"The Red Badge of Courage" is an adaptation of Stephen Crane's classic novel. The story is about a young man who goes to fight in the American Civil War on the side of the North's Union Army. In order to prove his bravery, he wishes to be wounded in battle - "the red badge of courage". The simplified text has about 2500 headwords and is appropriate for intermediate learners. The novel is included in: The Guardian;s list of The 100 Best Novels Written in English, No. 30; Ernest Hemingway's anthology Men at War: The Best War Stories of All Time. "Crane was concerned with elemental ... |
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Истинските причини за депресията и как да се избавим от нея. ... "Изгубени връзки" е книга за депресията като клинично състояние, придобило размерите на епидемия. Написването ѝ е мотивирано от личното страдание на автора, многократно награждаван журналист, който повече от десетилетие е подвластен на депресията и безуспешно лекуван с антидепресанти. В един момент Йохан Хари решава да вземе здравето и благополучието си в свои ръце. Провежда над 200 интервюта по целия свят с някои от най-влиятелните учени на нашето време. Разговаря с психолози, психиатри и невролози; чете научни публикации, среща се с ... |
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Езиковата система Jetstream - ниво B2.1 е продължение на системата For Real - нива А1 - В1. Това е езикова система, която съчетава мотивиращи теми, съвременен език и разнообразни образователни задачи като подтиква учениците да станат активни участници в учебния процес. В Jetstream граматиката се въвежда плавно и логично, в контекст, с достатъчно на брой примери от живия език. Тя възпитава учениците в духа на толерантност, междукултурно общуване и интерес към ключови произведения на световното кино и литература. Включените в учебника теми са изцяло съобразени с интересите на учениците, като подтикват към формиране и ... |
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The purpose I pursue with this book is to compare the information that has come down to us from old writers and to draw some conclusions about the people who spread the Bulgarian state to the Balkans, without resorting to the numerous contemporary books that I have read and that fill my library. I do this not out of disrespect for the tremendous work of contemporary Bulgarian writers and historians, but out of a desire to make an independent assessment of events and to draw my own conclusions about the relationship and sequence of events and their consequences by reading only older authors. I hope the book will find a ... |
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The greatest war novel of all time. ... Paul Baumer enlisted with his classmates in the German army of World War I. Youthful, enthusiastic, they become soldiers. But despite what they have learned, they break into pieces under the first bombardment in the trenches. And as horrible war plods on year after year, Paul holds fast to a single vow: to fight against the principles of hate that meaninglessly pits young men of the same generation but different uniforms against each other - if only he can come out of the war alive. "The world has a great writer in Erich Maria Remarque. He is a craftsman of unquestionably ... |
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The Second World War began on 1 September 1939 with the German invasion in Poland and ended in August 1945 with surrender of Japan. That global military conflict involved all of the great powers and most of the world’s nations. There were two opposing alliances: the Allies (USSR, Great Britain, USA etc.) and the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan). Second World War in Europe was fought on three fronts: Eastern, Western and Italian. The most bloody and devastating fights were on the Eastern front. The war ended with the total defeat of the Axis powers. Shortly after the outbreak of the war Hitler's Germany managed ... |
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War and Peace is a vast epic centred on Napoleon's war with Russia. While it expresses Tolstoy 's view that history is an inexorable process which man cannot influence, he peoples his great novel with a cast of over five hundred characters. Three of these, the artless and delightful Natasha Rostov, the world-weary Prince Andrew Bolkonsky and the idealistic Pierre Bezukhov illustrate Tolstoy's philosophy in this novel of unquestioned mastery. This translation is one which received Tolstoy's approval. ... |
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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."In the early 1990s Katy, a young reporter, arrives in Sarajevo, a city under siege, and receives conflicting advice from two colleagues. "Of all the wars I've been in," a news cameraman tells her, "this is the one where it's not possible to be objective. You can't be objective about what's going on here." "This is not my war or your war," an Italian journalist ... |
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Сборник в чест на доц. Димитър Вечев. ... Сборникът Русия между Изтока и Запада: политика, идеология, дипломация е жест на признателност към учителя и колегата, дългогодишния преподавател по руска история в Историческия факултет на Софийския университет Св. Климент Охридски доц. Димитър Вечев. В тома са включени научни разработки на двадесет и двама историци от България и Русия. В тях са анализирани различни проблеми от историята на руската държава в различните ѝ форми (империя, Съветски съюз, Руска федерация) през дългия и изпълнен с поврати период, обхващащ XIX, XX и началото на XXI в. Представени са различни ... |
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Изданието е многоезично - на български език, английски език, немски език, френски език и италиански език. ... "Българските жени са дарени с благоразумие, което е трудно въобразимо, ако не си го преживял; и въпреки това те не са необщителни. Les femmes bulgares sont d'une sagesse qu'on croiroit à peine, si on ne les avoit éprouvées; & cependant elles ne sont point sauvages." Voyage Littéraire de la Grèce, 1776 "Мъжете и жените в розовите градини във и около Казанлък са с хубав ръст и изящни маниери и въпреки че жените рядко са красиви, те притежават онзи безименен чар, ... |
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"The Silver Citadel. From up here, this symbol of our power appears eternal. But it's an illusion, nothing more. Fire is sweeping through Celonia. And if we do nothing, I fear Solanum too will burn." Из книгата Aderyn took the throne in a bid to avert civil war. But three months on, her grip on the crown is as precarious as ever. Fears are growing that the flightless of Solanum will be the next to rise up, and enemies old and new soon threaten Aderyn's rule and the lives of those she loves. Staking everything on a final attempt to save her nation, Aderyn must fly to uncharted territories and forge ... |
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New York Times bestselling author of Six of Crows. A Grisha novel. ... When you can't beat the odds, change the game. Kaz Brekker and his crew have just pulled off the most daring heist imaginable. But instead of divvying up a fat reward,they're fighting for their lives. As old enemies and new rivals descend on the city, a war will be waged in the streets - a battle for revenge and redemption that will decide the future of magic. "Ocean's eleven set in a Game of Thrones-esque world... electric prose." The Independent on Six of Crows ... |
