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This highly successful program assists in the development of all the language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) by presenting…
realistic settings, situations, and contexts. It consists of 12 chapters and can be used in an intermediate or advanced Russian course. V Puti offers conversational exercises, various readings (biographies, poems, literature and historical texts) and grammatical explanations and practice. All of these components reinforce Russian culture and history which enable the students to understand the Russian language in context.
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General non-fiction, Writing
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This highly successful program assists in the development of all the language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) by presenting…
realistic settings, situations and contexts. It consists of 12 chapters and can be used in an intermediate or advanced Russian course. V Puti offers conversational exercises, various readings (biographies, poems, literature and historical texts) and grammatical explanations and practice. All of these components reinforce Russian culture and history which enable the students to understand the Russian language in context. V Puti: Student Activities Manual is an integral part of the V Puti course. The structure matches the main textbook and provides a wealth of exercises and activities, either for class-use or homework.
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Radioactive Sources: Applications and Alternative Technologies assesses the status of medical, research, sterilization, and other commercial applications of radioactive sources…
and alternative (nonradioisotopic) technologies in the United States and internationally. Focusing on Category 1, 2, and 3 sources, this report reviews the current state of these sources by application and reviews the current state of existing technologies on the market or under development that are or could be used to replace radioisotopic technologies in those applications. Radioactive Sources will support existing and future activities under the National Nuclear Security Administration Office of Radiological Security program to reduce the use of high-risk radiological materials in commercial applications.
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Medicine, Psychology
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This study explores the inner world of a rare human phenomenon—a man who was endowed with virtually limitless powers of…
memory. From his intimate knowledge of S., the mnemonist, gained from conversations and testing over a period of almost thirty years, A. R. Luria is able to reveal in rich detail not only the obvious strengths of S.’s astonishing memory but also his surprising weaknesses: his crippling inability to forget, his pattern of reacting passively to life, and his uniquely handicapped personality.
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Historical fiction, Multi-cultural fiction
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Shortlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize Winner of the 2018 Bolshaya Kniga Award Winner of the 2019 NOS Literature…
PrizeAn exciting contemporary Russian writer explores terra incognita: the still-living margins of history.With the death of her aunt, the narrator is left to sift through an apartment full of faded photographs, old postcards, letters, diaries, and heaps of souvenirs: a withered repository of a century of life in Russia. Carefully reassembled with calm, steady hands, these shards tell the story of how a seemingly ordinary Jewish family somehow managed to survive the myriad persecutions and repressions of the last century.In dialogue with writers like Roland Barthes, W. G. Sebald, Susan Sontag, and Osip Mandelstam, In Memory of Memory is imbued with rare intellectual curiosity and a wonderfully soft-spoken, poetic voice. Dipping into various forms—essay, fiction, memoir, travelogue, and historical documents—Stepanova assembles a vast panorama of ideas and personalities, offering an entirely new and bold exploration of cultural and personal memory.Praise for In Memory of Memory:"A luminous, rigorous, and mesmerizing interrogation of the relationship between personal history, family history, and capital-H History. I couldn't put it down; it felt sort of like watching a hypnotic YouTube unboxing-video of the gift-and-burden that is the twentieth century. In Memory of Memory has that trick of feeling both completely original and already classic, and I confidently expect this translation to bring Maria Stepanova a rabid American fan base on the order of the one she already enjoys in Russia." —Elif Batuman, author of The Idiot, finalist for the Pulizter Prize for Fiction"There is simply no book in contemporary Russian literature like