Collins Work on Your Vocabulary. A2

Hundreds of words to learn and remember • Collins Work on your Vocabulary – Elementary (A1) is a new practice book that covers the key vocabulary needed by learners of English at Elementary level (CEF level A1) • This book is an essential resource for learners who want to improve their English vocabulary. Each of the 30 units presents vocabulary relating to a particular topic using clear language and examples. This is followed by practice exercises to ensure the learner will remember and be able to use what they have learnt with confidence in their written and spoken English • The vocabulary covered in Collins Work on your Vocabulary – Elementary (A1) has been carefully selected based on Collins Corpus research and the experience of our language experts

Hundreds of words to learn and remember • Collins Work on your Vocabulary – Intermediate (B1) is a new practice book that covers the key vocabulary needed by learners of English at Intermediate level (CEF level B1) • This book is an essential resource for learners who want to improve their English vocabulary. Each of the 30 units presents vocabulary relating to a particular topic using clear language and examples. This is followed by practice exercises to ensure the learner will remember and be able to use what they have learnt with confidence in their written and spoken English • The vocabulary covered in Collins Work on your Vocabulary – Intermediate (B1) has been carefully selected based on Collins Corpus research and the experience of our language experts

Hundreds of exercises to get you to the next level • Collins Work on your Grammar – Elementary (A1) is a new practice book that covers the key grammar points needed by learners of English at Elementary level (CEF level A1) • This book is an essential resource for learners who want to improve their English grammar. Each of the 30 units presents a different area of grammar using clear language and examples. This is followed by practice exercises to ensure the learner will remember and be able to use what they have learnt with confidence in their written and spoken English • The grammar covered in Collins Work on your Grammar – Elementary (A1) has been carefully selected based on Collins Corpus research and the experience of our language experts. As a result, this book provides plenty of useful practice with authentic, up-to-date examples of language usage in context

Hundreds of exercises to get you to the next level • Collins Work on your Grammar – Pre-Intermediate (A2) is a new practice book that covers the key grammar points needed by learners of English at Pre-Intermediate level (CEF level A2) • This book is an essential resource for learners who want to improve their English grammar. Each of the 30 units presents a different area of grammar using clear language and examples. This is followed by practice exercises to ensure the learner will remember and be able to use what they have learnt with confidence in their written and spoken English • The grammar covered in Collins Work on your Grammar – Pre-Intermediate (A2) has been carefully selected based on Collins Corpus research and the experience of our language experts

В «Восточном экспрессе», на котором Эркюль Пуаро возвращается в Европу, совершено убийство. Очевидно, что в поезд никто не садился, а значит, что убийца – один из пассажиров. Но кто же это? И зачем ему понадобилось убивать незнакомого человека? • Агата Кристи является самым публикуемым автором всех времен и народов. Издательство Collins представляет изучающим английский язык возможность познакомиться с произведениями королевы детективного жанра. Произведения распределяются по уровням владения языком в соответствии с системой COBUILD. Роман «Убийство в “Восточном экспрессе”» соответствует уровню 3, или B1 по CEFR. Число слов: 11,000–20,000 • Полная адаптированная версия произведения в электронном формате • Заметки о персонажах • Культурные и исторические примечания к сюжету • Глоссарий с продвинутой лексикой • Доступ к онлайн-ресурсам для студентов и преподавателей на сайте Collins • По роману было снято несколько фильмов и сериалов, в том числе фильм 2017 года с Кеннетом Браном в роли Эркюля Пуаро

Find your focus with this transformative guide from an organizational psychologist and Marie Kondo, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying and star of the Netflix series Tidying Up with Marie Kondo • Marie Kondo's first book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying, sparked a new wave of publishing and became an international bestseller. Now, for the first time, you will be guided through the process of tidying up your work life - digitally and physically. Whether you're working at home, in the office, or a combination of the two, if you properly simplify and organize your work life once, you'll never have to do it again • In Joy at Work, KonMari method pioneer Marie Kondo and organizational psychologist Scott Sonenshein will help you to refocus your mind on what's important at work, and as their examples show, the results can be truly life-changing

