On the mend after getting run out of Chicago, professional cardsharp Bill Maynard is hungry for some action--but not nearly as hungry as Joyce Rogers, the tantalizing wife of Bill's latest mark. Together they hatch an ingenious scheme to get rid of her husband. But in life as in poker, the other player sometimes has an ace up his sleeve...
Paretsky's V. I. Warshawski becomes more believable with each appearance; in this nine-week PW bestseller and BOMC selection in cloth, the PI investigates a bond scheme that spans Chicago's industrial and legal worlds.
There is a wide range of discussion concerning how grammar is learned and used from published materials which may be useful or provocative in their own teaching of language.
Vocabilis is an advanced flash-card vocabulary builder for Windows with unique features. Its principle task is to help you as a language learner to build a strong vocabulary in the language(s) you are studying. Vocabilis's main feature which makes it stand out among the many other similar programs is its innovative stage-by-stage words learning scheme that makes the program a highly efficient tool enabling the user to easily memorize large amounts of foreign words, expressions and phrases. Unlike most vocabulary-training programs Vocabilis organizes vocabulary training on a three-stage principle. Every vocabulary item passes all the three stages.
With 90 million copies sold worldwide, the Key Words with Ladybirdreading scheme is the springboard to reading for life. . 100 Key Words make up half of all those we read and write. This essential vocabulary is carefully introduced, practiced and developed throughout the scheme. Series a - introduces new Key Words. Series b - practices Key Words. Series c - develops Key Words using phonics and writing skills.
