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Webster's New World Medical Dictionary

Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: When your doctor uses terms like intraductal carcinoma or akathisia, do you understand and can you ask the right questions? If you, like most Americans, are taking a more active role in your family's healthcare, the fully revised and updated Webster's New World [trademark] Medical Dictionary, Third Edition will help you understand and communicate your medical needs when it matters the most.…

Jay Conrad Levinson: Guerilla Marketing

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: When Guerrilla Marketing was first published in 1983, Jay Levinson revolutionized marketing strategies for the small-business owner with his take-no-prisoners approach to finding clients. Based on hundreds of solid ideas that really work, Levinson's philosophy has given birth to a new way of learning about market share and how to gain it. In this completely updated and expanded fourth edition,…

Yann Martel: Life of Pi

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: «Pi Patel is an unusual boy. The son of a zookeeper, he has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior, a fervent love of stories, and practices not only his native Hinduism, but also Christianity and Islam. When Pi is sixteen, his family emigrates from India to North America aboard a Japanese cargo ship, along with their zoo animals bound for new homes. The ship sinks. Pi finds himself alone…

Paul Galdone: Three Little Kittens (+ Audio CD)

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: The favorite Mother Goose rhyme about the three careless kittens who lost their mittens is given added appeal with Galdone's bold and colorful illustrations.

Steadman Ralph: The Joke's Over: Bruised Memories: Gonzo, Hunter S: Thompson, and Me

Скачать книгу (размер 2 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 396) Аннотация: In the spring of 1970, artist Ralph Steadman went to America in search of work and found more than he bargained for when he met Hunter S. Thompson at the Kentucky Derby. Their remarkable collaboration resulted in the now-legendary Gonzo Journalism, which would document the civil rights movement, the Nixon administration, Watergate, and the many bizarre and great events that shaped the second half…

Most Bernard: Catch Me If You Can / A Que No Me Alcanzas

Скачать книгу (размер 106 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 22) Аннотация: Huge claws Great big teeth But one little dinosaur doesn't hide — she knows her gargantuan grandpa is the sweetest dinosaur of all.

Ada Alma Flor: Daniel's Mystery Egg / El Misterioso Huevo de Daniel

Скачать книгу (размер 106 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 22) Аннотация: Daniel finds an egg. What kind of animal will this mystery egg hatch? Imaginations run wild as the kids in Daniel's class guess what sort of surprise the egg has in store.

Le Guin Ursula K.: Powers

Скачать книгу (размер 2 554 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 502) Аннотация: Young Gav can remember the page of a book after seeing it once, and, inexplicably, he sometimes remembers things that are going to happen in the future. As a loyal slave, he must keep these powers secret, but when a terrible tragedy occurs, Gav, blinded by grief, flees the only world he has ever known. And in what becomes a treacherous journey for freedom, Gav's greatest test of all is facing his…

Terban Marvin: In a Pickle: And Other Funny Idioms

Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: Thirty popular expressions such as straight from the horse's mouth and white elephant are amusingly explained and illustrated.

Le Guin Ursula K.: Gifts

Скачать книгу (размер 1 452 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 286) Аннотация: Scattered among poor, desolate farms, the clans of the Uplands possess gifts. Wondrous gifts: the ability — with a glance, a gesture, a word — to summon animals, bring forth fire, move the land. Fearsome gifts: They can twist a limb, chain a mind, inflict a wasting illness. The Uplanders live in constant fear that one family might unleash its gift against another. Two young people, friends since…

Mary Ann Hoberman: The Llama Who Had No Pajama: 100 Favorite Poems

Скачать книгу (размер 340 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 68) Аннотация: «If you're sleepy in the jungle»»And you wish to find a pillow, «Take a friendly word of warning: «DO NOT USE AN ARMADILLO!» Covering everything from centipedes to whales, from swinging on swings to ice-skating in winter, from eating applesauce to celebrating birthdays, the delightful poems in this extensive collection convey the experiences of childhood with a fresh timelessness.»

Shaw Nancy E.: Sheep in a Jeep (+ Audio CD)

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: A flock of hapless sheep drive through the country in this rhyming picture book. This Read-Along Book and CD Favorite includes a paperback edition of the book and a compact disc in a newly designed reusable package.

Inkpen Mick: Kipper's A to Z: An Alphabet Adventure

Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: Kipper and Arnold are on an alphabet adventure! What can they find for each letter? They find ladybugs for L. And toys for T. But what begins with X? That's a hard one. Kipper and Arnold need your help!

H. A. Rey: A Treasury of Curious George

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Curious George has found a lasting place in the hearts of millions of boys and girls all over the world ever since he was brought to life by Margret and H.A. Rey more than sixty years ago. Here you will find eight timeless stories about George, the man with the yellow hat, and their friends.

Ammer Christine: The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms

Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: The cat will never get your tongue once you have The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms. This book defines nearly 10,000 idioms — expressions consisting of two or more words whose combined meaning is different from the literal meaning of the individual words. Each entry has both a definition and a sentence showing the idiom used in context. Most entries offer an explanation of the idiom's…

Peter Novobatzky: Depraved and Insulting English

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: Originally published as two distinct collections, Depraved and Insulting English brings to light the language's most offensive and obscene words — words that have fallen out of today's lexicon but will no doubt delight, amuse, and in some cases prove surprisingly useful. Who hasn't searched for the right word to describe a colleague's maschalephidrosis (runaway armpit perspiration) or a boss's…

Belloc Hilaire: Cautionary Tales for Children

Скачать книгу (размер 361 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 72) Аннотация: Known as a central figure in English literature, Hilaire Belloc produced a number of stunning, funny, and clever admonishments for children. The tales in this volume, illustrated by the inimitable Edward Gorey, contain instructive lessons for almost everyone. For those children prone to wandering off from their caretakers, there is the story of a certain young Jim, who ran away from his nurse and…

Ginzburg Evgenia Semenova: Journey into the Whirlwind

Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: Both witness to and victim of Stalin's reign of terror, a courageous woman tells the story of her harrowing eighteen-year odyssey through Russia's prisons and labor camps.