The Amistad Coloring Book (Dover Pictorial Archives) by Peter Copeland
Книжка – раскраска. 28 meticulously rendered, ready-to-color illustrations, among them the capture of Africans' in their homeland, their revolt aboard ship in Havana, imprisonment in a New Haven jail, and their successful defense before the Supreme Court by former U.S. President John Quincy Adams. In 1839, the Amistad, a Baltimore-built schooner engaged in the slave trade, was the scene of a mutiny in which its human cargo revolted against the crew and killed the captain. Hoping to sail back to their native land, the Africans landed instead off the New England Coast.
Exercises on Idioms - Oxford University Press - упражнения по закреплению знаний английских идиом.Exercises on Idioms has been written for adolescent and adult learners who wish to widen their knowledge of, and improve their ability to use, idiomatic English. It is suitable for learners from an intermediate level upwards, either as a first exercise book on idioms or as a revision and practice book. Contents The book contains 125 exercises on all the types of idioms presented in English Idioms. Over 800 of the most common idioms are practised and tested by means of a variety of exercise types.
The seventh book in Lemony Snicket's splendidly gloomy Series of Unfortunate Events shadows the three Baudelaire orphans as they plummet headlong into their next misadventure. Mr. Poe, their ineffective legal guardian, having exhausted all options for finding them a new home with relatives (including their 19th cousin), sadly entrusts his young charges' fate to a progressive guardian program formed with the premise "It takes a village to raise a child."
This is a brief tale of two mice and two humans who live in a maze and one day are faced with change: someone moves their cheese. Reactions vary from quick adjustment to waiting for the situation to change by itself to suit their needs. This story is about adjusting attitudes toward change in life, especially at work. Change occurs whether a person is ready or not, but the author affirms that it can be positive. His principles are to anticipate change, let go of the old, and do what you would do if you were not afraid. Listeners are still left with questions about making his or her own specific personal changes
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The Amistad Coloring Book (Dover Pictorial Archives)
