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My Shapes Sticker Activity Book
Жанр: Bloomsbury Publishing Страниц: 32 Дата загрузки: 15 июня 20092002-12-13
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Can you find the triangles to complete the clown? What shape is the sun? And many more. Learn all about shapes with this fantastic activity book! Bloomsbury Activity Books provide hours of colouring, doodling, stickering and activity fun for boys and girls alike. Every book includes enchanting, bright and beautiful illustrations which children and parents will find very hard to resist. Perfect for providing entertainment at home or on the move!
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Elizabeth Taylor: A Private Life for Public Consumption
Автор: Professor Ellis Cashmore Жанр: Bloomsbury Publishing Год: 2016 Страниц: 432 Дата загрузки: 23 февраля 20182018-07-14
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The first volume to examine the iconic Elizabeth Taylor in this light, Elizabeth Taylor: A Private Life for Public Consumption paints Taylor as the seminal representation of celebrity. A figure of enormous charisma and cultural sway, she intrigued a global audience with her marriages and extra-marital improprieties, as well as her extravagant jewelry, her never-ending illnesses, her dependency on alcohol, and her perplexing friendship with Michael Jackson. Despite her continued world-renown, however, most people would be hard-pressed to name even three of her films, though she made over seventy. Ellis Cashmore traces our modern, hyperactive celebrity culture back to a single instant in Taylor's life: the publicizing of her scandalous affair with Richard Burton by photographer Marcelo Geppetti in 1962, which announced the arrival of a new generation of predatory photojournalists and, along with them, a strange conflation between the public and private lives of celebrities. Taylor's life and public reception, Cashmore reveals, epitomizes the modern phenomenon of celebrity.
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My 123 Sticker Activity Book
Жанр: Bloomsbury Publishing Дата загрузки: 7 декабря 20092002-12-07
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A fantastic book of counting fun! A great introduction to 1-10, with beautiful illustrations and fantastic stickers. Bloomsbury Activity Books is an exciting new Bloomsbury brand designed to provide hours of colouring, doodling, stickering and activity fun for boys and girls alike. Every book includes enchanting, bright and beautiful illustrations which children and parents will find very hard to resist. Perfect for providing entertainment at home or on the move!
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My Abc Sticker Activity Book
Жанр: Bloomsbury Publishing Страниц: 16 Дата загрузки: 19 апреля 20092002-12-23
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A fantastic book of alphabet fun! Beautiful illustrations and fantastic stickers right the way from A — Z. Bloomsbury Activity Books is an exciting new Bloomsbury brand designed to provide hours of colouring, doodling, stickering and activity fun for boys and girls alike. Every book includes enchanting, bright and beautiful illustrations which children and parents will find very hard to resist. Perfect for providing entertainment at home or on the move!
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Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
Автор: Gilbert Elizabeth Жанр: Bloomsbury Publishing Год: 2015 Страниц: 288 Дата загрузки: 15 июня 20172016-06-25
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Readers of all ages and walks of life have drawn inspiration from Elizabeth Gilbert. Now, this beloved author digs deep into her own life to share her wisdom and unique perspective about creativity. With profound empathy and generosity, she ponders the mysterious nature of inspiration, asking us to embrace our curiosity, tackle what we most love and face down what we most fear. Whether we are looking to create art, address challenges in our work, give ourselves permission to embark on a dream long deferred, or simply to infuse our everyday lives with more mindfulness and passion, Big Magic cracks open a world of wonder and joy.
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Pearl of China
Автор: Min Anchee Жанр: Bloomsbury Publishing Год: 2011 Страниц: 304 Дата загрузки: 7 октрября 20142016-08-14
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At the end of the nineteenth century, China is rocked by humiliating foreign attacks and local rebellions. The only constant is the power wielded by one woman: the resilient, ever-resourceful Tzu Hsi, also known as Empress Orchid. Moving from the intimacy of the concubine quarters into the spotlight of the world stage, Orchid makes a dramatic metamorphosis from a strong-willed young woman to a wise political leader, who must not only face the perilous condition of her fading empire but also a series of devastating personal losses. Yearning to step aside yet growing constantly into her role, only she can hold the nation's rival factions together. In this sequel to the bestselling novel Empress Orchid, Anchee Min brings to life one of the most important figures in Chinese history, a very human leader who assumes power reluctantly, and who sacrifices all she has to protect both those she loves and her doomed empire.
