Swiss artist HR Giger (1940 - 2014) is most famous for his creation of the space monster in Ridley Scott's 1979 horror sci-fi film Alien, which earned him an Oscar. In retrospect, this was just one of the most popular expressions of Giger's biomechanical arsenal of creatures, which consistently merged hybrids of human and machine into images of haunting power and dark psychedelia. The visions drew on demons of the past, harking back as far as Giger's earliest childhood fears as well as evoking mythologies for the future. Above all, they gave expression to the collective fears and fantasies of his age: fear of ... |
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"Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles" are non-fiction graded readers from the "Oxford Bookworms Library" available for Levels 1 to 4 (CEFR A1 - B2). Students learn about different countries and cultures, science and nature, history and historical figures all while practising and improving their English. What do you find in these two countries at the end of the world? One is an enormous island, where only twenty million people live - and the other is two long, narrow islands, with ten sheep for every person. One country has the biggest rock in all the world, and a town where everybody lives under the ... |
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At the age of six, Salvador Dali (1904 - 1989) wanted to be a cook. At the age of seven, he wanted to be Napoleon. "Since then", he later said, "my ambition has steadily grown, and my megalomania with it. Now I want only to be Salvador Dali, I have no greater wish". Throughout his life, Dali was out to become Dali: that is, one of the most significant artists and eccentrics of the 20th century. This weighty volume is the most complete study of Dali's painted works ever published. After years of research, Robert Descharnes and Gilles Neret located painted works by the master that had been ... |
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"Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles" are non-fiction graded readers from the "Oxford Bookworms Library" available for Levels 1 to 4 (CEFR A1 - B2). Students learn about different countries and cultures, science and nature, history and historical figures all while practising and improving their English. It's an exciting life - full of fast cars, money, and travel. The names of Formula One champions are known all over the world. And everywhere young drivers dream of success one day in Monaco, Melbourne, Monza... But it is a difficult life too. Drivers need strong bodies - and minds. They need to ... |
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"Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles" are non-fiction graded readers from the "Oxford Bookworms Library" available for Levels 1 to 4 (CEFR A1 - B2). Students learn about different countries and cultures, science and nature, history and historical figures all while practising and improving their English. Who will speak for the poor? Who will listen to slaves, and those who have no rights? Who will work for a future where everyone is equal? Who will give up his house, job, and money to fight for people who are shut out by everyone else? 'I will,' said Mohandas Gandhi. And he began to fight in a ... |
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"Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles" are non-fiction graded readers from the "Oxford Bookworms Library" available for Levels 1 to 4 (CEFR A1 - B2). Students learn about different countries and cultures, science and nature, history and historical figures all while practising and improving their English. What will we do when there is nowhere to put our rubbish? Every day, all over the world, people drop cans, boxes, paper, and bottles into bins and never think about them again. And the rubbish mountains get bigger and bigger. But there is another way - a way that makes old paper into houses, broken ... |
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The United States in the 1950s and 60 s was a troubled place. Black people were angry, because they did not have the same rights as whites. It was a time of angry words, of marches, of protests, a time of bombs and killings. But above the angry noise came the voice of one man - a man of peace. "I have a dream", said Martin Luther King, and it was a dream of blacks and whites living together in peace and freedom. This is the story of an extraordinary man, who changed American history in his short life. Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles are non-fiction graded readers from the Oxford Bookworms Library available ... |
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"Hotel California" на "Eagles" се превърна в комерсиален феномен с излизането си през декември 1976 г. Албумът оглави класациите на "Billboard" за 8 седмици в САЩ, спечели 2 награди "Grammy" и успя да продаде повече от 32 милиона копия в целия свят. Част от него са хитови сингли, застанали на челната позиция на "Billboard". 40 години по-късно, албумът все още има слава на един от най-добре продаваните албуми на всички времена. ... |
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With its fresh and fun approach to global real-world topics, Game Changer is designed to help teachers prepare stimulating and easy-to-teach lessons that will ensure lower secondary teenage students are motivated and engaged throughout the school year. Cross-cultural reading topics, in-context language presentations, scaffolded speaking and writing tasks, opportunities to develop competencies such as learner autonomy, critical thinking and creative thinking are guaranteed to develop learners' global awareness and encourage a learning mindset. The latest digital resources are all in one place on Cambridge One. ... |
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With its fresh and fun approach to global real-world topics, Game Changer is designed to help teachers prepare stimulating and easy-to-teach lessons that will ensure lower secondary teenage students are motivated and engaged throughout the school year. Cross-cultural reading topics, in-context language presentations, scaffolded speaking and writing tasks, opportunities to develop competencies such as learner autonomy, critical thinking and creative thinking are guaranteed to develop learners' global awareness and encourage a learning mindset. The latest digital resources are all in one place on Cambridge One. ... |
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With its fresh and fun approach to global real-world topics, Game Changer is designed to help teachers prepare stimulating and easy-to-teach lessons that will ensure lower secondary teenage students are motivated and engaged throughout the school year. Cross-cultural reading topics, in-context language presentations, scaffolded speaking and writing tasks, opportunities to develop competencies such as learner autonomy, critical thinking and creative thinking are guaranteed to develop learners' global awareness and encourage a learning mindset. The latest digital resources are all in one place on Cambridge One. ... |
