"How to tell if your cat is plotting to kill you" is the latest book from the Latin dance sensation known as "The Oatmeal." It contains 136 pages of comics, instructional guides, and facts to help you enjoy, love, and survive your cat. This book contains a bunch of Oatmeal classics, such as Cat vs. Internet, How to pet a kitty, and the infamous Bobcats, as well as cat-turd-sized loads of new material. A few examples include: How to tell if your cat is a raging homosexual 6 ways to tell if your cat thinks it's a mountain lion The Bobcats on Saturday If we treated our cats like they treat us ... |
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Shortlisted for the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books. ... Life's Greatest Secret is the story of the discovery and cracking of the genetic code. This great scientific breakthrough has had far-reaching consequences for how we understand ourselves and our place in the natural world. The code forms the most striking proof of Darwin's hypothesis that all organisms are related, holds tremendous promise for improving human well-being, and has transformed the way we think about life. Matthew Cobb interweaves science, biography and anecdote in a book that mixes remarkable insights, theoretical dead-ends and ... |
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International Bestseller. Zoo-Wee Mama! Mini Board Game Inside! ... Life was better in the old days. Or was it? That's the question Greg Heffley is asking as his town voluntarily unplugs and goes electronics-free. But modern life has its conveniences, and Greg isn't cut out for an old-fashioned world. With tension building inside and outside the Heffley home, will Greg find a way to survive? Or is going "old school" just too hard for a kid like Greg? This is the tenth book in Jeff Kinney 's phenomenally successful "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series. ... |
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Bud the mouse likes to run. But when he meets a cat, he must run and hide. In the second story, he runs and hides all over the house. "The Explorers Phonics" bring first language teaching methods to reading lessons in international classrooms. They focus on how reading works, so children are able to read new texts and pronounce new words more easily. "The Explorers Phonics" complement the "Macmillan English Explorers" and can also be used alongside any other reading program. "Macmillan Explorers" is an eight-level reading scheme written specifically for young learners of English. ... |
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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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Как да се научим да преосмисляме възгледите си в нашия бързопроменящ се свят. Интелигентността днес не е достатъчна и дори понякога е вредна, защото ни кара да се вкопчваме в това, което знаем и което сме. По-голямо значение има способността ни да преосмисляме и да се отказваме от наученото, защото вече не е валидно, и дори от досегашните си възгледи, ако вече не ни служат. В ежедневието си обаче предпочитаме комфорта на увереността пред дискомфорта на съмнението. Вслушваме се в мнения, които ни карат да се чувстваме добре, вместо в идеи, които ни карат да мислим добре. Виждаме разногласията по-скоро като заплаха за ... |
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"Принизяването на целия мъжки мозък единствено до "мозъкът под кръста" е добра основа за шегички, но по никакъв начин не представя мъжкия мозък в неговата цялостност. Той също така е търсещият и изследващ бебешки мозък, и мозъкът на прохождащото момченце, водено от мотото "не мога да живея, без да се движа"; недоспалият, дълбоко отегчен, готов на рискове мозък на тийнейджъра; страстно отдаденият на любовни похождения мозък на мъжа в разцвета на силите си; замъгленият мозък на таткото; обсебеният от йерархията и конкуренцията агресивен мозък и прибързаният емоционален мозък. Мъжкият мозък освен ... |
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Based on the story of Jerome K. Jerome . Retold by Diane Mowat . ... "I like work. I find it interesting... I can sit and look at it for hours." By the book With ideas like this, perhaps it is not a good idea to spend a holiday taking a boat trip up the River Thames. But this is what the three friends - and Montmorency the dog - decide to do. It is the sort of holiday that is fun to remember afterwards, but not so much fun to wake up too early on a cold, wet morning. This famous book has made people laugh all over the world for a hundred years... and they are still laughing. Classics, modern fiction, non- ... |
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"Вярно ли е, че психологията е просто здрав разум? За всеки, който си задава този въпрос, тази удивителна книга – която развенчава 50 мита на популярната психология и накратко отхвърля още 250 – предлага убедителни отговори. Освен това прави и нещо повече: предлага запленяващи примери как действа науката и насърчава критичното мислене. За преподаватели, студенти, писатели и всеки, който иска да мисли по-интелигентно, тази бъдеща класика ще бъде ценен извор и страхотно четиво". Дейвид Г. Майърс, колеж Хоуп, автор на "Intuition: Its Powers & Perils""Инструмент за разбиване на митове, крайно ... |
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The book behind the fourth season of the acclaimed HBO series "Game of Thrones". No. 1 "New York Times" bestselling author. ... Few books have captivated the imagination and won the devotion and praise of readers and critics everywhere as has George R.R. Martin's monumental epic cycle of high fantasy. Now, in "A Feast for Crows", Martin delivers the long-awaited fourth book of his landmark series, as a kingdom torn asunder finds itself at last on the brink of peace... only to be launched on an even more terrifying course of destruction. It seems too good to be true. After centuries of ... |
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"Incredible Sculptures. A Thief in the Museum" is a Level 4 reader. It's 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. Activities pages and picture dictionary can be found at the back of each reader. The book can be used as supplementary reading material with any primary course. 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 ... |
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"My Bulgaria" is geared to young Bulgarians abroad who want to trace their roots as well as to any English-speaking people who would like to broaden their knowledge of the history of Bulgaria. All 51 richly illustrated chapters provide a concise yet in-depth description of historical events from Prehistory to Modernity."History does not make us grand but rather rational. It fosters an understanding of the core human values; it helps us learn from the mistakes of our predecessors; it instills in us pride of their achievements and thus boosts our confidence. A confident person is bound to be successful and ... |
