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Get the Summary of Charles Martin's Chasing Fireflies in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Chasing Fireflies" is a poignant tale set in Brunswick, Georgia, where the protagonist, a court reporter and journalist, navigates a complex web of personal and familial mysteries. The story unfolds with the protagonist's release from jail, a place he's all too familiar with, and his return to a town steeped in history and...
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The main purpose of these book series is to provide you an impressive and invaluable collection of English Grammar multiple-choice exercises.This book comprises different items and will take you on a beautiful journey towards improving your English.The following subjects have been specially crafted for you, with regard to word order, articles, tenses, phrasal verbs, prepositions and many more topics.There will be many levels of difficulty in my English...
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The main objective of The One English Grammar Handbook: Part 1 - A1 to B1 is to provide you a valuable tool for enhancing your English Grammar. This book contains all the necessary theory to take you from A1 English level to B1, clearly explained and with examples included. Furthermore, each chapter has unique exercises which are organized based on topic and difficulty: A1, A2 and B1. Obviously, at the end of the book you will find the answer keys.Within...
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It is a few weeks before Christmas and everyone except Catherine seems to be gearing up for the big day with excitement. Catherine is a single mum, struggling to bring up her five year old daughter, she has little time for romance, and when she learns she has lost her job and her flat is deemed unliveable, she wonders just what else life is about to fling at her. Where or to whom can she turn to for help? Kismet in the shape of handsome, bachelor,...
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“Lovefuries” offers a double bill of performance pieces that explode national and personal pressures to keep silent, and explore the surprising and shocking resurgences of life that break through grief. In “The Contracting Sea”, the fiancée of a just-shipwrecked sailor is challenged by a feminine elemental force of catastrophe to throw off the shackles of her common humanity. The second play, “The Hanging Judge”, explores from the inside...
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Sea-Fever' remains one of the most popular poems of the last century, and John Masefield one of the most popular poets, a superb spinner of yarns and ballads of tall ships, exotic seas, of the deep-rooted life of rural England, and of the great narratives of Troy and Arthurian legend. This book includes his most popular poems and a few previously uncollected rarities. All share Masefield's love of particular lives: he draws the reader into his stories...
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Edición bilingüe traducido por Violeta Gil. "Que se coman el caos" es un canto a la actual generación perdida, personalizado por varios personajes situados en Londres que sufren las consecuencias de la globalización, el cambio climático y otros problemas actuales como la falta de oportunidades laborales. Kae Tempest siempre encuentra algo absolutamente magnético en su trabajo híbrido, que le habla al corazón y a la conciencia y a las condiciones...
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She wasn't born a killer, she was just an ordinary girl planning to go on holiday with her boyfriend who had paid and organised a welcome break from the monotonous routine of life, only that she had also planned to kick her boyfriend out of her life as soon as they returned home. What could possibly go wrong ?It took just one little decision to transform our cute little teenager into a bloody notorious serial killer, even though she did not understand...
9) Elephant Man
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The Elephant Man is based on the life of John Merrick, who lived in London during the latter part of the nineteenth century. A horribly deformed young man, a freak attraction in traveling side shows, is found abandoned and helpless and is admitted for observation to Whitechapel, a prestigious London hospital.
Under the care of a famous young doctor who educates him and introduces him to London society, Merrick changes from a sensational object of...
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Si por tu cabeza han pasado frases como: "el inglés no es para mí", "a mí no me 'entra' el inglés", "hablar inglés me da miedo", "¿habrá una forma de aprenderlo más rápido?", "quiero aprender el idioma por mí mismo", este libro es para ti. ¿Por qué todos saben inglés menos yo? Es una guía para que mejores sustancialmente tus habilidades con ejemplos y teorías claras, además es una fuente de motivación para que nunca te desanimes al...
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In a dour Holland Park house with rooms and secrets long shuttered live three unyielding forces for morality: rigidly religious sisters Helen and Teresa, and their brother, a Roman Catholic priest. Into the lives of this insular trio comes their young grandniece, Rose Pemberton, following the death of her mother. To the mortification of her aunts, Rose has also brought her lover, Michael Dennis, who is twenty-five years Rose's senior, married, and...
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PTSD is a 4 Letter Word. Actually it's an acronym but it's also quite the life sentence, a curse in its own right. PTSD is a 4 Letter Word is a poetry collection about mental health, about what it is like to live with depression, PTSD, intrusive thoughts, eating disorders and dissociation. There are three parts. My Head is a Battlefield, My Scars and My Fixes. My Fixes is at the last and is more hopeful, more outward looking.This is a dark poetry...
13) Child Ballad
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A Poetry Book Society Winter Recommendation 2023In Child Ballad, David Wheatley's sixth collection, he explores a world transformed by the experience of parenthood. Conducting his children through landscapes of Northern Scotland, he follows pathways laid down by departed Irish missionaries and by wolves. He maps a rich territory of rivers, trees and mountains. Also present are histories, some evidenced, some no longer visible and yet to be inferred.Stylistically,...
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The title poem of this collection, Robert Wells's first since the Collected Poems and Translations of 2009, revisits in memory the site of the once great Etruscan city of Veii. In 'The Coin Cabinet' they are conjured in their variety by means of a series of epithetic evocations, so that one does not doubt their reality, or the complex mythology they evoke and the economy rooted in long traditions and rich in known, shared narratives.
15) Sweet and Sour
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Poems from the heart about love and relationships A collection of romance poems that isn't always blissful and lovey-dovey. The pieces of poetry are arranged into three sections: – 'Single'. Poems about the hope for a significant other and being jealous of those who are already with someone.– 'Taken'. Poems about being happy in a relationship and fear of a collapse coming.– 'Single Again'. Poems about the delight of being free and feeling lonely....
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Speak English fluently like a native speaker with 199 Really Useful English Phrases and Expressions. Have some fun while learning American English. What would it mean for your studies or career to be able to speak and write freely in English? How about understanding more of what you hear or read? 199 Really Useful English Phrases and Expressions is designed to help you improve your English quickly and easily.Jackie Bolen has fifteen years of experience...
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Are you preparing for the FCE (First Certificate in English) exam and looking for an effective way to enhance your reading skills? Look no further! We proudly present "FCE Exam Reading Exercises," the comprehensive exercise book designed to help you ace the reading section of the FCE exam. What sets "FCE Exam Reading Exercises" apart from other study materials is its laser-focused approach on the specific requirements of the FCE exam. This book has...
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Learn hundreds of essential collocations to help you get a higher score on the TOEIC exam. Improve your TOEIC score by mastering these important expressions, phrases, idioms, and phrasal verbs. Collocations are groups of words that occur together more frequently than by random chance. You'll see these collocations used in sentences, find out what they mean, and get an opportunity to practice what you've learned. It's everything you need to improve...
19) Business English Vocabulary Builder 2: More Idioms, Phrases, and Expressions in American English
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Set yourself apart in the business world with these phrases, expressions and idioms in American English.
Have more confidence when speaking English at a meeting with clients, during a presentation or business lunch, or when making small talk with co-workers. And that's just to name a few of the situations that this business English book covers! Get your copy of Business English Vocabulary Builder 2 to improve your English quickly and easily.
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Learn hundreds of essential phrasal verbs to help you get a higher score on the TOEFL exam. Improve your TOEFL score by mastering these important phrasal verbs. You'll see them used in sentences, find out what they mean, and get an opportunity to practice what you've learned. It's everything you need to improve your English vocabulary and score higher on this important exam. Jackie Bolen has twenty years of experience teaching ESL/EFL to students...
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