The popular Grammar Practice series has been thoroughly revised and updated. With a focus on context and communication, the THIRD EDITION helps learners make the leap from practice to production more easily.
Added by: susan6th | Karma: 3133.45 | Fiction literature | 26 January 2010
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Stranded With A Spy
To hell was more like it! When Mallory Dawes, suddenly infamous in the States, decided to take that vacation to France, her problems were just beginning: a lost passport. A car swept out to sea. Missing travelers' checks. And a mysterious, if intriguing, man who always seemed to turn up just when she was in trouble…
In this episode of the series, Bill Nye takes a good look at eyes and how they work. The standup scientist (so-called because he once worked as a standup comic,) describes the interaction between the brain and the eyes, and discusses the many things that eyes can do without any prompting from their owner. Using his successful blend of music videos, humor, demos, and silliness, Nye checks out the anatomy of the eye, and shows students how the rods and cones route information to the brain.
While it's always interesting to hear authors read their own work, this production is not likely to prompt a narrating career for Palahniuk (Fight Club) on par with his literary accomplishments. That's not to say, however, that his style doesn't work with this offbeat story of a sex-addicted medical school dropout whose gift is pretending to choke in restaurants and reaping the sympathy checks of the people who "save" him in order to pay for the care of his sick mother. Palahniuk reads with a husky, occasionally whiny voice that's rushed and intense. Reuploaded
