This is an upper-intermediate English language course aimed at people training for or already employed in the tourism industry. It replaces Five Star English and the syllabus is topic-based. Each of the 12 units offers a range of reading and listening tasks developed from authentic sources, practising language in ways that students will use it in real life, for example — role plays using the language of complaint, or planning a tour.

This is an upper-intermediate English language course aimed at people training for or already employed in the tourism industry. It replaces Five Star English and will have a broad international appeal. The syllabus is topic-based. Each of the 12 units offers a range of reading and listening tasks developed from authentic sources, practising language in ways that students will use it in real life, e.g. role plays using the language of complaint, or planning a tour.

Up and Away in Phonics is a six-level series which gives children a thorough grounding in English language phonics. It is an ideal supplement to Up and Away in English, but may also be used independently.

A fun and effective way to teach young children how to read in English.

A fun and effective way to teach young children how to read in English.

A three-level course for students beginning English from around the age of nine, Brainwaves has been designed to bridge the gap between primary and secondary learning styles. The slow-start syllabus accelerates steadily as the students grow in maturity and confidence. There is a structural syllabus with a grammatical summary at the back of each Student's Book, and an emphasis on communication, with special focus on vocabulary skills. Self-assessment activities in each unit promote learner autonomy.

A three-level course for students beginning English from around the age of nine years, Brainwaves has been designed to bridge the gap between primary and secondary learning styles. The slow-start syllabus accelerates steadily as the students grow in maturity and confidence. There is a clear structural syllabus with a grammatical summary at the back of each student book and an emphasis on communication, with special focus on vocabulary skills. Self-assessment activities in each unit promote learner autonomy.

A three-level course for students beginning English from around the age of nine years, Brainwaves has been designed to bridge the gap between primary and secondary learning styles. The slow-start syllabus accelerates steadily as the students grow in maturity and confidence. There is a clear structural syllabus with a grammatical summary at the back of each student book and an emphasis on communication, with special focus on vocabulary skills. Self-assessment activities in each unit promote learner autonomy.

The Later Tudors is an authoritative and comprehensive study of England between the accession of Edward VI and the death of Elizabeth I-a turbulent period of conflict amongst European nations, and between warring Catholics and Protestants. These internal and external struggles created anxiety in England, but by the end of Elizabeth's reign the nation had achieved a remarkable sense of political and religious identity. Penry Williams combines the political, religious and economic history of the nation with a broader analysis of English society, family relations, and culture, in order to explain the workings and development of the English state. The result is an incisive and wide-ranging analysis that culminates in an assessment of England's part in the shaping of the New World.

A three-level course for pre-teenage students which bridges the gap between primary and secondary learning styles.

This new translation has an Introduction which sets the novel in its social, historical, and literary context.

The Monk was so highly popular that it seemed to create an epoch in our literature, wrote Sir Walter Scott. Set in the sinister monastery of the Capuchins in Madrid, The Monk is a violent tale of ambition, murder, and incest. The great struggle between maintaining monastic vows and fulfilling personal ambitions leads its main character, the monk Ambrosio, to temptation and the breaking of his vows, then to sexual obsession and rape, and finally to murder in order to conceal his guilt. Inspired by German horror romanticism and the work of Ann Radcliffe, Lewis produced his masterpiece at the age of nineteen. It contains many typical Gothic elements — seduction in a monastery, lustful monks, evil Abbesses, bandits and beautiful heroines. But, as the Introduction to this new edition shows, Lewis also played with convention, ranging from gruesome realism to social comedy, and even parodied the genre in which he was writing.

The Upanisads are the central scriptures of Hinduism. They represent some of the most important literary products in the history of Indian culture and religion, both because they played a critical role in the development of religious ideas in India and because they are our greatest source for the religious, social, and intellectual history of ancient India. Composed at a time of great social, economic, and religious change, the Upanisads document the transition from the archaic ritualism of the Veda into new religious ideas and institutions. The first major English translation of the ancient Upanisads for over half a century, Olivelle's work incorporates the most recent historical and philological scholarship. The introduction and detailed notes make this edition ideal for the non-specialist as well as for students of Indian religions.

