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Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Reclusive tycoon Sir Oswald Coote and his melancholy wife, Lady Coote, have hit upon the ideal plan to spice up their quiet lives. They'll host a lavish weekend party at Chimneys. their isolated estate, and invite only «bright young things». But the festive mood is clouded by doom. A practical joke involving seven clocks and a sleeping guest has ended in accidental death — and cause for alarm.…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: It's been less than a year since beautiful heiress Rosemary Barton took her own life during a birthday dinner in her honor. Her husband George never believed that his fun-loving wife would commit suicide--especially now that he's received two anonymous letters that suggest cold-blooded murder. One implicates even George himself. It's true he long suffered Rosemary's infidelities. But what about…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: A blinding snowstorm — and a homicidal maniac — traps a small party of friends in an isolated estate. Out of this deceptively simple set-up, Agatha Christie fashioned one of her most ingenious puzzlers, which, in turn, would provide the basis for The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in history. From this classic title novella to the deliciously clever gems on its tail (solved to perfection by…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 406 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 277) Аннотация: How odd, Anne Beddingfeld thought, that the stranger caught her eye, recoiled in horror, and fell to his death on the rails of Hyde Park Underground Station. Odder still was a doctor in a brown suit who pronounced him dead and vanished into the crowd. But what really aroused Anne's suspicion was when she learned of the doctor's link to the murder of a famous ballerina, a fortune in hidden…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: When Clarissa stumbles upon a corpse in her drawing room, she decides that she must dispose of it before her husband arrives with an important foreign dignitary and persuades her three house guests to assist her in the endeavor, but her efforts are threatened by the arrival of a police officer who has come in response to an anonymous tip about a murder.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Esteemed criminologist Mr. Treves notes that a good murder mystery begins long before the actual murder. Truer words have never been spoken, for a psychopathic killer insinuates himself with cunning manipulation into a quiet village on the river Tern. But who is his intended victim? And how and when will he reach the point of murder?

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: Sophie Dempsey is content living a quiet life filming wedding videos until an assignment brings her to Temptation, Ohio. From the moment she drives into town, she gets a bad feeling; Sophie is from the wrong side of the tracks and everything in Temptation is a little too right. And when she has a runin with the town's unnervingly sexy mayor, Phineas Tucker, making a little movie turns out to be…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: A devastating indictment of the corruption at the heart of the British State by one of our most popular media figures.George Monbiot made his name exposing the corruption of foreign governments; now he turns his keen eye on Britain. In the most explosive book on British politics of the new decade, Monbiot uncovers what many have suspected but few have been able to prove: that corporations have…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 727 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 340) Аннотация: Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum and Trenton vice cop Joe Morelli join forces to find the madman killer who shot and barbecued the youngest son of international black-market arms dealer Alexander Ramos. Carlos Manoso, street name Ranger, is caught on video just minutes before the crime occurs. He's at the scene, he's with the victim, and he's the number-one suspect. Ranger is former special forces…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: The year is 1935, shortly before World War II. The «Wolf of Rome», Italy's army under Mussolini, is poised to invade Ethiopia, whose army is not only ill-equipped, but also severely outnumbered. Desperate to save his troubled land, Emperor Haile Selassie enlists American Jake Barton and Englishman Gareth Swales, two risk-takers who both share a taste for danger and the thrill of adventure. The…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 686 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 528) Аннотация: »Mastering Philosophy» introduces the beginner to all the main areas of this fascinating subject. A wide range of problems are investigated within a generally historical framework from the Ancient Greeks through to the present day. The book provides guided answers and comments to encourage the reader to engage in philosophical 'dialogue', and contains extensive suggestions for further reading. In…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: he War is over, won by Ender Wiggin and his team of brilliant child-warriors. The enemy is destroyed, the human race is saved. Ender himself refuses to return to the planet, but his crew has gone home to their families, scattered across the globe. The battle school is no more. But with the external threat gone, the Earth has become a battlefield once more. The children of the Battle School are…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: A bit of adventure and quick cash is all that good-natured drifter Anthony Cade is looking for when he accepts a messenger job from an old friend. It sounds so simple: deliver the provocative memoirs of a recently deceased European count to a London publisher. But the parcel holds ore than scandalous royal secrets. It contains a stash of letters that suggest blackmail — and lead to the murder of…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: M-U-R-D-E-R. It began as an innocent parlor game intended to while away the hours on a bitter winter night. But the message that appeared before the amateur occultists snowbound at the Sittaford House was spelled out as loud and clear as a scream. Of course, the notion that they had foretold doom was pure bunk. Wasn't it? And the discovery of a corpse was pure coincidence. Wasn't it? If they're…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 564 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 504) Аннотация: In Winter Solstice Rosamunde Pilcher brings her readers into the lives of five very different people.... Elfrida Phipps, once of London's stage, moved to the English village of Dibton in hopes of making a new life for herself. Gradually she settled into the comfortable familiarity of village life — shopkeepers knowing her tastes, neighbors calling her by name — still she finds herself lonely.…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: A murder trial takes a diabolical turn when the wife of the accused takes a stand...A woman's sixth — and a loaded revolver — signal premonitions of doom...A stranded motorist seeks refuge in a remote mansion, and is greeted with a dire warning...Detective Hercule Poirot faces his greatest challenge when his services are enlisted — by the victim — in a bizarre locked-room murder. From the…

Скачать книгу (размер 4 073 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 800) Аннотация: Terry Goodkind author of the enormously popular Sword of Truth novels, has forged perhaps his best novel yet, pitting Richard Rahl and Kahlan Amnell against threats to the freedom of the world that will take them to opposite ends of the world to defeat the forces of chaos and anarchy. Emperor Jagang is rising once again in the Old World and Richard must face him, on his own turf. Richard heads…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: First published in 1999, The Edge of Reason is the sequel to Helen Fielding's number one best-selling Bridget Jones's Diary. It has been turned into a film starring Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth and Hugh Grant. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason is followed by Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy. The Wilderness Years are over! But not for long. At the end of Bridget Jones's Diary, Bridget hiccuped off…

Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: Here Comes Super Bus is a four-level, story-based primary course. In Levels 1 and 2 the main emphasis is on developing children's listening comprehension and speaking skills. New language is presented through stories and a variety of follow-up activities. Levels 3 and 4 are also story-based and include games, songs and a wide variety of activities which are specially designed to allow for the…

Скачать книгу (размер 524 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 104) Аннотация: Rising Star provides thorough and appropriate preparation for an FCE course through a combination of stimulating material and systematic practice. Key features: • Introduces and practises all parts of the FCE • Focus on development of vocabulary and phrasal verbs • Comprehensive grammar syllabus • Systematic skills practice • Special emphasis on writing skills • Topics appeal to teenage learners…