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."

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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. ...

This pack of flashcards contains 50 double-sided cards in full colour each measuring 210 by 148 mm. The pack has been designed to help students of Arabic master the intricacies of conjugating all the major groups of Form I triliteral verbs including: * Sound pure verbs * Doubled root letter verbs * Verbs with a weak first middle or third root letter * Verbs with hamza as the first second or third root letter * Split complex verbs (weak first & third root letters) * Adjacent complex verbs (weak second & third root letters). A two-sided template is provided for each verb group enabling the learner to see the pattern of the verb in the past & present tenses the jussive & subjunctive moods as well as the imperative forms. Colour coding has been used to highlight the gender differences across the verb patterns. Each group of verbs is followed by a card giving additional samples of verbs of the same template patterns for further practice. A verb index is also included. ...

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 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."

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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.
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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...
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SHE WILL NOT STAND ALONE. Five years after the assault on her stronghold home Malian of Night remains missing believed dead amidst the wilds of Jaransor. But not all accept her death & now both Darkswarm & Derai agents are on the hunt. Suspicion falls on Tarathan of Ar & Jehane Mor who find themselves caught in a web of intrigue & murder amidst the Ijiri Festival of Masks. They flee bearing word of a death on the Wall
- & a call to duty & honour that Malian & her comrade-in-arms Kalan must answer or be forsworn.
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SHE WILL NOT STAND ALONE. Five years after the assault on her stronghold home Malian of Night remains missing believed dead amidst the wilds of Jaransor. But not all accept her death & now her enemies are on the hunt. Suspicion falls on heralds Tarathan & Jehane who find themselves caught in a web of intrigue & murder amidst the Ijiri Festival of Masks. They flee bearing word of a death on the Wall
- & a call to duty & honour that Malian must answer or be forsworn.
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