The essential companion to the Sunday Times bestselling Jog On – a funny, practical guide to managing your mental health through exercise • Bella Mackie isn’t your average coach – she’s much swearier, and she’s never going to give you a nutrition plan or join you on a marathon. But through her inspiring personal story and realistic approach she’s already inspired thousands of men and women to manage their mental health through exercise. In this journal, Bella takes you on a journey from the sofa to the open road, helping you to • Gain a new awareness of mental health problems such as anxiety and depression • Cope with side effects such as panic attacks and intrusive thoughts • Learn and memorise calming strategies such as breathing exercises • Build a checklist of everything you need to start running • Develop a regular running schedule, with realistic targets • Use exercise to gain confidence and manage mental health problems • Packed with insights from athletes and psychologists and step-by-step achievable goals, The Jog On Journal has everything you need to get you up and running

Divorced and struggling with deep-rooted mental health problems, Bella Mackie ended her twenties in tears. She could barely find the strength to get off the sofa, let alone piece her life back together. Until one day she did something she had never done of her own free will – she pulled on a pair of trainers and went for a run • That first attempt didn’t last very long. But to her surprise, she was back out there the next day. And the day after that. She began to set herself achievable goals – to run 5k in under 30 minutes, to walk to work every day for a week, to attempt 10 push-ups in a row. Before she knew it, her mood was lifting for the first time in years • In Jog On, Bella explains with hilarious and unfiltered honesty how she used running to battle crippling anxiety and depression, without having to sacrifice her main loves: booze, cigarettes and ice cream

Manifest. Manifest. Manifest and all your dreams will come true. But what if they don't? In a world where we are told that anything is possible if you wish hard enough for it, what do you do when you aren't getting what you want or need? • In Take It In, spiritual guide and teacher Giselle La Pompe-Moore offers a refreshing, no-nonsense guide to figuring out your stuff and changing how you see and respond to life. With personal anecdotes, practical exercises and down-to-earth advice, Giselle will help you to work through the things that are holding you back and wake up to the power you hold to create your best damn life

Julia Baird’s intimate study of phosphorescence is full of wisdom and joy; a roadmap for rediscovering our inner light after the darkest of times • We now know just how much we should treasure the times when we feel happy, content and at peace. When we feel this way we seek out life’s experiences with a sense of optimism and hope. But how do we move forward with life now that everything has changed? Now that we appreciate just how fragile and fleeting these feelings can be? Is it possible to access a light – our own source of phosphorescence – that can sustain us in this brave new world? • In this wise and inspiring book, bestselling author Julia Baird reflects on her encounters with phosphorescence, a luminescent phenomenon found in the nature, and how she was able to cultivate her own ‘inner light’ in the face of a life-threatening illness

Julia Baird’s intimate study of phosphorescence is full of wisdom and joy; a roadmap for rediscovering our inner light after the darkest of times • We now know just how much we should treasure the times when we feel happy, content and at peace. When we feel this way we seek out life’s experiences with a sense of optimism and hope. But how do we move forward with life now that everything has changed? Now that we appreciate just how fragile and fleeting these feelings can be? Is it possible to access a light – our own source of phosphorescence – that can sustain us in this brave new world? • In this wise and inspiring book, bestselling author Julia Baird reflects on her encounters with phosphorescence, a luminescent phenomenon found in nature, and how she was able to cultivate her own ‘inner light’ in the face of a life-threatening illness

An unprecedented history of the personality test conceived a century ago by a mother and her daughter - fiction writers with no formal training in psychology - and how it insinuated itself into our boardrooms, classrooms, and beyond • The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is the most popular personality test in the world. It has been harnessed by Fortune 100 companies, universities, hospitals, churches, and the military. Its language - of extraversion vs. introversion, thinking vs. feeling - has inspired online dating platforms and Buzzfeed quizzes alike. And yet despite the test's widespread adoption, experts in the field of psychometric testing, a $500 million industry, struggle to account for its success - no less validate its results. How did the Myers-Briggs insinuate itself into our jobs, our relationships, our internet, our lives? • First conceived in the 1920s by the mother-daughter team of Katherine Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers, a pair of aspiring novelists and devoted homemakers, the Myers-Briggs was designed to bring the gospel of Carl Jung to the masses