John Escott crafts compelling narratives, often delving into the crime and mystery thriller genres. His works, whether original creations or adaptations, are designed to engage readers of all ages, particularly students. With a distinctive style, Escott focuses on building immersive plots that satisfy a reader's appetite for suspense and intrigue.
This introductory text provides an authoritative guide to the key ideas of Max Weber, charting the development of his ideas and placing them in context of his life and times, offering a primer that will form the basis of further, more detailed, reading.
Lobbying and political interest groups occupy an ambivalent place in advanced democracies. This insightful book injects a new sociological understanding of politics and policy. As the book convincingly reveals, a sociological understanding of lobbying and interest groups illustrates the edges and boundaries of representative democracy itself--
Ricardo and Gisela are going home to Rio. Gisela likes reading and quiet people. Ricardo likes noise ... and he likes Gisela. In Rio, a thief takes Gisela's bag. What can Ricardo do? Niveau A1 Ab Klasse 5 Mit integrierten Übungen im Buch MP3-Audio-CD Zusätzliches Übungsmaterial für den Lehrer zum Download über www.langenscheidt.de/pearson
A unique contribution to discussions of social theory, this book examines pre-20th century histories and discussions that culminated in the classical period of sociology, how they were lost, and why they remain important today.
Pete and Carla are students. One day they look at some very old coins and stamps in a shop. Pete wants to buy some stamps, but they are very expensive. Later that day some coins are missing from the shop - and the shopkeeper wants to find Pete. Niveau A1 Ab Klasse 6 Mit integrierten Übungen im Buch MP3-Audio-CD Zusätzliches Übungsmaterial für den Lehrer zum Download über www.langenscheidt.de/pearson
Johnny English is a Secret Service agent. He often makes very bad mistakes. But now he's got an important job: security for the Queen and her crown. There are problems - a lot of problems. But is Johnny English England's only hope? Niveau A2 Ab Klasse 7 Mit integrierten Übungen im Buch Zusätzliches Übungsmaterial für den Lehrer zum Download über www.langenscheidt.de/pearson
Bernardo likes hats. One day he buys a new hat at a street market and people laugh at it. Why do you want another hat, Bernardo? his wife says to him. You have twenty. But what can she do?
This is Nicky's first visit to New York. He is going to stay with his aunt, but she is not at the airport. Some older boys on motorbikes play a dangerous game with him. Not long after he arrives, the police are looking for Nicky. Can he find his aunt before the police find him? Niveau A2 Ab Klasse 7 Mit integrierten Übungen im Buch Zusätzliches Übungsmaterial für den Lehrer zum Download über www.langenscheidt.de/pearson
Greg is a porter at the Shepton Hotel in New York. When a girl with beautiful green eyes asks him for help, Greg can’t say no. The girl’s name is Cassie, and she says she is an artist. She tells Greg that her stepfather has her sketchbooks, and now she wa