Katherine Mansfield is widely regarded as a writer who helped create the modern short story. Born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1888, she came to London in 1903 to attend Queen's College and returned permanently in 1908. her first book of stories, 'In a German Pension', appeared in 1911, and she went on to write and publish an extraordinary body of work. This edition of The...

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With this intensely moving short novel, Edith Wharton set out ‘to draw life as it really was’ in the lonely villages and desolate farms of the harsh New England mountains. Through the eyes of a visitor from the city, trapped for a winter in snowbound Starkfield, readers glimpse the hidden histories of this austere and beautiful land. Piecing together the story of monosyllabic Ethan Frome,...

One of the great classics of western literature, Les Misérables is a magisterial work which is rich in both character portrayal and meticulous historical description. Characters such as the absurdly criminalised Valjean, the street urchin Gavroche, the rascal Thenardier, the implacable detective Javert, and the pitiful figure of the prostitute Fantine and her daughter Cosette, have entered...

What does persuasion mean - a firm belief, or the action of persuading someone to think something else? Anne Elliot is one of Austen's quietest heroines, but also one of the strongest and the most open to change. She lives at the time of the Napoleonic wars, a time of accident, adventure, the making of new fortunes and alliances. A woman of no importance, she manoeuvres in her restricted...

Primary Readers obejmują książeczki z serii Storytime i Christmas-time. Lektury te są przeznaczone dla dzieci w wieku 9-12 lat, uczących się w klasach IV-VI szkoły podstawowej lub na kursach językowych. Dostępne na trzech poziomach – niebieskim, czerwonym i zielonym, mogą służyć jako uzupełnienie każdego kursu języka angielskiego. Pięknie ilustrowane książeczki motywują dzieci do...

Czy można na 80 stronach albumu fotograficznego dokonać prezentacji 38-milionowego kraju bogatego w zabytki swojej tysiącletniej historii, geograficznie i przyrodniczo zróżnicowanego, z dostępem do morza, mającego góry, obfitującego w jeziora i duże kompleksy leśne, z licznymi ośrodkami przemysłowymi i tradycyjną jeszcze wsią? Autorzy albumu podjęli się tego zadania, przedstawiając to, co w...

The first of three notebooks belonging to Barry Loser perfect for reluctant readers, this silly series will be enjoyed by fans of "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" "I've never minded that my name's Barry Loser because my coolness has always cancelled it out, but ever since Darren Darrenofski joined school with his horrible little crocodile face he's been completely ruining my life about...

This striking and innovative collection of jazz covers presents the designs that defined a sound. Containing record covers from the 1940s through to the early 1990s, each reproduction is accompanied with essential background information. Spanning photographic and illustrative works, these album artworks are a marriage of music and design and a remarkable history of jazz.

Przygotowany z okazji kanonizacji Jana Pawła II, pierwszy modlitewnik, w którym zamieszczono modlitwy za wstawiennictwem nowego Świętego. Modlitewnik wstępem opatrzył kard. Stanisław Dziwisz. Do ich napisania zaproszono wiele znakomitych osobistości, m.in.: ks bpa Grzegorza Rysia, ks. bpa Józefa Zawitkowskiego, ks. Henryka Romanika, ks. Leszka Smolińskiego i innych. W modlitewniku znalazły...

Jean... Qu est-ce que tu dirais si j avais fait quelque chose de grave ? » J avoue que cette question ne m avait pas alarmé. Peut-etre a cause du ton détaché qu elle avait pris, comme on cite les paroles d une chanson ou les vers d un poeme. Et a cause de ce : « Jean... Qu est-ce que tu dirais... » c était justement un vers qui m était revenu a la mémoire : « ... Dis, Blaise, sommes-nous bien...

Anatomy texts just don’t get any better than Gray's Anatomy for Students! Now in its 3rd edition, this completely revised medical textbook continues its focus on just the core information you need for your anatomy courses, presenting everything in an easy-to-read, visually appealing format that facilitates study. Key Features Obtain reliable, accessible coverage...

Szósty tom serii „From Queen Anne to Queen Victoria” zawiera artykuły dotyczące kwestii związanych ze sztukami wizualnymi i muzyką, religią, problematyką gender oraz zagadnieniami społeczno-politycznymi, pojawiających się w Wielkiej Brytanii w XVIII i XIX w. Autorzy podejmują nowe wątki w dyskusji lub kontynuują tematy poruszane w poprzednich tomach, często w szerszym kontekście naukowym,...

Don't just think deep, think wide. From pandemics to populism, AI to ISIS, wealth inequity to climate change, humanity faces unprecedented challenges that threaten our very existence. But how we see them affects how we respond and lets us uncover hidden options that expand our thinking. In this bold, optimistic book, the authors of the bestselling Big Data show how humans have a unique...

This book has been designed as a guide for foreigners studying in Poland. The preparation of such a book for this particular kind of recipient represents a much-needed and valuable initiative, as there are considered to be far too few publications of this kind. For this book offers in an understandable and digestible form basic information on the past and present of Poland, with particular...

In business, it’s not enough for people to like you, they need to love you! Learn how building loyalty and modeling great customer service behavior to develop frontline teams is the key to building raving fans. To thrive in today’s economy, it’s not enough for customers to merely like you. They have to love you. Win their hearts and they will not only purchase...

From Apple to Youtube, Google Play to Spotify, the music industry has seen monumental changes in past decades. Record labels have had to adapt to the demand for instantly accessible, low-cost music whilst coping with significant increases in music piracy. But what do these changes mean for aspiring and established artists? Donald Passman is one of the most trusted music...

Polska jest krajem dość jednolitym kulturowo, niemniej jednak zauważalny jest pewien regionalizm, odrębności w obyczajach ludzi, w budownictwie, w sztuce. W niniejszym albumie dokonano podziału na regiony: sielskie Mazowsze, pełne jezior Mazury i Podlasie, nadmorskie Pomorze, historyczna Wielkopolska i Kujawy, skomplikowany dziejowo Śląsk, bogata w zabytki Małopolska.

This book is about reading. Throughout the book, the author explains the complexity of the dual-language involvement of FL/L2 reading by showing how L1 and FL/L2 factors interplay in FL/L2 reading. The main aim of the book is to explore reading in English in the foreign/second language context as a cross-linguistic phenomenon and to present the results of a think-aloud study which...

Dive in to the cutting edge techniques of Linux KVM virtualization, and build the virtualization solutions your datacentre demandsKey Features* Become an expert in Linux virtualization* Migrate your virtualized datacenter to the cloud* Find out how to build a large scale virtualization solution that will transform your organizationBook DescriptionA robust datacenter is essential for any...