This popular BEC series has been completely revised. PASS Cambridge BEC is a practical course for students who wish to gain a recognised business English qualification. Focusing on relevant international business situations, the course has been structured to provide students with a thorough preparation for the Business English Certificates (BEC).

The Penguin English Library Edition of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

'No sooner had he made it clear to himself and his friends that she had hardly a good feature in her face, than he began to find it was rendered uncommonly intelligent by the beautiful expression of her dark eyes ...'

When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has in...

Es el libro perfecto para ampliar y profundizar en el vocabulario, que abarca desde el nivel A al B1 Se trata de una nueva edición actualizada y ampliada.Más de 3.000 palabras con variantes mexicanas y argentinas.Además, ahora, con comprensión oral y prácticas de conversación.Se han añadido dos temas totalmente nuevos: El medio ambiente y la Tecnología de la Información y Comunicación. Las actividades presentan mucho más léxico y los textos auténticos han sido actualizados.En cad...

Wat heeft John Stuart Mill ons te zeggen over de wekelijkse afdelingsvergadering? Kunnen we van Michel Foucault tips verwachten over de omgang met machts-verhoudingen op de werkvloer? En zou Charles Darwin ons kunnen leren wat het begrip 'duurzaamheid' betekent?

Goudmijn van het denken plaatst de filosofie midden in de dagelijkse beroepspraktijk. Marli Huijer en Frank Meester poetsten eeuwenoude en recentere goudklompjes van het denken zorgvuldig op, zodat ze opnieuw schitteren en hun licht k...

This brief history of America will span the earliest migrations to the present, reflecting Paul S. Boyer's interests in social, intellectual, and cultural history, including popular culture and religion. It will reflect his personal view of American history, in which a sense of paradox and irony loom large.

While noting positive achievements-political, economic, social, and cultural-he will also discuss the United States's failures to live up to its oft-statedideals; although America has figu...

Policy making is a political struggle over values and ideas. By exposing the paradoxes that underlie even seemingly straightforward policy decisions, Policy Paradox shows students that politics cannot be cleansed from the process in favor of "rationality." Author Deborah Stone has fully revised and updated this popular text, which now includes many paradoxes that have arisen since September 11. Examples throughout the book have been updated, and the prose has been streamlined to make a great ...

With its unique approach, Visualizing Physical Geography 2nd Edition captures the reader's attention and demonstrates why physical geography is relevant to them. It relies heavily on the integration of National Geographic and other visuals with narrative to explore key concepts. New emphasis is placed on environmental issues, such as climate change, overpopulation and deforestation, from a geographical perspective.

Readers will appreciate this approach because it vividly illustrates the inter...

Als (aankomend) professional kom je vaak terecht in complexe organisaties, waar veel flexibiliteit en verantwoordelijkheid voor je eigen ontwikkeling wordt gevraagd. Dat vereist een hoge mate van kennis en inzicht in je eigen kwaliteiten en de wijze waarop je deze kunt inzetten in de samenwerking met anderen. De volgende vragen spelen daarbij een belangrijke rol:

* Wat zijn mijn unieke kwaliteiten?

* Hoe kan ik ervoor zorgen dat ik de kans krijg om deze kwaliteiten in te zetten?

* Hoe kan ik ze ...

Dit boek leidt de sales- of key-accountmanager door het proces van het maken van een verkoop- of key-accountplan dat aansluit bij de eisen en mogelijkheden van het tweede decennium van deze eeuw.

The new and extended Second Edition of the award-winning textbook Sustainability Marketing: A Global Perspective provides a sustainability-oriented vision of marketing for the twenty-first century. Adopting a a consumer marketing focus, it emphasises integrating sustainability principles into both marketing theory and the practical decision making of marketing managers. The book shows how the complexities of sustainability issues can be addressed by marketers through a systematic step-by-step...