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English
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Whatever your experience of learning English, this is the course to get you speaking English quickly, confidently, and with no chance of failure, with 1-million-bestselling language coach Paul Noble. Native-speaking British and US language experts will help you to perfect your pronunciation as you progress through the course. You will learn a huge range of vocabulary in no time at all and be able to quickly make your new knowledge work for you in...
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Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2024.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Digestion starts the minute you put food or a drink in your mouth. And by the time the process ends, your body has taken every bit of nutrition possible from your food. Did you know that the average person produces enough saliva in one year to fill a bathtub? Or that the small intestine is the longest part of the digestive system? Learn all this and more in Digestive System" -- provided by publisher.
"It takes our many body systems working together...
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English
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"Find your passion. Know your voice. Speak for good. We know what it means to do good. But in today's tense and complex world, when topics like political issues, theology, and current events so often divide us, how do we say good? God calls us to speak truth into our communities and relationships, but we all struggle to know when to speak up. We feel intimidated even as we long to engage controversy and division with ease and conviction. How can we...
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Français
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Lorsque Camille rentre de ses vacances au Canada, tout se précipite : son amoureux québécois (resté sur place) exerce sur elle une sorte de chantage affectif et l'arrivée des examens n'est pas de nature à la rassurer… S'ensuit une montée de stress qui va bouleverser à jamais sa vie !
Epuisée, constamment au bord des larmes, Camille découvre le quotidien d'une bipolarité (maniaco-dépression) qui lui donne plusieurs fois envie d'en finir....
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Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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Beatrix Potter forged her own creative path to independence, fame, and financial success.
Peter Rabbit, Hunca Munca, Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, Squirrel Nutkin, Jemima Puddle-Duck-many readers are familiar with the animal characters created by British author and illustrator Beatrix Potter. But Beatrix was so much more than a painter of watercolor bunnies in little blue jackets or naive ducks waddling about in bonnets and shawls. She was a natural scientist,...
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Viking
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"Two curious bunnies enjoy watching clouds go by. But when they look at the sky, they see something completely different! While one bunny likes to use his imagination the other bunny can only see the scientific. Together they learn that cloud watching is much more fun when they see it through each other's eyes"--
7) Learn English for Beginners with Paul Noble: English Made Easy with Your 1 million-best-selling P
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English
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Whatever your experience of learning English, this is the course that will help you improve your abilities using a method that you've never encountered before, with million-bestselling language coach Paul Noble. Native-speaking British and US language experts will help you to improve your existing listening skills and knowledge of how English is spoken as you progress through the course. You will encounter English as it's really spoken and so will...
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English
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Selected Shorts has toured The Mount, the stately and elegant home of the great American writer Edith Wharton, for the last several summers, presenting Broadway and Hollywood actors reading stories by Wharton and others. Selected Shorts now presents a collection of four of Edith Wharton's short stories, recorded live at the Mount, and featuring acclaimed actresses Kathleen Chalfant, Christina Pickles, Maria Tucci, and Brenda Wehle.
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English
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Take your French to the next level with Paul's tried and tested method guaranteed to deepen your understanding of the language with his easy-to-follow approach. Next Steps is an intermediate course, for non-beginners, which follows on from the Complete French Beginner's course. Building on your existing knowledge, Next Steps is designed to teach you the essential tenses and grammar you need to independently construct sentences, in a simple and logical...
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Français
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Dans la nuit, une jeune fille court pour attraper son train. Elle désire partir au plus vite. Mettre des kilomètres entre elle et cette secte o elle vient de passer plusieurs mois.
Dans la tranquillité du train qui file vers Paris, Marion se souvient de l'itinéraire qui l'a amenée jusqu'ici : publicitaire aux soirées aussi remplies que les jours, en rupture amoureuse et familiale, elle suit les conseils d'un ami qui lui propose de venir se...
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English
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What makes the English English? Is it their eccentricity, their passionate love (or, indeed, hatred) of Marmite – or is it something less easily defined?
