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Bowie Andrew: German Philosophy

Скачать книгу (размер 769 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 152) Аннотация: German philosophy remains the core of modern philosophy. Without Kant, Frege, Wittgenstein, and Husserl there would be no Anglo-American analytical style of philosophy. Moreover, without Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, and Heidegger, the 'Continental Philosophy' of Derrida, Foucault, Deleuze, Badiou, and Zizek, which has had major effects on humanities subjects in recent years, is incomprehensible.…

Martin Jacqueline: Homes Around the World (+ Audio CD)

Скачать книгу (размер 279 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 56) Аннотация: The Audio CD Pack contains a copy of the book along with an audio CD with a recording of the complete text in both British and American English. Listen and read to discover all about homes around the world... What materials are homes made of? Why do people build homes on stilts?

D. Stephen Long: Christian Ethics

Скачать книгу (размер 769 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 152) Аннотация: This Very Short Introduction to Christian ethics introduces the topic by examining its sources and historical basis. D. Stephen Long presents a discussion of the relationship between Christian ethics, modern, and postmodern ethics, and explores practical issues including sex, money, and power. Long recognises the inherent difficulties in bringing together Christian and ethics but argues that this…

Dumas Alexandre: The Count of Monte Cristo

Скачать книгу (размер 442 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 88) Аннотация: Marseille, France, 1815. It is Edmond Dantes' wedding day. But his enemies have other plans, and Edmond is arrested and sent to the terrible island prison of Chateau d'If. For fourteen long years he waits for the right moment to escape. And now Edmond is a rich man, with many disguises, and a new name. The Count of Monte Cristo begins his revenge...

Medina Sarah: Helping Around the World

Скачать книгу (размер 279 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 56) Аннотация: Read and discover all about helping around the world... Who helps refugees? What do animal charities do?

Styring James: Transportation Then and Now (+ Audio CD)

Скачать книгу (размер 279 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 56) Аннотация: The Audio CD Pack contains a copy of the book along with an audio CD with a recording of the complete text in both British and American English. Listen and read to discover all about transportation in the past and today... What were the first planes made of? How fast can solar cars travel?

Shapiro Norma: Dian and the Gorillas

Скачать книгу (размер 442 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 88) Аннотация: Over the years hunters, poachers, and war have killed many of the gorillas of central Africa. But there are still a few hundred living high in the mists of the Virunga Mountains. When Dian Fossey first saw a family of wild mountain gorillas in the Virungas she knew that she must help these wonderful animals. This true story tells of the twenty years she lived with them, watched them, wrote about…

Briggs Andy: Chaos Effect

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Something is not quite right in the Foundation's War Room. The training robots powered by Hero.com are starting to take on a life of their own. A new villain is taking control-NanoMite. This fiendish cyborg is using his nanite swarm to take control of every electric appliance on the planet. Within days he threatens to plunge the entire world back into the Dark Ages. For Toby, things are not…

Martin Jacqueline: Wild Weather (+ Audio CD)

Скачать книгу (размер 279 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 56) Аннотация: The Audio CD Pack contains a copy of the book along with an audio CD with a recording of the complete text in both British and American English. Listen and read to discover all about different types of weather... What is a hurricane? Where is the coldest place on Earth?

Casey Helen: Family and Friends 5: Workbook

Скачать книгу (размер 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 120) Аннотация: An exceptionally strong skills training programme which covers language skills, phonics, and civic education skills.

Bowler Bill: The Faithful Ghost and Other Tall Tales

Скачать книгу (размер 442 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 88) Аннотация: A 'Tall Tale' is a story that's hard to believe, and the five tall tales in this book all tell of ghosts. Some have dark secrets buried in the past, others bring messages for the living. Some are laughable, some are sad, and some are just evil. Sometimes there's a logical explanation for the strangest happenings, but often things cannot be explained by logic alone. Either way, you're sure to find…

Herman Melville: Moby Dick

Скачать книгу (размер 3 339 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 656) Аннотация: This classic story of high adventure, manic obsession, and metaphysical speculation was Melville's masterpiece. The tale of Captain Ahab's frantic pursuit of the cunning and notorious white whale Moby Dick, is packed with drama, and draws heavily on the author's own experiences on the high seas. This edition includes passages from Melville's correspondence with Nathaniel Hawthorne, in which the…

Burnie David: Countdown to Disaster

Скачать книгу (размер 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 80) Аннотация: The world is in danger! From gigantic eruptions to asteroid collisions natural disasters have the power to devastate life on Earth. Find out why these disasters occur, what effects they have on our surroundings and how likely each disaster is to strike again. Find out what we are doing to avoid disasters in the future, and how people are learning to live with the threat of an earthquake or…

Whigham David: Business Data Analysis Using Excel

Скачать книгу (размер 1 574 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 310) Аннотация: Taking a thematic approach to the use of Excel spreadsheets in introductory business data analysis, this text has been designed to explain the overall nature of what is to be achieved and also instruction in how it is to be done. The learning approach is highly interactive and enables students to develop an understanding of the power of Excel in allowing both analysis of business data sets and in…

Valerie Thomas: Winnie's Jokes

Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: How does an intruder get into Winnie's house? Intruder windows. What does an Australian witch ride on? A broomerang. With pages chock-full of Winnie's and Wilbur's favourites, Winnie's Jokes will leave children in stitches. Great for sharing with family and friends.

Dickens Charles: Hard Times

Скачать книгу (размер 442 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 88) Аннотация: Thomas Gradgrind believes that facts and money are more important than feelings and imagination. After Cissy Jupe a circus child is left alone in the world, Gradgrind takes her into his house, looking after her and teaching her facts with his own children Tom and Louisa. Some years later the Gradgrind family meets hard times. Louisa becomes a prisoner in a loveless marriage, and Tom has problems…

William Shakespeare: The Oxford Shakespeare: Hamlet

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: Hamlet's combination of violence and introspection is unusual among Shakespeare's tragedies. It is also full of curious riddles and fascinating paradoxes, making it one of his most widely discussed plays. Professor Hibbard's illuminating and original introduction explains the process by which variant texts were fused in the eighteenth century to create the most commonly used text of today.…

Ian Stewart: Cows in the Maze: And Other Mathematical Explorations

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: From the mathematics of mazes, to cones with a twist, and the amazing sphericon — and how to make one — Ian Stewart is back with more mathematical stories and puzzles that are as quirky as they are fascinating, and each from the cutting edge of the world of mathematics. We find out about the mathematics of time travel, explore the shape of teardrops (which are not tear-drop shaped, but something…

Grint Keith: Leadership

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: The subject of leadership raises many questions: What is it? How does it differ from management and command? Are leaders born or bred? Who are the leaders? Do we actually need leaders? Inevitably, the answers are provocative and partial; leadership is a hugely important topic of debate. There are constant calls for greater or stronger leadership, but what this actually means, how we can evaluate…

Laura Ingalls Wilder: Little House on the Prairie

Скачать книгу (размер 442 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 88) Аннотация: Let's go see the West, said Pa. 'The land is flat and the grass grows thick and high. Animals run freely and there are no settlers. Only Indians live there.' So, more than a hundred years ago, the Ingalls family went by covered wagon into Kansas — Indian Territory. This is the true story of how they lived in those exciting, difficult, and sometimes dangerous, times.