Look before you speak
- an innovative visual approach to using & learning basic Spanish phrases, with a 60-minute audio CD. Do
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The DK Spanish-English Bilingual Visual Dictionary introduces the vocabulary of the modern world through themed chapters filled with full-colour photographs & artworks which display & label all elements of everyday life. With sections ranging from home & work to leisure & the environment, every item is clearly labelled in Spanish with the translation directly below. The Spanish-English Bilingual Visual Dictionary is a colourful & stimulating learning resource ideal for all levels & ages. With more than 6, 000 terms annotated, the illustrations in the dictionary provide a quick & intuitive route to learning a language, defining the words visually so it is easier to remember them. Learning Spanish has never been easier! ...

It`s never too soon to start teaching boys & girls a second language, & this book presents pages filled with cheerful color pictures that help teach Spanish words to English-speaking children in early grades. It presents more than 350 illustrations of familiar objects, with nine pictures on each page. Every picture is labeled with its English word, followed by its Spanish equivalent. The translated word is followed in turn by a phonetic spelling in smaller type. Words are grouped according to themes, such as Sports, The Classroom, Fruit, Vegetables, Party Time, Weather, & many others. For example, the nine illustrations on the Sports page show pictures with bilingual labels for football, table tennis, skiing, fishing, gymnastics, athletics, cycling, swimming, & basketball. Here`s a fun way for younger English-speaking children to build a basic vocabulary in Spanish. ...

Younger boys & girls have fun learning basic vocabulary in a second language when they open this book. It presents puzzles that use 14 child-friendly themes as it teaches Spanish vocabulary to English-speaking children & English vocabulary to Spanish-speaking kids. The themes include ” On the Farm, The Supermarket, Numbers & Months, At the Seashore, In the Classroom, Colors of the Rainbow, In the Country, ” & seven more. Each theme is presented twice on facing pages. The right-hand page gives English-speaking kids the puzzle to solve in Spanish; & the left-hand page instructs Spanish-speaking kids to solve the puzzle in English. Boys & girls learn words in the new language by working out crossword puzzles, completing word searches, joining the dots, filling in blank spaces, & playing several other word games. They get help in the form of picture clues, & they`ll find answers to all puzzles plus complete bilingual word lists at the back of each book. All puzzle pages feature cheerful color illustrations. ...

The prompts inside this cheerful matchbox offer inspiring ideas for sharing & cultivating moments of joy, appreciating bright spots, & celebrating the everyday. Petite & sweet, this little box of happiness makes a great stocking stuffer, birthday gift, or thank-you for exceptional party hosts. ...

Sparkhill & Greet in 1903 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map covers the eastern area of Birmingham around Sparkhill & Greet. Coverage stretches from Stoney Lane eastward to Knights Lane, & from Gough Road southward to Woodlands Road. The Warwick Road & Stratford Road run through the map, which also covers Showell Green. Features include Premier Works, tramways, Burbury Brick Works, fireworks factories, River Cole, Greet Brick Works, Showell Green House, St John`s church, streets of terraced housing around Sparkhill, Greet Bridge, Tyseley Brick Works, Greetmill Hill Farm, schools, etc. On the reverse are street directories for Avondale Road, Fulham Road, St John`s Road, Showell Green Lane, Stratford Road & Warwick Road. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time & in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully adapted versions are shorter with the language targeted at upper-intermediate learners (CEF level B2). Each reader
Includes:: * A CD with a reading of the adapted story * Helpful notes on characters * Cultural & historical notes relevant to the plot * A glossary of the more difficult words Six people sit down for dinner at a table laid for seven. No one can forget the night exactly a year ago that Rosemary Barton died at this same table surrounded by the same people, her beautiful face turned blue with cyanide poison. Rosemary had always been memorable
- & people had strong reactions to her. Did one of the six people at dinner feel strongly enough about her to kill her?

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There is always a good reason to toast with a glass of champagne, cava or prosecco. But what kind of sparkling wine is best suited for which occasion? This volume offers a comprehensive overview of the best international sparkling wines, ranging from supreme quality products to wines at a more affordable price. All sparkling wines are portrayed with information on their appearance, aroma & flavor, as well as details on the producer & the country of origin, which makes it even easier to choose the appropriate wine. Andreas Kjorling is sommelier, & author of books on wines & champagne.” ...

A celebration, in colour photographs, of the work of Sparkman & Stephens, arguably the most famous yacht company in the USA. Sparkman & Stephens`s designs had a significant influence on the development of yachting & their yacht designs dominated 12-metre yacht design & the America`s Cup yachts in the early years of the 20th century. Stormy Weather”, ” Dorade”, ” Nyala”, ” Vim”, ” Columbia”, ” Intrepid”, ” Courageous” & ” Freedom” are just some of the yachts emanating from the design board of Sparkman & Stephens.” ...

From the grimly gothic Not to Disturb to the razor-sharp dissection of manners The Takeover & the mordantly brilliant The Only Problem, in a panoramic sweep taking in the shores of the Italian lakes to the castles of Geneva, Muriel Spark casts her unflinching gaze over the continent & onto some of the odder specimens of human nature abounding there. By turns savage, witty & profound, Spark`s Europe reaffirms Muriel Spark as one of the most important novelists of the twentieth century. ...