Bloomsbury Publishing

John le Carre: The Biography	Bloomsbury Publishing
Автор: Sisman Adam Издательство: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016	PDF, 672 страницы, 20.16 МБ 5 Оценка:
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.
2444 velik 13 декабря 2018	Скачать книгу

No Bed without Ted	Bloomsbury Publishing
Автор: Smee Nicola Издательство: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2007	PDF, 20 страниц, 0.60 МБ 8 Оценка:
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	Bloomsbury Publishing
Автор: Elise K. Tipton Издательство: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014	PDF, 224 страницы, 6.72 МБ 0 Оценка:
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.
814 allkonekt 12 сентября 2019	Скачать книгу

If Minds Had Toes	Bloomsbury Publishing
Автор: Eyre Lucy Издательство: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2008	PDF, 288 страниц, 8.64 МБ 7 Оценка:
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?
1043 vitalysev 13 октрября 2011	Скачать книгу

Madame Pamplemousse and the Enchanted Sweet Shop	Bloomsbury Publishing
Автор: Kingfisher Rupert Издательство: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2011	PDF, 176 страниц, 5.28 МБ 0 Оценка:
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...
638 kubinec12 12 апреля 2015	Скачать книгу

Long Shadows	Bloomsbury Publishing
Автор: Paris Erna Издательство: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2002	DOC, 512 страниц, 1.00 МБ 5 Оценка:
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.
1849 nniikk 15 мая 2009	Скачать книгу

Testing English: Formative and Summative Approaches to English Assessment	Bloomsbury Publishing
Издательство: Bloomsbury Publishing	DOC, 168 страниц, 1.00 МБ 7 Оценка:
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	Bloomsbury Publishing
Издательство: Bloomsbury Publishing	PDF, 240 страниц, 7.20 МБ 8 Оценка:
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.
866 admin 21 июня 2009	Скачать книгу

Flyte	Bloomsbury Publishing
Издательство: Bloomsbury Publishing	DjVu, 521 страниц, 20.84 МБ 7 Оценка:
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.
1881 butus 26 марта 2009	Скачать книгу

Academic Vocabulary in Learner Writing: From Extraction to Analysis	Bloomsbury Publishing
Автор: Paquot Magali Издательство: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2012	PDF, 256 страниц, 7.68 МБ 0 Оценка:
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.
929 lawyer_78rus 28 марта 2015	Скачать книгу

Sketching Interiors: From Traditional to Digital	Bloomsbury Publishing
Автор: Ding Suining Издательство: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2011	PDF, 320 страниц, 9.60 МБ 8 Оценка:
Sketching Interiors: From Traditional to Digital, highlights four basic drawing skills for interior sketching across three different media-pencil, ink, and marker. The in-depth approach to various elements of sketching, including details of perception, texture, negative space, elevation, contour, and the treatment of interior and exterior spaces, will help students perfect freehand and drawing skills. Throughout various exercises inspired by field studies, students will learn best practices for creating and presenting work for clients. Additionally, the book introduces the techniques of transforming hand drawings into sophisticated digital drawings using Photoshop, an invaluable resource for both new and seasoned designers.
1161 admin 19 февраля 2013	Скачать книгу

The Castle Corona	Bloomsbury Publishing
Автор: Creech Sharon Издательство: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2008	PDF, 320 страниц, 9.60 МБ 8 Оценка:
When a brother and sister find a missing pouch containing some princely treasure, their lives take an unexpected change of direction. The pouch belongs to the king and, as its finders, Pia and Enzo find themselves thrown into the life of the court. At first Pia and Enzo are in awe of this wonderful place, but they soon find that life there, with everyone's dreams and ambitions not always in tune with what others expect of them, is not so different to the lives the siblings are used to down in a small hut in the village. In this wonderful 'fairy tale' of a story, lives collide, mysteries unfold and people come to realise their dreams.
1159 admin 19 апреля 2012	Скачать книгу

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