A stunning edition of this modern classic of World War One, featuring an introduction by the author and insightful testimonies from soldiers.Told in the voice of Private Tommo Peaceful, the story follows twenty-four hours at the front, and captures his memories of his family and his village life – by no means as tranquil as it appeared.Full of vivid detail and engrossing atmosphere, leading to a dramatic and moving conclusion, Private Peaceful is both a compelling love story and a deeply moving account of the First World War.
The Olympic Games are under attack. Only Private, the world`s most exclusive detective agency, can save them. July 2012: The Games have arrived in London and the stage is set for one of the greatest ever showcases of sporting excellence. When Sir Denton Marshall, a key member of the London Olympic organising committee, is found brutally murdered, Peter Knight, head of Private London, is called to the scene. Private are working with the organising committee on security for the Games, so Denton Marshall was a valuable client. But there is a more personal link: Denton was also the fiance of Knight`s mother. Knight is devastated by Denton`s murder, but it soon becomes clear that this is no isolated incident. The killer is targeting the Games...
ISBN: 978-0-09-956874-2
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
The scar on Rhoda Gradwyn`s face was to be the death of When the notorious investigative journalist, Rhoda Gradwyn, books into Mr Chandler-Powell`s private clinic in Dorset for the removal of a disfiguring and long-standing scar, she has every prospect of a successful operation and the beginning of a new life. But the Manor holds a secret and deadly enemy. While she lies drowsily recovering from the anaesthetic a white-shrouded figure stealthily enters her bedroom and within minutes Rhoda is dead. Dalgliesh and his team, called in to investigate the murder, and later a second equally horrific death, find themselves confronted with problems even more complicated than the question of innocence or guilt.
ISBN: 978-0-14-103923-7
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: июль 2011
The Prize recounts the panoramic history of oil - and the struggle for wealth and power that has always surrounded oil. This struggle has shaken the world economy, dictated the outcome of wars, and transformed the destiny of men and nations. The Prize is as much a history of the twentieth century as of the oil industry itself. The canvas of history is enormous - from the drilling of the first well in Pennsylvania through two great world wars to the Iraqui invastion of Kuwait and Operation Desert Storm.
ISBN: 978-1-4391-1012-6
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Пособие станет отличным помощником для преподавателя, т.к. направлено на развитие навыков устной речи у студентов. Студенты учатся вести дискуссию на итальянском и аргументировать свою точку зрения. Книга состоит из 25 тематических разделов. Все темы - из разряда актуальных и спорных, все они так или иначе связаны с проблемами современного итальянского общества. Каждый тематический раздел состоит из: -...
ISBN: 978-88-7573-355-1
Издательство:
Bonacci
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Pro e contro è ideato per stimolare la conversazione nell`insegnamento dell`italiano a stranieri, ma anche dell`italiano come madrelingua, focalizzando la capacità di analizzare testi argomentativi e di sapersi valere dei pro e dei contro nella discussione. Questa guida teorica affronta le problematiche del discorso argomentativo e le possibili applicazioni didattiche dei due manuali.
ISBN: 978-88-7573-333-9
Издательство:
Bonacci
Дата выхода: март 2012
Pro e contro 1 e ideato per stimolare la conversazione nell`insegnamento dell`italiano a stranieri, ma anche dell`italiano come madrelingua, focalizzando la capacita di analizzare testi argomentativi e di sapersi valere dei pro e dei contro nella discussione. Il libro e composto da 25 sezioni tematiche su alcuni dei temi piu controversi riferiti alla societa italiana contemporanea. Ognuna di queste sezioni e composta da: • una domanda guida e un`immagine, per la fase di motivazione; • una selezione di brevi articoli tratti da quotidiani e riviste, per la fase di analisi; • una scaletta di argomenti pro e contro, per la discussione in classe. L`insegnante ha a disposizione anche una guida teorica che affronta le problematiche del...
ISBN: 978-88-7573-325-4
Издательство:
Bonacci
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Сборник содержит материалы докладов, представленных на международной конференции памяти Г.М. Фридлендера (1915-1995), состоявшейся в мае 2001 г. Темы статей связаны с широкими научными интересами ученого и его фундаментальными работами по истории русской и западноевропейской литературы XVIII-XX вв., сравнительному литературоведению, теории, методологии и эстетике.Для филологов, преподавателей и студентов вузов,...
ISBN: 5-02-028555-2
Издательство:
Наука
Дата выхода: январь 2003
Most tasks require a person or an automated system to reason—to reach conclusions based on available information. The framework of probabilistic graphical models, presented in this book, provides a general approach for this task. The approach is model-based, allowing interpretable models to be constructed and then manipulated by reasoning algorithms. These models can also be learned automatically from data, allowing the approach to be used in cases where manually constructing a model is difficult or even impossible. Because uncertainty is an inescapable aspect of most real-world applications, the book focuses on probabilistic models, which make the uncertainty explicit and provide models that are more faithful to reality....
When the women in the Sparrow family reach thirteen, they develop a unique ability. In young Stella`s case, the gift, which is both a blessing and a curse, is the ability to see a person`s probable future. Stella foresees a gruesome murder, and tells her charming, feckless father about it, but it is too late - the murder has already been committed and suspicion falls on him. Her mother Jenny, on the other hand, can read other people`s dreams, but so often misinterprets them, to her own cost. Hoffman unlocks the caskets of family life and the secret history of a community in this magical story about young love and old love, about making choices - usually the wrong ones - about foresight and consequences, all suffused with the haunting...
ISBN: 978-0-09-945386-4
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
‘Lock me in any cell in any prison anywhere at any time, wearing only normal clothes and I’ll escape in a week’. For Professor Van Dusen, otherwise known as ‘The Thinking Machine’, nothing is impossible. Logic is his passion. One hour later he finds himself locked up in Chisholm prison and has to use all his mental resources to find the solution to the problem.
ISBN: 978887754-759-0
Издательство:
CIDEB
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
The first volume in a noirish, gritty urban fantasy for adults from the bestselling author otherwise known as Darren Shan. Quick-witted and cocksure, young upstart Capac Raimi arrives in the City determined to make his mark. As he learns the tricks of his new trade from his Uncle Theo - extortion, racketeering, threatening behaviour - he`s soon well on his way to becoming a promising new gangster. Then he crosses paths with The Cardinal, and his life changes forever. The Cardinal is the City and the City is The Cardinal. They are joined at the soul. Nothing moves on the streets, or below them, without the Cardinal`s knowledge. His rule is absolute. As Capac begins to discover more about the extent of the Cardinal`s influence on his own...
ISBN: 978-0-00-726131-4
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011
On me reprochera certainement des quantités de choses. D`avoir dormi là, par terre, pendant des jours; d`avoir sali la maison, dessiné des calmars sur les murs, d`avoir joué au billard. On m`accusera d`avoir coupé des roses dans le jardin, d`avoir bu de la bière en cassant le goulot des bouteilles contre l`appui de la fenêtre: il ne reste presque plus de peinture jaune sur le rebord en bois. J`imagine qu`il va falloir passer sous peu devant un tribunal d`hommes; je leur laisse ces ordures en guise de testament; sans orgueil, j`espère qu`on me condamnera à quelque chose, afin que je paye de tout mon corps la faute de
ISBN: 978-2-07-036353-7
Издательство:
Gallimard
Дата выхода: июнь 2012
