This is the story of four friends Toad, Rat, Mole and Badger. Rat loves the river. Mole is often afraid. Badger likes to stay at home. But Toad is always looking for new adventures and some of his ideas are dangerous.

ISBN: 978-1-4058-7884-5
Издательство: Pearson
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012

The GREEN APPLE series is composed of illustrated graded readers. The readers are graded into three levels - Starter, Step 1 and Step 2 - according to structural and lexical criteria, as well as by choice of subject matter. Features: • introduction about the author and his/her times • wide variety of interesting activities to promote understanding of the text, as well as all four language skills, lexis and sociocultural awareness and knowledge • activities in the style of the Cambridge ESOL and Trinity exams • informative and fascinating cross-curricular dossiers, which explore the historical and cultural background of the text • a recording on CD of the text in British or American English, with extra listening activities •...

ISBN: 9788853004710
Издательство: CIDEB
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012

In 1926, de Saint-Exupery began flying for the pioneering airline Latecoere - later known as Aeropostale - opening up the first mail routes across the Sahara and the Andes. Wind, Sand and Stars is drawn from this experience. Interweaving encounters with nomadic Arabs and other adventures into a richly textured autobiographical narrative which includes the extraordinary story of his crash in the Libyan Desert in 1936, and his miraculous survival. `Self-discovery comes when a man measures himself against an obstacle`, writes Saint-Exupery. In this book, he explores the transcendent perceptions that arise when life is tested to its limits. Both a gripping tale of adventure and a poetic meditation.

ISBN: 978-0-14-118319-0
Издательство: Penguin Books
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012

Toru Okada`s cat has disappeared and this has unsettled his wife, who is herself growing more distant every day. Then there are the increasingly explicit telephone calls he has started receiving. As this compelling story unfolds, the tidy suburban realities of Okada`s vague and blameless life - spent cooking, reading, listening to jazz and opera and drinking beer at the kitchen table -are turned inside out, and he embarks on a bizarre journey, guided (however obscurely) by a succession of characters, each with a tale to tell. Murakami writes of contemporary Japan, urban alienation and journeys of self-discovery, and in this book he combines recollections of the war with metaphysics, dreams and hallucinations into a powerful and...

ISBN: 0-09-944879-3
Издательство: Harvill Press
Дата выхода: апрель 2004

Toru Okada`s cat has disappeared and this has unsettled his wife, who is herself growing more distant every day. Then there are the increasingly explicit telephone calls he has started receiving. As this compelling story unfolds, the tidy suburban realities of Okada`s vague, blameless life are turned inside out, and he embarks on a bizarre journey, guided (however obscurely) by a succession of characters, each with a tale to tell.

ISBN: 978-0-09-956298-6
Дата выхода: апрель 2012

She`s on the glinting edge of East-West confrontation, a beautiful and accomplished scholar who has suddenly become our newest ambassador to an Iron Curtain country, a woman who is about to dramatically change the course of world events-if she lives. For Mary Ashley has been marked for death by the world`s most proficient and mysterious assassin, and plunged into a nightmare of espionage, kidnapping, and terror. Here, only two people-both powerfully attractive and ultimately enigmatic men-can offer her help. And one of them wants to kill her. Формат: 10,5 cм x 17 cм.

ISBN: 0-446-35010-9
Издательство: Warner Books
Дата выхода: апрель 2004

Windows serve as the direct interface between the interior of a building and its public enviroment. Visual relationships through a window offer the opportunity to establish contact with the outside world and experience the widest variety of impressions. In recent architectural history, windows emphasizing seeing and being seen have melted the border between interior and exterior and led to a new interpretation of the concept of a room. This book presents a series of remarkable solutions for this issue. It focuses on a number of selected examples from various areas that document a wide spectrum, record current trends and offer inspiration. An index with the contact dates of the designers is enclosed. Формат: 18 см х 23 см.

