The Miracle Game

The Miracle Game
Author: Josef Škvorecký
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 452
Release: 1992
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780393308495

This energetic and hilarious novel is made even more important by the current final thawing of the long, Communist winter in Czechoslovakia. Moving between 1948, when our hero Danny Smiricky falls asleep in church while a miraculous event occurs, and 1968, when he observes the miracle of Prague Spring, The Miracle Game is a sharp look at the strange, sad, and silly things people do to survive.

Idioms

Idioms
Author: David Copper
Publisher: Lotus Press
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2005
Genre:
ISBN: 9788189093907

Forbidden Line

Forbidden Line
Author: Paul Stanbridge
Publisher: Galley Beggar Press
Total Pages: 488
Release: 2016-12-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1910296767

"A work of enormous scope and ambition from a writer who combines style, wit... and a rare sense of the ridiculousness of the human condition. Incomparable." (Alex Pheby, Wellcome Book Prize-shortlisted author of Playthings) Forbidden Line, the debut novel by Paul Stanbridge, is a monster. A unique retelling of Don Quixote and the fourteenth century Peasants' Revolt – it's also a gleeful hybrid of science, pseudo-science, absurd theory and ingenious philosophy. Above all, it's a story about love, companionship, and two friends: Don and Is. This profoundly odd couple career around Essex and London, insulting drinkers, abusing drivers, curing plague, and fighting each other and everyone around them. They are on a quest (as far as Don is concerned) to reveal the truth about history and to uncover the secrets of the hyperfine transition of hydrogen. But Is, like the rest of us, isn't really sure what Don is talking about. All he wants to do is get through to the next day – and back to his family. Both of which turn into extremely tricky propositions, as Don takes him ever deeper into danger, and the very structure of reality begins to turn against them both... Forbidden Line is a fiercely clever novel; it will make you question everything, and it will make you glad to be human. It is a dazzling achievement.

The Field Guide to Horses

The Field Guide to Horses
Author: Samantha Johnson
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2009-12-15
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1616732172

Learn about your favorite equine breeds with this easy-to-use reference on their conformation, colors, and characteristics—from Arabians to Welsh Ponies. Thinking of acquiring a horse? Studying equine breeds and traits? Or simply curious about the magnificent creatures? This book, with profiles of one hundred horse, pony, and draft breeds, is the most comprehensive field guide to horses ever published. Illustrated throughout with fine color photographs, the profiles detail the characteristics and unique aspects of each breed; they also include brief histories and explain distinctions of equine color genetics, markings and patterns, and conformation. Complete, concise, and compact, this field guide is as handy as it is informative—the perfect companion for anyone considering horses.

The Cat's Pyjamas

The Cat's Pyjamas
Author: Julia Cresswell
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2007-11-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0141912421

A fascinating, thematic exploration of clichés from as the actress said to the bishop to zero hour, explaining what they are and where they’ve come from. Julia Cresswell has taken her best-selling dictionary of clichés (‘Sumptuous... A mine of information.’ Guardian) back to the drawing board and has created a book, packed with famous (and infamous) quotations and memorable information, that will change the way you see English.

The Bible of the 3Rd Millennium

The Bible of the 3Rd Millennium
Author: Russell James Stein
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 431
Release: 2014-04-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1493141384

It took me a while but Ive seen the light but as may you. How I got there with the rest of this book is hard to ascertain now (although Ive actually now managed to write about this concisely at the end, now that Im writing this right now in the future now sounds a bit ridiculous, I know, and far too many nows), but what Ive put Im damn sure is true and it will be as true for anyone else. And thats why I think this book has so much value. With these writings, it should all damn well work!! Read on please

句型X翻譯 英語力的關鍵(全新修訂版)

句型X翻譯 英語力的關鍵(全新修訂版)
Author: LiveABC編輯群
Publisher: 希伯崙股份有限公司
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2018-12-24
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9864412310

