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The inspiring stories of 5 people who changed history.Contents:Glenn Miller, the leader of the most famous big band in the USAPerez Prado, the Cuban musician who was known as `the King of Mambo''Ella Fitzgerald, the most popular female jazz singer in the USALuciano Pavarotti, one of the world''s best opera singersJohn Lennon, member of the famous band The BeatlesBRITISH ENGLISHWord count: 7,530Headword count: 687Each book includes a full recording of each story online.PLUS: visit www.collinselt....

The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.Contents:Edward Jenner, the man who fought the terrible disease, smallpoxFlorence Nightingale, the nurse known as `the lady with the lamp''Elizabeth Garrett, England''s first female doctorCarl Jung, the doctor who wanted to understand the human mindJonas Salk who defeated the dangerous illness, polioChristiaan Barnard, the first man to replace a human heartBRITISH ENGLISHWord count: 10,006Headword count: 883Each book includes a full recording...

The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.Contents:Galileo who wanted to show that the earth went around the sunRene Descartes, the Frenchman who famously said `I think, therefore I am''Sir Isaac Newton who proved how gravity worksCarl Friedrich Gauss, `the Prince of Mathematicians''Charles Babbage who invented computersAda Lovelace who wrote the first computer programBRITISH ENGLISHWord count: 8,351Headword count: 790Each book includes a full recording of each story online.PLUS: vis...

The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.Contents:Gaius Julius Caesar, the powerful Roman leaderQueen Elizabeth I who ruled England for 45 yearsGeorge Washington, the first president of the USAKing Louis XVI, the last king of FranceWinston Churchill who led Britain in the Second World WarChe Guevara, the Argentinian doctor who fought for revolutionBRITISH ENGLISHWord count: 18,924Headword count: 1,654Each book includes a full recording of each story online.PLUS: visit www.collinselt...

The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.Contents:William the Conqueror, the first Norman King of EnglandSaladin, historic Muslim leaderGenghis Khan, famous leader of the Mongol empireCatherine the Great, the woman who turned Russia into an empireAbraham Lincoln who stopped slavery in the USAQueen Victoria, the famous British QueenBRITISH ENGLISHWord count: 6,360Headword count: 628Each book includes a full recording of each story online.PLUS: visit www.collinselt.com/readers for vid...

The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.Contents:Johannes Gutenberg, inventor of the printing pressLouis Braille, creator of an alphabet for blind peopleAlexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephoneThomas Edison, inventor of the electric light bulbGuglielmo Marconi, inventor of the wireless systemJohn Logie Baird, inventor of the televisionBRITISH ENGLISHWord count: 6,805Headword count: 726Each book includes a full recording of each story online.PLUS: visit www.collinselt.com/re...

The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.Contents:Marco Polo who taught the world about ChinaIbn Battuta who travelled to 44 countriesChristopher Columbus who discovered new worldsJames Cook, first to sail around the world in both directionsDavid Livingstone who explored AfricaYuri Gagarin, the first man to go into spaceBRITISH ENGLISHWord count: 14,679Headword count: 1,163Each book includes a full recording of each story online.PLUS: visit www.collinselt.com/readers for videos, tea...

The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.Contents:Mayer Amschel Rothschild who started a bank which made his family richCornelius Vanderbilt who became one of the richest people in the USAW. K. Kellogg who started the world''s biggest cereal companyElizabeth Arden who built the Elizabeth Arden cosmetics companyWalt Disney who started the famous entertainment companySoichiro Honda who started the Honda motorbike and car companyBRITISH ENGLISHWord count: 6,901Headword count: 623Each b...

The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.Contents:Henry J Heinz, the man who invented tomato ketchupWilliam Lever who made millions from soapMichael Marks, founder of the Marks and Spencer storesHenry Ford, who mass-produced cars and made them affordableCoco Chanel, the businesswoman who changed fashion for womenRay Kroc, the man who created the McDonald''s chain of restaurantsBRITISH ENGLISHWord count: 18,209Headword count: 1,624Each book includes a full recording of each story onl...

