In his latest page-turner Cook turns his attention to the ethical and legal challenges surrounding legal patents and intellectual property in medical research, and the cutting edge topic of pluripotent stem cells. Furthermore, he returns with two of his most popular characters, husband-and-wife forensic pathology experts Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery.
English Adventure uses familiar Disney characters that children know and love to motivate and encourage pupils to learn. At this level a balance of Disney characters and real life situations keep pupils interested and motivated. The focus is on oral communication but the children work more with the written language at this level.
Creative Business: The Making of Addictive StoriesWhat do Elvis Presley, Dungeons and Dragons, Agatha Christie, Coronation Street and Star Wars have in common? They are enduring and successful business properties - transferring through time, across media. Whether it's a book, TV show, computer game, film or song, and whether it's 50 years old or was created last week, some stories, characters and phenomena are fleeting in our collective conscience and some pass the test of time. Just how have these stories adapted as the years go by?
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11526.37 | Fiction literature | 30 January 2011
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The Veiled One
Elderly Gwen Robson is found murdered in a shopping-mall garage and Inspector Wexford and partner Mike Burden investigate. Rendell's reputation for literary grace, ingenious plots and arresting characters is borne out again in her latest stunning mystery! It's a spellbinder.
The thrills and tragedies of everyday living come into focus in realistic fiction. These stories take on the issues that matter to everyone- from relationships with family and friends to struggles against discrimination and illness. Whether it is comic or tragic, reliastic fiction sends characters through many challenges, and readers learn something about life as the story pulls them along.
