The "American Classics Collections" box set includes "The Beautiful and Damned" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The House of Mirth" by Edith Wharton, "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain, with new introductions and bespoke covers. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. Whether you love the glamour of upper class New York, are passionate ... |
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As variegated as the American experience itself, this original treasury reflects the vibrant role of the short story in our national literature. Fourteen outstanding tales by famous American authors unfold in settings ranging from the decaying family mansion of Edgar Allan Poe's dark psychological thriller, "The Fall of the House of Usher", to the bustling modern apartment building of John Cheever's domestic drama, "The Enormous Radio". Moods and attitudes shift from the simmering menace of a lynch mob in William Faulkner's "Dry September" to the gentle optimism of an elderly ... |
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Featuring 19 of the finest works from the most distinguished writers in the American short-story tradition, this new compilation begins with Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1835 tale "Young Goodman Brown" and ranges across an entire century, concluding with Ernest Hemingway 's 1927 classic, "The Killers". Other selections include Poe 's "The Tell-Tale Heart", Melville's "Bartleby", Harte's "The Luck of Roaring Camp", "To Build a Fire", by Jack London, "The Real Thing" by Henry James, F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Bernice Bobs Her Hair& ... |
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Based on the award-wining novel. ... This inimitable American road trip tells the story of a war between the ancient and modern gods. Shadow Moon gets out of jail only to discover his wife is dead. Defeated, broke and uncertain where to go from here, he meets the mysterious Mr. Wednesday who employs him to serve as his bodyguard - thrusting Shadow into a deadly world where ghosts of the past come back from the dead, and a god war is imminent. The Hugo, Bram Stoker, Lucas, World fantasy and Nebula award-winning epic novel and hit "Amazon Prime video" TV series by international bestseller Neil Gaiman is adapted ... |
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Editor: Phoebe Gloeckner. Series editor: Bill Kartalopoulos. ... "I love comics. Comics is (Comics are?) a perfect language, robustly evolving and expanding like any other living language," writes Phoebe Gloeckner in her Introduction to "The Best American Comics 2018". This year's collection includes work selected from the pages of graphic novels, comic books, periodicals, zines, online, and more, highlighting the kaleidoscopic diversity of the comics language today. "The Best American Comics 2018" includes: Gabrielle Bell; Tara Booth; Geof Darrow; Guy Delisle; Emil Ferris; Julia ... |
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Editor: Roxane Gay, author of "Difficult women". ... "I am looking for the artful way any given story is conveyed", writes Roxane Gay in her introduction to "The Best American Short Stories 2018", "but I also love when a story has a powerful message, when a story teaches me something about the world." The artful, profound, and sometimes funny stories Gay chose for the collection transport readers from a fraught family reunion to an immigration detention center, from a psychiatric hospital to a coed class sleepover in a natural history museum. We meet a rebellious summer camper, a ... |
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"American More!" е учебна система от четири нива, създадена от уважаван авторски екип, и е предназначена за ученици от прогимназиален етап. Във всяка тема има задълбочен обхват на граматиката чрез специален раздел. Рубриките "Научете повече чрез английски" въвеждат междупредметното обучение (CLIL), докато разделите "Научете повече за културата" изследват англоговорящите страни. Учащите се научават да "четат повече за удоволствие" с допълнителните страници за четене. Книгата за учителя съдържа допълнителни материали, подробни насоки за това как да извлечете най-доброто от курса, ... |
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"American More!" е учебна система от четири нива, създадена от уважаван авторски екип, и е предназначена за ученици от прогимназиален етап. Всяко ниво съдържа 80 - 90 часа материал за работа в клас. Благодарение на специалните теми по четене, граматика, лексика, култура, междупредметно обучение, учащите изследват англоговорящите страни. "American More! - ниво 2" е създаден по Общата европейска езикова рамка (ОЕЕР) и отговаря на ниво А2. Книгата за учителя съдържа допълнителни материали, подробни насоки за това как да извлечете най-доброто от курса, отговори и раздел "Екстра идеи" за бързо ... |
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Editor: N. K. Jemisin. Series editor: John Joseph Adams. ... Today's readers of science fiction and fantasy have an appetite for stories that address a wide variety of voices, perspectives, and styles. There is an openness to experiment and pushing boundaries, combined with the classic desire to read about space ships and dragons, future technology and ancient magic, and the places where they intersect. Contemporary science fiction and fantasy looks to accomplish the same goal as ever to illuminate what it means to be human. With a diverse selection of stories chosen by series editor John Joseph Adams and guest ... |
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Продуктът е software за мобилен телефон ... Софтуер за мобилни телефони и Windows. Cambridge Dictionary of American English предоставя дефиниции на около 40,000 думи и компилиран да предложи най-необходимото на учещите английски. С ясни дефиниции, актуален подбор на думите и изобилие от примери е неоценим помощник за всеки, който учи английски. Предоставената тук версия на речника е за мобилни телефони, PDA устройства и Windows настолни компютри. Специално разработен за учещи английски Около 40,000 най-често използвани в американския думи 2,000 основни думи, използвани в дефинициите на думите в речника Автентични ... |
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Based on the story of O. Henry. Text adaptation by Bill Bowler. ... What does a poor young woman do when she loses her boyfriend or wants to find one? What little lies do we tell to make ourselves look better in the eyes of those that we love? How can a friend save someone who is sure that they are going to die? What happens when someone's clever plans all go wrong? These sweetly surprising short stories - about both good times and bad - are sometimes sad, and sometimes funny. But all of them are sure to make you think. Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive readers series that offers students a fun reading ... |
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Изданието е на американски английски (American English). За изданието на британски английски (British English) кликнете тук. ... По романа на Даниел Дефо - "Робинзон Крузо". Адаптация на класическата история на млад мъж, корабокруширал на остров. Накрая Крузо среща друг човек на острова и приятелството им му помага да избяга и да се върне в страната, която е оставил преди почти 30 години. ... |