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Автор: Ирина Корн

Вместе с книгой «English Blocks» вы научитесь «по кирпичикам» собирать грамматически верные конструкции, заложите устойчивый фундамент системы времен английской грамматики, поймете, как складывать по схеме вопросительные, отрицательные и утвердительные предложения, с легкостью освоите большой объем новой лексики. Наглядные схемы-конструктор помогут выстроить в голове четкую и понятную структуру английского. Благодаря новой концепции «речевого конструктора» вы легко соберете нужную фразу из предложенных кирпичиков-заготовок. Книга отлично подойдет для всех, кто выбирает структурированное и схематичное изложение материала. Специально для тех, кто любит порядок и ясность во всем – разложите все трудности английского по полочкам и выстройте крепкий фундамент знаний из предложенных «кирпичиков».

Серия: Иностранный по кирпичикам

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Автор: Andrew Fish

In this time-travelling romp, Andrew Fish brings a new slant to the classic legend. Erasmus Hobart is the perfect new adventurer for fans of Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett.Robin Hood was a crook! But was he as good a crook as the legends suggest? That's what Erasmus Hobart – school teacher, history fanatic, time-traveller – wants to find out. In this, his first adventure, Erasmus takes his time-travelling privy back to mediaeval Nottingham in his quest for knowledge. But with homicidal knights, amorous female outlaws and mischievous squirrels complicating his investigation, will he uncover the truth in time to get back and mark 4A's history homework?

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Автор: Alex Archer

After shooting an episode of Chasing History's Monsters at a dig in Australia, Annja Creed is left feeling mildly unimpressed. The artifacts being uncovered are considered fringe by experts who doubt their authenticity.Annja is disappointed by the general lack of mystery involved. But her boredom is quickly replaced with fear when all that's left of her cameraman is a drop of blood on his hotel-room carpet.As she looks for her friend, Annja narrowly escapes an attack by gunmen. She realizes her cameraman must have captured the image of something so valuable that someone would kill them for just having dared look at it. When it becomes clear that everyone on the dig is at risk, Annja begins to think they're in danger not because of what they saw, but who…

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Автор: Diana Palmer

A killer lies in waitThe note wasn’t a threat, exactly. But for Corey Donahue, who’d witnessed her mother’s murder as a child, it felt menacing. Surprisingly, the one person she trusted to show the note to was a man merely renting a room from her. Traumatised, Corey had never trusted men…until Austin Mendez moved in.Six years undercover had caused Austin to shut everyone out…until Corey. The vulnerability she hid made him yearn to break down the walls around her heart. And, with a killer closing in, two souls were discovering the trust they’d lost – and much more – in each other’s arms.

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Автор: Aldivan Teixeira Torres

Treze hist?rias,um sonhador,um jovem e dois arcanjos em busca da verdade.O que tem em comum uma depressiva,um ped?filo,uma abortadora,um drogado,um jogador profissional, cientistas,criminosos,uma sex?loga,um esquizofr?nico e uma deficiente? Treze hist?rias,um sonhador,um jovem e dois arcanjos em busca da verdade.O que tem em comum uma depressiva,um ped?filo,uma abortadora,um drogado,um jogador profissional, cientistas,criminosos,uma sex?loga,um esquizofr?nico e uma deficiente?Ambos procuram refletir sobre seus atos,seus rumos futuros ao lado do vidente,um ser revolucion?rio e especial,numa grande viagem no nordeste brasileiro.Declarando-se o filho de Deus,ele promete escutar a todos,aconselh?-los e dar dicas valiosas sobre como retomar a vida mostrando ao longo do tempo sua personalidade e do seu pai.O objetivo maior de tudo ? despertar o “eu sou” interno de cada um deles e alcan?ando este milagre a verdade enfim ser? revelada.“Eu sou” tamb?m representa um grito de liberdade frente ?s conven??es sociais a exemplo do que fez Jesus no passado.“Eu sou” mostra-se desta forma como verdadeiramente o ser humano ? em contradi??o com aqueles que est?o acostumados a julgar os outros.Um livro instigante e que promete muito.

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Автор: Emma Page

A Kesley and Lambert novel.Did Vera Foster commit suicide? That’s what everybody thinks. But Chief Inspector Kelsey has another theory.He insists Vera’s husband Gerald killed his wife, even though he was seventy miles away when she died.Following his intuition, and risking his reputation, Kelsey sets out to prove Gerald’s guilt and solve the most complicated puzzle of his career.

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Автор: Brenda Novak

Emma Wright has finally escaped the dangerous man who's controlled her every move for the past six years. Taking her five-year-old son, she has fled across the country–seeking freedom, safety and a fresh start. But Max's father isn't giving them up so easily.Preston Holman understands the lengths a parent will go for his child. He's given up everything to pursue the man he believes killed his son.When Preston meets Emma, he wants nothing to do with her or the boy who reminds him so much of his own child. Yet he can't abandon them–and as he's drawn into the danger that surrounds them, Preston begins to wonder if he's finally found something to live for beyond revenge.

