Books Do Furnish a Life. Reading and Writing Science

‘Fascinating… I loved this book; I really did’ David Crystal, Spectator A biography of a much misunderstood punctuation mark and a call to arms in favour of clear expression and against stifling grammar rules. Cecelia Watson used to be obsessive about grammar rules. But then she began teaching. And that was when she realized that strict rules aren’t always the best way of teaching people how to make words say what they want them to; that they are even, sometimes, best ignored. One punctuation mark encapsulates this thorny issue more clearly than any other. The semicolon. Hated by Stephen King, Hemingway, Vonnegut and Orwell, and loved by Herman Melville, Henry James and Rebecca Solnit, it is the most divisive punctuation mark in the English language, and many are too scared to go near it. But why? When is it effective? Have we been misusing it? Should we even care? In this warm, funny, enlightening and thoroughly original book, Cecelia Watson takes us on a whistle-stop tour of the surprising history of the semicolon and explores the remarkable power it can wield, if only we would stop being afraid of it. Forget the rules; you’re in charge. It’s time to make language do what you want it to.

How to Read provides guidance and reflections on the love and enjoyment of books. Engaging and enlightening, this well-rounded collection includes Lewis’ reflections on science fiction, why children’s literature is for readers of all ages, and why we should read two old books for every new one.C. S. Lewis continues to speak to readers thanks to not only his intellectual insights on Christianity but also his wondrous creative works and deep reflections on the literature that impacted his life. Beloved for his teaching novels like Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, and The Chronicles of Narnia as well as his narrative books that explored theology and Christian life, Lewis was a long-time writer and lover of books of every kind.Cultivated from his many essays, articles, letters, as well as his classic works, How to Read is a collection of Lewis’s writings that provides both guidance and reflections on the love and enjoyment of books. A lens into the thoughts of one of the greatest public intellectuals of our time, this collection reveals what Lewis himself loved so much about reading and what it means to learn through literature–all in one accessible volume.

A funny, scrupulously honest account of one man’s quest to reverse 20 years of lies and read the books he’s always claimed to have read.'I loved the writing and the characterisation, oh, and the plot – yeah, all really pithy. Really great': sound familiar?Andy Miller has been living a lie. But then again, who hasn't? How many books have you claimed to have read but never actually finished, or started, or even heard of? Books you've really wanted to read, or should have read, but never had the time, or the inclination? Tackling the canon single-handedly, Miller decides to rectify his twenty odd years of lies and silence his nagging guilt and become the literate man he's always claimed himself to be.The Year of Reading Dangerously is an inspired and witty tour of literature from all genres: classic, cult and Dan Brown. A comparative reading of The Da Vinci Code and Moby Dick somehow seems inevitable, the Charles Arrowby cookbook becomes a terrifying possibility and an explanation of the curious unreadability of Catch-22 is attempted. We travel from the mires of inaccessibility, incomprehensibility, commodification and confusion to moments of enlightened, ecstatic wonder. It becomes unavoidable to consider how we buy, borrow, steal and generally use and abuse books for our own complicated ends.Written with characteristic sharp and honest humour, The Year of Reading Dangerously is an affirmation of the pleasure of reading and a challenge to everyone who loves books but has forgotten how to read. Out of serious enquiries into commercialism, mediocrity and our literary prejudices emerges a very funny account of one man's attempt to read more dangerously.

Уровень: Beginner to Pre-Intermediate Reading & Writing Targets - трехуровневый курс для развития навыков чтения и письма для учащихся, изучающих английский язык с нуля до продвинутого уровня. Пособие можно использовать наряду с основным учебником на уровне среднего образования для эффективного закрепления навыков чтения и письма. Книга для учителя содержит полезные советы для преподавателя, а также ключи ко всем типам упражнений. Основные характеристики курса: различные тексты, основанные на реальных жизненных ситуациях, которые развивают навыки чтения и закладывают фундамент учащимся для создания моделей собственных письменных работ; лексические и грамматические упражнения познакомят студента со всеми типами лексики и грамматических структур, необходимых для написания качественного сочинения; полезные советы форм и планов написания писем и эссе.

Уровень: Beginner to Pre-Intermediate Reading & Writing Targets - трехуровневый курс для развития навыков чтения и письма для учащихся, изучающих английский язык с нуля до продвинутого уровня. Пособие можно использовать наряду с основным учебником на уровне среднего образования для эффективного закрепления навыков чтения и письма. Книга для учителя содержит полезные советы для преподавателя, а также ключи ко всем типам упражнений. Основные характеристики курса: различные тексты, основанные на реальных жизненных ситуациях, которые развивают навыки чтения и закладывают фундамент учащимся для создания моделей собственных письменных работ; лексические и грамматические упражнения познакомят студента со всеми типами лексики и грамматических структур, необходимых для написания качественного сочинения; полезные советы форм и планов написания писем и эссе.

‘The word “mesmerising” is frequently applied to memoirs, but seldom as deservedly as in the case of Girl With Dove’ Financial Times‘Reading is a form of escape and an avid reader is an escape artist…’Growing up in a dilapidated house by the sea where men were forbidden, Sally’s childhood world was filled with mystery and intrigue. Hippies trailed through the kitchen looking for God – their leader was Aunt Di, who ruled the house with charismatic force. When Sally’s baby brother vanishes from his pram, she becomes suspicious of the activities going on around her. What happened to Baby David and the woman called Poor Sue? And where did all the people singing and wailing prayers in the front room suddenly go?Disappearing into a world of books and reading, Sally adopts the tried and tested methods of Miss Marple. Taking books for hints and clues, she turns herself into a reading detective. Her discovery of Jane Eyre marks the beginning of a vivid journey through Victorian literature where she also finds the kind, eccentric figure of Charles Dickens’ Betsey Trotwood. These characters soon become her heroines, acting as a part of an alternative family, offering humour and guidance during many difficult moments in Sally’s life.Combining the voices of literary characters with those of her real-life counterparts, Girl With Dove reads as a magical series of strange encounters, climaxing with a comic performance of Shakespeare in the children’s home where Sally is eventually sent.Weaving literary classics with a young girl’s coming of age story, this is a book that testifies to the transformative power of reading and the literary imagination. Mixing fairy tale, literary classics, nursery rhymes and folklore, it is the story of a child’s adventure in wonderland and search for truth in an adult world often cast in deep shadow.

Уровень: Beginner to Pre-IntermediateReading лексические и грамматические упражнения познакомят студента со всеми типами лексики и грамматических структур, необходимых для написания качественного сочинения;полезные советы форм и планов написания писем и эссе.

Уровень: Beginner to Pre-IntermediateReading лексические и грамматические упражнения познакомят студента со всеми типами лексики и грамматических структур, необходимых для написания качественного сочинения;полезные советы форм и планов написания писем и эссе.

Учебник, который вы держите в руках, является одновременно и рабочей тетрадью с разными познавательными играми. Книга рассчитана на работу детей младшего и среднего школьного возраста на занятиях в классах и дома — вместе с родителями, а также бабушками и дедушками. Учебное пособие предназначено для обучения чтению и грамматике, прорабатывания самых употребляемых английских слов. Все темы изучаются в игровой форме.

Учебник, который вы держите в руках, является одновременно и рабочей тетрадью с разными познавательными играми. Книга рассчитана на работу детей младшего и среднего школьного возраста на занятиях в классах и дома — вместе с родителями, а также бабушками и дедушками. Учебное пособие предназначено для обучения чтению и грамматике, прорабатывания самых употребляемых английских слов. Все темы изучаются в игровой форме.