Added by: Nemini | Karma: 405.93 | Fiction literature | 29 September 2010
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Ubik
Written in 1969, Ubik is a futuristic science-fiction novel that transcends genre fiction. Dick's novel is dense with literary substance which has been integrated into a comprehensive universe of his own imagining.The novel takes place in 1992, in a world where nearly every convenience (even the opening of doors) costs money. In this society, the dead and the living interact with one another.Ubik integrates a series of themes – on the surface it is a light sci-fi read; by the first chapter, however, the book is infused, although not laden, with important themes and "literary significance."
LIBERTY, EQUALITY, POWER offers students a clear, concise understanding of how America transformed itself, in a relatively short time, from a land inhabited by hunter-gatherer and agricultural Native American societies into the most powerful industrial nation on earth. The authors promote this understanding by telling the story of America through the lens of three major themes: liberty, equality, and power.
A supplementary book for New English Zone - level 1. Aimed for young learners at the age of 10 beginning their English education. Contains such tasks as: language zone, skills zone, situations, culture zone, and eight general themes (people, home town, jobs, time and place, pets, family, routines, likes and dislikes).
is a four-level, multi-skills English series for adult and young-adult learners. Each unit includes relevant content, additional grammar practice, and more opportunities to develop speaking and listening skills.
Focusing on both accuracy and fluency, the multi-skills syllabus integrates themes, grammar, functions, vocabulary, and pronunciation. The series incorporates suggestions from teachers and students all over the world.
This book engages with English in globalization, re-examining and re-interpreting the contemporary contexts of its acquisition and use. The chapters contained in this book weave together four inter-related themes that define the role of English in the global context: the 'centrality of structure', 'relationships of interdependence', 'social constructions of difference' and 'reproduction of inequality'. These themes enable the authors to draw attention to the dynamics of the contemporary realities of the 'English-speaking' and 'English-using' nations...
