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Agatha Christie and the golden age of detective fiction
History & The Arts

Agatha Christie and the golden age of detective fiction

...changes in Britain are useful in reading detective fiction. Some critics would argue, however, that the form and distinctive structural rules of detective fiction are just as important as critical reference points, and in the following section you will take a closer look at one aspect of form that came to define crime writing of this period: the clue–puzzle...
Getting started with German 2
Languages

Getting started with German 2

...change in the 2nd and 3rd person singular. Table 2 The present tense of the irregular verb essen ESSEN ich esse wir essen du isst ihr esst er/sie/es isst Sie/sie essen...Week 1: Frühstück!: 3 Practising the irregular verb essen - You’ll now practise using the irregular, but very common verb essen that was introduced in the last section. Activity 3...Week 1:...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Library of Alexandria
History & The Arts

Library of Alexandria

...changing, it prevents us many times from retrieving what was once stored in now superseded containers; that leafing through a book or roaming through shelves is an intimate part of the craft of reading and cannot be entirely replaced by scrolling down a screen, any more than real travel can be replaced by travelogues and 3-D gadgets. Return to Activity 1...Library of...
Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Getting started with Italian 1
Languages

Getting started with Italian 1

...change form in the plural, such as: nouns ending in a consonant and one-syllable nouns: un bar a bar - due bar two bars nouns imported from another language: una brioche a brioche - due brioche two brioches and nouns with a written accent on their final syllable: un'attività an activity - due attività two activities un caffé a coffee - due caffè two coffees...Week 1:...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Beginners’ Spanish: food and drink
Languages

Beginners’ Spanish: food and drink

...changing, however, and in some new establishments you have to keep the toothpicks in order to be charged accordingly. [A bar blackboard] Figure 12 Typical tapas in Galicia are octopus (boiled and served with oil and paprika) and fried green peppers (pimientos de Padrón). In central Spain, all types of cheese and cured meats, together with cooked food, from meatballs to...
The family at the centre of early learning
Education & Development

The family at the centre of early learning

...changes as children begin to attend organised groups away from their home environment. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course E109 Exploring perspectives on young children’s lives and learning...The family at the centre of early learning: Learning Outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: consider how a person’s...
Getting started with German 1
Languages

Getting started with German 1

...change the way you go about it as the weeks progress; don’t worry if that happens. The important thing is that you find a way to note down, each week, new vocabulary and expressions, and also tips about pronunciation, grammar, culture and communication in general that will support you as you start to learn German. How will you do this? Whether you keep your notes on...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Surfaces
Science, Maths & Technology

Surfaces

...change. [Figure 43] Figure 43 To sum up, two surfaces in space are homeomorphic if we can bend, stretch, squeeze or shrink one into the other and/or if we can cut one and then, after some bending, stretching, squeezing or shrinking, glue it back together (making sure to join the points on either side of the cut exactly as beforehand) to form the other. We thus have a...
Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs