This collection brings together six of Turgenevs best-known long short stories in which he turns his skills of psychological observation & black comedy to subjects as diverse as the tyranny of serfdom love & revenge on the Russian steppes. These stories all display the elegance & clarity of Turgenevs finest writing. Richard Freeborn was until recently Professor of Russian at the School of Slavonic & East European Studies London. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford Worlds Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more. ...

On 20 July 1969 the world stood still to watch 38-year-old astronaut Neil Armstrong become the first person ever to walk on the Moon. Perhaps no words in recent human history became better known than those few he uttered at that historic moment. Upon his return to Earth Armstrong was honored & celebrated for his achievement. But he was also misunderstood. As authorized biographer James Hansen reveals in this fascinating & important book it was the act of flying that had driven Armstrong rather than the pull of the destination from his distinguished career as a fighter pilot in the Korean War right through to his most famous mission. Drawing on flight logs family & NASA archives & over 125 original interviews with key participants First Man vividly re-creates Armstrongs life & career in flying from the heights of honor earned as a naval aviator test pilot & astronaut to the dear personal price paid by Armstrong & even more so by his wife & children for his dedication to his vocation. It is a unique portrait of a great but reluctant hero. ...

The first book in the epic Masters of Rome series. Rome. 110BC. A city which is home to Gaius Marius prosperous but lowborn a proud & disciplined soldier emboldened by his shrewdness & self-made wealth. It is also home to Lucius Cornelius Sulla a handsome young aristocrat corrupted by powerty a shameless pleasure seeker. Two men of extraordinary vision men of ruthless ambition both blessed & cursed by the special favour of Fortune. men fated to lay the foundations of the most awesome empire ever known & to play out a mighty struggle for power & glory
- for Marius & Sulla share a formidable ambition: to become First Man in Rome.
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First Man: The Life of Neil Armstrong is the first & only authorised biography of one of America's most celebrated yet enigmatic heroes Neil Armstrong. It is considered the definitive biography of Armstrong & lauded for the way Hansen addresses the complex legacy of Armstrong as both an astronaut & an individual. On 20 July 1969 the world stood still to watch 38-year-old astronaut Neil Armstrong become the first person ever to walk on the Moon. Perhaps no words in recent human history became better known than those few he uttered at that historic moment. Upon his return to Earth Armstrong was honoured & celebrated for his achievement. But he was also misunderstood. As authorised biographer James Hansen reveals in this fascinating & important book it was the act of flying that had driven Armstrong rather than the pull of the destination from his distinguished career as a fighter pilot in the Korean War right through to his most famous mission. Drawing on flight logs family interviews NASA archives & over 125 original interviews with key participants First Man vividly re-creates Armstrong's life & career from the heights of honour earned as a naval aviator test pilot & astronaut to the dear personal price paid by Armstrong & even more so by his wife & children for his dedication to his vocation. It is a unique portrait of a great but reluctant hero. ...

When penniless businessman Mr Bedford retreats to the Kent coast to write a play he meets by chance the brilliant Dr Cavor an absent-minded scientist on the brink of developing a material that blocks gravity. Cavor soon succeeds in his experiments only to tell a stunned Bedford the invention makes possible one of the oldest dreams of humanity: a journey to the moon. With Bedford motivated by money & Cavor by the desire for knowledge the two embark on the expedition. But neither are prepared for what they find a world of freezing nights boiling days & sinister alien life on which they may be trapped forever. ...

This book is bursting with quizzes games & rhymes to help 3-4 year olds practise & develop number recognition in a playful & stimulating way. * Quizzes games & rhymes to make step-by-step learning playful & stimulating * Parents tips to enable you to steer your child successfully through the new & challenging concepts * Further activities provide a wealth of cheerful inexpensive ideas for incorporating learning skills into everyday life. ...

First Numbers is a series of graded activity books that help children to learn basic number skills including addition & subtraction. First Numbers Book 3
Includes:: adding with one number hidden recognising sets with more/less/the same using the signs for equals (=) & plus (+) & number facts (for example pairs of numbers adding up to 10).
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First Numbers is a series of graded activity books that help children to learn basic number skills including addition & subtraction. First Numbers Book 4
Includes:: finding the difference between larger & smaller numbers subtraction by taking away or counting on/back using a subtraction sign (-) & subtracting with one number hidden.
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A gentle introduction to 29 of the 44 sounds in the English language. Working through the book a child will start to realise that words are made up of small separate sounds. Helps children learn the phonemes & first digraphs which make up the sounds of the English language through lots of fun activities. ...

First Phonics is a series of graded activity books. It helps children to learn the basic sounds & spelling patterns required for reading & writing. First Phonics Book 1 reinforces children's knowledge of the letters of the alphabet & develops their awareness of beginning word sounds. This book is suitable for young children who are learning to read & write & those in Key Stage 1 who need further practice. ...