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The Companion to Nabokov
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The Companion to NabokovThe Companion to Nabokov

The Companion to Nabokov provides a concise introduction to the creative world of one of the twentieth century's most important writers. Fourteen individual essays cover such topics as Nabokov's storytelling techniques, his achievements as a short story writer, his evolution as a novelist, his relationship to the literary currents of his day, his world-view, and his lasting artistic legacy, particularly through Lolita, his most famous and controversial work.
 
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A Town Like Alice
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A Town Like AliceA Town Like Alice

A Town Like Alice (U.S. title: The Legacy) is a novel  about a young Englishwoman in Malaya during World War II and in outback Australia post-war.
 
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Hot English #105
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Hot English #105Hot English #105

If you want to enjoy learning English,you've come to the right place. Hot English Magazine is dedicated to improving your English the fun and easy way.
I don't think we need to tell you how important learning English is for your career, business, or just travelling the world. And Hot English magazine is a great way to improve your English while you have fun. It's far different from your average course books!

Audio added Thanks to mythoslogos

 
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Global Warming 101 (Science 101)
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Global Warming 101 (Science 101)Global Warming 101 (Science 101)

The accelerating pace of global warming is provoking anxiety that the Earth is reaching an ominous threshold, a point of no return. Within a decade or two, various feedbacks may take greenhouse warming past any human ability to contain or reverse it. Carbon-dioxide levels in the atmosphere are rising rapidly, fed by increasing fossil-fuel use world-wide, melting permafrost, slash-and-burn agriculture in Indonesia and Brazil, increasing wildfires, as well as rapid industrialization using dirty coal in China and India. Global warming may well become the most urgent problem the world faces during the 21st Century .
 
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Say It With Rhythm 1 - An Elementary Phonetic Reader
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Say It With Rhythm 1 - An Elementary Phonetic ReaderSay It With Rhythm 1 - An Elementary Phonetic Reader

A classic published in 1970 still used for practising transcriptions all over the world.

 
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