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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.

    Serial killers
    More Sounds to Say
    Play with Us
    Anarchic Harmony
    The Dragon Den
    Books Are Exciting
    • 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.

      Serial killers2007
      3,9
    • Play with Us

      • 52 stránek
      • 2 hodiny čtení

      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 Us2000
      4,0
    • The Dragon Den

      • 48 stránek
      • 2 hodiny čtení

      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 Den1998
      4,0
    • Fun with Paper Folding and Origami

      • 93 stránek
      • 4 hodiny čtení

      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 Origami1995
      2,8
    • Anarchic Harmony

      • 144 stránek
      • 6 hodin čtení

      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 Harmony1992
      3,9
    • Since his childhood in Italy, William Murray has had a love affair with the country and its people.The Last Portrait of a People is his tribute to the Italy he so loves—a provocative, candid portrait that takes us off the beaten path and reveals an Italy not covered in any guidebook.

      The Last Italian1991
    • Shifty Anderson, a magician on vacation, and Jay Fox, an obsessive race handicapper, get involved in a horse-race scam at California's Del Mar racetrack. This book has a lot of style and the horse racing scenes seem authentic.

      Tip on a Dead Crab1985
    • Books Are Exciting

      • 56 stránek
      • 2 hodiny čtení

      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 Exciting1980
      3,5
    • Out In The Sun (The Ladybird Key Words Reading Scheme 5b)

      Out in the Sun1979