Wells H.G First and Last Things

A first concepts board book with a delightfully quirky Charlie and Lola twist, from Children’s Laureate Lauren Child • Lola says, “I like twirly things and furry things and finding things. I am not keen on ouchy things but mostly I nearly like almost everything.’ • Little ones will love following Lola as she explores and makes sense of the world around her, grouping everyday objects into categories – such as ‘furry things’, ‘ouchy things’ and ‘twirly things’ • Created with classic Charlie and Lola style, this brilliant board book will encourage children to look creatively at the world around them

‘That is how it works in the City. Every time you think you know the answer to a question, you discover that the question makes no sense . . .’ • This is the story of Anna Blume and her journey to find her lost brother, William, in the unnamed City. Like the City itself, however, it is a journey that is doomed, and so all that is left is Anna’s unwritten account of what happened • Paul Auster takes us to an unspecified and devastated world in which the self disappears amidst the horrors that surround us. But this is not just an imaginary, futuristic world: like the settings of Kafka stories, it is one that echoes our own, and in doing so addresses some of our darker legacies • In the Country of Last Things is a tense, psychological take on the dystopian novel

Allie Velasco wants to be a trailblazer. A trendsetter. A winner • No better feeling exists in the world than stepping to the top of a winner's podium and hoisting a trophy high in the air. At least that's what Allie thinks; she's never actually won anything before. Everyone in her family is special in some way; her younger sister is a rising TV star, her brother is a soccer prodigy, and her great-grandfather is a Congressional Medal of Honor winner • With a family like this, Allie knows she has to make her mark or risk being left behind. She's determined to add a shiny medal, blue ribbon, or beautiful trophy to her family's award shelf. When a prestigious school contest is announced, Allie has the perfect opportunity to take first, at last. There's just one small snag: Her biggest competition is also her ex-best friend, Sara

Вниманию читателей предлагается полный, неадаптированный текст рассказов Д. Голсуорси "Первый и последний" (1914), "Яблоня" (1916). Издание рассчитано на лиц, владеющих основами английского языка и совершенствующих свои навыки в нем. Джон Голсуорси - выдающийся британский писатель и драматург. В 1932 году Голсуорси получил Нобелевскую премию за высокое искусство повествования, вершиной которого явилась "Сага о Форсайтах". С книгой "The First and the Last" у читателей есть возможность ознакомиться с оригинальным текстом нескольких пьес Голсуорси

Move Fast and Break Things is a path-breaking polemic in support of the future of the creative industries in the age of the Internet platform. The title, taken from a term coined by Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, originally referred to reckless hacker culture at the social media behemoth. In Taplin's telling, Move Fast and Break Things piquantly describes the way in which the largest Internet platforms--Facebook, Google and Amazon-used the music, news and film industries to build their businesses to scale only to sideline them, and the millions of Americans who work for them. The result is a news industry subservient to social media traffic, a music industry in which life is harder than ever for the "middle class" musician, and a book industry threatened by the overwhelming digital market share of a single retailer

Cambridge English Exam Booster for First and First for Schools without Answer Key with Audio - Пособие для подготовки к экзаменам First and First for Schools, без ответов, с аудиозаписями серии «Cambridge Exam Boosters» • Официальные материалы для самостоятельной подготовки к международным экзаменам Cambridge English: A2 Key / 2 Key for Schools, B1 Preliminary / B1 Preliminary for Schools, First / First for Schools, Advanced, IELTS General / IELTS Academic ( А2 - В2) • Пособия обеспечивают целевую интенсивную подготовку к экзамену • Все экзаменационные задания отрабатывают каждую часть экзамена три раза • Помимо тренировочных упражнений дана справочная информация о каждом задании, полезные советы по выполнению упражнений, разбор типичных ошибок кандидатов на экзамене

Cambridge English Exam Booster for First and First for Schools with Answer Key with Audio - Пособие для подготовки к экзамену, с ответами, копируемыми материалами для учителя и аудио серии «Cambridge Exam Boosters» • Официальные материалы для самостоятельной подготовки к международным экзаменам Cambridge English: A2 Key / 2 Key for Schools, B1 Preliminary / B1 Preliminary for Schools, First / First for Schools, Advanced, IELTS General / IELTS Academic ( А2 - В2) • Пособия обеспечивают целевую интенсивную подготовку к экзамену • Все экзаменационные задания отрабатывают каждую часть экзамена три раза • Помимо тренировочных упражнений дана справочная информация о каждом задании, полезные советы по выполнению упражнений, разбор типичных ошибок кандидатов на экзамене

In this spirited volume, Oliver Sacks examines the many passions of his own life - both as a doctor engaged with the central questions of human existence, and as a polymath conversant in all the sciences. Why do humans need gardens? How, and when, does a physician tell his patient she has Alzheimer's? What is social media doing to our brains? • In several of the compassionate case histories collected here, Sacks considers for the first time the enigmas of depression, psychosis, and schizophrenia, and in others he returns to conditions that have long fascinated him: Tourette's syndrome, ageing, dementia, and hallucinations. In counterpoint to these elegant investigations of what makes us human, this volume also includes pieces that celebrate Sacks's love of the natural world - and his last meditations on life in the twenty-first century

Babies and toddlers will love making the vehicles in this brightly coloured board book move by sliding the panels. Bright, bold, colourful illustrations are attractive to very young children, and the sliders, cut-outs and fingertrails in this book are brilliant for developing essential motor skills and hand-eye coordination. A joy to share with a baby or toddler

Keep the fun in learning with these interactive, photographic sticker books. Each title focuses on a core early-learning concept - alphabet, numbers, colours and shapes - and offers different sticker activities that allow your child to explore and learn

Taut, brooding and densely atmospheric, these stories show us the ways in which murder can arise out of boredom, perversity can result from adolescent curiosity, and sheer evil might be the solution to unbearable loneliness

Grammar and Vocabulary reference and practice for the revised Cambridge English: First (FCE) and Cambridge English: First (FCE) for Schools from 2015 Cambridge Grammar for First Certificate provides complete coverage of the grammar needed for the Cambridge FCE exam, and develops listening skills at the same time. It includes the full range of FCE exam tasks from the Reading, Writing and Listening papers, and contains helpful grammar explanations and a grammar glossary. This edition is updated for the new exam to be introduced from 2015. An edition 'without answers' is also available