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The illustrated Workbook contains exercises that provide additional practice and reinforcement of language concepts and skills from the Summit Student's Book and its Grammar Booster. A two-level high-intermediate/advanced course, Summit is the perfect next step for learners who have completed a beginning to intermediate level course. Summit develops competence and confidence in all four skills. ... Read more

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Favorite among ESL teachers at CATESOL conference
"What's your favorite ESL textbook?"

Yesterday, I asked this question at ESL teachers conference workshop on conversations. This series, by far, was the top choice among the more than 25 workshop participants. Consider me impressed. I have ordered a copy and look forward to reading it. Evidently, the focus on authentic speech and realistic model conversations works.
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Top Notch, a dynamic 6-level course for international communication, sets a new standard, using the natural language that people really speak. With a rock-solid learner-centered approach, Top Notch provides students an opportunity to confirm their own progress at the end of every easy-to-teach two-page lesson.

Features of Top Notch Fundamentals

• Essential model conversations that make key social language unforgettable and easy to personalize
• Intensive vocabulary development with active recycling
• Complete grammar support—extended by a bound-in Vocabulary Booster
• “Top Notch Interactions”—unique step-by-step discussion builders that guarantee success for all learners
• Thorough attention to pronunciation
• A wide array of learning strategies and activities that promote critical thinking
• Authentic and refreshing content that connects students to the real world

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Top Notch Fundamental with CD rom
Excellent for beginning adult students. This product arrived in a timely manner and in perfect condition. ... Read more

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The Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily is one of the most important stories of the Anthroposophic and Rosicrucian streams. It is a timeless, allegorical tale of initiation and had a profound impact on Rudolf Steiner and on the formulation of his teachings. He called the fairy tale a kind of "secret revelation," an "apocalypse." As the authors point out in The Time Is At Hand! Goethe’s fairy tale begins with a specific image: a river separating two lands that contrast to each other, as do the sensory world and the spiritual world. The story ends with a bridge, created through sacrifice, that spans the river between the two lands.

Indeed, Rudolf Steiner was so deeply impressed by Goethe’s fairy tale, that he used it as the model for his own first mystery drama, The Portal of Initiation. It is said that, prior to its first performance, he told friends, "I know how long and deeply you have loved Goethe’s fairy tale, and today I am happy to tell you that you will see it performed on stage."

The twelve paintings in this book represent the soul experiences of the "Youth" in the fairy tale. These images are the fruit of an intense collaboration between the artist Hermann Linde and Rudolf Steiner, who commissioned the work. Steiner visited Linde’s studio every day and gave him detailed indications for the treatment of the various motifs. The result is this beautifully illustrated, full-color book.

This is a fairy tale for meditation—and for building bridges of the soul and spirit. ... Read more

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The Rosicrucian Fairy Tale
Steeped in symbolism both evident and obscure, haunting to the memory and both quaint and noble in its imagery is Goethe's miniature masterpiece of a fairy tale in the German romantic tradition.This is a tale that must be worked with, a superficial reading will find the tale tedious and pointless by the average reader.To those that appreciate the western esoteric tradition there is much food for thought here.In many ways I think of this as Goethe's "Magic Flute"- a Rosicrucian, possibly Masonic inspired fable for personal transformation.Marjorie Spock's (sister of the famous Dr. B. Spock of child rearing fame) work, "The Art of Goethean Conversation" is a set piece to a greater understanding of this fable.Enobled human speech, deeds and thoughts are keys to transforming society.

Though appreciated for many years by Anthroposophists and other students of Rudolf Steiner's thought, this work will never find broad appreciation.But if it serves to introduce one to the genius that was Goethe, then its esoteric intention has been fulfilled.

About the book and essay
A group of people live in a world turned upside down. They realise that the efforts of one alone can do little to create a new society. But by waking up to each other at the right time, they bring about profound spiritual and social renewal.

Goethe originally told this magic tale in a group of travellers during the French Revolution. Today, this magic still sparkles in Thomas Carlyle's original translation. Michael Burton's play invites you to enjoy the tale afresh through his punchy dialogue.

Jay Ramsay writes that this ' ... inspiring script is a genuine contribution, combining the grace of the original fairy tale with a brilliant use of the modern idiom.' And when the Green Snake is asked by the Gold King, 'What is more quickening than light?' she replies, 'Conversation!' We come alive when meeting each other in real dialogue. Marjorie Spock's Art of Goethean Conversation shows how true conversation has transformative power.

This book was published specially for the 1998-99 European Tour of the Mask Studio's production of The Green Snake, a new play inspired by Goethe's fairy tale. It also meets readers' requests for the Spock essay and Carlyle translation in an accessible form.

