Stimulating, succinct and accessible, this highly successful text offers a comprehensive introduction to the study of politics, written from an international perspective. Including a new chapter on the mass media and political communication it contains substantial new material on developments such as the `War on Terror` and state transformation.
Роман Элинор Портер «Поллианна» учит детей и взрослых позитивному мышлению через игру«в радость» (англ. The Glad Game). Эта книга на английском языке вошла в серию книг зарубежной классики. «Зарубежная классика — читай в оригинале» — коллекция, которая собрана из бессмертных произведений великих мастеров пера, написанных ими на их родном языке. Книги из этой серии помогут читателю углублённо изучать...
ISBN: 978-5-519-49094-8
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2015
All along the Mediterranean coast, the Roman empire’s richest citizens are relaxing in their luxurious villas, enjoying the last days of summer. The world’s largest navy lies peacefully at anchor in Misenum. The tourists are spending their money in the seaside resorts of Baiae, Herculaneum, and Pompeii. But the carefree lifestyle and gorgeous weather belie an impending cataclysm, and only one man is worried. The young engineer Marcus Attilius Primus has just taken charge of the Aqua Augusta, the enormous aqueduct that brings fresh water to a quarter of a million people in nine towns around the Bay of Naples. His predecessor has disappeared. Springs are failing for the first time in generations. And now there is a crisis on the...
ISBN: 978-0-345-47567-1
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Poodle loves to doodle everywhere - walls, doors, floors, no surface is safe! The naughty poodle is soon in trouble. But could her al fresco drawing skills actually come in useful? This entertaining story for beginner readers has simple rhyming text, stylish illustrations and parents notes on phonics at the back of the book.
This novel brought its 24-year-old author critical and public acclaim nearly overnight. Written in the form of letters, it recounts a blossoming romance amid St. Petersburg`s slums between a middle-aged writer and a much younger seamstress. Compact and easy to read, it represents an excellent introduction to Dostoyevsky`s work.
Denver Jones is a hotshot twenty-something attorney working in Carolyn Henderson is to a powerful and very married Senator in Washington with whom she is having an affair. And Annabelle Maestro - daughter of two movie stars - has carved out a career for herself in New York, with the help of her cocaine addicted boyfriend, as the madame of choice for discerning famous men. Then there is Bobby Santangelo Stanislopolous, the Kennedyesque son of Lucky Santangelo. Back in the day he went to high school with Denver, Carolyn and Annabelle. When Annabelle`s mother is found shot to death in her Beverly Hills mansion, the friends are thrown together, and secrets from the past have a way of coming back to haunt
ISBN: 978-1-84739-308-1
Издательство:
Simon & Schuster UK
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Denver Jones is a hotshot twenty-something attorney working in Carolyn Henderson is personal assistant to a powerful and very married Senator with whom she is having an affair. And Annabelle Maestro is NYC’s madam of choice for discerning famous men. Then there is Bobby Santangelo Stanislopolous, the Kennedy-esque son of Lucky Santangelo and deceased Greek shipping billionaire, Dimitri Stanislopolous. Bobby owns Mood, the hottest club in New York. Back in the day, Bobby went to high school with Denver, Carolyn, and Annabelle in Beverly Hills. Now, after the murder of Annabelle’s beautiful movie-star mother, the group of old friends is finding themselves thrown together secrets from the past have a way of coming back to haunt everyone.
Presented as a series of letters between the humble copying-clerk Devushkin and a distant relative of his, the young Varenka, Poor People brings to the fore the underclass of St Petersburg, who live at the margins of society in the most appalling conditions and abject poverty. As Devushkin tries to help Varenka improve her plight by selling anything he can, he is reduced to even more desperate circumstances and seeks refuge in alcohol, looking on helplessly as the object of his impossible love is taken away from him.
ISBN: 978-1-84749-190-9
Издательство:
Alma Books
Дата выхода: май 2012
How do you make it as a pop star? Packed with scandal and intrigue, Pop Babylon takes you to the dark heart of one of the world`s most wicked and secretive industries. Tracking a year in the making of a brand new boy band, Pop Babylon is pure, unadulterated reading pleasure. Disgraceful, revelatory and great down-and-dirty fun, it`s essential reading for anyone who wants to know what it really takes nowadays to be top of the pops.
ISBN: 978-0-552-15814-5
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: август 2011
Alex Cross is in love with a very special woman, and even a series of ghastly murders he`s been investigating can`t diminish his happiness. The main suspect is Geoffrey Shaffer, a British diplomat who engages in a brilliant series of counter moves. When Cross and his fiancee become the targets of deadly cabal of killers masterminded by Shaffer, Cross must outwit one of the most cunning villains he`s ever faced - or lose everything he loves.
ISBN: 978-0-446-60881-7
Издательство:
Warner Books
Дата выхода: июль 2011
There are lots of surprises and very noisy animals inside this perfect pop-up book for toddlers. Read this together with your child and discover who goes `Woof`, who goes `Grrr` and who goes `ROOOOARRR!` They`ll love the five photographic pop-up scenes introducing them to noisy animals from cute cats and playful dogs to proud lions. Bold type and simple text encourage early vocabulary and memory skills, and the sturdy design is tough enough for any toddler.
ISBN: 978-1-4053-3246-0
Издательство:
Dorling Kindersley Publishing
Дата выхода: август 2011
