In this dark and compelling short novel, Fyodor Dostoevsky tells the story of Alexey Ivanovitch, a young tutor working in the household of an imperi...
ISBN: 9781847493828
Издательство:
Alma Books
Дата выхода: январь 2020
Laurie R. King’s bestselling mystery series featuring Mary Russell and her husband and partner, Sherlock Holmes, is beloved by readers and acclaimed by critics the world over. Now the illustrious duo returns for their most dangerous exploit yet, in a rich and atmospheric tale that takes them to India to save the life of one of literature’s most fabled heroes. It’s the second day of the new year, 1924, and Mary Russell is settling in for a much-needed rest with her husband, Sherlock Holmes. But the fragile peace will be fleeting—for a visit with Holmes’s gravely ill brother, Mycroft, brings news of an intrigue that is sure to halt their respite. Mycroft, who has ties to the highest levels of the government, has just received a...
ISBN: 978-0-553-58338-0
Издательство:
Bantam
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Here is the first volume in George ’s magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Clash of Kings and A Storm of Swords. As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world unlike any we have ever experienced. Already hailed as a classic, George ’s stunning series is destined to stand as one of the great achievements of imaginative fiction.
ISBN: 978-0-00-647988-8
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Дата выхода: январь 2016
Cas Perry doesn`t want a relationship. When her father walked out on her and her mother she decided relationships, love, marriage, the whole shegang, simlpy weren`t worth the heartache. But is Cas, immoral most of the time and amoral when it comes to business, going too far with her new TV programme, Sex with an Ex? Unfeeling and unscrupulous, she ruthlessly manipulates everyone she comes into contact with. Until she meets Darren. A babe. Trouble is, he`s a highly principled babe. He believes in love, marriage, fidelity and constancy, so can he believe in Cas? Is it possible the world is a better place than she imagined? And if it is, after a lifetime of playing games, is this discovery too late?
ISBN: 0-14-029066-4
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2004
Эта книга отправит вас в путешествие по переулкам памяти в славные дни ваших любимых приставок, игр и персонажей. Она посвящена четырем десятилетиям развития консольных, компьютерных и портативных игр. Начиная с аркадной классики на консолях Atari и заканчивая вечными хитами на Nintendo, SEGA и Sony PlayStation — в этой книге рассматриваются важнейшие релизы, благодаря которым...
ISBN: 978-5-00169-960-6
Издательство:
Манн, Иванов и Фербер
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2021
Four novels of rapid-fire interstellar adventure, set in a common universe, by the Grand Master of the form. Includes "The X Factor, Voorlope, The Eye of the Monster" and "The Sioux Spaceman."
ISBN: 978-1-4391-3372-9
Издательство:
Simon & Schuster UK
Дата выхода: август 2011
"The Game" recounts the incredible adventures of an everyday man who transforms himself from a shy, awkward writer into the quick-witted, smooth-talking Style, a character irresistible to women. But just when life is better than he could have ever dreamed (he uses his techniques on Britney Spears, receives life coaching from Tom Cruise, moves into a mansion with Courtney Love and is officially voted the World`s Number One Pickup Artist) he falls head over heels for a woman who can beat him at his own game.
Games for Grammar Practice is a teacher`s resource book containing a selection of more than forty games and activities for grammar practice. The activities are designed to promote intensive and interactive practice with learners of all ages from elementary to advanced level. Photocopiable pages and step-by-step instructions provide instant supplementary activities for busy teachers. The emphasis on peer interaction and cooperation helps students find grammar practice meaningful and rewarding. The grammar areas covered in the book are all commonly found in courses, making the activities easy to slot into a lesson.
ISBN: 978-0-521-66342-7
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: январь 2011
We all play games. In every encounter with other people we are doing so. The nature of these games depends both on the situation and on who we meet. Eric Berne`s classic Games People Play is the most accessible and insightful book ever written about the games we play: those patterns of behaviour that reveal hidden feelings and emotions. Wise and witty, it shows the underlying motivations behind our relationships and gives you the keys to unlock the psychology of others - and yourself. You`ll become more honest, more effective, and a true team player.
ISBN: 978-0-14-104027-1
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
We think we`re relating to other people-but actually we`re all playing games. Forty years ago, Games People Play revolutionized our understanding of what really goes on during our most basic social interactions. More than five million copies later, Dr. Eric Berne`s classic is as astonishing-and revealing-as it was on the day it was first published. This anniversary edition features a new introduction by Dr. James R. Allen, president of the International Transactional Analysis Association, and Kurt Vonnegut`s brilliant Life magazine review from 1965. We play games all the time-sexual games, marital games, power games with our bosses, and competitive games with our friends. Detailing status contests like Martini (I know a better way), to...
ISBN: 978-0-345-41003-0
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: август 2011
A selection of more than 50 vocabulary games and activities for classroom use. A selection of more than 50 vocabulary games and activities for classroom use, based on 18 topic-based units. This book enables students to practise key vocabulary in an enjoyable way through a range of fun games and activities.
