Every four years, the world's best athletes come together for one of the most exciting competitions in sport: the Olympic Games. After years of training, competitors in more than forty different sports win and lose their events, and set new world records, in front of crowds of people. The Olympic Games are more than two thousand five hundred years old. So how did they start, how have they changed over the years, and what have been some of the most important times in their history? Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles are non-fiction graded readers from the Oxford Bookworms Library available for Levels 1 to 4 (CEFR A1 - ... |
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The classic bestseller. ... Tyrant, blackmailer, racketeer, murderer - his influence reaches every level of American society. Meet Don Corleone, a friendly man, a just man, a reasonable man. The deadliest lord of the Cosa Nostra. "The Godfather" a modern masterpiece, "The Godfather" is a searing portrayal of the 1940s criminal underworld. It is also the intimate story of the Corleone family, at once drawn together and ripped apart by its unique position at the core of the American Mafia. Still shocking forty years after it was first published, this compelling tale of blackmail, murder and family values ... |
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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 is more than forty years since the Great Train Robbery. But what happened to the rest of the money that was taken? Two million pounds has never been found. Perhaps some of the robbers would like to know the answer to this question too... Many great crimes end in a question. Who really killed President Kennedy? What happened ... |
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In The Whistler, Lacy Stoltz investigated a corrupt judge who was taking millions in bribes from a crime syndicate. She put the criminals away, but only after being attacked and nearly killed. Three years later, and approaching forty, she is tired of her work for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct and ready for a change. Then she meets a mysterious woman who is so frightened she uses a number of aliases. Jeri Crosby's father was murdered twenty years earlier in a case that remains unsolved and that has grown stone cold. But Jeri has a suspect whom she has become obsessed with and has stalked for two decades. Along ... |
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Edited by David A. Jasen. ... Throughout history, few musical crazes have hit with such impact, had such a heyday and lingered so hauntingly as ragtime. Ragtime arrived on the upswing of Tin Pan Alley, when the popularity of pianos in the home was reaching its peak and an endless stream of sheet music flowed out to meet the demand. In the early 1900s, no name was more prominent on those sheet-music covers and no one wrote ragtime music more brilliantly than Scott Joplin. This wonderful book brings together in one superbly produced playing edition all thirty-eight of Scott Joplin's piano rags, including his six ... |
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Умален модел на военният самолет Supermarine Spitfire MkVb - британски едноместен изтребител от периода на Втората световна война. Известен е най-вече с успешните си прояви при отблъскването на немските въздушни нападения по време на Битката за Британия. Въоръжен с 8 картечници, калибър 7,69 mm. Усъвършенствания модел "Spitfire XII" развива скорост 635 km и е въоръжен с две оръдия с калибър 20 mm и четири картечници с калибър 7,92 mm. Височината на полета достига 11 500 метра. Изтребителят Mk.VB е разузнавателния вариант модификцията Mk.V на Supermarine Spitfire. Той е един от най-успешните "временни& ... |
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The 10th anniversary edition of the bestselling foundational business training manual for ambitious readers, featuring new concepts and mental models: updated, expanded, and revised. Many people assume they need to attend business school to learn how to build a successful business or advance in their career. That's not true. The vast majority of modern business practice requires little more than common sense, simple arithmetic, and knowledge of a few very important ideas and principles. "The Personal MBA 10th Anniversary Edition" provides a clear overview of the essentials of every major business topic: ... |
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Книга за приятелството, което надмогва разстоянията. След успеха на "За Коледа ще си бъда у дома", американската писателка Холи Хоби и нейните герои се завръщат с нови приключения в книгата "Туут и Пъдъл" на издателство "Дъбови листа". С български превод от известната радиоводеща Елена Розберг, луксозната картинна книга в голям формат разкрива красотата на оригиналните акварелни илюстрации, създадени преди повече от две десетилетия. Дванадесет са историите за приключенията на двете прасенца най-добри приятели Туут и Пъдъл, които Холи Хоби създава през своята над 40-годишна кариера на ... |
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Приказната история разказва за пътешествието на малкото прасенце Туут по пътя към дома и неговите приятели в Уудкок Покет. Зимни виелици, дълбоки преспи сняг и непрогледна тъма стоят на пътя на Туут. Той обаче е решен да мине отвъд океана и да пристигне навреме за украсяването на елхата и, разбира се - раздаването на подаръци! Прелестните илюстрации пък ще потопят малчуганите в историята дотолкова, че ще повярват, че истинските чудеса наистина се случват по Коледа и когато упорито следваме мечтите си."Миналата Коледа получих приказен подарък от дъщеря ми - книжката "За Коледа ще си бъда у дома" в ... |
