Адаптированные книги - Pearson Longman-Penguin Readers (все уровни, без аудио) [PDF/DOC]

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Название: Newspaper Chase
Автор: John Escott
Год выпуска: 2002
ISBN: 0-582-51746-X
Формат: PDF
Описание: Harry Black is a thief. He takes a famous painting and puts it in an old newspaper. But then the recycling truck arrives—and where is Harry's newspaper?

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Название: Carnival
Автор: Annette Keen
Год выпуска: 2003
ISBN: 0-582-50530-5
Формат: PDF
Описание: Jake sees a tall beautiful girl at the carnival in London. Their eyes meet and she smiles at him. It's love! How can he talk to this beautiful girl? And who is she?

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Название: The last photo
Автор: Bernard Smith
Год выпуска: 1989
ISBN: 0-582-40282-4
Формат: PDF
Описание: Pam and Martin are visiting Cambridge for the day. Pam decides she wants to finish the film in her camera and takes a photo of Martin. The Photo she takes turns out to be helpful for the police.

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Название: April in Moscow
Год выпуска: 2001
ISBN: 0-528-40297-2
Формат: PDF
Описание: «April Fox is very excited when the dance company she works for is invited to visit Moscow . April has a very busy time there - dancing and seeing as much of the city as possible. She also gets to know a young man called Nikolai …»

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Название: Prince William
Автор: John Escott
Год выпуска: 2006
ISBN: 0-997-80574-9
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: Prince William is rich, handsome and the future King of England! But in many ways he is also an ordinary boy. This is the story of his teenage life and tells you all about his school, his friends, the sports, music and fashion he likes, as well as interesting facts about the Royal Family and his mother, Princess Diana.
With seven pages of full colour photographs, this is a wonderful way to learn more about the British Royal Family and in particular the young Prince.

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Название: Girl Meets Boy
Автор: Derek Strange
Год выпуска: 1998
ISBN: 0-582-40111-9
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: Donna sees Mark on a boat to Spain. She likes him and he likes her. Then Mark sees Donna dancing with his brother, Dave. Is Donna in love with Mark? Why is Dave dancing with her? Young love, jealousy and suspicion - this is a story which everybody will identify with!

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Название: Brown Eyes
Автор: Paul Stewart
Год выпуска: 1998
ISBN: 0-582-40017-1
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: Every year, Peter and Susan go to Lea-on-Sea. Every year it is the same. But this year there is a man pretending to be Peter. Why? What does he want? Will this be their last visit?

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Название: Marcel and the Shakespeare letters
Автор: Stephen Rabley
Год выпуска: 2000
ISBN: 0-582-42768-1
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: There are fireworks in London on 5th November when Marcel goes to stay with his friend, Henry. Henry lives next door to a professor who is looking after some very special letters written by William Shakespeare. When Marcel and Henry go to look at them, they are not there. Someone has stolen them! But Marcel is a detective, and he has to find the Shakespeare letters. A thrilling mystery novel featuring Marcel, the French mouse detective.

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Название: The Missing Coins
Автор: John Escott
Год выпуска: 2000
Формат: PDF
Описание: Pete and Carla are both students at the University of Bath. One day in summer they are walking round the city and decide to look at some very old coins and stamps in a shop. Pete wants to buy some, but they are too expensive. Later that afternoon the coins are missing from the shop and the shopkeeper wants to find Pete.

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Название: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Автор: Mark Twain
Год выпуска: 2000
ISBN: 0-582-41923-9
Формат: PDF
Язык: American English
Описание: Tom Sawyer loves adventures. He has them at home, at school, and with his friends —Huck Finn, Joe Harper, and Becky Thatcher. Tom has one adventure in a graveyard, one in an old house, one in a cave. Who does he see in those places—and why is he afraid?

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Название: The Gift of the Magi
Автор: O Henry
Год выпуска: 2000
ISBN: 0-582-43286-3
Формат: PDF
Язык: American English
Описание: O. Henry’s stories are very famous. He writes about New York, Texas, Oklahoma ... Money and love are often problems. But how is a story going to finish? You never know. Readers always remember his stories.

