Added by: Au_claire | Karma: 26.92 | Fiction literature | 16 January 2011
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Gossip Girl #7: Nobody Does It Better
Socialites looking for a change of scenery need look no further than the Plaza. Serena and Jenny are checking in to party in the penthouse. Racy pictures of Jenny surface, landing her in trouble at Constance. while Blair won't check out until she and Nate have had some do-not-disturb time. The question is: which room would Nate rather sleep in?
Added by: Maria | Karma: 3098.81 | Fiction literature, Audio | 15 January 2011
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After an absence of twenty-six years, Marco Polo and his father Nicolo and his uncle Maffeo returned from the spectacular court of Kublai Khan to their old home in Venice. Their clothes were coarse and tattered; the bundles that they carried were bound in Eastern cloths and their bronzed faces bore evidence of great hardships, long endurance, and suffering. They had almost forgotten their native tongue. Their aspect seemed foreign and their accent and entire manner bore the strange stamp of the Tartar. The year was now 1295.
В книге предлагается роман Вальтера Скотта "Айвенго", адаптированный (без упрощения текста оригинала) по методу Ильи Франка. Уникальность метода заключается в том, что запоминание слов и выражений происходит за счет их повторяемости, без заучивания и необходимости использовать словарь.
Английский язык с Р. Л. Стивенсоном. Черная стрела
В книге предлагается роман Р.Л.Стивенсона «Черная стрела», адаптированный (без упрощения текста оригинала) по методу Ильи Франка. Уникальность метода заключается в том, что запоминание слов и выражений происходит за счет их повторяемости, без заучивания и необходимости использовать словарь.
The Titus Brothers Contractors company have won a government contract in Peru to blast a tunnel through a mountain and connect two isolated railroad lines. The deadline is approaching, and the contractors have hit a literal wall: excessively hard rock which defies conventional blasting techniques. The company is under pressure to finish, or else the contract will default to their rivals, Blakeson & Grinder. Mr. Job Titus has heard of Tom Swift and Tom's giant cannon, which is used in protecting the Panama Canal, and wants to hire Tom to develop a special blasting powder to help them finish the excavation.
