Учитесь ли вы иностранному языку или говорите на нем в совершенстве, любите ли читать книги на языке автора, а не в переводе – вам в этот раздел! Успешным бизнесменам, топ-менеджерам и тем, кто хочет таковыми стать будет полезен Курс делового английского языка. Тем, кто уже владеет английским, повезло - они могут прямо сейчас, не дожидаяь перевода на русский, прочитать захватывающий роман Стивена Joyland и европейский бестселлер Inferno Дэна Брауна. Ну, а тем, кто решил провести свой отпуск во Франции, пригодится Русско-французский разговорник и словарь.
Настоящая книга представляет собой переработку известного английского приключенческого романа Стивенсона "Остров сокровищ" (R. L. Stevenson "Treasure Island"). В основу переработки легли следующие положения: сохранение занимательной фабулы; простой, правильный по конструкции и достаточно идиоматичный по оборотам и подбору слов язык; возможно большее ограничение словарного материала (однако без ущерба для точной...
ISBN: 5-93414-038-8
Издательство:
Б & К
Дата выхода: август 2004
Founded in 1824, the National Gallery houses a rich and comprehensive range of European painting from the Middle Ages to the 1920s. Among the works represented in this colorful and compact survey of the Gallerys collection are masterpieces by Sandro Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian, Rembrandt, Peter Paul Rubens, Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, Edgar Degas, and Paul Cézanne, as well as some lesser-known delights. Located on Trafalgar Square, in the heart of London, the original Wilkins Building has recently been extended by the handsome new Sainsbury Wing, which contains some of the worlds greatest paintings.
ISBN: 978-0-7892-0482-0
Издательство:
Abville
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
A new edition of Tolkien`s Tree and Leaf, complete with his rare translation and commentary of The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, the Battle of Maldon. Fairy-stories are not just for children, as anyone who has read Tolkien will know. In his essay On Fairy-Stories, Tolkien discusses the nature of fairy-tales and fantasy and rescues the genre from those who would relegate it to juvenilia. The haunting short story, Leaf by Niggle, recounts the story of the artist, Niggle, who has `a long journey to make` and is seen as an allegory of Tolkien`s life. The poem Mythopoeia relates an argument between two unforgettable characters as they discuss the making of myths. Lastly, and published for the very first time, we are treated to the translation of...
Once, when Benet was about fourteen, she and her mother had been alone in a train carriage and Mopsa had tried to stab her with a carving knife. It was some time since Benet had seen her mad mother. So when Mopsa arrived at the airport, looking drab and colourless in a dowdy grey suit, Benet tried not to hate her. But the tragic death of a child begins a chain of deception, kidnap and murder. Domestic dramas exploding into deaths and murders ...threads are drawn tightly together in a lethal last pattern.
ISBN: 978-0-09-943470-2
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
This is a pronuncation course for beginner and elementary students of English. It provides practice in the pronunciation of English soundss, word stress and intonation through a wide variety of interesting exercises and activities. The course is carefully graded both lexically and structurally to allow teachers to link the material with other course work. Suggested teaching methods as well as additional practice material can be found in the Teacher`s Guide.
ISBN: 0-521-28293-4
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
Publicados unitariamente en 1920 bajo el titulo de Tres novelas ejemplares y un prologo, los admirables relatos que forman este volumen -"Dos madres", "El marques de Lumbria" y "Nada menos que todo un hombre"- fueron escritos por Miguel de Unamuno en la segunda decada del siglo xx. Precedidos por un prуlogo en el cual el autor resume sus ideas basicas sobre la teoria del relato y la creacion de personajes, se caracterizan por la exploraciуn del mundo interior, la escasez de los elementos descriptivos, el desarrollo interno de la trama en un tiempo psicolуgico y la importancia de los dialogos, rasgos que comparte, como apunta en la introducciуn al volumen Demetrio Estebanez Calderуn, con las corrientes expresionistas vigentes en la...
ISBN: 978842063-377-0
Издательство:
Alianza Editorial
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Avril 2000, désert de Judée. Un archéologue sacrifié sur un autel, près des grottes de Qumran. Les services secrets israéliens en état d’alerte. Ary, le héros de Qumran, est à nouveau plongé au cœur d’une des plus extraordinaires énigmes de l’Histoire, qui unit, au fil des siècles, les Esséniens, les Templiers et la secte des Assassins. Et, remontant du fond des âges, le mystère du trésor du Temple. Un thriller messianique où Eliette Abécassis, renouant avec l’univers romanesque qui a fait le succès international de Qumran, allie avec virtuosité l’érudition historique et théologique au roman d’aventures.