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Автор: Araminta Hall

A gripping psychological suspense read.Cupboards were sticky from spilt jam and honey, and the oven smoked when you turned it on because of the fat that had built up over the years. Agatha would never, ever let her future home end up like this. She would never leave it every day like Ruth did. She would never put her trust in strangers.Ruth and Christian are – just – holding their marriage together, after Christian's disastrous affair a year ago. But chaos beckons, and when the family are suddenly left without any childcare, Agatha comes into their lives to solve all their problems. But Agatha is not as perfect as she seems and her love for the children masks a deeper secret.Everything and Nothing is a stunningly assured debut, superbly evoking an atmosphere of inexorable and sinister menace that builds to a mesmerising climax in a story that is, at its heart, about thwarted and damaged love.

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Автор: Barbara Taylor Bradford

A gripping story of triumph over tragedy from the author of A Woman of SubstanceMallory Keswick is a woman with the world at her feet. Then out of the blue, that world is shattered by violent tragedy and she loses all that she holds dear.Torn by grief, Mal knows that she must rebuild her life. She flees to a village on the Yorkshire moors where she learns to draw on the deepest reserves of her spirit.Mal opens a cafe and shop selling gourmet food and kitchenware and turns it into a highly successful venture. But there remains in her life an aching void, a grief that no individual, nor her new-found business acumen, can assuage. Then she meets Richard Markson, and once more, Mal’s life has come to a crossroads. It is he who shows her that she has everything to gain – but only if she has the courage to take it.

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Автор: Patrick Thompson

Second ingenious thriller with a black edge from the author of Seeing the WiresMick lives in Dudley. As if that wasn’t enough of a disadvantage for one man, he’s also a true nerd. He grew up in the seventies hanging around video game arcades and got a degree in computer science from Borth University, Wales. Now he writes code for a living. For fun he watches his best friend, Dermot, trying (and failing) to tip the bar staff in the Slipped Disc.Mick has a slightly odd phobia. He can’t look at a mirror. His problem has its origins in a psychology experiment he took part in back in college. But recently, he’s been starting to wonder if the experiment might have had a few more sinister side-effects. For example, the way he keeps hallucinating video game characters trying to kill him…It’s time Mick found out what’s going on inside his own brain. Before whatever’s in there gets out for good.

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Автор: Don Pendleton

When Stony Man is called to battle, the crisis is real and immediate. Cybernetics experts run logistics from the war room of a secret facility known only to the President.The commando teams of Able Team and Phoenix Force lead the ground fight–consummate soldiers dedicated to protecting the innocent. The world isn't aware of Stony Man, but Stony Man remains vigilant: guarding that fine line between hell and earth.Small farming towns across America, Europe and Asia have come under attack by a virulent new biochemical cocktail that induces the ravages of starvation in less than a day. The group behind it promises to decimate the human population unless its twisted demands are met by government heads. As this radical anti-industrial group launches its deadly countdown, Stony Man works feverishly to stop the horrifying plague from spreading–before a global megacull leaves only a handful of people to weep for the earth.

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Автор: Don Pendleton

Immediate threats require immediate action–no questions, no explanations, no prisoners. Stony Man has the green light to strike against terror anywhere, anytime, and answer to no one except the President. Action-ready and combat-hard, the warriors of Stony Man know the stakes, and make their own rules….Powerful, sophisticated conspirators understand the power in global panic and fear. Using remote-control robots and local terror groups as muscle, this secret cadre has accessed nuclear power plants across the globe, and is poised to let hell loose. By shutting down the alternative fuel industry, they alone will control the world's energy. And as the clock ticks to worldwide meltdowns, Stony Man unleashes everything it's got in a race against a new face of terror….

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Автор: Don Pendleton

Defending the enemyIt was supposed to be an open-and-shut case against a high-ranking mobster on trial for conspiring to aid Middle Eastern terrorists in a series of brutal attacks against the U.S. But the so-called «last don» of New York City is likely to be acquitted when mercenary hit teams kill every prosecution witness except one.Gilbert Favor is a retired money mover now living in Costa Rica, and is the government's last hope. Mack Bolan's mission is to track Favor and return him Stateside. But the money-laundering specialist is less than willing to come forward. The gunmen tracking him want silence by way of a bullet. The Executioner must deliver the witness alive, no matter what the cost.

