The city of Rome is the largest archaeological site in the world, capital and showcase of the Roman Empire and the centre of Christian Europe. This guide provides: * Coverage of all the important sites in the city from 800 BC to AD 600 and the start of the early middle ages, drawing on the latest di[...]

A long-standing and trusted text containing everything needed for students of the English legal system. This new edition has been thoroughly revised to improve usability and ensure an even closer fit to courses.[...]

Albert Hofmann, who died in 2008 aged 102, first synthesized lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) in 1938, but the results of animal tests were so unremarkable that the chemical was abandoned. Driven by intuition, he synthesized it again in 1943, and serendipitously noticed its profound effects on himse[...]

Children born and raised on the religious fringe are a distinctive yet largely unstudied social phenomenon -they are irreversibly shaped by the experience having been thrust into a radical religious culture by birth. The religious group is all encompassing. It accounts for their family, their school[...]

Part of a 6 level series of readers for children learning English, which brings together a variety of fiction and non-fiction titles. This work aims to provide reinforcement of the basic structures and vocabulary contained in the most major primary courses.[...]

Helps users to learn English, to learn about English and to learn through English, and is the ideal course for students who want to communicate in a global envirnonment.[...]

"Global" is a new six-level general English course for adult learners. It is an information-rich course, sophisticated in both presentation and approach. It has international appeal, combining challenging content, intelligent topics and cross-cultural awareness. It features none of the celebrity-dri[...]

Have you ever wondered how it's possible to walk down a street, with your thoughts on what you're going to have for lunch? What's telling your legs to move while your mind is on other things? And how are you reading these words right now? The simple answer: it's your brain. By answering these quest[...]

Straightforward has come of age and has been treated to a review, revamp and facelift. Much of the content has been updated and made more relevant. The Workbook provides extra language and vocabulary practice that supports the units of the Student's Book. It is designed for student's to work at thei[...]

This new component offers a business related alternative to the existing eWorkbook to the award-winning adult course Global. This takes the innovative eWorkbook and provides business-related content to either act as a supplement to the Global Coursebook or as a stand-alone self-study business Englis[...]