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Four Corners is an integrated four-skills English course for adults and young adults. Four Corners Workbook A, Level 3 has eight-page units that can be used in class or for homework. Units 1-6 provide students with additional vocabulary, grammar, functional language, and reading practice.
Four Corners is an integrated four-skills English course for adults and young adults. Four Corners Workbook, Level 3 has eight-page units that can be used in class or for homework. Each unit provides students with additional vocabulary, grammar, functional language, and reading practice.
The Crow, The Tree and Spittle Lee the Fighting Bee By: Albert M. Bribiesca The Crow, The Tree and Spittle Lee the Fighting Bee is a fable that warns children against the perils and life-long repercussions of joining a gang. The author hopes to open the eyes of boys and girls to the horror of his own ordeal and prevent them from making the same mistakes. The book is very accessible with a strong moral message. As with the crow and the bee, the question is, “What can I do to make a difference?”
The object of this study is to clarify the meanings and uses of social innovation in contemporary societies. The author makes use of the forms of analysis provided by theories of social change and the multi-disciplinary, long-term approach that is associated with Big History, with its focus on evidence and insights from different scientific and ...
Intelligence work is a great deal like flying. While flying is hours of sheer boredom with moments of stark terror, intelligence work is weeks of sheer boredom with moments of stark panic. Ben Jourdon works an analyst at the National Security Agency, specializing in the Middle East. He hadn't sought the job, and he isn't sure he even wants it. As with many of the things in life, though, Ben has little choice-the job is an excellent cover. The only thing he ever really wanted was to be a career Air Force flying officer, but that was not to be. After six years of flying, he had been medically grounded, courtesy of a bullet in Vietnam, and had to seek a new direction. The next six years saw him working as a Signals Intelligence Officer, but that came to an end on a dark street in Athens some eight years before. As for his true avocation, though, he was a professional assassin. What a surprise it would be for the security people at the NSA to find out about this other job ...
Il piccolo paese costiero di Roquesas si vede scosso dalla scomparsa di una delle sue abitanti: la giovane Sandra López, di soli sedici anni. Quando il suo corpo viene ritrovato orribilmente mutilato sul retro della casa di uno dei suoi più illustri concittadini, tutti sospettano che Álvaro Alsina sia colpevole. La benpensante comunità locale inizia una caccia alle streghe incolpando Álvaro del crimine, mentre si va tessendo una fitta rete di inganni e bugie con l'unico obiettivo di riuscire a dimostrare la sua colpevolezza. Álvaro si trova obbligato a vedere come ogni elemento della vita crolla intorno a lui senza che né lui, né nessuno della sua famiglia, possa fare nulla per evitarlo. I suoi amici, sua moglie, i suoi figlia, la sua amante, e perfino il capo della polizia, lo considerano l'autore del delitto.
Con esta trepidante novela, Jordi Sierra i Fabra nos presenta a Berta Mir, que probablemente se convertirá en la detective más seguida por todos los jóvenes. «Auténtico fenómeno, Jordi Sierra i Fabra es el autor más leído por los adolescentes porque conecta con ellos, con la mentalidad de esta edad de grandes dudas y de grandes cambios, la edad de la rabia o de la rebeldía.»La Vanguardia La vida cambia para Berta Mir con dieciocho años recién cumplidos. Su padre, detective de profesión, sufre un accidente que resulta ser un intento de asesinato. ¿Quién querría asesinar a su padre, y por qué? Luchando contra el tiempo, Berta deberá resolver, con su ingenio y su valor, los tr...