ESL students, TOEFL and TOEIC test takers, and all others for whom English is a second language and who want to improve their pronunciation will find this book and compact disc combination especially instructive. The new second edition presents a significantly increased number of exercises, all of them providing practice in every sound that is specific to American-style English. Emphasis is on stress and intonation patterns in conversational English. Recognition of these patterns is essential to fluent speech and listening comprehension. Four compact discs replace the first edition's audiocassettes, and have been increased by 50 minutes in playing time to a total of 5 hours and 20 minutes

This book is an imaginative treasury of the spoken and written word for kids of all ages. It is meant to be a beginning, a starting point on a journey of discovery

This book provide definitions written in a simple, strictly-controlled defining vocabulary, pronunciations in the International Phonetic Alphabet, full information about grammar and the way words combine with each other, using a very simple system

It is a book that attempts to discuss and bring together research relevant to children and language learning and principles in classroom practice. This book is for experienced teachers with an interest in teaching English to children

This book is as much a tribute to the people living today who have so much to share about a time and a way of life, as it is to the man who helped record it in so much detail

This book affords an unprecedented opportunity to visit the private homes where our greatest writers crafted their masterpieces. In the process it opens a window onto the writer's life that will forever change the way you read. And this book takes readers on a tour of the American literary heritage that is at once grand and intimate

The images in this book capture the entrepreneurial audacity for which the circus became famous, and also the remarkable personalities and energy of its performers

This book is about the most famous architect of all time, and certainly the most well known American architect, and he has been the subject of continuing interest and controversy

Accompanying the much-publicized travelling exhibition African American Masters, this book highlights influential and important African American 20th-century artists, from those of the early part of the century to important participants in the Harlem Renaissance, from self-taught and folk artists to urbane modernists, right up to the vigorous contemporary art scene. The text also includes sidebars highlighting individual pictures and creators, completing a wonderful chapter in the history of American art and in African American life and achievement

Jazzlife book contains a unique collection of photographs and records of jazz legends 1960 and street talents of the USA of the time