Based on the story of Washington Irving. Text adaptation by Alan Hines. ... In the first of these stories, Rip van Winkle sleeps for over twenty years, and then wakes up to a world that he no longer understands. In the other story, Ichabod Crane, the school teacher, meets a headless rider in the middle of a dark night. These two classic tales of the supernatural by Washington Irving have been popular for nearly two hundred years. Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive readers series that offers students a fun reading experience while building their language skills. With integrated activities and on-page glossaries the ... |
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Adapted Book. This remarkable collection features short stories by great nineteenth- and twentieth-century writers. Beginning with Washington Irving's masterpieces - The Legend of the Sleepy Hollow and The Devil and Tom Walker, the volume also includes humorous short stories by Mark Twain (The Celebrated Jumping Frog) and Ellis Parker Butler (Pigs Is Pigs); fantastic and dark tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne (Rappaccini's Daughter) and Fitz-James O'Brien (The Diamond Lens); realistic stories by Herman Melville (Bartleby) and the Pulitzer-winner Willa Cather (Paul's Case); a crime story by Edgar ... |
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Two dark comedies with ghost/mystery themes which are set around the period of the American War of Independence. Ichabod Crane is the hero of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Peculiar-looking and socially inept, this schoolmaster is a joke to the people of Sleepy Hollow as he tries to win the love of the beautiful daughter of a rich farmer." - The horseman's head still lies somewhere on the battlefield - the people of Sleepy Hollow said. – Every night, he rides back to the battlefield to look for it. One dark night, Ichabod Crane - the village schoolmasters - saw the Headless Horseman. Or did he?" From the book ... |
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Учебникът развива четирите езикови умения и постига целите на програмата чрез разнообразни дейности, в които учениците: четат и слушат неадаптирани художествени текстове от литературната класика на Великобритания и САЩ и после ги обсъждат в контекста на съвременната популярна култура (поп и рок музика, кино, комикс, социални мрежи и пр.); обогатяват речника си с лексика, която ще им помогне да следят световни медии, като BBC и CNN, The Times и The Guardian, както и да гледат без субтитри дори най-сложните филми; се научават да изразяват убедително на английски език своята естетическа и гражданска позиция по въпроси, ... |
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Restart. Restart is a tale of a disaster and rebirth; of a sleepy Creator and the ways of humanity. One day, just like every other, a forgotten race awakens. Will the master put the world in ruins? Are people strong enough to stop him, just like they did twenty years ago and would this bring forth a greater good? Seven extraordinary minds, one strong government, a ruthless experiment, a hidden Ace, a father and a lost child - what unites their destiny, and who will win the war? Relith. Relith tells the story of an ordinary human...if you allow it to be so. An ancient legend is gaining access to a pragmatic metropolis. ... |
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"Volcanoes. The Legend of Batok Volcano" is a Level 5 reader. Its fun and informative subject matter will capture a child's interest in reading and learning English while reinforcing the basic structures and vocabulary found in most primary courses. Activities pages and picture dictionary can be found at the back of each reader. The book can be used as supplementary reading material with any primary course. The "Macmillan Children's Readers" series offers simplified English reading. The series is divided into six levels. The series brings children real and imaginary stories to arouse their ... |
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Prof. Dr. Cyril Pavlikianov, Dr. Habilitatus (D.Sc.), Ph.D., M.A. is born in Sofia in 1965. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Byzantine History at the National and Capodistrian University of Athens in 1998. He has been Assistant Professor of Modern Greek Philology (1998 - 2001) and Associate Professor of Byzantine Literature (2001 - 2007) at the Faculty of Classical and Modern Philology of the University of Sofia "St. Kliment Ohridski". In 2004 he obtained the scholarly degree Doctor Habilitatus (Doctor Scientiarum) in Mediaeval History, and in 2007 he was elected full Professor of Byzantine Philology and ... |
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The classic biography of reggae legend Bob Marley, updated and revised for the twenty-fifth anniversary of his death. ... Bob Marley left an indelible mark on modern music, both as a reggae pioneer and as an enduring cultural icon. Catch a Fire, now a classic of rock biography, delves into the life of the leader of a musical, spiritual, and political explosion that continues today. Under the supervision of the author’s widow and with the collaboration of a Marley expert, this fourth edition contains a wealth of new material, including many revisions made by the author before his untimely death. An appendix to the new ... |
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Enter the realm. Unleash the darkness. Live the legend. In a land without magic, an assassin is summoned to the castle. Celaena Sardothien has no love for the vicious king who rules from his throne of glass, but she has not come to kill him. She has come to win her freedom. If she defeats twenty-three murderers, thieves, and warriors in a deadly competition, she will be released from prison to serve as the King's Champion. But something rotten dwells in the castle - and it's there to kill. When her competitors start dying mysteriously, one by one, Celaena's fight for freedom becomes a fight for survival - and ... |
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Enter the realm. Unleash the darkness. Live the legend. In a land without magic, an assassin is summoned to the castle. She has no love for the vicious king who rules from his throne of glass, but she has not come to kill him. She has come to win her freedom. If she defeats twenty-three murderers, thieves, and warriors in a competition, she will be released from prison to serve as the King's Champion. Her name is Celaena Sardothien. As dark forces gather on the horizon - forces which threaten to destroy her entire world - Celaena must fight to protect everything she holds dear, thrusting her into the epic, heart- ... |
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Картата е на български и английски език. ... Тя обхваща 1 400 кв. км. от най-атрактивната част на южното черноморие. Картата е получила от БКА сертификат №3 за качество на картографски продукт. Характеристика на туристическата карта на Средна гора: картата е с мащаби: 1:50 000 и 1:15 000; размер на сгъната картата 22.7 х 11.5 cm; размер на разпъната карта 70 х 100 cm. ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... William Blake's "Songs of Innocence and of Experience" includes some of the visionary poet's finest and best-loved poems such as "The Lamb", "The Chimney-Sweeper" and "The Tiger". 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. This edition has a foreword by Peter Harness. Blake's work is instantly recognizable by its flamboyance and ... |