Учитесь ли вы иностранному языку или говорите на нем в совершенстве, любите ли читать книги на языке автора, а не в переводе – вам в этот раздел! Успешным бизнесменам, топ-менеджерам и тем, кто хочет таковыми стать будет полезен Курс делового английского языка. Тем, кто уже владеет английским, повезло - они могут прямо сейчас, не дожидаяь перевода на русский, прочитать захватывающий роман Стивена Joyland и европейский бестселлер Inferno Дэна Брауна. Ну, а тем, кто решил провести свой отпуск во Франции, пригодится Русско-французский разговорник и словарь.
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. "Round the Red Lamp" is a splendid collection of medical and detective short stories, the idea of which was suggested to the author by none other than Jerome K. Jerome.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07162-3
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018
Round-Up 1 (Практическая грамматика английского языка) сочетает в себе увлекательные игры с серьезными грамматическими упражнениями. Это идеальное учебное пособие для тех, кто находится на среднем уровне изучения английского языка. Основные правила представлены в учебнике в виде красочных таблиц. Учащиеся осваивают грамматику при помощи занимательных, прекрасно иллюстрированных игр и письменных заданий....
ISBN: 978-1-408-25138-6
Издательство:
Pearson Education Limited
Дата выхода: январь 2010
The complex and often turbulent history of Russia over the course of 2,000 years is brought to life in a series of 176 maps by one of the most prolific and successful historian authors today. This new edition of "The Routledge Atlas of Russian History" covers not only the wars and expansion of Russia but also a wealth of less conspicuous details of its history, from famine and anarchism to the growth of naval strength and the strengths of the river systems. From 800 BC to the fall of the Soviet Union, this indispensable guide to Russian history covers: • war and conflict: from the triumph of the Goths between 200 and 400 BC to the defeat of Germany at the end of the Second World War and the end of the Cold War • politics: from the...
This dictionary covers over 1800 of the most important deities and demons from around the world. From classical Greek and Roman mythology to the gods of Eastern Europe and Mesopotamia, from Nordic giants to Islamic jinns and Egyptian monsters, it has descriptions of the figures most worshipped and feared around the world and across time.
The harrowing history of the Nazi attempt to annihilate the Jews of Europe during the Second World War is illustrated in this series of 320 highly detailed maps. This atlas traces each phase of the Holocaust, beginning with the anti-Semitic violence of prewar Germany and leading to the German conquest of countries in which the Jews had lived for centuries. Presented in chronological order, the maps document in compelling detail the story of the Holocaust, from the spread of the early random killings of Jews and their systematic mass expulsion from thousands of towns and villages to the establishment of ghettos and the setting up of the death camps. Also shown on the maps are more than two hundred acts of resistance and revolt, as well as...
This new edition of “The Routledge Atlas of British History” focuses both on the maps and the economic and social history, which enlightens the changing story of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. This compelling fourth edition atlas now includes: • politics: from the Saxon kingdoms to the Commonwealth and Europe • war and conflict: the Viking attacks, World Wars One and Two and twenty-first century war in Iraq • trade and industry: from the post-Norman economy and international trade routes • religion: from the Saxon church to the reformation • society and economics: Roman Britain and Agricultural revolutions • immigration: growth of immigrant communities.
This vast compendium of facts and figures follows on from its highly successful and well-established predecessor, and has been updated and expanded to include recent themes and more detailed studies. This is the complete companion to Victorian Britain, and the place to go to find out everything from the nuts and bolt of electoral reform, and who held which cabinet position through the period, through to the development of sport and leisure; when the FA Cup was established and when the Wimbledon Championship first began. In its user-friendly format The Companion collates information the political, economic, imperial, social and cultural life of nineteenth-century Britain, and introduces material on more recently-emerged themes such as...
Newly revised and updated to include new maps, this is the seventh edition of Martin Gilbert’s atlas tracing the world-wide migrations of the Jews from ancient Mesopotamia to modern Israel. Spanning over four thousand years of history in over 140 maps, it presents a vivid picture of a fascinating people and the trials and tribulations which have haunted their story. The themes covered include: • prejudice and violence • migrations and movements • society and status • trade and culture • politics, government and war. All students of history, and of Jewish history in particular will find this new edition as useful, helpful and invaluable as its six predecessors.
Layton`s wildly exuberant illustrations provide the perfect accompaniment to the four legged narrator`s refreshing brand of humour - The Guardian. This is a completely topsy-turvey view of a world seen from a dog`s eye point of view - a very funny story which turns to real drama when the little girl gets lost on the beach and the search is on to find her.
ISBN: 978-0-7475-4689-4
Издательство:
Bloomsbury
Дата выхода: июль 2012
For the first time in A-format paperback, J.R.R. Tolkien`s novella about the adventures of a bewitched toy dog While on holiday in 1925, four-year-old Michael Tolkien lost his beloved toy dog on the beach at Filey in Yorkshire. To console him, his father, J. R. R. Tolkien, improvised a story about Rover, a real dog who is magically transformed into a toy and is forced to seek out the wizard who wronged him in order to be returned to normal. This charming tale, peopled by a sand-sorcerer and a terrible dragon, by the king of the sea and the Man-in-the-Moon, went through several drafts over the years. Now, more than 70 years on, the adventures of Rover -- or, for reasons that become clear in the story, "Roverandom"-- are published in A...
ISBN: 0-00-714911-5
Издательство:
HarperCollins
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
Helps you find out about the gruesome guillotine in the French Revolution, meet the legendary leaders like Leon Trotsky, and discover how to plan your own rowdy revolution. This title includes information on: Which Chinese emperor was overthrown by his mum? Why one revolution made ugly people very scared? And what Count Dracula was really like?
Daniel Defoe was an English trader, writer, pamphleteer and journalist. He is most famous for his novel "Robinson Crusoe", which is second only to the Bible in its number of translations. Roxana is a story of a woman who has traded her virtue, at first for survival, and then for fame and fortune. As a narrator, she tells the story of her own "wicked" life as the mistress of rich and powerful men. Beautiful and proud Roxana is terrified of being poor. When her husband leaves her penniless with five children, she must choose between being a virtuous beggar or a courtesan.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08182-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018
The young Anna Akimovna inherited a plant that must provide leadership. But twenty-five years, what a rich and beautiful woman would spend his evenings to work? Especially since, among its workers, the beautiful Pimenov do not let insensitive. And she begins to dream. Two new acids of love and misunderstanding by one of the great masters of Russian literature.
ISBN: 978-2-07-035974-5
Издательство:
Gallimard
Дата выхода: август 2011
Sheherezade tells the King stories for one thousand and one nights. This book contains three of them: Aladdin and the Lamp, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and the Genie and the Fisherman.
ISBN: 978846681-153-8
Издательство:
Richmond
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Joseph is excited about beginning to work for Mr. Felberg. But there is a problem with Sydney, Mr. Felberg`s assistant. Why doesn`t Sydney like Joseph? Joseph watches Sydney. Does Sydney have a secret? Joseph is not the only one watching Sydney. Something or someone is watching Sydney all the time and Sydney doesn`t like it.
ISBN: 978846681-554-3
Издательство:
Richmond
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012