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Автор: Jack Higgins

Introducing IRA enforcer and deadly assassin, Sean Dillon, in his explosive debut from number one bestselling author, Jack Higgins.Sean Dillon is a hired killer. The IRA, the PLO, ETA – he’s worked for them all.As the Gulf War rages, Iraq acquires his services for an apocalyptic strike at the heart of Western democracy: 10 Downing Street.But British Intelligence are on his trail – they have hired a killer to stalk a killer; a mortal enemy who is hell-bent on revenge.As the lightning strikes and the bullets fly, Sean Dillon will discover how it feels to truly be at the eye of the storm…

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Автор: Andrew Taylor

Like an archaeological dig, The Roth Trilogy strips away the past to reveal the menace lurking in the present: ‘Taylor has established a sound reputation for writing tense, clammy novels that perceptively penetrate the human psyche’ – Marcel Berlins, The TimesThe shadow of past evil hangs over the present in Andrew Taylor's Roth Trilogy as he skilfully traces the influences that have come to shape the mind of a psychopath.Beginning, in The Four Last Things, with the abduction of little Lucy Appleyard and a grisly discovery in a London graveyard, the layers of the past are gradually peeled away through The Judgement of Strangers and The Office of the Dead to unearth the dark and twisted roots of a very immediate horror that threatens to explode the serenity of Rosington's peaceful Cathedral Close.

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Автор: Сьюзен Мэллери

Fall in love all over again with a heartwarming reader-favorite from #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery!First comes love, then comes marriage… At least, that was Gracie's plan at the ripe old age of fourteen, when she loved eighteen-year-old heartthrob Riley with a desperation that made her a town legend. Even now that she's all grown up, the locals in sleepy Los Lobos won't let her forget her youthful crush.And how can she, when she's face-to-face with Riley at every turn? The onetime bad boy has come back to town seeking respectability—but the sparks that fly between them are anything but respectable. Gracie's determined to keep her distance, but when someone sets out to ruin both their reputations, the two discover that first love is sometimes better the second time around.

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Автор: Don Pendleton

CUTTHROATAfter a number of civilians turn up dead from knife wounds throughout Detroit, a red flag is raised in Washington. Concerned the city has become a testing ground for low-budget, low-tech domestic terrorism, the President wants those responsible for the deaths brought down. And there is only one man who can get under the radar to do it–Mack Bolan.But the pieces of the puzzle are as intricate as the knife wounds, and everywhere Bolan turns leads to another dead end. One thing is certain: whoever is behind the killings doesn't want him around. And it seems everyone from the police department to the Mafia is in on the fight.If it's a duel to the death they want, then the Executioner is ready to battle.

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Автор: Don Pendleton

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Автор: Dermot Bolger

From one of Ireland’s bestselling writers, a literary thriller set in London and Dublin.A combination of family fable and gripping thriller, ‘Father’s Music’ tells the story of Tracey, the troubled twenty-two-year-old daughter of an Englishwoman and a wandering musician from Donegal. She knows very little about her father, who returned to Ireland before Tracey was born, but when she is taken to Ireland by her lover, a Dublin businessman with underworld connections, Tracey at last feels she is coming home – to her father’s land.Caught up in Dublin low-life, tormented by memories of her dead mother and eager to follow up news of her father, Tracey finds her journey home to be a dangerous and extraordinary one…

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Автор: John Davis Gordon

‘They’ll shoot you Davey – like an animal yourself …’To half the world they were folk heroes. To the other half they were lunatic vandals.Davey Jordon – the quiet man burning with a silent rage. Charlie Buffalohorn – the full-blooded Cherokee steeped in the ancient faiths of his people.In the earliest hours of the New York morning they were driving big trucks west for the Smokey Mountains. By dawn the alarm was up and it seemed like half the goddamned nation was coming to gun them down.

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Автор: Reginald Hill

‘One of Britain’s most consistently excellent crime novelists’ Marcel Berlins, The TimesA friendship renewed; a marriage going sour; Harry Bentick heads for the Lake District not knowing if he’s going in search of something or running away.Then two girls are found murdered in the high fells, and suddenly there’s no doubt about it.He’s running.Set in his native Cumberland, this was Reginald Hill’s very first novel, a unique blend of detective story, psychological thriller and Buchanesque adventure that was to lay the groundwork for many books to come, taking him into the top ranks of British crime fiction.

