Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: A new series of short, specialist English courses for professions such as human resources, and marketing and advertising, and work skills such as telephoning, meetings, and presentations.
Скачать книгу (размер 932 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 184) Аннотация: Michael Faraday is one of the best known scientific figures of all time. Known as the discoverer of electro-magnetic induction, the principle behind the electric generator and transformer, he has frequently been portrayed as the father of electrical engineering from whence much of his popular fame derives. This Very Short Introduction dispels the myth that Faraday was an experimental genius…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 176 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 624) Аннотация: More than a century after the Norman Conquest, England remains a colony of foreign warlords. The dissolute Prince John plots to seize his brother's crown, his barons terrorize the country, and the mysterious outlaw Robin Hood haunts the ancient greenwood. The secret return of King Richard and the disinherited Saxon knight, Ivanhoe, heralds the start of a splendid and tumultuous romance, featuring…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: At the centre of Hide and Seek (1854) a secret waits to be revealed. Why should the apparently respectable painter Valentine Blyth refuse to account for the presence in his household of the beautiful girl known as Madonna? It is not until his young friend Zack Thorpe, who is in rebellion against his repressive father, gets into bad company and meets a mysterious stranger that the secret of…
Скачать книгу (размер 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 40) Аннотация: An exceptionally strong skills training programme which covers language skills, phonics, and civic education skills.
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.
Скачать книгу (размер 769 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 152) Аннотация: What were the landscapes of the past like? What will landscapes look like in the future? Landscapes are all around us, but most of us know very little about how they have developed, what goes on in them, and how they react to changing climates, tectonics and human activities. Examining what landscape is, and how we use a range of ideas and techniques to study it, Andrew Goudie and Heather Viles…
Скачать книгу (размер 361 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 72) Аннотация: Well, Yusuf, are you sure that you want to be a soldier? I'll do my best, Uncle. When Yusuf went to Aleppo to learn to fight under General Shirkuh, no one knew what this young man would do with his life. But years later, Yusuf became the great and chivalrous general, Saladin — the man who helped to bring Muslims together to win back the holy city of Jerusalem from the Franks. This is his story...
Скачать книгу (размер 279 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 56) Аннотация: An exceptionally strong skills training programme which covers language skills, phonics, and civic education skills.
Скачать книгу (размер 361 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 72) Аннотация: It is the year 1627, and young d'Artagnan comes to Paris with a dream to become a King's Musketeer. Three of these brave soldiers Porthos, Athos and Aramis soon become his friends. After a short time d'Artagnan has fallen in love and into great danger. Can the three musketeers and d'Artagnan fight against the evil plans of the beautiful Milady and the cruel Cardinal Richelieu?
Скачать книгу (размер 279 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 56) Аннотация: An exceptionally strong skills training programme which covers language skills, phonics, and civic education skills.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: Sybil, or The Two Nations is one of the finest novels to depict the social problems of class-ridden Victorian England. The book's publication in 1845 created a sensation, for its immediacy and readability brought the plight of the working classes sharply to the attention of the reading public. The 'two nations' of the alternative title are the rich and poor, so disparate in their opportunities…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: You ask what is the proper measure of wealth? The best measure is to have what is necessary, and next best, to have enough. Keep well! The letters written by the Stoic philosopher and tragedian Seneca to his friend Lucilius are in effect moral essays, whose purpose is to reinforce Lucilius' struggle to achieve wisdom and serenity, uninfluenced by worldly emotions. Seneca advises his friend on how…
Скачать книгу (размер 279 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 56) Аннотация: An exceptionally strong skills training programme which covers language skills, phonics, and civic education skills.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: This is a new verse translation of Lucretius's only known work, a didactic poem written in six books of hexameters. Melville's particularly literal translation of the use of metaphor is especially helpful to those looking at the text from a scientific or philosophical point of view.
Скачать книгу (размер 279 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 56) Аннотация: It's London, 1666. It's a hot, dry summer. A small fire starts in a baker's shop in Pudding Lane. Soon the city of London is burning and the fire-fighters can't stop the fire. People are running from their houses down to the River Thames. But how does the fire begin and who can stop it? What is the King of England doing to help?
Скачать книгу (размер 279 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 56) Аннотация: The Happy Prince is a beautiful golden statue high up on a column in the city. Everyone loves him. He Feels sad about the city's poor people, but what can he do? He can't leave his column. Then the swallow arrives, and helps the Happy Prince to do many good things. But what about the swallow's dream of flying to Egypt? And what does the Mayor do when the Happy Prince loses all his gold?
Скачать книгу (размер 279 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 56) Аннотация: Hercules is the strongest man in the world, but one day he does something very bad. The priestess at Delphi tells him: The gods are angry with you. For twelve years you must work for King Eurystheus, and do twelve tasks for him. When you finish, the gods can forgive your crime. Some tasks are easier, and some tasks are more difficult. Can Hercules finish all twelve of them? And what happens when…
Скачать книгу (размер 279 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 56) Аннотация: In Hamburg, Germany, Professor Otto Lidenbrock comes home with an old Icelandic book. In it there is a message about a journey to the centre of the Earth. This is the beginning of one of Jules Vernes most exciting stories. Is this message true? We must go to Iceland and see! says Lidenbrock excitedly. But his nephew, Axel, wants to stay at home. Can Lidenbrock and Axel and their Icelandic guide,…
Скачать книгу (размер 279 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 56) Аннотация: Zoe Baker works in a bookstore. She also likes acting, and she has a part in the play Romeo and Juliet. Mike Morrison writes about the play for the newspaper. What does he write about Zoe? Is Zoe a good actress... or is she just a pretty face? What does Zoe think when she reads the newspaper? What does she do?