Brazen, incisive, and outrageous as ever, Hunter S. Thompson is back with another astonishing volume of his private correspondence, the highly anticipated follow-up to The Proud Highway. When that first book of letters appeared in 1997, Time pronounced it "deliriously entertaining"; Rolling Stone called it "brilliant beyond description"; and The New York Times celebrated its "wicked humor and bracing political conviction". Spanning the years between 1968 and 1976, these never-before-published letters show Thompson building his legend: running for sheriff in Aspen, Colorado; creating the seminal road book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas; twisting political reporting to new heights for Rolling Stone; and making sense of it all in the...
From haute couture to hot pants, from glamour to grunge, the past fifty years have witnessed some startling revolutions in fashion. This lively survey of postwar fashion not only describes the great designers and their creations but also places trends in clothing within their social and cultural contexts.
The theme of the research is acute, for in the early 21st century there occurs the transformation of the globalization process in which financial innovations start to play an increasingly large role. The monography is especially time-relevant for the international financial architecture is being currently transformed. Interesting can be considered the possibility of creating a common currency unit in the context of collective currencies, crypto-currencies and other similar financial and monetary products. The outcome of the research is authentic and unique, for it contains a principally new approach to defining the financial engineering and contemporary results of financial innovation.
ISBN: 978-5-466-05465-1
Издательство:
КноРус
Дата выхода: январь 2024
This is the course that mixes a truly rigorous language syllabus with business concepts and skills. Ever popular, First Insights into Business a strong grammar and vocabulary syllabus which is carefully balanced against practical business skills. First Insights into Business is a self-contained course and is also an ideal lead-in to New Insights into Business.
ISBN: 978-0-582-84662-3
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: июль 2011
"First Insights into Business" is a course for students of Business English at pre-intermediate to intermediate level. It can be used as a self-contained course or as a lead-in to "New Insights into Business". The two courses take students from pre-intermediate to upper intermediate level, and provide excellent practice for major business English exams. "The First Insights Workbook" contains new revision units specially written for ВЕС Preliminary exam preparation. "First Insights into Business" offers a realistic, informative and extremely accessible approach to key business concepts, underpinned by a thorough and carefully developed language syllabus. Key features of the workbook: Revision of language and key business concepts,...
ISBN: 0582-83799-5
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2009
First Insights into Business is a pre-intermediate course for adult learners of Business English. The teacher’s book outlines the rationale for the course. It provides information on the units, photocopiable test materials, and a workbook answer key.
ISBN: 978-0-582-84663-0
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: июль 2011
This comprehensive resource book contains an easy-to-use set of short activities essential for anyone teaching Business English. Reflecting real-life business activities such as emails, noisy telephone conversations, making excuses, negotiating,...
ISBN: 978-0-521-54741-3
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Focus on Academic Skills for IELTS is the ideal companion to Focus on IELTS Coursebook, providing further thematically-linked practice for each unit. It can also be used on its own for self-study or as a short intensive IELTS course.
ISBN: 978-0-582-83791-1
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: июль 2011
