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William Murray

    William Murray byl americký redaktor a spisovatel, který více než třicet let působil v magazínu The New Yorker. Proslul sérií detektivních románů ze světa koňských dostihů, v nichž často figuroval Shifty Lou Anderson, profesionální kouzelník a sázkař. K jeho významným počinům pro The New Yorker patřily i "Dopisy z Itálie", které psal jako jediný autor. Svůj jedinečný styl a smysl pro humor přenesl i do svých detektivních příběhů, často zasazených do prostředí sázkařů a kouzelníků.

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    My Life Without God
    • The author details his experiences as the son of the famous atheist, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, describing her involvement in politics, his own religious conversion at age thirty-three, and his mother's murder in 1995.

      My Life Without God
    • Books Are Exciting

      • 56 stránek
      • 2 hodiny čtení
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      Uses the most frequently met words in the English language as a starting point for learning to read successfully and confidently. This book provides the link with writing for the words used in readers "11a" and "11b".

      Books Are Exciting
    • The Dragon Den

      • 48 stránek
      • 2 hodiny čtení
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      An easy reader, which is part of a series intended to cover the three main methods of teaching reading. Its publication coincides with the launch of the new phonic scheme Say the Sounds and has a simplified message to parents.

      The Dragon Den
    • Anarchic Harmony

      • 144 stránek
      • 6 hodin čtení
      3,9(12)Ohodnotit

      From the far reaches of the human mind, come these tales of unrestrained, anti-authoritarianism. No government, no leaders, no authority, no rules, and complete freedom of action! Egoism, solipsism, anarchism, and other heresies -- now revealed to corrupt your mind!!! "What I found by turning my back on our society-generated mythology was so profound that I had to share it -- presumptuous or not -- because it indicts the social structures of mankind and demands social disobedience, or living according to our inner, heroic nature and not according to the intimidation and demands of society's ideology".

      Anarchic Harmony
    • Play with Us

      • 52 stránek
      • 2 hodiny čtení
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      Did you know just 12 words make up one quarter of the words we read and write?; or that 100 words make up one half of all printed vocabulary? It is easier for children to learn to read if they are taught these words first. That's exactly what the key words reading scheme aims to do.

      Play with Us
    • Key Words with Peter and Jane uses the most frequently met words in the English language as a starting point for learning to read successfully and confidently. The Key Words reading scheme is scientifically researched and world renowned.Book 5c provides the link with writing for the words in Readers 5a and 5b. Once this book has been completed, the child can move on to book 6a.

      More Sounds to Say
    • A well-liked, respected, caring pillar of the community – or an outsider, socially inept and with a frightening appearance? Wearing many different masks, serial killers are among the most disturbing and dangerous violent criminals in existence.They are individuals who have a history of multiple murders, normally committed over a long period of time and often with periods of apparent normality in between.With their different appearances and motives serial killers are hard to identify and often much harder to understand. Yet they must be caught because the one unifying characteristic all serial killers share is their inability to feel remorse for their actions, and consequently their need to keep on killing...Some profilers believe that serial killers don’t learn from their mistakes. This book explores the greed-factor that sets in and explains how killers come to think that the more they kill and get away with it, the easier it will become.

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    • Learning Is Fun

      • 56 stránek
      • 2 hodiny čtení
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      Book 10c provides the link with writing for the words used in Readers 10a and 10b. Once this book has been completed, the child can move on to book 11a.

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    • Fun with Paper Folding and Origami

      • 93 stránek
      • 4 hodiny čtení
      2,8(15)Ohodnotit

      Long recommended by leading paper folding experts, this book is the perfect introduction to the ancient Japanese art of origami and other paper folding. It contains a crystal-clear text and more than 275 diagrams showing each stage in the paper folding process.You'll find instructions for making over forty different decorated place mats, drinking cups, bonbon boxes you can use, sailboats, roosters, battleships, Chinese towers, birds that stand upright, frogs that move their legs, airplanes, cradles, Japanese lanterns, sunfish, talking goose heads, and thirty other ingenious, useful and unusual objects.The authors have taken special pains to anticipate and eliminate typical beginners' difficulties, and the book is particularly helpful in demonstrating how to move easily and surely from simple to complex figures. Newly reprinted in this inexpensive format, it is the perfect easy-to-follow guide for children or anyone who wants to learn the basic techniques and enjoy the creative satisfaction of paper folding.

      Fun with Paper Folding and Origami
    • "Key Words with Peter and Jane" uses the most frequently met words in the English language as a starting point for learning to read successfully and confidently. The Key Words reading scheme is scientifically researched and world renowned. In book 4a, Peter and Jane explore different activities in 42 new words including 'then', 'house', 'make' and 'read'. Once this book has been completed, the child moves on to book 4b. "The Key Words with Peter and Jane Books" work because each of the key words is introduced gradually and repeated frequently. This builds confidence in children when they recognize these key words on sight (also known as the 'look and say' method of learning). Examples of key words the, one, two, he. There are 12 levels, each with 3 a, b, and c. "Series a" gradually introduces new words. "Series b" provides further practise of words featured in "The 'a' Series". "Series c" links reading with writing and phonics. All the words that have been introduced in each 'a' and 'b' book are also reinforced in the 'c' books.

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