Extensive reading improves fluency & there is a real need in the ELT classroom for contemporary graded material that will instantly appeal to students. This title presents a story about a fictional chain of US burger restaurants & the people whose lives they affect. ...

Extensive reading improves fluency & there is a real need in the ELT classroom for contemporary graded material that will instantly appeal to students. This title presents a story about a fictional chain of US burger restaurants & the people whose lives they affect. ...

Richard Linklater-directed fictionalised condemnation of fast-food consumerism based on the best selling book by Eric Schlosser. Through the stories of several individuals in one small town, & with an ensemble cast including Kris Kristofferson, Bruce Willis, Ethan Hawke & pop star Avril Lavigne, the hypocrisy & big business mentality of the burger industry is laid bare. From ranchers exploited & under-paid for their beef cattle cattle to the migrant workers exploited as burger slingers at the counters, Linklater carefully outlines exactly how the 20th century phenomenon of a cheap hamburger impacts many, many lives in an almost universally negative way. ...

Contains the coming-of-age story of a generation of ordinary South Africans who had to stumble their way through extraordinary times. This book contains a series of characters, such as an epileptic truck driver who has visions of the Mother Mary with tears of blood running down her cheeks. ...

Presents an introduction to the principles of the fast Fourier transform (FFT). This title covers FFTs, frequency domain filtering, & applications to video & audio signal processing. It adopts approaches like MATLAB examples & projects for better understanding of diverse FFTs. ...