This work features science with the squishy bits left in! How can a single sound shatter glass? Why are farts so noisy? Which sound waves make your guts wobble? Get the awful answers in "Sounds Dreadful"!
ISBN: 978-1-4071-0610-6
Издательство:
Scholastic UK
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
Most science books are shockingly boring. Not this one! It’s simply sizzling with zippy, zappy facts to electrify you! Have you heard about the scientist who gave electric shocks to his eyeballs? Do you know that lightning can strike you with heat five times hotter than the sun? Would you swim with a scary electric eel and get the shock of your life? Or with the hungry Hammerhead shark, which can sense electricity and use it to track down its victims? Did you know that there’s enough electricity in your body to light up the fairy lights on a Christmas tree? And could you imagine being Jacqueline Priestman, the woman with so much of it inside her that she made power sockets explode? If you want heaps of horrid facts to electrify you,...
ISBN: 978-1-4071-0536-9
Издательство:
Scholastic UK
Дата выхода: август 2011
In "Frightening Light" readers discover what stops their eyeballs from falling out and "Sounds Dreadful" dishes all the dirt on why are farts so noisy. With fantastic fact files and quirky quizzes, teacher tests and crazy cartoons, this terrible twosome has been revamped and is bubbling over with info. Science has never been so horrible.
ISBN: 978-1-4071-0995-4
Издательство:
Scholastic UK
Дата выхода: август 2011
The horse is an icon of civilization. Man has long depended on the horse in farming, transportation, war, religion, and exploration, and as a consequence we have a wonderfully rich legacy of horses depicted in art. This spectacular book presents the horse in its many roles since its discovery and domestication until the present day. Distinguished author John Baskett begins with the horse in ancient civilizations, including masterpieces from Asia, and then discusses the horse in the Middle Ages, in which the animal was bred for warfare and agriculture and is represented in such scenes as the Bayeaux Tapestry. Renaissance artists, whose interest in horses was as great as that for the human form, are then discussed, evidence of which is...
Hot Spot is a new course that identifies with the ‘betweenagers’ 10-14 age group. Bright and colourful, it makes the most of the growing identity of the young teenager through lively illustrations and photography. The course follows a traditional
ISBN: 978-0-230-71790-9
Издательство:
Macmillan ELT
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Hot Spot – новый, отлично иллюстрированный курс английского языка, рассчитанный на подростков от 10-ти лет и старше. УМК Hot Spot в максимальной степени учитывает особенности психологии подростков и их возрастные интересы, а познавательные тексты и рассказы, современный дизайн и прекрасные фотоиллюстрации способствуют повышению их мотивации к изучению английского языка. Каждый из четырех уровней УМК содержит...
ISBN: 978-0-230-53383-7
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Hot Spot – новый, отлично иллюстрированный курс английского языка, рассчитанный на подростков от 10-ти лет и старше. Hot Spot в максимальной степени учитывает особенности психологии подростков и их возрастные интересы, а познавательные тексты и рассказы, современный дизайн и прекрасные фотоиллюстрации способствуют повышению их мотивации к изучению английского языка. Каждый из четырех уровней УМК содержит...
ISBN: 978-0-230-71794-7
Издательство:
Macmillan ELT
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Hot Spot – новый, отлично иллюстрированный курс английского языка, рассчитанный на подростков от 10-ти лет и старше. Hot Spot в максимальной степени учитывает особенности психологии подростков и их возрастные интересы, а познавательные тексты и рассказы, современный дизайн и прекрасные фотоиллюстрации способствуют повышению их мотивации к изучению английского языка. Каждый из четырех уровней УМК содержит...
ISBN: 978-0-230-71792-3
Издательство:
Macmillan ELT
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Updated and expanded to reflect the vocabulary and format of the most recent SATs` Critical Reading sections, "Hot Words for the SAT" presents and defines more than 365 words that appear most frequently on SAT exams. These are words that test takers need to know in order to achieve a high Critical Reading score. The book is divided into 37 lessons, each consisting of dozens of illustrative sentences and a thematic word cluster. Each cluster contains words having similar meanings or words that apply to similar circumstances. Also included are new pronunciation keys for each word, memory tips, expanded review exercises following every five lessons, and an alphabetical word index. Students who successfully complete the book`s exercises and...
ISBN: 978-0-7641-4479-0
Издательство:
Barron`s Educational Series, ins
Дата выхода: август 2011
This book, divided into room types such as lobbies, restaurants, bars, lounges, guest-rooms, spas and sports facilities, showcases an array of some of the most recently built and inventive hotels in the world.
