CD books & e-books
by Thor May

[the prices below are for e-books (choose one of six formats). CDs are $5 extra + postage, but include both print and voice (which is especially useful for the ESL materials). Prices are quoted in US$ and Korean Won. Purchases can be made by Paypal in several currencies, but not won. Korean won purchases can be made by e-mailing Thor May to get a Korean bank account number for funds transfer. e-books will be sent via internet/e-mail, and CDs posted upon receipt of payment]. See "International Payments" below for information on paying by Moneygram.

Warning : Dreamware !!! Most books by Thor below are NOT YET FOR SALE ! An e-book edition of Engish for Mechanics IS on sale on this site, and Lulu.com also has a full hardcopy paperback version. It has been sold and used successfully in a number of industrial locations. The other books are only partially constructed. Much material for many of them is already on this site. If you are seriously interested in any particular title, let me know (thormay AT yahoo.com) and I might be motivated to give it some priority.

Language Teaching Books

Aesop's Fables In Easy English Thor May

Games, Cartoons, Dialogues, Vocabulary, Crossword Puzzles, Word-find Puzzles, Classroom Activities $12

Double-talk Chants for Children of All Ages Thor May
100 chants written with ESL learners in mind, and covering the main structures of English. Attractive to many children, including native English speakers, as fun rhythm stuff $9.95

Short Texts from Oz Thor May
Short texts for learners of English. Designed for adult vocational students in Australia. $7  

English for Mechanics Thor May
Ninety-five short texts on automotive engineering topics for automotive mechanics and vocational students, including learners of English as a second language $15.00 => 1st edition available now. Full details and sample >>here <<

Last Message to Friends
Language projects for bright minds - teen to adult & advanced ESL. Written for postgraduate students in China, but easily adapted to other contexts. $7

Sell It ! - English for the Marketplace Thor May
Dialogues for commercially minded speakers of English as a second language $8

What Next ? - 100 Things for a Teacher to Do with Technical Students Thor May Dedicated to teachers on Monday mornings when all inspiration fails $8

Popup English - Dialogues & Scripts for Intermediate English Learners Thor May Created for young adults in South Korea, but easily adapted to other contexts $7

Other Books

Making Sense of China, Upside Down and Backwards Thor May
Two years in central China. The CD version includes a selective photo collection by Thor $9.95

A Photo Journal of China Thor May An eclectic collection of scenes from China, 1998-2000 [CD only] $9

The First Kettle Mountain Chronicles from Korea Thor May Miscellaneous puzzlings from an expatriate's life in Busan, South Korea. The CD version includes a selective photo collection by Thor $9

Scenes from South Korea Thor May A photo collection of contemporary images around South Korea [CD only] $9

Time Passing - An Anthology of Poems 1973-2005 Thor May
love and war, the wayfarer's path, dreams gone .. $6

The Wrong Address - Fragments from an Australasian Life Thor May biographical prose-poems with a twist $6

[special Time Passing + The Wrong Address $10]

Stumpy and the Decision Tree Thor May
The droll saga of what happens when Stumpy from Bangalamoo is hit on the head by the Viking tree of fate, Ygdrasil, as it drifts by in cyber (?) space. Doggerel in Australian dialect with sketches $8

Thor's Aphorisms Thor May Nearly everyone can be relied upon to fool themselves about nearly everything nearly all of the time. Only propagandists like this hapless writer are too dim to know it. $7

Unwise Ideas Thor May A cranky collection of unwise opinions on the human condition , perfectly illustrating the writer's failure to be a team player $6

The Atheist's Catechism Thor May
a wry attempt to arm wrestle with some of the needs that lead to religious expression $6