It is the year 2006, and a succession of massive underwater explosions has left three of the world's largest oil tankers burning fiercely in the middle of the Strait of Hormuz. United States military intelligence conclude that the Iranians have finally carried out their long-standing threat to lay a minefield across the narrow seaway leading to the Persian Gulf.
Karen Di Cilia married a man in the Mafia. When he died he left her $4,000,000 - and instructions that she never touch another man again. He had the connections to ensure that his will was carried out. His friends hired a hustler to guard her. However the hustler had other ideas.
Rhyming text describes how various mishaps reduce ten little bunnies down to one. The tale begins with 10 plump, stuffed-animal-like rabbits; each wears or carries a distinguishing item, e.g., a necklace or skates. Individuals or not, nine of these rodents are thoroughly foolhardy, and as they heedlessly hop along, they vanish one by one. The first falls off a wall, another is carried off by a witch, yet another fatally interrupts a bear. The last bunny waves a wand and magically resurrects his nine friends.
Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried (Bloom's Guides)"They carried all the emotional baggage of men who might die. Grief, terror, love, longing--these were intangibles, but the intangibles had their own mass and specific gravity, they had tangible weight. They carried shameful memories. They carried the common secret of cowardice.... Men killed, and died, because they were embarrassed not to."
Added by: Maria Swift | Karma: 32.17 | Kids, Audio | 26 March 2010
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Курс Are You Listening? может значительно помочь в изучении английского языка младшим школьникам. Материал предназначен для развития навыков аудирования, произношения, а также мотивации малышей.
This title includes the following features: The aim is to provide motivating material to help young learners improve their listening skills. Children are presented with a series of simple activities which can only be carried out by following the instructions on the accompanying cassette.
