Look to idée-force for these great, new releases in the spring
of 2007.

Power Patterns Companion

Same bug. Same great quality. The Companion features the same tab format as the original Power Patterns with twenty chapters, each presenting an authentic dialogue to match the specific grammar element introduced. This book complements the original and builds on each chapter for constant and meaningful review.

The Adventures of Hiroshi Kabutomushi, Series One: The West

The bug is back in one of the most exciting ESL mystery stories on the market today. This book, for advanced learners of English, offers thousands of new vocabulary grouped in four categories for easier mastery: nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. In addition, higher level conversation skills are achieved through the introduction, referenced and within context, of over 200 idioms. It’s the boredom buster of all ESL materials. "Real English is the real world." That’s idée-force working for you.

Adventures summary:

Hiroshi Kabutomushi, international business beetle, while traveling from Tokyo to Denver, Colorado, finds himself unwittingly the owner of a coveted Compact Disc. Hiroshi, a sales rep for a CD manufacturer in Japan, soon discovers that many different factions are desperately seeking to possess the mysterious CD including the Mafia, two American archaeologists, a Russian spy, and a recording company CEO. Hiroshi accidentally passes the CD into the hands of an innocent third party—one who has gained his amorous attention—who suddenly disappears. Subsequently, Hiroshi secures the services of a private investigator, Fitz Giani, and the two set out across five western American states, numerous cities, and various national parks in search of the elusive CD.