"From the classic novel by Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist barely survives childhood in the workhouse. When he runs away to London, he is taken in by a gang of thieves. Wealthy Mr. Brownlow rescues him, but the thieves snatch Oliver back, and it seems that he has no hope of escaping a life of crime. The Usborne English Readers series is a new range of graded readers in simplified English for younger learners. They include activities, glossaries and a full audio recording of the text in both British English and American English."

Offering concise yet thorough treatment of academic reading and writing in college, Reading Rhetorically, 4th.ed., shows students how to analyze texts by recognizing rhetorical strategies and genre conventions, and how to incorporate other writers' texts into their own research-based papers. Four important features of this text: 1. Its emphasis on academic writing as a process in which writers engage with other texts 2. Its emphasis on reading as an interactive process of composing meaning 3. Its treatment rhetorical analysis as both an academic genre that sharpens students' reading acuity and as a tool for academic research 4. Its analytical framework for understanding and critiquing how visual texts interact with verbal texts This brief rhetoric teaches students how to see texts positioned in a conversation with other texts, how to recognize a text's rhetorical aims and persuasive strategies, and how to analyze texts for both content and method.

Cronicas de America Latina: narrativa de no-ficcion es la primera edicion de una novedosa antologia de cronicas disenada para la ensenanza de espanol avanzado. Los textos, fascinantes y accesibles, permiten que los estudiantes se adentren en la compleja realidad contemporanea, tanto politica como social y cultural, de America Latina, mientras refuerzan la lectura, la redaccion y la conversacion. Los ejercicios, todos ellos disenados a partir de los propios textos, pretenden repasar problemas gramaticales y lexicos tradicionales, con especial enfasis en aquellos que atanen a las variedades dialectales del espanol americano: por ejemplo, el uso del pronombre 'vos'. Este libro es un excelente material de lectura que puede usarse en clases de espanol como segunda lengua o en clases de espanol para hablantes de herencia, tanto en clases de lengua (gramatica o conversacion) como de contenido (cultura). Dividido en nueve capitulos, el material abarca temas cruciales tales como politica, identidad, raza, genero, inmigracion, violencia, exilio, medio ambiente, gastronomia, futbol y musica. Cada texto puede leerse de forma independiente, lo que permite que los profesores seleccionen las lecturas segun las particularidades de cada curso. Pensado en un principio para estudiantes de espanol, esta antologia es sobre todo una lectura indispensable para cualquier persona interesada en la zona que concentra el mayor numero de hispanohablantes en el mundo.

While vacationing in Marbella, Carlos sees her for the first time. After that, he is certain that a great danger lurks within her.

This series uses the integration of films to develop linguistic competencies through progressive acquisition of vocabulary and grammar structures. A variety of activities target the four communicative goals: listening, speaking, reading and writing.

Die Ausgabe des 'Iwein'-Romans Hartmanns von Aue stellt neben den mittelhochdeutschen Text nach der Ausgabe von Ludwig Wolff eine zeilengetreue UEbersetzung ins Neuhochdeutsche. Ein ausfuhrliches Nachwort behandelt die Informationen zu Autor und Werk und zu den Problemen seiner Interpretation.

Reflecting the variety of modern Spanish literature, these stories range from the sharp insights of Gabriel García Marquez's "María dos Prazeres" to Isabel Allende's powerful evocation of the oral traditions of the Amerindian "Walimai," the deceptive simplicity of Javier Marías's "On the Honeymoon," and the philosophical speculation of Laura Freixas's "Absurd Ending."

