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Collins Cobuild Key Words for IELTS: Book 3 Advanced: Foundation Level Bk: 3
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers Год: 2011 Страниц: 384 Дата загрузки: 15 октрября 20142014-04-24
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The Collins COBUILD Key Words for IELTS series is a brand-new range of three graded books which contain the essential vocabulary students need to succeed in the IELTS exam. These books have been specially created for foreign learners of English who plan to take the IELTS exam to demonstrate that they have the required ability to communicate effectively in English, either at work or at university. Collins COBUILD Key Words for IELTS: Book 3 Advanced is the final book, and builds on Key Words for IELTS: Book 2 Improver to deliver the essential vocabulary students need to succeed in the IELTS exam. Book 3 Advanced covers the harder vocabulary that may appear in the exam, and that students may need to master to achieve the scores required by the top universities and employers. These vocabulary books are unique in that the vocabulary items are organized alphabetically, in a dictionary style, and words are clearly labelled according to topic. Hundreds of vocabulary-building features, synonyms, phrases and collocations help students to enrich their vocabulary and increase their accuracy and fluency. Key words from the Academic Word List are also covered. To help students consolidate what they have learnt, the title also includes a thematic vword list section, organized according to topics that frequently appear in the IELTS exams. Vocabulary items are explained using simple language and are presented in a clear and easy-to-use format, which makes the Collins COBUILD Key Words for IELTS series ideal for students who are preparing for IELTS. Students can feel confident that the Collins COBUILD Key Words for IELTS series will fully prepare them for the exam and help them achieve the score they are aiming for.
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The Prince
Автор: Niccolo Machiavelli Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers Год: 2011 Страниц: 160 Дата загрузки: 26 февраля 20132014-04-07
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HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'We have declared before that it is not only expedient but necessary for a prince to take care his foundations be good, otherwise his fabric will be sure to fail'. Considered one of the first works of modern philosophy, Machiavelli's The Prince is an intense study on the nature of power and the course it should take when ruling a country and expresses the author's strong and unyielding ideals and beliefs on using force rather than law to achieve your aims. Responsible for the widely-used phrase 'Machiavellian', with all of its negative connotations, his extreme treatise remains a classic text to this day.
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Fab: An Intimate Life of Paul McCartney
Автор: Howard Sounes Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers Год: 2011 Страниц: 656 Дата загрузки: 25 мая 20142014-02-24
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The living embodiment of The Beatles and a musical juggernaut without parallel, Paul McCartney is undoubtedly the patriarch of pop. In this authoritative biography, acclaimed author and journalist Howard Sounes creates the most accurate and extensive profile of McCartney ever built, leaving no stone unturned, and no shadow unexplored. He is the torch-bearer of the Beatles — the greatest band in pop — and one of the most closely studied stars in show business. But surprises and secrets still linger in the life of Sir Paul McCartney. In FAB, his full story is told for the first time. Acclaimed author Howard Sounes spent more than two years investigating every aspect of Sir Paul's life and work, including interviewing over 200 people. The result is the richest and more comprehensive biography of McCartney ever written. Uniquely, FAB pays equal attention to the story of Paul McCartney both in the Beatles and post-Beatles, creating a unique narrative spanning the arc of the artist's life. FAB culminates in the sensational human story of Sir Paul's calamitous marriage to Heather Mills, which is fully revealed for the first time. Sounes proves a judicious critic of the music of an iconic star while also delivering a superb psychological portrait of the man.
