Building the next business generation. The Business 2.0 provides university students who are preparing for future employment with the language and business skills they need to succeed in a competitive international environment. Based on extensive user feedback, research into Business English studies and the evolving needs of employers, the course builds on the success of the original edition and offers students the confidence, language and skills to thrive in an international work environment. There is a strong focus on the "intangible" business skills - emotional intelligence and interpersonal abilities. So ... |
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Building the next business generation. The Business 2.0 provides university students who are preparing for future employment with the language and business skills they need to succeed in a competitive international environment. Based on extensive user feedback, research into Business English studies and the evolving needs of employers, the course builds on the success of the original edition and offers students the confidence, language and skills to thrive in an international work environment. There is a strong focus on the "intangible" business skills - emotional intelligence and interpersonal abilities. So ... |
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The Sunday Times #1 Bestseller. Immigration, Identity, Islam. ... "The Strange Death of Europe" is a highly personal account of a continent and culture caught in the act of suicide. Declining birth-rates, mass immigration and cultivated self-distrust and self-hatred have come together to make Europeans unable to argue for themselves and incapable of resisting their own comprehensive change as a society. This book is not only an analysis of demographic and political realities, but also an eyewitness account of a continent in self-destruct mode. It includes reporting from across the entire continent, from the ... |
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Award-winning readers series of original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Christina, who works in an art gallery in Buenos Aires is waiting at the traffic lights on her motorbike. She notices two men with a gun in the car next to her. Seconds later she is hit by a taxi, and wakes up in hospital with no memory of the accident or the two men. However, the men are afraid of what might happen if her memory returns and plan to make sure it never does. ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. Illustrated by John Gilbert. ... "The Tempest" is Shakespeare's masterpiece of magical effects, redemptive romance, poetry and politics. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library ; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features illustrations by renowned artist Sir John Gilbert and an introduction by actor, writer and director Simon Callow. Prospero has long been exiled from Italy and banished to ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... One of the first great spy novels, "The Riddle of the Sands" is set during the long, suspicious years leading up to the First World War. In spite of good prospects in the Foreign Office, sardonic civil servant Carruthers is finding it hard to endure the boredom of his life in London. He accepts an invitation from a college friend, Davies, a shyly intrepid yachtsman, and joins him on a sailing holiday in the Baltic, and there, amidst the sunshine and bright blue seas, they discover a German plot to invade England... Like much contemporary British ... |
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Illustrated by Mike Lacey and Martin Sanders. ... "The sword moved again, and the light from the sun flashed on the bright metal. Soon, all that Bathsheba could see was a bright light flashing around her. Troy had never practised better than this. "Your hair is a little untidy, Miss Everdene," he said. "I'll make it tidy for you." The sword went past her ear with a whispering sound. A small piece of her hair fell to the ground. She watched him pick up the lock of hair and put it in his pocket. "I'll keep this forever," he said. He came closer to her. "I must leave you now.& ... |
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The Book of Tea describes all aspects of the Japanese tea ceremony and explains how its rituals blend seamlessly with traditional Japanese life. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library - a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition has an introduction by Anna Sherman and delightful illustrations by Sayuri Romei. This short book, written in English by a Japanese scholar and artist, was first published in 1906 at a time when Japan was opening up to Western Culture. In response ... |
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This beautiful gift book presents 100 poems, organised by theme to encourage the discovery of new favourites. Bright, colourful illustrations are packed with charm and detail to capture the imaginations of young children. Poems include classics from Robert Burns , William Wordsworth, Christina Rossetti, Louisa M Alcott and Edward Lear. ... |
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"Girl A" she said. "The girl who escaped. If anyone was going to make it, it was going to be you". I am Lex Gracie: but they call me Girl A. I grew up with my family on the moors. I escaped when I was fifteen years old. Now something is pulling me back..."The biggest mystery thriller since Gone Girl." Elle "The novel you'll stay up reading until 3 am." Sunday Times "An astonishing achievement." Jessie Burton "Gripping, beautifully written perfection." Sophie Hannah "A masterpiece." Louise O'Neill "Fantastic." Paula Hawkins ... |
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Charlie Hall has never found a lock she couldn't pick, a book she couldn't steal, or a bad decision she wouldn't make. She's spent half her life working for gloamists, magicians who manipulate shadows to peer into locked rooms, strangle people in their beds, or worse. Gloamists guard their secrets greedily, creating an underground economy of grimoires. And to rob their fellow magicians, they need Charlie. Now, she's trying to distance herself from past mistakes, but going straight isn't easy. Bartending at a dive, she's still entirely too close to the corrupt underbelly of the Berkshires. Not ... |
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The multi-million copy bestseller. ... "Everyone must read 12 Rules for Life. And then pass it on to a friend." Chris Evans "Genuinely extraordinary... unmatched by any other modern thinker... a prophet for our times." Dominic Sandbrook, Daily Mail "Briliant... The truth can set you free." Sunday Times "The most influential publick intellectual in the Western world right now." The New York Times "Masteful... He's filling the hole out of which my generation has just clambered." Amol Rajan, New Statesman "A recipe for salvation." Daily Telegraph "A ... |
