Ten Steps to Happiness
Автор: Daisy Waugh
Год издания: 0000
She's left the rat race behind – but taken her contacts book with her.Jo Smiley abandons her glamorous London lifestyle to decamp to a draughty manor house with her new husband, the divine Charlie. Happiness awaits: all they need is a plan to make it pay.Deep in the English countryside, Fiddleford makes an ideal refuge from the media. And as the first few paparazzi-battered guests arrive, Jo allows herself to hope. The house might be crumbling, the chef temperamental, but the Fiddleford magic never fails…apparently.But while for the guests, happiness might be a warm cow's nose and a ramble in the wild and beautiful gardens, the local council has other ideas. Suddenly Jo and Charlie's rural retreat looks shaky. Can they fend off the officials, save their dream and stay on their own path to happiness?
Steps in Speaking English (Шаги в разговорном английском)
Автор: Е. В. Волкова
Год издания:
Представлены практические задания и лексический материал, направленные на развитие и активизацию коммуникативных навыков у слушателей. Предназначено для студентов, получающих дополнительную квалификацию «Переводчик в сфере профессиональной коммуникации» в период летней переводческой практики, а также для слушателей курсов, желающих совершенствовать разговорный английский язык.
The Thirty-Nine Steps
Автор: Buchan John
Год издания:
A level 4 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Nick Bullard.
'I turned on the light, but there was nobody there. Then I saw something in the corner that made my blood turn cold. Scudder was lying on his back. There was a long knife through his heart, pinning him to the floor.'
Soon Richard Hannay is running to his life across the hills of Scotland. The police are chasing him for a murder he did not do, and another, more dangerous enemy is chasing him as well – the mysterious 'Black Stone'. Who are these people? And why do they want Hannay dead?