An American Journalist's Inside Look at Cuba, 1959 - 1969. ... Between 1959 and 1969, photojournalist Lee Lockwood documented Cuba and its victorious revolutionary Fidel Castro with unprecedented freedom and access, including a marathon seven-day interview with Castro himself. This volume includes Lockwood's evocative photographs of Cuba and Castro, his many insightful observations, and extensive excerpts from the unprecedented Lockwood - Castro conversations. A unique and telling portrait of Cuba and its enigmatic leader. On December 31, 1958, Lee Lockwood, then a young photojournalist, went to Cuba to cover ... |
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Uncle Tom's Cabin brought the evils of slavery to the consciences and hearts of the American people by its moving portrayal of slave experience. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library - a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket - sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition has an afterword by Pat Righelato. Harriet Beecher Stowe shows us in scenes of great dramatic power the human effects of a system in which slaves were property - the break up of families, the struggles for freedom, and the horrors of ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Connie's unhappy marriage to Clifford Chatterley is one scarred by mutual frustration and alienation. Crippled from wartime action, Clifford is confined to a wheelchair, while Connie's solitary, sterile existence is contained within the narrow parameters of the Chatterley ancestral home, Wragby. She seizes her chance at happiness and freedom when she embarks on a passionate affair with the estate's gamekeeper, Mellors, discovering a world of sexual opportunity and pleasure she'd thought lost to her. The explosive passion of Connie and ... |
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Aesop's Fables is split into themed sections including Funny Fates, Challenge and Chance, and Narrow Escapes and features favourites such as The Hare and the Tortoise and The Boy Who Cried Wolf. At the end of every fable the moral is simply summarised in a way for younger readers to understand. Beautiful, colourful illustrations bring famous animal characters and scenes to life. ... |
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This beautiful gift book presents five of Aesop's most famous moral tales, carefully retold to appeal to young readers. Bright, colourful illustrations are packed with charm and detail to capture the imaginations of younger children. Stories included are The Hare and the Tortoise, The Boy who Cried Wolf, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse, The Ant and the Grasshopper and The Lion and the Mouse. ... |
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Jonathan Swift's classic satirical narrative was first published in 1726, seven years after Defoe's Robinson Crusoe (one of its few rivals in fame and breadth of appeal). As a parody travel-memoir it reports on extraordinary lands and societies, whose names have entered the English language: notably the minute inhabitants of Lilliput, the giants of Brobdingnag, and the Yahoos in Houyhnhnmland, where talking horses are the dominant species. It spares no vested interest from its irreverent wit, and its attack on political and financial corruption, as well as abuses in science, continue to resonate in our own ... |
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Само времето ще покаже дали страстта им е изпепеляваща като пожар, или просто бледо отражение на миналото ѝ... Виктор Кейл не е предполагал, че неговата сладка, срамежлива булка Изабела ще използва таланта си за създаване на изящни имитации на бижута за престъпни цели. Но бижутата на Иза са били използвани при наглия обир на диамантите на холандското кралско семейство - след което тя безследно изчезва. Десет години по-късно, все още объркан от нейното предателство и ядосан от нейното двуличие, Виктор е изпратен в Единбург, за да разследва мистериозната годеница на богат барон. Елементарна задача, докато ... |
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Learn all about feelings with Mr Panda in this charmingly funny board book. Lemur is happy and Swan is scared. But how is Mr Panda is feeling? Find out and help your little bears express their emotions with this simple board book story. ... |
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От автора на бестселъра "Майчината любов". ... Човек винаги е имал потребност да открие своята "сродна душа", оня единствен мъж или онази единствена жена, който/която/ да притежава качества, сравними с неговите, личност, общуването с която би го изпълнило с чувство на максимален душевен комфорт. Древната легенда гласи, че някъде ни очаква нашата втора половинка - човекът, с когото бихме били идеална двойка. Хората, съзнателно или несъзнателно, винаги са търсели и търсят своята половинка. Когато се влюбят, те смятат, че са я намерили. Пламват силни чувства, чертаят се планове, може да се създаде ... |
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A young woman finds her way in a world at war. ... On 3rd September 1939, Amy Browning decided to start writing a diary. It was a momentous day for so many reasons. It was Amy's 18th birthday; her sister had just given birth to a baby boy; and on the radio it was announced that Great Britain was now at war with Germany. For a while, life didn't change very much for Amy. Living with her family in Opal Street, Liverpool, Amy and her friend both got jobs at a factory, and spent their free time looking round the shops, or watching the ships being loaded at the docks. But as the months went by, things began to change. ... |
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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. Journalist Kate Jensen is shocked when her friend Max is found murdered in Amsterdam. She goes there to search for her friend's killer and starts asking questions at the football club he owned. It soon becomes clear that someone doesn't want her to get any answers and Kate discovers that football can be a very dangerous game indeed. ... |
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Невидимото влияние на изкуствения интелект върху живота ви и как да си върнете контрола. Изпълнителният директор на Big Tech открехва завесата за невидимите сили, които ви маркират, следят и активират - определят възможностите ви за работа, качеството на живот и дори дали да живеете или да умрете - защото това, което не знаете за тях, може да ви навреди. Вероятно не знаете, че поради скритата си природа системите с изкуствен интелект са навсякъде около вас и засягат някои от най-важните области на живота ви - работата, заемите, децата, психичното здраве, взаимоотношенията, свободите и дори решенията в областта на ... |
