This is a beautifully illustrated introduction to the magic of Christmas. This charming board book follows Santa as he flies through the night sky, tiptoes along the rooftops and leaves presents under the tree. There are five big Christmas presents to discover, each behind a shaped flap which lets you guess what the gift might be. The book also has die-cut holes to peep through in each page, revealing surprises when you turn over to find out what you were actually glimpsing through the hole.
Коллекция "Point com" предлагает студентам, которые достигли уровня А2, дополнительные тетради для изучения отдельных тем, таких как медицина и здоровье, администрация, дипломатия, наука и техника, банковское дело и финансы, делопроизводство. Каждая книга на 96 страниц предлагает углубленное изучение лексики и французской терминологии из определенной темы. Целенаправленные практические темы узкого профиля...
ISBN: 978-2-09-033180-6
Издательство:
CLE International
Дата выхода: август 2011
Santiago Calatrava offers in his numerous buildings, engineering projects, sculptures and furniture designs, a cultural vision that unifies art, science and technology. This work presents the Spanish architect`s oeuvre and ideas in the context of contemporary architecture and society. His demanding technical projects are shown to spark off highly abstract sculptural essays, which in turn serve as a research laboratory for the development of innovative engineering. After tracing the roots of Calatrava`s design in Spanish traditions and 20th-century intellectual struggles, the author focuses on the development of major infrastructure projects and urban complexes where pragmatic efficiency and technical rationality are combined with...
ISBN: 0500281769
Издательство:
Thames & Hudson
Дата выхода: декабрь 2001
Antologia di testi sulla cultura italiana con esercitazioni orali e scritte. Livello intermedio (B1-B2) Caratteristiche Sapore d’Italia si rivolge a chi studia l’italiano come lingua straniera a un livello intermedio. con particolare riguardo alle competenze richieste dalle certificazioni delle Universita di Perugia (Celi 2 e 3) e Siena (Cils Uno-B1 e Due-B2), Plida (B1 e B2) o di altri diplomi simili. Questo volume e a tal fine costituito da un considerevole numero di testi concernenti moltissimi settori della vita italiana; piu precisamente, in questo libro troverete: articoli su tematiche d’attualita, lettere, fatti di cronaca, brani letterari, argomenti culturali e altro.
ISBN: 978960770-612-6
Издательство:
Edizioni EdiLingua
Дата выхода: август 2011
Sapphire Jones doesn`t believe in relationships anymore - not since she caught her husband in bed with another woman. Now Sapphire only sees men on her terms which is why her current lover is younger than her, good looking, doesn`t place any emotional demands on her so far, fingers crossed and is great in bed. What more does a girl need? Sapphire puts all her passion into running her own business - a high end lingerie and hen weekend company. She is doing well and life seems pretty good until she meets a very handsome, charming businessman who seems more than a match for Sapphire. Then things go badly wrong at the hen party she has planned for a soap star and tabloid darling. The evening is one that everyone will be talking about for all...
ISBN: 978-0-09-951019-2
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
This is a fascinating, funny and moving Victorian-era novel featuring Hetty Feather. Hetty Feather is a Foundling Hospital girl and was given her name when she was left there as a baby by her mother. But she always longed to be called Sapphire, after her sapphire-blue eyes. When she is reunited with her mother, she hopes her new name, Sapphire Battersea, will also mean a new life! But life doesn`t always go as Follow the twists and turns of Hetty`s adventure as she goes out to work as a maid for a wealthy man. She longs to be reunited with her childhood sweetheart Jem - but also finds a new sweetheart, Bertie the butcher`s boy, who whisks her away from her household chores to experience the delights of the funfair! But Hetty`s life may...
ISBN: 978-0-440-86927-6
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Everybody in Middletown likes Mr Fruit, everybody except his daughter, Sara. She doesn`t like him because he is dishonest. Can she persuade him to change his ways? This is a Starter Level story in a series of ELT readers comprising a wide range of titles - some original and some simplified - from modern and classic novels, and designed to appeal to all age-groups, tastes and cultures. The books are divided into five levels: Starter Level, with about 300 basic words; Beginner Level (600 basic words); Elementary Level (1100); Intermediate Level (1600); and Upper Level (2200). Some of the titles are also available on cassette. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
ISBN: 978-1-4050-7795-8
Издательство:
Langenscheidt
Дата выхода: июль 2011
"You`re dishonest, Father!" says Sara. "You`re cheating the customers! I don`t want to work at the market". "But you must work for me, Sara", says her father. "Children must help their parents. That`s life".
