Inch by inch, day by day, Scott Carey is getting smaller. Once an unremarkable husband and father, Scott finds himself shrinking with no end in sight. His wife and family turn into unreachable giants, the family cat becomes a predatory menace, and Scott must struggle to survive in a world that seems to be growing ever larger and more perilous--until he faces the ultimate limits of fear and existence.
ISBN: 978-0-7653-6116-5
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Fun, cultural and informative, this series of readers offers an extensive range of fiction and non-fiction titles that reinforce the basic structures and vocabulary found in most primary courses. The Macmillan Children`s Readers series can be used as supplementary reading material with any primary course. A picture dictionary (or wordlist) and activity pages are at the back of each book and an accompanying Audio gives children a chance to listen to the stories while they read them.
ISBN: 9780230404977
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
It`s history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: Why llamas wore earrings and drank beer? How a bucket of stewed pee can make you beautiful? Why servants ate the emperor`s hair? Discover all the foul facts about the Incredible Incas - all the gore and more!
ISBN: 978-1-407104-27-0
Издательство:
Scholastic UK
Дата выхода: август 2010
Author Dorothy Fontaine shows how to apply the teaching theory of renowned educator Howard Gardner to the practice of building students word power for academic success. More than 20 years ago, Gardner first offered the education profession his now famous theory of Multiple Intelligences, or MI. Widely accepted today for its beneficial results, MI contends that every student is equipped with eight or more separate types of intelligence, but each student is stronger in some intelligence sources, weaker in others. Multiple Intelligences include logical-mathematical, musical, spatial, and contact with nature, among others. Gardner`s approach to learning starts by discovering each students several areas of intellectual strength, then...
ISBN: 978-0-7641-3429-6
Издательство:
Barron`s Educational Series, ins
Дата выхода: июль 2011
In the latest novel in Hamilton`s "New York Times" bestselling series, a vampire serial killer who preys on strippers is on the loose. Called in to consult on the case, Anita Blake fears her judgment may be clouded by a conflict of interest and does something unprecedented--she calls for help.
ISBN: 978-0-515-13975-4
Издательство:
Rem Distributors
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Guillermo and Lucia are 15 years old and they live in Madrid. They are best friends and share everything. One day Max, while waiting for Lucia at the cinema, is approached by a stranger who gives him a mysterious envelope. What is in the envelope? Is the stranger really a member of the Spanish Secret Service, as he claims? Guillermo and Lucia turn into detectives and start investigating…
ISBN: 978885300-928-9
Издательство:
CIDEB
Дата выхода: июль 2011
"Explosively funny, fiendishly inventive". Sunday Times "What clinches the novel`s success is Mr Sharpe`s brilliant comic style. His phrasing, his timing, and his extraordinarily deft handling of the minutiae of comic incidents make for real hilarity". Times Literary Supplement "Splendidly funny". New Statesman
ISBN: 0-09-946652-X
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2004
The international bestselling author of "Kisscut" and "Blindsighted" shows off her superb talent with this brilliantly conceived, skillfully executed tale of a suspenseful hostage situation.
By the author of the hugely successful ‘The Thorn Birds’ It is a truth universally acknowledged that anyone who loved PRIDE AND PREJUDICE will want to know what happened to the Bennet sisters… Twenty years on, Jane has a happy marriage and large family; Lizzy and Mr Darcy now have a formidable social reputation; Lydia has a reputation of quite another kind; Kitty is much in demand in London’s parlours and ballrooms; but what of Mary? Mary is quietly celebrating her independence, having nursed her ailing mother for many years. She decides to write a book to bring the plight of the poor to everyone’s attention. But with more resolve than experience, as she sets out to travel around the country, it’s not only her family who are...
ISBN: 978-0-00-727184-9
Издательство:
HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
An explosively growing collector’s market in design has fuelled the interest in young, emerging designers whose work has become as highly sought after as that of established names. Around the world more and more galleries are opening to meet this new demand. "The Independent Design Guide" is the first publication to present these undiscovered talents and their creations, presenting 400 of the most exciting design objects by the future stars of design. For professionals and buyers alike, the book features cross-references that highlight new design trends, innovative use of materials and related objects. • A one-stop sourcebook for all that is new, innovative and independent in the fast-paced world of design. • Truly international in...
ISBN: 978-0-500-51457-3
Издательство:
Thames & Hudson
Дата выхода: июль 2011
The bestselling author of "The Thorn Birds" breathes new life into the characters of Jane Austen`s "Pride and Prejudice." Jane and Elizabeth`s younger, bookish sister Mary is still too willful to be confined within traditional marriage, so she embarks on an adventure of her own.
Ernst Steiner has visited India innumerable times in recent decades, touring every region of the sub-continent from the Himalaya regions in the north to the coasts of the south. With his camera he has captured impressive panoramas of the unique landscape, the culture and the colourful life of the people of this fascinating country.
