The Second Book of General Ignorance: A Quite Interesting Book
Who made the first aeroplane flight? How many legs does an octopus have? How much water should you drink every day? What is the chance of tossing a coin and it landing on heads? What happens if you leave a tooth in a glass of coke overnight? What is house dust mostly made from? What colour are oranges? Who in the world is most likely to kill you? What was the first dishwasher built to do? John Lloyd and John Mitchinson, the brains behind QI, here present a wonderful collection of the most outrageous, fascinating and mind-bending facts, taking on the popular General Ignorance round from BBC1's top rated quiz and the first book in the bestselling series.
The ashigaru were the foot soldiers of old Japan. Although recruited first to swell an army's numbers and paid only by loot, the samurai began to realise their worth, particularly with arquebuses and spears, until well-trained ashigaru made up a vital part of any samurai army. This book tells the story of the ashigaru for the first time, their origins, recruitment training and use in war. Stephen Turnbull draws on previously untranslated Japanese sources and unpublished illustrations that show the range of ashigaru activity, from sailors to catapult artillery men as well as the disciplined ranks of warriors that they had become.
English Courses (Vaughan Systems) – Study Packs 2011 (Intermediate) – CHALLENGE - 2 MONTHS
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English courses (Vaughan Systems) – Study Packs 2011 (Intermediate) – CHALLENGE 2 MONTHS
Vaughan Challenge 2 months is a program to work at home and significantly improve your English within 2 months. The pack contains books: Translation booklet and Vocabulary. (2 books + 2 CDs) It is an exceptional material to improve oral agility and at the same time large vocabulary. Both books are ideal to accompany the DVDs of course for the English level.
METHOD OF STUDY: 1 .- We see the first English course for the program. (Optional). 2 .- We studied the first list of Translation booklet. 3 .- We studied the first list of Vocabulary.
We do this from Monday to Thursday and Friday, review everything marked with pencil, and study again.
Graduate Employment: 333 tips for finding your first job as a graduate
There are at least two reasons to download this book of tips. One is to find practical and encouraging advice on how to find graduate employment. The second reason is that the authors are giving all proceeds from the download of the book to charity.
Meet Chick Best - a middle-aged, self-absorbed, disaffected, California dot.com millionaire. Other than his house and high-priced foreign cars, Chick's most expensive possession is his trophy wife, Evelyn. Evelyn is good at spending Chick's money, money that has pretty much run out. His other personal possession is his drug-addled sixteen-year old daughter, Melissa. Though concerned about his life and family, Chick resigns himself to a miserable state of acceptance. That is, until he, Evelyn, and Melissa take a Christmas vacation in Maui. With this, Chick's life changes..