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Автор: Don Pendleton

Dead in the WaterNot all publicity is good publicity. Especially when the fake hijacking of the world’s first self-sustaining vessel turns into the real deal. With the ship and its cargo being auctioned off to terrorists, Mack Bolan must rescue the hostages and destroy the vessel before it falls into even more dangerous hands.Joining Somali pirates on a raid gets Bolan on board, but getting off alive won’t be so easy. Mercenaries and criminal foot soldiers have taken over, transforming the vessel into a minefield. Bolan will need to act quickly to take control, and with the extraction window closing, the Executioner is ready to turn this ship into the Titanic

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Автор: Emma Page

A Kesley and Lambert novel.Chief Inspector Kelsey and Detective Lambert are investigating the murder of divorcee Venetia Franklin.Venetia’s ex-husband Ray Franklin and his new wife certainly have a motive: Ray had had to continue providing for Venetia after the divorce. But, there are other suspects: Philip Coburn who had recently broken off an affair with Venetia, and an intense young man she had met just before her death.Kelsey is following every lead on the suspects when the death of a mentally disturbed man makes him see them in a new light…

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Автор: Harry Sidebottom

‘Absorbing and brilliant … Game of Thrones without the dragons’ THE TIMESThe third book in Sidebottom’s epic series set in third century Rome; a dramatic era of murder, coup, counter-rebellions and civil war.Rome AD238. The Year of the Six Emperors.The empire is in turmoil. With the Gordiani, father and son, dead in Africa, the tyrant Maximinus Thrax vies to reclaim the throne.The Senate, who supported the revolt of the Gordiani, must act quickly to avoid the vengeance of Maximinus. They elect two Senators to share the imperial purple. But fighting erupts in the streets as ambitious men call for violent revolution.Can the new Augusti hold the city together as the empire’s farthest territories fight off bloody attacks from the Goths and the Persians in the east?In the north of Italy, Maximinus descends on Aquileia. Against the odds, Menophilus, an old friend of the younger Gordian, prepares to defend the town. In one of the greatest sieges of the empire, its fate will be decided in a fight for victory, for revenge, for Rome.Filled with intrigue, betrayal and bloody battle, Fire & Sword creates a magnificent world built on brutality and political games, where no one is safe from retribution – not even those who dare to rule.

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Автор: Don Pendleton

RAINING HELLFIREA deadly series of lightning strikes confounds experts and pits Mack Bolan against a new kind of terror that comes out of the sky. The death toll spreads as a plane loaded with innocent victims is blown apart, an office building ignites, killing hundreds, and refinery and munitions factories burst into fireballs. Whoever's responsible leaves no fingerprint. And the strikes continue–unpredictable, undetectable and unstoppable.Posing as the front man of a rival terrorist organization claiming responsibility for the attacks, Bolan lures the enemy–Iraq's Republican Guard–out of the shadows. And by coaxing them to put this latest lethal incendiary weapon on the black-market auction block, traitorous old friends and reformed enemies converge…right into the center of Bolan's crosshairs.

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Автор: Don Pendleton

BLOWBACKMack Bolan's mission takes him to Bogot , Colombia, where an American corporation has been practicing bad business for nearly two decades. If it's a weapons contract, classified materials or soldiers for hire, the company will deal–all with the blessing of the CIA.But now, certain high-ranking individuals are playing by their own rules, stepping outside of their operating field into a whole new ball game: selling America's secrets to hostile nations. The members of a CIA investigating team are all dead, except one hostage. U.S. officials, from the Oval Office down, are anxious. The Executioner's objective is to reel in an operation spinning out of control…by any means necessary.

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Автор: Tash Aw

In this stunning new novel, Tash Aw charts the overlapping lives of migrant Malaysian workers, forging lives for themselves in sprawling Shanghai.Phoebe has come to China buoyed with hope, but her dreams are shattered as the job she was promised seems never to have existed. Gary is a successful pop star, but his fans disappear after a bar-room brawl. Yinghui was once a poetry-loving activist and is not sure how she became a wealthy businesswoman. Justin works hard for his powerful family, but begins to wonder if his efforts are appreciated. And then there is the Five Star Billionaire himself, pulling the strings of destiny, his lessons for success unsettling the dynamics of these disparate lives.In FIVE STAR BILLIONAIRE, Tash Aw charts the weave of their journeys in the new China, counterpointing their adventures with the old life they have left behind in Malaysia. The result is a brilliant examination of the migrations that are shaping this dazzling new city, and their effect on myriad individual lives.

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Автор: Aldivan Teixeira Torres

Conto 1-Buraco Negro Buraco negro ? a s?tima aventura da s?rie “O vidente” e que promete muita emo??o, aventura e suspense. Inspirados pela aventura revelada em Kalenquer, nossos amigos v?o buscam compreender o maior desafio de todos: “O buraco negro”, um ponto para onde tudo converge e se transforma. A fim disso, ? necess?rio superar o desafio dos selos, algo nunca alcan?ado por um ser humano. Neste caminho, encontram um mestre, uma viagem, desafios, ricas experi?ncias, dor, sofrimento, reconhecimento, vit?ria e f?. Conto 1-Buraco Negro Buraco negro ? a s?tima aventura da s?rie “O vidente” e que promete muita emo??o, aventura e suspense. Inspirados pela aventura revelada em Kalenquer, nossos amigos v?o buscam compreender o maior desafio de todos: “O buraco negro”, um ponto para onde tudo converge e se transforma. A fim disso, ? necess?rio superar o desafio dos selos, algo nunca alcan?ado por um ser humano. Neste caminho, encontram um mestre, uma viagem, desafios, ricas experi?ncias, dor, sofrimento, reconhecimento, vit?ria e f?. Um livro que vai inspir?-lo a ser um ser humano mais atuante, ligado com Deus e com o bom conhecimento. Conto 2-Marte sombrio Num encontro com um s?bio, a turma da s?rie o vidente engaja-se na busca da continua??o das aventuras que terminara no confronto em Chrovos.Nela, surpresas e emo??es motivar?o o leitor a ler o texto at? o fim e torcer pela supremacia da for?a do bem. Est?o convidados a embarcar nela. Uma boa leitura.

