В книгу включены избранные рассказы знаменитого английского писателя Редьярда Киплинга, наиболее полно отражающие жанрово-стилевое разнообразие его творчества. Рассказы Киплинга отличают необычные сюжеты, полнокровные характеры. В них повествуется о простых английских солдатах и моряках и о выжывании в лондонских трущобах, о смотрителях маяков и о тихих уголках провинциальной Англии. Книга снабжена лингвострановедческим и лексико-грамматическим комментарием

The New Microfinance Handbook takes a market systems approach to financial inclusion, oriented by client needs. Framing the book with the client as the central element recognizes the emerging awareness that financial needs of the poor are many and are provided by multiple market players beyond the scope of any single institutional form

This book informs about the oldest learned society in the United States of America; it promotes useful knowledge in the sciences and humanities

На улице встретились двое - Баби и Стэп. Они из разных миров, но они полюбили друг друга...

This book is an easy-to-use process that helps you capture your vision and translate it into concrete results. Jim has truly streamlined a tiresome, complicated chore. With a return to simple values simple truths, planning can be fun and creative

The goal of this book is simply to increase your confidence as a trainer. It will add to your professional competence in selecting, designing, and adapting a variety of proven training methods to your approach. Study them, try them out, and evaluate their effectiveness. Just as a good chef adds unique ingredients (and experience) to a recipe, you will add to these methods the unique insights of your own approach to training

The Basic Oxford Picture Dictionary contains 1,200 essential words under 12 topics and addresses the immediate language needs of beginners. Presents 1,200 essential words and phrases. Full-color illustrations present clearly labeled vocabulary words in large, easy-to-read type. Easy exercises on every page give immediate practice with the new vocabulary. It provides a rich, clear visual presentation of the key vocabulary in meaningful contexts. This language is essential for the development of basic communication survival skills

This book begins with a series of practical activities to familiarize learners (and teachers too perhaps!) with the way the Internet works. It moves on to activities involving communication via email. The third section offers activities to do with retrieving information from the Internet. Finally, there are activities designed to help learners build their own websites. The activities are clearly described and user-friendly, and will go a long way towards dispelling the misgivings many teachers feel about computers and the Internet as a resource

Один из самых известных физиков-теоретиков нашего времени Стивен Хокинг - автор этой блестяще иллюстрированной научно-популярной книги о происхождении Вселенной и природе пространства и времени

From choosing the right investor to selecting the typeface, The One-Page Proposal is the one tool you need to propel your business idea to the top of any investor's to-do list. In a world where decisions are made between two rings of a cell phone, this is what a successful business proposal must be. Step by step, the author outlines how to create the perfect attention-grabbing pitch, offering dozens of strategies to help organize your research, focus your message, eliminate unnecessary language, and anticipate potential reservations