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Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Скачать книгу (размер 10 601 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 2080) Аннотация: - Hundreds of thousands of words spanning everything from technology and medicine to colloquial slang — Clear colour layout for ease of use — More material for students on their year abroad or anyone living in the French speaking world e.g. sample utility bills, bank statements, rent agreements — Updated cultural notes — grasp the essence of the language Now includes one year's access to Oxford's…

Oxford Colour Spanish Dictionary Plus

Скачать книгу (размер 3 257 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 640) Аннотация: - Over 40,000 words and phrases, and 60,000 translations, covering the very latest vocabulary — New to this edition: centre section containing word games, a calendar of festivals and holidays, an A-Z guide to Spanish life and culture, and a 'Spanish words you must know' section, to help you improve your vocabulary — Special usage notes give help with commonly used but tricky words in both…

P.H. Matthews: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics

Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: - Major new edition of established reference work — Over 3,150 entries on this multidisciplinary field, covering everything from phonetics to sociolinguistics and to formal semantics — Grammatical terms in English and grammatical categories in other languages — Worldwide coverage of language families and major languages — Covers the theory of language and language history — Key figures and ideas…

Martin Dixon: Textbook on International Law

Скачать книгу (размер 2 074 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 408) Аннотация: The sixth edition of Textbook on International Law offers students new to the subject a concise and focused introduction to the essential topics of an international law course from the nature and sources of international law to the use of force and human rights. Dixon guides students through the legal principles and areas of controversy, bringing the subject to life with the use of topical…

Graham Gooch: A Dictionary of Law Enforcement

Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: A Dictionary of Law Enforcement is the only dictionary available with a primary focus on UK law enforcement terms. Succinct and practical in its approach, it contains over 3,400 entries covering ever aspect of this diverse field, including terms related to law, pathology, forensic medicine, accountancy, insurance, shipping, commerce and trade, criminology, and psychology. Entries are supported by…

Jenny Quintana: Build Up to Countdown: Student's Book

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: A complete intermediate course which develops essential language skills and introduces students to a wide range of exam tasks. Especially written and designed for young teenagers.

Jennifer Bassett: Cries from the Heart

Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: From Botswana to New Zealand, from Jamaica to Nigeria, from Uganda to Malaysia, from India to South Africa, these moving stories show us that the human heart is the same in every place. Children, wives, mothers, husbands, friends all have the same feelings of fear and pain, happiness and sadness. These eight stories were winning entries in the 2004 Commonwealth Short Story Competition. The…

Harry Gilbert: The Year of Sharing

Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: Richard is bored with the quiet life of his village. He would like to have a motor-car and drive it... very fast. But Richard lives in a future world where there are no cars, only bicycles and small villages and green forests. And now he is twelve years old, and like the other children, he must do his Year of Sharing. He must live alone in the forest with the wild animals. He must learn to share…

Tim Vicary: Chemical Secret

Скачать книгу (размер 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 80) Аннотация: The job was too good. There had to be a problem — and there was. John Duncan was an honest man, but he needed money. He had children to look after. He was ready to do anything, and his bosses knew it. They gave him the job because he couldn't say no; he couldn't afford to be honest. And the job was like a poison inside him. It changed him and blinded him, so that he couldn't see the real poison —…

Doris Pilkington Garimara: Rabbit-proof Fence

Скачать книгу (размер 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 80) Аннотация: Fourteen-year-old Molly and her cousins Daisy and Gracie were mixed-race Aborigines. In 1931 they were taken away from their families and sent to a camp to be trained as good 'white' Australians. They were told to forget their mothers, their language, their home. But Molly would not forget. She and her cousins escaped and walked back to Jigalong, 1600 kilometres away, following the rabbit-proof…

Isaac Asimov: I, Robot — Short Stories

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: A human being is a soft, weak creature. It needs constant supplies of air, water, and food; it has to spend a third of its life asleep, and it can't work if the temperature is too hot or too cold. But a robot is made of strong metal. It uses electrical energy directly, never sleeps, and can work in any temperature. It is stronger, more efficient — and sometimes more human than human beings. Isaac…

Partha Dasgupta: Economics

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Combining a global approach with examples from everyday life, this work describes the lives of two children who live very different lives in different parts of the world: in the Mid-West USA and in Ethiopia. Along the way, it provides an introduction to key economic factors and concepts such as individual choices, national policies, and equity.

Ken Binmore: Game Theory

Скачать книгу (размер 1 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 200) Аннотация: Games are played everywhere: from economics and online auctions to social interactions, and game theory is about how to play such games in a rational way, and how to maximize their outcomes. This VSI reveals, without mathematical equations, the insights the theory can bring to everything from how to play poker optimally to the sex ratio among bees.

Michael Ward: Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C: S. Lewis

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: For over half a century, scholars have laboured to show that C. S. Lewis's famed but apparently disorganised Chronicles of Narnia have an underlying symbolic coherence, pointing to such possible unifying themes as the seven sacraments, the seven deadly sins, and the seven books of Spenser's Faerie Queene. None of these explanations has won general acceptance and the structure of Narnia's…

Laura Owen: Winnie the Twit

Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Winnie the Witch is an accident waiting to happen! In 'Winnie and the Cog' you'll find her creating a most unusual pet; in 'Winnie's School Dinner' she has some new interpretations of canteen favourites, in 'Winnie Fixes It' she takes on some home improvements with dramatic results; and in 'Winnie the Twit' Winnie fancies herself as a bit of a naturalist. Four crazily funny stories featuring…

Geraldine McCaughrean: Peter Pan in Scarlet

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Neverland is calling again... Something is wrong in Neverland. Dreams are leaking out-strangely real dreams, of pirates and mermaids, of warpaint and crocodiles. For Wendy and the Lost Boys it is a clear signal-Peter Pan needs their help, and so it is time to do the unthinkable and fly to Neverland again. But back in Neverland, everything has changed-and the dangers they find there are far beyond…

Valerie Thomas: Winnie at the Seaside

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Winnie decides she needs a seaside break, so she and Wilbur zoom off to the coast. Winnie makes a beeline for the sea to cool down. Wilbur makes a beeline for anywhere other than the sea — he hates water, and can't bear getting wet. Winnie is having so much fun in the water that she doesn't notice her broomstick being washed out to sea. She waves her magic wand in an attempt to get the broomstick…

J.M. Barrie: Peter Pan

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: The night that Peter Pan flies into the Darling children's nursery is the night that magic flies into their lives. It's the night that Wendy and her brothers follow Peter out of the window and soar through the sky to Neverland. It's the night that they discover a world of mermaids, fairies, and pirates, of lost boys, and of the terrible Captain Hook. It's the night the adventure begins... Peter…

Laura Owen: Winnie Says Cheese

Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: If you think you know Winnie the Witch, think again! In 'Winnie and the Toof Fairy' you'll find out what Winnie does when she realises she's not the only one with the ability to wave a wand; in 'Winnie's One-Witch Band' she tries to match Wilbur's musical talents; in 'Itchy Witchy' Winnie takes Wilbur (and his fleas) to the pet show; and in 'Winnie Says Cheese' Winnie and Wilbur take some…