ISBN: 978-1-59253-432-6
Издательство:
Rockport
Дата выхода: август 2011
Modern, original fiction for learners of English. Life and death in Venice. A young man and a beautiful woman meet and fall in love in the most romantic city in the world. She makes his dreams come true, but what does the future hold for them and what price must they pay for their happiness?
ISBN: 0-521-64997-8
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: январь 2011
Появление большого количества новых гостиниц потребовало от архитекторов и проектировщиков новых разработок во внешнем и внутреннем оформлении зданий. Дизайн, стиль, характер гостиниц тесно связаны с архитектурными особенностями зданий.
ISBN: 978-84-96429-10-9
Издательство:
Monsa
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Hotline is a four-level course for teenagers. It may be started at beginner level (Hotline Started) or false-beginner level (Hotline Elementary). Hotline takes students to an intermediate level of English. This Workbook contains write-in exercises related to all sections of the regular units of the Student`s Book. Answers to all the exercises are provided in the Teacher`s Book.
ISBN: 5-89973-058-7
Издательство:
Oxford University Press
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2005
Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer and Pen/Faulkner prizes, The Hours is a daring and deeply affecting novel inspired by the life and work of Virginia Woolf. A passionate, profound and haunting story of love and inheritance, hope and despair. Exiled in Richmond in the 1920s, taken from her beloved Bloomsbury and lovingly watched over by her husband Leonard, Virginia Woolf struggles to tame her rebellious mind and make a start on her new novel. In the brooding heat of 1940s Los Angeles, a young wife and mother yearns to escape the claustrophobia of suburban domesticity and read her precious copy of Mrs Dalloway. And in New York in the 1990s, Clarissa Vaughan steps out of her smart Greenwich Village apartment and goes shopping for flowers for the...
A market leading textbook offering a fresh and engaging approach to the teaching of modern inorganic chemistry while giving a clear, well-balanced introduction to the key principles of the subject. The full-colour text design with three dimensional illustrations brings the subject to life. Throughout the book students are able to reinforce their learning with the use of worked examples and self-study exercises. Numerous applications and topic boxes also relate the chemistry to everyday life.
This is the ultimate showcase of "House Beautiful`s" best home decorating tips, in one spectacular volume. Brimming with hundreds and hundreds of stunning photos and a thousand inspiring ideas from two of "House Beautiful`s" most successful books, "500 Sensational Ways to Create Your Ideal Home" (9781588167583) and "500 Makeovers" (9781588166944), this lavish collection is packed with suggestions for every type of home renovation project. Whether you`re planning a large-scale transformation or doing a quick touch up, you`ll find terrific advice in easy-to-manage bite-size doses, all organised by room or design element.
Paul realises he will never be able to marry Maria if he remains poor. When he wins the story competition, he believes his problems are over. Can he marry Maria now?
ISBN: 978-1-4050-7614-2
Издательство:
Langenscheidt
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Filled cover-to-cover with gorgeous full-color photographs of inspirational home ideas from around the world, "Houses DesignSource" showcases myriad examples of wonderful design solutions. This beautiful volume considers the many factors, which impact the design of a home, including location, climate, and space. Also featured are green homes, prefab houses, renovated residences, and more. "Houses DesignSource" is an astounding source of ideas for architects, as well as homeowners wishing to create or enhance their daily environments.
Famed for their high-concept catwalk shows and extravagant collections, the radical Dutch design duo Viktor & Rolf have taken the fashion world by storm over the last 15 years. This sumptuously produced book is the most comprehensive exploration of Viktor & Rolf’s work to date, and includes an essay by the fashion historian Caroline Evans, an interview with the designers, a detailed biography and perceptive texts on each collection. Particular attention is given to signature looks from such collections as Atomic Bomb and Russian Doll, which showcase the duo’s unique blend of cool irony and surreal beauty. Featuring style shots by some of the world’s most celebrated photographers, catwalk images, behind-the-scenes snapshots and...
ISBN: 978-1-85894-460-9
Издательство:
Merrell Publishing
Дата выхода: август 2011
At the start of the new millenium there still continued to be a question mark over the family residence with regars to its design, production and concept. The family house continues to represent a popular and powerful medium for architecture. In fact we could go as far as to say that the 21st century has brought with it great changes as regards the nuclear family’s living accomodation. Taking the house as some form of experiment and its design a mechanism for evotution is and has always been one of the favourite topics as regards modern architecture.
ISBN: 978-84-96429-64-2
Издательство:
Monsa
Дата выхода: июль 2011