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The Giver
Автор: Lois Lowry Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers Год: 2008 Страниц: 240 Дата загрузки: 22 марта 20112011-02-19
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t's a perfect world, where everything looks right. But ugly truths lie beneath the surface! It is the future. There is no war, no hunger, no pain. No one in The Community wants for anything. Everyone is provided for. Each Family Unit is entitled to one female and male child. Each member of The Community has their profession carefully chosen for them by the Committee of Elders, and they never make a mistake. Jonas, a sensitive twelve-year-old boy, had never thought there was anything wrong with his Community, until one day. From the moment Jonas is selected as the Receiver of Memory at The Ceremony, his life is never the same. Jonas discovers that The Community is not as perfect as it seems. Although they appear to have everything, they are missing something of great importance. It is up to Jonas, with the help of the Giver, to find what long ago had been lost. And so Jonas embarks on an adventure to save the world as he knows it. Simply and beautifully written, The Giver is sure to touch the heart of every reader. Lois Lowry deals with issues of everyday life that are so often taken for granted.Through the noble character of Jonas, she presents a glimpse of what could be the future. As the tension in the novel mounts, so does the number of questions that Lowry confronts the reader with. The Giver is a book of courage and adventure, and most importantly, one of deep thought. Once readers make contact with Lowry's treasure, they may never see things exactly quite the same. Lowry presents a forceful novel that demands to be heard and philosophically dealt with.
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Robots and Empire
Автор: Isaac Asimov Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers Год: 1994 Страниц: 512 Дата загрузки: 13 февраля 20091999-08-14
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Isaac Asmiov's classic novel about the decline and fall of Solaria. Gladia Delmarre's homeworld, the Spacer planet Solaria, has been abandoned — by its human population. Countless robots remain there. And when traders from Settler worlds attempt to salvage them, the robots of Solaria turn to killing... in defiance of the Three Laws of Robotics. Pax Robotica Long ago, Gladia's robots Daneel and Giskard played a vital role in opening the worlds beyond the Solar system to Settlers from Earth. Now the conscience-stricken robots are faced with an even greater challenge. Either the sacred Three Laws of Robotics are in ruins — or a new, superior Law must be established to bring peace to the galaxy. With Madam Gladia and D.G. Baley — the captain of the Settler traders and a descendant of the robots' friend Elijah Baley — Daneel and Giskard travel to the robot stronghold of Solaria...where they uncover a sinister Spacer plot to destroy Earth itself.
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A Dance with Dragons: Book 5 of a Song of Ice and Fire
Автор: George R.R. Martin Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers Год: 2011 Страниц: 704 Дата загрузки: 16 декабря 20132013-10-11
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The long-awaited fifth volume in the hugely popular and highly acclaimed epic fantasy A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE The last of the Targaryons, Daenerys Stormborn, the Unburnt, has brought the young dragons in her care to their terrifying maturity. Now the war-torn landscape of the Seven Kingdoms is threatened by destruction as vast as in the violent past. Tyrion Lannister, a dwarf with half a nose and a scar from eye to chin, has slain his father and escaped the Red Keep in King's Landing to wage war from the Free Cities beyond the narrow sea. The last war fought with dragons was a cataclysm powerful enough to shatter the Valyrian peninsula into a smoking, demon-haunted ruin half drowned by the sea. A DANCE WITH DRAGONS brings to life dark magic, complex political intrigue and horrific bloodshed as events at the Wall and beyond the sea threaten the ancient land of Westeros.
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The Faith of Graffiti
Автор: Norman Mailer Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers Год: 2009 Страниц: 128 Дата загрузки: 21 августа 20112010-06-21
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The Faith is the bible of graffiti. It forever captures the place, the time, and the writings of those of us who made it happen. In 1973, author Norman Mailer teamed with photographer Jon Naar to produce The Faith of Graffiti, a fearless exploration of the birth of the street art movement in New York City. The book coupled Mailer's essay on the origins and importance of graffiti in modern urban culture with Naar's radiant, arresting photographs of the young graffiti writers' work. The result was a powerful, impressionistic account of artistic ferment on the streets of a troubled and changing city — and an iconic documentary record of a critical body of work now largely lost to history. This new edition of The Faith of Graffiti, the first in more than three decades, brings this vibrant work — the seminal document on the origins of street art — to contemporary readers. Photographer Jon Naar has enhanced the original with thirty-two pages of additional photographs that are new to this edition, along with an afterword in which he reflects on the project and the meaning it has taken on in the intervening decades. It stands now, as it did then, as a rich survey of a group of outsider artists and the body of work they created — and a provocative defense of a generation that questioned the bounds of authority over aesthetics.
