Max Frei, and the LABYRINTHS OF ECHO series, is a multi-million copy selling Russian literary sensation appearing in English for the first time. Intriguing, original, remarkable and THE LABYRINTHS OF ECHO is a piece of absolute enchantment. "Splash a bit of enchantment into my glass"... there is no better phrase to describe the state that a reader may find themselves in when exposed to this strong, absolutely legal, literary narcotic which goes by the name of Max Frei.` - Stolichniye Novosti If it weren`t for bad luck, Max Frei wouldn`t have any luck at all. A self-described twenty-something classic loser`, an insomniac, hardened smoker, a glutton and a loafer, there`s nothing much going for Max at least not until he arrives in the...
ISBN: 978-0-575-08979-2
Издательство:
Orion Publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011
Here at last is the complete, uncut version of Heinlein`s all-time masterpiece, the brilliant novel that grew from a cult favorite to a bestseller to a classic in a few short years. It is the story of Valentine Michael Smith, the man from Mars who taught humankind grokking and water-sharing. And love.
The Psychologists would call it folie a `Bruno slammed his palms together.` Hey! Cheeses, what an idea! I kill your wife and you kill my father! We meet on a train, see, and nobody knows we know each other! Perfect alibis! Catch? From this moment, almost against his conscious will, Guy Haines is trapped in a nightmare of shared guilt and an insidious merging of personalities.
ISBN: 978-0-099-28307-2
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2014
In this harrowing tale of good and evil, the mild-mannered Dr. Jekyll develops a potion that unleashes his secret, inner persona — the loathsome, twisted Mr. Hyde. This book is about losing control. It`s about addiction, about giving in to your darker desires and the struggle that all people go through: wanting to do something and knowing you shouldn`t.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06132-7
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2018
Dru has made it to Schola, the leading school where the vampire-fighting Order is based. There she is up against the capricious Anna, the only other female who shares her powers. Dru must unlock the mystery of who betrayed her mother, battle her intensifying feelings for both Graves and Christophe, and try to stay hidden from Sergej`s deadly nosferat - bloodthirsty hunters who`ll stop at nothing to destroy her.
ISBN: 978-1-84916-129-9
Издательство:
Quercus Publishing (MacLehose Press)
Дата выхода: август 2011
Dr Jekyll is a London doctor who is liked and respected for his work. Mr Hyde is an evil man, completely unknown in London society. There is a murder and Hyde seems to be responsible. So why does the good doctor give Mr Hyde the key to his house – and decide to leave everything to Mr Hyde in his will?
ISBN: 978-1-4058-8014-5
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Eric Hansen was the first westerner to ever walk across the island of Borneo.In this book, Hansen provides an intimate look at a vanishing way of life forone of the last surviving groups of rain forest dwellers. Photos and map.
Woodend was a small, quiet village with no shops, no visitors. Then a stranger came and opened the Corner Shop. That summer, visitors came to Woodend. And customers came secretly to the shop. They wanted help and the stranger helped them. Extra grammar and vocabulary exercises; Audio CD available for this title.
ISBN: 978-1-4050-7662-3
Издательство:
Langenscheidt
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Strategic Reading is a three-level series designed to develop reading, vocabulary-building, and critical-thinking skills. The Student`s Book contains 16 thematic units with a selection of engaging topics that motivate learners to relate the reading to their own experiences. Three inviting reading passages in each unit, all adapted from authentic sources, allow students to explore the theme in depth. The variety of original sources - including newspapers, magazines, the Internet, and works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry - expose learners to a wide range of writing styles. Preview pages in every unit introduce new vocabulary and ask thought-provoking questions. There are also pre-reading activities, such as predicting and thinking...
ISBN: 978-0-521-55579-1
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Strategic Reading is a three-level series designed to develop reading, vocabulary-building, and critical-thinking skills. Strategic Reading Level 1 is a reading skills book that contains twelve thematic units, each with three high interest readings. All readings come from authentic sources and have been slightly adapted to be appropriate for study by intermediate-level students. Exercise material surrounding the readings builds students` vocabulary and develops their reading and critical thinking skills.
ISBN: 978-0-521-28112-6
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: июнь 2012
Stratford-upon-Avon may be a cute tourist town today, but Terry Deary reveals that the birthplace of Shakespeare was far from pleasant, with civil war struggles and beheadings making its history horrible.
Strategic Reading is a three-level series designed to develop reading, vocabulary-building, and critical-thinking skills. Strategic Reading Level 2 is a reading skills book that contains twelve thematic units, each with three high interest readings. All readings come from authentic sources and have been slightly adapted to be appropriate for study by high intermediate-level students. Exercise material surrounding the readings builds students` vocabulary and develops their reading and critical thinking skills.
ISBN: 978-0-521-28113-3
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Strategic Reading is a three-level series designed to develop reading, vocabulary-building, and critical-thinking skills. Strategic Reading Level 3 is a reading skills book that contains twelve thematic units, each with three high interest authentic readings. The readings are unsimplified and are appropriate for students at the low-advanced to advanced level. Exercise material surrounding the readings builds students` vocabulary and develops their reading and critical thinking skills.
ISBN: 978-0-521-28111-9
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: июнь 2012
THE COMPANY BUILDS PLANETS. Kin Arad is a high-ranking official of the Company. After twenty-one decades of living, and with the help of memory surgery, she is at the top of her profession. Discovering two of her employees have placed a fossilized plesiosaur in the wrong stratum, not to mention the fact it is holding a placard which reads, `End Nuclear Testing Now`, doesn`t dismay the woman who built a mountain range in the shape of her initials during her own high-spirited youth. But then came discovery of something which did intrigue Kin Arad. A flat earth was something
ISBN: 0-552-13325-6
Издательство:
Corgi Books
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
Strategic Reading is a three-level series designed to develop reading, vocabulary-building, and critical-thinking skills. The Student`s Book contains 16 thematic units with a selection of engaging topics that motivate learners to relate the reading to their own experiences. Three inviting reading passages in each unit, all adapted from authentic sources, allow students to explore the theme in depth. The variety of original sources - including newspapers, magazines, the Internet, and works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry - expose learners to a wide range of writing styles. Preview pages in every unit introduce new vocabulary and ask thought-provoking questions. There are also pre-reading activities, such as predicting and thinking...
ISBN: 978-0-521-55580-7
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Strategic Reading is a three-level series designed to develop reading, vocabulary-building, and critical-thinking skills. The Teacher`s Manual provides clear step-by-step notes on how to use the Student`s Book in class. It includes an overview of the series, a model lesson plan, and detailed vocabulary and teaching suggestions for each unit. The Teacher`s Manual offers optional warm-up and extension activities as well as many ideas for additional classroom activities. Also included are culture notes, unit quizzes, and suggested answers for all exercises and quizzes.
ISBN: 978-0-521-55576-0
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: июль 2012
This edition of "Corporate Strategy" builds on the strength and uniqueness of the first edition. This is the only text that provides comprehensive coverage of both rational and creative approaches to strategy. International coverage, which also marked out the first edition, has been expanded with the addition of a chapter on the global issues that effect strategy structure of the book can be adapted for use on a variety of short, modular strategy courses and on more advanced courses. With a teaching package that includes a lecturer`s manual, OHPs, extra long cases and an interactive web site, "Corporate Strategy" provides the lecturer and student with a flexible and exciting learning resource. This book is suitable for Strategic...
Strategic Reading is a three-level series designed to develop reading, vocabulary-building, and critical-thinking skills. The Student`s Book contains 16 thematic units with a selection of engaging topics that motivate learners to relate the reading to their own experiences. Three inviting reading passages in each unit, all adapted from authentic sources, allow students to explore the theme in depth. The variety of original sources - including newspapers, magazines, the Internet, and works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry - expose learners to a wide range of writing styles. Preview pages in every unit introduce new vocabulary and ask thought-provoking questions. There are also pre-reading activities, such as predicting and thinking...
ISBN: 978-0-521-55578-4
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: август 2011
From the author of the bestseller "A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian" comes a tender and hilarious novel about a crew of migrant workers from three continents who are forced to flee their English strawberry field for a journey across England in pursuit of a better future.