ISBN: 978-2-253-15423-5
Издательство:
Livre de Poche
Дата выхода: июль 2011
"Les trésors que j`ai ramenés de là-bas sont immatériels et, lorsque la plume ne s`en saisit pas, ils disparaissent à jamais. Le romancier que je suis, amoureux de ces diamants éphémères, parfois très purs, parfois noirs, mais toujours uniques et bouleversants dans leur mystérieux éclat, est parti à leur recherche vers cette mine de richesse et de pauvreté inépuisable que l`on appelait jadis l`âme humaine - je dis "jadis", car le mot est passé de mode, avec son écho d`au-delà". De Djibouti au Yémen, Romain Gary sillonne les terres brûlées et hostiles pour en rapporter un témoignage d`une rare force.
ISBN: 978-2-07-038693-2
Издательство:
Gallimard
Дата выхода: август 2011
Tiffany Trott is 37, attractive, successful, and disastrously unlucky in love. Not one to give up, she`s about to embark on what becomes an odyssey through the singles scene. On her way through the love jungle, Tiffany remains tenacious, humorous, optimistic and kind-hearted.
ISBN: 0-00-651206-2
Издательство:
HarperCollins
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2004
When people use the adjective `Kafkaesque`, it is "The Trial" they have in mind – the nightmarish world of Joseph K., where the rules are hidden from even the highest officials, and any help there may be comes from unexpected sources. K. is never told what he is on trial for, and when he says he is innocent, he is immediately asked `innocent of what?` Is he perhaps on trial for his innocence? Could he have freed himself from the proceedings by confessing his guilt as a human being? Has the trial been set up because he is incapable of admitting his guilt, and hence his humanity? "The Tria"l is a chilling and at the same time blackly amusing tale that maintains, to the very end, a constant, relentless atmosphere of disorientation and...
ISBN: 978-1-84022-097-1
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: апрель 2012
This terrifying tale of Joseph K, a respectable functionary in a bank who is suddenly arrested and must defend his innocence against a charge about which he can get no information, is the origin of the adjective `Kafkaesque`. K is never told what he is on trial for, and when he says he is innocent, he is immediately asked `innocent of what`? Is he perhaps on trial for his innocence? Could he have freed himself from the proceedings by confessing his guilt as a human being? The Trial describes a nightmare vision of the excesses of modern bureaucracy wedded to the mad agendas of totalitarian regimes.
ISBN: 978-1-907360-33-6
Издательство:
CRW Publishing
Дата выхода: июль 2012
Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley is a long way from Hollywood. And that’s exactly how Cilla McGowan wants it. Cilla, a former child star who has found more satisfying work as a restorer of old houses, has come to her grandmother’s farmhouse, tools at her side, to rescue it from ruin. Sadly, no one was able to save her grandmother, the legendary Janet Hardy. An actress with a tumultuous life, Janet entertained glamorous guests and engaged in decadent affairs—but died of an overdose in this very house more than thirty years earlier. To this day, Janet haunts Cilla’s dreams. And during waking hours, Cilla is haunted by her melodramatic, five-times-married mother, who carried on in the public spotlight and never gave her a chance at a...
ISBN: 978-0-515-14636-3
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Finie l`interviouve à la papa, le tête-à-tête où la star vous confiait sa version du tournage! A Hollywood, aujourd`hui, le junket et règne en maître. Le chronomètre part et le discours défile, prémâché par mille attachées de presse, épuisé par mille journalistes avant vous. On toque à la porte: au suivant! Cinéphile avertie, Juliette n`en croit pas ses oreilles lorsque son boss lui propose un job de correspondante à Los Angeles. Nantie de la confiance de son magazine et des rêves plein la bobine, la voilà emportée dans le tourbillon impersonnel de la ville-cinéma. Comment survivre à Hollywood quand l`anonymat vous suit...
ISBN: 978-2-266-18655-1
Издательство:
Pocket
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Tricia Guild is known for her bold and original fabric and wallpaper collections and her extraordinary ability to use colour and pattern in decoration. She is inspired by fabrics, techniques, motifs and designs from all over the world and from every period of history - brocades and damasks from the Far East; the rich history of botanical illustration and flower painting; checks, plaids and stripes from northern Europe; vibrant ethnic prints from India and Central America; painterly designs from Chinese and European porcelain; the bold abstracts and geometric patterns of contemporary painters. Today, there has probably never been more popular interest in pattern. After what seems like decades of white walls, pattern on wallpaper and...
ISBN: 978-1-84400-326-6
Издательство:
Quadrille Publishing
Дата выхода: июль 2011
A practical workbook full of simple but effective exercises to complete which help learn 20 of the most common tricky words, including `the`, in`to`, `I` and `said`. Little ones will love to meet Tricky Witch, as she introduces and explains the tricky words, and to play the fun games with pull-out interactive learning cards. The Pages are wipe clean, so that all the activities can be wiped away and repeated.
ISBN: 978-1-84915-735-3
Издательство:
Priddy Books
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012