你是不是常常想開口說英文或是寫作時會因為文法卡卡的而不敢表達呢? 常常脫口而出的一句話,卻不知道文法到底對不對、是不是用錯句型了? 看到每個單字都理解,但湊成一個完整句子時就突然搞不懂意思了? 如果你有上述這些問題,試試看能否正確回答以下題目? Q1 湯姆是我們學校最優秀的棒球運動員嗎? (A) Is Tom the best baseball player in our school? (B) Does Tom the best baseball player in our school? Q2 去年夏天我花了兩星期在非洲旅行。 (A) I cost two weeks last summer traveling in Africa. (B) I spent two weeks last summer traveling in Africa. Q3 我們學校每班由四十名學生組成。 (A)Forty students consist of each class in our school. (B) Forty students make up each class in our school. 答案:(A)、(B)、(B) 這些句型文法都在這本《句型X翻譯 英語力的關鍵》裡都能找到答案! 本書特色: 收錄超過120個一定要會的英文基本句型,輕鬆打好文法基礎! 每個英文句型的背後都有對應的文法概念,而英文聽說讀寫與句型息息相關,尤其閱讀與寫作更是如此。無論是要理解篇章文意,或是寫出通順、達意的句子,著實都要花點功夫學會句型。其實高中三年的英文學習已經涵蓋了基本的重要句型,因此我們參考高中英文教材,以「文法架構」為主軸,收錄五大基本句型、常見動詞用法、連接句子結構的句型、名詞子句、不定詞、動名詞、關係子句、副詞子句、分詞、比較句型、假設法、介系詞、強調用法、否定與倒裝句型等十四個章節。 精心設計的學習編排,透過引導式重點解析搭配例句,易學易懂! 每個單元皆有句型公式、句型暖身、重點說明和即時練習,您可以先從句型暖身提供的句子搭配公式來熟悉句型的應用,而重點說明則針對句型的特點與結構加以解釋,例句也會根據說明重點來標色,甚至在容易出錯的地方,以文字說明提醒讀者注意。在一些單元中還有設計延伸學習,介紹相關或進階的句型,幫助讀者觸類旁通,舉一反三。最後即時練習可以幫助您檢驗自己的學習成效,題型除了單句或填空翻譯外,我們還從歷屆學測、指考中挑選出使用到該單元句型的句子,其中有些句子為避免文意不清而作適當改寫,以幫助準備大考的讀者充分掌握英文句型。 全新改版增修圖表說明、收錄近十年大考試題,讓學習變得有效率! 在這次修訂版中,我們重新檢視內容,在重點說明部分力求言簡意賅,改以表格對照方式呈現,輔以說明的例句亦重新改寫,以求能清楚、容易理解該句型為目標。延伸學習部分亦以實用為考量,較為艱澀或可能造成混淆的內容則予以刪除。最後,在測驗部分,我們收錄近十年的大考題目,並且重新審視、設計題目,剔除題意不清的句子,以求能真正幫助讀者在英文翻譯與寫作中有好的成績。 目錄介紹: Section 1 五大基本句型及其他句型 1-1 完全不及物動詞 1-2 不完全不及物動詞(連綴動詞) 1-3 完全及物動詞 1-4 授與動詞 1-5 不完全及物動詞 1-6 疑問詞疑問句 1-7 是非問句 1-8 間接問句 1-9 附加問句 Section 2 常見動詞的用法 2-1 感官動詞 2-2 使役動詞 2-3 表「花費」動詞 2-4 表「組成、構成」動詞 2-5 認為、覺得…… 2-6 把……視為…… 2-7 避免、防止…… 2-8 表「拍、打、抓、拉」身體部位的動詞 Section 3 連接句子結構的句型 3-1 一個……另一個……還有一個…… 3-2 一來……再來…… 3-3 配對連接詞的句型 (1) 3-4 配對連接詞的句型 (2) 3-5 的確……,不過…… 3-6 祈使句,那麼∕否則 3-7 具轉折功能的連接副詞 Section 4 名詞子句及It常用句型 4-1 名詞子句的用法 4-2 ……是很有可能的 4-3 據報導、據說…… 4-4 似乎、看起來好像…… 4-5 某人突然想到…… 4-6 ……沒有差別、不重要 4-7 難怪……;……不足為奇 4-8 視……為理所當然 4-9 其他 It 作虛主詞的句型 Section 5 不定詞及It常用句型 5-1 不定詞在句中的功用 5-2 描述事物的句型 5-3 描述人特質的句型 5-4 ……是值得的 5-5 不需要、沒必要…… 5-6 別無選擇,只好…… 5-7 結果卻、不料…… 5-8 常見的獨立不定詞片語 Section 6 動名詞及相關句型 6-1 動名詞在句中的功用 6-2 ……是沒有用的 6-3 ……是不可能的 6-4(某事物)需要…… 6-5 在……有困難或問題 6-6 一……就…… 6-7 想要…… 6-8 習慣於…… 6-9 忍不住、不禁…… Section 7 關係子句及相關句型 7-1 關係子句 7-2 凡是……的人 7-3 補述用法 7-4 關係副詞 when、where、why 7-5 某人只需要做的是…… 7-6 最不……的 7-7 像……一樣的 Section 8 副詞子句及相關句型 8-1 引導時間的副詞子句 (1) 8-2 引導時間的副詞子句 (2) 8-3 引導時間的副詞子句 (3) 8-4 引導目的的副詞子句 8-5 引導因果的副詞子句 8-6 引導讓步、對比的副詞子句 8-7 引導條件的副詞子句 8-8 彷彿;就如…… 一般 8-9 A 之於 B 就如 C 之於 D Section 9 分詞及相關句型 9-1 分詞的種類與用法 9-2 分詞構句 9-3 獨立分詞構句 9-4 表附帶狀況的分詞構句 9-5 分詞片語 9-6 包括……在內 9-7 常見的分詞慣用語 Section 10 與比較相關的句型 10-1 原級比較的句型 10-2 than 的比較級句型 10-3 to 的比較級句型 10-4 倍數比較級 10-5 愈……就愈…… 10-6 與其說是 A,不如說是 B 10-7 表最高級的句型 10-8 寧願……而不願…… Section 11 與假設法相關的句型 11-1 if 引導與事實相反的假設句 11-2 與未來事實不符及對未來強烈懷疑的假設句 11-3 原本可以、將、可能、應該……卻沒有 11-4 希望……就好了 11-5 要不是……的話 11-6 該是……的時候了 11-7 建議、命令、要求、堅持…… Section 12 介系詞及相關句型 12-1 除了……還有;除去……之外 12-2 儘管、雖然…… 12-3 而不是…… 12-4 為了…… 12-5 令某人……的是,…… 12-6 處在……情緒或狀態下,…… Section 13 強調用法的句型 13-1 分裂句 13-2 非常……結果、以致於…… 13-3 太……而無法……;夠……而足以…… 13-4 再……也不為過 13-5 感嘆句 Section 14 否定句與倒裝句 14-1 每……必……;沒有……不…… 14-2 有…… 14-3 否定副詞的倒裝 14-4 只有……才(Only 的倒裝) 14-5 地方副詞的倒裝 14-6 主詞補語的倒裝 14-7 也……;也不…… 14-8 省略 if 的假設句 14-9 讓步子句的倒裝