In Memory of Memory. A microcosm all its own, it is an inimitable journey through a family history which, as the reader quickly realizes, becomes a much larger quest than yet another captivating family narrative. Why? Because it asks us if history can be examined at all, yes, but does so with incredible lyricism and fearlessness. Because Stepanova teaches us to find beauty where no one else sees it. Because Stepanova teaches us to show tenderness towards the tiny, awkward, missed details of our beautiful private lives. Because she shows us that in the end our hidden strangeness is what makes us human. This, I think, is what makes her a truly major European writer. I am especially grateful to Sasha Dugdale for her precise and flawless translation which makes this book such a joy to read in English. This is a voice to live with." —Ilya Kaminsky, author of Deaf Republic"Dazzling erudition and deep empathy come together in Maria Stepanova's profound engagement with the power and potential of memory, the mother of all muses. An exploration of the vast field between reminiscence and remembrance, In Memory of Memory is a poetic appraisal of the ways the stories of others are the fabric of our history." —Esther Kinsky, author of Grove"A book to plunge into. 'Everyone else's ancestors had taken part in history' writes Stepanova; building itself via accumulation, these chapters become an important testimony to the cultural and political lives of the people held beneath the surface of the tides of history" —Andrew McMillan, author of Playtime
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Adventure storiesTravel and geography
Когда обычный человек, любой из нас, вдруг оказывается на грани жизни и смерти, один, посреди непроходимых джунглей, он сможет выжить?…
Именно такая незамысловатая дилемма стоит перед героем нашей истории. Возвращаясь из отпуска, после заурядного сафари на джипах с фотоаппаратом в Намибии, он вдруг оказывается на грани выживания, после того, как их самолет был сбит какими-то повстанцами и упал в девственных джунглях Итури, в Республике Конго. Словом, наш герой нежданно-негаданно оказывается там, где дикая природа - отнюдь не единственный смертельный враг, и где просто выжить - далеко не единственная сверхзадача. Повествование, выдержанное в духе классической приключенческой литературы, переносит читателя из мира реального в мир, где всё пропитано тревогой и отчаянием главного героя от навалившихся на него несчастий. В этой книге естественным образом переплетаются между собой человеческие эмоции и нечеловеческое напряжение в борьбе за жизнь. По мере развития сюжета психологическая деградация героя гармонично вписывается в подробное описание окружающей его прир�
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Family and relationships, Humour
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Bir anne-baba çifti küçük kızlarının tuvalet eğitimi için önce ne yapacaklarını bilemezler ve sonunda bir plan yapmaları gereğini anlarlar. Bu…
plan esas olarak evde uygulanmak üzere hazırlanmıştır. Ancak tuvalet eğitimi planı başlar başlamaz yolculuğa çıkmaları gerekir. Ev yaşamı için hazırlanmış bu planı gezi yaşantısına göre uyarlarlar. Lokanta ve eğlence parklarını ziyaret ederken ve günün birinde onsuz bir yaşam düşüncesi ile hem mutluluk hem de buruk duyguları yaşatan bir yolculuk ortaya çıkar. Yaşam, sevgi ve çocuk büyütme ile ilgili kalbi okşayan ve iç açıcı bu komediyi her yaştaki anne ve babalar çok sevecekler. Kendinizi bir çok kez bu öykünün içinde bulacaksınız. Kısa Yıllar, bir hafta sonu gezmecesi içinde güzel bir şekilde süslenmiş, geleceğe yönelik zevkle okuyacağınız bir kitaptır.
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Ghost and horror stories, Science fiction
Kardeşini ruhundan bile çok sevmişti.Elena'nın kardeşi Ion bugün evine geri dönmüştür. Oysaki Boyar Ion'un boğazını kesmiş ve çorak topraklara gömmüştür.Annesi…
Ion'un kardeşi için gece tekrar geleceğini bilmektedir. Pederi, onun günahlarını bağışlaması için ikna edebilecek midir? Boyar Elena'yı, hayattayken günaha boğmuş kardeşinden korumayı kabul edecek midir? Peki Elena kardeşinden korunmayı istiyor mu?Orta Çağ dönemlerinde,Vampirler film yıldızlarından çok film zombileri gibiydiler.Vampirler iç dünyalarında varlıklarının sebeplerini düşünmezlerdi.Vampirler ruhları ele geçirmezlerdi.Vampirler sivri dişli liseli çocuklar gibi hareket etmezdi.Vampirler kızlarla çıkmazdı.Vampirler kana karşı arzularını kontrol edemezler, bunu için çaba harcamazlardı.Vampirler mezarlıklarda yaşarlardı.Güzel değil, çirkin görünürlerdi.Parıldamazlar, çirkin kokarlardı.Sadece uzun , yakışıklı ve ölümsüz olmuş "kötü çocuk"tan öte bir vampiri kabul ediyorsanız,Ölüden hiçbir şey beklemeyen, yaşayanın kanı için deliren bir vampir sizin için sorun değilse,Genç bir kızın, dünyada ona kibar davranan tek kişiye karşı tutkusuyla kan arzusunun birleşesi sizi cezbediyorsa, bu kitapta aradığınızı bulacaksınız.
