** There is a newer version of this product available with extra features** The updated version is called Total Spanish with the Michel Thomas Method. Michel Thomas took the language-learning world by storm. With no books no memorising & no homework Michel teaches the basic grammar of the language painlessly. Using the method he perfected over 50 years he shares his secret with the world
- & makes it simple (Sunday Times). In only a matter of hours he gives you a comprehensive grasp of the structure of the language enabling you to communicate with complete confidence. The present future conditional & past tenses are covered & you are taught to think about the ideas that you are trying to communicate rather than to translate words slavishly. He points out the similarities of the vocabulary in English & Spanish & gives you the tools to guess the words you do not know or think you do not know. Join two students as they learn in real time. Become the third member of the class & experience the excitement of learning a language as if by magic! This new edition has one very significant new feature
- an additional Review CD. All the main teaching points have been lifted from the Foundation (8-hour) course & are contained on just 2 CDs. The student hears Michel teaching a specific point there is a pause which allows time for the student to give his/her response to Michels prompt followed by Michel giving the correct response. If the student has struggled or given an incorrect answer s/he can use the index in the accompanying booklet to locate the area of the main course where the specific language point was being taught in depth & can return to the main course to work through the relevant section again quickly & efficiently. It can also be used very successfully by those coming back to the course after a lapse of time either to check how much they have retained or as a quick revision tool. Only Michels words & phrases are on the new CD so the course is summarised succinctly & with a new snappy pace. Finally the new edition is repackaged with an up-to-the minute cover treatment & robust DVD-type cases inside a rigid card slip case to ensure that the CDs remain damage-free & are easy to access & use.

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Few athletes will be among the best in their sport at such a young age as Martina Hingis & Tiger Woods. But accelerated athletic development is now possible because of better smarter training starting at an early age. Total Training for Young Champions" provides coaches instructors teachers & parents of potential future sports stars the best conditioning advice & programs for establishing an overall fitness base & maximizing the athletic development of young people ages 6 to 18. Specifically the book outlines how to increase a young athlete's coordination flexibility speed endurance & strength thereby enabling them to excel in sports. Tudor Bompa one of the world's foremost sports conditioning experts who has trained 11 Olympic medalists presents a safe proven training regimen that builds upon each of the four stages of youth development:
- Initiation-prepuberty- Athletic formation-puberty- Specialization-postpuberty- High performance-maturation For the first three phases Bompa provides nearly 300 exercises covering different ability levels with several alternatives for variety. He also offers sport-specific training programs in 11 sports including baseball basketball ice hockey football gymnastics soccer swimming tennis volleyball & track & field. " Total Training for Young Champions "is the comprehensive guide to developing the next generation of superior athletes. Use it to boost the physical tools every young athlete needs to succeed-and shine-in sports."
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This is a comprehensive logbook & a basic training primer. Building on the four earlier standard-setting editions it is light weight & 'pared down to the bones' -- a flexible year-long training companion. The almanac saves your valuable time for the experienced athlete. For the newer participant it is a foundation for establishing a successful program which conforms to current advances in exercise physiology training & race preparation. For all it's an indispensable year-round organiser record keeper & information source. The weekly log pages now have TWICE the room to write 108 in all.

Includes:: motivational full-page colour pictures of world-class triathletes in full racing action by the Official Ironman Triathlon Photographer. You will learn from world class triathletes & triathlon authorities how to: prevent burnout & injury; live healthier & race faster; design key heart rate monitor workouts; improve your strength speed & endurance; prepare taper & peak for a race of any distance; assemble the building blocks of an annual training program that
Includes:: base training; interval work; peaking & tapering; off-season & mid-season recoveries; develop a mental training program called ' Mind Power' (Mark Allens most well-guarded secret).


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The Usual Gang of Idiots " as their writers & artists have long called themselves brilliantly satirize politics celebrities movies television advertising music & more. (Theyve never been above a cheap gag or a horrific pun either.) " Totally MAD" is a celebration of this cultural touchstone &

Includes:: such classics as " Spy vs. Spy" Al Jaffees " The MAD Fold-in" Sergio Aragones "A MAD Look At"... Dave Bergs " The Lighter Side of... Planet Tad" " The MAD Strip Club" " The Fundalini Pages" the spectacular movie & TV satires of Mort Drucker Jack Davis & Tom Richmond plus the outrageous artwork of Don Martin & Drew Friedman. Specially complied by the staff of "MAD" each page is lavishly illustrated by many of the worlds greatest cartoonists & humorous illustrators. Whether you grew up with "MAD" in the 50s 60s or 70s reading it under the covers with a flashlight so your parents wouldnt catch you or in the 80s 90s & beyond reading it while watching the "MAD" TV shows on Fox & Cartoon Network this book will bring back great memories & create new ones."

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Winnie the Witch is an accident waiting to happen! Heres just a taster of the twelve stories in this book: in Winnies Perfect Pet youll find her creating something called a cog; in Winnies School Dinner she has some new interpretations of canteen favourites; in Winnies Fun Run Winnie joins the local charity race but her trainers seem to have a mind of their own; & in Winnie on Patrol! the local school children get a lollipop lady with a difference! As well as the twelve stories there are bonus pages of jokes at the end of the book
- what could be more totally entertaining than Winnie? Twelve crazily funny stories featuring everyones favourite witch her big black cat Wilbur & a zany supporting cast of new characters. Korky Pauls exuberant black line illustrations complement the humour slapstick & moments of real drama that run through each story. Pure magic!
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There have been many books written about football's most uncompromising firms but for years little has been revealed about one of the most secretive & ruthless of them all
- Spurs. & for the last fifteen years the ' Tottenham Massive' have been nurtured & guided by one individual
- Trevor Tanner. In his explosive first book Tanner is brutally honest in his quest to set the record straight about the truth behind Spurs' formidable notoriety & the way in which they have succeeded in forcing themselves into the minds of all connected to football. His first-hand accounts tell of the brutal ten-year war with Spurs' most hated rivals Chelsea his mission to command respect for his firm often at the expense of his own freedom & his most bitter battle; that securing custody of his beloved daughter.

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Drinks with the Totterings brings together a superb collection of Annie Tempests Tottering-by-Gently cartoons around the theme ...

Ginny Worrel was blind but now can see after being touched by a young man called Juvenal. Suddenly the kid with the healing hands is flavour of the month in downtown Detroit. Bill Hill a former minister turned RV salesman has dollar signs in his eyes & a get-rich-quick scheme; the priests at the Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Centre want Juvenal to soothe the brows of their alcoholic inmates; & beautiful baton-twirler Lynn Faulkner simply wants him to soothe her. But with a slew of cash-hungry hucksters on his back Juvenals got a trick or two up his sleeve that nobody sees coming... ...

Justin & Libby Denbe have it all: a beautiful daughter; a gorgeous house; a great marriage admired by all. Arriving at the crime scene of their home investigator Tessa Leoni finds no witnesses no ransom demands or motive
- just a perfect little family gone. But Tessa knows that flawless fronts can hide the darkest secrets. Now she must race against the clock to uncover the truth. Who would want to kidnap such a family? & how far would they be willing to go?
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