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Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Four-skills American English course with a communicative methodology, engaging texts, and a strong pronunciation syllabus — designed to get students speaking.

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Скачать книгу (размер 1 585 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 312) Аннотация: The Oresteian trilogy (`Agamemnon`, `Libation Bearers`, `Eumenides`) established the themes of Greek tragedy — the inexorable nature of Fate, the relationship between justice, revenge, and religion. The plays dramatize the murder of Agamemnon by his wife Clytemnestra, the revenge of her son Orestes, and his judgement by the court of Athens.

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Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Captain Teachum has a reputation as a wicked and terrible pirate. He has, so his readers are told, led a life of crime: capturing ships, making his enemies walk the plank, and burying stolen treasure all over the world. But then we discover some unexpected secrets about Captain Teachum's home life: he is more than a little hen-pecked, he has twenty five children, and his memory is rather…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 686 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 528) Аннотация: The Federalist Papers comprise eighty-five essays written to persuade New Yorkers to ratify the Constitution of the United States in 1787-8. Written by key players in the American Revolution, they made a case for a new, united nation. They are the most important work of political thought to have come out of America.

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Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Here are five of the best-loved fables of La Fontaine simply retold and sumptuously illustrated by Brian Wildsmith, an internationally acclaimed picture-book writer and artist. We meet a boastful hare as he challenges a slow-and-steady tortoise to a race. We see how a bag of coins threatens to rob a simple shoemaker of his happiness. We discover that the Sun's gentle warmth is more than a match…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 768 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 544) Аннотация: Great Expectations includes some of Dickens`s most memorable characters — Magwitch, Miss Havisham, Estella — encountered by young Pip as he grows into adulthood. This edition features a wide-ranging introduction, Dickens`s working notes, the original ending and the definitive Clarendon text.

Скачать книгу (размер 284 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 57) Аннотация: Victor Frankenstein thinks he has found the secret of life. He takes parts from dead people and builds a new man. But this monster is so big and frightening that everyone runs away from him — even Frankenstein himself! The monster is like an enormous baby who needs love. But nobody gives him love, and soon he learns to hate. And, because he is so strong, the next thing he learns is how to kill...

Скачать книгу (размер 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 40) Аннотация: Professor Puffendorf is a world-class inventor: where would any of us be without her Unburnable Toast or her Smell-o-Telephone? She shares her laboratory with her much-loved guinea pig, Chip, and Enzo, her rather lazy assistant. One day, when the professor goes out to address a conference, Enzo opens her 'top secret' cabinet. Inside he discovers an array of potions promising to deliver anything…

Скачать книгу (размер 279 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 56) Аннотация: In a house in Oxford three people are having breakfast — Carol, her husband Jan, and his father Josef. They are talking about Prague, because Carol wants them all to go there for Christmas. Josef was born in Prague, but he left his home city when he was a young man. He is an old man now, and he would like to see Prague again before he dies. But he is afraid. He still remembers another Christmas…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Oh! Monsieur is Persian? That's most extraordinary! How can someone be Persian? Two Persian travellers, Usbek and Rica, arrive in Paris just before the death of Louis XIV and in time to witness the hedonism and financial crash of the Regency. In their letters home they report on visits to the theatre and scientific societies, and observe the manners and flirtations of polite society, the…

Скачать книгу (размер 335 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 67) Аннотация: For fifty years after Dr Watson's death, a packet of papers, written by the doctor himself, lay hidden in a locked box. The papers contained an extraordinary report of the case of Jack the Ripper and the horrible murders in the East End of London in 1888. The detective, of course, was the great Sherlock Holmes — but why was the report kept hidden for so long? This is the story that Sir Arthur…

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Deep in the ocean lives a fish whose wishes come true! He wishes for all sorts of crazy things — a castle, a car, and even fine clothes to wear. But he is a rather foolish fish and one day he wishes to be just like all the other fish... perhaps this will be the one wish he wishes he never wished! The rhythmical text is great to read aloud and Korky Paul's illustrations take to you to a crazy…