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European history, Politics and government
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The Berlin Wall was erected in 1961 to end all traffic between the city’s two halves: the democratic west and…
the communist east. The iconic symbol of a divided Europe, the Wall became a focus of western political pressure on East Germany; as Ronald Reagan’s famously said in a 1987 speech in Berlin, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” But as award-winning historian Mary Sarotte shows in [Title TK] , the opening of the Wall on November 9, 1989 was not, as is commonly believed, the East German government’s deliberate concession to outside influence. It was an accident. A carelessly worded memo written by mid-level bureaucrats, a bumbling press conference given by an inept member of the East German Politburo, the negligence of government leaders, the bravery of ordinary people in East and West Berlin--these combined to bring about the end of nearly forty years of oppression, fear, and enmity in divided Berlin. When the news broke, Washington and Moscow could only stand by and watch as Tom Brokaw and other journalists narrated the televised broadcast of this critical moment in the thawing of the cold war. Sarotte opens her story in the months leading up to that fateful day. Following East German dissidents, she shows how their efforts coalesced around opposition to the regime’s restrictions on foreign travel. The city of Leipzig, close to the border with Czechoslovakia, became a hothouse of activism, and protests there quickly grew into massive demonstrations. The East German Politburo hoped to limit its citizens’ knowledge of these marches, but two daring dissidents, East Berliners Aram Radomski and Siegbert Schefke, managed to evade the Stasi and film the largest of them from a church tower. They then smuggled their tape to West Germany; broadcast in both nations, the footage galvanized activists across East Germany, and precipitated the stunning developments on November 9. Facing mounting pressure from its own citizens, the East German Politburo planned to put off enacting any meaningful change to its travel policy by issuing a deceptive ruling that would appear to offer more freedom, but which in fact would allow the state to maintain strict control over its citizen’s movements. But the bureaucrats tasked with preparing the "new” regulations misunderstood their task, and instead drafted a declaration that said East Germans could freely leave the country. This declaration ended up in the hands of regime spokesman Günter Schabowski, who announced the rules at a press conference without understanding their import. Stunned reporters were soon broadcasting the news around the world. Crowds of East Germans began streaming to the Wall, prompting a showdown with border guards, who received no support or direction from East German leadership as the throngs multiplied. By 11:30, Harald Jäger, a second-tier passport control officer, had had enough and finally opened the wall to the mob gathering outside his gate. Even though East German forces successfully regained control by the morning, it was too late--for the wall, for the regime, and for Communism in Eastern Europe. Drawing on evidence from archives in multiple countries and languages, along with dozens of interviews with key actors, including Harald Jäger, [Title TK] is the definitive account of the event that brought down the East German Politburo and came to represent the final collapse of the Cold War order.
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Şirin çizimlerle kaplı sevimli bir kitap olan Cimcik Yengeç ve Salyangoz Ramon'yun Maceraları, Ramon isminde kaybolmuş bir salyangoz bulan küçük…
bir yengecin hikayesini anlatıyor. Küçük bir kız ve bir martıyla arkadaş olup, dördü birlikte çalışarak, Ramon'u sağ salim evine götürmeye çalışıyorlar, beceremeyince de yaratıcılıklarını konuşturuyorlar. Takım çalışması, kaynakları düzgün kullanmak, başkalarına yardım etmek, kendimiz gibi olmayanlarla arkadaşlık kurmak ve yeni bir eve taşınmak gibi özellikle küçük çocukların zorlandığı durumlarda idare edebilmek önemlidir.Ebeveynlerin okul öncesi çocuklarına okumaları vey a daha büyük çocukların ebeveynlerine okumaları için harika!.
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General fiction, Romance
Саре чуть больше двадцати лет, когда у неё обнаружен рак. Болезнь, перевернув всю её жизнь, все же даёт возможность вступить…
в игру, продолжать строить планы, бороться и любить. Желание Сары прожить свою жизнь настолько велико, что даже отношения с врачом, Роберто, вырываются из больничных стен в «настоящую» жизнь, где любовь и страх переплетаются в вихре эмоций. А прошедшее время выражается госпитализациями, бесконечными анализами, слезами, улыбками, осознанием того, что болезнь не хочет уходить, физическим и душевным перерождение девушки, который пришлось слишком быстро стать женщиной.