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Название: The Lady in the Lake
Автор: Raymond Chandler
Год выпуска: 1991
Формат: PDF
Язык: American English
Описание: Detective Philip Marlowe is looking for Derace Kingsley’s wife, Crystal. Is she dead or not? Marlowe finds more than one dead body and learns about women, drugs, men in love, and a police cover-up. Who killed The Lady in the Lake and why?

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Название: The Call of the Wild
Автор: Jack London
Год выпуска: 2000
ISBN: 0582420490
Формат: DOC
Описание: Buck is a strong, intelligent dog who moves from an easy life in California to the Klondike. Life is tough in the cold north of Canada and Buck has to learn many hard lessons to survive. But can he ever be happy there?

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Название: Jaws
Автор: Peter Benchley
Год выпуска: 1999
ISBN: 0582418011
Формат: DOC
Язык: British English
Описание: Amity is a quiet town near New York. One night a woman goes for a swim in the sea. The next morning somebody finds her body on the beach. Brody is the Amity policeman. He thinks there’s a killer shark out there. But the important people don’t listen to him.

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Название: The Mummy Returns
Автор: John Whitman
Год выпуска: 2006
ISBN: 0997805757
Формат: PDF
Язык: American English
Описание: This is the second exciting Mummy movie. Ten years after their last battle with Imhotep, Evelyn and Rick O’Connell are back in Egypt. It is the Year of the Scorpion and people in Egypt are afraid. Somebody has to kill the Scorpion King, or the world will end.

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Название: Freckles
Автор: Andrew Matthews
Год выпуска: 2000
ISBN: 9780582426559
Формат: DOC
Язык: British English
Описание: Susie has freckles, and she hates them. Her best friend, Donna, has pretty hair, nice teeth and blue eyes. Donna never has problems with boys. Now there is a new boy at school, and Donna is interested. But Susie likes him too...

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Название: London
Автор: Vicky Shipton
Год выпуска: 2006
ISBN: 1-405-83351-3
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: London is the biggest city in Britain and in Europe. In 1900, it was the biggest city in the world. In this book you will find a lot of interesting information about London. You will read about its history. You will learn about its famous people, museums and palaces of this exciting city.

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Название: Alice in wonderland
Автор: Lewis Carroll
Год выпуска: 2001
ISBN: 9780582421233
Формат: DOC
Язык: British English
Описание: One hot summer day, Alice sees a white rabbit and runs after it. She follows it down a rabbit-hole – and arrives in ‘Wonderland’. Here, caterpillars can talk and rabbits have watches. And the Queen wants to cut off everybody’s head!

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Название: The story of the treasure seekers
Автор: E. Nesbit
Год выпуска: 1999
ISBN: 0-582-41666-3
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: Mr Bastable has lost all his money, so his children decide to look for treasure. They have many adventures and meet a lot of exciting people. But will they find treasure and make their family rich again? And who is the man from India, and can he help them? Edith Nesbit wrote a lot of very popular children's books such as 'The Railway Children' which is also available in Penguin Readers. Recommended for younger learners.

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Название: The room in the tower and other ghost stories
Автор: Rudyard Kipling
Год выпуска: 1999
ISBN: 0-582-41667-1
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: Three stories, three ghosts. A young woman marries an older man. His first wife is dead. Or is she …? Why does a dead man walk through his house each night? An old woman has a house with a tower. Why does she visit a young man in his dreams?

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Название: Kidnapped
Автор: Robert Louis Stevenson
Год выпуска: 2001
ISBN: 9780582421783
Формат: DOC
Язык: British English
Описание: After his parents die, young David Balfour goes to the house of his uncle Ebenezer. But his uncle is a dangerous man. When he puts David on a ship to America, a difficult and dangerous time begins. But who is the stranger on the ship? Can he help David?

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Название: Robin Hood
Автор: Neil Philip
Год выпуска: 2000
ISBN: 0-582-42119-5
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: The story of Robin Hood is very famous. Robin Hood robbed rich people and gave the money to the poor people. He loved adventure, and he was the best fighter in England. The greedy Sheriff of Nottingham hated Robin, and the beautiful Lady Marian loved him. His most famous adventures are in this book

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Название: Anne of Green Gables
Автор: L. M. Montgomery
Год выпуска: 2002
ISBN: 0-582 -52982-4
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: The Cuthberts ask the orphanage for a boy to help at their farm, but a little girl steps off the train. Anne causes chaos at Green Gables, but her good nature wins everyone’s heart.

