The Crossing

The Crossing, publicized as the second installment of McCarthy's Border Trilogy, is the initiation story of Billy Parham and his younger brother Boyd (who are 16 and 14 respectively when the novel opens). The novel, set just before and during World War II, is structured around three round-trip crossings that Billy makes from New Mexico into Mexico. Each trip tests Billy as he must try to salvage something once he fails in his original goal. On both his first and last quest he is reduced (or perhaps exalted) to some symbolic futile gesture in his attempt, against all obstacles, to maintain his integrity and to be true to his moral obligations. 

Cities of the Plain

Cities of the Plain, the final volume of Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy, binds together the separate tales of John Grady Cole from All the Pretty Horses and Billy Parham from The Crossing to create a more realistic Billy and a more mythic John Grady. Within the confines of a relatively spare 293 pages, the classic "all-american cowboy" John Grady devotes himself to saving every hurt or wounded creature that crosses his path, a noble and impossible task that leads ultimately to his own destruction.

Небольшие по объему рассказы Рэя Брэдбери можно использовать для чтения и обсуждения в рамках одного академического часа на уроках в школе и для самостоятельного чтения дома. Тексты рассказов адаптированы в учебных целях до уровня Pre-Intermediate и сопровождаются комментарием, а также заданиями для отработки и закрепления навыков владения грамматическим и лексическим материалом. В конце пособия приводится англо-русский словарь.
Книга адресована учащимся средних и старших классов школ, лицеев и гимназий.

Short stories with the tasks

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This book gives an accessible account of classical Greek history, from the aftermath of the Persian Wars in 478 bc to the death of Alexander the Great in 323 bc. The author describes the years which witnessed the flourishing of democracy in Athens; the establishment of the Athenian empire; the Peloponnesian War, which involved the whole Greek world; the development of Macedonian power under Philip II; and the conquests of Alexander the Great. His account combines narrative with analysis, and deals with major social, economic and cultural developments as well as political and military events.

I Can Read About Magellan

A book for young readers about Ferdinand Magellan

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