The remarkable story of the Speed Kings a group of men who achieved international notoriety as they pursued their common goal: to travel faster than anyone had ever done & claim the coveted Land Speed Record for their country & for themselves. Charles Jennings fascinating new book brings to life this eccentric collection of oddballs & enthusiasts united only in their desire to succeed: Henry Segrave as famous as he was fearless who drew tens of thousands to his Florida record attempts; Malcolm Campbell the feckless d Artagnan of modern days whose risk-taking behind the wheel was only matched by that of his love life a salacious cocktail of sleaze scandal & bad behaviour; & John Cobb the taciturn reclusive who eventually broke the record he described as just a matter of keeping going. What made these men invest their lives & fortunes in the pursuit of speed? What fuelled their desire to be named fastest man on earth? This is their riveting tale; a startling phenomenon that filled the inter-war years & burnt out as suddenly as it had arrived. ...

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Fast Track to Reading: Accelerated Learning for EFL & ESOL Students Fast Track to Reading is an accelerated reading programme designed for adult learners of English who are not readily able to read the Roman alphabet. It can be used for students who cannot read at all & for students who cannot cope with reading at speed. It is designed for adult learners of English who already have a concept of reading: those who can read & write in a linear phonetic language such as Arabic or Farsi & those who are conversant with pictographic languages such as Mandarin or Cantonese. However it can also be used with students who have yet to gain a concept of reading. Fast Track to Reading can be used before starting a course where reading is an integral element or as a reading element in parallel with a simple starter-level course. In mixed ability classes where only some students are unfamiliar with the English alphabet the programme can be used for self-study outside class. Key Features * Designed to facilitate decoding of Roman script * For students who are learning to read in English & for students who cannot cope with reading at speed * Accelerates learning in a programmed manner * Can be used in parallel with a simple starter-level English course * Contains global reading to enhance relevance & motivation * Audio CD for further self-study or homework * Comprehensive teaching notes * Introduction in four different languages: Arabic Farsi Mandarin & Urdu Contents include: * short vowels & consonants * two letter representing one sound * long vowels * consonant clusters * vowel + consonant + vowel * the names of the letters * long vowels & their relation to consonants * alternative vowel sounds for the same spelling * silent letters Video clip: Peter Viney author of Fast Track to Reading talks about how the book can be used & teaches a demonstration lesson. " ...

This is a third title in this superb series by award-winning best friends Sue Heap & Nick Sharratt in a chunky board-book format. ...

The Olympic Village has never been explored in literary fiction until now... Herman arrives in a village where Iranians share the bus with Israelis; where Chinese gymnasts eat alongside their rivals from Taiwan; where German & British athletes jog through the streets together; & where Kenyans & Ethiopians waggle their medals in unison. He is on a search for the right sporting heroes to conceive & raise a child. Unable to consummate his own relationships & having witnessed death in the Munich Olympic Village four decades earlier he wishes to make new life from love between different peoples nations & ethnicities. Herman encounters Lily Wei Lee a gymnast from Chinese Taipei. Believing she could be an ideal mother he searches for an appropriate athletic mate to be her partner. He encourages her flirtation with Moses a long distance runner from East Africas Great Rift Valley. Yet Lily develops a closer relationship with Roger Benjamin a British sprinter. A rivalry between Roger & Moses develops with humorous but also eventually shocking consequences. This is a novel about sporting destiny & the nature of human association the tension between physical & spiritual love. There are references images & allusions to real & historical athletes from all the worlds Olympic Villages: from Derek Redmond to Fu Mingxia from Bob Beamon to Sharron Davies from Roger Federer to Sally Gunnell. All their destinies become associated with Hermans fate as a go-between in the love & loves of the villages youth."" ...

Uma the plain spinster daughter of a close-knit Indian family is trapped at home smothered by her overbearing parents & their traditions unlike her ambitious younger sister Aruna who brings off a good" marriage & brother Arun the disappointing son & heir who is studying in America." ...

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Are your exams coming up? Are you drowning in textbooks & lecture notes & wondering where to begin? Take the FASTtrack route to successful study for your examinations. FASTtrack is a new series of indispensable revision/study guides created especially for pharmacy students. Each book focuses on what pharmacy students really need to know in order to pass exams providing concise bulleted information key points tips & an all-important self-assessment section which

Includes:: MCQs case studies sample essay questions & worked examples. The FASTtrack series provides the ultimate lecture notes & is a must-have for all pharmacy students wanting to study & test themselves for forthcoming exams. Addressing all common ailments organised by system in alphabetical order FASTtrack: Managing Symptoms in the Pharmacy provides all the essential information needed for managing symptoms presented in the pharmacy. This new edition has been revised & updated &

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