and is fully integrated with the book

- Updated and revised to include the changes to the Cambridge ESOL CAE exam — 14 motivating topic-based units — Review section at the end of each unit with exam-style tasks — Detailed information and training on each paper in the CAE exam — Language Focus sections encourage analysis of main grammar areas at advanced level — Comprehensive support for writing tasks — Plenty of speaking practice throughout — Topic-based wordlist — Complete grammar reference section — Listening scripts Ready for CAE — учебно-методический комплект для подготовки к сдаче экзамена Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE). Основу курса составляет системный подход к совершенствованию языковых навыков и речевых умений, что способствует развитию правильности и беглости речи, необходимых как для сдачи международного экзамена, так и для общения в реальных жизненных ситуациях. Основные характеристики: — задания в формате экзамена; — повторение пройденного материала в конце каждого раздела; — разделы Ready for, направленные на подготовку к определенной фазе экзамена; — разделы Ready for writing с образцами выполнения письменных заданий; — разделы Language Focus, посвященные наиболее сложным грамматическим явлениям современного английского языка; — большое количество упражнений и заданий, направленных на развитие устной речи; — советы по подготовке ко всем разделам экзамена; — тематический словарь; — фотокопируемые лексические упражнения в Книге для учителя; — тексты на аудирование; — грамматический справочник.

- Extra reading texts — Extra grammar practice — Extra vocabulary to expand what is already in the Student's Book — Extra writing practice Ready for CAE — учебно-методический комплект для подготовки к сдаче экзамена Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE). Основу курса составляет системный подход к совершенствованию языковых навыков и речевых умений, что способствует развитию правильности и беглости речи, необходимых как для сдачи международного экзамена, так и для общения в реальных жизненных ситуациях. Основные характеристики: — задания в формате экзамена; — повторение пройденного материала в конце каждого раздела; — разделы Ready for, направленные на подготовку к определенной фазе экзамена; — разделы Ready for writing с образцами выполнения письменных заданий; — разделы Language Focus, посвященные наиболее сложным грамматическим явлениям современного английского языка; — большое количество упражнений и заданий, направленных на развитие устной речи; — советы по подготовке ко всем разделам экзамена; — тематический словарь; — фотокопируемые лексические упражнения в Книге для учителя; — тексты на аудирование; — грамматический справочник.

A dashing romantic story set in California in the previous century. This classic adventure comedy founded a whole genre of its own. Short stories, feature films, highly popular television series and animated cartoons have resulted, all featuring the people's hero with the flashing sword Zorro!

A modern, action-packed detective story. Salahadin El Nur is an inspector in the Antiquities Department of the Egyptian police. The death of a visiting European archaeologist leads Salahadin to investigate the whereabouts of a priceless statuette. He is soon on the trail of a gang of international smugglers.

Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson travel to Dartmoor to investigate the bizarre death of Sir Charles Baskerville. Is there really a curse on the family? And is there a huge dog living on the moor?