Like any big-city paramedic, Shaw Chandler had probably seen a thousand suicides in Miami. But he knows a murder when he sees one--and this time it's his own father. Suddenly he's got a metal cannister marked "US NAVY" in his hands, and he's dragged back to the crazed, coral shores of Key West to explain it. There he comes face-to-face with a deranged killer--and a psychotic mastermind. Soon to be a major motion picture.
A bomb goes off in a small town in the west of America and FBI agent Alex Cross is summoned in to help investigate. Calls from an anonymous villain do little to explain the violence as reports come in of similar bombings across the globe.
Students should focus on a single idea, one-idea-at-a-time, and interpret it, step-by-step according to the following process: • Scan through once to get the general idea • Look-up any unfamiliar vocabulary • Consider the relation of the parts to the whole • Interpret the meaning so is clear in your mind • Prepare to explain it in your own word If you are working in a group or a class, you can also go on to: • Discuss the saying within a peer-group • Exchange ideas and interpretations
Never forgive, never forget. That's Jack Reacher's standard operating procedure. And Francis Xavier Quinn was the worst guy he had ever met. He had done truly unforgivable things. So Reacher was glad to know he was dead. Until the day he saw him, alive and well, riding in a limousine outside Boston's Symphony Hall. Never apologize. Never explain. When Reacher witnesses a brutal attempt to kidnap a terrified young student on a New England campus, he takes the law into his own hands. That's his way, after all. Only this time, a cop dies, and Reacher doesn't stick around to explain. Has he lost his sense of right and wrong? Just because this time, it's personal?
Sometimes we just get sick. Luckily the human body has its own self-defence system. Learn about how our skin, white blood cells and antibodies work to ward off disease, sickness and other ailments. Find out how our bodies react to various environmental situations. A hands-on experiment is included to explain these interesting concepts.
