This book is a practical guide for teachers who wish to gain a theoretical knowledge of pronunciation and develop their skills. It also suggests a variety of practical ideas, skills and activities for the classroom

This book is a guide to the key characteristics of major international English language exams. It provides a range of approaches to help students prepare for exams. This book has been written for any and all teachers faced with preparing students for exams, from newly qualified to experienced teachers, and for all those facing the contradiction between teaching for understanding and communication and getting students through exams

Thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson was devastated when his parents divorced and his father took a job working in the far off oil fields of Canada. Traveling to visit his dad for the first time since the divorce, Brian survives a plane crash that kills the airplane's pilot - the only other person aboard the small aircraft. Stranded in the wilderness, Brian must rely only on his wits, and the hatchet given to him by his mother, as he struggles to survive. In the process, he also begins to come to terms with his parents' divorce. HATCHET is the book that first introduced readers to Brian Robeson

Part 1 is based on the episode, "O Say, Can You Remember the Words?", written by Sally Lapiduss. Part 2 is based on the episode, "On the Road Again?", Written by Steven James Meyer

This book will show you how to overcome the natural fear of public speaking, to become a successful speaker and even learn to enjoy it. Dale Carnegie's methods have helped millions of people world-wide

The true story of Cesar Chavez, a shy boy who grew up to be one of America's greatest civil rights leaders, is told in this picture book biography

Small enough to fit in purse or porket, this dictionary presents more than 2.500 American English idiomatic words and expressions with their meanings

Quebrado has been traded from pirate ship to ship in the Caribbean Sea for as long as he can remember. The sailors he toils under call him el quebrado—half islander, half outsider, a broken one. Now the pirate captain Bernardino de Talavera uses Quebrado as a translator to help navigate the worlds and words between his mother’s Taíno Indian language and his father’s Spanish. But when a hurricane sinks the ship and most of its crew, it is Quebrado who escapes to safety...

This book is a unique and captivating story that catches you from the first page. Told from alternating viewpoints, this novel-in-poems reveals the complexities of memory and the strength of a friendship that can overcome pain

Eleven-year-old Harriet M. Welsch is an aspiring writer who lives in New York City's Upper East Side. A precocious and enthusiastic girl, Harriet enjoys writing and aspires to become a spy. Encouraged by her nanny, Ole Golly, Harriet carefully observes others and writes her thoughts down in a notebook as practice for her future career, which she dedicates her life to