From the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Crimes of the Heart comes this poignant but unromanticized story of the hard lives of pioneers on the high plains of Wyoming in the 1860's. Macon and Bess are
Though relatively unsung in the English-speaking world, Jean Rouch (1917–2004) was a towering figure of ethnographic cinema. Over the course of a fifty-year career, he completed over one hundred films
The Working English series is created to prepare students for a career in international business. It gives them the tools they need to successfully work in an environment in which they are required to communicate with both their colleagues and customers in English. To achieve this goal, the book contains practical lessons specifically chosen to target improvements in students’ listening, reading, writing, and speaking skills while also boosting their vocabulary and understanding of English grammar.ListeningFeatures workplace and casual dialogues between native speakers in the workplaceExercises to test students listening comprehension skillsReading Advertisements, passages, and other documents that give students reading practice and questions to test their reading comprehension skills.SpeakingInteractive conversation and pair work activities that encourage students to practice speaking and perfect their pronunciation.Group exercises that encourage students to share their opinions and u
Welcome to Take It Easy, your guide to effective English communication in the business world and beyond. From interesting fields such as binge-watching and raising pets, to the basics of travel for pleasure and for business, and on to social media interactions, meeting people, and more, Take It Easy offers step-by-step tutorials on how to navigate a wide variety of daily-life scenarios with an air of practicality and a plethora of applicable knowledge.In each of the book’s 12 units, students are presented with warm-up exercises, conversations, short talks, and reading articles, all centered on targeted topics and each with a unique grammatical focus. With highlighted useful expressions, independent writing exercises, multiple choice questions and grammar drills, every unit provides a detailed window into an exciting and information-packed facet of the world students will one day find themselves immersed in.Warm Ups In each warm-up exercise, students are presented with a series of photo
