After three years in prison, Shadow has done his time. But as the time until his release ticks away, he can feel a storm brewing. Two days before he gets out, his wife Laura dies in a mysterious car crash, in adulterous circumstances. Dazed, Shadow travels home, only to encounter the bizarre Mr Wednesday claiming to be a refugee from a distant war, a former god and the king of America. Together they embark on a very strange journey across the States, along the way solving the murders which have occurred every winter in one small American town. But the storm is about to break... Disturbing, gripping and profoundly strange, Gaiman`s epic new novel sees him on the road to the heart of America.
ISBN: 9780747263746
Издательство:
Hodder
Дата выхода: май 2019
How much did the Dutch pay for Manhattan Island in 1614? Where is the world`s blue jeans headquarters? Who can you meet in the `Malibu Colony`, near Los Angeles? New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and New Orleans are America`s most distinctive and exciting cities. Similar in some ways and yet completely different in others, they fascinate everyone who visits them. Open this book and find out why.
ISBN: 978885300-996-8
Издательство:
CIDEB
Дата выхода: июль 2011
If you are to survive, you must believe.Shadow Moon has served his time. But hours before his release from prison, his beloved wife is killed in a freak accident. Dazed, he boards a plane home where he meets the enigmatic Mr Wednesday, who professes both to know Shadow and to be king of America.Together they embark on a profoundly strange road trip across the USA, encountering a kaleidoscopic cast of characters along the way. Yet all around them a storm threatens to break.The war has already begun, an epic struggle for the very soul of America, and Shadow is standing squarely in its path.
"Грамматический справочник" (Grammar Book) - третья часть учебного комплекса "America the Beautiful". В нем описаны те грамматические явления, которые представлены в "Книге для студента" (Student Book) и "Рабочей тетради" (Workbook) - двух предыдущих частях курса американского варианта английского языка. В Справочнике содержатся сведения об основных положениях базовой нормативной грамматики, о некоторых отступлениях от нормы,...
ISBN: 5-87151-020-5
Издательство:
Школа Китайгородской
Дата выхода: январь 1999
American MORE! is a four-level course from a highly respected author team that`s bursting with features for lower secondary students. Each level of American MORE! contains 80-90 hours of class material. Key language for each unit is introduced in a photostory and put to use through the `Language Focus`. There is thorough coverage of grammar via a dedicated section in each unit. The `Learn MORE through English` pages introduce cross-curricular learning (CLIL) while the `Learn MORE about Culture` sections explore English speaking countries. Students learn to `Read MORE for pleasure` with the extra reading pages and the CD-ROM enables students to practise vocabulary, grammar and skills.
ISBN: 978-0-521-17126-7
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
American MORE! is a four-level course from a highly respected author team that`s bursting with features for lower secondary students. With dedicated reading, culture, grammar, vocabulary, skills and cross-curricular learning sections, plus a wide range of flexible components, you really do get more with American MORE! The Extra Practice Book contains material on life and culture topics, and extra practice exercises. The language corresponds to the units of the Student`s Book. It also includes a `pull-out and keep` mini-reader of `The Open Window` by Saki.
ISBN: 9780521171533
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Shadow is a man with a past. But now he wants nothing more than to live a quiet life with his wife and stay out of trouble. Until he learns that she`s been killed in a terrible accident. Flying home for the funeral, as a violent storm rocks the plane, a strange man in the seat next to him introduces himself. The man calls himself Mr. Wednesday, and he knows more about Shadow than is possible. He warns Shadow that a far bigger storm is coming. And from that moment on, nothing will ever he the
ISBN: 978-0-380-78903-0
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: май 2011
Feel the heat...as cult superstar Nick Angel claws his way from Midwest boyhood poverty to riches, power and fame in the heart of New York City. Feel the heat...as his path collides with the beautiful Lauren Roberts, an innocent learning fast about the ways of the world. About men. About money. And about never having to be alone..."American Star"...a fantastic love story - as only Jackie can tell it!
American MORE! is a four-level course from a highly respected author team that`s bursting with features for lower secondary students. Each level of American MORE! contains 80-90 hours of class material. With dedicated reading, culture, grammar, vocabulary, skills and cross-curricular learning sections, plus a wide range of flexible components, you really do get more with American MORE! The Workbook with Audio CD contains exercises for extra practice in reading, vocabulary, listening, grammar, and a `Writing for your Portfolio` section.
ISBN: 9780521171144
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
American Gods, the extraordinary, highly acclaimed epic novel from storytelling genius and international bestseller Neil Gaiman, comes vividly to life in a major new TV series on Amazon Prime Video starring Ricky Whittle, Ian McShane, Emily Browning and Gillian Anderson.`Gaiman is a treasure-house of story and we are lucky to have him` Stephen King.If you are to survive, you must believe.Shadow Moon has served his time. But hours before his release from prison, his beloved wife is killed in a freak accident. Dazed, he boards a plane home where he meets the enigmatic Mr Wednesday, who professes both to know Shadow and to be king of America.Together they embark on a profoundly strange road trip across the USA, encountering a kaleidoscopic...
