Award-winning readers series of original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. When the wife of a prominent surgeon dies suddenly in the hospital emergency room of Mercy Hospital in Milwaukee, USA, Dr Maxine Cassidy suspects murder. Maxine is determined to find the killer and starts an investigation of her own. However, when someone tries to kill her, she begins to wonder which of her medical colleagues she can trust. ... |
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Истинска история и вълнуващ разказ за мъжете, които буквално пренасят на плещите си алпинистите на света до К2. ... 1 август 2008 г. е може би най-трагичната дата в историята на алпинизма. Четиридесет тренирани катерачи се отправят към К2 с намерението да покорят върха, след като седмици наред са очаквали подходящия момент и благоприятни метеорологични условия. Единадесет от тях никога няма да се завърнат у дома и остават погребани сред небесата на осем хиляди метра. Дали богинята Такар Долсангма, пазителка на К2, се е разгневила в онзи ден и търсейки жертви, е напуснала върха, яхнала своя зелен дракон? Само шерпите и ... |
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Настоящият сборник предлага 10 примерни теста за подготовка на учениците от профилираните гимназии и СОУ с интензивно изучаване на английски език за явяване на олимпиадите по английски език, 8. - 12. клас. Включените тестове следват актуализирания формат на олимпиадата и са разпределени по два в следните 5 групи: първа група - за ученици от 8. клас ; втора група - за ученици от 9. клас ; трета група - за ученици от 10. клас ; четвърта група - за ученици от 11. клас ; пета група - за ученици от 12. клас . Учебното съдържание за темите и задачите в тестовете е базирано на държавните образователни ... |
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Табелката от "Simetro books" може да бъде красив акцент или интересна декорация вкъщи, в офиса, на двора, на вратата на гаража, в кухнята, над барбекюто или на бара. Тя е изработена от метал с дебелина 3.5 mm. Също така има и 4 дупки за закачане или окачване с връв на стената. С табелката може да направите и забавен подарък на приятел или любим човек. ... |
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The Biology of Humans at our Best and Worst. ... Why do human beings behave as they do? We are capable of savage acts of violence but also spectacular feats of kindness: is one side of our nature destined to win out over the other? Every act of human behaviour has multiple layers of causation, spiralling back seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years, even centuries, right back to the dawn of time and the origins of our species. In the epic sweep of history, how does our biology affect the arc of war and peace, justice and persecution? How have our brains evolved alongside our cultures? This is the exhilarating ... |
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Couldn't get enough of The Fine Print ? Fall in love with the next book in Lauren Asher's hot and sexy Dreamland Billionaires series... Declan. I'm destined to become the next CEO of my family's media empire. The only problem? My grandfather's inheritance clause. Fulfilling his dying wish of getting married and having an heir seemed impossible until my assistant volunteered for the job. Our marriage was supposed to be the perfect solution to my biggest problem. But the more we act in love for the public, the more unsure I feel about our contract. Caring about Iris was never part of the deal. ... |
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Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Eighteen-year-old Francesca comes to England to achieve her life-long ambition of learning to fly. The first lessons go really well and Doug, her instructor, describes her as a natural pilot. But when Doug's actions lead Francesca to question his motives, she starts to lose her confidence. Her dream of independence in the sky is in danger. ... |
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The year is 1984. The country is impoverished and permanently at war, people are watched day and night by Big Brother and their every action and thought is controlled by the Thought Police. Winston Smith works in the department of propaganda, where his job is to rewrite the past. Spurred by his longing to escape, Winston rebels. He breaks the law by falling in love with Julia and, as part of the clandestine organization the Brotherhood, they attempt the unimaginable - to bring down the Party. George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is one of the most famous and influential novels of the 20th century. This terrifying ... |
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"To all the readers who discovered "The Fountainhead" and asked me many questions about the wider application of its ideas, I want to say that I am answering these questions in the present novel and that "The Fountainhead" was only an overture to "Atlas Shrugged". I trust that no one will tell me that men such as I write about don't exist. That this has been written - and published - is my proof that they do." Ayn Rand ... |
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"I have heard that for mortals, the feeling of falling in love is very like the feeling of fear." Jude has tricked Cardan onto the throne, binding him to her for a year and a day. But the new High King does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her, even as his fascination with her remains undimmed. Meanwhile, a traitor in the court is scheming against her. Jude must fight for her life and the lives of those she loves, all while battling her own complicated feelings for Cardan. Now a year and a day seems like no time at all... An intoxicating and bloodthirsty sequel to the New York Times ... |
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A troubled young mother yearns for a shot at redemption in this heartbreaking yet hopeful story from #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover. After serving five years in prison for a tragic mistake, Kenna Rowan returns to the town where it all went wrong, hoping to reunite with her four-year-old daughter. But the bridges Kenna burned are proving impossible to rebuild. Everyone in her daughter's life is determined to shut Kenna out, no matter how hard she works to prove herself. The only person who hasn't closed the door on her completely is Ledger Ward, a local bar owner and one of the few remaining ... |
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Auburn Reed has her entire life mapped out. Her goals are in sight and there's no room for mistakes. But when she walks into a Dallas art studio in search of a job, she doesn't expect to find a deep attraction to the enigmatic artist who works there, Owen Gentry. For once, Auburn takes a risk and puts her heart in control, only to discover that Owen is keeping some major secrets from coming out. The magnitude of his past threatens to destroy everything important to Auburn, and the only way to get her life back on track is to cut Owen out of it. The last thing Owen wants is to lose Auburn, but he can't seem ... |
