Автор: Crystal David Название: Story of English in 100 Words ISBN: 1846684285 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781846684289 Издательство: Profile Рейтинг: Цена: от 1171.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть
Описание: Featuring Latinate and Celtic words, weasel words and nonce-words, ancient word (`loaf`) to advanced (`twittersphere`) and spanning the indispensable words that shape our tongue (`and`, `what`) to the more fanciful (`fopdoodle`), the author takes us along the winding byways of language via the rude, the obscure and the downright surprising.
Автор: Segal, Erich Название: Oxford Bookworms Library: Stage 3: Love Story ISBN: 019479122X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780194791229 Издательство: Oxford University Press Рейтинг: Цена: 2589.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Word count 8,755 CD: American English Bestseller
Автор: Vicary, Tim Название: Oxford Bookworms Library: Stage 3: The Brontë Story ISBN: 0194791092 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780194791090 Издательство: Oxford University Press Рейтинг: Цена: от 871.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть
Описание: Word count 10,600
Автор: Waring R. Название: The Story of the Hula ISBN: 1424010535 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781424010530 Издательство: National Geographic ELT Рейтинг: Цена: 234.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: Long ago, people in Hawaii, performed a special dance called the `hula`. Then, for more than 60 years, the dance was not allowed. Finally, after many years, a new king returned the hula to the people. Why was the hula not allowed? What is special about the hula?
The American economy is strong in large part because nobody believes that America would ever default on its debt. Yet in 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt did just that when, in a bid to pull the country out of depression and get people back to work, he depreciated the U.S. dollar in relation to gold and annulled debt contracts retroactively. American Default is the story of this forgotten chapter in America's history.
Sebastian Edwards provides a masterful account of the economic and legal drama that embroiled a nation already reeling from global financial collapse. It began on April 5, 1933, when FDR ordered Americans to sell all their gold holdings to the government. This was followed by the removal of the country from the gold standard, the unilateral and retroactive rewriting of contracts, and the devaluation of the dollar. Anyone who held public and private debt suddenly saw its value reduced by nearly half, and debtors--including the U.S. government--suddenly owed their creditors far less. Revaluing the dollar imposed a hefty loss on investors and savers, many of them middle-class American families. The banks fought back, and a bitter battle for gold ensued. In early 1935, the case went to the Supreme Court. Edwards describes FDR's rancorous clashes with conservative Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, a confrontation that threatened to finish the New Deal for good--and that led to FDR's attempt to pack the court in 1937.
At a time when several major economies are on the brink of default or devaluing or recalling currencies, American Default is a timely account of a little-known yet drastic experiment with these policies, the inevitable backlash, and the ultimate result.
In reaction to the changes imposed on public schools across the country in the name of "education reform," the Chicago Teachers Union redefined its traditional role and waged a multidimensional fight that produced a community-wide school strike and transformed the scope of collective bargaining into arenas that few labor relations experts thought possible. Using interviews, first-person accounts, participant observation, union documents, and media reports, Steven K. Ashby and Robert Bruno tell the story of the 2012 strike that shut down the Chicago school system for seven days.A Fight for the Soul of Public Education takes into account two overlapping, parallel, and equally important stories. One is a grassroots story of worker activism told from the perspective of rank-and-file union members and their community supporters. Ashby and Bruno provide a detailed account of how the strike became an international cause when other teachers unions had largely surrendered to corporate-driven education reform. The second story describes the role of state and national politics in imposing educational governance changes on public schools and draconian limitations on union bargaining rights. It includes a detailed account of the actual bargaining process revealing the mundane and the transcendental strategies of both school board and union representatives.
Автор: Domagalski John J. Название: Into the Dark Water: The Story of Three Officers and Pt-109 ISBN: 1612007120 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781612007120 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2374.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Made famous by her final commanding officer, John F. Kennedy, PT-109 is one of the most celebrated warships in American history. However, a full chronicle of PT-109`s wartime story has heretofore been lacking.
Автор: Michael Rabiger Название: Developing Story Ideas ISBN: 0240807367 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780240807362 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 2448.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Offers writers a spectrum of resources and a structure of writing practice. This title shows you how to observe situations, acts, and themes-and use these observations as the basis for storytelling. It includes exercises and projects that help you draw an artistic self-profile to summarize what you need to investigate in your creative work.
Автор: Morgan Barbara, Perez Maya Название: On Story—screenwriters and Filmmakers on Their Iconic Films ISBN: 1477310908 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781477310908 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 2502.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание:
“On Story is film school in a box, a lifetime’s worth of filmmaking knowledge squeezed into half-hour packages.” —Kenneth Turan, film critic for the Los Angeles Times
Austin Film Festival (AFF) is the first organization focused on the writer’s creative contribution to film. Its annual Film Festival and Conference offers screenings, panels, workshops, and roundtable discussions that help new writers and filmmakers connect with mentors and gain advice and insight from masters, as well as refreshing veterans with new ideas. To extend the festival’s reach, AFF produces On Story, a television series currently airing on PBS-affiliated stations and streaming online that presents footage of high-caliber artists talking candidly and provocatively about the art and craft of screenwriting and filmmaking, often using examples from their own films.
On Story—Screenwriters and Filmmakers on Their Iconic Films presents renowned, award-winning screenwriters and filmmakers discussing their careers and the stories behind the production of their iconic films such as L.A. Confidential, Thelma & Louise, Groundhog Day, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Silence of the Lambs, In the Name of the Father, Apollo 13, and more. In their own lively words transcribed from interviews and panel discussions, Ron Howard, Callie Khouri, Jonathan Demme, Ted Tally, Jenny Lumet, Harold Ramis, and others talk about creating stories that resonate with one’s life experiences or topical social issues, as well as how to create appealing characters and bring them to life. Their insights, production tales, and fresh, practical, and proven advice make this book ideal for film lovers, screenwriting students, and filmmakers and screenwriters seeking inspiration.
Описание: For fifty years after Dr Watson's death, a packet of papers, written by the doctor himself, lay hidden in a locked box. The papers contained an extraordinary report of the case of Jack the Ripper and the horrible murders in the East End of London in 1888. The detective, of course, was the great Sherlock Holmes - but why was the report kept hidden for so long? This is the story that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle never wrote. It is a strange and frightening tale . . .
Автор: Adrian Hunter Название: The Cambridge Introduction to the Short Story in English ISBN: 052168112X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521681124 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 3802.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In this volume, Hunter examines the development of the short story in Britain and other English-language literatures, providing a chronological survey of the form, usefully grouping writers to show the development of the genre over time.
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