A fairy tale for adults rich in imagery and symbolism
In the finest tradition of tales of adults this story is filled with rich symbolish and imagery. It can be read and re-read and never exhaused. ... Read more

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Rock-solid learner support Its unique leaner-centred approach allows students to confirm their progress at the end of every concise two-page lesson. Careful recycling of vocabulary, grammar and social language guarantees success.Rock-solid teacher support An unequalled wealth of resources for the teacher includes professional development, lesson plans, photocopiables activities, web links and more. *Motivate your students with communication goals for each lesson *Build students' confidence in speaking with the step-by-step approach to discussion *Make language unforgettable with the practical conversation models *Make lesson planning simple - every two page lesson is designed for one class session ... Read more

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The purpose of this book is to encourage state officials to consider opportunities for greater use of the private sector by giving examples of actual experiences drawn from a wide variety of states. Services covered are corrections, parks and recreation, human services, employment and training, and transportation. Private sector approaches addressed are contracting, concessions, public/private partnership, and the use of volunteers. A companion volume to "Building Innovation into Program Reviews". ... Read more

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The study of popular culture has been an abiding preoccupation of historians and other academics, not just in the British Isles but elsewhere too. This volume of essays explores the manifestations of popular culture and belief in England, Ireland and Wales from the Reformation onwards. As an interdisciplinary collection it brings together specialists in English Literature, History, Celtic and Religious Studies. It offers new insights thematically via a selection of diverse contributions. The nexus between religion and popular culture links the contributions together, while the geographical spread of the topic facilitates a dynamic comparative methodology. What emerges from these explorations of rites of passage, festivals, revivalism, print culture and gender is the remarkable resilience of popular culture and the extent to which all levels of society were prepared to compromise. ... Read more

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Advances in Applied Microbiology offers intensive reviews of the latest techniques and discoveries in this rapidly moving field. The editors are recognized experts and the format is comprehensive and instructive.

This volume contains 12 comprehensive reviews, including: Uses of Trichoderma spp. to alleviate or remediate soil and water pollution; Lincosamides, chemical structure, biosynthesis, mechanism of action, resistance and applications; Polysaccharide breakdown by anaerobic microogranisms inhabiting the mammalian gut; and Novel aspects of signaling in Streptomyces development.

* This series has been in constant publication since 1959
* An ISI impact factor of 1.0 in 2002
* This volume contains 12 comprehensive reviews of current research in applied microbiology ... Read more

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In 1795 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe produced his tale of tales-The fairytale of "The Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily," an extraordinary masterwork that is unique among Goethe's works. An initiatory fable of transformation, the tale arose out of the Rosicrucian, alchemical impulses that play an important role in Faust and Goethe's other writings. Among those influenced by it was Rudolf Steiner, whose mystery dramas employ similar themes. The authors begin by placing the fairytale against the background of Goethe's life and cultural setting. They then discuss its importance in the development of Steiner's spiritual science. Finally, they describe its visual language, profound mystical insights, and relevance for us today. The book includes Carlyle's classic translation of the tale and illustrations, plus Steiner's essay on its inner meaning. The authors offer a positive look at the possibilities of the twenty-first century. They view Goethe's fairytale as fully relevant to our time, just as it was when Goethe first wrote it. ... Read more

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Top Notch, a dynamic 6-level course for international communication, sets a new standard, using the natural language that people really speak. With a rock-solid learner-centered approach, Top Notch provides students an opportunity to confirm their own progress at the end of every easy-to-teach two-page lesson.

Features of Top Notch 1

• Essential model conversations that make key social language unforgettable and easy to personalize
• Intensive vocabulary development with active recycling
• Complete grammar support—extended by a bound-in Grammar Booster
• “Top Notch Interactions”—unique step-by-step discussion builders that guarantee success for all learners
• Thorough attention to pronunciation
• A wide array of learning strategies and activities that promote critical thinking
• Authentic and refreshing content that connects students to the real world

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Top Notch 1 with CD rom
Excellent for beginning adult students. This product arrived in a timely manner and in perfect condition. ... Read more

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This collection of stories chosen by experts in children's books celebrates 20 years of "National Tell A Story Week". It includes the work of authors such as Joan Aiken and Robert Swindells. ... Read more

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On the isolated island of Staffa, next to Iona in Scotland, stands one of the natural wonders of the world. Fingal's Cave--an extraordinary Cathedral-like space, with sides and roof of hexagonal balsatic columns, with a floor made of the ocean, which is constantly making musical sounds as the tides ebb and flow. The tides ebb and flow. This cave has been been a source of mystery, spiritual insight, and artistic inspiration for centuries. To understand Fingal, and his importance in Celtic culture, we must understand both the poems of Ossian, collected by the 18th century poet James Macpherson, and the development of Celtic Christianity from the druids and bards of long ago.

Paul and Joan Allen describe the history and importance of Fingal's Cave and The Poems of Ossian to contemporary culture today, and show why they have influenced many diverse figures including Medelssohn, Jefferson, Napoleon, Turner, and others. ... Read more

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fascinating
Rudolf Steiner described Fingal's Cave as "a temple built by the spirits of nature". Anyone wanting to understand Celtic Christianity should read this book, and anyone visiting Scotland should visit this sacred site, only 5 miles from Iona. This site has had a profound influenceon many artists and writers, and the Poems of Ossian are one of the greattreasures of spiritual literature. Read, learn and enjoy. ... Read more

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A beginning reading book, A winter setting with pretty illustrations of the little bear who wanted to use his sled before he went to sleep for the winter. He met other animal friends and took them for a ride too. Fun story. ... Read more