Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: «OpenMind Series» is a seven-level series for young adults which is based on the idea that for students to succeed in this dynamic and global world they need to become competent not only in English, but also in vital higher-order skills that apply to their academic, professional and social lives. «Mind Series» provides learners with 'language essentials', 'skills', 'lifeSkills' and 'learner…
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: «OpenMind Series» is a seven-level series for young adults which is based on the idea that for students to succeed in this dynamic and global world they need to become competent not only in English, but also in vital higher-order skills that apply to their academic, professional and social lives. «Mind Series» provides learners with 'language essentials', 'skills', 'lifeSkills' and 'learner…
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: OpenMind Series is a seven-level series for young adults based on the idea that for students to succeed in this dynamic and global world they need to become competent not only in English, but also in vital higher-order skills that apply to their academic, professional and social lives. Mind Series provides learners with 'language essentials', 'skills', 'lifeskills' and 'learner development' to…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: In Baghdad's Green Zone, an Iraqi scientist is murdered just before he is to reveal the monstrous secret weapon that Saddam Hussein took to his grave. The assassination is the work of a mysterious sniper called Juba, originally trained by the British but who now works with a twisted mastermind determined to wrest leadership of the Islamic terrorist world from Al Qaeda. Kyle Swanson, once the top…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Millions of readers around the world have relished Jeffrey Archer's short stories. Taking inspiration from his favourite short story writers — F. Scott Fitzgerald, Maupassant, H.H. Munro, W. Somerset Maugham and O. Henry — Jeffrey Archer has written five bestselling collections over the years and Macmillan are proud to announce the publication of a sixth volume of stories in May 2010. Jeffrey has…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: It is the biggest treasure hunt in history with contesting nations involved in a headlong race to locate the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. 4500 years ago, a magnificent golden capstone sat at the peak of the Great Pyramid of Giza. It was a source of immense power, reputedly capable of bestowing upon its holder absolute global power. But then it was divided into seven pieces and hidden, each…
Скачать книгу (размер 5 603 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1100) Аннотация: The Pillars of the Earth tells the story of Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, a devout and resourceful monk driven to build the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has known... of Tom, the mason who becomes his architect — a man divided in his soul... of the beautiful, elusive Lady Aliena, haunted by a secret shame... and of a struggle between good and evil that will turn church against state, and…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 200) Аннотация: Who would pay a billion dollars to humiliate America? The time, 1993. The place, Washington DC. Of the adversaries in the Gulf War, the sole survivor is Saddam Hussein. And Saddam is planning a revenge so diabolical that the United States will be left with no choice but to retaliate...
Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: The famous D-Day landings of 6 June 1944 marked the beginning of Operation Overlord, the battle for the liberation of Europe. Republished as part of the Pan Military Classics series, Max Hastings' acclaimed account overturns many traditional legends in this memorable study. Drawing together the eyewitness accounts of survivors from both sides, plus a wealth of previously untapped sources and…
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: Beautifully illustrated and appealing to both children and teachers, this six-level course is designed to meet the needs of teachers and learners who are working at a high level of English. Footprints provides a strong emphasis on cross-curricular content with clearly identified language aims that acknowledge the increasing trend towards content-based learning. Levels 1 and 2 take students on a…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: 'I need a war...' Nicolas Creel, a super-rich arms dealer, decides that the best way to boost his business is to start a new cold war — and he won't let anything or anyone get in his way. As international tensions rise and the superpowers line up against each other, the lives of three very different people will never be the same again. As intelligence agent Shaw, academic Anna Fischer and…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: It is a cold January morning and Shetland lies buried beneath a deep layer of snow. Trudging home, Fran Hunter`s eye is drawn to a vivid splash of colour on the white ground, ravens circling above. It is the strangled body of her teenage neighbour Catherine Ross. As Fran opens her mouth to scream, the ravens continue their deadly dance.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 135 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 420) Аннотация: Researching Vocabulary: A Vocabulary Research Manual is written for language researchers who want to carry out valid and reliable studies on first and second language vocabulary. The author is a well-known vocabulary researcher and he outlines the dos and don'ts of good lexical research. Practical advice is given on a wide variety of research methodologies, ranging from paper-and-pencil tests of…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: An one-stop student resource covering all aspects of studying language and linguistics from the core topics, terms and concepts of the subject to study skills and career pathways. The companion provides a gateway to wider and more specialist reading and will be an essential resource for students to turn to time and time again.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 200) Аннотация: If your dream is big enough, not even your enemies can stop you... Charlie Trumper's earliest memory is of hearing his grandfather's sales patter from behind his costermonger's barrow. When Grandpa Charlie dies, young Charlie wants nothing more than to follow in his footsteps — his burning ambition is to own a shop that will sell everything: 'The Biggest Barrow in the World'. Charlie's progress…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 200) Аннотация: Hers was the ultimate ambition... The magnificent story of love and politics that continues the saga of Kane and Abel. The titanic battle between two men obsessed with destroying each other follows on into the next generation. Florentyna Rosnovski, Abel's daughter, inherits all her father's drive, but none of his wealth. A woman gifted with beauty and spirit, but above all with indomitable will,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: The devil himself appears in Stalin's Moscow, disguised as a magician and accompanied by various demons (including a naked girl and a huge black cat who packs a gun), in Mikhail Bulgakov's acidly satirical masterpiece. They succeed in comically befuddling a population that denies the devil's existence, even as it is confronted with the diabolic results of his handiwork. Only the Master, a man…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 411 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 278) Аннотация: Inspector Salvatore Montalbano wakes from strange dreams to find a gruesomely bludgeoned horse carcass in front of his seaside home. When his men came to investigate, the carcass has disappeared, leaving only a trail in the sand. Then his home is ransacked and the inspector is certain that the crimes are linked. As he negotiates both the glittering underworld of horseracing and the Mafia's…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 717 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 534) Аннотация: As a young conscripted soldier, Rufus Harms was jailed for the brutal killing of a schoolgirl. Yet, after twenty-five hard years of incarceration, a stray letter from the US army reveals new facts about the night of the murder — and the evil secret shared by some of Washington`s most powerful men. Fearful for his life, Harms seizes his one chance to escape. But within hours the only people who…
Скачать книгу (размер 442 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 88) Аннотация: «The final volume in the series drawn by Tove Jansson «Moomin Book Five: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip» features the final strips drawn by Tove Jansson and written by her brother Lars for the «London Evening News», before Lars took over both the art and the writing. The first «Moomin Winter» returns with more unwanted guests than in «Book One», especially the curious and secret-spilling…