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The Book of Imaginary Beings
In a perfect pairing of talent, this volume blends twenty illustrations by Peter Sis with Jorge Luis Borges's 1957 compilation of 116 "strange creatures conceived through time and space by the human imagination," from dragons and centaurs to Lewis Carroll's Cheshire Cat and the Morlocks of H. G. Wells's "The Time Machine." A lavish feast of exotica brought vividly to life with art commissioned specifically for this volume, "The Book of Imaginary Beings" will delight readers of classic fantasy as well as Borges's many admirers. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators."
Curious Case of Benjamin Butt
Full grown with a long, smoke-coloured beard, requiring the services of a cane and fonder of cigars than warm milk, Benjamin Button is a very curious baby indeed. And, as Benjamin becomes increasingly youthful with the passing years, his family wonders why he persists in the embarrassing folly of living in reverse. In this imaginative fable of ageing and the other stories collected here - including "The Cut-Glass Bowl" in which an ill-meant gift haunts a family's misfortunes, "The Four Fists" where a man's life shaped by a series of punches to his face, and the revelry, mobs and anguish of "May Day" - F. Scott Fitzgerald displays his unmatched gift as a writer of short stories.
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Grammar Practice 3
This book gives systematic grammar practice to students in their third year of English. It can be used by students using "Discoveries 3" or as a free-standing grammar practice book. The book gives reading comprehension and guided writing practice and uses grammar boxes which aim to highlight and clarify important items of structure and usage. The book allows thorough practice of main grammar points through clearly presented write-in exercises.
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The Road to Middlemarch: My Life with George Eliot
At the age of seventeen, Rebecca Mead read Middlemarch for the first time, and has read it again every five years since, each time interpreting and discovering it anew. In The Road to Middlemarch she writes passionately about her relationship to this remarkable, much-loved Victorian novel, and shows how we can live richer and more fulfilling lives through our profound engagement with great literary works. Published when George Eliot was fifty-one, Middlemarch has at its centre one of literature's most compelling and ill-fated marriages, and some of the most tenderly drawn characters. Its vast canvas incorporates the lives of ordinary people and their most intimate struggles. Virginia Woolf famously described it as 'one of the few English novels written for grown-up people', and Mead explores how the ambitions, dreams and attachments of its characters teach us to value the limitations of our everyday lives. Interweaving readings of Middlemarch with an investigation of George Eliot's unconventional, inspiring life and Mead's reflections on her own youth, relationships and marriage, this is a sensitive work of deep reading and biography, for every lover of literature who cares about why we read books and how they read us.
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Ghost Lover
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Three Women and Animal comes an electric masterclass in short fiction
Behind anonymous screens, an army of cool and beautiful girls manage the dating service Ghost Lover, a forwarding system for text messages that promises to spare you the anguish of trying to stay composed while communicating with your crush.
At a star-studded political fundraiser in a Los Angeles mansion, a trio of women compete to win the heart of the slick guest of honour.
In a tense hospital waiting room, an inseparable pair of hard-partying friends crash into life's responsibilities, but the magic of their glory days comes alive again at the moment they least expect it.
In these nine riveting stories, Lisa Taddeo brings to life the fever of obsession, the blindness of love and the mania of grief. Featuring Taddeo's arresting prose that continues to thrill her legions of fans, Ghost Lover dares you to look away.
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Funk & Soul Covers
Original covers: The golden age of African-American music Following the success of Jazz Covers, this epic volume of groove assemblesover 500 legendary coversfrom agolden era in African-American music. Psychedelia meets Black Power, sexual liberation meets social conscience and street portraiture meets fantastical cartoon in this dazzling anthology of visualized funk and soul.Gathering both classic and rare covers, the collection celebrates each artwork's ability to capture not only a buyer's interest, but an entire musical mood. Browse through and discover the brilliant, the bold, the outlandish and the sheer beautiful designs that fans rushed to get their hands on as the likes ofMarvin Gaye, James Brown, Curtis Mayfield, Michael JacksonandPrincechanged the world with their unique and unforgettable sounds.Featuringinterviews with key industry figures, Funk & Soul Coversalso providescultural context and design analysisfor many of the chosen record covers. About the Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Compact cultural companions celebrating the eclectic TASCHEN universe at an unbeatable, democratic price!Since we started our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980, the name TASCHEN has become synonymous with accessible, open-minded publishing.Bibliotheca Universalisbrings together nearly 100 of our all-time favorite titles in a neat new format so you can curate your own affordable library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia.Bookworm s delight never bore, always excite! Text in English, French, and German
Into Thin Air
Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air is the true story of a 24-hour period on Everest, when members of three separate expeditions were caught in a storm and faced a battle against hurricane-force winds, exposure, and the effects of altitude, which ended in the worst single-season death toll in the peak's history.
In March 1996, Outside magazine sent veteran journalist and seasoned climber Jon Krakauer on an expedition led by celebrated Everest guide Rob Hall. Despite the expertise of Hall and the other leaders, by the end of summit day, eight people were dead. Krakauer's book is at once the story of the ill-fated adventure and an analysis of the factors leading up to its tragic end. Written within months of the events it chronicles, Into Thin Air clearly evokes the majestic Everest landscape.
As the journey up the mountain progresses, Krakauer puts it in context by recalling the triumphs and perils of other Everest trips throughout history. The author's own anguish over what happened on the mountain is palpable as he leads readers to ponder timeless questions.
One of the inspirations for the major motion picture Everest, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Keira Knightley.
