Learn to speak like a local before you hit the streets of Sao Paulo or beaches of Rio de Janeiro with this pocket-sized Brazilian Portuguese-English phrasebook.With this book in hand you can get off the sideline and join the local Brazilians as they party from the pitch to the beach. Chock-full of up-to-date slang phrases, after-hours expressions and insider information on futebol, this book will have you cheering, dancing, drinking and celebrating with the die-hard fans of the beautiful g...

YOUR TICKET TO THE WORLD'S BIGGEST PARTYWith this book in hand you can get off the sideline and join the local Brazilians as they party during World Cup 2014. Chock-full of up-to-date slang phrases, after-hours expressions and insider information on futebol, this book will have you cheering, dancing, drinking and celebrating with the die-hard fans of the beautiful game. You're sure to have the most memorable World Cup ever as you toss out phrases like:YOUR TICKET TO THE WORLD'S BIGGEST PAR...

Following personal tragedy, Libby Finn has returned to her hometown of Ballyedmond and the bosom of her loving family. While many, including her best friend Jules Mahon, might think that they know whats best for the gorgeous and talented Libby, the girl herself has other plans, and they dont include another husband, or even a man!Having survived the demise of the Celtic Tiger better than most, Libby is searching for fulfi lment in a future that she believes is destined to be withou...

She came home to bury her sister—not to fall in love.Some tides take. Others bring you home.She knew. When Dad called her. She knew Camille was gone.Luna Sarasola wasn’t supposed to be back in Biarritz yet. She was supposed to be in California, finishing her coastal research project, squeezing in one last surf with her best friend. Not flying home to bury her twin sister. Not figuring out how to explain death to their six...

Learn cool slang, funny insults and all the words they didn't teach you in class with this comprehensive guide to dirty Portuguese.You've taken Portuguese lessons and learned all kinds of useful phrases. You know how to order dinner, get directions, and ask for the bathroom. But what happens when it's time to drop the textbook formality? To really know a language, you need to know its bad words, too. You need Dirty Portuguese.From common sla...

This study looks at BBC Radio 4's Gardeners' Question Time and how a programme whos's format is essentially the same as it was when it was first broadcast, stays on the air for over 60 years. It also looks into why audiences are loyal to their chosen radio stations and into England's national identity as a garden.

Alice is a stay home Mum and very happy with her simple life. Her and her husband have two teenage children they are very proud of.One fateful day, Alice’s world is turned upside down when she becomes a hostage in her own home, tortured by a depraved man.When her husband returns from work, he too is caught off guard and becomes another victim.Will the two of them survive or will they have to watch their children suffer when they return home from school?Alice...

Twelve-year-old Alice Rose hates her home in Virginia City, Nevada. Only Sam Clemens, the new reporter at her father's paper, keeps things interesting. Like Alice Rose, Sam has a colorful way with words and a habit of saying just what he thinks, especially when he's using his pen name-Mark Twain. When a miner is murdered, Sam is the only one willing to help Alice Rose investigate. She thinks the killing has something to do with the Society of Seven, a vigilante group of religious fanatics....

The Princess in the Tower...Crown Princess Charlotte of Candonia has fought to make her own choices and decisions for years. She refuses to let anyone take that power from her. Ever. Her only allowance is her kingdom, she will sacrifice everything to keep it and her family safe. Even face the conqueror that threatens all she holds dear...The Enemy at the Gates...Evan the Black will do whatever it takes to reach his...

L'expertise d'Alice Bloom en aménagement paysager est son sésame pour les villages pittoresques de France, mais lorsque ses fleurs bien-aimées révèlent les traces d'un acte de malveillance, elle se retrouve mêlée à un meurtre qui pourrait mettre en péril tout ce qu'elle a bâti. Alors qu'elle tente de percer les couches du mystère, la main verte d'Alice l'aidera-t-elle à livrer le meurtrier à la justice, ou deviendra-t-elle la prochaine victime ? Voici le deuxième roman d'une nouvelle série...

L'abilità di Alice Bloom nel progettare giardini sarà il suo lasciapassare per i pittoreschi villaggi della Francia, ma quando i suoi amati fiori riveleranno segni di un crimine, si troverà invischiata in un omicidio che potrebbe mettere a repentaglio tutto ciò per cui ha lavorato. Mentre vaglia attentamente le sfumature del mistero, il suo pollice verde aiuterà Alice a consegnare l'assassino alla giustizia o diventerà la prossima vittima?Mistero tra i Boccioli: La Caduta delle Rose (Un Gi...

After the tragic death of their only son, Jo and Mike Berryman's grief turns their Willowmore farm into a tomb of silence—until Shamus returns, unchanged, smiling, impossibly alive. What begins as a miracle soon curdles into dread as the land itself starts to breathe, roses pulse with light, and something beneath the soil whispers of another world. Torn between love and truth, Jo must face the creature wearing her son's face and the price of keeping him. Gin and Roses is a Gothic ...