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Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: John Foster and Korky Paul's phenomenally successful poetry partnership began over 10 years ago, with the publication of this book. The combination of John's inspired, witty selection of poems, with Korky's crazily imaginative and anarchic illustrations, has proved exceptionally popular. Features a fantastic range of poets including Jack Prelutsky, Tony Bradman, Adrian Henri., Ian Serraillier and…
Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: This extraordinary collection of stories from Japan are retellings of legends and fairy tales. You'll meet the Sea Spirit, the Moon God, the Emperor Kiyomori, Dragon Princess and many other magical characters. Amidst the stories, the beauty of Japan — its people, its animals and its landscape — is joyfully evoked. The stories include «The Birth of Japan», «Tales of the Heike», and the «Tale of…
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Short and Scary! includes stories of ghosts, monsters, and aliens — as well as some much more unexpected scares! Over forty stories in one book — all of them very, very short! None of the stories are more than two pages long, but each of them is special and thought-provoking. Drawn from a range of sources, including folk tales, urban myths, and narrative jokes, as well as original stories, the…
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Short and Shocking is full of stories with a twist in the tail — each surprising and stimulating in its own way. Over forty stories in one book — all of them very, very short! None of the stories are more than two pages long, but each of them is special and thought-provoking. Drawn from a range of sources, including folk tales, urban myths, and narrative jokes, as well as original stories, the…
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Meet Clovis, the roaringest tiger in the whole world Clovis is a very noisy little tiger. He knows he has the loudest roar in the whole jungle. And Clovis thinks that everyone else should know it too. He's good at roaring, but he's very good at hiding — and that's when the trouble begins. The other animals soon tire of him jumping out and shocking them with his loud roar! — but what can they do…
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Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: This book offers a defense of the tensed theory of time, a critique of the New Theory of Reference, and an argument that simultaneity is absolute. Although Smith rejects ordinary language philosophy, he shows how it is possible to argue from the nature of language to the nature of reality. Specifically, he argues that semantic properties of tensed sentences are best explained by the hypothesis…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: This collection of previously unpublished, cutting-edge research discusses the conversation analysis (CA) approach to understanding language use. CA is the dominant theory for analyzing the social use of language and is concerned with the description of how speakers engage in conversation and other forms of social interaction involving language. Its proponents are not only linguists but…
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Скачать книгу (размер 2 105 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 414) Аннотация: - Gripping adventure story, in the tradition of Peter Hopkirk's classic books on Central Asia — First published by OUP in 1997; now reissued by popular demand — Colourful and opinionated descriptions of the people Burnaby encountered — not only an adventure story, but a fascinating cultural document of its time — Peter Hopkirk's books have sold over 100,000 copies in their Oxford paperback…
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Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: - Edited by two pre-eminent historians — Contributions from 26 of the world's leading scholars — Early chapters take a global overview of the century as a whole, from a variety of perspectives — demographic, scientific, economic, and cultural. — An invaluable repository of information, offering unparalleled insights into the last century In 1900 Queen Victoria still ruled over the British Empire,…