The Tales from The Arabian Nights (level 2 penguin readers)+AUDIO
Sheherezade is beautiful and clever. She also knows many wonderful stories: a thousand and one! Some of them are in this collection. We meet many different people in these stories: a clever servant girl, a boy judge, a stupid barber and forty bad thieves.
The Canterbury Tales (level 3 Penguin readers)+AUDIO
A group of pilgrims going to see the tomb of Thomas Becket in Canterbury meet at an inn in London and decide to take part in a game. The game consists in each pilgrim telling a story on their way to Canterbury. The one who tells the best story will be given a free meal at the same inn.
More Machiavelli in Brussels: The Art of Lobbying the EU, 3rd Edition
Each year thousands of interest groups appear before the European Union to lobby for legislation and subsidies, some more effectively than others. Packed with real cases, examples of good practice, and successful strategies, this fully revised and rewritten new edition of Machiavelli in Brussels presents a wealth of information for seasoned professionals and novices alike.
In the second edition of this highly regarded text, the authors show how and why traditional legal language has developed the peculiar characteristics that make legal documents inaccessible to the end users. Incorporating recent research and case law, the book provides a critical examination of case law and the rules of interpretation. Detailed case studies illustrate how obtuse or outdated words, phrases and concepts can be rewritten, reworked or removed altogether.
