Краткое описание: Родни д'Арманд, агент Почтенного Общества по Искоренению Складывающихся Корпоративностей (ПОИСКа), обнаруживает планету, которую ему предстоит направить на демократический путь развития. Если превратить средневековый феодализм в конституционную монархию, то рано или поздно из нее вырастет истинная демократия. Но такое развитие событий кое-кого не устраивает и Родни, взяв в качестве псевдонима имя Род Гэллоуглас, вместе со своим кибернетическим конем Вексом принимается за работу...

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В сборник вошли пятьдесят семь рассказов писателя. Это почти полное собрание рассказов Уильяма Тенна на русском языке, значительная часть из них опубликована впервые.

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Четыре не связанных между собой романа, являющихся классикой американской фантастики.
Кукловоды
Гражданин Галактики
Двойник
Дверь в Лето

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Первая половина авторского сборника «Ретроспектива». В нем собраны основные произведения малой формы, расположенные в хронологическом порядке и представляющие основные этапы творческого пути. Каждый раздел снабжен авторскими комментариями.

Второе издание этого сборника. По сравнению с первым в нём исправлен целый ряд опечаток, неточностей перевода и пр. К примеру, «Г.П.Лавкрафт» стал, как и положено,  Г.Ф.Лавкрафтом.

Краткое описание: Analyzing the Grammar of English (which we abbreviate AGE) is an analysis of the grammar of a particular language (English) and not an introduction to linguistics whose examples end up coming from English. A textbook and not a reference grammar, AGE also constitutes a reasonably brief examination of its topics that the authors’ classroom experience has shown can be completed in a fifteen-week semester. AGE keeps end-of-chapter notes to a minimum and attempts no bibliographical coverage. On the other hand, exercises abound—even more so in the present edition—that complement the text as fully as possible and are prefaced in most cases by examples of how to proceed. (AGE also contains a lengthy glossary of terms—new to this edition—along with an index of topics)

Краткое описание: The ideas described in this book have been developed in linguistics and the philosophy of language, as vell as in some related disciplines such as mathematics, logic and psychology. They necessarily represent only a very small proportion of the long tradition of the serious study of language; we have chosen them because of their impact on current work in linguistics and the philosophy of language. These two disciplines are subdivided into many different branches. Linguistics, for example, includes work undertaken in semantics, pragmatics, phonology, syntax, sociolinguistics and many other fields…

Краткое описание: The Oxford Guide to English Grammar is a systematic account of grammatical forms and the way they are used in standard British English today. The emphasis is on meanings and how they govern the choice of grammatical pattern.

The book is thorough in its coverage but pays most attention to points that are of importance to intermediate and advanced learners of English, and to their teachers. it will be found equally suitable for quick reference to details and for the more leisured study of broad grammar topics.
A useful feature of the book is the inclusion of example texts and conversations. many of them authentic, to show how grammar is used in connected writing and in speech.

Краткое описание: The Oxford Picture Power Dictionary
1500 words through stories and pictures

Краткое описание: This is the first dictionary entirely devoted to new words and meanings to have been published by the Oxford University Press. It follows in the tradition of the Supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary in attempting to record the history of some recent additions to the language, but, unlike the Supplement, it is necessarily very selective in the words, phrases, and meanings whose stories it sets out to tell and it stands as an independent work, unrelated (except in the resources it draws upon) to the Oxford English Dictionary…

Краткое описание: This book is addressed primarily to native speakers of English and others who use English as their first language. It is a comprehensive account of present-day English that is chiefly focused on the standard varieties of American and British English. but it also refers frequently to non-standard varieties and it draws on the history of the language to illuminate and explain features of English of today. It offers a description of the language and is not intended to prescribe or proscribe.