I don't use coursebooks anymore - the lesson material is generally too artificial.

For younger (and sometimes older) students, these questions/short articles may do the trick:

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/12/163-questions-to-write-or-talk-about/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/13/182-questions-to-write-or-talk-about/

BBC capital - good for the business people:

http://www.bbc.com/capital

http://iteslj.org/questions/

"The ABC's and All Their Tricks: The Complete Reference Book of Phonics and Spelling"

 Paperback by Margaret M. Bishop

ISBN-10: 0880621400

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Thanks, I don't always use course books but it can be good sometimes to base lessons on.

I'm not just interested in course books but really any which could help me be a better teacher.