Where did the words bungalow and assassin derive? What did nice mean in the Middle Ages? How were adder, anger, and umpire originally spelled? The answers can be found in this essential companion to any popular...
Архитектурный словарь. Издание полностью на английском языке.
Emotion: a very short introduction
Was love invented by European poets in the Middle Ages or is it part of human nature? Will winning the lottery really make you happy? Is it possible to build robots that have feelings? These are just some of the...
A reference book with universal appeal that brings the exciting world of football alive. Young readers can learn all about the drama and thrill of this much loved sport and the passion it invokes. A wealth of...
Whether your child is learning English or Arabic, Oxford First Arabic Words gives your child a head start in learning another language by taking a picture-book journey through a day, with familiar settings, everyday...
Whether your child is learning English or Polish, Oxford First Polish Words gives your child a head start in learning another language by taking a picture-book journey through a day, with familiar settings, everyday...
Whether your child is learning English or Chinese, Oxford First Chinese Words gives your child a head start in learning another language by taking a picture-book journey through a day, with familiar settings, everyday...
Enjoy learning another language with your child! Oxford First French Words takes you on a picture book journey through the day - from getting up in the morning, going to school, to a birthday party, even to the...
Whether your child is learning English or Italian, Oxford First Italian Words gives your child a head start in learning another language by taking a picture-book journey through a day, with familiar settings, everyday...
The Oxford First Words series give your child a head start in learning another language. Each title takes the reader on a picture-book journey through a day, cleverly interweaving lots of familiar settings and cute...
Mohandas Gandhi grew up in India at a time when it was ruled by a foreign power - Britain. Gandhi fought against the injustice of British rule. He led peaceful marches and protests. Many times he was imprisoned for...
Ford changed the face of the modern world. The incredible success of his "motor car for the multitude" transformed industry and society, and made him the richest man on earth. His amazing story ranges from...
- Thrilling tale of espionage and survival against all odds, in the tradition of Peter Hopkirk`s books on Central Asia - Deals with events Peter Hopkirk discusses in The Great Game and Setting the East Ablaze -...
Exploring a range of issues from foreign policy, arms, and terrorism, to the environment and world poverty, Paul Wilkinson covers the topics essential to an understanding of modern international relations. Examining...
Kreutzer Sonata & Other Stories
When Marshal of the Nobility Pozdnyshev suspects his wife of having an affair with her music partner, his jealousy consumes him and drives him to murder. Controversial upon publication in 1890, The Kreutzer Sonata...
Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
`Who has not Tristram Shandy read? Is any mortal so ill bred?` So wrote the young James Boswell in the spring of 1760, when Sterne`s comic novel was received with extravagant popular acclaim and some bewilderment....
Linguistics falls in the gap between arts and science, on the edges of which the most fascinating discoveries and the most important problems are found. Beginning at the `arts` end of the subject with the common...
