\'A masterpiece of poignant brilliance . . . heartbreaking\' Guardian Charlie Gordon, a floor sweeper born with an unusually low IQ, has been chosen as the perfect subject for an experimental surgery that doctors hope will increase his intelligence - a procedure that has been highly successful when tested on a lab mouse named Algernon. All Charlie wants is to be smart and have friends, but the treatement

With New Snapshot you can: * Capture Students\' interest and imagination though real characters and language, and up-to-the-minute teenage topics * Bring language to life * Widen students\' experience of international culture through new culture pages, new projects and a new teenage lifestyles video. * Provide extra support with the unique Language Booster a Workbook and Grammar builder in one, now

No one loves and quarrels, desires and deceives as boldly or brilliantly as Greek gods and goddesses. In Stephen Fry\'s vivid retelling we gaze in wonder as wise Athena is born from the cracking open of the great head of Zeus and follow doomed Persephone into the dark and lonely realm of the Underworld. We shiver when Pandora opens her jar of evil torments and watch with joy as the legendary love affair

Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

A warmly humane look at universal questions of belonging, infused with humour, from the bestselling author of Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe.Sal used to know his place with his adoptive gay father, their loving Mexican American family, and his best friend, Samantha. But it\'s senior year, and suddenly Sal is throwing punches, questioning everything, and realizing he no longer

One of the best-loved fairy tales. Beauty goes to the Beast\'s castle in order to save her father\'s life and help her family. The Beast is kind to her, but when he asks her to marry him, she can\'t bring herself to say yes. Then Beauty returns home and dreams that the Beast is dying. Can she save him? The Usborne English Readers series is a new range of graded readers in simplified English for younger

Persuasion

Soon to be an HBO series, book four in the New York Times bestselling Neapolitan quartet about two friends in post-war Italy is a rich, intense, and generous-hearted epic by one of today\'s most beloved and acclaimed writers, Elena Ferrante, \"one of the great novelists of our time.\" (Roxana Robinson, The New York Times) Here is the dazzling saga of two women, the brilliant, bookish Elena and the

Star Wars(TM) Rogue One Ultimate Sticker Encyclopedia is a fact-packed new sticker book with more than 1,000 fantastic stickers and informative, reference-based captions. Combining fun and informative captions with a range of innovative and engrossing sticker activities, the Star Wars Rogue One Ultimate Sticker Encyclopedia is a must-have for all Star Wars movie fans. It showcases a full range of exciting

Book 1 of a new series featuring After worldwide fan-favorite Landon Gibson as he leaves Washington to navigate love and life in New York City. At the end of the After Ever Happy, Landon got married but readers everywhere have been wondering who will get to call the nicest boy in the After series their forever love? Read it and find out! I\'m so excited for everyone to get to know Landon Gibson. Whether

E könyvecske 1934-ben jelent meg először. Jelen kiadvány ennek átdolgozott kiadása. A könyv eredetileg a magyar konyha iránt érdeklődő külföldi szakácsok és háziasszonyok részére íródott, s így lehetséges, hogy a mai hazai Olvasók számára talán csalódást okoz majd. De a külföldre szakadt hazánkfiainak a legegyszerűbb ételek leírása is lényeges, és az éppen főzni tanuló honleányok részére is nélkülözhetetlen.

This book reflects on the changing role of the judiciary in Central Europe. From among the many problems associated with the position of courts in contemporary states, the authors focus on various questions of how the courts’ decision-making can reinforce the overall coherence of the law, rather than contribute to its fragmentation. These questions are as follows, for example: What role can be played

Extensive reading improves fluency and there is a real need in the ELT classroom for motivating graded material that will encourage students to read. Sherlock Holmes is the world\'s most famous detective and students will love this modern adaptation of Conan Doyle\'s much-loved stry. Based on the award-winning TV series Sherlock.

\"Érdekel-e majd valakit, hol fekszik földi életének néhány maradványa, romló csontjai, foszló papi ruhája? Vagy talán tűz emészti meg egykor azokat a sorokat, amiket örök emlékezet okáért jegyzett a Matricula zizegő, vastag árkusaira? Tétetett azért örök emlékezetre legelsőben is az Istennek Templomárul és Szent Tiszteletinek Házárul tennünk emlékezetet: hogy jövendő időkben még fiaink is emlékezzenek

\"A \"politika\" szót kötetünk címében akár idézőjelbe is tehetnénk. Mert hát összesen két olyan asszony életpályája kerül elő, akik a szó szoros értelmében vett \"politikusok\" voltak: a keresztényszocialista Slachta Margit, illetve a szociáldemokrata Kéthly Anna - mindketten országgyűlési képviselők, a maguk idejében nőként egyetlenek a törvényhozásban. Ám a politika, a történelmi helyzet forgandósága

Make to Know: From Spaces of Uncertainty to Creative Discovery will change the way you think about creativity. The book upends popular notions of innate artistic and visionary genius and probes instead the event of discovery that happens through the act of making. In contrast to the classic tale of Michelangelo, who \'saw the angel in the stone\', the artists and designers Buchman interviews for this

Violet has always been in the shadow of her mesmerising, controlling brother Will - by turns delightful and terrifying. Now that Will has learned a shocking secret about his own past, things seem to be getting worse. Violet retreats further into her fantasy world built around the fairy characters created by her favourite author, Casper Dream. The arrival of Jasmine, a new girl at school who immediately

In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement. In Hot Money Naomi Klein lays out the evidence that deregulated capitalism is waging war on the climate, and shows that, in order to stop the damage, we must change everything we think about how our world is run. Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As life on Earth has become irrevocably altered by humans,

When was the last time you listened to someone, or someone really listened to you? This life-changing book will transform your conversations forever. At work, we\'re taught to lead the conversation. On social media, we shape our personal narratives. At parties, we talk over one another. So do our politicians. We\'re not listening. And no one is listening to us. Now more than ever, we need to listen