From her first moment at Merryweather High Melinda Sordino knows shes an outcast. She busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops
- a major infraction in high-school society
- so her old friends wont talk to her & people she doesnt know glare at her. No one knows why she called the police & she cant get out the words to explain. So she retreats into her head where the lies & hypocrisies of high school stand in stark relief to her own silence. But its not so comfortable in her head either
- theres something banging around in there that she doesnt want to think about. But try as she might it just wont go away...


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' Speak memory' said Vladimir Nabokov. & immediately there came flooding back to him a host of enchanting recollections
- of his
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A FALLEN HERO
- HAUNTED BY HIS PAST BUT CAN HE CHANGE THE FUTURE? Ender Wiggin was once considered a great military leader a saviour
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This lively resource book encourages students to expand their speaking skills using role play problem solving puzzles games interviews storytelling & discussion. Many of the speaking activities are supported by the accompanying audio CD & the recording script section at the back of the resource book. ...

Each unit of Speakout opens with a clear overview of the content & learning objectives. The course covers all 4 skills areas as well as grammar & vocabulary & functional grammar. Each unit cuminates with a DVD lesson based around an extract from a real BBC programme. The Active Book
Includes:: * Easy navigation of the Students' Book pages with zoom facility * Video & audio available at the touch of a button * Video Podcasts with accompanying worksheets * BBC programme clips that can be played in a DVD player or computer
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Lessons cover all four skill areas as well as grammar & vocabulary. Each unit ends with a DVD lesson based around an extract from a BBC programme which provides a springboard for meaningful speaking & writing tasks. Models of authentic English are also provided through on the street interviews filmed by the BBC. Active Book is the Starter level Students book in digital format with integrated audio & video from the course &
Includes:: Easy navigation of the Students Book pages with zoom facility Video & audio available at the touch of a button BBC programme clips that can be played in a DVD player or computer Video Podcasts with accompanying worksheets
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When Steadman agreed to investigate the disappearance of a young Mossad agent he had no idea he would be drawn into a malevolent conspiracy of neo-Nazi cultists bent on unleashing an age-old unholy power on an unsuspecting world -- power rising out of a demonic relic from mans dark primal past to threaten humanity with horror from beyond any nightmare.. . Spine-chilling.. .violent creepy & compulsive reading Daily Mirror ...

1942. Entrenched in the searing sands of Libya a group of soldiers uncover a tomb. Buried in the ancient dust they find a macabre crown of thorns & the devastatingly powerful Spear of Destiny. Theyve discovered the last resting place of Christ. 2002 Gerald Usherwood & his old army pal Max Chippendale reunite to trade stories & spread Christmas cheer. But dark shadows visit the old friends in the dead of night & make them pay the ultimate price for the secrets they stole. Geralds grandson DCI Ethan Usherwood is left to piece together the mystery behind the killings & to uncover the treasure they kept hidden for so many years. A desperate hunt for the ultimate truth Spear of Destiny" is undeniably Daniel Eastermans most powerful thriller to date." ...

On May 21st 1982 nearly four hundred soldiers from the 2cd Battalion Parachute Regiment under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert H Jones landed with a British Task Force at San Carlos Bay on the Falklands. Their mission: to take the strategic position at Goose Green where military intelligence reckoned there were a couple of hundred Argentine troops guarding an airstrip. The intelligence was wrong & when they attacked on May 27th they were confronted by a 1 500-strong regiment of Argentine soldiers dug in with so much machine-gun ammunition they stood on the ammo boxes to keep their feet dry. Some of the enemy soldiers were Special Forces; some were Guarani Indians a proud warrior race; a few even were Welsh-speaking members of a community founded in Patagoina in the nineteenth century. What they had in common were two. 50 calibre machine guns in every position. It was going to be a hard & dreadful fight. Fourteen hours later when the smoke had cleared on the most ferocious battle in post-war British history nearly 250 Argentine soldiers were killed scores more were wounded & another 1 300 had been captured. Goose Green would cost 2 Para the lives of seventeen men including H Jones who was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his role in the action. This is a no-holds barred account of what it was really like to walk into the storm of lead the Argentines hurled at their attackers. ...

Since its birth at Kabrti in 1941 the Special Air Service has consistently captured the imagination of the military & public alike by the daring & unconventional nature of its operations. The nature of the tasks & the methods peculiar to the SAS have made it difficult to standardise items of equipment. Apart from issues common to the British Army as a whole SAS personnel have need of & access to various specialised pieces of kit: often SAS innovations created to meet specific needs. James Shortt investigates the organisation tactics equipment & remarkable history of Britains elite fighting force. ...