Trovati 163 documenti.
Trovati 163 documenti.
Politics and the english language / George Orwell
[London] : Penguin books, 2013
Abstract: 'Politics and the English Language' is widely considered Orwell's most important essay on style. Style, for Orwell, was never simply a question of aesthetics; it was always inextricably linked to politics and to truth.'All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.When the general atmosphere is bad, language must suffer.'Language is a political issue, and slovenly use of language and cliches make it easier for those in power to deliberately use misleading language to hide unpleasant political facts. Bad English, he believed, was a vehicle for oppressive ideology, and it is no accident that 'Politics and the English Language' was written after the close of World War II.
Art & queer culture / Catherine Lord & Richard Meyer
London ; New York : Phaidon Press, 2013
The wonderful world of Henry Sugar and six more / Roald Dahl
London : Puffin, 2013
Spillover : animal infections and the next human pandemic / David Quammen
Vintage books, 2013
Abstract: Ogni lettore reagirà in modo diverso alle scene che David Quammen racconta seguendo da vicino i cacciatori di virus cui questo libro è dedicato, quindi entrerà con uno spirito diverso nelle grotte della Malesia sulle cui pareti vivono migliaia di pipistrelli, o nel folto della foresta pluviale del Congo, alla ricerca di rarissimi, e apparentemente inoffensivi, gorilla. Ma quando scoprirà che ciascuno di quegli animali, come i maiali, le zanzare o gli scimpanzé che si incontrano in altre pagine, può essere il vettore della prossima pandemia - di Nipah, Ebola, sars, o di virus dormienti e ancora solo in parte conosciuti, che un piccolo spillover può trasmettere all'uomo -, ogni lettore risponderà allo stesso modo: non riuscirà più a dormire, o almeno non prima di avere letto il racconto di Quammen fino all'ultima riga. E a quel punto, forse, deciderà di ricominciarlo daccapo, sperando di capire se a provocare il prossimo Big One - la prossima grande epidemia - sarà davvero Ebola, o un'altra entità ancora innominata.
The Helen Oxenbury nursery collection
London : Egmont, 2013
Heritage
Grimm's fairy tales / with illustrations by Arthur Rackham
London : Egmont, 2013
Heritage
The ghost of Thomas Kempe / Penelope Lively
London : Egmont, 2013
Heritage
Kensuke's Kingdom / Michael Morpurgo ; with illustrations by Michael Foreman
London : Egmont, 2013
Heritage
Snow Dog / Malorie Blackman ; illustrated by Sami Sweeten
London : Corgi Books, 2013
Colour first reader
Bugs at Christmas / Beatrice Alemagna
Phaidon, 2013
Abstract: È arrivato il Natale nel paese delle pulcette. Ognuna vorrebbe festeggiarlo con le proprie tradizioni. Alla fine quello che conta è stare tutte insieme
London : Corgi Books, 2013
Abstract: In January 1991, eight members of SAS regiment embarked upon a top secret mission that was to infiltrate them deep behind enemy lines. Under the command of Sergeant Andy McNab, they were to sever the underground communication link between Baghdad and north-west Iraq, and to seek and destroy mobile Scud launchers. Their call sign: Bravo Two Zero.
Wake up do, Lydia Lou! / Julia Donaldson ; illustrated by Karen George
London : Macmillan Children's Books, 2013
Dinosaurs A to Z : from apatosaurus to zigongosaurus!
London : Ladybird Books, 2013
Architecture according to pigeons / By Speck Lee Tailfeather ; [illustrations by Natsko Seki]
Phaidon, 2013
Abstract: Età di lettura: da 7 anni.
Grace, Romeo, Juliet and Fred / Martyn Hobbs
[London] : Helbling Languages, 2013
Abstract: Helbling Readers Red Series è unaccattivante serie di letture graduate illustrate, create e pensate appositamente per i ragazzi. Le letture sono graduate in 3 livelli corrispondenti a quelli del Quadro Comune Europeo di Riferimento.
To the Lighthouse / Virginia Woolf
London : HarperCollins, 2013
Murder on the Orient Express / Agatha Christie
London : Harper, 2013
Abstract: Agatha Christie's most famous murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. Isolated and with a killer in their midst, detective Hercule Poirot must identify the murderer - in case he or she decides to strike again.