Mary Lennox was horrid. Selfish and spoilt, she was sent to stay with her hunchback uncle in Yorkshire. She hated it.But when she finds the way into a secret garden and begins to tend to it, a change comes over her and her life. She meets and befriends a local boy, the talented Dickon, and comes across her sickly cousin Colin who had been kept hidden from her. Between them, the three children work astonishing magic in themselves and those around them.The Secret Garden is one of the best-loved stories of all time.
ISBN: 9781840227796
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: январь 2020
Covering the centuries between the disintegration of the Carolingian empire and the rise of the French monarchy, this book traces the long period of gestation that ended with the emergence of the kingdom of France as a recognizable political entity capable of inspiring the loyalty of its peoples. The author describes the emergence in the late ninth and tenth centuries of principalities and lesser political units in which the personal qualities or resources of the rulers permitted them to command obedience. In the eleventh century, the threat of political fragmentation led princes to establish sounder theoretical foundations for their authority in legal and administrative procedures. The twelfth-century kings of France,...
ISBN: 9780198208464
Издательство:
Oxford University Press
Дата выхода: март 2000
Victor Frankenstein is a brilliant student of natural sciences. He dreams of discovering the secret of life; but the thing that he has made is a monster, and brings nothing but death and ruin.Includes a word list, 5 pages of activities and free online audio (British English and American English).Retold by Daniele Dickmann.
Penguin Readers is a graded reading series for English Language Teaching (ELT) markets, designed for teenagers and young adults learning English as a foreign or second language.With carefully adapted text, new illustrations, language practise activities and additional online resources, the Penguin Readers series introduces language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction. Freddie Mercury, a Level 5 Reader, is B1 in the CEFR framework. The text is made up of sentences with up to four clauses, introducing present perfect continuous, past perfect, reported speech and second conditional. It is well supported by illustrations,...
The book constitutes a basic, concise, yet rigorous course in complex analysis, for students who have studied calculus in one and several variables, but have not previously been exposed to complex analysis. The textbook should be particularly useful and relevant for undergraduate students in joint programmes with mathematics, as well as engineering students. The aim of the book is to cover the bare bones of the subject with minimal prerequisites. The core content of the book is the three main pillars of complex analysis: the Cauchy Riemann equations, the Cauchy Integral Theorem, and Taylor and Laurent series expansions. Each section contains several problems, which are not purely drill exercises, but are rather meant to reinforce the...
Frog lives in a bog. One day, he finds someone lost in the fog... This entertaining story for beginner readers has simple rhyming text and colourful illustrations by Stephen Cartwright – and you can also listen to the story online, too. A delight to share with young children, with parent’s notes on phonics at the back.
An Essential Picture Book Classics this book contains five engaging, warm and very funny stories about Frog and Toad.A collectable classic picture book that every child should read and own. Julia Donaldson says “I hugely admire and envy Arnold Lobel; he is my hero”.Once upon a time there were two good friends, a frog and a toad…From writing letters to going swimming, telling stories to finding lost buttons, Frog and Toad are always there for each other – just as best friends should be.The Frog and Toad stories from Arnold Lobel have been loved by generations.Essential Picture Book Classics – timeless stories for every child to treasure.
Written by more than 175 outspoken travelers around the globe, this guide helps visitors to Guatemala experience places the way locals do. It includes a 16-page color section and foldout map along with exact prices and suggested itineraries. Original.
Modern, original fiction for learners of English. A collection of stories that offer eight slices of life in England today. The themes covered include British eating habits, the media, inner-city problems, immigration, football hooliganism, student life, leisure activities and the countryside. Well-observed, lively and amusing, these stories provide a fascinating picture of the country at the start of a new century.
ISBN: 9780521750783
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: январь 2023
There`s never a dull moment for the residents of Beaumont, South Carolina. Lately, a heat wave`s spiked the mercury-and everyone`s sex drive! These days, when Jamie runs into Max, it`s all she can do not to tear his clothes off-and the feeling is mutual. But trouble seems to follow Max like moths to a flame, and Jamie suspects he`s all wrong for her. Meanwhile, the lingerie shop is having a sale on edible underwear, while the bakery`s selling aphrodisiac-laced brownies and x-rated birthday cakes. Even Jamie`s dog, Fleas, is dodging passes from the amorous French poodle next door! But when someone starts bumping off some of the town`s more annoying citizens, all clues lead straight to the new personals section in Jamie`s newspaper. Pretty...
ISBN: 978-0-312-98330-7
Издательство:
Macmillan USA
Дата выхода: август 2011
Fourth edition of the full-colour Cambridge English: Young Learners (YLE) preparation activities for all three levels of the test (Starters, Movers, Flyers) updated to reflect the new revised specifications which will be out in January 2018.This fourth edition updated for the 2018 revised exams, provides bright, full-colour and interactive preparation for the Cambridge English: Young Learners (YLE) Tests. Fun activities balanced with exam-style questions practise all the areas of the syllabus in a communicative way. The material is specifically designed to focus on those areas most likely to cause problems for young learners at these levels. Each unit forms the basis for a lesson of 75 to 90 minutes. The learning management system...
ISBN: 9781316631911
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: май 2021
Как можно одновременно повторить грамматику английского языка, расширить словарный запас и узнать что-то интересное о стране изучаемого языка, затратив минимум усилий? Ответом на этот вопрос, по мнению составителей, является данная книга, представляющая собой сборник юмористических заметок, сопровождаемых подробным словарем и комментариями. Книга адресована самому широкому кругу читателей....
ISBN: 9785604498361
Издательство:
Антология
Дата выхода: октябрь 2020
Книга представляет собой продолжение серии учебников по политическому английскому и предназначена для студентов-международников, политиков, журналистов. Вместе с тем книга может широко использоваться студентами и аспирантами факультетов иностранных языков, филологии, истории, государственного управления и др. Выходя за рамки собственно языкового учебника, книга дает обилие информации по ключевым...
ISBN: 978-5-19-010822-4
Издательство:
Издательство МГУ
Дата выхода: январь 2013
Manual “Fundamental of Nursing” provides a basic knowledge of nursing as a science and a profession. The presented manual is intended to prepare students and can help mastering the technologies of general patient care and handling techniques. The manual contains lecture materials, topical issues, test assignments and situational tasks. Designed for students (specialty 31.05.01 “General Medicine”, 34.03.01 “Nursing” (English medium))
ISBN: 978-5-9986-0414-0
Издательство:
Медицинское информационное агентство
Дата выхода: октябрь 2020