HOTLINE INT. SB
The "Hotline" English programme has been designed as a four-year course for secondary students, taking them from beginner to intermediate level. Distinguishing features of this programme include the contemporary use of language, project work which practices all four learning skills, constant revision, photostories, a learning diary and a pronunciation guide at the back of each text. The course features a student's book, a teacher's guide, a workbook and a cassette at every level. The workbook includes cross-cultural activities, which invite comparisons between the student's own culture and foreign cultures, in order to develop an awareness of cultural differences and similarities. There is also a self-assessment check in each workbook, which gives learners the opportunity to reflect on parts of the text which were useful, difficult or interesting, and allows them to assess their own progress.
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Sons of the Blood
'Sons of the Blood is a first-rate reimagining of the struggle for the English throne between Richard III and Henry Tudor, with its vicious, ever-twisting political wheels and personal tragedies - the helpless Princes in the Tower are portrayed with particular poignancy, while the London of the 1480s is drawn with great vividness.' C. J. Sansom In the dying days of the Wars of the Roses a secret war is born. The battle for a crown is about to become a fight for the world. Bastard son, mercenary soldier, protector of the rightful king, seeker of a secret more treacherous than any in Christendom: Jack Wynter is destined to live in dangerous times. In England, the Wars of the Roses ended a decade ago with the fall of the House of Lancaster and the victory of King Edward of York. But peace sleeps uneasy in this divided realm and when the king dies unexpectedly it isn't long before old blood feuds and ambitions are awoken. In the sun-baked city of Seville, unaware of the clouds of war rising over England, Jack Wynter is cursing his fortune. Sent here by his secretive father, king's man, Sir Thomas Vaughan - with a locked chest he has been ordered to guard with his life - Jack wonders if this mission was simply a ruse to get an illegitimate, inconvenient son out of the country. But when a stranger arrives with news that his father has been arrested for treason, Jack finds himself thrust into the heart of a deadly conspiracy. What is the secret Jack has been guarding? Is it the reason for his father's fall? The only place he is going to find answers is back in England, where young Prince Edward is due to become king...unless his uncle Richard, Duke of Gloucester, decides to make a move for the throne. It is also where Jack's half-brother, Harry, broods bitterly over their father's apparent preference for a bastard son. Jack Wynter is coming home, to a realm of intrigue and corruption, mystery and war. Somehow, he is connected to a secret that can kill him - or make him. Its influence spans Europe and will draw him towards the very edge of the known world, and beyond, in Robyn Young's dazzling new epic. The old world is turning. A new world is rising.
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Eine Kleine Deutschmusik CD
Bekannte Melodien mit neuen Texten motivieren zum Mitsingen und fröhlichen Lernen. Zu jedem Lied sind Noten und die englische Übersetzung des Textes angegeben. Geeignet für alle Altersgruppen in der Grundstufe.
Doppler (nem.)
»So lange es Magermilch gibt, gibt es Hoffnung.« Andreas Doppler mag die Menschen nicht, das wird ihm nach einem Sturz vom Fahrrad plötzlich klar. Er zieht in den Wald, um endlich so einsam sein zu können, wie er es möchte. Sein bester Freund wird ein Elchkalb, doch ab und zu muss Doppler in die Stadt, um Magermilch zu besorgen, nach der er süchtig ist. Seine Besuche sind nicht folgenlos, denn schon bald finden weitere Menschen Gefallen an Dopplers Lebensweise ... Andreas Doppler, 40 Jahre alt, Familienvater und erfolgreicher Geschäftsmann, kommt nach einem Sturz vom Fahrrad zu der Erkenntnis, dass er sein wohl geordnetes, tüchtiges Leben satt hat, und so zieht er in den Wald. Als der Winter kommt, erlegt er eine Elchkuh und nimmt ihr nun verwaistes Kalb auf, das schon bald sein bester Freund wird. Seine Familie - er hat bereits zwei Kinder und ein drittes ist unterwegs - akzeptiert zunächst Dopplers Rückzug, doch stellt seine Frau eine Bedingung: Wenn das Kind geboren wird, ist mit dem Waldleben Schluss. Nach und nach suchen immer mehr Menschen im Wald eine neue Erfüllung und stören Dopplers Einsiedlertum, und als der Geburtstermin naht, muss er sich entscheiden... Ein schräger, temporeicher und witziger Roman über einen Mann in der Midlife Crisis und seinen Kampf gegen die Tugend der Tüchtigkeit.
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Access to FCE Exam 2008 SB
This book features clear, simple presentation of grammar with detailed reference tables and explanations. It includes extensive and varied exercises after the presentation of each grammar point which give students plenty of practice. It offers special vocabulary units concentrating on phrasal verbs, prepositions, word formation and words easily confused. It also contains 10 complete Use Of English practice tests.
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13,97 €
14,70 €
Access to FCE Exam 2008 TB
This book features clear, simple presentation of grammar with detailed reference tables and explanations. It includes extensive and varied exercises after the presentation of each grammar point which give students plenty of practice. It offers special vocabulary units concentrating on phrasal verbs, prepositions, word formation and words easily confused. It also contains 10 complete Use Of English practice tests.
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8,00 €
8,42 €
Cambridge Young Learners Eng Tests Movers Teacher´s Pack New Edition
Two sets, each containing four full-colour Starters or Movers practice tests to provide 7-12 year-olds with authentic practice for the Cambridge ESOL Young Learners English (YLE) Tests. These new editions are updated for the revised exams (January 2007).
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23,74 €
24,99 €
Cambridge Young Learners Eng Tests Starter Student´s Book + CD New Edition
Two sets, each containing four full-colour Starters or Movers practice tests to provide 7-12 year-olds with authentic practice for the Cambridge ESOL Young Learners English (YLE) Tests. These new editions are updated for the revised exams (January 2007).