Containing facts, attributions, and anecdotes about his contemporaries, Vasari's collection of biographical accounts also presents an influential theory of the development of Renaissance art. Beginning with Cimabue and Giotto, who represent the infancy of art, Vasari considers the period of youthful vigour, shaped by Donatello, Brunelleschi, Ghiberti, and Masaccio, before discussing the mature period of perfection, dominated by the titanic figures of Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo. This translation contains 36 of the most important lives as well as an introduction and explanatory notes.

The supreme Roman epic and the greatest poem in Latin, the Aeneid has inspired many of the great European poets including Dante and Milton. The Trojan hero Aeneas, after surviving the sack of Troy, makes his way to the West, urged on by benevolent deities and following a destiny laid down by Jupiter, but harassed and impeded by the goddess Juno. He wins his way to Italy despite many trials, of which the greatest is the tragic outcome of his love affair with Dido, Queen of Carthage. In Italy Aeneas visits the world of the dead, and is forced to wage a fearful war with the indigenous Italian tribes before he can found his city and open the history of Rome. The Aeneid survives as a poem not only of Roman imperialism but also of the whole world of human passion, duty and suffering.

A structural syllabus combined with child-centred activities. • It has a carefully graded, structural syllabus which provides steady progression in all four skills. • The emphasis on grammar and vocabulary acquisition is combined with many opportunities for lively communicative tasks. • New language is presented in context through picture stories and a variety of entertaining characters. Practice and reinforcement is provided by child-centred activities such as songs, rhymes, and games. • Colourful illustrations and photographs provide visual explanations and make the pages bright and attractive. • The clear presentation makes it suitable for use even in large classes. • The Get Set — Go! Alphabet Book is an optional component to accompany the series, which teaches children the Roman alphabet.

A structural syllabus combined with child-centred activities. • It has a carefully graded, structural syllabus which provides steady progression in all four skills. • The emphasis on grammar and vocabulary acquisition is combined with many opportunities for lively communicative tasks. • New language is presented in context through picture stories and a variety of entertaining characters. Practice and reinforcement is provided by child-centred activities such as songs, rhymes, and games. • Colourful illustrations and photographs provide visual explanations and make the pages bright and attractive. • The clear presentation makes it suitable for use even in large classes. • The Get Set — Go! Alphabet Book is an optional component to accompany the series, which teaches children the Roman alphabet.

A structural syllabus combined with child-centred activities. • It has a carefully graded, structural syllabus which provides steady progression in all four skills. • The emphasis on grammar and vocabulary acquisition is combined with many opportunities for lively communicative tasks. • New language is presented in context through picture stories and a variety of entertaining characters. Practice and reinforcement is provided by child-centred activities such as songs, rhymes, and games. • Colourful illustrations and photographs provide visual explanations and make the pages bright and attractive. • The clear presentation makes it suitable for use even in large classes. • The Get Set — Go! Alphabet Book is an optional component to accompany the series, which teaches children the Roman alphabet.

A structural syllabus combined with child-centred activities. • It has a carefully graded, structural syllabus which provides steady progression in all four skills. • The emphasis on grammar and vocabulary acquisition is combined with many opportunities for lively communicative tasks. • New language is presented in context through picture stories and a variety of entertaining characters. Practice and reinforcement is provided by child-centred activities such as songs, rhymes, and games. • Colourful illustrations and photographs provide visual explanations and make the pages bright and attractive. • The clear presentation makes it suitable for use even in large classes. • The Get Set — Go! Alphabet Book is an optional component to accompany the series, which teaches children the Roman alphabet.

An innovative course in language and communication skills. — Uses communication skills as its main focus. Goes beyond traditional language skills to teach the strategies and techniques (both verbal and non-verbal) that we all use to convey even the simplest message. — Encourages learners to try out a broad range of communication activities within the framework of a carefully graded and structured language course. — Organized around nine broad communicative themes. Topics range from 'Starting a conversation' and 'Saying the right thing' to non-verbal techniques such as 'Gesture', 'Eye contact' and 'Body language'. — Each unit includes: varied listening practice, discussion of cultural differences, vocabulary-building, quizzes and puzzles, and role plays. Each unit ends with a 'Language Focus' section to reinforce essential grammar. — Active Grammar appendix provides further information and exercises on the main grammar points covered. Contains additional grammar points that are not actively taught but which are still useful and relevant to students at this level.