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Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: What precisely are structuralism, semiotics and sociolinguistics? What distinguishes pidgins from creoles, gerunds from gerundines and the hard palate from the soft palate? How many people speak Macedonian, Malay or Makua? Now in its second edition, David Crystal's superbly authoritative dicionary provides answers to all these questions and to many hundreds of others concerned with language and…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Originally written under the Richard Bachman pseudonym, this novel has been repackaged under King's name. In this gritty narrative, a lone man takes on the wheels of progress in a showdown of cataclysmic proportions. When a highway project puts him out of work and threatens to destroy his home, he has more than enough time on his hands to plot his revenge.

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: «Evelyn Waugh chose the name «Labels» for his first travel book because, he said, the places he visited were already «fully labelled» in people's minds. Yet even the most seasoned traveller could not fail to be inspired by his quintessentially English attitude and by his eloquent and frequently outrageous wit. From Europe to the Middle East and North Africa, from Egyptian porters and Italian…

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: «Penguin Student Editions are complete unabridged texts of Penguin Classics, Modern Classics and some more recent titles, packaged with reading help for the student in the form of: — accessible yet authoritative introductions — glossary of cultural references and unfamiliar words — stimulating activities and discussion points, including activities needed to prepare for essays and examinations —…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: The Signet Classic Shakespeare series contains the preeminent mass market books of the complete works of Shakespeare. This reissue features a new Overview by Sylvan Barnet, former chairman of the English Department at Tufts University, an updated Bibliography, suggested references, and stage and film history.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Martyrs to hypochondria and general seediness, J and his friends George and Harris decide that a jaunt up the Thames would suit them to a 'T'. But when they set off, they can hardly predict the troubles that lie ahead with tow-ropes, unreliable weather-forecasts and tins of pineapple chunks.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: With this month's release of the new Eve Dallas thriller, Betrayal in Death, fans will learn the true identity of author J.D. Robb — she's #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts. But fans won't feel betrayed — they'll snap up the previous titles in this New York Times bestselling police series... and push it straight to the top.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: The runaway bestseller about the ultimate reality show The year is 2025. The Running Man is America's favorite television game show. Ben Richards is the program's latest contestant-and the Hunters' latest target in a rigged game of death...

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Feeling stressed? Need some help to regain balance in your life? Following the success of Instant Calm, Paul Wilson has produced a book of advice and inspiration that aims to help readers quickly reach a state of calm. His words of guidance are distinct, with one suggestion per page, so the reader can open the book at any point and find a proven and easy way to achieve calm.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 356) Аннотация: Riots between humans and trolls, elves, and other non-humans have plunged Tunfaire into near chaos. Garrett finds himself pulled into the game when a powerful gang of human rightists tries to shake down his employer?and ends up caught in a conspiracy of hate that pits man against? Everybody!

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: «Twas the night before Halloween, and all through the house, All the creatures were stirring, except for the mouse. The monsters had gathered to plan and prepare, For the trick-or-treaters who soon would be there?.» Little monsters and goofy goblins take center stage in this silly, spooky spin on Clement C. Moore's beloved poem. But what will happen on Halloween when the monsters come face to…

Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: In the PENGUIN STUDY NOTES series and originally published in 1986 as part of STEINBECK'S OF MICE AND MEN AND PEARL, a study guide to the latter, aimed at those preparing for the GCSE examination. It includes character studies and summaries of the plot with discussions of the major themes, as well as a background to John Steinbeck.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: Although best remembered today for his novels, Thomas Hardy thought of himself as a poet forced by circumstance to write fiction for a living. This generous selection of nearly two hundred poems includes such familiar pieces as During Wind and Rain, Channel Firing, Afterwards, The Darkling Thrush, and The Oxen, but it will also acquaint readers with many less-celebrated works, among them To…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Nick's grandfather Geordie lies dying. As Nick watches, Geordie starts to relive the horrors surrounding his brother's death and his own terrible experiences during the First World War. Meanwhile, Nick and his wife Fran are trying to unite their increasingly fractious young family, despite the discovery of an obscene Victorian drawing which reveals the tragic history of their house and casts a…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: Robert Graves' superb autobiography tells the story of his life at public school and as a young officer during the First World War. 'It is a permanently valuable work of literary art, and indispensable for the historian either of the First World War or of modern English poetry... Apart, however, from its exceptional value as a war document, this book has also the interest of being one of the most…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 257 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 640) Аннотация: Rosie Parker is no more than a child when her mother dies during the war. Left to the less-than-tender mercies of her father Cole and her brutish step-brothers Seth and Norman, she sees the arrival of housekeeper Heather Farley as a possible replacement mother and her salvation. But when Thomas Farley comes looking for his sister several years later, he discovers Heather has left the Parkers in…

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: «This all-new Signet Classic contains many of T.S. Eliot's most important early peoms, leading to perhaps his greatest masterpiece, «The Waste land», which has long been regarded as one of the fundamental texts of modernism. By combining poetic elements from many diverse sources with bits of popular culture and common speech linked in a fragmented narrative, Eliot recreated the chaos and…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: What did happen to Miss Quested in the Marabar Caves? This tantalizing question provides the intense drama at the centre of Forster's last and greatest novel, of racial tension in colonial India. After a mysterious incident during their visit to the Marabar Caves, the charming Dr Aziz is accused of assaulting Adela Quested, a naïve young Englishwoman. As he is brought to trial the fragile…

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: «The French Riviera: home to the Beautiful People. And none are more beautiful than Cécile, a precocious seventeen-year-old, and her father Raymond, a vivacious libertine. Charming, decadent and irresponsible, the golden-skinned duo are dedicated to a life of free love, fast cars and hedonistic pleasures. But then one long, hot summer Raymond decides to marry, and Cécile and her lover…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: «The greatest works of comedy from the Bard, this book features «The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night» and «The Tempest».»