Gateway to Arabic Book One with its wealth of practice materials teaches the skills necessary for reading & writing the Arabic language It covers the complete Arabic alphabet in all its forms as well as the various short & long vowel sounds It offers plenty of opportunity for handwriting practice through extensive copying exercises By the end of this book the learner will have covered the skills needed to read any vocalised Arabic text ...

This book introduces the learner to a broad range of Arabic vocabulary grouped according to subject including items within the home & school animals shapes colours fruit & vegetables transport clothing parts of the body the family occupations & nationalities ...

Gateway to Arabic Book Three builds on the skills learnt in Book Two & Extension Book One of the series & introduces new areas of grammar & vocabulary The main focus of the book is the introduction of form one past & present tense verbs in their regular form to enable the student to move on from non-verbal sentences & take their language skills to new levels Numerous written exercises & passages of dialogue give students the opportunity to put into practice the knowledge they have acquired ...

Gateway to Arabic Extension Book One addresses the needs of students who have completed Book Two of the Gateway series & wish to have the opportunity to practise further the skills they have acquired This book aims to engage the student in a variety of language games exercises & dialogue activities that will serve to reinforce the vocabulary grammar & skills they have already learned in Book Two In addition it introduces additional extensive vocabulary new sentence structures
- including simple verbal sentences
- & conversational skills in a lively interactive manner It is ideally suited for use in the classroom

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The Gateway to Arabic Handwriting Book has been written as part of the Gateway to Arabic series with a view to giving students the opportunity to learn practise & acquire proficiency in a fluid style of Arabic handwriting It is recommended that students should already have completed at least Book One of the Gateway series & be familiar with the Arabic alphabet before embarking upon this book Although a number of handwriting styles are used in the Middle East the style taught in this book namely ruq'ah is the most widespread & the easiest to learn Compared to the printed style of Arabic which is termed naskh ruq'ah offers the advantage of being much quicker to write The book has been organised so that identical naskh & ruq'ah texts appear on facing pages for ease of comparison & contrast The first section sets out the letters of the Arabic alphabet in all their forms initial medial final & isolate The precise direction & sequence of pen movements for each letter have been clearly indicated through the use of numbered arrows Having completed the presentation of the alphabet in all its forms the book then provides the student with the chance to learn the ruq'ah ligatures & practise copying complete words & phrases most of which would already be familiar to the Muslim student A further opportunity for the reinforcement of handwriting skills is given through the copying of selective ayat (verses of the Qur'an) A translation of these verses is included on the page on which they appear ...

Players of the deck-building card game Gateway Uprising take on the roles of insurgent wizards determined to reclaim the Great City of Gateway Each player begins with the game with the same starter resources of basic insurgent wizards merchants & a magical Runestone
- but from there the similarities end Players will draft new wizards heroes & magical creatures into their ranks building up an army to defeat & defend the different districts of Gateway After successfully liberating a district the player gains access to its unusual power such as cheaper resources additional defenses or even the ability to magically damage foes from afar Be warned Not only will other rebel insurgents attempt to steal your districts away from you but you&ll also have to battle against the forces of Chancellor Gideon & an invading onslaught of terrible monsters called the Drueggar To aid you in this are Runestones
- powerful one-time-use spells that can turn the tide of battle instantly or provide the player with a temporary boost to his coffers However once used Runestones become empty shells & are discarded for the remainder of the game To win the game players must collect victory points by defeating the city guard & Drueggar Horde controlling important districts or through special insurgent abilities they draft into their ranks Don&t delay & play the waiting game -- if the Drueggar manage to take all the city districts it’s game over for both the insurgents & the innocent citizens of Gateway! Players 2-4 Playing time 45-60 minutes Ages 13

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Winner of the Fortnum & Mason Debut Food Book Award 2017 Nominated for the Andre Simon award for best cookbook & Guild of Food Writers book of the year Gather is a cookbook that celebrates simplicity & nature both in ingredients & cooking styles Head Chef at River Cottage for 10 years Gill Meller showcases 120 brand new recipes inspired by the landscapes in which he lives & works Featuring chapters on foods from Moorland (game & herbs) Garden (tomatoes salads soft fruits) Farm (pork dairy honey) Field (rye barley wheat oats) Seashore (crab seaweed oysters) Orchard (apples pears cherries) Harbour (fish & seafood) & Woodland (mushrooms damsons blackberries) Gill gently guides the reader through simple recipes with no need for obscure ingredients or complicated cooking With great food at its heart Gather is the most contemporary of cookbooks with photography that captures a year of the best cooking & eating ...

GATHER THE DAUGHTERS is a haunting story of an isolated island cult for fans of THE HANDMAID'S TALE THE GIRLS & THE POWER ' An intriguing gorgeously realised & written novel which inexorably draws you into its dark heart' Kate Hamer On a small isolated island there's a community that lives by its own rules Boys grow up knowing they will one day reign inside & outside the home while girls know they will be married & pregnant within moments of hitting womanhood But before that time comes there is an island ritual that offers children an exhilarating reprieve Every summer they are turned out onto their doorsteps to roam wild they run they fight they sleep on the beach & build camps in trees They are free It is at the end of one of these summers as the first frost laces the ground that one of the younger girls witnesses something she was never supposed to see & she returns home muddy & terrified clutching in her small hand a truth that could unravel their carefully constructed island world forever ...

Maya Angelou's volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents & resilience of this extraordinary writer Loving the world she also knows its cruelty As a black woman she has known discrimination & extreme poverty but also hope joy achievement & celebration In the sequel to her best-selling I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou is a young mother in California unemployed embarking on brief affairs & transient jobs in shops & night-clubs turning to prostitution & the world of narcotics ...

Tracklist A1 On A Wave A2 The Blue Vessel A3 Her Last Flight A4 Proof B1 Nobody Dares Arranged By
- Niels Duffhues B2 Like Fountains
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