X-Men meets Ocean's Eleven in the new middle-grade series from the New York Times bestselling author, Lisa McMann ("The Unwanteds"). Fifteen years ago, eight supernatural criminals fled Estero City to make a new life in an isolated tropical hideout. Over time, seven of them disappeared without a trace, presumed captured or killed. And now, the remaining one has died. Left behind to fend for themselves are the criminals' five children, each with superpowers of their own: Birdie can communicate with animals. Brix has athletic abilities and can heal quickly. Tenner can swim like a fish and can see in the ... |
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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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Beyond the Empire and within it, the threat of war looms ever larger. The Blood Shrike, Helene Aquilla, is assailed on all sides. Emperor Marcus, haunted by his past, grows increasingly unstable, while the Commandant capitalizes on his madness to bolster her own power. As Helene searches for a way to hold back the approaching darkness, her sister’s life and the lives of all those in the Empire hang in the balance. Far to the east, Laia of Serra knows the fate of the world lies not in the machinations of the Martial court, but in stopping the Nightbringer. But while hunting for a way to bring him down, Laia faces ... |
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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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Introduction to time-dependent quantum dynamics of atoms and molecules. ... The author is the head of the Quantum Optics and Quantum Information Group at the Department of Theoretical Physics. He reads lecture courses in theoretical physics, mathematical methods in physics and special courses in advanced quantum physics. The author has over 150 publications in peer-reviewed international journals with nearly 2000 citations. ... |
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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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Прочетете увлекателната история за котарачето Сами и неговите големи жълти слънчогледи. Повдигнете капачетата и вижте какво става под земята, разтворете голямата панорамна илюстрация и разгледайте отблизо слънчогледа. Сами, червейчето и калинката ще ви помогнат да научите как растат слънчогледите. Илюстрации: Аксел Шефлер . ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Central Africa, 1914; Rose Sayer, a thirty-three year-old English woman, is left alone when her missionary brother dies. Her only route out is aboard "The African Queen", a steam-powered launch captained by Cockney mechanic, Charlie Alnutt. Determined to do her bit for the war effort and to avenge her brother, Rose persuades Charlie that they should attack the German gunboat, the Konigin Luise. And so begins a most unlikely alliance and love affair, as Charlie and Rose venture down the treacherous Ulanga river encountering danger and adventure at ... |
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Изданието е съвместимо с настоящата учебна програма. ... Програмната система "Play and Talk with Echo" е предназначена за ранно чуждоезиково обучение на деца от предучилищна възраст. При разпределение на учебното съдържание се спазват принципите за цикличност и спираловидно разработване на тематичните области, които във всеки следващ модул се затвърдяват, разширяват и задълбочават, следвайки закона за многократно увеличен учебен материал. Системата дава свобода на учителя да упражни своята лична преценка и да взима решения така, че да приспособи материала към особеностите на всяка група. Съдържа примерно годишно ... |
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Тази поредица е предназначена да отговори на въпросите, които децата задават от най-ранна възраст. Кратките и ясни отговори са илюстрирани с рисунки и фотографии, за да бъдат усвоени по-лесно от малките читатели. Книгата е част от поредицата "Енциклопедия за деца" на издателство "Пан". ... |
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"Dangerous Weather. The Weather Machine" is a Level 5 reader. Its fun and informative subject matter will capture a child's interest in reading and learning English while reinforcing the basic structures and vocabulary found in most primary courses. The "Macmillan Children's Readers" series offers simplified English reading. The series is divided into six levels. The series brings children real and imaginary stories to arouse their interest. The book contains a picture dictionary or a list of words. Изданието е на британски английски (British English). ... |
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Системата включва: 12 части, изградени върху актуални и интересни теми; структура, адаптирана към ниво C1 - всяка част съдържа 1 досие от 8 страници, състоящо се от секции Découvrir, Construire et (inter)agir, Construire et produire, Produire et créer, както и една финална задача (Défi); набляга върху теми, които са интересни както за учениците, така и за преподавателите; граматиката е интегрирана в учебника и отговаря на изискванията за достигане на ниво C1; всяка част съдържа по един урок, посветен на методологията с анализи и коментари върху примери; работата с езика е засегната с целия учебен ... |