ISBN: 978-3-89823-339-2
Издательство:
Editionpanorama
Дата выхода: июль 2011
The Indian subcontinent offers an amazing visual feast. Considering Indian art within a chronological framework, Vidya Dehejia analyses the great cities of the Indus civilization, the serene Buddha image, the intriguing art of cave sites, sophisticated temple-building traditions, the luxurious art of the Mughal court, the palaces and pavilions of Rajasthan, the churches of Portuguese Goa, art in the British Raj and the issues taking Indian art into the twenty-?rst century.
ISBN: 0714834963
Издательство:
Phaidon
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2000
The sights, smells and sounds of India draw legions of travellers every year in awe of the changing terrain and countryside, but to truly experience the range and diversity of this huge country one needs to gaze into the many spectacular residences, as rich and eclectic as the landscape that surrounds them. "Indian Interiors" provides a longing glimpse into these exotic abodes. India`s visual culture is ruled by bright colours, religious decoration and the unrelenting heat of the sun, and designers have responded to this challenge in many ways over the centuries. With this book as guide, you can wander into the restored splendour of ancient Maharajas` palaces, enjoy living in houseboats on the lotus-covered lakes of Kashmir, or cool off...
ISBN: 978-3-8365-0995-4
Издательство:
TASCHEN
Дата выхода: январь 2000
Crammed with practical information on India, this guide features accommodation options from the palatial to the ultra-cheap, with 16 full-colour pages of highlights plus themed itineraries and special sections on Indian cuisine, arts and crafts.
ISBN: 1-74059-421-5
Издательство:
Lonely Planet
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2004
A compact guide to Indian architecture and interior design. Starting in the North of India, this compact guide to the best of Indian style takes the reader on a tour down through to the south of the country, exploring a wide range of Indian architecture and interior design.
ISBN: 978-3-8365-0769-1
Издательство:
TASCHEN
Дата выхода: январь 2000
Watch your child get stuck in to stickers featuring their favourite characters from the Indiana Jones movies. Over 60 colour stickers and amazing scenes from Indiana`s movies mean kids can re-create some of his most incredible adventures, or make up their own swashbuckling stories in this action-packed sticker book packed with heroes and villains. Watch as they pitch Willie Scott against Dr. Marcus Brody, then peel them off to use again and again. And if they still want more, there are tons of cool facts about Indiana Jones to amaze their friends with. This book provides hours of sticky fun with kid`s favourite whip wielding archaeologist!
ISBN: 978-1-4053-2857-9
Издательство:
АСТ
Дата выхода: август 2011
Drei Jahre lang hat Jaroslav Poncar in Indien gelebt und während dieser Zeit mehrfach alle Regionen des Subkontinents bereist. Dabei entstanden diese einmaligen Panoramaaufnahmen, die neben den weltbekannten Sehenswürdigkeiten wie dem Taj Mahal und dem Goldenen Tempel auch das alltägliche Leben der Bewohner in den Städten und auf dem Land zeigen.
ISBN: 978-3-89823-237-1
Издательство:
Editionpanorama
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
The Myth of North American Indians has a great appeal for most of the people. In this extraordinary earBOOK the viewer can find more than a hundred photogravure images of Indians tribes such as Apache, Navaho, Sioux, Cheyenne,Yuma and many many others in an unique photographic portfolio taken from the prestigious Northwestern University Library/Evanston, ILLINOIS. Music CDs: 2 CDs representing the best possible sountrack for this incredible voyage through the native Americans tradition.
India is diverse, multilayered, and rich in traditions with a past still passing by. Today India is able to maintain a ritualistic link with the heritage of the skilled craftsmanship, the remarkable presence of the past and the modern building process used; a high quality building stone and other traditional materials. The contemporary Indian design of today would not have being able to exist without the traditional one; as it is distinguished from the autonomous traditions of its ancient Hindu and Buddhist past. This volume at hand, the opens up a new dialogue between tradition and innovation, between craftsmanship and design and bringing both together to form what is now the contemporary design of India. Paying close attention to...
ISBN: 3-937718-04-4
Издательство:
daab
Дата выхода: январь 2000
A dazzling new novel from a modern master of the form. It is 1951 in America, the second year of the Korean War. A studious, law-abiding, intense youngster from Newark, New Jersey, Marcus Messner is beginning his sophomore year on the pastoral, conservative campus of Ohio`s Winesburg College. INDIGNATION is the story of a young man`s education in life`s terrifying chances and bizarre obstructions. It is a story of inexperience, foolishness, intellectual resistance, sexual discovery, courage and error, told with all the inventive energy and with Roth has at his command.
ISBN: 978-0-09-953946-9
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011