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Название: Moby Dick
Автор: H. Melville- Kathy Burke
Год выпуска: 2006
ISBN: 1-4058-3353-X
Формат: PDF
Язык: American English
Описание: Moby Dick is the most dangerous whale in the oceans. Captain Ahab fought him and lost a leg. Now he hates Moby Dick. He wants to kill him. But can Captain Ahab and his men find the great white whale? A young sailor, Ishmael, tells the story of their exciting and dangerous trip.

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Название: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
Год выпуска: 2000
ISBN: 0-582-42118-7
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: The story of King Arthur is one of the most famous legends in England. A wonderful tale of the days of chivalry and the exciting adventures of Sir Gawain, Sir Galahad and the other knights of the Round Table.

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Название: Mr.Bean in town
Автор: Richard Curtis, Robin Driscoll, Rowan Atkinson, Andrew Clifford
Год выпуска: 2001
ISBN: 0-582-46855-8
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: Mr Bean doesn’t understand the world. There are problems for him everywhere. In the restaurant, he doesn’t like his food. He tries to hide it in very strange places. Then Mr Bean goes to the launderette. What happens? He loses his trousers, of course!

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Название: The Wave
Автор: Morton Rhue
Год выпуска: 2000
ISBN: 0-582-41677-9
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: Mr Ross wants to teach his history class about Hitler and the Nazis. He starts a class team. He calls it The Wave. His students love it. Other students want to be in it. But some people don’t like it. And then it starts to feel dangerous. Can anybody stop it?

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Название: The Ghost of Genny Castle
Автор: John Escott
Год выпуска: 2000
Формат: DOC
Язык: British English
Описание: Claire is staying with her aunt Min. There is an old castle with a black tower in the village. It has a dangerous secret – accidents happen there, animals and people die. One day, Claire goes to the castle. She wants to know its secret.

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Название: Persuasion
Автор: Jane Austen
Год выпуска: 1991
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: When they were very young, Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth were in love. They did not marry, but Anne never forgot her love for him. Now, many years later, they meet again. Does Wentworth feel anything for Anne, or is he only interested in her pretty young friends?

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Название: Black Beauty
Автор: Anna Sewell
Год выпуска: 2000
ISBN: 0-582-42121-7
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: These were the words of Black Beauty's mother to her son whey they lived with Farmer Grey. But when Black Beauty grew up and his life changed, this was sometimes very difficult for him. Not everybody was as kind as Farmer Grey.

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Название: Treasure Island
Автор: Robert Louis Stevenson
Год выпуска: 1998
ISBN: 0-582-46828-0
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: Jim Hawkins and his parents have a quiet inn by the sea. Then one day, an old sailor arrives at the inn. What is he afraid of? Dangerous men come to the inn. Jim’s quiet life changes, and he goes across the sea by ship to Treasure Island.
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Название: Hercules
Автор: Timothy Boggs
Год выпуска: 1999
Формат: DOC
Язык: British English
Описание: A novel by Timothy Boggs based on the Universal television series created by Christian Williams

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Название: Round the world in 80 days
Автор: Jules Verne
Год выпуска: 2004
ISBN: 014044906X
Формат: DOC
Язык: British English
Описание: Phileas Fogg is living quietly in London. Then he makes a bet that he can travel around the world in eighty days. The result is a crazy, exciting race against time across Europe, Asia and America. There are many dangers along the way – and a detective who wants to arrest him!

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Название: Dante's Peak
Автор: Dewey Gram
Год выпуска: 1999
ISBN: 9780582417991
Формат: DOC
Язык: British English
Описание: Scientist Harry Dalton knows about volcanoes. His boss, Paul Dreyfus, sends him to Dante’s Peak, a small town in the Cascade Mountains, because one of the mountains is moving. Can Harry help the town’s people before the volcano explodes? Why is Paul stopping him? How much time have they got?

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Название: The Canterbury Tales
Автор: Geoffrey Chaucer
Год выпуска: 2003
ISBN: 0140424386
Формат: DOC
Язык: British English
Описание: A group of pilgrims are travelling together for five days from London to Canterbury. On the way, each pilgrim has to tell a story to keep the others amused. Some stories are happy, and some are sad. But they all have a message, and we can learn from them.

