It is 1965, and Charles Ashworth has attained the plum position of bishop of Starbridge, an honor that keeps him in a heady whirl of activity that would exhaust the most seasoned corporate executive. With the invaluable support of his minions and his attractive, unsinkable wife, Ashworth stands against the amorality and decadence of the age - "Anti-Sex Ashworth". He slays his opponents by being a tough, efficient, confident churchman, the torments of his past long since dead and buried. And then the unexpected, the unthinkable, strikes. Suddenly Ashworth finds himself staring into the chasm of all the lies hes been telling himself for years: about his marriage, his children, even his views on the Church. And as he suspects his old...
In this magisterial work, the fruit of more than a decade`s research, Chris Bellamy provides, in one volume, a modern history of the greatest and most hideous land-air conflict in history. It was a war fought by all elements of society, absolute because both sides aimed to exterminate their opponent, to destroy their political existence and each shed almost all of the customary restraints that had traditionally applied in conflicts between `civilized` nations. Between 1941 and 1945, on the Eastern Front, the greater part of the land and associated air forces of Nazi Germany and its allies were ultimately destroyed by the Soviet Union in what its people, and those of its fifteen successor states, called, and still call, the Great...
ISBN: 978-0-330-51004-2
Издательство:
Picador
Дата выхода: август 2011
Finally, a robots book for people who don\'t know the first thing about robotics! Absolute Beginner\'s Guide to Robots is well-written, inviting, and action-packed, with engaging ideas and fascinating factoids about robots and robot-related arts and sciences. You are led gently into the intimidating world of robotics, but nearly 400 pages later, you emerge with a respectable knowledge of robot history, the major fields and "schools" of robotics today, and the basic skills and resources needed to create hobby robots. By the end of the book, you will be the proud owner of three bots, the first two of which demonstrate key robotic principles. The third is a programmable/expandable robot, which serves as a platform for future...
ISBN: 0-7897-2971-7
Издательство:
Que
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2003
A ferocious new novel from the master: when a man`s good heart is his worst enemy ... By chance and not by choice, Ted Mundy, eternal striver, failed writer, and expatriate son of a British Army officer, used to be a spy. But that was in the good old Cold War days when a cinder-block wall divided Berlin and the enemy was easy to recognize.
ISBN: 978-0-316-05877-3
Издательство:
Hachette Livre
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Charles Ashworth is privileged, pampered and pleased with himself. As Bishop of Starbridge in 1965 he `purrs along as effortlessly as a well-tuned Rolls-Royce` while he proclaims his famous `absolute truths` to a society which he sees - with rage and revulsion - as increasingly immoral and disordered. But then a catastrophe tears his life apart and confronts him with the real absolute truths, truths which so shatter him that he finds himself stripped of his pride and struggling for survival. Grappling with the revelation that he has failed his wife, short-changed one son and distorted the personality of the other, Charles`s guilt steadily drives him into the immoral and disordered life he has condemned so violently in others. Fighting...
ISBN: 978-0-00-649688-5
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
"As is evident from his previous novels Election and Little Children, Tom Perrotta seems to enjoy putting characters with divergent belief systems together in a bag, as it were, and shaking it up. That is the technique he uses in The Abstinence Teacher, to satiric effect. Ruth Ramsey, divorced, is the human sexuality teacher at the local high school; she believes in being honest with her students, telling them that some people `enjoy oral sex`. She lands in hot water when an evangelical church, offended by her curriculum, forces the school board to include a section on abstinence. Tim Mason is the beloved soccer coach of Ruth`s young daughter, Maggie. He is also a reformed stoner/loser and an entrenched member of the church that attacked...
"Abstract expressionism" refers to the non-representational use of form and color as a means of expression that emerged in America in the 1940s, largely thanks to the innovative work of Arshile Gorky. Interestingly, abstract expressionism is considered to be the first art movement originating in America to have a worldwide influence. Two very different sub-categories of the movement developed: "action painting" (exemplified notably by Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock) and "color field painting," made most famous by Mark Rothko. Abstract expressionists strove to express pure emotion directly on canvas, via color and especially texture (the surface quality of the brushstroke), by embracing "accidents," and celebrating painting itself...
ISBN: 978-3-8365-1385-2
Издательство:
TASCHEN
Дата выхода: январь 2010
The Academic Encounters Second edition series uses a sustained content approach to teach skills necessary for taking academic courses in English. There are two books for each content area. Academic Encounters Level 3 Student`s Book Listening and Speaking with DVD Life in Society engages students through interviews and academic lectures on stimulating topics from the field of sociology. Topics include culture shock, gender roles, and ways of solving crime. Students develop crucial listening and note-taking skills, discuss content, conduct interviews, and make presentations. A Student DVD includes all of the academic lectures. Topics correspond with those in Academic Encounters Level 3 Student`s Book Reading and Writing Life in Society....
