The book provides systematic development of students´ listening and speaking skills. It also offers excellent preparation for the revised First Certificate Examination for December 2008 or any other examinations at the same level.

The book is divided into two parts:

Part A consists of ten complete listening tests. The recordings are based on authentic listening material and make use of various accents and sound effects.

Part B consists of ten speaking tests and covers a wide variety of topics such as holidays, entertainment, etc.

Primary Mathematics: Teaching for Understanding

This important book aims to support and develop teachers' understanding of the key primary mathematics topics. It takes an innovative approach by defining exactly what is meant by 'understanding' and uses this model to examine and explain various mathematical topics.

Now You Know Crime Scenes. The Little Book of Answers

We live in a country that has chosen to assume that a person accused of a crime is innocent until guilt is proved beyond a reasonable doubt.
This book answers questions about crime scene investigation, provides some historical context, and offers accounts of various crimes to illustrate how good investigative techniques have worked in practice.

In the Ocean (Under the Microscope)

You're familiar with the sights and sounds of the beach—birds cawing, the waves crashing, and sand castles rising from the shore. But did you ever think about the microscopic creatures that also enjoy a day in the ocean? In the Ocean delves deep into the various kinds of microorganisms that exist in the ocean depths, bringing young readers face to face with these marine life-forms.

The Greek rhetorician Dionysius of Halicarnassus was active in Augustan Rome. For a long time, modern scholars have regarded him as a rather mediocre critic, whose works were only interesting because of the references to earlier scholars and the citations of literary fragments. By interpreting Dionysius' views within the context of his rhetorical programme, this book shows that Dionysius was in fact an intelligent scholar, who combined theories and methods from various language disciplines and used them for his own practical purposes...