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Автор: George Fraser MacDonald

Coward, scoundrel, lover and cheat, but there is no better man to go into the jungle with. Join Flashman in his adventures as he survives fearful ordeals and outlandish perils across the four corners of the world.When Flashman was inveigled into a game of pontoon with Disraeli and Lord George Bentinck, he was making an unconscious choice about his own future – would it lie in the House of Commons or the West African slave trade? Was there, for that matter, very much difference?Once again Flashman’s charm, cowardice, treachery, lechery and fleetness of foot see the lovable rogue triumph by the skin of his chattering teeth.

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Автор: George Fraser MacDonald

Coward, scoundrel, lover and cheat, but there is no better man to go into the jungle with. Join Flashman in his adventures as he survives fearful ordeals and outlandish perils across the four corners of the world.A hasty retreat from the boudoir would normally suffice when caught with a wanton young wife. But when her husband turns out to be a high court judge, a change of continents is called for, as Flashman sets off to America again.

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Автор: George Fraser MacDonald

Coward, scoundrel, lover and cheat, but there is no better man to go into the jungle with. Join Flashman in his adventures as he survives fearful ordeals and outlandish perils across the four corners of the world.With the mighty Sikh Khalsa, the finest army ever seen in Asia, poised to invade India and sweep Britannia’s ill-guarded empire into the sea, every able-bodied man was needed to defend the frontier – and one at least had his answer ready when the Call of Duty came: ‘I’ll swim in blood first!’Alas, though, for poor Flashman, there was no avoiding the terrors of secret service in the debauched and intrigue-ridden Court of the Punjab, the attentions of its beautiful nymphomaniac Maharani (not that he minded that, really), the horrors of its torture chambers or the baleful influence of the Mountain of Light.

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Автор: George Fraser MacDonald

Coward, scoundrel, lover and cheat, but there is no better man to go into the jungle with. Join Flashman in his adventures as he survives fearful ordeals and outlandish perils across the four corners of the world.What was Harry Flashman doing on the slopes of Little Bighorn, caught between the gallant remnant of Custer’s 7th Cavalry and the attack of Sitting Bull’s braves? He was trying to get out of the line of fire and escape yet again with his life (if not his honour) intact.Here is the legendary and authentic West of Mangas Colorado’s Apaches, of Kit Carson, Custer and Spotted Tail, of Crazy Horse and the Deadwood stage, gunfighters and gamblers, scoundrels and Indian belles, enthusiastic widows and mysterious adventuresses. The West as it really was: terrifying!

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Автор: George Fraser MacDonald

Coward, scoundrel, lover and cheat, but there is no better man to go into the jungle with. Join Flashman in his adventures as he survives fearful ordeals and outlandish perils across the four corners of the world.Celebrated Victorian bounder, cad, and lecher, Sir Harry Flashman, V.C., returns to play his (reluctant) part in the charge of the Light Brigade in this of the critically acclaimed Flashman Papers.As the British cavalry prepared to launch themselves against the Russian guns at Balaclava, Harry Flashman was petrified.But the Crimea was only the beginning: beyond lay the snowbound wastes of the great Russian slave empire, torture and death, headlong escapes from relentless enemies, savage tribal hordes to the right of him, passionate females to the left of him…Then, finally, that unknown but desperate war on the roof of the world, when India was the prize, and there was nothing to stop the armed might of Imperial Russia but the wavering sabre and terrified ingenuity of old Flashman himself.

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Автор: George Fraser MacDonald

Coward, scoundrel, lover and cheat, but there is no better man to go into the jungle with. Join Flashman in his adventures as he survives fearful ordeals and outlandish perils across the four corners of the world.When our hero Flashman accepts an invitation from his old enemy, Tom Brown of Rugby, to join in a friendly cricket match, he does not suspect that he is letting himself in for the most desperate game of his scandalous career.What follows is a deadly struggle that sees him scampering from the hallowed wicket of Lord’s to the jungle lairs of Borneo pirates; from a Newgate hanging to the torture pits of Madagascar, and from Chinatown’s vice dens to slavery in the palace of ‘the female Caligula’ herself, Queen Ranavalona of Madagascar.Had he known what lay ahead, Flashman would never have taken up cricket seriously.

