Barry Edelstein gathers together the timeless Shakespearean wit and wisdom that`s right for the big moments in life-and some of the not-so-big moments as well - and presents it in accessible and entertaining terms. Selections are grouped by occasion and presented with lively and succinct background material. For public speakers or letter writers hoping to enhance their remarks with some choice Shakespearean gem, "Shakespeare for All Occasions" provides nuts and bolts tips on pronunciation, delivery, and emphasis, and offers suggestions and examples that illustrate ways in which musings from the Bard can be woven into a simple and elegant speech, missive, or meditation. This `how-to` material makes "Shakespeare for All Occasions" stand...
"Down time" is not a phrase in Tempe Brennan`s vocabulary. A string of disturbing cases has put her vacation plans on hold; instead, she heads to the lab to analyze charred remains from a suspicious fire, and a mysterious black residue from a small-plane crash. But most troubling of all are the bones… Tempe`s daughter`s new boyfriend invites them to a picnic - a pig pickin` - in the North Carolina countryside, where a cache of bones turns up. But are they animal or human? X-rays and DNA may link the crimes, but they can`t reveal who is closing in on Tempe and her daughter - and how far they will go to keep her from uncovering the truth.
It`s history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: • How a war started when a Brit insisted on sitting on a stool? • Who wore a necklace made of 50 human skulls? • Why a Brit soldier used his own coffin as a wardrobe? Discover all the foul facts about the Barmy British Empire - all the gore and more!
ISBN: 978-1-407104-21-8
Издательство:
Scholastic UK
Дата выхода: август 2010
From the outside in, explore exquisite timber frame homes at your leisure. Floor plans serve as your tour guide, while leading architectural photographers illuminate the astonishing spaces and intimate detailing of authentic homes. Each evokes the grandeur of the inherited barn-style form, while expressing the individuality of the owners who took part in designing their one-of-a-kind homes. In all, 30 homes are presented for your inspection, with imagery of exteriors, great rooms, kitchens, dining areas, intimate studies, dens, and formal living rooms, as well as spacious master suites and beautifully appointed bedrooms and baths. This book will inspire all who hope to build or furnish a unique post and beam home of their own.
ISBN: 978-0-7643-2386-7
Издательство:
Schiffer
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Dickens`s first historical novel is set against the infamous `No Popery` riots that were instigated by Lord George Gordon in 1780, and terrorised London for days. Prejudice, intolerance, misplaced religious and nationalistic fervour, together with the villains who would exploit these for political ends, are Dickens`s targets. His vivid account of the riots at the heart of the novel is interwoven with the mysterious tale of a long unsolved murder, and a romance that combines forbidden love, passion, treachery and heroism. A typically rich cast of comic characters, from the snivelling Miss Miggs and the posturing Simon Tappertit to the half-witted `Barnaby Rudge` of the title, ensures high entertainment.
ISBN: 1-85326-739-2
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: январь 2001
It`s carnival time under the sea! Join all of your underwater friends for games, goodies, and rides galore! This incredible hardbound book features eight fully-illustrated spreads of aquatic antics and amazing pop-ups, with enough hilarious details to keep you exploring again and again. Sales of this book benefit Conservation International.
Now available for the first time in paperback, this extraordinary book examines the ‘culture of excess’ in all its twentieth-century manifestations. Fashion, film, photography, design and decoration: all feature in Stephen Calloway’s consideration of the colourful, the opulent and the theatrical. The author examines early examples of Baroque excess – by the Sitwells, Cecil Beaton, Angus McBean and others – as well as the darker Baroque spirit of the wartime Neo-Romantics or film-makers such as Fellini and Jarman. Tracing the Baroque tendency into the 1990s, he shows how ideas have cross-fertilized, providing links between such unlikely bedfellows as Leon Bakst and Luis Bunuel, Coco Chanel and Nigel Coates, Liberace and Lacroix....
ISBN: 0714838608
Издательство:
Phaidon
Дата выхода: апрель 2002
Sicilian Baroque architecture was open to the whole world of European Baroque and yet stubbornly protective of its own unique identity. Sicilian Baroque was once described by Anthony Blunt as the style ‘in which the energy and imagination of the south attained full and mature expression’. This volume superbly affirms that this era in the island’s history was a crucial phase in Western civilization. Through analysis and above all by revelatory photography it seeks to define what makes the Baroque of Sicily distinctive: • How does it differ from the Baroque not only of other countries but also from that of other Italian regions? • How was it possible to impose that particular character upon churches and palaces, sculpture and...