ISBN: 978-3-937718-69-9
Издательство: daab
Дата выхода: январь 2000

Cambridge English Readers is an exciting new series of original fiction, specially written for learners of English. Graded into six levels - from elementary to advanced - the stories in this series provide easy and enjoyable reading on a wide range of contemporary topics and themes. Each of these highly entertaining stories centres around one of the five senses. We meet Arlo, who will stop at nothing to get silence, Gopal who uses smell to protect the memory of his sister, Kathy whose blindness is her power, David whose tongue is his fortune, and Jamie who overdoes his search for physical strength.

ISBN: 0-521-75014-8
Издательство: Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: апрель 2004

Цветное краткое руководство по настройке рабочего стола Windows XP.

ISBN: 5-469-00067-2
Издательство: Питер
Дата выхода: январь 2004

In Windows XP Unwired, you\'ll learn the basics of wireless computing, from the reasons why you\'d want to go wireless in the first place, to setting up your wireless network or accessing wireless services on the road. The book provides a complete introduction to all the wireless technologies supported by Windows XP, including Wi-Fi (802.11b, a, and g), infrared, Bluetooth, CDMA2000, and GPRS. You\'ll learn how to set up your first wireless network using popular products from Linksys and D-Link. You\'ll also get a good understanding of the limitations and liabilities of each wireless technology. Other topics covered in the book include: Connecting to wireless hotspots Using Microsoft\'s Smart Display to go wireless without a laptop...

ISBN: 0-596-00536-9
Издательство: O'Reilly
Дата выхода: август 2003

ISBN: 0-13-025496-7
Издательство: Prentice Hall Computer Books
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2001

"Vous connaissez la fin : tout le monde meurt. Certes, la mort arrive a pas mal de gens, un jour ou l`autre. L`originalite de cette histoire, c`est que tous ses person-nages vont mourir en meme temps et au raeme endroit. Est-ce que la mort cree des liens entre les etres?" Le seul moyen de savoir ce qui s`est passe dans le restaurant situe au 107е etage de la tour nord du World Trade Center, le 11 septembre 2001, entre 8h30 et 10h29, c`est de l`inventer.

ISBN: 978-2-07-031461-4
Издательство: Gallimard
Дата выхода: февраль 2012

Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student`s ability. Five stories about the senses: Arlo hates noise and has a plan to bring the world silence. Gopal uses smell to protect the memory of his sister. Journalist Kathy uses her blindness to get a clear picture of human characters. Daniel has a tongue that earns him a living but could also be his downfall. And Jamie learns to balance the benefits of t`ai chi in his search for health and happiness. Contains a paperback and 3 Audio CDs with complete text recordings from the book.

ISBN: 978-0-521-68612-9
Издательство: Cambridge
Дата выхода: январь 2011

Over the years, shopping has grown from the traditional need to supply and provide subsistence into an everyday habit associated with leisure, social activity, and pleasure. Consequently, designing store windows has become an art form in itself. These settings, whose final objective is always to seduce the possible consumer, are laid out according to different concepts of color, light, materials and disposition. This book shows how successful store windows have become an important mediator between goods and the consumer. The volume includes windows designed for legendary, world–famous brands the likes of Versace, Burberry, Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci, Prada, as well as the designs from top professionals such as Simon Doonan for...

ISBN: 978-0-06-089348-4
Издательство: HarperCollins USA
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011

The recipient of numerous literary prizes, including the National Book Award, the Kafka Award, and the Pushcart Prize, Ursula K. Le Guin is renowned for her lyrical writing, rich characters, and diverse worlds. The Wind`s Twelve Quarters collects seventeen powerful stories, each with an introduction by the author, ranging from fantasy to intriguing scientific concepts, from medieval settings to the future. Including an insightful foreword by Le Guin, describing her experience, her inspirations, and her approach to writing, this stunning collection explores human values, relationships, and survival, and showcases the myriad talents of one of the most provocative writers of our time.

ISBN: 978-0-06-091434-9
Дата выхода: февраль 2012