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Скачать книгу (размер 3 339 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 656) Аннотация: This classic story of high adventure, manic obsession, and metaphysical speculation was Melville's masterpiece. The tale of Captain Ahab's frantic pursuit of the cunning and notorious white whale Moby Dick, is packed with drama, and draws heavily on the author's own experiences on the high seas. This edition includes passages from Melville's correspondence with Nathaniel Hawthorne, in which the…

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Скачать книгу (размер 442 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 88) Аннотация: Thomas Gradgrind believes that facts and money are more important than feelings and imagination. After Cissy Jupe a circus child is left alone in the world, Gradgrind takes her into his house, looking after her and teaching her facts with his own children Tom and Louisa. Some years later the Gradgrind family meets hard times. Louisa becomes a prisoner in a loveless marriage, and Tom has problems…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: Hamlet's combination of violence and introspection is unusual among Shakespeare's tragedies. It is also full of curious riddles and fascinating paradoxes, making it one of his most widely discussed plays. Professor Hibbard's illuminating and original introduction explains the process by which variant texts were fused in the eighteenth century to create the most commonly used text of today.…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: From the mathematics of mazes, to cones with a twist, and the amazing sphericon — and how to make one — Ian Stewart is back with more mathematical stories and puzzles that are as quirky as they are fascinating, and each from the cutting edge of the world of mathematics. We find out about the mathematics of time travel, explore the shape of teardrops (which are not tear-drop shaped, but something…

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Скачать книгу (размер 442 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 88) Аннотация: Let's go see the West, said Pa. 'The land is flat and the grass grows thick and high. Animals run freely and there are no settlers. Only Indians live there.' So, more than a hundred years ago, the Ingalls family went by covered wagon into Kansas — Indian Territory. This is the true story of how they lived in those exciting, difficult, and sometimes dangerous, times.

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Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: The Oxford First Learner's French Dictionary is a bilingual French dictionary, the perfect reference tool for teaching Modern Languages as part of the curriculum to pupils aged 7-11. This alphabetical dictionary has a colour user-friendly design, the alphabet down the side of each page, and colour headwords that lead the pupil straight to the translation they are looking for. It gives core…

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Скачать книгу (размер 442 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 88) Аннотация: 'Why shouldn't we offer to take care of her? She could live with us at Mansfield.' In this way Mrs Norris persuades her sister, Lady Bertram, and Lady Bertram's husband, Sir Thomas, to ask their poor niece Fanny Price to live with them at Mansfield Park. At first Fanny is unhappy there. Then, after she makes friends with her young cousins, things improve. But what happens when the cousins are…

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Скачать книгу (размер 442 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 88) Аннотация: The Moonstone is a beautiful yellow diamond that was stolen from the statue of a Moon god in India. When Franklin Blake brings it to Rachel Verinders house in Yorkshire for her birthday, it brings bad luck with it. How many people will the Moonstone hurt? How many must die before the diamonds revenge is complete?

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: There are many debates about utopia — What constitutes a utopia? Are utopias benign or dangerous? Is the idea of utopianism essential to Christianity or heretical? What is the relationship between utopia and ideology? This Very Short Introduction explores these issues and examines utopianism and its history. Lyman Sargent discusses the role of utopianism in literature, and in the development of…

Скачать книгу (размер 279 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 56) Аннотация: The Audio CD Pack contains a copy of the book along with an audio CD with a recording of the complete text in both British and American English. Listen and read to discover all about great animal migrations... Why do animals migrate? How do they find their way?