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General fiction
Bu 12 Kısa öykü birçok çocuğun yaşadığı korkuları konu alıyor. Hikâyeler Ejderha Dan'e odaklı böylece siz ve çocuğunuz onun korkularını…
ve bunlarla nasıl başa çıktığını okuyabilirsiniz. Hikâyedeki ufak çocuk genelde korktuğunu, yanlış yaptığını kabul etmiyor bunun yerine ejderhayı suçluyor. Hikâyeleri bu bakış açısıyla yazdım çünkü bazen ebeveynler çocuklarının problemleriyle başa çıkmaları için yardım etmeye çalışsalarda, çocuklar durumla daha iç içeler ve sorunu mantıksal olarak belirleyip çözemiyorlar. Ejdarhanın problemindeki biraz tutarsız eylemler... Ufak çocukların problemin çözümüne odaklanmalarını sağlıyor. İçerik Tablosu : "Annem nerede?" Yeni Doğan erkek kardeş Arkadaşım Ejderha öfke nöbetleri geçiriyor Arkadaşım Ejderha karanlıktan korkuyor Arkadaşım Ejderhanın dağınık bir odası var "Benim hatam değildi!" Arkadaşım Ejderha kötü sözler söylüyor Arkadaşım Ejderha yemek ayrımı yapıyor! Arkadaşım Ejderha altına yapıyor Arkadaşım Ejderha çok utangaç Arkadaşım Ejderha Zorbayla tanışıyor Arkadaşım Ejderha kötü rüyalar görüyor Ebeveynlere Tavsiyeler
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Adventure stories, Mysteries and crime stories
Polis komiseri Vincent Germano'nun görünürdeki sakinliği, bir emeklinin intiharı ve olası bir suçlunun isminin belirtildiği isimsiz bir mektubun gelişiyle gölgelenecek ve komiser bu bulmacanın tüm parçalarını yerine koymaya uğraşacaktır.
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Adventure stories, Mysteries and crime stories
Книга из серии повестей о комиссаре Джермано. От сердечного приступа умирает бывший владелец похоронного бюро, в последние годы занимавшийся исключительно…
своим виноградником. Смерть кажется совершенно естественной, но проницательный комиссар Джермано сразу понимает, что здесь что-то не так. И начинает расследование...
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Adventure stories, Mysteries and crime stories
Комиссар Винсент Джермано принадлежит к полицейским старой школы. Родившись в Сан Франциско, он уже двадцать лет живёт в Италии и…
не собирается ничего менять в своей жизни. В провинции Кастелли Романи, к югу от Рима, происходят преступления, подвергающие проницательность комиссара и его помощников нешуточным испытаниям. Речь идёт о «дополнительном времени» для футбольного арбитра и об исчезнувшей девушке...
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Adventure stories, Mysteries and crime stories
Серия необъяснимых убийств происходит в провинции Рима, расследованием будет назначен заниматься Винсент Джермано, комиссар должен будет разгадать загадку.
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Adventure stories, Mysteries and crime stories
Bir şişede bulunmuş bir mesaj ve bir antikacının meraklılığı, Vincent Germano'yu sonucu belirsizlikten başka bir şey olamayacak bir soruşturma başlatmaya…
sürükleyecektir. Komiser, açıklama yapmak, emir vermek veya fikir danışmak zorunda kalacağı kişilerle çevrelenecek, ama aslında, gerçeğin peşinde olan herkes gibi, yalnız olacaktır.
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Food and drink, Fitness
Рецепты приготовления различных блюд итальянской кухни.Подборка рецептов простых и не очень, «украденных» из меню великого повара -- моей мамы.
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Adventure stories, Mysteries and crime stories
Komiser Germano'nun dördüncü soruşturmasıBir adam, sahibi olduğu sanat galerisinin içinde ölü bulunur. Komiser Vincent Germano binlerce olasılığın içinden çıkabilmek üzere çağırılacak ve hüzünlü bir hikayenin gölgesindeki bir soruşturmayla başedecektir.
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Adventure stories, Mysteries and crime stories
Человек найден мертвым в собственной художественной галерее. Винсент Джермано призван распутать клубок из многих возможных версий. Комиссар должен провести расследование тронутое грустью.