The fourth edition of this well-established and popular text has been fully updated to take account of developments in the field of International Relations and recent world events. The authors provide systematic coverage of the classical concerns of International Relations theory – power, national interest, foreign policy and war – alongside analysis of the impact of globalization on security, governance and the world economy. A central concern throughout is to show how the theories the authors outline and assess can help make sense of the puzzle of current world events, from the rise of Russia and China, the downturn in the world economy and the changing role of America to the challenges of identity politics and human rights. Clear...
For Josh Harper, being in show-business means everything he ever wanted - money, fame, a beautiful wife, and a lead role on the London stage. For Stephen C. McQueen, it means a disastrous career playing passers-by and dead people. Stephen is stuck with an unfortunate name, a hopeless agent, a daughter he barely knows, and a job as understudy to Josh Harper, the 12th Sexiest Man in the World. And when Stephen falls in love with Josh`s clever, funny wife Nora, things get even more difficult. But might there yet be a way for Stephen to get his Big Break? THE UNDERSTUDY is a scintillating comedy of ambition, celebrity, jealousy and love.
ISBN: 978-0-340-93521-7
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
For years, Tom Cox might have seemed like a regular, hard-living sort of bloke - a lover of late nights, rock music and beer - but he had a dark, furry secret. Tom was a cat lover. For a while, he kept his passion in check, but there was only so long he could postpone his true dream, especially after he met Dee, his moggy-loving soulmate. He let London and his job as a rock critic behind, and he and Dee, her cat Janet and three new kittens, moved to a remote part of Norfolk. They thought it would be easy. They thought their cat madness had reached its limit. They were wrong. In Under the Paw, Tom records the chaos of owning seven of the most charismatic, idiotic and duplicitous cats in the country. Suddenly on call around the clock for...
ISBN: 978-1-84739-183-4
Издательство:
Simon & Schuster UK
Дата выхода: август 2011
Iris Murdoch`s first novel is set in a part of London where struggling writers rub shoulders with successful bookies, and film starlets with frantic philosophers. Its hero, Jake Donaghue, is a drifting, clever, likeable young man, who makes a living out of translation work and sponging off his friends. A meeting with Anna, and old flame, leads him into a series of fantastic adventures. Jake is captivated by a majestic philosopher, Hugo Belfounder, whose profound and inconclusive reflections give the book its title - under the net of language. Robust, full of flavour and panache, here is a rare novel that makes one laugh and think in equal measure
ISBN: 0-09-945844-6
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
Under the Bridge Book/CD-Rom Pack: Level 1 Bea lives under a bridge. She watches people but they don`t look at her. Then, one day, a policeman stops and talks to her. Bea doesn`t like talking and she doesn`t remember much. But he is looking for a little girl, and there was a child in Bea`s old life. Can she remember now?
ISBN: 978-1-4082-3197-5
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: август 2011
Intended as a practical aid to teachers, the fourth edition Teacher`s Guide provides a wide range of resources for teachers - from notes on the content of a unit and how to approach the exercises, to suggestions for classroom activities and answers for all the exercises in the Student Book. The fourth edition Teacher`s Guide has been greatly expanded to include such features as: Ten thematic PowerPoint lessons to provide reading-based review of key grammar structures; Step-by-step instruction for exercises and all of the charts; Background Notes Boxes with suggestions and pedagogical notes to assist with lesson planning; Expansion Activities that promote independent, active use of the target structure; Optional Vocabulary for many of the...
With 27 member states and nearly half a billion residents, the European Union is a major actor on the world stage. It has changed the way Europeans live, as well as the way the rest of the world relates to Europe. Yet it remains widely misunderstood and a source of puzzlement to many: * How does the EU work, and what impact has it had on the lives of Europeans? * What difference has it made to the meaning of `Europe`? * How has it changed the role of Europe in the world? Written for anyone who needs a short and clear introduction to the EU, John McCormick`s best-selling text provides a concise yet broad-ranging survey of how the EU works. It covers the history and institutions of the EU; the underlying principles of European integration;...
