The list of sources that follow (the books and sites on Britain, its people and its language ) is just a suggestion - you may find more useful sources elsewhere. In order to be the winner of the Olympiad you should first and foremost be a person of great erudition and inquisitive mind. The ability to absorb the contents of books will be the path to success for both green freshmen up to eminent scholars! .

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Англия и англичане, А.В.Павловская, «Издательство Московского Университета», «Триада Лтд», 2004.

England and the English, Anna Pavlovskaya, «Moscow University Press», «Pamyatniki istoricheskoy misli», 2005.

С любезного разрешения автора ЗДЕСЬ можно прочесть выдержки из книги England and the English - "English Beliefs" and "Main Features of the English Character".

http://www.narody.ru – сайт образовательного проекта “England and the English”

Just English. The State of Britain. Углубленный курс, Ю.Л. Гуманова, В.А. Королева-МакАри, М.Л. Свешникова, «Палеотип», 2004.

The Best of Just English. Классический Университетский Учебник, Ю.Л. Гуманова, В.А. Королева-МакАри, М.Л. Свешникова, Е.В. Тихомирова, «Зерцало», 2004.

An Illustrated History of Britain, McDoval D., Longman, 1995.

Horrible Histories: Cruel Kings and Mean Queens, Terry Deary, 1995.

Kings and Queens of England and Great Britain, Delderfield Eric R., David & Charles, 1999.

The Kings and Queens of England, Nicholas Best, «Weidenfeld & Nicolson. London», 1995.

Великобритания. Лингвострановедческий словарь, Адриан Р. У. Рум, «Русский Язык», 1999.

История Англии для детей, Е. Чудинова, «Центр творческого развития», 1996.

Who put the butter in Butterfly… and other fearless investigations into our illogical language, David Feldman, Harper & Row Publishers Inc., 1998.

А ВОТ И: ссылки на сайты, посвященные истории и культуре Великобритании и происхождению слов и выражений

http://www.wordorigins.org
Etymologies and word origins

http://www.etymonline.com
Online etymological dictionary

http://www.worldwidewords.org
…About international English from a British viewpoint

http://www.wordwizard.com
Wordwizard - for lovers of the English language

http://www.idiomsite.com
Find out why you say what you say!

http://www.hello-online.ru
The website by Russian teachers of English, ELT enthusiasts, who believe that English unites the world

http://www.idiomconnection.com
The idiom connection

http://www.coolquiz.com/trivia/
Lots of useful and useless facts

http://home.nycap.rr.com/useless/site_index/index.html
The things you never needed to know but your life would be incomplete without

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