Scotts Northern Party played an important role in his iconic last expedition but how did they survive? Their tents were torn their food was nearly finished & the ship had failed to pick them up as winter approached. Stranded & desperate the six men dug out an ice cave with no room to stand upright. Circumstances forced them closer together & somehow they made it through the longest winter. Working from diaries journals & letters written by expedition members Meredith Hooper tells the intensely human story of Scotts other expedition. ...

The tenth anniversary edition of the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest: the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude & the unlikely triumph of an English genius. With a new Foreword by the celebrated astronaut Neil Armstrong. ' Sobel has done the impossible & made horology sexy
- no mean feat' New Scientist Anyone alive in the 18th century would have known that 'the longitude problem' was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day
- & had been for centuries. Lacking the ability to measure their longitude sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of l&. Thousands of lives & the increasing fortunes of nations hung on a resolution. The quest for a solution had occupied scientists & their patrons for the better part of two centuries when in 1714 Parliament upped the ante by offering a king's ransom (GBP20 000) to anyone whose method or device proved successful. Countless quacks weighed in with preposterous suggestions. The scientific establishment throughout Europe
- from Galileo to Sir Isaac Newton
- had mapped the heavens in both hemispheres in its certain pursuit of a celestial answer. In stark contrast one man John Harrison dared to imagine a mechanical solution. Full of heroism & chicanery brilliance & the absurd LONGITUDE is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy navigation & clockmaking.



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Fully revised & updated according to the specific needs of your high attainers with appropriate language & content. A wealth of questions in each of the text books challenge reinforce & consolidate learning. The structures support a condensed two year Key Stage three & are ideal preparation for GCSEs or IGCSE. Practical Resource & Assessment Packs provide teachers with additional support for practical work assessment end of unit tests & extension work. ...

Fully revised & updated according to the specific needs of your high attainers with appropriate language & content. A wealth of questions in each of the text books challenge reinforce & consolidate learning. The structures support a condensed two year Key Stage three & are ideal preparation for GCSEs or IGCSE. Practical Resource & Assessment Packs provide teachers with additional support for practical work assessment end of unit tests & extension work. ...

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The Longman Dictionary of Contempory English (5th edition) the most comprehensive dictionary & DVD-ROM ever.
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (New Edition) the most comprehensive dictionary & DVD-ROM ever.
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This best-selling dictionary is now in its 4rd edition. Specifically written for students of language teaching & applied linguistics it has become an indispensible resource for those engaged in courses in TEFL TESOL applied linguistics & introductory courses in general linguistics. Fully revised this new edition

Includes:: over 350 new entries. Previous definitions have been revised or replaced in order to make this the most up-to-date & comprehensive dictionary available. Providing straightforward & accessible explanations of difficult terms & ideas in applied linguistics this dictionary offers:* Nearly 3000 detailed entries from subject areas such as teaching methodology curriculum development sociolinguistics syntax & phonetics. * Clear & accurate definitions which assume no prior knowledge of the subject matter * helpful diagrams & tables * cross references throughout linking related subject areas for ease of reference & helping to broaden students knowledge The Dictionary of Language Teaching & Applied Linguistics is the definitive resource for students.

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