This book develops students` listening, note-taking and discussion skills using a variety of recorded authentic interviews and classroom lectures. The Teacher`s Manual provides teaching suggestions for the tasks in the Student`s Book, as well as an answer key. It also contains a complete listening script, and a photocopiable quiz with answer key for each lecture.
ISBN: 978-0-521-57820-2
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: июль 2012
This book develops students` listening, note-taking and discussion skills using a variety of recorded authentic interviews and classroom lectures. The Student`s Book develops students` listening, note-taking, and discussion skills using a variety of recorded authentic materials. The text prepares high-intermediate students with an introduction to psychology and communications, and covers high-interest topics such as stress, intelligence, and friendship. Each chapter explores one of these topics using a variety of listening materials, including informal interviews and authentic academic lectures. These materials allow students to practice crucial listening skills, such as listening for main ideas, and listening for implied information;...
ISBN: 978-0-521-60620-2
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
While taking students through the writing process, this book also teaches attention to form, format, and accuracy. The Instructor`s Manual provides chapter summaries and teaching suggestions for the Student`s Book.
ISBN: 978-0-521-65767-9
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
The Academic Encounters series uses a sustained content approach to teach skills necessary for taking academic courses in English. There are two books for each content area. Academic Encounters: Life in Society engages students with authentic academic readings, photos, graphs, and charts on stimulating topics from the field of sociology. Topics include peer pressure, the influence of the media, and balancing home and work. Students develop important skills such as reading critically, examining graphic material, highlighting, note taking, and preparing for a quiz. By completing writing assignments of different lengths, students build academic writing skills, respond to the readings, and incorporate what they have learned. The topics...
ISBN: 978-0-521-66616-9
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: июль 2011
"Academic Encounters: American Studies" is a content based reading, study skills, and writing book that introduces students to topics in American history and culture that are relevant to life in the United States today. These high-interest topics include issues of constitutional rights, such as freedom of expression and the right to own guns; race relations; the blues, jazz, and hip-hop; and the interplay of American culture and cultures from around the world. The companion book, "Academic Listening Encounters: American Studies", develops students` listening, note-taking, and discussion skills using authentic interviews and lectures and a variety of pre- and post-listening activities. The topics, which coordinate with those in the...
ISBN: 978-0-521-67369-3
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: июль 2011
The Academic Encounters series uses a sustained content approach to teach skills necessary for taking academic courses in English. There are two books for each content area. Academic Encounters: Human Behavior uses authentic readings from college textbooks to teach academic reading skills, and introduces topics such as stress, health, and nonverbal communication. These topics engage students in the subject matter while exposing them to academic discourse. This book contains exercises that develop reading skills such as skimming, reading for the main idea, reading for speed, and understanding vocabulary in context. While completing writing assignments of different lengths, students respond to the readings and incorporate what they have...
ISBN: 978-0-521-47658-4
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Modern lessons are based on a comprehensive skills and grammar syllabus where English is as academic as it is communicative. Extending beyond just learning a language, Academy Stars prepares students for success on a local and global scale.
ISBN: 9780230489929
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: январь 2017
Specially designed for students starting a tertiary level course in higher education, this book addresses all aspects of academic writing, from the details of accurate grammatical construction, pronunciation and spelling to appropriate style choices. Ten appendices form a bank of useful material, cross-referenced from the main units. A glossary of examination and essay terms and an extensive key are also included.
ISBN: 978-0-582-40019-1
Издательство:
Longman Group UK Limited
Дата выхода: июль 2011
The Academic Encounters Second edition series uses a sustained content approach to teach skills necessary for taking academic courses in English. There are two books for each content area. The Academic Encounters Level 4 2-Book set includes one copy of the Level 4 Student`s Book Reading and Writing and one copy of the Level 4 Student`s Book Listening and Speaking with DVD at a discounted price.
ISBN: 978-1-107-60303-5
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: январь 2013
The Academic Encounters Second edition series uses a sustained content approach to teach skills necessary for taking academic courses in English. There are two books for each content area. Academic Encounters Level 4 Teacher`s Manual Listening and Speaking Human Behavior contains general teaching guidelines for the course, task by task teaching suggestions, answers for all tasks, and chapter quizzes.
ISBN: 978-1-107-60301-1
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: январь 2013
"Academic Vocabulary in Use" is the perfect study aid for anyone using English for their academic work. Ideal for students of any discipline, from engineers or social scientists to business students or lawyers, it covers all the key vocabulary they will come across in academic textbooks, articles, lectures and seminars, allowing them to function confidently in an English-speaking academic environment. The book is designed for students at good intermediate level and above as well as those preparing for IELTS and other university entrance examinations. Формат: 19,5 см х 26 см.
ISBN: 978-0-521-68939-7
Издательство:
Cambridge
Дата выхода: январь 2011