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Автор: Patricia Cornwell

It’s Chief Medical Examiner Dr Kay Scarpetta’s birthday, and while she’s enjoying a leisurely morning, a man is shot dead five minutes from her house. The bullet tore through him as he unloaded groceries from his car. Yet nobody heard or saw a thing.It looks like the work of a serial sniper – one who leaves no trace except for tiny copper fragments, and whose seemingly impossible shots cause instant death. As Scarpetta investigates, uncovering details that only she can analyze, she begins to suspect that the killer is sending her a message.Adding to Scarpetta’s growing unease is the sense that those closest to her are keeping secrets. And when her pursuit of the sniper takes Scarpetta to a shipwreck off the Florida coast, she comes face to face with shocking evidence that implicates her niece Lucy – Scarpetta’s very own flesh and blood…

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Автор: John Drake

Rip-roaring adventures for fans of ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ and Patrick O’ Brian, in these pirate prequels to ‘Treasure Island’. John Silver had never killed a man. Until now, charisma, sheer size and, when all else failed, a powerful pair of fists, had been enough to see off his enemies. But on a smouldering deck off the coast of Madagascar, his shipmates dead or dying all around him, his cutlass has just claimed the lives of six pirates. With their comrades intent on revenge, Silver's promising career in the merchant navy looks set to come to an end… until the pirate captain makes him an offer he can't refuse. On the other side of the world Joseph Flint, a naval officer wronged by his superiors, plots a bloody mutiny. Strikingly handsome, brilliant, but prey to sadistic tendencies, the path Flint has chosen will ultimately lead him to Silver. Together these gentlemen of fortune forge a deadly and unstoppable partnership, steering a course through treachery and betrayal and amassing a vast fortune. But the arrival of Selina, a beautiful runaway slave with a murderous past, triggers sexual jealousy that will turn the best of friends into sworn enemies … and so the legend of Treasure Island begins. You’ll be hooked

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Автор: Alistair MacLean

Reissue of the tense tale of a deadly terrorist plot set Holland, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense.AMSTERDAM AIRPORT HAS DISAPPEAREDBLACKMAILThe mass of water in its place is the work of the FFF – an Irish terrorist group who want to force Britain’s hand.SUBTERFUGEThe Dutch call in Detective Lieutenant van Effen – feared interrogator and undercover intimate of the criminal Krakers gang – to sabotage the FFF’s plan.DISASTERIf van Effen fails and the FFF get control of the vital dyke, either Holland will sink beneath the sea or Britain will be awash with blood.

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Автор: Claudia Englert

Tu camino al alma es una gu?a para emprender un viaje a ti misma. A trav?s de preguntas poderosas, definir?s lo que eres, lo que piensas de ti y lo que quieres ser a partir de ?ste, tu momento presente.
Tu transformaci?n suceder? cuando te das cuenta, que cambiando la conversaci?n interior contigo misma, cambiar?s tu mirada, tu realidad y tu mundo.
Este libro te permitir? ReconoSERte, amarte, saber cu?l es tu valor, tu talento, tu pasi?n y tu prop?sito, para dise?ar la vida que sue?as.
Hay un camino que cada persona debe elegir para transitar con confianza y firmeza. Cuando lo encuentras, fluyes siendo lo que viniste a ser, t? misma, donde la experiencia de existir se vuelve extraordinaria.

Исполнители: Александр Бордуков

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Автор: Keith Floyd

The original TV chef takes his own personal and practical look at preparing and cooking Thai food and takes you on a gastronomic tour of the country and foodKeith Floyd has been visiting Thailand for over 20 years – this book is a product of all the adventures that he has had, people he has met and recipes he has learnt.In Thai cuisine you will find the influences of Laos, Cambodia, Burma, Malaysia and, of course, China, plus the effect of the introduction of the chili in the 16th Century. Thai food reflects these wide influences to produce one of the most popular cuisines in the UK.From basic ingredients and utensils, through pastes, sauces and dips, rices, noodles, Thai salads and soups, fish, meat and deserts, Keith Floyd introduces you to the basics of Thai cooking in his own inimitable casual style and gets to the heart of Thai food – tasty food that is quick and easy to prepare and perfect to share with friends and families.

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Автор: Desmond Bagley

Action thriller by the classic adventure writer about security consultant, Max Stafford, set in the Sahara.Why is Max Stafford, security consultant, beaten up in his own office? What is the secret of the famous 1930s aircraft, the Lockheed Lodestar? And why has accountant Paul Bilson disappeared in North Africa? The journey to the Sahara desert becomes a race to save Paul Bilson, a race to find the buried aircraft, and – above all – a race to return alive…

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Автор: Ian St. James Awards

The winners of the 1993 IAN ST JAMES AWARDS.The Ian St James Awards enabled new writers from every walk of life to break into print.1993’s collection introduced more new writers than ever before, with six short stories and ten longer pieces.Entertaining, thought provoking, original, each of these stories is a winner, selected from thousands of entries from all over the world.

