This book is in British English. ... England - 1802. Catherine Morland visits the city of Bath with Mr. and Mrs. Allen. She meets the Tilneys and falls in love with Henry Tilney. The Tilneys invite Catherine to their home, Northanger Abbey. Included CD contains audio versions of all the chapters of the book. ... |
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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. After being jilted by her lover, Carla is devastated and intends to seek revenge. She joins a self-help group for people in similar situations and there she meets three women who have been betrayed or abandoned by their husbands. Carla decides to rehearse her revenge on these men and starts by buying a ticket to Cuba. ... |
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According to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Which - world's only totally reliable guide to the future, written in 1655, before she exposed - the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact. Just after tea... People have been pretending the end of the world almost from its very beginning, so it's only natural to be sceptical when a new date is set for Judgement Day. This time, though, the armies of God and Evil realy do appear to be missing. The Four Bikers of the Apocalypse are hitting the road. But both angels and demons - well, one first-living demon and a samowhat fussy angel - ... |
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"Приказното пътешествие на Деветте планети ще ви отведе в един фантастичен свят. Девет млади български художници си го представиха и го нарисуваха специално за вас. Четете и се забавлявайте, както се забавлявах и аз, докато пишех! Имената на героите са истински, а онова, за което ще стане дума, може наистина да се е случило. 9... 8... 7... 6... 5... 4... 3... 2... 1... 0 Приятен полет в Космоса!" Румен Иванчев ... |
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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. David lives in a house with lots of books and his cat, Socrates. But is he happy? Then he makes friends with Ella. 'You're a nice boy,' says Ella. 'But you don't know anything about me. You don't know me. I'm not a good person. ... |
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The complete stories with original illustrations from the Strand Magazine. ... It is more than a century since the ascetic, gaunt and enigmatic detective, Sherlock Holmes , made his first appearance in A Study in Scarlet. From 1891, beginning with The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the now legendary and pioneering Strand Magazine began serializing Arthur Conan Doyle's matchless tales of detection, featuring the incomparable sleuth patiently assisted by his doggedly loyal and lovably pedantic friend and companion, Dr Watson. The stories are illustrated by the remarkable Sydney Paget from whom our images of Sherlock ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Fairy tales are written both to entertain and to educate. Published in the shadow of the First World War, F. A. Steel's retellings of forty-one English fairy tales form a classic collection of stories, ranging from the familiar - "Jack and the Beanstalk", "Little Red Riding-Hood" and "The Three Little Pigs" - to the perhaps less well known - "The Black Bull of Norroway", "Nix Nought Nothing" and "The Red Ettin". Originally published in 1918, it reflects the nationalistic concerns of the period. ... |
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Contains 25 stories. ... Get ready for broomstick rides and bubbling cauldrons in these magical short stories from a much-loved storyteller. This bumper collection of 25 short stories is populated by every sort of magical and mysterious creature, from a grumpy wizard who is outwitted by an elf to pixie who rides on a rabbit. The stories are the perfect length for reading aloud in a classroom or at bedtime. With lots of humour and fantastic characters, these will appeal to newly confident readers to read alone as well as to younger children being read to. ... |
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Как да отключите пълния си потенциал за успех и постижения. ... "Всеки ред в тази книга е пълен с истина, мъдрост и сила. Брайън Трейси е неоспорим авторитет, показващ ви как съществено да подобрите живота си. Позволете му да бъде ваш водач. Научих толкова много от Брайън, че не мога да му благодаря достатъчно!" Робърт Дж. Алън, №1 автор на бестселъри на New York Times "Тази книга ви дава система стъпка по стъпка за трансформиране на вашето мислене за вас самия и за вашия потенциал, като ви позволява да постигнете по-голям успех във всяка една област на живота си." Лий Якока, Президент на Lee ... |
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Be a kick-ass boss without losing your humanity. From the time we learn to speak, we're told that if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. When you become a manager, it's your job to say it-and your obligation. Author Kim Scott was an executive at Google and then Apple, where she worked with a team to develop a class on how to be a good boss. What emerged was her vital new approach to effective management, Radical Candor. Radical Candor is a simple idea: to be a good boss, you have to Care Personally at the same time that you Challenge Directly. When you challenge without caring ... |
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Ново преработено и допълнено издание. ... През 1991 г. Дубравка Угрешич е поканена да преподава в университета Уеслиън в Мидълтаун, Кънектикът, и същевременно да списва рубрика в холандски вестник, която назовава "Моят американски речник". По-късно събира тези текстове в сборник, но поради погрешен удар върху клавиатурата "dictionary" става "fictionary" и така се ражда хърватското заглавие "Americki fikcionar". Един нестандартен речник, неазбучен, неподреден според каноните на жанра. Речник с разпилени думи и мисли, също като породилите ги светове, в който се смесват езикът на ... |
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He`s the one, she loves to hate. ... NEMESIS [n]: a long-standing rival; an arch-enemy; a person's undoing; Joshua Templeman. Lucy Hutton, baker-of-cakes, exemplary assistant and professional "nice girl", is waging war. She's got the whole office on her side - except for tall, dark and charmless Joshua Templeman. He's been nothing but hostile since the moment they met and now it feels like nothing matters as much as taking him down. Trapped together under the fluorescent lights, they become entrenched in an addictive rivalry. There's the Staring Game, The Mirror Game, The HR Game. Lucy ... |