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Название: The Count of Monte Cristo
Автор: Alexander Dumas
ISBN: 9781405881807
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: Edmond Dantes is a clever young seaman, but he has enemies who tell lies about him. On the day of his wedding to the beautiful Mercedes, Edmond is thrown into prison. There he meets a man who tells him about some treasure on the island of Monte Cristo. Will Edmond escape from prison and find the treasure? And will he see Mercedes again?

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Название: Psycho
Автор: Robert Bloch
Год выпуска: 1999
ISBN: 9780582416727
Формат: DOC
Язык: American English
Описание: Marion’s dream is coming true. She only needs a room for one more night before she can marry Sam. Driving through the night, she’s lost and tired. Then she sees the Bates Motel. She thinks she is lucky. But there, something terrible is waiting for her.

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Название: New York
Автор: Vicky Shipton
Год выпуска: 2006
ISBN: 0997805773
Формат: PDF
Язык: American English
Описание: Every year, millions of tourists visit New York—the most exciting city in the world. Read about its history, its sights and its people. What makes New York “the city that never sleeps?”

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Название: Manchester United
Автор: Kevin Brophy
Год выпуска: 2001
ISBN: 0-582-43564-1
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: This book is the story of a great team: Manchester United are the biggest, richest and most successful football club in the world. Kevin Brophy lives in Ireland. He spends most of his time writing, but he also teaches English as a foreign language. This is his first book for Penguin Readers. Some of his other books are Almost Heaven, Walking the Line and In the Company of Wolves (about football). Kevin has one son and two daughters. His other interests are books and music, cinema and Wolverhampton Wanderers football club.

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Название: Ks First Case
Автор: L.G. Alexander
Год выпуска: 2000
ISBN: 9780582427587
Формат: DOC
Язык: British English
Описание: Katrina Kirby is a detective. People call her ‘K’. There has been a murder in a big country house. ‘K’ knows that one of five people murdered Sir Michael Gray. Who did it? How? Why? This is a detective story with a difference: ‘K’ needs your help with her case.

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Название: Sense and Sensebility
Автор: Jane Austen
Год выпуска: 1997
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: Elinor and Marianne Dashwood are two very different sisters. Marianne loves excitement and always shows her feelings; Elinor is quiet and has more good sense. They both fall in love and both suffer broken hearts. Will they ever find the right man to love and marry?

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Название: The Beatles
Автор: Paul Shipton
Год выпуска: 2002
ISBN: 0-582-51248-4
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: The year was 1963 and Beatlemania was only just beginning. Soon the Beatles had fans all around the world.
For the rest of the 1960s their music led the way and they changed modern music forever.
This book tells the story of the greatest band in the world from the early days in Liverpool to the Beatles' music in the world today.

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Название: The Horse Whisperer
Автор: Nicholas Evans
Год выпуска: 1999
ISBN: 0 -582-41637-X
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: Nicholas Evans's best-selling Horse Whisperer is a story of tragedy, soul-searching and unabashed romance. When the Graves family--13-year-old daughter Grace, high-powered, highly charged Annie, and her lawyer husband Robert--is struck by tragedy, each searches for their own way to come to terms with it. Annie thinks if she can fix Grace's physically and spiritually battered horse, she'll mend her daughter's maimed soul in the process. And so the search for the mythical horse whisperer begins. He appears in the form of Tom Booker--a handsome, rugged, sensitive Montana cowboy. The story travels from Upstate New York to Manhattan, then makes an eventful detour through the glorious foothills of the Rocky Mountains.

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Название: The Red Badge of Courage
Автор: Stephen Crane
Год выпуска: 2000
ISBN: 0-582-42126-8
Формат: PDF
Язык: American English
Описание: Henry Fleming leaves home and joins the army. He wants to be a hero! But what will he do when the battle starts? Henry and the other new soldiers are tested. They measure their courage against the enemy, their comrades, and themselves.