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The Anti-Boredom Book of Brilliant Things to Do
Автор: Seed Andy Жанр: Bloomsbury Publishing Год: 2014 Страниц: 160 Дата загрузки: 26 декабря 20162018-03-08
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Warning: this book will cure all boredom! Pick which pet is worse: a vampire bat, a dead worm or Godzilla; decide what you would do if you were Prime Minister; discover some yucky things that people eat around the world... and much more! This witty and whacky book is bursting with laugh-out-loud facts, games, quizzes and things to do for hours of fun. Say goodbye to long journey blues!
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The Resistance
Автор: Malley Gemma Жанр: Bloomsbury Publishing Год: 2009 Страниц: 336 Дата загрузки: 16 мая 20122014-08-27
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The year is 2140. Peter and Anna are now living on the Outside as Legals. Impatient to see action as an agent in the Underground, Peter is tasked by Pip, its charismatic leader, to infiltrate Pincent Pharma Corporation and find out what's going on in the secret Longevity programme. Peter must feign a reconciliation and win the trust of his grandather, Richard Pincent, one of the most powerful men on the planet, whose company, Pincent Pharma, is chasing the holy grail of modern science — a drug which will reverse ageing and make people look young again. But his grandfather has his own plans for Peter — plans which involve Peter and Anna signing the Declaration and endorsing Longevity+. Richard Pincent will stop at nothing to get what he wants, even if it means ripping Peter and Anna's new life apart. At the heart of the organisation he most despises, Peter stumbles across something more sinister than he could ever have imagined, as powerful forces are gathering to crush the young couple's dreams.
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Crown of Midnight
Автор: Sarah J. Maas Жанр: Bloomsbury Publishing Год: 2013 Страниц: 432 Дата загрузки: 22 мая 20162015-10-11
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Eighteen-year-old Celeana Sardothien is bold, daring and beautiful — the perfect seductress and the greatest assassin her world has ever known. But though she won the King's contest and became his champion, Celeana has been granted neither her liberty nor the freedom to follow her heart. The slavery of the suffocating salt mines of Endovier that scarred her past is nothing compared to a life bound to her darkest enemy, a king whose rule is so dark and evil it is near impossible to defy. Celeana faces a choice that is tearing her heart to pieces: kill in cold blood for a man she hates, or risk sentencing those she loves to death. Celeana must decide what she will fight for: survival, love or the future of a kingdom. Because an assassin cannot have it all... And trying to may just destroy her. Love or loathe Celeana, she will slice open your heart with her dagger and leave you bleeding long after the last page of the highly anticipated sequel in what is undeniably THE hottest new fantasy series.
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Harry Potter: The Magical Adventure Begins : Volumes 1-3 (количество томов: 3)
Автор: Rowling J. Жанр: Bloomsbury Publishing Страниц: 800 Дата загрузки: 28 июля 20092005-03-18
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Every great story has a great beginning — and this is where harry potter's extraordinary, magical adventure starts. From the moment harry potter is deposited on the doorstep of number four, privet drive, little whinging, with a swish of albus dumbledore's cloak and the words 'good luck, harry', j.k. Rowling's irresistible storytelling magic pulls readers into an unforgettable adventure.
