Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles are non-fiction graded readers from the "Oxford Bookworms Library" available for Levels 1 to 4 (CEFR A1 - B2). Students learn about different countries and cultures, science and nature, history and historical figures all while practising and improving their English. Everybody took photos of Prince William when he first arrived at the University of St Andrews. Crowds of photographers came to the little Scottish town next to the sea and took pictures of this new student - the nineteen year-old grandson of the Queen of England. But nobody photographed Kate Middleton on her first ... |
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Ever since she was a child, every aspect of Julia Haart's life - what she wore, what she ate, what she thought - was controlled by the orders of ultra-Orthodox Judaism. At nineteen, after a lifetime spent caring for her seven younger siblings, she was married off to a man she barely knew. For the next twenty-three years, he would rule her life. Eventually, when her youngest daughter, Miriam, started to question why she wasn't allowed to sing, run or ride a bike, Julia reached breaking point. She knew that if she didn't find a way to leave, her daughters would be forced into the same unending servitude. So ... |
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With more than 280 entries, this architectural A - Z, now part of our Bibliotheca Universalis series, offers an indispensable overview of the key players in the creation of modern space. From the period spanning the 19th to the 21st century, pioneering architects are featured with a portrait, concise biography, as well as a description of her or his important work. Like a bespoke global architecture tour, you'll travel from Manhattan skyscrapers to a Japanese concert hall, from Gaudi's Palau Güell in Barcelona to Lina Bo Bardi's sports and leisure center in a former factory site in São Paulo. You&# ... |
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Atlas d'anatomie humaine et de chirurgie. Atlas der menschlichen anatomie und der Chirurgie. Multilingual Edition: English, French, German. ... We owe a great debt to Jean Baptiste Marc Bourgery (1797 - 1849) for his Atlas of Anatomy, which was not only a massive event in medical history, but also remains one of the most comprehensive and beautifully illustrated anatomical treatises ever published. Bourgery began work on his magnificent atlas in 1830 in cooperation with illustrator Nicolas Henri Jacob (1782 - 1871), a student of the French painter Jacques Louis David. The first volumes were published the following ... |
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Книга 4 от поредицата "Bulgarian Academic Monographs". ... The book presents in general development of Bulgarian Church woodcarving from the earliest preserved models until the end of the 19th century. The presentation follows the main routes of development of this original art, with emphasis laid upon the symbolism of the included patterns. During the Revival period this symbolism is a synthesis between Christian and Pre-Christian patterns, preserved in the folklore thinking. The book presents the Revival period not only as an ascending period but also as a period of recesses and returns kept up by the folklore. ... |
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Сборник с доклади. Двуезично издание - на български и английски език. ... Димитър Добрович е първият, известен на обществеността в България, художник с академично образование. Нещо повече. В средата на XIX век той системно следва пътя и съдбата си на художник. Основите на неговото образование са положени в Сливен и Истанбул. По-късно Добрович целенасочено се насочва и завършва художественото училище в Атина, а Вечният град го привлича по различен начин с богатата си вековна култура, с динамичния светски и мечтателен живот на Рим и околностите. Там Димитър Добрович остава да живее и твори повече от 40 години, до 1893 ... |
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В поредния 19-ти том се съдържат беседи държани от 21 юни 1931 г. до 7 февруари 1932 г. В тази поредица за първи път е представена пълна хронология на неделните беседи на Учителя Петър Дънов (Беинса Дуно) през периода 1914 - 1943 г. В тях по собствените му думи са изложени всички основни принципи на неговото учение, което той нарича Новото учение на Всемирното Бяло Братство. Книгата е деветнадесети том от многотомната поредица "Сила и живот" и е съвместна публикация на издателствата "Захарий Стоянов" и "Бяло Братство". ... |
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Сборникът "Българско-руски срещи в литературата на XIX - XX век" представя новоиздирени ръкописи и архивни материали, както и автентични факти, останали неосветлени досега, потулени в гънките на общата картина. Читателят ще досегне първия преводачески опит на Неофит Бозвели за "антология на руската проза", ще вникне в оставения от Пантелеймон Рилец интересен пътепис из Русия, ще разбере кой е българинът, присъствал на погребението на Гогол, ще се запознае с данните за първата руско-българска научна сесия през 1870 г., с оригиналните "описания" на Славейков по време на Руско-турската ... |
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Книга от поредицата "Ръководство по хирургия с атлас". ... Нашето време е белязано от постоянна тенденция на нарастване на заболеваемостта от солидни тумори, както и от молекулярнобиологичен и технологически "бум" във фундаменталната и клиничната онкология. Модерното лечение вече не е само "органосъхраняващо", но и индивидуализирано, основано на комплексен мултидисциплинарен подход. Необходимост за практикуващите хирурзи е доброто познаване на рака като биологичен процес. Настоящият том е опит да се отговори на тази потребност. В нея са развити системно биологията на туморите, епидемиологията ... |
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The Thought Police, doublethink, Newspeak, Big Brother - "1984" itself: these terms and concepts have moved from the world of fiction into our everyday lives. They are central to our thinking about freedom and its suppression; yet they were newly created by George Orwell in 1949 as he conjured his dystopian vision of a world where totalitarian power is absolute. In this novel, continuously popular since its first publication, readers can explore the dark and extraordinary world he brought so fully to life. The principal characters who lead us through that world are ordinary human beings like ourselves: ... |
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The year is 1984. The country is impoverished and permanently at war, people are watched day and night by Big Brother and their every action and thought is controlled by the Thought Police. Winston Smith works in the department of propaganda, where his job is to rewrite the past. Spurred by his longing to escape, Winston rebels. He breaks the law by falling in love with Julia and, as part of the clandestine organization the Brotherhood, they attempt the unimaginable - to bring down the Party. George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is one of the most famous and influential novels of the 20th century. This terrifying ... |
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George Orwell 's dystopian masterpiece, Nineteen Eighty-Four is perhaps the most pervasively influential book of the twentieth century, making famous Big Brother, newspeak and Room 101. 'Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past' Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in, which demands absolute obedience and controls him through the all-seeing telescreens and the watchful eye of Big Brother, ... |
