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Скачать книгу (размер 1 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 236) Аннотация: Jean Racine (1639-99) remains to this day the greatest of French poetic dramatists. Britannicus (1669), the first play in this volume, takes its themes from Roman history: the setting is bloody and treacherous court of the Emperor Nero. Phaedra (1677) dramatizes the Greek myth of Phaedra's doomed love for her stepson Hippolytus. Athaliah (1691), Racine's last and perhaps finest play, draws on the…

Скачать книгу (размер 4 379 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 860) Аннотация: This story deals with the imperfect workings of the legal system in the trial and acquittal of Lady Mason. Trollope wrote in his Autobiography that his friends considered this the best I have written.

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Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Logic is often perceived as having little to do with the rest of philosophy, and even less to do with real life. In this lively and accessible introduction, Graham Priest shows how wrong this conception is. He explores the philosophical roots of the subject, explaining how modern formal logic deals with issues ranging from the existence of God and the reality of time to paradoxes of probability…

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Peter Singer identifies the central vision that unifies Marx's thought, enabling us to grasp Marx's views as a whole. He sees him as a philosopher primarily concerned with human freedom, rather than as an economist or a social scientist. He explains alienation, historical materialism, the economic theory of Capital, and Marx's ideas of communism, in plain English, and concludes with an assessment…

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Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: Socrates has a unique position in the history of philosophy. It is no exaggeration to say that had it not been for his influence on Plato, the whole development of Western philosophy might have bee unimaginably different. Yet Socrates wrote nothing himself, and our knowledge of him is derived primarily from the engaging and infuriating figure who appears in Plato's dialogues. In this book,…

Скачать книгу (размер 442 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 88) Аннотация: Every level of English File builds confidence and keeps motivation high with lively, achievable lessons, using humour and imagination to encourage students to communicate and enjoy learning English. — Vocabulary Banks: easy-access vocabulary sections help students to remember words and phrases. — Illustrated pronunciation system.

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: Darwin's theory that our ancestors were apes caused a furore in the scientific world and outside it when The Origin of Species was published in 1859. Arguments still rage about the implications of his evolutionary theory, and scepticism about the value of Darwin's contribution to knowledge is widespread. In this analysis of Darwin's major insights and arguments, Jonathan Howard reasserts the…

Скачать книгу (размер 774 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 153) Аннотация: Common Indian Wild Flowers is a superbly illustrated field guide to the indigenous flora of the Indian plains and peninsula. The book contains 240 photographs of common Indian wild flowers with explanatory notes on the size, habit, habitat, distribution and other interesting features. The species have been arranged in taxonomic sequence, and common names in English and regional names have also…

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) revolutionized the way in which we think about ourselves. From its beginnings as a theory of neurosis, Freud developed psycho-analysis into a general psychology which became widely accepted as the predominant mode of discussing personality and interpersonal relationships.

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Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: There are many stories we can tell about the past, and we are not, perhaps, as free as we might imagine in our choice of which stories to tell, or where those stories end. John Arnold's Very Short Introduction is a stimulating essay about how we study and understand history. The book begins by inviting us to think about various questions provoked by our investigation of history, and explores the…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 390 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 470) Аннотация: She wanted to swim far out, where no woman had swum before. Kate Chopin was one of the most individual and adventurous of nineteenth-century american writers, whose fiction explored new and often startling territory. When her most famous story, The Awakening, was first published in 1899, it stunned readers with its frank portrayal of the inner word of Edna Pontellier, and its daring criticisms of…

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Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: A topic-based, three-level course which takes a fresh look at the needs and learning styles of young teenagers. Student's Book: — eight topic-based units providing balanced coverage of all four skills — a 'Grammar Help' section, providing consolidation and support — student learning objectives and self-evaluation — a 'Communication Bank' with mixed-ability pair and groupwork tasks

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: Pippi Longstocking is one of the most popular children's characters of all time and is still much loved by millions of children today. This anniversary edition of Pippi Longstocking Goes Aboard will introduce Pippi and her adventurous spirit to a whole new generation of readers. Nine year old Pippi is an unusual and unpredictable character, she lives alone with a monkey, a horse, and no rules…