This book is an adaptation of seven of Edgar Allan Poes's famous short stories. It has about 3 000 headwords and is appropriate for upper intermediate to advanced learners. The text has been adapted and simplified, but it keeps the ideas and flavor found in the original stories. Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, literary critic and a major figure in world literature."It would also be just to say that Edgar Allan Poe sacrificed his life to work, his human destiny to immortality." Jeorge Luis Borges "It's because I liked Edgar Allan Poe's strories so much ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Brilliant anti-heroine Becky Sharp will do anything to climb to society's loftiest heights and couldn't be more different from her rich, sweet-natured schoolmate, Amelia Sedley. Their parallel lives are marked by love, lust, marriage, fortune and loss, in all their different guises, as they navigate the corrupt circus of upper-class Regency England. Hailed as a literary masterpiece upon first publication, William Makepeace Thackeray's "Vanity Fair" has never waned in popularity and remains a highly entertaining satire of early ... |
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"The textbook The Lingua Franca of Diplomacy: English for International Relations’ is a result of a years-long quest of the author for compiling a teaching aid of English for specific purposes in the fields of IR and foreign policy. This effort was necessitated by a practical reason - the absence of a relevant handbook, which has presented a major setback in the process of language training of bachelor degree students in IR and European Studies. Therefore, they constitute the main target group of potential users. It can also be of interest for students, specialising in Political Science, International Security, and ... |
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Learn and practis grammar in context. ... Граматиката Oxford Living Grammar - Intermediate (B1) с включен CD-ROM за 8. клас и 9. клас съдържа: 30 урока; обяснения на граматиката в контекст; word focus във всеки урок с нова лексика и идиоматични изрази; context-plus CD-ROM с допълнителни интерактивни упражнения за преговор на граматиката, упражнения за слушане, запис на гласа; тестове, които могат лесно да се принтират. Учебно-помощната система Oxford Living Grammar се състои от: граматика по английски език - elementary (A1) граматика по английски език - pre-intermediate (A2) граматика по английски ... |
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Цялостен наръчник за инвестиции в имоти. ... "Изключително малко са специализираните финансови книги на българския пазар, които наистина придават стойност и са от помощ, особено пък тези, писани от български автори. Забогатявай с 8333 лева на час на Димитър Калайджиев е бестселър, който на разбираем език ще ви преведе през сложния път на пазарните и икономическите игри, за да получите своята финансова независимост чрез инвестициите в имоти. Дали да купувате, или да продавате, да отдавате под наем или да инвестирате парите си, все въпроси, чиито отговори може да ви направят много богати. Димитър Калайджиев е събрал ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... E. M. Delafield's largely autobiographical novel takes the form of a journal written by an upper-middle-class lady living in a Devonshire village. Written with humour, this charming novel is full of the peculiarities of daily life. The Provincial Lady of the title attempts to avoid disaster and prevent chaos from descending upon her household. But with a husband reluctant to do anything but doze behind The Times, mischievous children and trying servants, it's a challenge keeping up appearances on an inadequate income, particularly in front of the ... |
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An Autobiography is an adaptation of Mark Twain's famous autobiogrphy. This title has approximately three thousand headwords and is sppropriate for upper intermediate to advanced learners. Twain was an American writer of such classics as "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "The Prince and the Pauper". In his time, he was considered the funniest man on earth. In this small volume the author recounts colourful anecdotes from his long life. "In this Autobiopgraphy, I shall keep in mind the fact that I am speaking from the grave... I shall be dead ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Lily Bart is twenty-nine, beautiful and charming. She has expensive tastes, loves to gamble and socializes with the wealthy upper-class families of New York. But her meagre finances are dwindling and her place in society is slipping away from her. Her only hope of security is to find a suitable husband. However, Lily has an independence of spirit that stands in the way of her committing to the suitors available to her. As her options diminish, her friends become her enemies and her situation grows increasing perilous. In "The House of Mirth", ... |
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The unfading popularity of Gustav Klimt (1862 - 1918) attests not only to the particular appeal of his luxuriant painting but also to the universal themes with which he worked: love, feminine beauty, aging, and death. The son of a goldsmith, Klimt created surfaces of ornate and jewel-like luminosity which show influence of both Egyptian and Japanese art. Through paintings, murals, and friezes, his work is defined by radiant color, fluid lines, floral elements, and mosaic-like patterning. With a number of subjects dealing with sensuality and desire as well as anxiety and despair, all this iridescence is also suffused ... |
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The epic story of how a young social climber from Malaysia pulled off one of the biggest financial heists in history. In 2015, rumours began circulating that billions of dollars had been stolen from a Malaysian investment fund. The mastermind of the heist was twenty seven year old Jho Low, a serial fabulist from an upper-middle-class Malaysian family, who had carefully built his reputation as a member of the jet-setting elite by arranging and financing elaborate parties for Wall Street bankers, celebrities, and even royalty. With the aid of Goldman Sachs and others, Low stole billions of dollars, right under the nose of ... |
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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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Наръчник за инвеститори, предприемачи, финансисти и анализатори. ... Открийте силата на Excel в анализа на данни. Книгата е изцяло практически ориентирана, като в повечето случаи към всеки пример се дават допълнителни, в това число и теоретични, сведения, което ще ви позволи да попълните евентуални пропуски в знанията ви. Ще намерите практически примери за: функции за работа с диапазони от данни, дата и час, масиви; текстови функции за обработка на данни и привеждането им в подходящ вид, проверка на достоверността на данните; функции за преброяване, логически сравнения на стойности и изчисляване на очаквани ... |