Indochine, années 1920. Ruinée après l`acquisition d`un terrain incultivable, la mère de Suzanne et Joseph érige en vain des barrages contre l`océan, qui noie ses récoltes. Alors qu`elle sombre dans la folie, les adolescents, livrés à eux-mêmes, font l`apprentissage de la vie. A travers ce roman d`inspiration autobiographique, Marguerite Duras dénonce, dans une écriture âpre et sans détour, l`injustice du système colonial. Le texte intégral de l`oeuvre accompagné de notes de bas de page. Huit fiches pour faire le tour de l`oeuvre: Marguerite Duras en 17 dates, l`oeuvre dans son contexte, la structure de l`oeuvre, les grands thèmes de l`oeuvre, les...
Updated to reflect the most recent SATs, this manual offers college-bound students an explanation of all the important tactics and strategies for taking the SAT, as well as a detailed review of all test topics, a diagnostic test, and five full-length SAT practice tests with all questions answered and explained. Subject reviews cover critical reading, grammar and usage, and math, as well as detailed instruction in preparing and writing the required SAT essay. The book`s additional features include an overview of the SAT, an explanation of its scoring method, and general study advice.
ISBN: 978-0-7641-4436-3
Издательство:
Barron`s Educational Series, ins
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
The TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) is an internet-based test, or iBT, and this updated edition of Barronas TOEFL manual simulates the testas internet-based format. The manual presents seven full-length model TOEFL iBT tests with explanations or examples for all questions, including sample essays and speaking responses. Author Pamela Sharpe also gives test-takers a general orientation to the TOEFL iBT and follows with a review of academic skills, which include note taking, paraphrasing, summarizing, and synthesizing. A review of language skills covers listening, speaking, reading, and writing in English.
ISBN: 978-0-7641-4368-7
Издательство:
Barron`s Educational Series, ins
Дата выхода: август 2011
Updated to reflect the most recent SATs, this manual offers college-bound students an explanation of all the important tactics and strategies for taking the SAT, as well as a detailed review of all test topics, a diagnostic test, and five full-length SAT practice tests with all questions answered and explained. Subject reviews cover critical reading, grammar and usage, and math, as well as detailed instruction in preparing and writing the required SAT essay. The book`s additional features include an overview of the SAT, an explanation of its scoring method, and general study advice. The enclosed CD-ROM presents two additional full-length practice tests with complete solutions and automatic scoring.
ISBN: 978-0-7641-9722-2
Издательство:
Barron`s Educational Series, ins
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Students preparing for the GMAT will find that this book gives them all the help they need to excel on the test`s math section. Separate chapters review the fundamentals of arithmetic, algebra, and geometry. Another chapter gives special attention to the test`s often-perplexing word problems, with advice on translating a problem`s words into a specific equation. A final chapter focuses on a problem type that will be new to many GMAT test takers: the data sufficiency question. Every chapter in the book is filled with practice problems and solutions, and two full-length model math tests are included for further practice. The author also offers helpful advice on test preparation and test-taking strategies.
ISBN: 978-0-7641-4534-6
Издательство:
Barron`s Educational Series, ins
Дата выхода: август 2011
This revised and updated shorter version of Barron`s full-size TOEFL iBT test preparation manual prepares ESL students for the internet-based test. It presents three model TOEFL iBTs, all with explanations or example answers. The author also provides an overview of the test format and follows with a brief review of academic skills that test takers must master. They include note taking, paraphrasing, summarizing, and synthesizing. A short review of language skills covers listening, speaking, reading, and writing in English. The two enclosed audio CDs present audio prompts for the Listening, Speaking, and Writing sections in the book`s practice tests.
ISBN: 978-0-7641-9701-7
Издательство:
Barron`s Educational Series, ins
Дата выхода: август 2011
The GRE Graduate Record Exam is changing substantially starting in August 2011, and Barron`s will be ready in early July with a thoroughly revised test prep manual that reflects the new exam content. New question types will appear in both the GRE`s Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning sections, and the model tests in Barron`s brand-new 19th edition reflect these changes: Verbal Reasoning - The Reading Comprehension Question will now consist of three types: Multiple-choice questions for which only one answer out of five choices is correct; additional multiple-choice questions in which one or more of three choices might be correct; and Select-In Passages which require test-takers to choose a sentence that accurately describes a...
This 17th edition of Barron’s GRE manual reflects recent Graduate Record Exams and presents six full-length model exams with all questions answered and explained. Tests are similar to recent actual GREs in length, question types, and degree of difficulty. The manual also reviews all GRE test topics: antonym, analogy, and sentence-completion questions, reading comprehension, analytical writing, quantitative comparison questions, data interpretation, and math.
ISBN: 9780764135415
Издательство:
Barron`s Educational Series, ins
Дата выхода: июль 2007
