The Prince and the Pauper is a novel by American author Mark Twain. It was first published in 1881 in Canada, before its 1882 publication in the United States. The novel represents Twain's first attempt at historical fiction. Set in 1547, it tells the story of two young boys who are identical in appearance: Tom Canty, a pauper who lives with his abusive father in Offal Court off Pudding Lane in London, and Prince Edward, son of King Henry VIII...
As a brutal killing and a furious manhunt rock the city, Kate Murphy wonders if her first day on the police force will also be her last. When Maggie and Kate become partners, and are sidelined in the search for the city's cop killer, their fury, pain, and pride finally reach boiling point.
This coursebook is recommended by Cambridge International Examinations to support the Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language syllabus."--Back cover.
Sam, Alan, Alice and Aurora continue to sabotage SS plans to arrest and eliminate a list of targets written in a secret Black Book. The Partisans discover the existence of a shadowy ancient Resistance organization with their own hidden agenda. The Nazis devise a plan to destroy the Hereward guerrillas once for all. Young Lions Attack is the fourth book in the Young Lions series and is a fast-paced, gritty war novel set in an alternative histor...
The goal of Perspectives on Student Affairs in South Africa is to generate interest in student affairs in South Africa. The papers contained herein are based on best practice, local experience and well-researched international and local theories. The papers in this book deal with matters pertaining to international and national trends in student affairs: academic development, access and retention, counseling, and material support for students ...
In the written Qur'an, known as "mü¿af, " the chapters are not arranged in the chronological order of their revelation. The first and last verses in the mü¿af are not the first and last revealed verses, respectively. There are ¿ad¿ths and historical reports about which verses and chapters were revealed first and last. This book examines the credibility of each report, evaluates the views of scholars, and presents its own conclusions. Focused o...
Super Minds is a seven-level course for young learners. This exciting seven-level course enhances your students' thinking skills, improving their memory along with their language skills. Super Minds develops language creatively with activities including role play and project work and explores social values with both lively stories and cross-curricular thinking with fascinating 'English for school' sections. For ease of use, this Level 6 Teache...
An exciting, seven-level course that enhances young learners' thinking skills, sharpening their memory while improving their language skills. This exciting seven-level course enhances your students' thinking skills, sharpening their memory and improving their concentration along with their language skills. Super Minds develops language with creative activities including role play and project work, explores social values with lively stories and...
Das vorliegende Buch behandelt die Frage, welche touristischen Elemente bzw. Attraktionen die Destination Las Vegas definieren und was die Stadt so beliebt macht. Darüber hinaus wird untersucht, wie die Entwicklung des Tourismus in Las Vegas im Einzelnen erfolgte und welche Potentiale künftig noch im Tourismus stecken. Weiterhin wird der Einfluss der Themenhotels analysiert und der Frage nachgegangen, inwiefern diese selbst als touristische Se...
Offers the first book-length biography of Laurence Massillon Keitt, one of South Carolina's most notorious advocates of secession and apologists for African American slavery. Through this thoroughly researched volume, Holt Merchant offers a comprehensive history of an important South Carolina figure.
Verzwickte Fälle, ein eigenwilliger Detektiv und Lokalkolorit - die Kriminalromane von Wolf Haas bieten beste Unterhaltung. Dies liegt vor allem an Brenner, Haas' Ermittler, der jeden noch so schwierigen Fall auf seine ganz eigene Art löst. Aber was für ein Detektiv ist eigentlich dieser Brenner? Ein klassischer Ermittler à la Sherlock Holmes oder doch eher ein Mann der 'harten' Schule? Inwieweit folgen die Romane traditionellen Genrestrukture...
Fluchen Franzosen mehr als Deutsche? Ist die Fäkalsprache wirklich die primäre Schöpfungsquelle deutscher Fluchwörter? Gibt es regionale Unterschiede in Bezug auf das Fluchvokabular? Diesen und weiteren Fragen wird in dieser Studie auf den Grund gegangen. Sie bietet eine umfassende kontrastive Analyse des deutschen und französischen Fluchwortschatzes, die auf theoretischen Grundlagen und empirischen Daten basiert. Die empirischen Daten wurden ...
Spanish edition, Volume 1, includes the Glencoe Course 1 Student edition and complete student access to online resources including eBooks, assessments, animations, tutorials, customizable presentation tools, virtual manipulatives, and videos via the ConnectED portal.
Leta E. Miller is a professor of music at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is the author of Music and Politics in San Francisco: From the 1906 Quake to the Second World War.
As a global religion with growing numbers of expressions, Christianity calls for deepening relationships across traditions while also formulating collaborative visions. A thriving church will require Christians from various traditions and on varying trajectories to become familiar with one another, appreciate one another, and work in common service to God in Jesus Christ.
In this book, a group of thirteen distinguished scholars from around ...
