In Facon de Parler 2 Angela Aries & Dominique Debney help you build on the basic skills you already have & guide you step by step through new language skills giving plenty of opportunity to practice. The coursebook features illustrated dialogues & exercises comprehension questions structured pair- & group-work activities & regular revision sections to consolidate the main topics & grammar points. The three CDs include dialogues passages & exercises. The Support Book which contains answers to the exercises in the coursebook & recording transcripts completes the CD pack. ...

Truth or Busteds Animals title explores popular myths & legends about the animal kingdom in a light & humorous way that kids will find unputdownable. Such statements as Goldfish only a have 3-second memory or Cow farts are destroying the Earth are examined as well as where the ideas came whether they have any basis in truth or whether they are simply folklore myths or legends. Each statement is given a TRUTH or BUSTED evaluation. ...

Truth or Busteds Urban Myths title explores popular myths & legends sayings & notions in a light & humorous way that kids will find unputdownable. Such statements as You can get sucked down an aeroplane loo or Your fingernails keep growing after you die are examined as well as where the ideas came from whether they have any basis in truth or whether they are simply myths. Each statement is given a TRUTH or BUSTED evaluation. ...

Written by the Chief Archivist of Jaguar Heritage this book covers production versions of Jaguar's legendary E-type from the 3.8 of 1961 to the last of the V12s of 1975. Model-by-model it gives you all the details of correct original factory specifications & equipment. This information is vital to the buyer owner & restorer. Each model's section opens with a brief text introduction followed by specially commissioned colour photographs with extended captions. For quick reference to accurate & comprehensive information this formula is hard to beat. ...

This is the definitive overview of the artwork of the seminal Manchester-based Factory label covering its iconic record sleeves posters ephemera venues & packaging. After a foreword by the late founder of Factory Tony Wilson an introductory essay discusses the labels role in bringing design to the mainstream. Thereafter the book is organized as a generously illustrated catalogue arranged by the famous Factory reference system. Factory Records" as part of the story has been given its own reference number
- Fac 461
- making it a collectable item in its own right."

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The originality guide to the sporting versions of Ford Europe's Mk 1 Escorts including the GT Sport Mexico & RS versions. In hundreds of pictures the book gives you all the detail of correct factory specifications & equipment including body panels external trim & badging paint colours interior trim & colours dashboard instruments & switches under-bonnet components engine & transmission lamps & all other features right down to the tool kit from the beginning of production to the end. All of this information is vital to any buyer owner & restorer. Each section opens with a brief text introduction followed by specially commissioned colour photographs with extended captions. For quick reference to accurate & comprehensive information this formula is hard to beat. ...

In hundreds of pictures the book gives you all the detail of correct factory specifications & equipment including body panels external trim & badging paint colours interior trim & colours dashboard instruments & switches under-bonnet components engine & transmission lamps & all other features right down to the tool kit from the beginning of production to the end. All of this information is vital to any buyer owner & restorer. Each section opens with a brief text introduction followed by specially commissioned colour photographs with extended captions. For quick reference to accurate information this formula is hard to beat. ...

Henry Chinaski an outcast a loner & a hopeless drunk drifts around America from one dead-end job to another from one woman to another & from one bottle to the next. Uncompromising gritty hilarious & confessional in turn his downward spiral is peppered with black humour. Factotum" follows Charles Bukowski's bestselling " Post Office" his highly autobiographical first novel. Bukowski's Beat Generation writing reflects his slum upbringing his succession of menial jobs & his experience of low life urban America. He died in 1994 & is widely acknowledged as one of the most distinctive writers of the last fifty years. Neeli Cherkovski was a close friend of Bukowski & is the author of " Hank: The Life of Charles Bukowski" (Random House 1991)." ...

What is the true human cost of the war in Afghanistan? What are the real effects of the austerity measure? & how did the London riots spread so quickly? Facts are Sacred" the " Guardian's" award-winning datablog publishes & analyses seemingly benign data
- released under the auspices of transparency
- to bring its readers astonishing revelations about the way we live now. It reveals how data has changed our world & what we can learn from it. Now the most telling findings from the blog are brought together to give us the facts & figures behind the headlines beautifully illustrated with extensive data visualisations. Ground-breaking & fascinating it celebrates a resource that has pushed the boundaries of modern journalism & is a manifesto for a new way of seeing things."

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The hilarious sixth instalment of the Rachel Riley series. Just when I thought had finally found knight in shining skinny jeans i.e. the ONE i.e. Jack knight gets all minty. Its all about matter of accidental snog with part-time rock god Justin Statham. Even though have explained was utterly in name of scientific experiment. Enough is enough! Its time for me to wake up & smell the coffee (or at least the hot chocolate) & forget about romance & fairytale happy endings. Will concentrate only on cold hard facts from now on. Perhaps new grown-up-ness will even win the heart of fabulous older man.. . Find out just how Rachel gets on with her no-nonsense fact-based approach to life in this fabulous sixth instalment of her diaries. Not suitable for younger readers. ...