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Whitehead Stephen: Gender and Identity: Key Themes and New Directions

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: Gender and Identity brings a new perspective to our gender studies list, and to the study of gender in Canada, by looking at gender construction through the lens of identity. Using case studies and solid theoretical analysis, the book explores relationships between gender and sexuality, religion, race and ethnicity, parenting, education, work, and sport, linking these discussions to how identity…

Innovation Studies: Evolution and Future Challenges

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Innovation is increasingly recognized as a vitally important social and economic phenomenon worthy of serious research study. Firms are concerned about their innovation ability, particularly relative to their competitors. Politicians care about innovation, too, because of its presumed social and economic impact. However, to recognize that innovation is desirable is not sufficient. What is…

Burda Michael: Macroeconomics: A European Text

Скачать книгу (размер 3 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 592) Аннотация: This text provides a comprehensive analysis of contemporary macroeconomics, within a European and global context. The authors balance the theoretical aspects with up-to-date policy examples throughout, allowing the reader to relate the concepts to their own economic environment.

Christian B. Miller: Moral Character: An Empirical Theory

Скачать книгу (размер 1 860 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 366) Аннотация: Christian Miller presents a new account of moral character. Most of our friends, colleagues, and even family members are not virtuous people. They do not have virtues such as compassion, honesty, or courage. But at the same time, they are not vicious people either. They do not have vices such as cruelty, dishonesty, or cowardice. Instead most people today have characters which do not qualify as…

Solinger Rickie: Reproductive Politics

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: «Reproductive politics is a term coined by feminists in the 1970s to describe contemporary, Roe v. Wade-era power struggles over contraception and abortion, adoption and surrogacy, and other satellite issues. Forty years later, questions of reproductive rights are just as complex-and controversial-as they were then. Focusing mainly on the United States, Reproductive Politics explores the legal,…

Compact Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Скачать книгу (размер 5 542 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1088) Аннотация: The Compact Oxford Spanish Dictionary offers over 90,000 words and phrases, and 120,000 translations of contemporary Spanish and English. It covers all the words you need for everday use, carefully selected from evidence from the Oxford Languages Tracker and the Oxford English Corpus. Also includes Spanish-speaking and English-speaking culture and grammar supplements.

Keown Damien: Buddhism

Скачать книгу (размер 932 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 184) Аннотация: Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction introduces the reader to the teachings of the Buddha and to the workings of Buddhism in daily life. Damien Keown looks at the distinctive features of Buddhism, examining who the Buddha was and what his teachings were. By considering how Buddhist thought has developed over the centuries, Keown considers how contemporary dilemmas can be faced from a Buddhist…

Lightbown Patsy: How Languages are Learned

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: A thoroughly updated edition of this prize-winning, readable introduction to the main theories of first and second language acquisition. This book introduces you to some of the language acquisition research that will help you not just to evaluate existing materials, but also to adapt and use them in a way that fits what we currently understand about how languages are learned. — Content including…

Walker Aisha: Technology Enhanced Language Learning

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: This highly-readable book brings together theory and practice, giving you a better understanding of why and how technology can enhance language learning. It helps you become more familiar with technology tools you can use in class, and gives you a better understanding of how to use them for language learning. Practical tasks help you reflect on their use.

Oxford Mini Thesaurus

Скачать книгу (размер 2 931 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 576) Аннотация: This small thesaurus offers 120,000 synonyms and antonyms in a quick and easy-to-use format. Synonyms are arranged in order of their closeness in meaning to the entry word, with the closest one given first and printed in bold type to make it easier to find what you're looking for. Improve your vocabulary with our Word Links, a feature that provides extra vocabulary related to a selection of key…

Shakespeare William: The Taming of the Shrew

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Oxford School Shakespeare is an acclaimed edition especially designed for students, with accessible on-page notes and explanatory illustrations, clear background information, and rigorous but accessible scholarly credentials. The Taming of the Shrew is a popular text for study by secondary students the world over. This edition includes illustrations, preliminary notes, reading lists and classroom…

Mark A. Maslin: Climate

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: In this wide-ranging Very Short Introduction to climate, Mark Maslin considers all aspects of the global climate system, exploring and explaining the different components that control climate on Earth. He considers the processes that allow energy to reach the Earth and how it is redistributed around the planet by the ocean-atmosphere system; the relationship and differences between climate and…

Loughlin Martin: The British Constitution

Скачать книгу (размер 769 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 152) Аннотация: The British constitution is regarded as unique among the constitutions of the world. What are the main characteristics of Britain's peculiar constitutional arrangements? How has the British constitution altered in response to the changing nature of its state — from England, to Britain, to the United Kingdom? What impact has the UK's developing relations with the European Union caused? These are…

Rapport Mike: The Napoleonic Wars

Скачать книгу (размер 850 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 168) Аннотация: The Napoleonic Wars have an important place in the history of Europe, leaving their mark on European and world societies in a variety of ways. In many European countries they provided the stimulus for radical social and political change — particularly in Spain, Germany, and Italy — and are frequently viewed in these places as the starting point of their modern histories. In this Very Short…

Lovecraft H.P.: The Classic Horror Stories

Скачать книгу (размер 2 686 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 528) Аннотация: Loathsomeness waits and dreams in the deep, and decay spreads over the tottering cities of men. A time will come — but I must not and cannot think! H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) was a reclusive scribbler of horror stories for the American pulp magazines that specialized in Gothic and science fiction in the interwar years. He often published in Weird Tales and has since become the key figure in the…

Insight: Elementary Workbook

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: This workbook closely matches the student's book layout. Listening tracks are available to download from the student's site. The book offers ready-made extra lessons which introduce students to classic pieces of English literature.

Insight: Pre-Intermediate Workbook

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: This workbook closely matches the student's book layout. Listening tracks are available to download from the student's site. The book offers ready-made extra lessons which introduce students to classic pieces of English literature.

Insight: Intermediate Workbook

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: 'Insight' offers ready-made extra lessons which introduce students to classic pieces of English literature. There is extra support and practice of the grammar from the student's book in the grammar reference section.

Spilsbury Louise: Electricity

Скачать книгу (размер 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 40) Аннотация: This exciting new series of non-fiction readers provides interesting and educational content, with activities and project work. The readers are graded at four levels, from 3 to 6, suitable for students from age 8 and older. They can support Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), and cover a broad range of topics, within three curriculum areas: The World of Science and Technology The…

Northcott Richard: In the Mountains

Скачать книгу (размер 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 40) Аннотация: Read and discover all about mountains... What is a glacier? What sports do people do in mountains? Read and discover more about the world! This series of non-fiction readers provides interesting and educational content, with activities and project work.