Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: Grandpa is dying. He can barely move his hands any more but, stubborn as ever, refuses to stay in hospital. He's determined to finish his last painting, 'River Boy', before he goes. At first Jess can't understand his refusal to let go, but then she too becomes involved in the mysterious painting. And when she meets the river boy himself, she finds she is suddenly caught up in a challenge of her…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: Each Oxford Beginner's Bilingual Dictionary is designed to offer English speaking adult learners a comprehensive, straightforward introduction to foreign languages, covering all the vocabulary needed for the first years of study, along with notes on grammar and usage and guidance on the culture where the language is spoken. These easy-to-use references break from standard dictionary design. Clear…
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: Can you conquer the codes and unravel the riddles — without tearing your hair out? This book is full of different types of puzzle poems to solve with all sorts of brainteasers, anagrams, acrostics, spoonerisms, rebuses, and poems you just have to say out loud if you want the answer — if you can work out how to say them! With many amusing poems, this collection is guaranteed to intrigue and…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: Captain Titus Oates, hero of the Antarctic, has been dead for nearly a century. But not in Sym's head. In there, he is her constant companion, her soulmate, her adviser. It is as if he walked out of the Polar blizzard and into her mind. In fact, if it were not for Titus, life might be as bleak a place as the Antarctic wilderness. When she is taken on a mystery expedition by her eccentric uncle…
Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: This Very Short Introduction traces the history of paleoanthropology from its beginnings in the eighteenth century to the latest fossil finds. Although concentrating on the fossil evidence for human evolution, it also covers the latest genetic evidence about regional variations in the modern human genome that relate to our evolutionary history. Bernard Wood draws on over thirty years of…
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Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: How much have women's lives really changed? In the West women still come up against the 'glass ceiling' at work, most earning considerably less than their male counterparts. What are we to make of the now commonplace insistence that feminism deprives men of their rights and dignities? And how does one tackle the issue of female emancipation in different cultural and economic environments — in,…
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Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: The men of culture are the true apostles of equality. Matthew Arnold's famous series of essays, which were first published in book form under the title Culture and Anarchy in 1869, debate important questions about the nature of culture and society that are as relevant now as they have ever been. Arnold seeks to find out 'what culture really is, what good it can do, what is our own special need of…
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Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: This work integrates theory, research, and practice on the learning of second and foreign languages as informed by sociocultural and activity theory. It familiarizes students, teachers, and other researchers who do not work within the theory with its principal claims and constructs in particular as they relate to second language research. The book also describes and illustrates the use of…
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