Geometric Magic Squares

Geometric Magic Squares
Author: Lee C. F. Sallows
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2013
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 0486489094

Traditional magic squares employ a chessboard-like arrangement of numbers in which the total of all rows, columns, and diagonals add up to the same number. This innovative approach by a Dutch engineer challenges puzzlists to think two dimensionally by replacing numbers with colorful geometric shapes. Dozens of creative puzzles, suitable for ages 12 and up.

Skylark Coursebook – 6 VRApp

Skylark Coursebook – 6 VRApp
Author: Sonia Dhir & Sumita Banerjea
Publisher: Vikas Publishing House
Total Pages: 152
Release:
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9325986078

Skylark is a multi-skill based series of coursebooks and workbooks for Classes 1-8. It caters to the needs of the learners and the facilitators of the English language through its approach—teaching language through literature. Through their simple, lucid and visually appealing presentation of content, the books make language acquisition effortless, seamless and engrossing for the learners.

The Little Book of Horse Racing

The Little Book of Horse Racing
Author: Anne Holland
Publisher: The History Press
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2014-10-06
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0750958286

Do you know what the oldest horse race in Britain is, where the term ‘gee-gee’ comes from, or who is credited with bringing racing to Ascot? Fact-packed but light-hearted in style, this reliable reference book and quirky guide reveals little-known facts, details of classic races, famous riders, racing records, amusing anecdotes and criminal goings-on. A compendium of the fascinating, strange and entertaining, The Little Book of Horse Racing can be dipped into time and time again to reveal something new about this ancient sport.