Understanding Hypermedia, first published in 1993, firmly established itself in the design and media community as the definitive introduction to this exciting new communications medium. Understanding Hypermedia 2.0 completely revises the original edition, bringing the story of hypermedia bang up to date with full coverage of the Internet and other new developments. The book examines all of the digital media, from Web sites and CD-ROMs to satellite communications. A history of hypermedia and its key players is followed by a survey of the controversial issues that surround it and an overview of the elements that can make up a hypermedia product, including sound, video, animation and hypertext. An extensive gallery of applications shows how...
ISBN: 0714836575
Издательство:
Phaidon
Дата выхода: март 2002
Samantha is a high-powered lawyer in London. She works all hours, has no home life, and cares only about getting a partnership. She thrives on the pressure and adrenalin. Until one day… she makes a mistake. A mistake so huge, it'll wreck her career. She walks right out of the office, gets on the first train she sees, and finds herself in the middle of nowhere. Asking for directions at a big, beautiful house, she is mistaken for the interviewee housekeeper and finds herself being offered the job. They have no idea they've hired a Cambridge-educated lawyer with an IQ of 158 - Samantha has no idea how to work the oven. Disaster ensues. It's chaos as Samantha battles with the washing machine…the ironing board…and...
ISBN: 978-0-552-15314-0
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
J`aime les livres. Tout ce qui touche à la littérature - ses acteurs, ses héros, ses partisans, ses adversaires, ses querelles, ses passions - me fait battre le cœur. Le triomphe du Cid m`enchante. La "petite société" autour de Chateaubriand et de cette raseuse de Mme de Staël m`amuse à la folie. La mort de Lucien de Rubempré me consterne comme elle a consterné Wilde ou le baron de Charlus. Et, j`aime mieux le dire tout de suite, Proust me fait beaucoup rire. En un temps où les livres sont contestés et menacés par la montée de quelque chose d`obscur qui ressemble à la barbarie, cette histoire de la littérature n`a d`autre ambition que d`inviter le lecteur...
ISBN: 978-2-07-030513-1
Издательство:
Gallimard
Дата выхода: август 2011
Partir, fuir sa triste banlieue, la Sébastien a dix ans et la leucémie menace sa vie. Malgré l`amour de sa mère, il n`a qu`une obsession: rejoindre dans le Lot ses grands-parents qui sauront éloigner de lui la peur et la mort. Il est sûr qu`au cœur de cette campagne qu`il aime tant, il pourra puiser l`énergie pour lutter contre la terrible maladie qui l`affaiblit chaque jour davantage. Dans la petite ferme familiale, Sébastien oscille entre les périodes de découragement et le plaisir des joies simples, dans l`enchantement toujours renouvelé de la nature et de ses secrets. Son grand-père ne lui a-t-il pas raconté que l`hellébore, éphémère "rose de...
ISBN: 978-2-253-06825-9
Издательство:
Livre de Poche
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Je voudrais ici, tout de suite, dire et répéter avec force que le second tome est très loin de signifier un second choix. Je n`allais pas tirer toutes mes cartouches d`un coup, dès le premier assaut. Je gardais pour la suite quelques biscuits de réserve et des trésors encore cachés. La méthode suivie dans ce deuxième volume est la même que dans le premier: présenter en quelques mots l`écrivain et son œuvre; tâcher de leur rendre, sous la rouille, leur jeunesse et leur nouveauté. Je ne parle pas des vivants, parce que la mort et le temps n`ont pas pu accomplir leur travail de faucheur, de crible, de critique et d`arbitre; et je parle des morts comme s`ils...
ISBN: 978-2-07-030523-0
Издательство:
Gallimard
Дата выхода: август 2011
-Vous n`avez pas danse? demanda Granville. -Je ne danserai jamais, repliqua-t-elle. -Si je vous disais que vous devez danser, reprit vive-ment le magistrat. Oui, vous devez suivre les modes, porter des fleurs dans vos cheveux, mettre des dia-mants. Songez done, ma belle, que les gens riches, et nous le sommes, sont obliges d`entretenir le luxe dans un Etat! Ne vaut-il pas mieux faire prosperer les manufactures que de repandre son argent en aumones par les mains du clerge? -Vous parlez en homme d`Etat, dit Angelique. -Et vous en homme d`Eglise, repondit-il vivement.
ISBN: 978-2-07-036302-5
Издательство:
Gallimard
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
