Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Who will speak for the poor? Who will listen to slaves, and those who have no rights? Who will work for a future where everyone is equal? Who will give up his house, job and money to fight for people who are shut out by everyone else? I will, said Mohandas Gandhi. And he began to fight in a way the world had not seen before — not with weapons, and wild crowds, and words of hate, but with the…
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: In 1918 in the peaceful province of Transkei, South Africa, the Mandela family gave their new baby son the name Rolihlahla — troublemaker. But the young boy's early years were happy ones, and he grew up to be a good student and an enthusiastic sportsman. Who could imagine then what was waiting for Nelson Mandela — the tireless struggle for human rights, the long years in prison, the happiness and…
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: Deep rivers, tall trees, strange animals, beautiful flowers — this is the rainforest. Burning trees, thick smoke, new roads and cities, dead animals, people without homes — this is the rainforest too. To some people the rainforests mean beautiful places that you can visit; to others they mean trees that they can cut down and sell. Between 1950 and 2000 half of the world's rainforests disappeared.…
Скачать книгу (размер 279 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 56) Аннотация: It is Molly Clarkson's fiftieth birthday. She is having a party. She is rich, but she is having a small party — only four people. Four people, however, who all need the same thing: they need her money. She will not give them the money, so they are waiting for her to die. And there are other people who are also waiting for her to die. But one person can't wait. And so, on her fiftieth birthday,…
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: Cathy Wilson is driving to Norfolk, to begin her new job with the Harvey family. She is going to look after the two young children, Tim and Susan. Cathy meets the children's father, and their grandmother, and their aunt. She meets Nick, the farmer who lives across the fields. But she doesn't meet Miranda, the children's mother, because Miranda is dead. She died two years ago, and Cathy cannot…
Скачать книгу (размер 279 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 56) Аннотация: It is the year 2522, and the planet Earth is dying. The Artificial Ozone Layer is only 300 years old, but it is breaking up fast. Now the sun is burning down on Earth with a white fire. There is no water. Without water, nothing can live. Trees die, plants die, animals die, people die... In a colony under the moon, people wait for news — news from home, news from the planet Earth. And in a…
Скачать книгу (размер 208 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 42) Аннотация: Witches are dangerous. They can kill you with a look, or a word. They can send their friend the Devil after you in the shape of a dog or a cat. They can make a clay picture of you, then break it... and a few weeks later you are dead. Today, of course, most people don't believe in witches. But in 1612 everybody was afraid of them. Young Jennet Device in Lancashire knew a lot about them because she…