The fourth edition of this classic textbook has been revised to reflect recent developments in language teaching & learning yet retains the basic structure & approach so popular with its readers. Teaching & learning content has been updated particularly taking into account the rise of task-based learning Conversational Analysis & social models of second language acquisition changes in national syllabuses & examinations & the increasing controversy over the role of the native speaker target. Each chapter has been revised to stand alone enabling the text to be taught & studied out of sequence if preferred. A set of focussing questions has also been added to each & further reading sections have been updated. In addition icons appear throughout the text signalling where extra information
- summaries data lecture notes test batteries & more
- can be found on the authors accompanying website www.routledge.com/cw/cook. Second Language Learning & Language Teaching remains the essential textbook for all student teachers of modern languages & TESOL as well as applied linguistics.

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A dark high-concept psychological suspense thriller for fans of BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP by S.J. Watson & Gillian Flynn's GONE GIRL. Ten years ago she disappeared without a trace...now she's back. On 31st December 1999 ten-year-old Amy Archer went missing from her local playground. Her body was never found & the lives of her parents Beth & Brian were torn apart. On the tenth anniversary of the disappearance Beth is alone still struggling with the enormity of her grief & the horror of not knowing the fate of her only child. But the fear & confusion have only just begun & Beth's world is turned upside down when a stranger knocks on her door claiming to know what happened to Amy. Beth is introduced to a little girl who is the uncanny double of her missing daughter who knows things that only Amy would remember; the name of her favourite toy the place where she scratched her initials what Beth likes for breakfast. But this can't be Amy she hasn't aged a day... Now Beth is forced to question everything she has ever believed in & push her faith & her sanity to the limits if she is to find out the truth about what happened to Amy. THE SECOND LIFE OF AMY ARCHER is a taut chilling debut novel from an exciting new voice in British psychological suspense. ...

THE BOMB VESSEL is the fourth of the chronicles which chart Nathaniel Drinkwater's stirring career in the Royal Navy
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Your ability to conceive a healthy child & have a vaginal delivery your risk of suffering certain pregnancy-related conditions the ease with which you are able to maintain your physical wellbeing & that of your unborn baby while caring for an older child & your being able to manage a two-child family are only some of the challenges you will meet in a second pregnancy. Many second-time mothers are in their late thirties & forties & this has particular relevance when it comes to conceiving & prenatal care. They also have to weigh carefully the additional risks of trying for a vaginal birth after a previous caesarean delivery as against those of a repeat caesarean. Pregnancy manuals in the main are directed at first-time mothers & coverage of further pregnancies can be cursory. This book therefore fills a gap in the marketplace. No two pregnancies & births are ever exactly the same
- even for the same woman
- & this book will explain why.

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Dashing dishy & utterly uninterested. No one else can compete. Lara Fenton is all washed up. Single at 25 shes desperate to find a man especially since her best friend Julie got engaged. Salvation arrives in the divine form of Hugh Armstrong-Hamilton. Yes Hugh has his faults but who doesnt? So what if he never picks up the bill? Big deal if he cancels dates at the last moment. & who cares about a few insults from his snooty friends? Hugh is a god
- her god & any other man would seem like second prize in comparison. Or would they.. .?
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One is not born but rather becomes woman. First published in Paris in 1949 The Second Sex" by Simone de Beavoir was a groundbreaking risque book that became a runaway success. Selling 20 000 copies in its first week the book earned its author both notoriety & admiration. Since then " The Second Sex" has been translated into forty languages & has become a landmark in the history of feminism. Required reading for anyone who believes in the equality of the sexes the central messages of " The Second Sex" are as important today as they were for the housewives of the forties." ...

Take it from me getting yourself shot hurts like hell. The latest assignment for ex-Special Forces soldier turned bodyguard Charlie Fox has her protecting Simone a newly rich lottery millionairess & her young daughter Ella from the unwanted attentions of an ex-boyfriend. From the outset however Simones refusal to comply with Charlies security measures puts both mother & child in grave danger & only Charlies skill & courage can save them. After a bloody shoot-out in a frozen forest Charlie is left fighting for her life. As she battles to recover from her injuries shes still fiercely protective of Ella even though her actions will catapult her back into the firing line. & this time Charlies in no fit state to protect anyone least of all herself... Fast paced action-packed & full of twists & turns Second Shot" is a gripping atmospheric thriller you wont dare put down." ...

It isnt as though attractive widow Venetia Jones doesnt have enough problems. She has worked hard to become a fashionable photographer catering to Victorian societys elite. Her career has enabled her to provide a comfortable living for her brother sister & elderly aunt. Disaster looms however. Venetia has some closely held secrets not the least of which is her uncanny psychic ability. Now her life is in danger because she has viewed the unique aura of a killer fleeing the scene of his crime. But the really unsettling news is that her conveniently dead husband has just returned from the grave. ...

The path of true love never did run smooth...A heart-warming tale of love in the face of family & friendship perfect for fans of Cathy Kelly & Maeve Binchy. Divorcee Jennifer Irwin has it all
- a successful interior design business & two loving children. But as her 45th birthday approaches & her children prepare to start their own lives Jennifer is left feeling lonely in her empty nest. Thats when she meets Ben Crawford
- a man 16 years her junior
- as their attraction heightens Jennifer realises what shes been missing. But mindful that the small-town Ballyfergus residents would never approve they conduct their affair in secret. But a secret is never a secret for long... As the affair surfaces Jennifer encounters opposition from friends & family especially her daughter Lucy. Enraged by her mothers relationship Lucy seeks comfort in the arms of charismatic but troubled Oren. Jennifer knows that Oren is not the man he seems but can she convince her daughter of that? & with everything going against them can Jennifer & Bens love survive? Or will she risk losing her daughter to be with the man she loves?


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[ Published in hardback as THE DEVIL'S ELIXIR.] 'I'm in trouble. Something terrible has happened.. .I didn't know who else to call.' An unexpected phone call from three thousand miles away. A voice he hadn't heard in more than five years. A desperate cry for help that he couldn't ignore. & two small words that would change everything about his life. FBI agent Sean Reilly & archaeologist Tess Chaykin are back in another edge-of-your-seat thriller that reaches from the present day back to 1700s Mexico & quite possibly far beyond... ...