Lyotrope FlA1/4ssigkristalle stellen den Altesten Typ des vierten Zustandes der Materie dar, welcher die Eigenschaften kristalliner FestkArper und normaler FlA1/4ssigkeiten in sich vereint und deshalb Mesophase genannt wird. Trotz vielfAltiger AnwendungsmAglichkeiten in Medizin, Pharmazie und Kosmetik fA1/4hren sie im Vergleich zu den konkurrierenden thermotropen Mesophasen immer noch ein Schattendasein. Ziel dieses Buches ist es, den Chemikern, Physikern und Pharmazeuten sowie Studenten hAherer Semester die Grundlagen lyotroper FlA1/4ssigkristalle nahezubringen, ihre Verwandtschaft sowie Unterschiede zu thermotropen FlA1/4ssigkristallen herauszuarbeiten und die vielfAltigen MAglichkeiten ihrer Anwendung aufzuzeigen.

The most enjoyable way to learn about an unfamiliar culture is through its stories--especially when they're told in two languages! This book introduces 40 stories from the Philippines through bilingual Tagalog and English texts presented on facing pages. Paired with cultural notes, vocabulary lists, exercises, comprehension questions and free online audio recordings, Tagalog Stories for Language Learners is an excellent resource for intermediate language learners. This compilation includes a mix of traditional folktales retold for a modern audience, as well as several well-known works of contemporary Philippine literature. Along the way, you will meet fabulous mythological characters like the Bagobo goddess Mebuyan and the shape-shifting Aswang. Other characters cope with day-to-day issues, such as the domestic worker who cannot find her keys and a beauty queen who leaves behind her comfortable city life in order to help peasants in the countryside. Four of the stories are by well-known Filipino writers and are presented in complete or partially condensed form. These include: Estrangheritis by Inigo Ed. Regalado (1907)--The writer is critical of Filipinos who exalt all things foreign while, in fact, benefitting from their own land but unappreciative of their national culture. Desire by Paz Latorena (1928)--The story of a Filipino woman who has to deal with the narrow-mindedness of a foreigner who is far more interested in her body than in her personality. Greta Garbo by Deogracia Rosaro (1930)--Monina, who looks like Greta Garbo, plans a weekend getaway with her beau, only to be left at the station waiting, and later discovers he has gone on a honeymoon! Maria Elena Paterno's Sampaguita (1991)--Two popular legends about the Sampaguita (Philippine jasmine flower) which touch on the themes of courage and forbidden love. Stories from different periods are presented so learners get a feel for authentic Filipino texts.

Bring your learning to life with compelling images, media and text from National Geographic. LIVING IN THE WORLD: CULTURAL THEMES FOR WRITERS will help you develop a clearer understanding of the world around you through engaging content. The 24 articles gathered in this cross-cultural multi-themed reader offer an exceptionally direct approach to issues surrounding identity and culture around the world. As the National Geographic Society's writers and photographers investigate the physical and cultural characteristics of specific locations throughout the world, they put faces on forces of assimilation, diversification, and make the multifarious realities of globalization palpable and concrete. Introducing readers to people and customs that may seem foreign, they shed new light on familiar American themes as well.

Sayyidi wa Habibi (My Master and My Love) is a novel by acclaimed Lebanese author Hoda Barakat, abridged in the original Arabic in this volume for learners of Arabic at the advanced low proficiency level. Designed as a supplementary text that adds variety and fun to a regular course on Arabic, it is complete with exercises that guide learners through the story and help them improve their Arabic skills, introducing learners of the language to the world of contemporary Arabic literature and improving their knowledge of Arabic culture. Set against the backdrop of the Lebanese Civil War, this intriguing novel relates the struggles of Wadie, a young man who leaves school and becomes corrupted by crime, and his wife, Samia, who flees with him to Cyprus. Universal questions of existence are masterfully portrayed through eloquent prose that keeps readers engaged until the last line. Laila Familiar provides introductory materials, a short biography of the author, and exercises that develop linguistic and cultural competencies. Audio files of Barakat reading five passages from the work, along with a recorded interview, are available free on the press website in order to help students improve their listening skills. This authorized version of the abridged text of Sayyidi wa Habibi will be warmly embraced by college and university students of Arabic as well as by independent learners.