SPQR е разказ за историята на Рим, представен през погледа на един от най-изтъкнатите съвременни познавачи на Античността. Описва възхода на Рим от незначително селище в Централна Италия до неоспорим хегемон на Средиземноморието. Като покрива период от над 1000 години и хвърля светлина върху основите на римската цивилизация, SPQR съчетава дълбоко разбиране на историческите процеси с жив интерес към детайлите на римското ежедневие. Книгата разкрива митовете и историите на Древен Рим, изграждайки многоизмерна картина на римската действителност, в която всеки има своя важна роля - императори и войници, сенатори и роби, ... |
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Have you ever experienced a coincidence that felt too unlikely to be true? Or have you seen or heard something that seemed to be a message from a lost loved one? It's all too easy to dismiss synchronicities or signs like these as chance. But what if they weren't? And what if, by learning to tune into them, you could access a guiding wisdom that would help you overcome challenges and live with purpose? In this groundbreaking book, world-renowned neuroscientist Dr Tara Swart draws on her experience of grieving her beloved husband to explain how. Bringing together breathtaking real-life stories with teachings from ... |
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Mit den atmosphärischen Schilderungen der Schweizer Berge und ihrer liebevollen Figurenzeichnung erreicht Johanna Spyri weltweit die Herzen ihrer Leser. Die weltbekannte Geschichte von Heidi, dem kleinen Mädchen aus den Alpen, das in die Großstadt geschickt wird. Dort ist es unglücklich, lernt aber viel von der Welt. Als Heidi endlich wieder zum Großvater auf die Alp zurückkehren darf, bewirkt es überall Gutes. Syllabus: Grammatik das Verb - Präsens die Nomengruppe: Substantive im Nominativ, Dativ und Akkusativ Personalpronomen im Nominativ, Dativ und Akkusativ Fragepronomen Pr&# ... |
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It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother's coffin as the world watched in sorrow-and horror. As Princess Diana was laid to rest, billions wondered what Prince William and Prince Harry must be thinking and feeling-and how their lives would play out from that point on. For Harry, this is that story at last. Before losing his mother, twelve-year-old Prince Harry was known as the carefree one, the happy-go-lucky Spare to the more serious Heir. Grief changed everything. He struggled at school, struggled with anger, with loneliness-and, ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "All night she slept soundly on her bed of hay, dreaming of nothing but of shining mountains." At the age of six, little orphan Heidi is sent to live with her intimidating grandfather in the Alps. Heidi takes to him immediately and soon earns his love in return. She adores her life in the mountains, playing in the sunshine and growing up among the goats and birds, but one terribly day Heidi is collected by her aunt and forced to live with a new family in town. Heartbroken by the loss of her Alpine life, she must do everything she can to return to ... |
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Всяко малко момиче може да покаже креативност създавайки свои собствени модели, докато рисува или използва някой от стикерите и шаблоните. Креативната книжка от серията "Princess Top" е подходящ подарък за малките госпожици. За да оцветите тази книжка препоръчваме да използвате моливи или пастели, за да избегнете цветовете да се отбележат на другата страница. ... |
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As variegated as the American experience itself, this original treasury reflects the vibrant role of the short story in our national literature. Fourteen outstanding tales by famous American authors unfold in settings ranging from the decaying family mansion of Edgar Allan Poe's dark psychological thriller, "The Fall of the House of Usher", to the bustling modern apartment building of John Cheever's domestic drama, "The Enormous Radio". Moods and attitudes shift from the simmering menace of a lynch mob in William Faulkner's "Dry September" to the gentle optimism of an elderly ... |
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Featuring 19 of the finest works from the most distinguished writers in the American short-story tradition, this new compilation begins with Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1835 tale "Young Goodman Brown" and ranges across an entire century, concluding with Ernest Hemingway 's 1927 classic, "The Killers". Other selections include Poe 's "The Tell-Tale Heart", Melville's "Bartleby", Harte's "The Luck of Roaring Camp", "To Build a Fire", by Jack London, "The Real Thing" by Henry James, F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Bernice Bobs Her Hair& ... |
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Настоящата книга съдържа: адаптирана версия на разказите "Girl", "After Twenty Years", "The Romance of a Busy Broker", "One Thousand Dollars", "Science of Matrimony" и "While the Auto Waits" от О'Хенри на английски език превод на по-сложни думи и изрази, даден за улеснение на самото място в текста шест теста, подходящи за всички, владеещи английски език на средно ниво (B2), които се занимават интензивно с изучаването му ключ с отговорите на тестовете, който прави книгата полезна както за работа в клас под ръководството на учителя, така и за ... |
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Една от най-смразяващите снимки на XX век - две малки момчета, двама принцове, вървящи зад ковчега на майка си, а светът ги гледа с тъга... и ужас. По време на погребението на принцеса Даяна милиарди хора се чудят какво ли мислят и чувстват принц Хари и принц Уилям - и как ще се развие животът им от този момент нататък. Историята на Хари най-сетне е тук. Преди да загуби майка си, дванайсетгодишният принц е смятан за безгрижен - веселата Резерва на сериозния Наследник. Скръбта променя всичко. Трудно му е в училище, измъчват го гняв и самота. И понеже вини медиите за смъртта на майка си, му е непосилно да приеме живота ... |
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Adapted Book. This remarkable collection features short stories by great nineteenth- and twentieth-century writers. Beginning with Washington Irving's masterpieces - The Legend of the Sleepy Hollow and The Devil and Tom Walker, the volume also includes humorous short stories by Mark Twain (The Celebrated Jumping Frog) and Ellis Parker Butler (Pigs Is Pigs); fantastic and dark tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne (Rappaccini's Daughter) and Fitz-James O'Brien (The Diamond Lens); realistic stories by Herman Melville (Bartleby) and the Pulitzer-winner Willa Cather (Paul's Case); a crime story by Edgar ... |
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The Greatest Short Stories - Vol. 2 (Adapted Books), is a selection from the best of classic short fiction, bringing together writings by great masters in the genres of adventure, fantasy, horror, thriller mystery, romance, and realist fiction. Readers are sure to be delighted by the inclusion of such favourites as The Ransom of Red Chief by O. Henry, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce, A Pair of Silk Stockings by Kate Chopin, and The Return of a Private by Hamlin Garland. The book has approximately three thousand headwords and is appropriate for upper intermediate to advanced learners. The text has ... |