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Название: Forrest Gump
Автор: Winston Groom
Год выпуска: 1999
ISBN: 0-582-41781-3
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: Everybody tells Forrest Gump that he’s an idiot. But he’s a great football player, and he plays the harmonica beautifully. He’s also a brave soldier. But can he ever marry the girl he loves? This story of his journey through life is sometimes sad and sometimes very funny.

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Название: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Автор: Robert Louis Stevenson
Год выпуска: 2000
ISBN: 0-582-42700-2
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: Why is the frightening Mr Hyde a friend of the nice Dr Jekyll? Who is the evil little man? And why does he seem to have power over the doctor? After a terrible murder, everyone is looking for Mr Hyde. But he has disappeared. Or has he?

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Название: The Ghosts of Izieu
Автор: James Watson
Год выпуска: 2000
ISBN: 0-582-42654-5
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: Elise is on holiday in France. Who are the children she can see? Are they real or ghosts from the past? The answers become clear when she finds herself in another time. There she discovers the terrrible facts of war.

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Название: Young King & Other Stories
Автор: Oscar Wilde
Год выпуска: 2000
ISBN: 0-582-42692-8
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: Strange and wonderful things happen in the seven short stories in this book. Who is the Young King? Why is it always winter in The Giant’s Garden? A book of fairytales, but one that will appeal to all ages. Oscar Wilde opens up a world of witches, mermaids and monsters but who all have very human feelings.

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Название: Hamlet
Автор: William Shakespeare
Год выпуска: 2006
ISBN: 1-405-83101-4
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: Hamlet is the Prince of Denmark. His heart is filled with sadness and pain. Why? Only his two best friends, Horatio and Marcellus, know the true reason. The new king, Claudius, murdered Hamlet’s father and married the young prince’s mother. Will Hamlet be strong and brave enough to take revenge? Is he mad? Or does he have a secret plan?

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Название: A History of Britain
Автор: Fiona Beddall
Год выпуска: 2006
ISBN: 1-40583350-5
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: Britain is a small country but it has a long history. Two thousand years ago it was part of the Roman Empire. In the 1930s the British Empire was the biggest empire in world history. In the past, kings and queens fought to rule Britain. Discover how wars, revolutions and religion have changed its history. Read about the different countries of the United Kingdom – and the great men and women who have shaped the British nation.

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Название: How to be an Alien
Автор: George Mikes
Год выпуска: 2000
ISBN: 0-582-41686-8
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: This is the funniest book that you will read about English people!
Why are the English different from Europeans? George Mikes’ book describes the strange things the English do and say. And the English don’t get angry when they read the book. They love it! You will too!

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Название: Stargate
Автор: Dean Devlin & Roland Emmerich
Год выпуска: 1999
ISBN: 0 -997-B0579-X
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: The mysterious StarGate is 10,000 years old. When a group of soldiers go through it, they travel millions of miles to a strange new world. There they have to fight to stay alive. Will they live? Will they find a way to get back to Earth?

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Название: The Book of Heroic Failures
Автор: Stephen Pile
Год выпуска: 1995
Формат: PDF
Описание: It is difficult to be really bad at something, but the people in this book manage to succeed! The book features tales of drivers who can't drive, travellers who get lost all the time and policemen who can't catch criminals.

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Название: The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency
Автор: Alexander McCall Smith
Год выпуска: 2006
ISBN: 1405833967
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: Precious Ramotswe is the only female private detective in Botswana. Her agency – the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency – is the best in the country. She solves a number of difficult - and sometimes dangerous - problems. A missing husband, a missing finger and a missing child – she will solve these mysteries in her own special way.

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Название: Titanic
Автор: Paul Shipton
Год выпуска: 2001
ISBN: 0-582-81704-8
Формат: PDF
Язык: American English
Описание: Paul ShiptonOn the night of April 14, 1912, the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank. This is the full story. Why did the Titanic sink so quickly? Why did so many people die? What are the stories of all those people, young and old, rich and poor?

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Название: The Turn of the Screw
Автор: Henry James
Год выпуска: 1998
ISBN: 0-582-41692-2
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: A young lady arrives at a big country house to teach two children. Strange things start to happen. The children are very beautiful but are they as innocent as they seem? And how did the last governess die? A terrible story of ghosts and evil begins. Henry James (1843 - 1916) wrote this story in 1898. Many people think it's the best ghost story ever written.