ISBN: 978-0-230-03586-7
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011
Paris, July 1942: Sarah, a ten year-old Jewish girl, is arrested by the French police in the middle of the night, along with her mother and father. Desperate to protect her younger brother, she locks him in a cupboard and promises to come back for him as soon as she can. Paris, May 2002: Julia Jarmond, an American journalist, is asked to write about the 60th anniversary of the Vel` d`Hiv`the infamous day in 1942 when French police rounded up thousands of Jewish men, women and children, in order to send them to concentration camps. Sarah`s Key is the poignant story of two families, forever linked and haunted by one of the darkest days in France`s past. In this emotionally intense, page-turning novel, Tatiana de Rosnay reveals the guilt...
ISBN: 978-0-7195-2452-3
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Lors d`une brillante soiree parisienne, tandis que les invites dansent et conversent dans des salons splendides, une jeune femme s`epouvante a la vue d`un etrange petit vieillard decharne et pared a un spectre. La jeune femme supplie alors le narrateur de lever pour elle le mystere de cet inconnu. Le lendemain du bal, il lui raconte longuement l`histoire du sculpteur Sarrasine et de la dangereuse passion que, dans sa jeunesse, il eprouva pour la mysterieuse Zambinella aussitot qu`il l`eut entendue chanter a Rome. Des la premiere page, c`est sous le double signe de la danse des morts et de la danse des vivants, de la sensualite et de la decheance, que le jeune Balzac place ce recit publie par la Revue de Paris en 1830.
A masterpiece that is breathtaking in its scope, "Sarum" is an epic novel that traces the entire turbulent course of English history. This rich tapestry weaves a compelling saga of five families who preserve their own particular characteristics over the centuries, and offer a fascinating glimpse into the future.
ISBN: 0-8041-0298-8
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2004
This volume features the work of the international landscape architecture and planning firm, Sasaki Associates . Through the use of illustrations and text the work of the firm with urban spaces, college campuses and urban waterfronts is examined. A feature on the two cities, Charleston and Cleveland, transformed by the firm is included.
ISBN: 1-888931-08-6
Издательство:
Daedalus
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
Beautiful and idealistic, Sashenka Zeitlin grows up in a privileged world careening towards self-destruction. Fascinated by the drama of revolution, she is soon drawn deep into an intoxicating game of cat and mouse. Nothing can protect her: neither her wealth nor the men who love her. Sashenka feels she`s invincible, and in the days that follow she embarks on a forbidden love affair. The consequences are immediate and devastating, and result in a heartbreaking choice. Should she save herself - or the ones she loves the most? Epic in sweep, intimate in detail, "Sashenka" is a spellbinding novel of love and tragedy that spans the twentieth century. An unforgettable portrait of a young woman in love and war, it has at its heart a...
ISBN: 978-0-552-15457-4
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
This portable, powerful SAT study tool includes 500 essential SAT vocabulary words with definitions, parts of speech, pronunciations, synonyms, and sample sentences in context; SAT words separated into three levels of difficulty; and a two-color interior to make navigating the book easier.
ISBN: 978-1-4195-5222-9
Издательство:
Kaplan Publishing
Дата выхода: июль 2011
This portable, powerful SAT study tool includes: - 500 of the most challenging SAT vocabulary words with definitions, parts of speech, pronunciations, synonyms, and sample sentences in context - SAT words separated into three difficulty levels to help students at all learning levels study effectively - 2-color interior to make navigating the book easier and more interactive and fun
ISBN: 978-1-4195-5014-0
Издательство:
Kaplan Publishing
Дата выхода: август 2011
This newly revised edition of Barron`s SAT Writing Workbook prepares students for both parts of the two-part Writing Test. It includes: Advice on organizing ideas for an essay; Instruction in drafting and editing an essay; Guidance in completing the essay within the SAT`s time limitation; Multiple-choice questions with answers that test students` skills in correcting grammatical mistakes and improving poorly written sentences; This workbook also offers five writing tests with complete answers, explanations, a list of and criteria for analyzing and scoring SAT written essays.
