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Aron Stephen: The American West

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: «Part geographical location, part time period, and part state of mind, the American West is a concept often invoked but rarely defined. Though popular culture has carved out a short and specific time and place for the region, author and longtime Californian Stephen Aron tracks «the West» from the building of the Cahokia Mounds around 900 AD to the post-World War II migration to California. His…

Lewis Gill: Scarlet Ibis

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Red asks, Will we always be together? Always, I say. Just you and me in that little boat, watching the scarlet ibis flying back to the Caroni Swamp. Scarlet's used to looking after her brother, Red. He's special — different. Every night she tells him his favourite story — about the day they'll fly far away to the Caroni Swamp in Trinidad, where thousands of birds fill the sky. But when Scarlet…

Smith Stephen: Taxation

Скачать книгу (размер 769 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 152) Аннотация: Taxation is crucial to the functioning of the modern state. Tax revenues pay for public services — roads, the courts, defence, welfare assistance to the poor and elderly, and in many countries much of health care and education too. More than one third of national income in the industrialized (OECD) countries is on average taken in taxation. Taxes affect individuals in many ways. Taxes paid on…

Radner Karen: Ancient Assyria

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Assyria was one of the most influential kingdoms of the Ancient Near East. In this Very Short Introduction, Karen Radner sketches the history of Assyria from city state to empire, from the early 2nd millennium BC to the end of the 7th century BC. Since the archaeological rediscovery of Assyria in the mid-19th century, its cities have been excavated extensively in Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Israel,…

Lipsey Richard: Economics: 13th Edition

Скачать книгу (размер 3 829 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 752) Аннотация: Fully updated, but maintaining its rigorous approach, the thirteenth edition of Economics guides students through the core principles of micro and macroeconomics, building firm foundations of understanding. Clear explanations ensure that students master each key concept before practical illustrations show how these ideas are applied in reality. Each topic is made easy to grasp through the use of…

Byrne Richard: This Book Just Ate My Dog

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: In this wonderfully inventive book, Bella is taking her dog for a stroll across the page but halfway across, he disappears! Unable to quite believe what's just happened Bella watches, transfixed, with changing emotions of surprise, indignation, moments of renewed hope (as the authorities arrive to take control) followed by shock (as they too succumb to the book's inexplicable behaviour) and…

Andrew M. Colman: A Dictionary of Psychology

Скачать книгу (размер 4 563 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 896) Аннотация: Including more than 11,000 definitions, this authoritative and up-to-date dictionary covers all branches of psychology. Clear, concise descriptions for each entry offer extensive coverage of key areas including cognition, sensation and perception, emotion and motivation, learning and skills, language, mental disorder, and research methods. The range of entries extends to related disciplines…

Molnar Peter: Plate Tectonics

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: The 1960s revealed a new and revolutionary idea in geological thought: that the continents drift with respect to one another. After having been dismissed for decades as absurd, the concept gradually became part of geology's basic principles. We now know that the Earth's crust and upper mantle consist of a small number of rigid plates that move, and there are significant boundaries between pairs…

Klenerman Leslie: Human Anatomy

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: A vast subject that includes a strange vocabulary and an apparent mass of facts, human anatomy can at first appear confusing and off-putting. But the basic construction of the human body — the skeleton, the organs of the chest and abdomen, the nervous system, the head and neck with its sensory systems and anatomy for breathing and swallowing — is vital for anyone studying medicine, biology, and…

Stephenson Barry: Ritual

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: Ritual is part of what it means to be human. Like sports, music, and drama, ritual defines and enriches culture, putting those who practice it in touch with sources of value and meaning larger than themselves. Ritual is unavoidable, yet it holds a place in modern life that is decidedly ambiguous. What is ritual? What does it do? Is it useful? What are the various kinds of ritual? Is ritual…

Ronald De Sousa: Love

Скачать книгу (размер 769 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 152) Аннотация: Although there are many kinds of love, erotic love has been celebrated in art and poetry as life's most rewarding and exalting experience, worth living and dying for and bringing out the best in ourselves. And yet it has excused, and even been thought to justify, the most reprehensible crimes. Why should this be? This Very Short Introduction explores this and other puzzling questions. Do we love…

Holmes Leslie: Corruption

Скачать книгу (размер 850 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 168) Аннотация: Corruption is one of the biggest global issues, ahead of extreme poverty, unemployment, the rising cost of food and energy, climate change, and terrorism. It is thought to be one of the principal causes of poverty around the globe. Its significance in the contemporary world cannot be undervalued. In this Very Short Introduction, Leslie Holmes looks the history of corruption across the millennia…

Edge Christopher: How to Write Your Best Story Ever!

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Inspired by the thousands of amazing stories sent in to the BBC Radio 2 500 Words competition, this book is a humorous and authoritative book that will awaken the author in every child, unlocking their story ideas and giving them hints and tips to create their own stories. For children aged 13 and under, this book is written in a fun, engaging, and inspirational style which will help all readers…

Burns Tom: Psychotherapy

Скачать книгу (размер 769 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 152) Аннотация: Psychotherapy and counselling are now widely available to help people overcome emotional and psychological difficulties in their lives. They involve spending time with a professional in an emotionally safe and structured relationship to explore and express the issues that cause distress and difficulty, whether long term self-doubts, relationship problems, or the impact of a trauma or crisis. As a…

Oxford Better Spelling: Age 9-11

Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Simple and easy to use on a daily basis, this neat spelling book provides 3000 words for each year, from age 9 through to 11 years, in manageable chunks. 5-a-day plus extra to consolidate makes learning to spell tricky words easy. Using the Oxford Children's Corpus to target words that children most frequently misspell, along with the Primary Curriculum spelling lists, children will learn all the…

The New Nuclear Forensics: Analysis of Nuclear Materials for Security Purposes

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Nuclear material changes its form and properties as it moves through the nuclear fuel cycle, from one facility to another. Each step of the fuel cycle or each use of the material will inevitably leave its mark. The science of determining the history of a sample of nuclear material through the study of these characteristics is known as nuclear forensics. While nuclear forensic analysis has…

Woolf Virginia: A Room of One's Own and Three Guineas

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: 'Intellectual freedom depends on material things. Poetry depends on intellectual freedom. And women have always been poor...' In these two classic essays of feminist literature, Woolf argues passionately for women's intellectual freedom and their role in challenging the drive towards fascism and conflict. In A Room of One's Own she explores centuries of limitations placed on women, as well as…

Oxford Better Spelling: Age 7-9

Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Simple and easy to use on a daily basis, this neat spelling book provides 3000 words for each year, from age 7 through to 9 years, in manageable chunks. 5-a-day plus extra to consolidate makes learning to spell tricky words easy. Using the Oxford Children's Corpus to target words that children most frequently misspell, along with the Primary Curriculum spelling lists, children will learn all the…

Page Alison: Oxford International Primary Computing: Student Book 1

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: Oxford International Primary Computing is a complete six year primary computing course that takes a real-life, project based approach to teaching young learners the vital computing skills they will need for the digital world. Each unit builds a series of skills towards the creation of a final project, with topics ranging from designing your own robot to programming simple games. Within each…

Thomas Valerie: Winnie's Big Bad Robot

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Winnie the Witch is very pleased when she turns her cardboard robot into a real one. Beep, beep! But when the naughty robot takes Winnie's wand, things start to get totally out of control. It's up to Wilbur, Winnie's lovable cat, to stop the magical mayhem and save the day.