Collins COBUILD Key Words for Chemical Engineering is a brand-new vocabulary book aimed at anyone who wants to study or work in the field of chemical engineering. The title contains the 500 most important words and phrases you will need to succeed and includes practice material to make sure you really learn them.This title has been specially created for foreign learners of English who want to improve their career prospects in chemical engineering by learning English. The title covers the most co...

Collins COBUILD Key Words for Automotive Engineering is a brand-new vocabulary book aimed at anyone who wants to study or work in the field of automotive engineering. The title contains the 500 most important words and phrases you will need to succeed and includes practice material to make sure you really learn them.This title has been specially created for foreign learners of English who want to improve their career prospects in automotive engineering by learning English. The title covers the m...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.In 1913, Rabindranath Tagore became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and he remains one of the most important voices of Bengali culture to this day. Tagore\\''s poetry continues to rise above geographic and cultural boundaries to capture the imaginations of readers around the world.ISBN: 9780007925575Nr pagini: 240 pagesFormat: 111 x 178 x 15mm | 130gAnul aparitiei: 09 May 2013...

Collins COBUILD Key Words for Retail is a brand-new vocabulary book aimed at anyone who wants to study or work in the retail industry. The title contains the 500 most important words and phrases you will need to succeed and includes practice material to make sure you really learn them.This title has been specially created for foreign learners of English who want to improve their career prospects in retail by learning English. The title covers the most common words found in this area, and will gi...

Collins COBUILD Key Words for Mechanical Engineering is a brand-new vocabulary book aimed at anyone who wants to study or work in the field of mechanical engineering. The title contains the 500 most important words and phrases you will need to succeed and includes practice material to make sure you really learn them.This title has been specially created for foreign learners of English who want to improve their career prospects in mechanical engineering by learning English. The title covers the m...

Collins COBUILD Key Words for Insurance is a brand-new vocabulary book aimed at anyone who wants to study or work in the insurance profession. The title contains the 500 most important words and phrases you will need to succeed and includes practice material to make sure you really learn them.This title has been specially created for foreign learners of English who want to improve their career prospects in insurance by learning English. The title covers the most common words found in this area, ...

The Collins COBUILD Key Words for IELTS series is a brand-new range of three graded books which contain the essential vocabulary students need to succeed in the IELTS exam.These books have been specially created for foreign learners of English who plan to take the IELTS exam to demonstrate that they have the required ability to communicate effectively in English, either at work or at university.Collins COBUILD Key Words for IELTS: Book 1 Starter covers the most common words found in IELTS, and w...

Collins COBUILD Key Words for Electrical Engineering is a brand-new vocabulary book aimed at anyone who wants to study or work in the field of electrical engineering. The title contains the 500 most important words and phrases you will need to succeed and includes practice material to make sure you really learn them.This title has been specially created for foreign learners of English who want to improve their career prospects in electrical engineering by learning English. The title covers the m...

Improve the way you communicate in English when working internationally - it''s as much about how you say it as what you say!You need more than just a good level of English to communicate successfully in international business. Collins Effective International Business Communication gives you clear and practical advice to help you to communicate successfully with colleagues and business partners around the world, using the English you already know.* Part 1 will help you with speaking and listenin...

Make yourself understood in businessThis brand new self-study book is the perfect way for business people who spend a lot of time on the phone or in meetings and want to improve their spoken English, getting their message across effectively. The focus is on the key language required to speak English accurately in business.''Collins English for Business'' is a new series of self-study skills books which focus on the language you really need to do business in English - wherever you are in the worl...

A practical teacher guide book for teaching young children to read and write in English.Introducing English to Young Children: Reading and Writing, is a practical guide book, showing teachers how to use the highly-motivating Playful Approach when starting to teach reading and writing to pre-school and lower primary-aged children. There are ideas for creative and meaningful projects and help for teachers to plan, manage and assess lessons. The book explores how children move towards becoming auto...