Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... To young James Herriot , fresh out of veterinary college, Yorkshire appears to offer an idyllic pocket of rural life in a rapidly changing world. But even life in the sleepy village of Darrowby has its challenges: from his new colleagues, brothers Siegfried and Tristan Farnon, to herds of semi-feral cattle and gruff farmers with incomprehensible accents. Heart-breaking and hilarious in equal measure, "If Only They Could Talk" is the first volume of classic memoirs which chronicle James Herriot's first years as country vet in the 1930's. ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Rather than be "sivilized" by the Widow Douglas, Huckleberry Finn - the grubby but good-natured son of a local drunk - sets off with Jim, an escaped slave, to find freedom on the Mississippi river. With the law on their tail, they navigate a world of robbers, slave hunters and con men, and Huck must choose between what society says is "right" and his own burgeoning understanding of Jim's friendship and humanity. Nostalgic and melancholy in equal measure, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain is a razor-sharp ... |
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If you like stories about wilderness and survival full of adventures, check out Jack London's "To Build a Fire and Other Stories". This book has approximately 2 000 headwords and is appropriate for intermediate-level learners. The text has been adapted and simplified, but it keeps the ideas and flavor found in the original stories. Jack London (1876 - 1916) was an American novelist and short story writer. He wrote passionately about the great questions of life and death and the elemental strugles for survival. His stories were based on his own experiences and they appealed to millions of peopple worldwide. ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Evocative of "the blue remembered hills" of his youth, Alfred Edward Housman's "A Shropshire Lad" is a collection of sixty-three poems of extraordinary beauty and feeling. Set in a semi-imaginary pastoral Shropshire, Housman's verse considers the helplessness of man, the fragility of life and the terrible effects of war, against the background of an achingly beautiful countryside. Inspirational for generations of readers, "A Shropshire Lad", with its sweeping themes of youth and love, has found its way into the canon ... |
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По романа на сър Артър Конан Дойл , преразказан от Джанет Борсби и Рут Суон. ... An old family document says that everyone who lives at Baskerville Hall is in danger from a terrifying animal which lives on Dartmoor. When Sir Charles Baskerville dies in a mysterious way, his nephew, the young Sir Henry Baskerville, comes to live on Dartmoor. Is he in danger too? Is there really a dangerous animal on the moor, or did someone murder Sir Charles? Sherlock Holmes , the world-famous detective, is the only person who can solve the case. Or can he? Even Holmes is worried. In this Reader you will find information about Sir ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. One of the great Victorian novels, "The Moonstone" has engrossed, entertained and enraptured readers since its first publication in 1868. This edition features an introduction by the renowned historian, journalist and author, Judith Flanders. Lady Verinder's uncle gives her the Moonstone - a magnificent diamond as large as an egg - ... |
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Illustrated by John Dillow. ... "Lennie was still staring at the door where the woman had stood. "Oh, she's really pretty", he said and smiled. George turned round to face him, took hold of one of his ears and shook him. "Listen to me, you fool", George said fiercely. "Don't even look at that woman. I don't care what she says and what she does. I've see dangerous women before, but nobody as dangerous as her." From the Book The tragic story of George and Lennie, who move from one farm to another, looking for work. George is clever but Lennie's size and slowness are ... |
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Изданието е съвместимо с настоящата учебна програма. Учебната тетрадка е одобрена от МОН. ... Учебната тетрадка допълва работата с учебника. Предлага упражнения за затвърдяване на лексикалния и граматическия материал, за упражняване на френския правопис, за различни писмени дейности, както и разнообразни занимателни задачи. Изпълняват се самостоятелно и в писмена форма, в клас или вкъщи. Специално място е отделено на овладяването на френския правопис и правоговор. Рубриката Sons et lettres съдържа каре с кратки схематични обяснения, подкрепени с примери и последвани от упражнения. Предвидени са и три контролни ... |
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Dine like the lords and ladies and bring the high society meals and treats home with these 100 delicious recipes inspired by Netflix's most-watched series of all time - Bridgerton . Blue satin ball gowns, chocolates and high tea, five course meals with family, scandal, and romance. Welcome to the dashing world of Bridgerton. Grosvenor Square is buzzing with ladies and lords dressed to the nines, promenading in the park, and sharing lemonade at the evening's ball. And while you might not be able to score the jewels and frocks of the Bridgertons and the Featheringtons, you can still eat like them with "The ... |
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Трето преработено и допълнено издание. ... Книгата съдържа принципите за разбиване на базовите статистически процедури, използвани в областта на поведенческите науки и науките за човека, и има за цел да подпомогне тези, които се интересуват от приложната страна на статистиката, в усилията им да навлязат в тази традиционно трудна за нематематиците област. Започва се с най-елементарните описателни методи и след това се поднасят по-сложните подходи, като са дадени всички нужни формули и дефиниции. Съдържанието е традиционно за един уводен курс, но има и някои важни моменти от съвременния подход при прилагането на ... |
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"The history of the Jewish ethnicity and its material culture are inseparable from Bulgarian history and culture. Regardless of the preceding series of conscientiously carried separate studies on the topic of the fate of local Jewish communities and especially on the issue of synagogues as their most prominent artistic creations during the long centuries of exile, the "last word" in that respect was not either said or written until now. Professor Jan Assmann of Heidelberg University says: "The cultural memory procures "breathing air" to the world that is too narrow for the everyday realities ... |
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The second volume contains Obrechkoffs works in one of the most actively elaborated regions of investigations in the classical analysis in the 20th century. Deep results for the summation of the Taylor, Dirichlet, Fourier and Laplace series by means of the classical method of Riemann, Cesaro, Riesz, Euler-Knopp, Borel, Mittag-Leffler and Hausdorff are included. For the first time is studied the summation of Taylors series of a function, holomorphic at the origin, at points on the boundary of its Borels polygon of summation. An absolute summation by typical Riesz means is introduced and applied to the classical Dirichlet ... |