The Gateway to Arabic" series is a well-structured progressive course that has been designed to teach Arabic to non-Arabic-speakers from a broad age range. As students progress in building up their knowledge of Arabic grammar & vocabulary they are able to put into practice the skills they have acquired through written drills spoken passages of dialogue & comprehension exercises. " Gateway to Arabic Book Four" builds upon the knowledge of first form regular past & present tense verbs acquired in Book Three of the series by introducing the student to the concept of first form hollow doubled root letter & hamzated verb forms. It also further develops the student's knowledge of ordinal & cardinal numbers & the rules governing them & teaches the use of numbers in telling the time as well as for counting." ...

The key theme running through this book is the weather & seasons & the student will learn to talk about the temperature & climate in various parts of the world at different times of the year. As usual passages of dialogue & extensive exercises enable the student to put into practice the knowledge he/she has acquired. ...

Gateway to Arabic Book Seven" focuses on Arabic verb forms five to ten in a comprehensive manner covering regular & irregular verbs in their various tenses. It builds upon the students knowledge of the subjunctive & jussive moods introduced in " Book Six" of the series. The key theme running throughout the book is foreign travel & the student will cover a variety of situations ranging from air travel lost luggage & currency exchange to taking a taxi & booking a hotel room. Passages of dialogue & extensive exercises enable the student to put into practice the knowledge he or she has acquired thereby reinforcing the learning process." ...

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."

...

Pack One of the Gateway to Arabic Keyword Rings contains five sets of eighty key ring flashcards providing a vocabulary of over 450 words. Each word is given in Arabic English & French together with its plural form where appropriate. A transliteration of the Arabic text is also provided as well as a key to the transliteration system. Each card set is presented in full colour & the text is also colour coded according to language for ease of reference. The themes of the five sets are as follows: * Travel vocabulary* Food & drink* Buildings & places* Numbers & time (part 1)* Forty verbs & forty other key words including questioning words prepositions adverbs & useful expressions. Verbs are shown in the 3rd person masculine singular past & present tense. Each set of these handy pocket-sized cards is mounted on a hinged key ring so that cards may easily be added or removed to tailor them to the users requirements. Their portable format makes it easy to learn new vocabulary in any spare moment! Each individual card measures 84 mm by 40 mm & each set of eighty cards comes ready mounted onto a 23mm diameter hinged key ring. ...

Maya Angelous 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. ...

The world seemed to dip & darken & I smelled wet earth & thick musk & fresh blood. The wind whipped past like I was running. Running so fast the ground whizzed beneath me & the wind cut across my skin.. . Maya Delaney has always felt a close bond with nature. The woods around her home are a much-loved sanctuary
- & the pawprint birthmark on her hip feels like a sign that she belongs. But then strange & terrible things begin to happen in the tiny medical-research town of Salmon Creek (population: 200). The captain of the swim team drowns mysteriously in the middle of a calm lake. Mountain lions appear around Mayas home & wont go away. Her best friend Daniel starts experiencing bad vibes about certain people & things. One of those people is Rafe
- the new bad boy in town. What is he hiding
- & why is he suddenly so interested in Maya.. .?


...

The nine surviving children of the Hegarty clan gather in Dublin for the wake of their wayward brother Liam. It wasnt the drink that killed him
- although that certainly helped
- it was what happened to him as a boy in his grandmothers house in the winter of 1968. The Gathering" is a novel about love & disappointment about thwarted lust & limitless desire & how our fate is written in the body not in the stars."

...

The Shadow Fold a swathe of impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters that feast on human flesh is slowly destroying the once-great nation of Ravka. Alina a pale lonely orphan discovers a unique power that thrusts her into the lavish world of the kingdoms magical elite
- the Grisha. Could she be the key to unravelling the dark fabric of the Shadow Fold & setting Ravka free? The Darkling a creature of seductive charm & terrifying power leader of the Grisha. If Alina is to fulfil her destiny she must discover how to unlock her gift & face up to her dangerous attraction to him. But what of Mal Alinas childhood best friend? As Alina contemplates her dazzling new future why cant she ever quite forget him? Glorious. Epic. Irresistible. Romance.
...

When mattie Gokey is given a bundle of letters to burn she fully intends to execute the wishes of the giver Grace Brown. When Grace Brown is found drowned the next day in Big Moose Lake Mattie finds that it is not as easy to burn those letters as she had thought. & as she reads a riveting story emerges
- not only Grace Brown's story but also Mattie's hopes & ambitions for the future & her relationships with her friends & family. Published to widespread acclaim this wonderful novel part murder mystery & part coming-of-age story is an astounding & accomplished piece of literature. The reviews say it all...
...