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Wright Andrew: Art and Crafts with Children

Скачать книгу (размер 871 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 172) Аннотация: This book provides a wealth of creative, imaginative activities with integrated language practice. The activities can be done with minimal resources, and do not need special artistic expertise on the part of the teacher.

Kelly Catriona: Russian Literature

Скачать книгу (размер 932 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 184) Аннотация: This book is intended to capture the interest of anyone who has been attracted to Russian culture through the greats of Russian literature, either through the texts themselves, or encountering them in the cinema, or opera. Rather than a conventional chronology of Russian literature, the book will explore the place and importance of literature of all sorts in Russian culture. How and when did a…

Potten Jonathan: Clockwise Elementary: Teacher's Book

Скачать книгу (размер 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 80) Аннотация: Designed for learners who want to make effective progress in a short time, this course concentrates on developing fluency, refreshing key grammar areas, and extending vocabulary. 40-60 hours per level.

Rimbaud Arthur: Collected Poems

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Rimbaud, the poet of revolt, and the greatest Albert Camus Rimbaud is the enfant terrible of French literature, the precocious genius whose extraordinary poetry is revolutionary in its visionary, hallucinatory content and its often liberated forms. He wrote all his poems between the ages of about 15 and 21, after which he turned his back on family, friends, and France to roam the world. In his…

The New Oxford Book of Irish Verse

Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: This anthology presents the Irish tradition as a unity: verse in Irish and English, usually regarded separately, are shown as elements in a shared and often painful history. The selection is in three parts: it begins with earliest, pre-Christian times and the first poetry in English from the fourteenth century; moves on to Irish bardic poetry and English poetry in the era of Swift and Goldsmith;…

Russell Shirley: Grammar, Structure and Style

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: The revised edition of this book is a comprehensive resource for all AS and A Level English Language candidates, particularly those working with AQA/A, OCR and Edexcel specifications. Completely revised to match the new courses, it covers topics such as child acquisition of language, the language of the media, and language change. It also provides practical help and activities to support the…

Mason James: Modern World History to GCSE

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: A new edition of this comprehensive summary and revsion text for the revised Modern World History specifications at GCSE. The book covers the core content of all the major boards and also includes four depth studies: Germany, the USSR, the USA and a new depth study on Britain 1905-51, focussing on Britain in the First and Second World Wars. There is also additional material on women and Ireland.…

Goldsworthy Jeffrey: The Sovereignty of Parliament: History and Philosophy

Скачать книгу (размер 1 676 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 330) Аннотация: The doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty has long been regarded as the most fundamental element of the British Constitution. It holds that Parliament has unlimited legislative authority, and that the courts have no authority to judge statutes invalid. This doctrine has now been criticized on historical and philosophical grounds and critics claim that it is a relatively recent invention of…

Priest Graham: Logic

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Logic is often perceived as having little to do with the rest of philosophy, and even less to do with real life. In this lively and accessible introduction, Graham Priest shows how wrong this conception is. He explores the philosophical roots of the subject, explaining how modern formal logic deals with issues ranging from the existence of God and the reality of time to paradoxes of probability…

Singer Peter: Marx

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Peter Singer identifies the central vision that unifies Marx's thought, enabling us to grasp Marx's views as a whole. He sees him as a philosopher primarily concerned with human freedom, rather than as an economist or a social scientist. He explains alienation, historical materialism, the economic theory of Capital, and Marx's ideas of communism, in plain English, and concludes with an assessment…

Taylor Christopher: Socrates

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: Socrates has a unique position in the history of philosophy. It is no exaggeration to say that had it not been for his influence on Plato, the whole development of Western philosophy might have bee unimaginably different. Yet Socrates wrote nothing himself, and our knowledge of him is derived primarily from the engaging and infuriating figure who appears in Plato's dialogues. In this book,…

Howard Jonathan: Darwin

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: Darwin's theory that our ancestors were apes caused a furore in the scientific world and outside it when The Origin of Species was published in 1859. Arguments still rage about the implications of his evolutionary theory, and scepticism about the value of Darwin's contribution to knowledge is widespread. In this analysis of Darwin's major insights and arguments, Jonathan Howard reasserts the…

Storr Anthony: Freud

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) revolutionized the way in which we think about ourselves. From its beginnings as a theory of neurosis, Freud developed psycho-analysis into a general psychology which became widely accepted as the predominant mode of discussing personality and interpersonal relationships.

Carrithers Michael: The Buddha

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Michael Carrithers guides us through the complex and sometimes conflicting information that Buddhist texts give about the life and teaching of the Buddha. He discusses the social and political background of India in the Buddha's time, and traces the development of his thought. He also assesses the rapid and widespread assimilation of Buddhism and its contemporary relevance.

Singer Peter: Hegel

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Many people regard Hegel's work as obscure and extremely difficult, yet his importance and influence are universally acknowledged. Professor Singer eliminates any excuse for remaining ignorant of the outlines of Hegel's philosophy by providing a broad discussion of his ideas and an account of his major works.

Tanner Michael: Nietzsche

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: The philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) was almost wholly neglected during his sane life, which came to an abrupt end in 1889. Since then he has been appropriated as an icon by an astonishingly diverse spectrum of people, whose interpretations of his thought range from the highly irrational to the firmly analytical. Thus Spoke Zarathustra introduced the 'superman' and The Twilight of…

Barnes Jonathan: Aristotle

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: The influence of Aristotle, the prince of philosophers, on the intellectual history of the West is second to none. In this book Jonathan Barnes examines Aristotle's scientific researches, his discoveries in logic and his metaphysical theories, his work in psychology and in ethics and politics, and his ideas about art and poetry, placing his teachings in their historical context.