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John le Carre: The Biography
Автор: Sisman Adam Жанр: Bloomsbury Publishing Год: 2016 Страниц: 672 Дата загрузки: 13 декабря 20182019-04-25
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Over half a century since The Spy Who came in from the Cold made John le Carre a worldwide, bestselling sensation, David Cornwell, the man behind the pseudonym, remains an enigma. He has consistently quarried his life for his writing, and his novels seem to offer tantalizing glimpses of their author — but in the narrative of his life fact and fiction have become intertwined, and little is really known of one of the world's most successful writers. In Cornwell's lonely childhood Adam Sisman uncovers the origins of the themes of love and abandonment which have dominated le Carre's fiction: the departure of his mother when he was five, followed by 'sixteen hugless years' in the dubious care of his father, a man of energy and charm, a serial seducer and conman who hid the Bentleys in the trees when the bailiffs came calling — a 'totally incomprehensible father' who could 'put a hand on your shoulder and the other in your pocket, both gestures equally sincere'. And in Cornwell's adult life — from recruitment by both MI5 and MI6, through marriage and family life, to his emergence as the master of the spy novel — Sisman explores the idea of espionage and its significance in human terms; the extent to which betrayal is acceptable in exchange for love; and the endless need for forgiveness, especially from oneself. Written with exclusive access to David Cornwell himself, to his private archive and to the most important people in his life — family, friends, enemies, intelligence ex-colleagues and ex-lovers — and featuring a wealth of previously unseen photographic material, Adam Sisman's extraordinarily insightful and constantly revealing biography brings in from the cold a man whose own life has been as complex and confounding and filled with treachery as any of his novels. I'm a liar, Cornwell has written. Born to lying, bred to it, trained to it by an industry that lies for a living, practised in it as a novelist. This is the definitive biography of a major writer, described by Ian McEwan as perhaps the most significant novelist of the second half of the twentieth century in Britain.
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No Bed without Ted
Автор: Smee Nicola Жанр: Bloomsbury Publishing Год: 2007 Страниц: 20 Дата загрузки: 24 сентября 20122011-03-29
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When a little girl can't find her teddy bear she refuses to go to bed. Accompanied by a brilliant cast of animal characters, she searches behind all the wonderful flaps in this beautiful novelty book for the very young. Children will love helping her search!
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The Japanese Police State: The Tokko in Interwar Japan
Автор: Elise K. Tipton Жанр: Bloomsbury Publishing Год: 2014 Страниц: 224 Дата загрузки: 12 сентября 20192016-10-30
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This is a specialized study of the organization,ideology and activities of the Japanese Special Higherpolice, the Tokko, notorious in pre-war and wartime years for its harassment of opponents of the government. Within a comparative framework, this book explains the elements of Tokko brutality and abuses of authority, analyses police traditions and looks at the Tokko's interactions with other Japanese institutions and the broader sociopolitical climate. Sources include confidential Tokko documents and interviews with former Tokko officials. First published in 1990, this title is part of the Bloomsbury Academic Collections series.
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If Minds Had Toes
Автор: Eyre Lucy Жанр: Bloomsbury Publishing Год: 2008 Страниц: 288 Дата загрузки: 13 октрября 20112009-12-23
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Fifteen-year-old Ben Warner has a mundane summer job working in the local fish-and-chip shop. Then Lila arrives. She invites him to visit her in the World of Ideas, where she hopes to help Socrates win a bet with his arch-rival Wittgenstein: he and Lila must prove to Ben that philosophy can change his life for the better. So begins a mind-bending guided tour of the big and small questions in life, but will Socrates and Lila be able to convince Ben that the unexamined life is not worth living?
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Madame Pamplemousse and the Enchanted Sweet Shop
Автор: Kingfisher Rupert Жанр: Bloomsbury Publishing Год: 2011 Страниц: 176 Дата загрузки: 12 апреля 20152014-04-25
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It's winter in Paris and Madeleine is having problems at school. A new girl, Mirabelle, is bullying her. Madeleine is too ashamed to ask for help from her friends, Madame Pamplemousse and Camembert, but she's befriended by a woman called Madame Bonbon, who runs an alluring-looking sweet shop. The sweets Madame Bonbon gives Madeleine have the most bewitching effect, at first making her feel much stronger and able to confront Mirabelle. But soon they start drawing her into a strange, enchanted world from which she finds she cannot escape. For Madame Bonbon is really someone else in disguise — an old enemy from Madame Pamplemousse's past who has come to Paris seeking her revenge...
