The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce [Unabridged audiobook with text]
The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce, is a satirical book published in 1911. It offers reinterpretations of the English language which lampoon cant and political double-talk.
A four-level course for Gimnazjum, which prepares students for the Gimnazjum exam. Connections provides teachers with a wealth of material and tools to use in the Gimnazjum classroom. In addition to graded materials for mixed abilities and levels, the course provides ways of organising and assessing skills work. It also offers a dualentry start point – Starter or Elementary – dependent on the level of the students.
The Gray Wolf is one volume in the four-volume collection of the complete fantasy stories of George MacDonald, the great nineteenth-century innovator of modern fantasy.
Griet, a tilemaker's daughter in 17th-century Holland, starts her first job as a servant in the Vermeer household. Through Griet's eyes the story is told of the family, the small town of Delft, and life with an obsessive genius. Griet is drawn into his life, but there is a price to pay.
Eddings begins his new Elenium series in a world that has different names but much the same feel as those of his bestselling Belgariad and Malloreon series. Fans will find themselves back in step as the Pandion knight Sparhawk sets off to find a cure for his poisoned Queen Ehlana. PW praised Eddings's "graceful, fluid style of storytelling."