Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: From subtle discrimination in everyday life and scandals in politics, to incidents like lynchings in the American South, cultural imperialism, and 'ethnic cleansing', racism exists in many different forms, in almost every facet of society. But what actually is race? How has racism come to be so firmly established? Why do so few people actually admit to being racist? How are race, ethnicity, and…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Our virtues are, most often, only vices in disguise. Deceptively brief and insidiously easy to read, La Rochefoucauld's shrewd, unflattering analyses of human behaviour have influenced writers, thinkers, and public figures as various as Voltaire, Proust, de Gaulle, Nietzsche, and Conan Doyle. The author gave himself the following advice: The reader's best policy is to assume that none of these…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: The problem of the twentieth-century is the problem of the color-line. Originally published in 1903, The Souls of Black Folk is a classic study of race, culture, and education at the turn of the twentieth century. With its singular combination of essays, memoir, and fiction, this book vaulted W. E. B. Du Bois to the forefront of American political commentary and civil rights activism. The Souls…
Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: In Kabbalah: A Very Short Introduction, Joseph Dan, one of the world's leading authorities on Jewish mysticism, offers a concise and highly accurate look at the history and character of the various systems developed by the adherents of the Kabbalah. Dan sheds light on the many misconceptions about what Kabbalah is and isn't — including its connections to magic, astronomy, alchemy, and numerology…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Nathan loves pirates — his days are spent dreaming about them and wondering what it would be like to be one. Anything to brighten up his grey and dreary existence. So when Tamo White, the son of a real-life pirate, suggests that Nathan go home with him to Madagascar, it is too good a chance to miss. There's just one problem... Nathan's sister, Maud. He can't leave her behind but will she really…
Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: We are delighted to be reissuing this lovely book, with new cover artwork from Ian Beck. It's a collection of singing and dancing games that children will just love to learn. Many traditional favourites are here, including 'Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush', 'Ring-a-Ring O'Roses', and 'The Grand Old Duke of York' — and they are all charmingly illustrated by Ian Beck. Each game also has…
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Here is a wonderful collection of poems about every kind of pet you can think of, with zany full-colour illustrations by the inimitable Korky Paul. From hamsters with headaches to fish with the flu and from whales in the bath to a little plastic cyber pet, here are pets pleasant, potty, and plain peculiar! Children will love the humour that runs throughout, and the book is a great introduction to…
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: It's Winnie's birthday and she's celebrating in style with a garden party. She uses all sorts of magic to invite the guests and transform her garden into the perfect party venue. There are presents to unwrap and games to play but then things start to go wrong when Winnie toots on the magic trumpet that cousin Cuthbert has given her. All her guests disappear! Winnie's party is suddenly in danger…
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Here is a collection of fabulously funny poems put together by John Foster and illustrated with creative genius by Korky Paul. There are poems by a range of authors about all kinds of football matches — including meteorite footballs, football on the moon, a witches versus wizard's football match, the goalie with expanding hands, and the Stone Age man who invented football. Guaranteed to delight,…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 268 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 446) Аннотация: This edition brings together four eighteenth-century comedies that illustrate the full variety of the century's drama. Fielding's The Modern Husband, written before the 1737 Licensing Act that restricted political and social comment, depicts wife-pandering and widespread social corruption. In Garrick and Colman's The Clandestine Marriage two lovers marry in defiance of parental wishes and rue the…
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: It's just after midnight. Winnie has gone to bed and is snoring peacefully when Wilbur is woken by a strange noise. He goes downstairs to investigate and, to his horror, discovers a baby dragon squeezing through his cat-flap! Wilbur is not impressed by the scaly visitor, especially when it starts chasing him around Winnie's house. But the baby dragon just wants to play and, in his exuberance,…
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Flies are a nuisance. They are annoying when they buzz around you, but you can brush them away with your hand. After all, a fly is only about half the size of your fingernail. But suppose it wasn't. Catch a fly and look at it closely — look at its head, its eyes, its legs. Now imagine that this thing was the size of a human being... These eight stories offer horror in many shapes and forms, in…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Pippi Longstocking is nine years old. She has just moved into Villa Villekulla where she lives all by herself with a horse, a monkey, and a big suitcase full of gold coins. The grown-ups in the village try to make Pippi behave in ways that they think a little girl should, but Pippi has other ideas. She would much rather spend her days arranging wild, exciting adventures to enjoy with her…
Скачать книгу (размер 310 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 62) Аннотация: The only course that combines reading and vocabulary skills with Extensive Reading and fluency.
Скачать книгу (размер 279 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 56) Аннотация: In a city in Arabia there lives a boy called Aladdin. He is poor and often hungry, but one day he finds an old lamp. When he rubs the lamp, smoke comes out of it, and then out of the smoke comes a magical jinnee. With the jinnee's help, Aladdin is soon rich, with gold and jewels and many fine things. But can he win the love of the Sultan's daughter, the beautiful Princess Badr-al-Budur?
Скачать книгу (размер 310 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 62) Аннотация: The only course that combines reading and vocabulary skills with Extensive Reading and fluency.
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 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 80) Аннотация: Designed for learners who want to make effective progress in a short time, this course concentrates on developing fluency, refreshing key grammar areas, and extending vocabulary. 40-60 hours per level.
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: The Oxford Bookworms Library provides superb reading and student / teacher support for the classroom, and is also highly recommended for schools running Extensive Reading Programmes, offering the right range of books that encourage students to read for pleasure. Everybody wants to win the lottery. A million pounds, perhaps five million, even ten million. How wonderful! Emma Carter buys a ticket…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 200) Аннотация: Chaos exists in systems all around us. Even the simplest system of cause and effect can be subject to chaos, denying us accurate predictions of its behaviour, and sometimes giving rise to astonishing structures of large-scale order. Our growing understanding of Chaos Theory is having fascinating applications in the real world — from technology to global warming, politics, human behaviour, and…