It is the dawn of the Eighteenth Century. At the farthest edges of the known world, the mighty East India Trading Company suffers catastrophic losses from pirates on the high seas. After four years away from service, master mariner Sir Hal Courtney prepares for his latest and most dangerous voyage – a death or glory mission in the name of Empire and the crown.
A separate write-in A & B Test Book with eight Progress Tests, a midway Review Test and a final Review Test, allows teachers to keep a thorough and regular check on their students' progress throughout the year.
Nine critics and scholars give various interpretive evaluations of the classic fantasy trilogy. Bloom honestly admits that he didn't enjoy the books, but many of the writers whose work is excerpted here do not share his views. Each author evaluates the Tolkien novels using different criteria, some discussing their appeal, some their literary merit. Each essay is well defined and laboriously researched, and each opinion is defended within its context. The credentials of the authors are available for perusal. The book is a useful tool for students needing to examine the themes and context of Tolkien's work.
Offshore: Taut thriller by Simon Passmore. Chris and Sam are looking forward to their cross-channel boat trip. But their idyllic weekend turns into a nightmare.
Психологический триллер по Саймону Пассмору. Долгожданное путешествие по каналу превращается для одной пары в настоящий кошмар, когда жена начинает подозревать неладное....
'We have to leave our house in London,' Mother said to the children. 'We're going to live in the country, in a little house near a railway line.' And so begins a new life for Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis. They become the railway children - they know all the trains, Perks the station porter is their best friend, and they have many adventures on the railway line. But why has their father had to go away? Where is he, and will he ever come back?
