"Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles" are non-fiction graded readers from the "Oxford Bookworms Library" available for Levels 1 to 4 (CEFR A1 - B2). Students learn about different countries and cultures, science and nature, history and historical figures all while practising and improving their English. Who will speak for the poor? Who will listen to slaves, and those who have no rights? Who will work for a future where everyone is equal? Who will give up his house, job, and money to fight for people who are shut out by everyone else? 'I will,' said Mohandas Gandhi. And he began to fight in a ... |
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Among the country's greatest artistic contributions, twentieth-century Russian literature was revolutionary on its approach to realism, injecting characters with human weaknesses familiar to all. It also provided fodder for other such important concepts as existentialism and even passive resistance, which was rooted in the works of Tolstoy and practiced successfully by Gandhi and Martin Luther King. The twelve powerful short stories in this collection are excellent examples of writing by the foremost authors from Russia's Golden Age of Literature. Ideal for students of Russian literature, this magnificent ... |
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Историята на една река. ... Река Инд извира в Тибет, тече на запад през Индия и на юг през Пакистан. От хилядолетия реката е почитана като божество, от столетия е използвана като средство за имперска експанзия. "Империите на Инд" повежда читателя срещу течението и назад във времето, за да преброди повече от три хиляди километра земи и над пет хиляди години история. Алис Албиния е родена през 1976 г. в Лондон. Следва английска литература в Кеймбридж и история на Южна Азия в Института по ориенталистика и африкански изследвания. Две години работи в Делхи като журналист и редактор. Дебютната ѝ книга " ... |
