An unrivalled collection of literary gossip and intimate sidelights on the lives of the authors The dictionary defines an anecdote as 'a short account of an entertaining or interesting incident', and the anecdotes in this collection more than live up to that description. Many of them are funny, often explosively so. Others are touching, outrageous, sinister, inspiring, or downright weird. They show writers in the English-speaking world from Chaucer to the present acting both unpredictably, and deeply in character.

The range is wide - this is a book which finds room for Milton and Margaret Atwood, George Eliot and P. G. Wodehouse, Chinua Achebe and Ian Fleming, Brendan Behan and Wittgenstein. It is also a book in which you can find out which great historian's face was once mistaken for a baby's bottom, which film star left a haunting account of Virginia Woolf not long before her death, and what Agatha Christie really thought of Hercule Poirot - a book not just for lovers of literature, but for anyone with a taste for the curiosities of human nature.

Market Leader Advanced is the fifth level in this five level series. It features authentic texts and listenings throughout and provides students with the professional communication and language skills necessary for a wide range of business situation such as problem-solving, managing meetings, networking, brainstorming and telephone strategies.

 

 

(Cambridge studies in the social and cultural foundations of language #23) 

 

Language, our primary tool of thought and perception, is at the heart of who we are as individuals. Languages are constantly changing, sometimes into entirely new varieties of speech, leading to subtle differences in how we present ourselves to others.

 

 

 

This revealing account brings together twelve leading specialists from the fields of linguistics, anthropology, philosophy, and psychology, to explore the fascinating relationship between language, culture, and social interaction. A range of major questions are discussed: How does language influence our perception of the world? How do new languages emerge? How do children learn to use language appropriately? What factors determine language choice in bi- and multilingual communities? How far does language contribute to the formation of our personalities? And finally, in what ways does language make us human?

 

 

 

"Language, Culture, and Society" will be essential reading for all those interested in language and its crucial role in our social lives.

WELCOME 3 - Pupil's Book

Welcome 1, 2 and 3 are designed for children learning English at primary level. The moderate grading of the syllabus enables pupils to use English effectively while developing all four language skills.