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The Cartoon Guide to United States History
Автор: Larry Gonick Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers Год: 1991 Страниц: 416 Дата загрузки: 15 сентября 20091992-12-20
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This cartoon guide to US history begins in the English colonies and continues to the present day. The book presents such milestones in US history as the House of Burgesses, the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, the Civil War, the Great Depression, the labour and civil rights movements, American expansion and the Gulf War. Larry Gonick is the author of The Cartoon History of the Universe.
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Chicken Soup with Rice: A Book of Months
Автор: Maurice Sendak Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers Год: 1991 Страниц: 32 Дата загрузки: 14 июля 20091992-12-13
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Each month is gay, each season nice, when eating chicken soup with rice.
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Clubhouse Christmas
Автор: Susan Amerikaner Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers Год: 2008 Страниц: 12 Дата загрузки: 14 августа 20102011-09-17
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Ho, Ho, Ho Merry Christmas Join Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald, Daisy, and Pluto as they deck the halls in preparation for their favorite holiday. The Clubhouse pals and Toodles need to make sure that each tree is trimmed, each sprig of mistletoe is hung, each twinkling light is just right before the big day arrives. With this new Clubhouse-shaped novelty format, preschoolers will have great fun joining in the countdown to Christmas. The premiere of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse delivered the highest ratings ever for a Playhouse Disney series premiere among Kids 2-5, Girls 2-5, Households, and Total Viewers. It also premiered at #1 among all basic cable networks in its time period for Kids 2-5.Mickey Mouse Clubhouse shows no signs of slowing down. It is the number one show among preschoolers.
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Days With Frog and Toad
Автор: Arnold Lobel Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers Год: 1984 Дата загрузки: 7 декабря 20091985-12-07
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Frog and Toad enjoy each other's company as they spend their days together, but sometimes they find that it is nice just to be alone.
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The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia
Автор: Esther Rudomin Hautzig Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers Год: 1995 Дата загрузки: 7 декабря 20091996-12-07
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The author describes her experiences during World War II when she and her family were arrested by the Russians and sent to work in the Siberian gypsum mines.
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Harold and the Purple Crayon
Автор: Crockett Johnson Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers Год: 1981 Страниц: 62 Дата загрузки: 21 октрября 20091984-02-23
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One evening Harold decided to go for a walk in the moonlight. But there wasn't any moon, and Harold needed a moon for a walk in the moonlight. Fortunately, he had brought his purple crayon. So he drew a moon. He also needed something to walk on. So he drew a path... And thus begins one of the most imaginative and enchanting adventures in all of children's books. The creative concept behind this beloved story has intrigued children and kept them absorbed for generations, as page by page unfolds the dramatic and clever adventures of Harold and his purple crayon.
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Ireland
Автор: Frank Delaney Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers Год: 2008 Страниц: 559 Дата загрузки: 22 сентября 20132010-05-22
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In the winter of 1951, a storyteller, the last practitioner of an honored, centuries-old tradition, arrives at the home of nine-year-old Ronan O'Mara in the Irish countryside. For three wonderful evenings, the old gentleman enthralls his assembled local audience with narratives of foolish kings, fabled saints, and Ireland's enduring accomplishments before moving on. But these nights change young Ronan forever, setting him on a years-long pursuit of the elusive, itinerant storyteller and the glorious tales that are no less than the saga of his tenacious and extraordinary isle.
