Professor Verity has invented a machine which forces its subjects to tell the truth. Soon everyone wants to use it. "– Why did you make the Truth Machine? - asked the reporter. – I love truth - said professor Verity, – And I hate lies. – But how does the truth machine work? - asked the reporter. The Professor laughed. – That's a secret." From the book This book is in British English. Free resources including worksheets, tests and author data sheets at www.macmillanreaders.com . ... |
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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. Carl begins to worry when his wife Linda does not arrive for the weekend at their seaside house in the east of England. When he asks local people whether they have seen her, they appear helpful, but he soon begins to wonder whether they are hiding information from him about his missing wife. ... |
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Богатата и вълнуваща история на един от най-прочутите градове в света е представена в пълния ѝ блясък и величие от Едуард Ръдърфърд в неговия епичен бестселър Лондон. Историята на Лондон е наистина невероятна, едва ли има друг град, който може да му съперничи в това отношение. Ето че тази история е разказана по повече от впечатляващ начин от Едуард Ръдърфърд. В своя бестселър Лондон той ни повежда на величествено пътешествие, което обхваща над две хиляди години - от нашествията на римляните и норманите, през Ренесанса и викторианската епоха чак до промените в края на XX век. Представяйки ни живота и ... |
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Пимандър. Диалог с Асклепий. Свещената проповед на Хермес Трисмегист. ... След Ренесанса чак до наши дни Хермес Трисмегист и неговите произведения продължават да вълнуват човечеството. В този период са осъществени преводите на херметичната литература на всички европейски езици, а трактатите стават обект на множество научни и литературни изследвания. В няколкото тома, в които ще издадем превода на произведенията на Трисмегист, ние ще предоставим на читателя откъси от книгите на най-известните преводачи и изследователи на неговото творчество. Според нас това е най-добрият начин да бъде представена философията на древния ... |
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Fifth Edition. ... Would you like to get acquainted with the most important techniques every company manager should know? Quickly differentiate the fundamentals from the secondary, leading to the most accurate decisions? And do all of this for both everyday and extraordinary situations? If so, simply read this book. It presents an atypical look at the most successful techniques in business and draws on rich experience. Even within complex topics, easy-to-remember examples lead the reader step by step through the material clearly and methodically. The leading principles are highlighted, as are possible exceptions to them. ... |
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The number one "Sunday Times" bestseller. ... Clover has loved James for as long as she can remember, since before she knew what what love was. But fate seems determined to keep them apart. As children, Clover and James played beside a turquoise sea under cloudless skies, their Caribbean island home a place of pleasure and privilege, of lush lawns and tennis parties. In such a paradise nothing should obstruct the kind of happiness Clover dreams of, except that, as she discovers, true love is often harder than paradise allows for. And when Clover's mother falls out of love with her husband, a web of ... |
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Don't be afraid to take up space. ... I'm going to tell you the word that ruins my entire life: Big, beacause my name is Jemina Small, but I am exactly the opposite. Jemima Small is funny and smart. She knows a lot of things. Like the fact that she's made of 206 bones, over 600 muscles and trillions of cells. What she doesn't know is how that can be true and yet she can still sometimes feel like nothing... Or how being made to join the school's "special" healthy lifestyle group - aka Fat Club - could feel any less special. But Jemima also knows that the biggest stars in the universe are the ... |
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Based on the story of Isaac Asimov . Retold by Rowena Akinyemi . ... A human being is a soft, weak creature. It needs constant supplies of air, water, and food; it has to spend a third of its life asleep, and it can't work if the temperature is too hot or too cold. But a robot is made of strong metal. It uses electrical energy directly, never sleeps, and can work in any temperature. It is stronger, more efficient - and sometimes more human than human beings. Isaac Asimov was one of the greatest sciencefiction writers, and these short stories give us an unforgettable and terrifying vision of the future. Classics, ... |
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Бестселър за тийнейджъри. ... Трилогията "Вундеркинд" е напълно различна поредица в литературата за тийнейджъри! Париж. Последната приятна есенна утрин. Момче на четиринадесет години. Казва се Кай Страус. Странен мъж с луноподобно лице. Викат му Продавача. Той дава на момчето лъскава сребърна монета. Тя е необикновена. Кай иска да се отърве от нея и я хвърля къде ли не, но тя се връща и връща при него. Монетата е ключът към квартал, който не е отбелязан на никоя карта. Там той прави ужасяващото откритие, че е Вундеркинд – момчето, за което жителите на скрития квартал умират, а мъжът с луноподобното лице убива. ... |
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Traditional tale adapted by Gill Munton . ... In this traditional tale, the Biscuit Man escapes from the kitchen and runs away. No one can catch him until he meets a fox. "Macmillan English Explorers" is an eight-level reading scheme written specifically for young learners of English. They bring first language teaching methods to reading lessons in international classrooms. Informed by the National Literacy Strategy and by teaching methodology for first language speakers of English, "Macmillan Explorers" is supported by an understanding of the needs of young learners and teachers of English. ... |
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"Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles" are non-fiction graded readers from the "Oxford Bookworms Library" available for Levels 1 to 4 (CEFR A1 - B2). Students learn about different countries and cultures, science and nature, history and historical figures all while practising and improving their English. About a quarter of the people in the world today speak or use English. In homes and schools, offices and meeting rooms, ships and airports, people are speaking English... How has this happened? How did English begin, and what will become of it? The history of English is a journey through space and time, ... |
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The Sunday Times #1 Bestseller. Immigration, Identity, Islam. ... "The Strange Death of Europe" is a highly personal account of a continent and culture caught in the act of suicide. Declining birth-rates, mass immigration and cultivated self-distrust and self-hatred have come together to make Europeans unable to argue for themselves and incapable of resisting their own comprehensive change as a society. This book is not only an analysis of demographic and political realities, but also an eyewitness account of a continent in self-destruct mode. It includes reporting from across the entire continent, from the ... |
