The world according to David Ives is a very add place, and his plays constitute a virtual stress test of the English language -- and of the audience's capacity for disorientation and delight. Ives's characters plunge into black holes called "Philadelphias," where the simplest desires are hilariously thwarted. Chimps named Milton, Swift, and Kafka are locked in a room and made to re-create Hamlet. And a con man peddles courses in a dubious language in which "hello" translates as "velcro" and "fraud" comes out as "freud"

In this follow-up to the bestselling Never Shower in a Thunderstorm, New York Times columnist Anahad O’Connor uncovers the truth behind a hundred more old wives’ tales and conventional-wisdom cures. O’Connor investigates nagging questions of domestic safety, such as whether you can get radiation poisoning from standing too close to a microwave. (You’ll actually be exposed to more watts from your cell phone.) He unearths astounding first-aid “MacGyverisms,” such as the attempts by Vietnam War battlefield medics and professional sports stars to seal wounds with super glue

No insider is better suited to set you on the right track than Chioma Isiadinso, a former Harvard Business School MBA Admissions Board Member and the founder of Expartus, an admissions consulting firm specializing in helping candidates get into the top MBA programs. The Best Business Schools

Organizational psychology

The perfect book for students considering a career in engineering! Is There An Engineer Inside You? provides a detailed description of the engineering profession and many engineering specialties

Inside this book you will find entries on the lives of African and African-American Nobel Laureates, memebers of the U.S.Congressional Black Caucus, and black achievers in every field - arts and letters, sports and entertainment, civil rights, politics, business, science, and religion

In this collection of engaging and entertaining mini-comic books, students share in the adventures of time traveler Scooter McGinty as he celebrates Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims, rides through Lexington with Paul Revere, joins Lewis & Clark`s Corps of Discovery, supports women`s rights, and more. Includes background notes and teaching ideas

This book is about a histoty of the Soviet Union

This book is about youth gangs in American society and social process of delinquency and drug use among urban gangs

В хрестоматию включены отрывки из произведений английской литературы XIX в.