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Автор: Mariette Lindstein

‘I loved it…terrifying’ Lisa HallFlowers in the Attic meets Fifty Shades of Grey: a gripping combination of fear, sexual tension and lethal fascination.The deadliest trap is the one you don’t see…Sofia has just finished university and ended a troubled relationship when she attends a lecture about a New Age movement, Via Terra. Its leader is Franz Oswald, young, good-looking, urbane and mesmerizing.When Sofia meets Franz Oswald, the handsome, charming leader of a mysterious New Age movement, she’s dazzled and intrigued. Visiting his headquarters on Fog Island, Sofia’s struck by the beautiful mansion overlooking the sea, the gardens, the sense of peace and the purposefulness of the people who live there. And she can’t ignore the attraction she feels for Franz.So she agrees to stay, just for a while. But as summer gives way to winter, and the dense fog from which the island draws its name sets in, it becomes clear that Franz rules the island with an iron fist. No phones or computers are allowed. Contact with the mainland is severed. Electric fences surround the grounds. And Sofia begins to realize how very alone she is and that no one ever leaves Fog Island…

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Автор: Neven Maguire

Neven Maguire presents a radiant collection of recipes inspired by the food from our favourite travel destinations. From the al fresco trattorias of Italy to the street food of Vietnam, Food from the Sun will make your kitchen a place to enjoy that true holiday spirit all year round.Have you ever yearned to recreate a memorable Mediterranean meal or wondered how to make mouth-watering Thai dishes? Neven presents more than 100 delicious recipes from around the world and shows how easy it can be to cook your much-loved cuisines at home.His recipes are innovative yet straightforward, leaving plenty of time for a siesta once the plates are empty. Whether you want an assortment of flavoursome tapas for a group of friends; to have the whole family round for a Moroccan feast, or just enjoy a simple dish with someone special, Food from the Sun is bursting with inspiration.With beautiful finished food shots and evocative location photography to accompany the recipes, this cookbook will bring sunshine to your kitchen no matter what the weather outside.Recipes include:Baked Sea Bass with Tomatoes and Olives,Beetroot Carpaccio with Creamed Goat's Cheese,Spicy Chicken and Mango Noodles,Moroccan Lamb Tagine,Crispy Wild Mushroom Risotto balls with Leek and Smoked Bacon,Summer Fruit Crumble with Citrus Mascarpone Cream

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Автор: Alex Archer

When her longtime friend claims to have evidence of Big Foot's existence, archaeologist Annja Creed can't resist checking it out for herself–she's been debating the subject for years. Annja's curiosity leads her deep into the woods of the Pacific Northwest, to meet Jenny where the supposed trail has been left by the one and only Sasquatch.But when Annja arrives at the destination, a group of armed thugs warn her to leave the area, and her friend is nowhere to be found. Now the search for Sasquatch turns into a rescue mission, and Annja has only her instincts to guide her in a forest full of predators, scavengers and spirits. And someone, or something, does not want her there….

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Автор: Aldivan Teixeira Torres

For?as Opostas ? o in?cio duma saga simplesmente fant?stica.Neste primeiro cap?tulo,um jovem sonhador busca ao subir A Serra do Ororub? encontrar-se com seu destino na gruta do desespero,a gruta mais perigosa do mundo do qual ningu?m escapou.Em uma linha de acontecimentos envolvendo suspense,drama ,romance e a??o vemos o surgimento do vidente e de seu trabalho maravilhoso em prol do pr?ximo objetivando a evolu??o do ser humano.Que tal embarcar nesta aventura?Leia “For?as opostas “ e n?o perca nenhuma cena. For?as opostas ? o primeiro livro da s?rie o vidente tendo como personagens principais a dupla din?mica composta pelo vidente e seu parceiro insepar?vel de aventuras Renato.Neste primeiro volume,Cansado da monotonia,o vidente prop?e-se a fazer uma viagem a uma montanha que promete ser sagrada em busca de realizar seus sonhos.Chegando l?,a escala,encontra com uma guardi?,um ser milenar cheio de sabedoria,a qual promete ajud?-lo em seu caminho.Auxiliado por ela,realiza tr?s desafios que o credenciam a entrar na gruta do desespero ,no topo da gruta,um local onde o imposs?vel torna-se poss?vel.Ele decide entrar.Driblando armadilhas e avan?ando cen?rios,o mesmo chega a C?mara secreta,local onde se transforma num vidente poderoso,capaz de transcender os limites espa?os temporais e entender os anseios mais profundos dos cora??es.Saindo da gruta,Reencontra a guardi? e junto com o menino Renato ? enviado a uma miss?o ainda mais complicada:solucionar injusti?as,ajudar algu?m a se encontrar e reunir as for?as opostas que encontravam-se desequilibradas.Come?a a? a primeira grande aventura que promete emo??o,drama,romance e suspense.Tem um sonho?Ent?o leia e descubra os elementos chave para persistir nele.Uma boa leitura.

