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Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Why are there so few Muslim terrorists? With more than a billion Muslims in the world — many of whom supposedly hate the West and ardently desire martyrdom — why don't we see terrorist attacks every day? Where are the missing martyrs? In this startlingly counterintuitive book, a leading authority on Islamic movements demonstrates that terrorist groups are thoroughly marginal in the Muslim world.…

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Скачать книгу (размер 254 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 51) Аннотация: What are the most beautiful, the most interesting, the most wonderful things in the world? The Great Pyramid, the Great Wall of China, the Panama Canal — everyone has their favourites. And there are natural wonders too — Mount Everest, Niagara Falls, and the Northern Lights, for example. Here is one person's choice of eleven wonders. Some of them are made by people, and others are natural.…

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Скачать книгу (размер 3 584 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 704) Аннотация: The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance is based on the celebrated Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance. It covers styles and movements, buildings, organizations, and traditions from the world of live performance as well as biographies of actors, playwrights, directors, and designers including the prominent people and companies in the industry today. Popular and accessible in…

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Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: My friends have all got fun cats. They jump, and chase, and play and hunt. But my cat doesn't do any of those things. My cat just sleeps. A charming story of one little girl and her beloved, sleepy cat. She can't help but compare him to all her friends' cats who do exciting things, when all her cat does is snooze. But why exactly is he so sleepy? Is there something about him that his owner…

Скачать книгу (размер 687 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 136) Аннотация: A pre-intermediate course for students studying for a career in the oil and gas industries, who will need English to communicate at work.

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Скачать книгу (размер 932 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 184) Аннотация: What is literary theory? Is there a relationship between literature and culture? In fact, what is literature, and does it matter? These are some of questions addressed by Jonathan Culler in this Very Short Introduction to literary theory. Often a controversial subject, said to have transformed the study of culture and society in the past two decades, literary theory is accused of undermining…