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The Terror: A Novel by Dan Simmons
Book Description
The bestselling author of Ilium and Olympos
transforms thetrue story of a legendary Arctic expedition into a
thriller worthy ofStephen King or Patrick O'Brian. Their captain's
insane vision of a Northwest Passage has kept the crewmenof The Terror
trapped in Arctic ice for two years without a thaw. But thereal threat
to their survival isn't the ever-shifting landscape of white,the
provisions that have turned to poison before they open them, or theship
slowly buckling in the grip of the frozen ocean. The real threat
iswhatever is out in the frigid darkness, stalking their ship,
snatching oneseaman at a time or whole crews, leaving bodies mangled
horribly or missingforever. Captain Crozier takes over the expedition
after the creature kills itsoriginal leader, Sir John Franklin. Drawing
equally on his own strengths asa seaman and the mystical beliefs of the
Eskimo woman he's rescued, Croziersets a course on foot out of the
Arctic and away from the insatiable beast.But every day the dwindling
crew becomes more deranged and mutinous, untilCrozier begins to fear
there is no escape from an ever-more-inconceivablenightmare. Pdf Created Especially For EnglishTips.Org
Трёхлетний мальчик случайно падает в клетку с гориллой и его спасает мама. Мама-горилла!
Официантка в кафе вместо чаевых получает выигрышный лотерейный билет - на 6 миллионов долларов!
Четырнадцать исключительно интересных, смешных, весёлых, трогательных историй, написанных простым языком и сопровождаемых понятными иллюстрациями, тщательно отоборанных из журналов и газет и максимально адаптированных для начинающих - всё в настоящем времени. Все истории - правдивы!
Предтекстовые стимулирующие интерес вопросы и задания, собственно истории, где практически к каждому предложению дана картинка, задания на закрепление, на понимание, на спеллинг, на письмо, на обсуждение прочитанного... Рекомендую в качестве первой книги для чтения на английском для тех, кто учил язык "мало, но давно" :)
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A three-year-old boy falls 18 feet into a gorilla cage and is saved by a mother - a mother gorilla, that is!A waitress finds a lottery ticket for a tip, instead of cash. And she wins six million dollars! Fourteen very low-level stories of high-level interest?humorous, poignant, astounding?and all true! Selected from newspapers and magazines, and adapted for the beginning student, the stories are told as simply as possible - exclusively in the present tense. First, students see a series of captioned pictures so the meaning is clear. Then, students read the story in text form for real reading practice. Finally, students do exercises following each story to develop very basic reading skills as well as build pronunciation, spelling, and vocabulary proficiency. VERY EASY TRUE STORIES is an ideal first text for students with little or no experience with EnglishThe universal appeal of these real-life, human-interest stories engages beginning ESL students with humor, poignancy, or astonishment, and helps them to become fluent readers
The planet Komarr is undergoing centuries-long terraforming when one of the orbiting mirrors crucial to the effort is smashed by an off-course ship. Miles Vorkosigan is sent to Komarr to investigate the incident; once there, he becomes embroiled in political and scientific battles. To make matters worse, the name Vorkosigan is anathema on Komarr. But our intrepid hero can't be put down easily. While trying to save Komarr, he manages... maybe... to find true love at last! Bujold's original and intelligent blend of politics, science, and cliffhanging-good space opera makes this book a satisfying adventure and a charming romance.
Miles Vorkosigan faces more than his share of troubles as the protagonist in Mirror Dance. Not only is he deformed and undersized but he has a cloned brother who gets into a jam in the free enterprise plague spot known as Jackson's Whole. Miles tries to help his brother but ends up injured, placed on cryogenic suspension and then lost in intergalactic limbo. And that's just in the first 100 pages. The following 300 pages add a wealth more to this fantastic tale that's both humorous and finely written.
Mirror Dance won the 1995 Hugo Award for Science Fiction.
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