SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1987* Publisher: BBC Publications.* Binding and cover condition: Soft colour illustrated card covers. No bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no visible faults. Seems very little used ? if at all. FINE* Illustrations: B/w photos, line drawings & monochrome diagrams throughout.* Pages: 181 pp. text. xv pp. answers to exercises and glossary at rear.* Product Description:- This book accompanies the BBC television series Discovering Portuguese. The book is also designed to be used independently as an introduction to the Portuguese language for complete beginners..* This is a FINE copy of the 1st./1st. with minimal shelf wear.*

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A haunting tale of human resilience and hope in the face of unrelieved horror, Albert Camus’ iconic novel about an epidemic ravaging the people of a North African coastal town is a classic of twentieth-century literature. The townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation and claustrophobia follow as they are forced into quarantine. Each person responds in their own way to the lethal disease: some resign themselves to fate, some seek blame, and a few, like Dr. Rieux, resist the terror. An immediate triumph when it was published in 1947, The Plague is in part an allegory of France’s suffering under the Nazi occupation, and a timeless story of bravery and determination against the precariousness of human existence.

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 942
Title: Discovering Portuguese
Author: Freeland, Alan
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - F/F/ND
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0563213450
ISBN 13: 9780563213451
Publisher: BBC Books
Place of Publication: London Uk 160
This edition first published: April 16, 1987
Size: 22.6 x 15.4 x 1.4 cm

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