James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. The Crater; or, Vulcan`s Peak: a Tale of the Pacific is a novel in which Cooper incorporated knowledge of ship construction he had acquired while working as a midshipman. From merely surviving the loss of his shipmates and the embayment of his ship within The Reef, protagonist Mark Woolston goes on to thrive by his own industry. Following a regional volcanic upheaval which raises new land, he founds a similarly industrious and thriving colony after escaping from, then returning to, The Reef. The outnumbered...
ISBN: 978-5-521-07962-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Original / British English A mysterious stranger has come to the island where Costas lives. Why is the man there, and why is he looking at Eagle`s Rock? Costas wants to be the first person to climb the dangerous rock. But will the stranger climb it first?
ISBN: 978-1-4058-8179-1
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Beranbaum has written the classic cake cookbook. A chapter devoted to the master baker offers clear, precise instructions for making special-occasion cakes of any size up to 18 inches in diameter. A chapter of special decorative techniques makes it possible for even the beginning baker to make cakes look terrific. Includes countless solutions and tips for all the little problems that may arise. Illustrated.
In the early 1950s, eleven-year-old Michael boards a huge liner in Colombo bound for England. At mealtimes he is seated at the lowly "cat`s table" - as far from the Captain`s Table as can be - with a ragtag group of adults and two other boys, Cassius and Ramadhin. As the ship crosses the Indian Ocean the boys tumble from one adventure to another, and at night they spy on a shackled prisoner - his crime and fate a mystery that will haunt them
ISBN: 978-0-09-955443-1
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2012
China has the longest and most highly developed ceramic tradition in the world, encompassing early Neolithic earthenwares, the finely glazed stoneware pieces of the Song period – widely regarded as among the greatest ceramics ever produced – and the years of Imperial patronage and export ware for the new markets of the West. Margaret Medley’s groundbreaking study was the first to bring a practical approach to the study of Chinese pottery. She makes full use of archaeological reports to show how differing geographical areas, materials and developing technology all shaped the evolution of Chinese ceramics. Her revolutionary insights, along with an astute critical judgement in the field of art history itself, combine to form a classic...
ISBN: 071482593X
Издательство:
Phaidon
Дата выхода: март 2002
Topping Barron`s growing series of activity-packed Creativity books for kids, "The Christmas Creativity Book "stands out as the most colorful, most fun-filled, most overflowing-with-ideas volume yet. Its lively pages sparkle with everything kids love best about Christmas - Santa and his reindeer, glittering holiday-theme decorations, games to play, puzzles to solve, songs to sing, pictures to color - and even directions for baking delicious treats from the recipe collection of Mrs. Claus. Here`s just a small sample of delights kids will find when they open this wonderful book - Two sticker sheets and a big, colorful gatefold scene where boys and girls can attach the stickers Glittering sheets of Christmas wrapping paper with templates on...
Qwilleran and the cats are visiting an island known by many names. Qwill has always called it Breakfast Island, but to the taciturn natives, it`s Providence Island. To the rich summer residents it`s Grand Island - and to the developers and tourists who are turning this once-peaceful place upside down, it`s Pear Island. But when some odd "accidents" occur, including a fatal boat explosion, Qwill suspects sabotage and sets out to investigate - because murder by any other name is just as
Classic of world drama concerns the passing of the old semifeudal order in turn-of-the-century Russia, symbolized in the sale of the cherry orchard owned by Madame Ranevskaya. The work also showcases Chekhov`s rich sensitivities as an observer of human nature. This inexpensive, high-quality edition, reprinted from a standard edition of the play, will provide theater students and any lover of great drama with a reliable text of this masterpiece.
ISBN: 0-486-26682-6
Издательство:
Dover
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
Max and Maddy Twist`s parents were once famous, international detectives - before the evil Professor Sardine ruined their careers, that is. Now they run an ice-cream parlour, and it is the services of their crime-busting Cluedo-champion children that are called upon. Mr Huffendort, a rich Swiss banker is very worried about a series of raids upon banks, carried out by a team of highly-trained St Bernard dogs! Who can be the criminal mastermind behind this evil and cunning plot? It`s time for Max and Maddy to pack their hats, scarves and various disguises, and fly to Switzerland to find out.
ISBN: 978-0-7475-8049-2
Издательство:
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
The Complete Tales of H.P. Lovecraft (H. P. Lovecraft)The perfect gift for the Lovecraft fan, The Complete Tales of H.P. Lovecraft is an elegant edition boasting the entire Lovecraft fiction catalog.Полное собрание рассказов (Г.Ф Лавкрафт)Оригинальный текст, без адаптации.Идеальный подарок для поклонника Лавкрафта: "Полное собрание рассказов Г. Ф. Лавкрафта" — элегантное издание, включающее в себя весь каталог произведений Лавкрафта.
An automaton, a man and a woman who can never meet, a secret love story, and the fate of the warming world are all brought to incandescent life in this hauntingly moving novel from one of the finest writers of our time. London 2011, Catherine Gehrig, conservator at the Swinburne museum, learns of the unexpected death of her colleague and lover of thirteen years. As the mistress of a married man she has to grieve in private. One other person knows their secret, the director of the museum, who arranges for Catherine to be given a special project away from prying eyes. Mad with grief, the usually controlled and rational Catherine discovers a series of handwritten notebooks telling the story of the man who originally commissioned the...
The CELTA Course is the only CELTA preparation course endorsed by Cambridge ESOL. It provides full coverage of the CELTA syllabus in a ready-to-use course. The CELTA Course is divided into user-friendly sections: * Input sessions (40 units on `The learners and their contexts`, `Classroom teaching`, `Language awareness`, and `Professional development`) * Teaching practice * Classroom observation * Written assignments and tutorials * `Resource file` The Trainee Book includes a range of material to be used in input sessions, helpful advice about the course, and a wealth of useful reference material. The Trainer`s Manual includes suggestions on how to best use the material with trainees, as well as help and advice on how to prepare trainees...
ISBN: 978-0-521-69207-6
Издательство:
АСТ
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle`s Brigadier Gerard stories surely constitute the finest series of historical short stories in literature, mingling the comedy and the tragedy, the pathos and the irony, or, in Napoleon`s phrase, the sublime and the ridiculous. It is Napoleon and his Europe, his dedicated followers and the awakened nationalisms of the peoples they enraged, possessing our minds in savage realism and enrapturing romance. And in Brigadier Etienne Gerard, Arthur Conan Doyle created a hero worthy to take his place in the great line stretching from Homer`s Odysseus to George MacDonald Fraser`s Flashman, nearest of all perhaps to Stevenson`s Allan Breck and Wodehouse`s Bertie Wooster.
ISBN: 978-1-84767-919-2
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
A New York Times bestseller, "The Conquerors" reveals how Franklin Roosevelt`s and Harry Truman`s private struggles with their aides and Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin affected the unfolding of the Holocaust and the fate of vanquished Nazi Germany. With monumental fairness and balance, "The Conquerors" shows how Roosevelt privately refused desperate pleas to speak out directly against the Holocaust, to save Jewish refugees and to explore the possible bombing of Auschwitz to stop the killing. The book also shows FDR`s fierce will to ensure that Germany would never threaten the world again. Near the end of World War II, he abruptly endorsed the secret plan of his friend, Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau, to reduce the Germans to a...
