Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: An outstanding new picture book with an extremely simple text — full of humour with a brilliant twist at the end. Hungry Hen eats and eats and grows fatter and fatter. High on the hill the fox watches and grows thinner and thinner. Until one day he can stand it no longer, but things do not turn out as expected!
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Winnie is looking for adventure so she decides to go into space! She magics a rocket and Abracadabra, she blasts into orbit! It's quite tricky dealing with all the controls in a rocket but it's even trickier knowing what to do with hungry extra-terrestrial rabbits... will Winnie have enough magic up her sleeve to save the day?
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Toast is a very excited little field mouse — in just a few sleeps it will be his birthday. Toast and Mummy fill their time with all sorts of preparations for the party while Daddy fills his time frantically trying to finish a special, secret present. Toast and Daddy want to know just how many sleeps are left — but for very different reasons!
Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: The cat is on the mat, the island's fun to see, guess who says, 'Toot, Toot' then all fall down with me! Four of Brian Wildsmith's classic pieces of visual story-telling are brought together in this bright and beautiful collection for the youngest readers.
Скачать книгу (размер 3 257 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 640) Аннотация: This is the reissued Oxford Colour French Dictionary Plus. This dictionary is an effective and practical reference tool for any student, adult learners, or travellers. It is especially user-friendly, with a colourful design that makes it easy to find the word you are looking for quickly. It also has usage notes, giving you help with tricky and frequently occurring words, verb lists, and grammar…
Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: A totally new edition of the world's most-trusted English course. Tried and tested all over the world, Headway is the course that teachers and learners rely on. Headway works in the classroom: — A realistic, well-supported syllabus. — A measured step-by-step approach. — Careful recycling at every opportunity. — Headway teaches real language in real contexts. — A solid foundation of grammar and…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 942 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 382) Аннотация: Thomson and Martinet's classic grammar is the most widely used book of its kind. It is popular because its explanations are clear and because it deals thoroughly with the topics which students find most difficult. It is intended for intermediate and post-intermediate learners, but is also a useful source of reference for more advanced students and for teachers. A Practical English Grammar has now…
Скачать книгу (размер 4 267 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 838) Аннотация: The Oxford History of Britain tells the story of Britain and its people over two thousand years, from the coming of the Roman legions to the present day. Encompassing political, social, economic, and cultural developments throughout the British Isles, the dramatic narrative is taken up in turn by ten leading historians who offer the fruits of the best modern scholarship to the general reader in…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 359 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 660) Аннотация: A comprehensive history of the Nazi persecution and murder of European Jews, paying detailed attention to an unrivalled range sources. Focusing clearly on the perpetrators and exploring closely the process of decision making, Longerich argues that anti-Semitism was not a mere by-product of the Nazis' political mobilization or an attempt to deflect the attention of the masses, but that anti-Jewish…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: At last — the secrets of Bletchley Park's powerful codebreaking computers. This is a history of Colossus, the world's first fully-functioning electronic digital computer. Colossus was used during the Second World War at the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, where it played an invaluable role cracking enemy codes. Until very recently, much about the Colossus machine was shrouded…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: What do the following have in common? Let there be light — A fly in the ointment — A rod of iron — New wine in old bottles Lick the dust — How are the mighty fallen — Kick against the pricks — Wheels within wheels They are all in the King James Bible. This astonishing book «has contributed far more to English in the way of idiomatic or quasi-proverbial expressions than any other literary source.»…
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: How does an intruder get into Winnie's house? Intruder windows. What does an Australian witch ride on? A broomerang. With pages chock-full of Winnie's and Wilbur's favourites, Winnie's Jokes will leave children in stitches. Great for sharing with family and friends.
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Christopher Nibble loves munching dandelion leaves. And he's not alone. All the guinea pigs in Dandeville eat dandelion leaves for breakfast, lunch and dinner. But no-one seems to do anything when the dandelions begin to dwindle. They just carry on munching. In fact the guinea pigs of Dandeville are heading for eco-disaster... But that's where Christopher Nibble steps in. He discovers the last…
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Winnie and Wilbur love their vegetables. They are regulars at the weekly farmers' market to stock up on their greens, but bringing them back home on a broomstick proves to be rather hazardous. So Winnie decides to grow her own and digs a vegetable patch in her garden. Not having the patience of a true gardener, she uses a little magic to speed up the growing process... only to end up with a…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 075 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 212) Аннотация: How to Write is an introductory guide to writing, aimed at people who think they can't write, or for whom writing is an ordeal. Broken down into short topic-based chapters on everything from beginning to revising, it demystifies the writing process by taking the reader through each stage necessary to bring a piece of writing to a decent finish. The book also offers a wealth of invaluable…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: How does Shakespeare's treatment of human sexuality relate to the sexual conventions and language of his times? Pre-eminent Shakespearean critic Stanley Wells draws on historical and anecdotal sources to present an illuminating account of sexual behaviour in Shakespeare's time, particularly in Stratford-upon-Avon and London. He demonstrates what we know or can deduce of the sex lives of…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 503 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 492) Аннотация: In The Rule of Empires, Timothy Parsons gives a sweeping account of the evolution of empire from its origins in ancient Rome to its most recent twentieth-century embodiment. He explains what constitutes an empire and offers suggestions about what empires of the past can tell us about our own historical moment. Parsons uses imperial examples that stretch from ancient Rome, to Britain's «new»…
Скачать книгу (размер 769 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 152) Аннотация: We live an information-soaked existence — information pours into our lives through television, radio, books, and of course, the Internet. Some say we suffer from 'infoglut'. But what is information? The concept of 'information' is a profound one, rooted in mathematics, central to whole branches of science, yet with implications on every aspect of our everyday lives: DNA provides the information…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: As Ian Bremmer and Preston Keat reveal in this innovative book, volatile political events such as the 2008 Georgia-Russia confrontation — and their catastrophic effects on business — happen much more frequently than investors imagine. On the curve that charts both the frequency of these events and the power of their impact, the «tail» of extreme political instability is not reassuringly thin but…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: From the mathematics of mazes, to cones with a twist, and the amazing sphericon — and how to make one — Ian Stewart is back with more mathematical stories and puzzles that are as quirky as they are fascinating, and each from the cutting edge of the world of mathematics. We find out about the mathematics of time travel, explore the shape of teardrops (which are not tear-drop shaped, but something…