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Potter Michael: Wittgenstein's Notes on Logic

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: Wittgenstein's philosophical career began in 1911 when he went to Cambridge to work with Russell. He compiled the Notes on Logic two years later as a kind of summary of the work he had done so far. Russell thought that they were as good as anything that has ever been done in logic, but he had Wittgenstein himself to explain them to him. Without the benefit of Wittgenstein's explanations, most…

The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain

Скачать книгу (размер 3 584 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 704) Аннотация: This beautifully illustrated volume tells the story of Britain and its people over two thousand years, from the coming of the Roman legions to the present day. Encompassing political, social, economic, and cultural developments throughout the British Isles, the dramatic narrative is taken up in turn by ten leading historians who offer the fruits of the best modern scholarship to the general…

Flora of North America: Volume 8. Magnoliophyta: Paeoniaceae to Ericaceae

Скачать книгу (размер 3 176 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 624) Аннотация: Flora of North America Volume 8 will be the seventh of 19 volumes on dicotyledons to be published in the Flora of North America North of Mexico series. It treats 680 species classified among 125 genera in 19 families The larger families covered in Volume 8 include Crassulaceae (Stonecrop family), Ericaceae (Heath family), Grossulariaceae (Currant family), Myrsinaceae (Myrsine family), Primulaceae…

James Henry: The Golden Bowl

Скачать книгу (размер 3 257 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 640) Аннотация: A rich American art-collector and his daughter Maggie buy in for themselves and to their greater glory a beautiful young wife and a noble husband. They do not know that Charlotte and Prince Amerigo were formerly lovers, nor that on the eve of the Prince's marriage they had discovered, in a Bloomsbury antique shop, a golden bowl with a secret flaw. When the golden bowl is broken, Maggie must leave…

Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: The ancient civilization of Mesopotamia thrived between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates over 4,000 years ago. The myths collected here, originally written in cuneiform on clay tablets, include parallels with the biblical stories of the Creation and the Flood, and the famous Epic of Gilgamesh, the tale of a man of great strength, whose heroic quest for immortality is dashed through one moment of…

Grant Neil: Eric the Red

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Eric the Red was wild and hot-headed, even for a Viking. His quick temper was always getting him into trouble. But he learned quickly, and in time became a great warrior and a fearless adventurer. He discovered a new land — Greenland — and founded a new nation.

Antigone, Oedipus the King and Electra

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Love and loyalty, hatred and revenge, fear, deprivation, and political ambition: these are the motives which thrust the characters portrayed in these three Sophoclean masterpieces on to their collision course with catastrophe. Recognized in his own day as perhaps the greatest of the Greek tragedians, Sophocles' reputation has remained undimmed for two and a half thousand years. His greatest…

Lewis Gordon: Grammar for Young Learners

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Helps teachers of young learners introduce and practise grammar in a fun and motivating way. Steers a middle course between grammar-based and communicative approaches to teaching: meaning is the main focus of all language teaching and grammar is an intrinsic part of making meaning explicit.

Prue Sally: The Truth Sayer

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Nian is a boy with a destiny. Taken from his home and family to live in the House of Truth, he must practise his skills of mind-reading, weather lore and manipulation of matter. Once he has achieved mastery, he will become one of the elect, a Lord of Truth. There's only one problem. Nian doesn't want to become a Lord of Truth. He just wants to get away. But his only means of escape is to step…

Alison Allen-Gray: Unique

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Dominic has always been a disappointment to his ambitious father, but he has never understood why. Then he discovers that he had an older brother who died before he was born. Where his brother was a brilliant academic and scientist, Dominic prefers to 'waste' his time painting. His father cannot forgive him for it. Dominic decides to try to find out about his brother, but he discovers more than…

Tarone Elaine: Exploring Learner Language (+ DVD)

Скачать книгу (размер 937 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 185) Аннотация: This innovative workbook and DVD pack provides a hands-on introduction to the study of language used by learners of English as a Second Language (ESL). The DVD features six adult ESL learners and two native speakers of English doing individual and pairwork language tasks. Linked exercises in the book guide the reader through an analysis of the language used by the ESL learners, with full…

Pickering W.R.: AS and A Level Biology: Through Diagrams

Скачать книгу (размер 1 258 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 248) Аннотация: The Oxford Revision Guides series builds on the fact that pictures are easier to memorize than words. Each topic is summarized on a single page using annotated diagrams and concise notes with a full index for easy reference. Expert authors have taken the content of the AS and A Level specifications and presented them in a refreshingly clear and concise format. Simple illustrations are used to…

The Nicomachean Ethics

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: Happiness, then, is the best, noblest, and most pleasant thing in the world. In the Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle's guiding question is: what is the best thing for a human being? His answer is happiness, but he means, not something we feel, but rather a specially good kind of life. Happiness is made up of activities in which we use the best human capacities, both ones that contribute to our…

Oxenden Clive: American English File 4: Student Book

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Four-skills American English course with a communicative methodology, engaging texts, and a strong pronunciation syllabus — designed to get students speaking.

Birnie Patricia: International Law and the Environment: Third Edition

Скачать книгу (размер 4 522 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 888) Аннотация: As conservation of the environment plays an increasingly important role within society, International Law and the Environment continues to be the essential read for students and practioners alike. International Law and the Environment, whilst remaining rooted within the substantive law, places legislation on the protection of the environment firmly at the core of its current context. Written by…