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The Lost Beatles Photographs: The Bob Bonis Archive, 1964-1966
Автор: Larry Marrion Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers Год: 2011 Страниц: 192 Дата загрузки: 15 июня 20132015-03-16
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These behind-the-scenes, intimate, and unguarded shots have been unearthed after spending 45 years in a duffel bag of The Beatles and Rolling Stones' former tour manager, Bob Bonis. Bonis was the US tour manager for The Beatles' first tour in the States from 1964-1966. Hanging out on stage, backstage, at work, and at play with one of the most influential bands ever, Bonis took some 3,500 photographs at a critical point in the creative development of The Beatles. The photos show these legends in candid, intimate shots on stage, in rehearsal, in concert, backstage (tuning up, waiting to go on stage and clowning around), dressing and relaxing, on vacations or en route to shows or cities, getting haircuts, bowling, recording in the studio, at press events, and just hanging around being themselves. This collection captured a pivotal time in the bands' career. It offers a groundbreaking, amazingly candid look at some of the 20th century's biggest icons during their first moments on the world stage.
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Mouse Soup
Автор: Arnold Lobel Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers Год: 1983 Страниц: 63 Дата загрузки: 25 июня 20091985-07-24
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When a mouse learns that he is to be the main ingredient in the weasel's mouse soup he concocts four tales to delay its preparation.
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Mouse Tales
Автор: Arnold Lobel Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers Год: 1978 Страниц: 64 Дата загрузки: 28 марта 20091982-03-26
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As seven little mice are tucked up in bed, their father tells them seven stories — one mouse tale for each young mouse. There are stories about little boats, wishing wells, long journeys, and a very dirty mouse who floods the town when he takes a bath.
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My Appetite for Destruction: Sex and Drugs and Guns N' Roses
Автор: Steven Adler Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers Год: 2011 Страниц: 286 Дата загрузки: 12 мая 20142013-07-21
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No secret is too dark. No revelation too sick. But you must have the appetite for it. After forty years, twenty-eight ODs, three botched suicides, two heart attacks, a couple of jail stints, and a debilitating stroke, Steven Adler, the most self-destructive rock star ever, is ready to share the shattering untold truth in My Appetite for Destruction. When Adler was eleven years old he told his two closest friends he was going to be a rock star in the world's greatest band. Along with four uniquely talented — but very complicated and demanding — musicians, Adler helped form Guns N' Roses. They rose from the streets — primal rockers who obliterated glam rock and its big hair to resurrect rock's truer blues roots. They were relentless rock stars, onstage and off, taking sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll to obscene levels of reckless abandon. By the late 1980s, GNR was the biggest rock band in the world, demanding headlines, awards, and sold-out shows, with one of the greatest rock albums of all time: Appetite for Destruction. But there was a price to pay. For Adler, it was his health and his sanity, culminating in a brutal banishment by his once-beloved musical brothers. Adler digs deep, revealing the last secrets, not only his own but GNR's as well: Slash's betrayal, Axl's unpredictable temper, and Duff's revenge. He bares it all with this shocking fuck-the-fates exposE that charts his meteoric rise and devastating collapse. Adler was humiliated and disgraced when Axl Rose kicked him out of GNR in front of an MTV audience of millions. Adler plunged into the dark side, spending most of the next twenty years in a drug-fueled hell. But he finally beat his epic addiction to crack and heroin under the care of Dr. Drew Pinsky. With Adler's newfound clarity comes a fierce determination to tell it all. Revelatory, heartbreaking, hilarious, and ultimately inspirational, you will never read anything more jaw-droppingly honest than My Appetite for Destruction.
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Outside, over There
Автор: Maurice Sendak Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers Год: 1989 Страниц: 40 Дата загрузки: 14 августа 20091991-07-24
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With Papa off to sea and Mama despondent, Ida must go outside over there to rescue her baby sister from goblins who steal her to be a goblin's bride.
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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Автор: Rudyard Kipling Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers Год: 2004 Страниц: 48 Дата загрузки: 24 августа 20092006-10-11
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Rikk-tikk-tikki-tikki-tchk A classic story from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, adapted and illustrated by award-winning artist Jerry Pinkney, this is the tale of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, a fearless young mongoose. Soon after a flood washes Rikki into the garden of an English family, he comes face-to-face with Nag and Nagaina, two giant cobras. The snakes are willing to attack Rikki, and even the human family who lives there, to claim the garden and house for themselves. But they do not count on the heart and pride of the brave little mongoose.
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