США: Лингвострановедческий словарь / Linguistiс Cultural Dictionary of the USA
This Book is for those who study English with some special emphasis on cultural life of English-speaking countries, primarily the USA. It could be used at the beginning level and further on to cover such topics as Cinema, Theater, Art, Music, Media, Dance, Ballet, Architecture, Sculpture, American Songs, Folk Heroes, American Writers and Their Works, etc.
Wonderland makes learning English a magical, memorable experience, by using the familiar fantastic world of Disney characters that children know and love. The Wonderland series has been written for Greek and Cypriot Pre-Junior and Junior classes. The course uses a structured syllabus focussing on skills development, with abundant practice and recycling. Amazing stories, songs, chants, listening and reading materials inspire pupils to talk and write about their lives, opinions and experiences.
From the cat's meow to the bowerbird's bright-blue nest, animals constantly and variously exchange information. Avians, primates, seals, whales, even insects and lizards send signals in order to find and keep their mates; to deceive predators, or to warn them away; to mark their territories; to train their young; and to pass on useful information. Neurobiologist Rogers and social scientist Kaplan (also the author of books on Australian feminism) have written an accessible, consistently absorbing and scientifically scrupulous survey of how animals send signals and of what evolutionary theory tells us about how they came to do so.
Wonderland makes learning English a magical, memorable experience, by using the familiar fantastic world of Disney characters that children know and love. The Wonderland series has been written for Greek and Cypriot Pre-Junior and Junior classes. The course uses a structured syllabus focussing on skills development, with abundant practice and recycling. Amazing stories, songs, chants, listening and reading materials inspire pupils to talk and write about their own lives, opinions and experiences.
Philip K Dick notoriously charted SF's most dangerous, booby-trapped realities. Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said (1974) is a relatively straightforward tale of paranoid unease at finding the world isn't what it should be.
Jason Taverner is world-famous for his songs and regular TV show. "Thirty million people saw you zip up your fly tonight." "... It's my trademark."
