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The Royal Pavilion, Brighton
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The Royal Pavilion, BrightonThe Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Богато иллюстрированный и весьма информативный путеводитель по Королевскому павильону в Брайтоне.  

This generously illustrated guide book presents plenty of curious information about one of the most famous Britain's landmarks – the Oriental-style palace of King George IV, the Royal Pavilion in Brighton.

 
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Tags: Брайтоне, Royal, Pavilion, Brighton, павильону, about, information
Supporting Literacy: A Guide for Primary Classroom Assistants
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Supporting Literacy: A Guide for Primary Classroom AssistantsSupporting Literacy: A Guide for Primary Classroom Assistants

Classroom assistants are increasingly relied upon to support the most needy pupils, and they have had significantly less training than their colleagues with qualified teacher status. It is clear that these assistants need some very practical materials. This book provides photocopiable resources so that classroom assistants can get to work.

The book covers all they need to know about literacy, it explains in very simple terms what is expected from them.

 
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Tags: assistants, Classroom, about, literacy, covers, Guide, Supporting, Assistants
Unthinking: The Surprising Forces Behind What We Buy (Audiobook, MP3)
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Unthinking: The Surprising Forces Behind What We Buy (Audiobook, MP3)Unthinking: The Surprising Forces Behind What We Buy (Audiobook, MP3)

What do Howard Hughes and 50 Cent have in common, and what do they tell us about Americans and our desires? Why did Sean Connery stop wearing a toupee, and what does this tell us about American customers for any product? What one thing did the Beatles, Malcolm Gladwell and Nike all notice about Americans that helped them win us over? Which uniquely American traits may explain the plights of Krispy Kreme, Ford, and GM, and the risks faced by Starbuck's? Why, after every other plea failed, did "Click It or Ticket" get people to buy the idea of fastening their seat belts? 
 
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Tags: about, Americans, American, other, every, Unthinking, Behind
The Emperor of Ocean Park
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The Emperor of Ocean ParkThe Emperor of Ocean Park

by Stephen L. Carter 

Carter, a Yale law professor and distinguished conservative African-American intellectual known for his nonfiction (The Culture of Disbelief), has written a first-rate legal thriller guaranteed to broaden his audience. The narrator, Talcott Garland, is a law professor at Elm Harbor University whose occasional Carteresque editorializing about politics and justice are saved from didacticism by his abiding existential loneliness.

 
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Tags: Carter, professor, Carteresque, editorializing, about, Emperor, Ocean, occasional
In the Presence of the Enemy
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In the Presence of the EnemyIn the Presence of the Enemy

In the Presence of the Enemy is an insightful novel about ideals corrupted by self-interest, about the sins of parents visited upon children, and about the masks that hide people from each other and from themselves.
 
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Tags: about, Enemy, Presence, children, masks