Filling notebook after notebook with sketches, inventions, and theories, Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519) not only stands as one of the most exceptional draftsmen of art history, but also as a mastermind and innovator who anticipated some of the greatest discoveries of human progress, sometimes centuries before their material realization. From the smallest arteries in the human heart to the far-flung constellations of the universe, Leonardo saw nature and science as being unequivocally connected. His points of inquiry and invention spanned philosophy, anatomy, geology, and mathematics, from the laws of optics, ... |
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Based on the story of L. Frank Baum . Retold by Rosemary Border. ... Dorothy lives in Kansas, USA, but one day a cyclone blows her and her house to a strange country called Oz. There, Dorothy makes friends with the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion. But she wants to go home to Kansas. Only one person can help her, and that is the country's famous Wizard. So Dorothy and her friends take the yellow brick road to the Emerald City, to find the Wizard of Oz... Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from ... |
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Великата кралица на Скандинавието. Годината е 1363-та. Скандинавският север е разтърсван от размирици, междуособици и войни. Маргрете, само на десет, отплува със свита и чеиз за далечна Норвегия, за да стане съпруга на крал Хокон. Невръстната кралица е натоварена с огромни очаквания - да роди престолонаследник на Норвегия и да укрепи връзките на новата си родина с Дания. Но докато стане пълноценна жена, е поверена на грижите на деспотична възпитателка, която в отсъствието на краля я подлага на жестоки физически наказания. Постепенно обаче волята на Маргрете укрепва, тя възроптава срещу наставницата си и макар и съвсем ... |
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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. Five entertaining stories about the power of discovery set in countries across the globe. A perfume made from some very unusual ingredients becomes more effective than expected. A remarkable change in a woman's life leaves her family to make a decision. The secret and danger of high intelligence are revealed to a university student. A teacher discovers a way of making time stand still. And a book tells a young ... |
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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. United by the theme of the circle, these stories are set in the UK, the USA and Singapore. From the discovery by a student archaeologist of a mysterious silver disc with strange properties to the heart-warming story of the rescue of a dangerously ill child by a poor tri-shaw driver, this collection of five stories is both amusing and thought provoking. ... |
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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. Three stories to make you think, set in the near future, 100 years and 1500 years from now. The end of spam - a curse or a blessing? Are people robots? What happens to the last brain in the world? ... |
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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. Five stories about the senses: Arlo hates noise and has a plan to bring the world silence. Gopal uses smell to protect the memory of his sister. Journalist Kathy uses her blindness to get a clear picture of human characters. Daniel has a tongue that earns him a living but could also be his downfall. And Jamie learns to balance the benefits of t'ai chi in his search for health and happiness. ... |
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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. Six stories about a world we cannot explain. A film star discovers the dangers of dancing with a stranger. A man comes face-to-face with his father's history. An Irish-American family cannot escape someone from the past. A woman doesn't listen to warnings about an old tree. An English writer slowly becomes more and more Japanese. And a killer watches himself die in hospital. ... |
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"To Reuturn to Your Father's House" contains poems by Dimcho Debelyanov , selected and translated by Christopher Buxton . Christopher Buxton is a novelist and translator of Bulgarian literary texts into English. From 1977 onwards he has been an active advocate for Bulgarian culture in the United Kingdom. This work was recognised in 2015 by an award and medal from The Bulgarian Ministry of Culture. Dimcho Debelyanov, whose life was ended by a British sniper's bullet on the Doiran Front in 1916, deserves a place alongside fellow poets Wilfred Owen and Isaac Rosenberg. ... |
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The Case Study House program (1945-1966) was a unique event in the history of American architecture. Sponsored by Arts & Architecture magazine, the program sought to respond to the postwar building boom with prototype modern homes that could be both easily replicated and readily affordable to the average American. Concentrated on the Los Angeles area, the Case Study Houses included 36 model homes commissioned from such major architects of the day as Richard Neutra, Raphael Soriano, Craig Ellwood, Charles and Ray Eames, Pierre Koenig, Eero Saarinen, A. Quincy Jones, and Ralph Rapson. Their criteria included "using, ... |
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Увод в правата на човека. Книгата представлява превод на ръководството на Европейския съд по правата на човека (ЕСПЧ) за правото на зачитане на личния и семейния живот, жилището и кореспонденцията по член 8 от Европейската конвенция за правата на човека. В изданието е анализирана и обобщена практиката на ЕСПЧ в тази сфера. В него читателите ще открият ключовите принципи, стоящи в основата на тези човешки права, и относимите прецеденти. Цитираната съдебна практика е подбрана сред водещи, важни и скорошни решения. Преводът е реализиран от д-р Красимир Кънев. Книгата е част от поредицата "Увод в правата на човека" ... |
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Уморени ли сте? Често ли чувствате, че не ви достига енергия и едва се справяте? Забелязвате ли спад в имунитета? Какво се крие зад тези наглед обикновени симптоми? Загубата на енергия е скрит, добронамерен зов за помощ от страна на нашето тяло! Д-р Ане Флек разкрива кои са тайните крадци на енергия и дава ясни указания и конкретни примери, с които всеки може да открие корена на проблема и неговото решение. Извадете лупата, вземете книгата и тръгнете по следите като детектив! Скоро ще се сдобиете с практически решения, които ще положат основите на новия ви живот. В първата част на Енергия ще се запознаете със скритите ... |