From the Vanderbilts` Biltmore and the Rockefellers` Kykuit to the Duponts` museum-like Winterthur and William Randolph Hearst`s legendary San Simeon, American country houses evoke the grandeur of a vanished world of privilege, yet more often than not reflected their builders` insecurities about how they were expected to proclaim their wealth and position. Clive Aslet, known for his acclaimed study of English country houses, here offers a heavily illustrated history of their American cousins, drawing on the rich and often amusing writings of contemporaries to evoke the life the buildings served as well as the architectural features they boasted.
As Stephen King will attest, the popularity of the occult in American literature has only grown since the days of Edgar Allan Poe. "American Supernatural Tales" celebrates the richness of this tradition with chilling contributions from some of the nation`s brightest literary lights, including Poe himself, H. P. Lovecraft, Shirley Jackson, Ray Bradbury, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and - of course - Stephen King. By turns phantasmagoric, spectral, and demonic, this is a frighteningly good addition to "Penguin Classics".
After three years in prison, Shadow has done his time. But as the time until his release ticks away, he can feel a storm brewing. Two days before he gets out, his wife Laura dies in a mysterious car crash, in adulterous circumstances. Dazed, Shadow travels home, only to encounter the bizarre Mr Wednesday claiming to be a refugee from a distant war, a former god and the king of America. Together they embark on a very strange journey across the States, along the way solving the murders which have occurred every winter in one small American town. But the storm is about to Disturbing, gripping and profoundly strange, Gaiman`s epic new novel sees him on the road to the heart of America.
"America in Close-Up" is a study of contemporary America which looks at a variety of aspects of life in the United States. Each unit of the book has three parts; Part A offers a clear and detailed account of some aspect of American society and in Part B the subject is explored further through interviews, articles and photographs taken from contemporary newspapers and journals such as "Time" and "Newsweek", which give an insight into the way Americans see themselves and show the contrasting views held by people in the different strata of society. The factual information in Part A provides the historical and cultural context for students to understand the issues discussed in the texts in Part B which range from immigration and race...
American Ways: An Introduction to American Culture, Third Edition, by Maryanne Kearny Datesman, JoAnn Crandall, and Edward N. Kearny, focuses on the traditional values that have attracted people to the United States for well over 200 years and traces the effects of these values on American life. Chapter themes include diversity, the family, education, government and politics, religion, business, and recreation. Cross-cultural activities --- from discussion topics to writing projects --- encourage high-intermediate to advanced students to compare their own values with those discussed in the readings. New to the Third Edition: *Expanded pre-reading exercises preview the chapter content and Academic Word List vocabulary. *Improve Your...
David Bell embodies the American dream. He`s twenty-eight, has survived office coups, scandals, and beaten lesser rivals, to become an extremely successful TV exec. The images that flicker across America`s screens, the fantasies that enthrall viewers, they are of his making. But David`s dream is turning sour, nightmarish. He wants reality, to touch, feel and record what is real. He takes a camera and journeys across America in a mad, roving quest to discover and capture some sense of his own and his country`s past, present and future. "Americana" is Don DeLillo`s brilliant first novel.
ISBN: 978-0-241-95338-9
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
The locals in the Italian village where he lives call him Signor Farfalla - Mr Butterfly. He is a discreet gentleman who spends his time studying rare butterflies. But Farfalla`s real profession is deadly. He considers himself an artisan, not for the butterflies he paints but for the guns he creates for assassins. Farfalla has resolved to make his next job his last. Then, perhaps, he can settle down comfortably in the Italian village he has grown to love and enjoy the remainder of his life without constantly looking over his shoulder. But a treacherous circle is closing in on
ISBN: 978-0-553-82572-5
Издательство:
Transworld publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011
"America`s Next Top Model: Fierce Guide to Life: The Ultimate Source of Beauty, Fashion, and Model Behavior" is a runaway runway series and must-see television for millions of teens and tweens. Young women of various backgrounds, shapes, and sizes are mentored by today`s top fashion stylists and industry experts. With chapters that focus on beauty, health, and education, and filled with tips on hair, makeup, nutrition, and fashion dos and dont`s, this is the first and only book that empowers girls to be themselves while pursuing their dreams. Girls will learn the fits that work for their body type, how to take calculated risks with their style, and how to take advantage of their natural qualities. By instructing readers on how to...
ISBN: 978-0-7893-1859-6
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: август 2011
In this spectacular, thought-provoking epic of alternate history, Harry Turtledove has created an unparalleled vision of social upheaval, war, and cutthroat politics in a world very much like our own — but with dramatic differences. It is 1924 — a time of rebuilding, from the slow reconstruction of Washington’s most honored monuments to the reclamation of devastated cities in Europe and Canada. In the United States, the Socialist Party, led by Hosea Blackford, battles Calvin Coolidge to hold on to the Powell House in Philadelphia. And it seems as if the Socialists can do no wrong, for the stock market soars and America enjoys prosperity unknown in a half century. But as old names like Custer and Roosevelt fade into history, a new...
ISBN: 978-0-345-44422-6
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Original / American English (Available April 2008) Most people around the world today know something about American life. The United States is a big country. Not all Americans are the same! In this book you will see the many faces of American life.
ISBN: 978-1-4058-8155-5
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
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: 978885300-107-8
Издательство:
CIDEB
Дата выхода: июль 2011
