This book focuses on the nexus of language, disciplinary content and knowledge communication against the background of the economic, cultural and ideological forces of Higher Education’s current push for internationalisation. It suggests the need for a greater synergy between language and content experts and argues that change needs to be implemented through policy rather than on an ad-hoc basis by individual teachers. It is a call to action for English for Academic Purposes practitioners ...

(18 Enchanting Stories and Fables for children,retold from our mythologies and from the Bible.)

In a village where snow once fell without a sound, a ten-year-old girl vanished without a trace. Only her footprints led in—none came out.Years later, a young editor is dispatched to the remote Gemà Village to assist in a documentary about the unsolved case. As interviews unfold and past secrets resurface, the line between truth and memory begins to blur. Why did the villagers bury the story? What really happened that snowy night?Told through a quietly unsettling l...

"An edge-of-the-seat yarn about an aging nuclear submarine on a secret mission to Russian waters" by a New York Times–bestselling master of military action ( Publishers Weekly).The USS Memphis, a dilapidated submarine that that should have been mothballed decades ago, has been given one last mission by the newly elected president.The task: To sneak illegally into Russia's coastal waters and recon the leaking nuclear fuel co...

Three words to describe Kennedy Carter?Smart. Driven. Killer legs. See also: my last hope of winning a national football championship.Okay, so technically that’s more than three, but I’ve got bigger problems at the moment.Thanks to a drunken dare, Waverly University is short a kicker and with the home opener in three weeks, I’ll do whatever it takes to lead my team to victory. Even if it means poaching talent from the women’s soccer team. Or recruit...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • If you think you know the truth behind Dr. Brenner’s experiments at Hawkins Laboratory, prepare to have your mind turned Upside Down in the first official Stranger Things novel—“the prequel story that fans have been waiting for” (Kirkus Reviews).It’s the summer of 1969, and the shock of conflict reverberates through the youth of America. As a student at a quiet college campus in the heartland of Indiana, Terry ...

With news of victory at Trafalgar still fresh, HMS Hare arrives in England carrying details of yet another British naval success although the prospects for her captain, Thomas King, are less encouraging. Hare's hull requires attention and dockyard facilities are already overstretched while, if she were sent for refit, he would be unlikely to retain her command. Then a face from the past brings hope and King finds himself despatched on an urgent deep-sea mission so secret ...

Unabridged and illustrated in glorious full-colour throughout, this exquisite gift edition of the original story of Paddington, the classic bear from Darkest Peru, is truly to be treasured!“A bear? On Paddington station?” Mrs Brown looked at her husband in amazement. “Don’t be silly, Henry. There can’t be!”Paddington Bear had travelled all the way from Darkest Peru when the Brown family first met him on Paddington station. Since then their lives have never been quite the sa...

Satisfied that he has forged HMS Kestrel into a formidable weapon, Commander King is keen to take her to sea once more. But the war is not progressing well for Britain, and his hopes of remaining in Malta are shattered as Kestrel is moved closer to the action.And so begins a story that covers two seas and one ocean, as well as a cross-country trek through enemy territory, a closer look at the French prison system and a reunion with several familiar faces.C...

Round and round we go…Carlotta Wren is still reeling over her parents’ return after a ten-year absence. After putting her life on hold for so long, she’s not sure how to move forward. Her new reality isn’t exactly what she thought it would be, especially considering the altered circumstances of the three men in her life.Until we all fall down…But her best gal pal Hannah is always there to cheer her up, and Hannah h...

**A magically gifted con artist must gather her estranged mother’s old crew for a once-in-a-lifetime heist, from the New York Times bestselling author of Stranger Things: Suspicious Minds.“Makes grand larceny more fun than ever.”—Holly Black, New York Times bestselling author of Book of Night**Dani Poissant is the daughter and former accomplice of the world’s most famous art thief. There was no job too big for Maria and her loyal crew. Th...

In late 1997, world order has been destabilized by recession and extreme nationalism. France and Germany unite to form the " European Confederation." EurCon's attempt to Eastern Europe under its control meets with resistance, particularly from Poland, and soon the U.S. and Britain are pulled into the struggle. The war and its build-up are reported by various observers: the senior CIA field man in Moscow, the private advisor to the U.S. president, a French intelligence agent, a Hungarian po...