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Автор: Alex Archer

A stunning artifact holds the key to an untapped power of global destruction…While working on a dig in the California wilderness, archaeologist-adventurer Annja Creed uncovers evidence of a tragedy that's linked to Chinese miners during the days of the Gold Rush. A sudden attack on the site by shadow figures drives Annja to find the connection to a mysterious buried city in China. Lured by legends of gold, betrayal and the vengeance of a Han Dynasty overlord, Annja travels on the Orient Express, battling avaricious treasure hunters and a modern-day descendant of an ancient league of assassins. Her adversaries will stop at nothing to stake their claim on the fabled lost city, where a Han leader's dark past promises doom for those who dare to reveal its evil power.

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Автор: Alistair MacLean

The thrilling sequel to Alistair MacLean’s masterpiece of World War II adventure, The Guns of Navarone.The guns of Navarone have been silenced, but the heroic survivors have no time to rest on their laurels. Almost before the last echoes of the famous guns have died away, Keith Mallory, Andrea and Dusty Miller are parachuting into war-torn Yugoslavia to rescue a division of Partisans … and to fulfil a secret mission, so deadly that it must be hidden from their own allies.

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Автор: Don Pendleton

BLACK HORIZONThe most dangerous enemies are the unseen, and Mack Bolan's instincts are kicking in, alerting him to a horrific conspiracy so deep within the U.S. government that invisible spooks with unlimited power will never be held accountable for the atrocities they unleash. One conspiracy wrapped in another: an Armageddon group called Sons of Revelation, a man-made plague set to be released in south Florida, and rumors of terror imports from the home team. It's treason, betrayal of the highest order, an act of savagery that will not go unchallenged–at whatever price Bolan may have to pay. Judgment Day is now, for patriots willing to sell out their nation for greed and twisted ambition.

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Автор: Gordon Kent

From the acclaimed author of Top Hook and Hostile Contact, the fifth exhilarating tale of modern espionage and military adventure featuring US Navy intelligence officer Alan Craik – sure to appeal to the many fans of Tom Clancy and Dale Brown.Alan Craik and his US Navy battlegroup confront two new enemies: international, organized crime and a massive storm at sea.Alan is back on the aircraft carrier USS Thomas Jefferson, using the latest radar technology to monitor smuggling craft in the Indian Ocean between Pakistan and Somalia. As a break he is sent ashore to assess the port of Mombasa for a forthcoming liberty visit.While the battlegroup remains at sea because of a brewing storm, he arrives in Mombasa safely. But he is hardly on the beach when a US Navy support ship is blown up at the dockside. Chaos ensues, and further acts of violence. Soon – cut off from support by the storm at sea – Alan is charged with the task of tracking down the faceless people behind these apparently motiveless terrorist attacks.

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Автор: Amanda Eyre Ward

A stunning and compelling novel of love and ambition.Nadine is a 35-year-old journalist at a crossroads in her life. She longs for Pulitzer-prize winning success but her career seems to be going nowhere until the story of a lifetime comes up. Faced with the choice of following the story and leaving behind her boyfriend, who has just proposed, she leaves America for Capetown. There she meets war photographer George, whose rage at the death of his lover during apartheid seems bottomless. As events unfold, Nadine discovers she is pregnant and is forced to choose whether to return home to a secure married life with her boyfriend or pursue a life of independence and adventure – a life like George's…Set partly in Mandela's South Africa, where individuals must weigh the cost of following their dreams against the high price of truth, ‘Forgive Me’ is the unputdownable story of a woman who has to decide between security and adventure in life and love.

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Автор: Mark Edwards

A terrifying novel about internet dating, secret desires and a chilling serial killer. From bestselling authors Mark Edwards and Louise Voss. He's posted on your wall. He's following you on Twitter. He knows where you are right now… When Amy receives an email from her older sister, Becky, announcing that she's off travelling and «don't try to find me», she is worried. Becky would never do such a thing on a whim. Amy – who is recovering from an abusive relationship that has left her terrified of love – soon finds that Becky had started using online dating sites. Aided by Becky's neighbour, Gary, Amy sets about tracking down the men her sister had dated, following a trail that leads her into the darkly seductive world of internet hook-ups. But Amy is unaware that a sadistic killer is watching – a killer who’s been using the internet to stalk, torture and kill. Now he’s got something very special planned for Amy and she is about to find out that romance really is dead.

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