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Скачать книгу (размер 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 80) Аннотация: William Shakespeare's tragic story of the star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet, is as relevant now as it was over 400 years ago. Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare's most popular plays. This Macmillan Reader is wriiten as a playscript and includes original extracts.

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Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: Frank Herbert's Dune is widely known as the science fiction equivalent of The Lord of the Rings. Now The Road to Dune is a companion work comparable to The Silmarillion, shedding light on and following the remarkable development of the bestselling science fiction novel of all time. In this fascinating volume, the world's millions of Dune fans can read — at long last — the unpublished chapters and…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: At an international conference in Prague, Lt. Col. Jon Smith, an Army research doctor specializing in infectious diseases and secretly an agent attached to Covert-One, is contacted by a Russian colleague, Dr. Valentine Petrenko. Petrenko is concerned about a small cluster of mysterious deaths in Moscow and about the Russian government’s refusal to release publicly any information or data on the…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: In the story written by Jennifer Crusie, mayhem ensues under the mistletoe as a determined shopper grabs the very last hot toy action figure off the shelf, only to find herself plunged into the middle of a real-life spy game — in the arms of a sexy secret agent...In the story by Lori Foster, two dedicated co-workers with a lot of secrets (and fantasies!) between them must plan a Christmas party…

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Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: THE VOICE SEEPS LIKE BLOOD... Two years ago, Derek Tyler confessed to a sickening quartet of murders. Now the convicted perpetrator remains locked away, as do the gruesome, inimitable details of his crimes, which is precisely why this can’t possibly be happening all over again—but it is. SOOTHING, CAJOLING, PRAISING, COMMANDING... One by one, mutilated corpses are turning up, each marked by the…

Скачать книгу (размер 391 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 78) Аннотация: Human Interest Okonkwo is respected for his strength, bravery, honesty and wealth. But his people are doomed to be destroyed both by the superstition-bound customs of tribal life, and the arrival of the white man. This simply and movingly told story by Nigeria's foremost novelist has become a classic in African literature. Recommended for older readers.

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Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: A «Washington Post Book World» Rave for 2005 In the aftermath of 9/11, Yaroslav Trofimov spent three years crisscrossing the Islamic world to create this unprecedented report. Mingling with ordinary Muslims, prominent clerics, and heads of state alike, he paints a ground-level picture of Islamic life as it is being changed by the Western war on terror. A sensitive, provocative portrait of a…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: A breathtaking journey of twists and turns from New York to London, from Bucharest and on to Tokyo ends up in a sleepy English village where the mystery surrounding Van Gogh's last painting will finally be resolved.

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Скачать книгу (размер 1 845 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 363) Аннотация: Lamour Harrington’s husband died two years ago. It is the second time she has lost a man she loved to a tragedy: her father died in a mysterious boating accident when she was seventeen. When a devastating discovery about her husband’s death leaves Lamour feeling stunned and betrayed, she returns to the house on the lush Amalfi coast where she'd lived with her father during the happiest years of…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 671 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 329) Аннотация: When Marcus Didius Falco, a Roman «informer» who has a nose for trouble that's sharper than most, encounters Sosia Camillina in the Forum, he senses immediately all is not right with the pretty girl. She confesses to him that she is fleeing for her life, and Falco makes the rash decision to rescue her — a decision he will come to regret. For Sosia bears a heavy burden: as heavy as a pile of…

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Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Lizzie Nichols has a problem, and it isn’t that she’s blowing her college graduation money on a trip to visit her long-distance boyfriend Andy in London. She just can’t keep anything to herself, including her indignation at finding out her beloved boyfriend wasn’t completely faithful to her during their separation. She’s now out on the streets with no money and a non-changeable airline ticket…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 768 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 544) Аннотация: Tom Bryce did what any decent person would do. But within hours of picking up the CD that had been left behind on the train seat next him, and attempting to return it to its owner, he is the sole witness to a vicious murder. Then his young family are threatened with their lives if he goes to the police. But supported by his wife, Kellie, he bravely makes a statement, to the murder enquiry team…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: Molly is living in Briersville Park with her mother, Lucy Logan, after the revelations following their adventures in Hollywood. But Molly and her dog Petula are mysteriously abducted and whisked back in time to nineteenth-century India, where Molly must focus her attention and test her hypnotic powers to the limit yet again! A super-rich and cruel maharaja is enraged that Molly ruined his plans…

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