"There's some bad weather out there," Captain MacWhirr said to himself just before he sailed his ship, the Nan-Shan, into the middle of the most terrible storm in the South China Sea. The typhon brings out the best in some men on the ship, and the worst in others. Can MacWhirr bring the ship through the storm safely? And what will happen to all the poor Chinese workers travelling home down in the ship's hold?
The Economist is a global weekly magazine written for those who share an uncommon interest in being well and broadly informed. Each issue explores the close links between domestic and international issues, business, politics, finance, current affairs, science, technology and the arts.
'You said that you wanted danger, didn't you?' says McArdle, the editor of the Daily Gazette. And he sends his young reporter, Malone, on a strange journey into South America with the famous Professor Challenger.
'All men are created equal...' When Thomas Jefferson wrote these words in June 1776, in the American Declaration of Independence, he started something that was very much bigger than he imagined. This book looks at the history around that Declaration, and at the Revolution that led to the birth of the United States of America.
BBC Networds One of the most attractive courses in computer and internet English prepared by BBC and available on line from tthe BBC Polish section web site. The site, http://www.bbc.co.uk/polish, despite the fact the Polish section of the BBC was closed is still available on line and not only this Networds course is still accessible, but many more English courses. Each course contains downloadable mp3 recordings and booklets. Bilingual for Polish students. Their most active presenter and Polish instructor has been for many years Ms. Elizabeth (Elżbieta) Greenfield.
