Тази книга изследва изкривяването на комуникацията онлайн и предлага тезата, че моделът на икономическата политика на онлайн медиите се основава предимно на систематичното производство на несъгласие. Като следва традицията на медийната критика на Хабермас и Чомски наред с други, изданието показва как гневът може да мотивира потреблението на новини и как принципът Angry People Click More в онлайн медиите на XXI в. се прилага систематично. Авторът твърди, че пристрастяването към медиите увеличава интереса, следователно умишленото изопачаване на факти и производството на несъгласие осигуряват на медиите по-голяма ... |
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Two dark comedies with ghost/mystery themes which are set around the period of the American War of Independence. Ichabod Crane is the hero of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Peculiar-looking and socially inept, this schoolmaster is a joke to the people of Sleepy Hollow as he tries to win the love of the beautiful daughter of a rich farmer." - The horseman's head still lies somewhere on the battlefield - the people of Sleepy Hollow said. – Every night, he rides back to the battlefield to look for it. One dark night, Ichabod Crane - the village schoolmasters - saw the Headless Horseman. Or did he?" From the book ... |
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Break the bonds that bind you."King Midas made me the woman I am today. Notorious. Unattainable. His. The thing about being confined is that you believe it's to keep the bad out... Until you realize it's about keeping you in. I'm now in a strange kingdom surrounded by liars, with no allies of my own, but I won't sit idly by and let myself wither. No, there's something that's bloomed from the pit of my repression. Something dark. Something angry. But the last thing I expected was for my anger to call out to him. King Ravinger. He's sinister and powerful and entirely too seductive. I've ... |
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For thousands of years the dead body of the young king Tutankhamun slept under the sands of Egypt. Then, in the autumn of 1922, Howard Carter and his friends find and open his tomb door. These are exciting times, and Carter's young helper Tariq tells the story in his diary. But soon people begin to die. Who or what is the killer? Is Tutankhamun angry with them for opening his tomb? And who is the beautiful French girl with the face of Tutankhamun's long-dead wife? Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive readers series that offers students a fun reading experience while building their language skills. With ... |
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Retold by Janet Hardy-Gould . ... Hercules is the strongest man in the world, but one day he does something very bad. The priestess at Delphi tells him: "The gods are angry with you. For twelve years you must work for King Eurystheus, and do twelve tasks for him. When you finish, the gods can forgive your crime." Some tasks are easier, and some tasks are more difficult. Can Hercules finish all twelve of them? And what happens when he does? Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive readers series that offers students a fun reading experience while building their language skills. With integrated activities and ... |
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The second novel of "The Last Hours". ... The Last Hours is a brand-new Shadowhunters series set in 1903. You don’t need to have read any other Shadowhunter books to get started with it, though if you have you may see some familiar faces! Cordelia Carstairs seems to have everything she ever wanted. She’s engaged to marry James Herondale, the boy she has loved since childhood. She has a new life in London with her best friend Lucie Herondale and James’s charming companions, the Merry Thieves. She is about to be reunited with her beloved father. And she bears the sword Cortana, a legendary hero’s blade. But the ... |
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The Canterville Ghost Sir Simon de Canterville is a ghost. He has lived in his house for hundreds of years. His job is to terrify the people who stay there. Then Mr. Otis, an American, buys the house. And the ghost is angry - he cannot frighten the Otis family. The Model Millionaire Hughie Erskine loves Laura Merton. But Hughie is poor and he cannot marry her. Then one day he meets a beggar and all his wishes come true. Lord Arthur Savile's Crime Mr. Podgers can read people's hands. Mr. Podgers reads Lord Arthur Savile's hand a party. What will Lord Arthur's future be? This book is in ... |
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In this book illustrated by Alan Burton, there are two nineteenth-century ghost stories - "The House in the Picture" and "Abbot Thomas' Treasure". The House in the Picture Mr. Williams has an old picture of a house. It is not a very good picture. It is not a very good picture. It is not a very interesting picture. Then the picture tells Mr. Williams a terrible story. Abbot Thomas' Treasure An archaeologist finds some gold in an old church. It has been hidden for three hundred years. But the guardian of the gold returns, and the guardian of the treasure is angry. This book is in ... |
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Bud the mouse loves to play in the mud, but Mum is angry when he comes home muddy. Then the sun comes out and the mud goes away, so Bud finds another game to play in the second story. "The Explorers Phonics" bring first language teaching methods to reading lessons in international classrooms. They focus on how reading works, so children are able to read new texts and pronounce new words more easily. "The Explorers Phonics" complement the "Macmillan English Explorers" and can also be used alongside any other reading program. "Macmillan Explorers" is an eight-level reading scheme ... |
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Трилогията Жените на Цезар ни отвежда в по-нова епоха, където само Цезар вдъхва живот на епичната творба на Колийн Маккълоу . Той се стреми да бъде най-забележителният римлянин, макар да е възпрепятстван от онези, които се боят от нарастващата му власт. В романите присъстват множество женски персонажи - тук освен с майката на Цезар се срещаме и с други жени, които влияят на решенията му. Появяват се нови личности, които заедно със старите врагове на Гай Юлий Цезар са готови на всичко, за да го провалят. Помпей е далеч на изток и оставя Рим в ръцете на консерваторите начело с Катул и амбициозния, неотстъпчив, но ... |
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Трилогията Жените на Цезар ни отвежда в една по-нова епоха, където Гай Марий и Корнелий Сула вече не заемат централно място. Сега Цезар и само Цезар вдъхва живот на епичната творба на Колийн Маккълоу . Цезар се стреми да бъде най-забележителният римлянин, който светът е виждал, разумен политик и умел тактик, макар да е възпрепятстван от онези, които се боят от нарастващата му власт. В него има по малко от Марий и от Сула, но той се откроява като необикновена личност, чието име е написано със златни букви в летописите. Заглавието на трилогията подсказва, че в нея присъстват множество женски персонажи. Майката на Цезар ... |
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Pocket editions. A compact, user-friendly reference book addressing many of the kinds of questions about grammar that regularly confront teachers, both novice and experienced, when planning or executing their lessons. A glance at any web-site, discussion forum or social network shared by teachers of English suggests that teachers are constantly asking each other questions related to pedagogical grammar. These may simply be questions about terminology or categorisation (What's a clause?; Is like a preposition?), or they may seek to unravel subtle grammatical distinctions (What's the difference between for and ... |