ISBN: 978-0-521-00651-4
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: август 2011
This is the third edition of the one of the founding titles of the CHLT series. The book features many of the original games but has also been fully revised to include new games for the ELT classroom. The structure of the book has also been revised so that the games are now grouped in a more teacher-friendly format where teachers can search based on language and skill criteria rather than just game type.
ISBN: 978-0-521-61822-9
Издательство:
Cambridge
Дата выхода: июль 2011
– Qu’est-ce que tu faisais dans la chambre de maman? – J’ai volé une photo. Une toute petite photo. – Tu lui ressembles tellement, a dit ma sœur. J’ai mis la photo dans la poche de mon jean. Je me suis assise dessus pendant trente ans. – La photo est ressortie de ma poche! j’ai dit à mes sœurs. J’ai vu l’homme de la photo! – Qui? – Celui qui porte le même nom que nous, le même nom que moi. Ce n’est pas une photo, c’est un homme! J’ai donc un père. Que dois-je faire? Trente ans que je réponds: «Je n’ai pas de père. Je n’ai qu’une photo». Devant les mines compatissantes, je réponds depuis trente ans: «Je n’ai pas de père, mais je m’en fiche,...
ISBN: 978-2-253-12152-7
Издательство:
Livre de Poche
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Penguin Readers are written by specialist ELT authors. The language, vocabulary, style and content of every book is carefully graded to make sure it suits the learner`s own language ability. Every Penguin Reader has a range of activities in the book and accompanying Factsheet to help increase comprehension and develop reading, writing, listening and speaking skills.
ISBN: 978-1-4082-8502-2
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Mahatma Gandhi died in 1948, but his name is famous around the world. He fought for change in South Africa and then at home in India. But he lived a simple life and he protested without violence. People watched him and they loved him. Many follow his ideas today.
ISBN: 978-1-4058-7839-5
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Original / American English (Available April 2008) Mahatma Gandhi died in 1948, but his name is famous around the world. He fought for change in South Africa and then at home in India. But he lived a simple life and he protested without violence. People watched him and they loved him. Many follow his ideas today.
ISBN: 978-1-4058-7693-3
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: апрель 2012
In this arivetinga( The New York Times ) work of nonfiction, a sociologist infiltrates the world of Chicagoas crack-dealing gangs First presented in Freakonomics, the story of a young sociologist who embedded himself in Chicagoas most notorious gang and captured the worldas attention. Gang Leader for a Day is the fascinating full story of how Sudhir Venkatesh gained entrance into the lives of a group of drug-dealers and went on to witnessaand participate inaevents that have rarely been described in print. A brazen, page-turning, and fundamentally honest view of the morally ambiguous, highly intricate, often corrupt struggle to survive in an urban war zone, it is also an emotional and complicated look at the friendship that develops...
ISBN: 978-0-143-11493-2
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: январь 2016
Deep in the heart of Rio, a new gang has emerged in the favelas. A gang with a sinister reputation, heavy-duty weaponry and a seemingly limitless drug supply. Recruited by the shady organization Trojan Industries, teenage tearaway Luiz Alves must gain initiation, infiltrate the gang and find out who`s backing them. But with guns on every street corner and the threat of exposure - and brutal death - hanging over his head, Luiz`s mission of discovery isn`t his biggest problem. Staying alive is.
ISBN: 978-0-14-132589-7
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
Trojan Industries are in Russia and there`s a new gang in their sights. Eagles 88, a twisted group of Neo-Nazi extremists, are terrorizing the streets of Moscow, attacking innocent civilians. Can Alexi Zukov, Trojan`s latest teenage recruit, infiltrate the inner workings of the gang and save the capital`s streets from another tragedy?
ISBN: 978-0-14-132590-3
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Across the world millions of people are members of street gangs. In groups they fight, stab, rob, rape and murder anyone who isn`t one of their own. And when rival gangs meet - what you get is warfare. Ross Kemp, whose dad was a copper and taught him right from wrong, decided to infiltrate these secret underworld organizations to discover who they are, what makes them tick and what the law is doing to curb their criminal activity. On his harrowing journey he: meets murderous members of the Number gang in a Cape Town jail; crosses paths with warlords in Guatemala; gets shot at in El Salvador; and, is set on fire as an initiation test for Russian Neo-Nazis. Only TV hardman Ross Kemp could get this close to the world`s most violent street...
ISBN: 978-0-14-103225-2
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: август 2011
PREPARE 2nd edition Level 1 provides a foundation for levels 2 and 3 which prepare students for the revised 2020 A2 Key for Schools exam. The Level 1 Workbook provides additional reading, writing and listening practice of the language covered in the PREPARE Level 1 Student`s Book units, and reinforces vocabulary. The accompanying Audio is available online for download via an access code in the Workbook. A Student`s Book and Online Workbook is also available, separately.
ISBN: 9781108380928
Издательство:
Cambridge
Дата выхода: январь 2020
