An authoritative guide to American literature, this Companion examines the experimental forms, socio-cultural changes, literary movements, and major authors of the early 20th century. This Companion provides authoritative and wide-ranging guidance on early twentieth-century American fiction.
A Concise Companion to Postwar American Literature and Culture traces the creative energy that surged in new directions in the United States after World War II. Each of the contributors approaches a particular aspect of postwar literature, film, music, or drama from his or her own perspective. Yet taken together, their contributions demonstrate how different genres and approaches interacted and opened up new paths through this period.
А.П. Бакарева - American English In Legal Contexts: Пособие по английскому языку
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Целью пособия является введение в систему права США. В пособии представлен материал и задания, ориентированные на развитие навыков устной профессиональной речи, и включены два приложения. Первое дает дополнительную информацию о политической и судебной системах США, второе – грамматический материал, который поможет отработать наиболее сложные соединительные модели, используемые в юридическом английском языке, в его американском варианте. Подготовлено на кафедре иностранных языков.
The aim is to benefit the introduction of a system of U.S. law. The manual presented material and job-oriented skills development of oral language skills, and includes two annexes. The first provides additional information on the political and judicial systems of the U.S., the second - grammatical material that will help develop the most sophisticated models of connectors used in legal English, in its American version. Prepared at the Department of Foreign Languages.
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Consider this post as a small token of gratitude and my New Year and Xmas gift.
it's a music album by Nat King Cole, an American musician who first came to prominence as a leading jazz pianist. Although an accomplished pianist, he owes most of his popular musical fame to his soft baritone voice, which he used to perform in big band and jazz genres. He was the first black American to host a television variety show and has maintained worldwide popularity over 40 years past his death; he is widely considered one of the most important musical personalities in United States history.
In Russian: 14 песен к праздничку. Возможно, опоздал, но надеюсь, кому-нибудь да пригодится. Качество хорошее, снято c LP, стерео.Тексты собраны в один отдельный файл и включены в архив. С Рождеством, друзья.
The tragic events of September 11, 2001, and the false assessment of Saddam Hussein's weapons arsenal were terrible reminders that good information is essential to national security. These failures convinced the American public that their intelligence system was broken and prompted a radical reorganization of agencies and personnel, but as Richard K. Betts argues in this book, critics and politicians have severely underestimated the obstacles to true reform
