Did you know that testing your English vocabulary could be enjoyable? You can use this book alone, or in class, and watch your rapid progress. Each test will build your confidence and help you remember even 'problem' words. You can use "Test Your English Vocabulary in Use" on its own or along with the companion volume English Vocabulary in Use ... подробнее ...

When Isabella Swan moves to the gloomy town of Forks and meets the mysterious, alluring Edward Cullen, her life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. With his porcelain skin, golden eyes, mesmerizing voice, and supernatural gifts, Edward is both irresistible and impenetrable. Up until now, he has managed to keep his true identity hidden, but ... подробнее ...

Un a copper-rich tropical island shattered by war, where the teachers have fled with almost everyone else, only one white man chooses to stay behind: the eccentric Mr. Watts, object of much curiosity and scorn, who sweeps out the ruined schoolhouse and begins to read to the children each day from Charles Dickens's classic Great Expectations. So ... подробнее ...

Marks the 80th anniversary of Warhol's birth and the 20th anniversary of his death. Формат: 24,5 см х 26,5 см. подробнее ...

Despite the heavy rain, the presiding officer at Polling Station 14 finds it odd that by midday on National Election day, only a handful of voters have turned out. Puzzlement swiftly escalates to shock when the final count reveals seventy per cent of the votes are blank - not spoiled, simply blank. National law decrees the election should be ... подробнее ...

Over 900 hours of expert author research provides indepth regional knowledge and uncovers hard-to-find gems. Seven-page Andalucia Outdoors section covers everything from hiking through forested valleys to kitesurfing. Get insider perspectives -interviews with a host of Andalucians, including villagers, cowboys, flamenco stars and Muslim students. ... подробнее ...

Following the tremendous success of Merrell's New London Architecture, this book presents an entirely new selection of the most exciting building projects of the twenty-first century in London. The architectural renaissance of Britain's capital continues in the new millennium with the design and construction of ever more striking and imaginative ... подробнее ...

Peter Pran is often acclaimed as one of the world's most innovative and creative architects. This Norwegian-American has won fifteen national and international design competitions, two AIA design honour awards, including the 2004 design honour award for the Telenor Headquarters, twelve New York design awards and two American design awards. He has ... подробнее ...

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St Petersburg, 1805: a city of glittering parties and socialites. Into this scene step three young people seeking fulfillment in their different ways. Pierre is looking for life's meaning, but his cheating wife is driving him insane. Cynical Andrey is unable to find true love. And Natasha's impulsive and affectionate nature could threaten her ... подробнее ...

Meet Kate Reddy, fund manager and mother of two. A victim of time famine, Kate counts seconds like other women count calories. Factor in a manipulative nanny, an Australian boss who looks at Kate's breasts as if they're on special offer, a long-suffering husband, her quietly aghast in-laws, two needy children and an e-mail lover, and you have a ... подробнее ...

A young man arrives in the Ukraine, clutching in his hand a tattered photograph. He is searching for the woman who fifty years ago saved his grandfather from the Nazis. Unfortunately, he is aided in his quest by Alex, a translator with an uncanny ability to mangle English into bizarre new forms; a 'blind' old man haunted by memories of the war; ... подробнее ...

Jack Welch knows how to win. During his forty-year career at General Electric, he led the company to year-after-year success around the globe in multiple markets and against brutal competition. His honest, be the best style of management became the gold standard in business, with his relentless focus on people, teamwork and profits. Since Jack ... подробнее ...

All of the following is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the guilty. All the anecdotes, the stories, the characters, the situations, the highs, the lows, the scams, the drugs, the misery, the love, the death and the insanity are exactly as was told by Anonymous - someone who has spent his whole career working in hotels at the ... подробнее ...

Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged, fastidious college professor. He also likes little girls. And none more so than Lolita, whom he'll do anything to possess. Is he in love or insane? A silver-tongued poet or a pervert? A tortured soul or a monster?... Or is he all of these? Формат: 11 см x 18 см. подробнее ...

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On a winter night on a remote road in Nebraska, Mark Schluter's truck turns over in a near-fatal accident. His sister, Karin, returns reluctantly to their hometown to look after him. But when he finally awakes from his coma, Mark believes that Karin - who looks, acts, and sounds just like his sister - is really an identical impostor. Shattered by ... подробнее ...

Frank Machianno is the guy, a late-middle-aged ex-surf bum who runs a bait shack on the San Diego waterfront. That's when he’s not juggling any of his other three part-time jobs or trying to get a quick set in on his long board. He’s a beloved fixture of the community, a stand-up businessman, a devoted father to his daughter. Frank’s also a hit ... подробнее ...

Tough, ambitious and hardworking. Natalie Reyes finds herself suspended from Harvard Medical School, and it feels like her world has ended. But when her mentor sends her to present a medical paper at a conference in Rio de Janiero. it almost does... Kidnapped, and shot while trying to escape. Natalie is left for dead in an alley. Against all the ... подробнее ...

Robert Mapplethorpe's black-and-white Polaroid photographs of the 1970s-a medium in which he established the style that would bring him international acclaim-are brought together in this exquisite volume for the first time. Critically praised for his classically composed photographs, Mapplethorpe remains intensely controversial and enormously ... подробнее ...