The Economist is a global weekly magazine written for those who share an uncommon interest in being well and broadly informed. Each issue explores the close links between domestic and international issues, business, politics, finance, current affairs, science, technology and the arts.
Double TroubleDolphins are interactive graded readers specially designed to make developing language skills fun for younger learners. Full-colour illustrations and cross-curricular content stimulate students' interest and maintain their attention, while carefully graded English introduces them to new language points in an entertaining context. Integrated activities for every page of story text encourage students to practise newly acquired language skills.
20 Ways to Double Your Writing Productivity (Infographic)
Thinking of writing a book, struggle with getting started, keeping momentum, or finishing in time? Writing productively in a commercial setting is crucial for your success, and helps tremendously with tight deadlines. In this infographic we've compiled a list of the most inspiring quotes from those best-selling authors that were critically and commercially successful with their own work. Enjoy!
Alain Mabanckou — Memoirs of a Porcupine All human beings, says an African legend, have an animal double. Some doubles are benign, others wicked. This legend comes to life in Alain Mabanckou’s outlandish, surreal, and charmingly nonchalant Memoirs of a Porcupine. When Kibandi, a boy living in a Congolese village, reaches the age of 11, his father takes him out into the night and forces him to drink a vile liquid a jar that has been hidden for years in the earth. This is his initiation.
