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Crazy wizards, toothless vampires, business-savvy orcs, caring zombies, and a halfling mafia make up only a small cast of oddities that define the land of Ononokin! There's an Upperworld, an Underworld, an Afterlife, Twelve Gods and the Fates who created them, and there are even hints of a Middleworld (though this is yet to be verified).

After years of teaching intermediate students who never seemed to improve, I decided to find out what the problem was. Essentially, intermediate students get stuck because learning at this stage is a different type of learning than at the beginner stage. You have mastered the grammar and the basic vocabulary, but most textbooks just carry on like nothing has changed. However, what you need at the intermediate stage is not just more dry grammar and lists of vocabulary.

Arthur has been dressing in his dearest's clothes for quite some time, but his beloved has just caught him in the act! Fortunately, it turns out that Guinevere prefers to wear the boxers in this family. Sadly, dressing this way neither befits a king or a queen...sort of, and so Merlin sets them off on a quest to grab a magical talisman that promises to hide their naughty wares.

Returning to the home of her grandfather after her final school year, Petra Morganstern is a changed young witch. Confident in her recent choices, yet plagued by dreams of what they cost her, Petra is unsure what to do with the rest of her life. Petra's one ray of hope is her young step-sister, Izabella, whose simple-minded charm is only offset by the awful Phyllis, her hateful mother. Desperate to protect Izabella from the increasing rages of Phyllis, Petra struggles to find balance between the forces that seek to rule her heart.

Do you sometimes worry if your English sounds broken? If you do then you should definitely concentrate on improving your use of prepositions. Why? Because prepositions are the glue that stick English together. If you are not using them properly then your English will sound broken.

Este libro contiene la serie completa de '150 frases en inglés realmente útiles' más un adicional de 50 frases nuevas. ¿Se siente atrapado en el Inglés de Nivel Intermedio? ¿Quiere saltar y empezar a mejorar rápidamente? Entonces este es el libro perfecto para ayudarle a adelantar hasta el nivel avanzado y empezar a usar el inglés de cada día con fluidez. Las 500 frases de este libro le ayudará a hacer el salto de intermedio a avanzado.

This book is all three volumes of the very popular Master English in 12 Topics series. Once you master the vocabulary in this book, you will have a very good foundation for speaking fluently about 36 everyday topics. This book is the ultimate stepping stone from intermediate to advanced English.

Cómo dominar English. Una vez hayas dominado el vocabulario en este libro tendrás una buenísima base para hablar con fluidez sobre 36 temas de la vida diaria. Este libro es el trampolín definitivo para pasar del Inglés 'intermedio' al 'avanzado'. Muchos de los hablantes de inglés de nivel intermedio, suelen quedar atrapados dentro del mismo vocabulario usualmente. A menudo, sólo hablan sobre temas que demandan palabras familiares evitando así cualquier tema fuera de sus "áreas de confort".

In ages past, so the histories tell us, our ancestors were ruled wisely and well by the Six Masters and their Courts – aided in their task by the magical Shards of Stone that bestowed power upon their holders. Today few Shards remain. The land has fallen into disrepair and lawlessness with the people reverting to a feudal existence, governed by the Brotherhood of Serenity which controls the remaining Shards and their magics with ruthless jealousy. Jaydon Farcast is an orphan, raised by his aunt and uncle, who dreams of becoming a soldier in the service of his Lord Derwain.

At 19, our hero is caring for her sickly mother when a stranger appears with a shocking truth: Skyla Draken was born in a realm where magic rules, and mythical creatures roam. This land is now the key to curing her mother. And so, Skyla must return to her homeland, but once there, she discovers a hostile world of warring kingdoms, and she meets with evil forces that would see her noble family dead. Things get worse when, during her journey, she has visions of a man and learns a secret that changes everything.

As the kingdom of Camelot descends into complacency, an ambitiously sadistic madman known as Merodach advances his rogue armies, recruiting by the sword and threatening revolt. Eighteen-year-old Princess Gabriella is the only one who understands the severity of the threat, but she is powerless to convince her father or her brave commoner husband, Darrick. With defeat all but certain, Gabriella sets out on a final, desperate quest. Her plan: to confront and defeat the madman, Merodach, before his armies can destroy everything she loves.

Muchos de los hablantes de inglés de nivel intermedio, suelen quedar atrapados dentro del mismo vocabulario usualmente. A menudo, sólo hablan sobre temas que demandan palabras familiares evitando así cualquier tema fuera de sus "áreas de confort". El problema es que, a pesar de que suenan bastante bien, en realidad nunca se mejoran el inglés.

Ilien Woodhill has lived the sheltered life of a normal boy from a small nowhere town. His biggest worry is the pair of bullies who wage a relentless battle to break his spirit. All that changes when the wizard, Gallund, comes to stay at the house. Ilien's wise-cracking, enchanted pencil may get him A's in math, but it's little consolation for the extra beatings from Stan and Peaty.

Lots of intermediate English speakers tend to get trapped using the same vocabulary over and over again. They often only speak about subjects they know the words for and avoid anything outside of their ‘comfort zone’. The problem with this is that even though they sound okay, they never really get any better. If you really want to improve, you need to be able to speak about a wide range of topics. For this, you will need to learn the special vocabulary connected to these topics.

When fellow student John Foremile turns up at his flat on a rain-sodden winter’s night, former Merchant Navy Captain Rex Slingsby thinks he’s in for just another boozy night down the pub. John, however, has come laden with a package of ancient-looking manuscripts, and Rex is soon engrossed in reading an outlandish tale of a powerful, benevolent race of Dragons and of the human wizards hell-bent on destroying them. Incredulous at first, the two friends quickly find themselves embroiled in an epic quest to rescue a fertile dragon’s egg.

Muchos de los hablantes de inglés de nivel intermedio, suelen quedar atrapados dentro del mismo vocabulario usualmente. A menudo, sólo hablan sobre temas que demandan palabras familiares evitando así cualquier tema fuera de sus "áreas de confort". El problema es que, a pesar de que suenan bastante bien, en realidad nunca se mejoran el inglés. Si quiere mejorar de verdad, tiene que ser capaz de hablar acerca de una amplia gama de temas.

Do you sometimes worry if your English sounds broken? If you do, then you should definitely concentrate on improving your use of prepositions. Why? Because prepositions are literally the glue that sticks English together. If you are not using them properly, your English will sound broken.

Most textbooks teach the same things; presentations, speaking on the phone etc. This is great at the beginning, but if you are going to succeed, you'll need more. You need to be able to walk into any business situation and feel seriously confident. That is why I wrote this book; to help you go from good to great. To really master business English.

The only way to really progress with a language is to immerse yourself in it. This book is 100 percent in English but is written in a way that is accessible from the start. By the end you’ll not only be a lot more confident with your language skills but you’ll literally be thinking in English.

From inside the thick stone walls of Castle Dracula to the dark and looming Carpathian Mountains, journey round Transylvania alongside the Count and his trusty assistant, Renfield, as they solve crimes too baffling for the police. What has happened to the invisible flan? How can a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy come back to life? Who or what is leaving the Mark of the Vampire?