Beginning at the top of a muddy Gloucestershire slope at the Coopers Hill cheese-rolling contest and traversing a landscape of lawns and queues, coastlines and sporting arenas, Ben Fogle takes us on a journey through the peculiarly English: a country of wax jackets, cricket, boat races and jellied...
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English
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A collection of the year's best essays, selected by award-winning writer Vivian Gornick.
Vivian Gornick, renowned essayist and celebrated feminist writer, selects twenty essays out of thousands that represent the best examples of the form published the previous year.
In her introduction to this year's The Best American Essays, guest editor Vivian Gornick states that her selections “contribute materially to the long and honorable history of the...
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Français
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15 septembre 2008, chute de Lehman Brothers. Cette crise financière signe aussi le début de la crise pour Solic, PME en alors plein essor dans le domaine du recrutement.
Jour après jour, le lecteur suit son dirigeant, Nicolas Doucerain, et ses collaborateurs dans leur combat pour sauver Solic de la faillite : endettement, licenciements, confrontation aux banques, dépt de bilan et mise en redressement judiciaire, menace de faillite personnelle,...
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Français
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PRIX DU JURY OECUMENIQUE DE LA BD 2013
« Je suis comme un bout de bois, je regarde le ciel, les nuages, et je ne sens rien » m'a dit un jour Joséphine.
J'ai eu la chance de la rencontrer, elle, qui se disait la fille d'Arsène Lupin ! L'humour était notre langage, notre terrain de jeu et notre lien. Elle était drle et étonnamment vivante malgré les troubles dont elle souffrait. Joséphine a questionné des choses essentielles pour moi, m'a...
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Français
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D'essais infructueux en échecs répétés, les deux jeunes mariés se heurtent à la stérilité. Rude épreuve pour Guillaume lorsqu'il découvre, après les tests, qu'il est celui qui pose problème.
Mais qu'à cela ne tienne, ils l'auront, cet enfant !
Ensemble, ils se lancent alors dans les déroutantes démarches de la fécondation in vitro. Hanté par les hyperboles de doctissimo et la culpabilité de l'infertilité, Guillaume éprouve le...
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Polish
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Collins makes language learning fun, fast and flexible. Pick up the essentials of the Polish language with this easy-to-use audio introduction. Covering everything from finding your way to talking about yourself, Collins 40-minute audio can help you learn short and simple phrases quickly by just listening and repeating. Essential words, Asking for things, Numbers, I'd like..., At the café, In a shop, Basic foodstuffs, Quantities, Tickets, Where is...?...
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English
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Learn Spanish with Paul Noble combines an exciting, new non-traditional approach to language learning with the easy, relaxed appeal of an audio-only product. No books. No rote memorization. No chance of failure. Paul Noble is a genius with a higher IQ than Einstein. Despite this, he still struggled with language learning at school. He found himself feeling 'confused, incapable, and unable to really say anything'. As a result of his negative early...
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English
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The UK's bestselling audio series for learning a language The Easy Learning Greek course is the perfect language learning course for holidays and business trips abroad. • Easy to use – learn Greek quickly and with confidence• Easy to follow – listen, speak Greek and learn• Easy to learn – Greek grammar made simple Easy Learning Greek teaches you key words for the most important situations and lets you expand your language through a variety...
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Español
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Listen to the key words and phrases in Spanish, then repeat, practice and refine! A relaxing way to pick up the language. All essential words and phrases for modern life in Spain are here with topics covering home life, work and school environments, shopping, food and drink, sport and leisure, transport, technology, and the environment. Great care has been given to represent modern Spanish culture and enhance your experience of Spain and its people,...
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English
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A fresh and practical guide to successfully managing children's behaviour - from babies to young adults. Cathy Glass has been a foster carer for over 20 years, during this time fostering more than 50 children, as well as bringing up three of own. Many of these children have had severe behavioural difficulties and have come to Cathy as a last resort, when their parents or carers were no longer able to cope. Drawing on a combination of years of training...