Christmas is the storytelling time, the beginning of things expected but not yet seen, of tales suspenseful and mysterious, and full of a comfort of sorts. Internationally acclaimed anthologist Alberto Manguel offers an immensely enjoyable collection of twenty-three brilliant stories from across the globe, written under the merry canopy of Christmas. The Ecco Book of Christmas Stories includes tales by the best master storytellers, such as "The Turkey Season" by Alice Munro; "Christmas Is a Sad Season for the Poor" by John Cheever; "Crèche" by Richard Ford; "Horatio's Trick" by Ann Beattie; "Another Christmas" by William Trevor; and "The Leaf-Sweeper" by Muriel Spark. The collection also features voices of writers whose work has seldom or never been translated into English, such as "A Risk for Father Christmas" by Siegfried Lenz and "The Night Before Christmas" by Theodore Odrach. Eminently readable, The Ecco Book of Christmas Stories is a celebration of the most magical of seasons.

Ecco! Senior is a new all-in-one resource that's equipped to meet the needs of senior students in their final years of studies. It offers a wealth of authentic viewing, reading and listening, and supportive speaking and writing opportunities, challenging students adequately. This product includes a copy of Ecco! Senior Student Book and a code that provides access to Ecco! Senior eBook. Reader+ is the home of your eBooks. It gives you more options, more flexibility and more control when it comes to the classroom materials you use. It comes with features like in-text note taking, bookmarking, highlighting, interactive videos, audio tools, presentation tools and more. It's all about giving teachers and learners more options and more opportunities to make progress in the classroom, and beyond. Click here to learn more. Access to the eBook is for a duration of 27 months from the point of activation. How do I activate my eBook? When you purchase your eBook, it will come with an access code. This code will be emailed to you. If you purchase a printed book with eBook, it will come with its eBook access code inside the cover. To activate your code, you'll need to log in to pearsonplaces.com.au. If you don't have an account you will need to create one at pearsonplaces.com.au. Once you have logged into pearsonplaces.com.au click on the 'Add product' button in your bookshelf. Type in your 12 digit access code and click 'Verify product now. Looking for further information about Ecco!. Visit the Ecco! series page for the latest series information, download sample pages and request an inspection copy.

The Ecco! series treats student motivation, engagement and enjoyment as vital for successful learning. Teachers will also value the imaginative approaches, cultural authenticity, updated educational principles, logical sequencing, ease of use and practical support of the Ecco! series. The Ecco! series is devised for the first four years of secondary school. Ecco! uno is intended for three semesters' to two years' work. Ecco! due is more advanced and is intended for two years' work.Features: The Ecco! due Student's Work Kit contains: 1 copy of Ecco! due Workbook; 1 copy of Ecco! due Student CD-ROM. Workbook features: checklists for students' active self-assessment of chapter learning outcomes; exercises to help students master new vocabulary through inductive reasoning; varied listening comprehension tasks using lively performances by native speakers on the Ecco! due Teacher Audio CDs; a wide range of appealing reading comprehension, grammar practice and text-type writing activities; targeted cultural awareness revision and ICT activities; extensions tasks for further challenge. Student CD-ROM features: cartoon stories replay for listening, reading and speaking practice; applied pronunciation practice of key sounds (students record own voice); vocabulary games to reinforce knowledge of new words and phrases; different text-type writing tasks with templates provided; varied activities to extend cultural knowledge; chapter review quizzes for revision of grammar, vocabulary and cultural knowledge; record keeping.

Written in easy, conversational English, ECCO! reviews and explains all major points of Italian grammar, with special attention to those areas that appear more foreign to English speakers. Emphasis is also placed on vocabulary enrichment. The book presents about 6,000 Italian words, grouped thematically by structural or grammatical characteristics, many of them illustrated by examples. It also includes about 1,000 Italian idioms (particular turns of phrase peculiar to the language) and lists all irregular forms of verbs and nouns. Students wanting to move beyond an elementary acquaintance with Italian will fi nd the book useful as a self-teaching tool, an adjunct to other textbooks or as a reference source

A definitive collection of the very best short stories by contemporary American masters Edited by Joyce Carol Oates, "the living master of the short story" (Buffalo News), and Christopher R. Beha, this volume provides an important overview of the contemporary short story and a selection of the very best that American short fiction has to offer.

Join math detective in solving nearly 40 puzzles inspired by methods in computer science and mathematics. The Tower of Lego, Odd Doors Problem, Spies and Double Agents, many more. Solutions.

NAMED A RECOMMENDED BOOK OF 2018 BY Buzzfeed • The Wall Street Journal • The Millions • Southern Living • Bustle • Esquire • Entertainment Weekly • Nylon• Mashable • Libary Journal • Thrillist “Cassaras’s propulsive and profound first novel, finding one’s home in the world—particularly in a subculture plagued by fear and intolerance from society—comes with tragedy as well as extraordinary personal freedom.” -- Esquire A gritty and gorgeous debut that follows a cast of gay and transgender club kids navigating the Harlem ball scene of the 1980s and ’90s, inspired by the real House of Xtravaganza made famous by the seminal documentary Paris Is Burning It’s 1980 in New York City, and nowhere is the city’s glamour and energy better reflected than in the burgeoning Harlem ball scene, where seventeen-year-old Angel first comes into her own. Burned by her traumatic past, Angel is new to the drag world, new to ball culture, and has a yearning inside of her to help create family for those without. When she falls in love with Hector, a beautiful young man who dreams of becoming a professional dancer, the two decide to form the House of Xtravaganza, the first-ever all-Latino house in the Harlem ball circuit. But when Hector dies of AIDS-related complications, Angel must bear the responsibility of tending to their house alone. As mother of the house, Angel recruits Venus, a whip-fast trans girl who dreams of finding a rich man to take care of her; Juanito, a quiet boy who loves fabrics and design; and Daniel, a butch queen who accidentally saves Venus’s life. The Xtravaganzas must learn to navigate sex work, addiction, and persistent abuse, leaning on each other as bulwarks against a world that resists them. All are ambitious, resilient, and determined to control their own fates, even as they hurtle toward devastating consequences. Told in a voice that brims with wit, rage, tenderness, and fierce yearning, The House of Impossible Beauties is a tragic story of love, family, and the dynamism of the human spirit.

Dr. Ecco is a mathematical wizard who uses logic and computer programming to solve crimes, find treasures, and explore space. Join his team, expand the frontiers of knowledge, and match wits with him on intriguing cases like "The Virus from the Spy" and "The Secrets of Space" and "The Caribou and the Gas."

An introduction to the technique of comic-strip authorship and illustration. Presented in graphic novel format.

Abnormalities. We live in a world where it has become customary to attach a label to people who deviate from the norm. Since the American DSM, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, is also used in the Netherlands, Dutch adults and children who differ from the majority are labelled and classified as patients suffering from ADHD, PDD-NOS, Asperger's, Borderline or Autism/ASD. Exquisite Errors is about deviating from the norm and the beauty this entails. Barry van der Rijt, visual artist and diagnosed with ADHD, believes that an abnormal brain can lead to something very beautiful. During a period of two years he obsessively collected hundreds of abnormalities in his chosen artistic field of digital film. Inspired by the DSM he created, based on these codec errors, his own classification of disorders, by defining, categorizing and labelling them. However, always avoiding negative labels. Because is it wrong to deviate from the norm?