Task-Based Language Learning and Teaching With Technology

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The commander of the 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company recounts his tracking of the NVA movements in 1969 while U.S. forces pulled out of Vietnam and describes his team's harrowing daily lives. Origina

Private investigator Breda Burrows, a sultry, tough-as-nails lady, convinces ex-cop Lynn Cutter to guide her through the netherworld of Palm Springs, the pleasure--and, it seems, murder--capital of th

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Dr. Eric Najarian. He's young, talented, and ambitious. He has all the qualities they're looking for at White Memorial Hospital. He doesn't know he's being watched. Judged. An elite clique of medical

David Brin's Uplift novels--Sundiver, Hugo award winner The Uplift War, and Hugo and Nebula winner Startide Rising--are among the most thrilling and extraordinary science fiction tales ever written.??

Shadows and LaceWith one roll of the dice, the shameful deed was done. Baron Lindsey Fordyce had gambled and lost, and now his beautiful daughter, Rowena, was about to pay the price. Spirited away to

In an expensive boutique on New York's Upper West Side, a young salesgirl is persuaded to open the door to her death.In the chaos of a police station, ambition and sexual politics raise the stakes of

One of America's most beloved mystery writers, Carolyn G. Hart, the Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity Award-winning author, returns to her original mysteryseries that features Annie Darling, owner of the

A warmer sun fills the sky as the great Ice Age is ending and a new and savage epoch descends upon the land. Warakan, son of war chiefs and spirit masters, wanders alone in the primeval forest, search

William Gibson, author of the extraordinary multiaward-winning novel Neuromancer, has written his most brilliant and thrilling work to date . . .The Mona Lisa Overdrive. Enter Gibson's unique world--

Detecting strange patterns of interference in a lab experiment, Gordon Bernstein, an assistant researcher at a California university, investigates and begins to uncover something that will change his

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"A great story has again come from the genius of Og Mandino"--Dr. Norman Vincent Peale.All Tulo had wanted was some light and warmth to sustain him and his tiny sister through the terrible storm. But

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“Nice idea, but it doesn’t work in practice.” How often have socialists had this claim thrown back at them? And now, after the events of 1989, many of the Left are openly wondering what a defensible i

Memoirist, novelist, poet, and dramatist, Maya Angelou is one of the best-loved writers of our time. She is widely acclaimed for her searing, inspiring writings--and she has been praised for confronti

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Hugo Award-winner and #1 New York??Times bestselling author Timothy Zahn returns to??complete his original, acclaimed SF trilogy. As??both humans and the alien Zhirrzh prepare for all-out??galactic wa

This is the new updated edition of the classic book for the novice player and seriously addicted alike. Test your wits against of 225 of the best card games ever invented - from familiar and famous to

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A biography of the Shawnee leader describes his vision to unite North American tribes into one powerful Indian nation capable of forcing back the encroaching white settlers and his attempts to do so.

From the incomparable Jane Feather, author of national bestsellers Vanity, Violet, and Valentine, comes this enthralling new romance of daring deception and forbidden passion...Juliana drew the line a

Everyone--including mystery bookstore owner Annie Laurance--loves Arsenic and Old Lace.??But something wicked is poisoned a local summer stock production as cast members stab each other in the back an

Long recovered from the ravages of the Riftwar, the land and people of the kingdom of the Isles thrive. Nicholas, the youngest son of Prince Arutha, is intelligent and gifted but vastly inexperien

Posing as the devoted wife to a powerful army commander, Kitty Radachek is unable to control her passions for the daring cavalry captain Apollo Kuzan and finds herself in the middle of a violent natio

Masquerading as a widowed French comtesse, Gabrielle de Beaucaire returns to England to destroy the man responsible for her lover's death and sets out to seduce Nathaniel Praed, Britain's greatest spy

Let Robin MacNaughton help you discover who you really are through Astrology. Do you have a million friends and no lovers? Do you like to play boss even when you're not? Does mediocrity drive you t

Michael Havelock's world died on a moonlit beach on the Costa Brava. He watched as his partner and lover, Jenna Karats, double agent, was efficiently gunned down by his own agency. There was nothi

Cattlemen ride alone across the open range under the deadly aim of roving desperadoes. . . . Gamblers stake their fortunes and their lives on a deck of cards. . . . Strong-willed senoritas seek indepe

They met as children, innocents from two different worlds.??And from that moment their lives were fated to be forever entwined. Timothy : Abandoned at birth, he finds a home--and a dazzling career--wi

A tantalizing tale of a legendary knight and a headstrong lady whose daring quest for a mysterious crystal will draw them into a whirlwind of treachery–and desire. When the fearsome knight called Hugh

Captain Sean Mulkerin comes home from the sea to find his family’s Malibu ranch in jeopardy. The death of Sean’s father has pushed his mother to the edge of financial ruin, and now it’s up to Sean to

The Alchemy Of The Heavens offers an exciting and accessible survey of what we know about our galaxy.??The home of the earth, the sun, and countless other stars, the Milky Way has long been an object

Precocious Puritan and aspiring witch Arian Whitewood spends her lonely nights dreaming of magic and excitement. She gets more excitement than she bargains for when she crash lands straight out of a w

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A revolutionary guide to earning power and personal budgeting shows readers how to spend wisely, streamline their finances, and develop a budget that puts their money where they want it to go. Reprint

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A Dazzling CharadeLady Lily Walters played her part to perfection. At glittering balls and fashionable soirees, her low-cut gowns and empty chatter kept everyone from guessing the truth -- that this s