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Long Shadows
Автор: Paris Erna Жанр: Bloomsbury Publishing Год: 2002 Страниц: 512 Дата загрузки: 15 мая 20092005-09-17
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Addresses one of the most urgent issues facing the world — who owns and controls the past — for decisions taken by those in power cast shadows into the future. This book pursues these demanding moral questions as a personal quest, building up the big picture from a series of intimate conversations with people who have lived that history.
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Testing English: Formative and Summative Approaches to English Assessment
Жанр: Bloomsbury Publishing Страниц: 168 Дата загрузки: 05 июня 20092005-03-12
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Testing English considers why English is such a difficult subject to assess summatively and takes the view that English is an arts subject rather than one which is quantifiable and assessable objectively. Bethan Marshall examines the nature of the subject, the battlegrounds of examinations over the last 100 years and considers some of the solutions that have been put in place to overcome the problem both in the UK and abroad. Testing English looks at the way English lends itself to formative assessment in that it actively encourages dialogue with the pupils in the absence of 'right answers'. It explores the complex relationship between formative and summative assessment and considers the relationship in the light of the introduction of Assessing Pupil's Progress (APP). Essential reading for postgraduate students and researchers looking at the complexities involved in assessing English.
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Teaching Foreign Languages in the Primary School
Жанр: Bloomsbury Publishing Страниц: 240 Дата загрузки: 21 июня 20092002-06-18
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Teaching Foreign Languages in the Primary School advises modern foreign language trainee and qualified teachers on how to teach MFL successfully at primary level. This book offers full information, including sections on: *children's ideas about how to learn languages *the current situation of MFL in the UK, Europe and elsewhere *research into second language acquisition (e.g. behaviourist, cognitive and sociocultural perspectives) *different approaches to teaching foreign languages (e.g. audio lingualism, communicative language teaching, task-based instruction) *the use of games, songs and stories *ways of developing speaking, listening, reading and writing skills *ways of developing intercultural understanding, knowledge about language and language learning strategies *assessment, continuity with secondary school, and ways of facilitating transition. Brimming with case studies and tried and tested ideas from a multi lingual language teacher and ITE lecturer, Teaching Foreign Languages in the Primary School shows that language teaching at primary level can be both effective and enjoyable — no matter what language the pupils have as their first, and no matter what level the teacher has reached in their own language learning.
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Flyte
Жанр: Bloomsbury Publishing Страниц: 521 Дата загрузки: 26 марта 20092003-10-30
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The Magykal bestselling series relaunched with a fabulous new jacket design across the series. Enter the world of Septimus Heap, Wizard Apprentice. Magyk is his destiny. It's been a year since septimus heap discovered his real family and true calling to be a wizard. As Apprentice to Extra Ordinary Wizard Marcia Overstrand, he is learning the fine arts of Conjurations, Charms, and other Magyk, while Jenna is adapting to life as the Princess and enjoying the freedom of the Castle. But there is something sinister at work. Marcia is constantly trailed by a menacing Darke Shadow, and Septimus's brother Simon seems bent on a revenge no one understands. Why is the Darke Magyk still lingering? Bringing fantasy to new heights, Angie Sage continues the journey of Septimus Heap with her trademark humor and all of the clever details readers have come to love.
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Academic Vocabulary in Learner Writing: From Extraction to Analysis
Автор: Paquot Magali Жанр: Bloomsbury Publishing Год: 2012 Страниц: 256 Дата загрузки: 28 марта 20152015-09-10
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Academic vocabulary is in fashion, as witnessed by the increasing number of books published on the topic. In the first part of this book, Magali Paquot scrutinizes the concept of 'academic vocabulary' and proposes a corpus-driven procedure based on the criteria of keyness, range and evenness of distribution to select academic words that could be part of a common-core academic vocabulary syllabus. In the second part, the author offers a thorough analysis of academic vocabulary in the International Corpus of Learner English (ICLE) and describes the factors that account for learners' difficulties in academic writing. She then focuses on the role of corpora, and more particularly, learner corpora, in EAP material design. It is the first monograph in which Granger's (1996) Contrastive Interlanguage Analysis is used to compare 10 ICLE learner sub-corpora, in order to distinguish between linguistic features that are shared by learners from a wide range of mother tongue backgrounds and unique features that may be transfer-related.
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