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Название: The Black Cat and Other Stories
Автор: Edgar Allan Poe
Год выпуска: 1999
ISBN: 0-582-41774-0
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: "The Black Cat" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in the August 19, 1843 edition of The Saturday Evening Post. It is a study of the psychology of guilt. A murderer carefully conceals his crime and believes himself unassailable, but eventually breaks down and reveals himself, impelled by a nagging reminder of his guilt.

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Название: British Life
Автор: Anne Collins
Год выпуска: 2001
ISBN: 0-582-43566-8
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: Britain is not an easy country to understand. To visitors, British life is sometimes very strange. What is life like for ordinary people in Britain? How are things changing? Why do they talk about the weather so much? All you need to know about life in Britain.

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Название: Women In Business
Автор: David Evans
Год выпуска: 2001
ISBN: 0-582-45327-5
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: In Women in Business, we see how five women made it to the top in the twentieth century. These women are famous all over the world. They are each from very different cultures and backgrounds but they all have one thing in common – success.
Women in this book
*Coco Chanel (you know the perfume)
*Hanae Mori (Japenese fashion designer)
*Anita Roddick (Founder of The Body Shop)
*Oprah Winfrey (Talk show host)
*Madonna (Singer)

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Название: Love Actualy
Автор: Richard Curtis
ISBN: 978-0-582-82992-3
Формат: DOC
Язык: British English
Описание: In London, Christmas is coming and the people in this story have love on their minds. Some have found love; some have lost it. Some accept their loneliness; others live in hope. Even the new British prime minister’s thoughts are not always on his job – because love, actually, is all around us.

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Название: Primary Colors
Автор: Anonymous
Год выпуска: 2000
ISBN: 0-582-46825-6
Формат: PDF
Язык: American English
Описание: Jack Stanton is a young governor but has more ambitious ideas: he wants to be President of the USA. Henry Burton can help him achieve his dream but he knows Stanton will do almost anything to win. Henry is about to discover the dark secrets in Stanton's past and will then have to decide for himself what is right and wrong. This is not a true story but it is based on recent American Presidents. Because of this, the author has kept his name a secret. It is now also a successful film starring John Travolta.

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Название: As Time Goes By
Автор: Michael Walsh
Год выпуска: 2001
ISBN: 0-582-43403-3
Формат: PDF
Язык: American English
Описание: This story begins where the movie, Casablanca, ends. The Moroccan city was, at that time, famous for its visitors. These included criminals, but also people who wanted to escape from the Germans. The lucky ones were able to get documents that allowed them to travel to Lisbon, and from there to America.

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Название: 1984
Автор: George Orwell
Год выпуска: 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4058-6241-7
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: Winston Smith lives in a society where the government controls people's lives every second of the day. Alone in his small, one-room apartment, Winston dreams of a better life. Is freedom from this life of suffering possible? There must be something that the Party cannot control something like love, perhaps?

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Название: About a Boy
Автор: Nick Hornby
Год выпуска: 2003
ISBN: 0-582-77962-6
Формат: PDF
Описание: HornbyWill Freeman wants an easy life with no responsibilities. But then he meets Marcus – an unusual twelve year old boy with serious problems.
About a Boy is a modern classic – a very funny story about a very serious subject: love. It’s also a popular movie starring Hugh Grant.

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Название: Cinderella Man
Автор: Marc Cerasini
Год выпуска: 2006
ISBN: 1-405-80642-7
Формат: PDF
Язык: American English
Описание: Jim Braddock was a boxer, but during the Depression he has to take any job to feed his wife and children. One day he gets the chance to fight again and amazingly he wins, and he continues to win against other opponents. Then he meets his greatest challenge ? world champion, Max Baer, a man who has already killed two men in the ring…

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Название: Farewell my lovely
Автор: Raymond Chandler
Год выпуска:
ISBN: 0-582-41773-1
Формат: DOC
Описание: A warm day on Central Avenue, and Philip Marlowe's hunch about the man beside him is as vague as the heat waves that dance above the sidewalk. The way business is looking, even a hunch is enough. Moose Malloy stands six five and one-half and weighs two hundred and sixty-four pounds, without his necktie. After eight years in the pen, he wants little Velma back, and no cops or mobsters are ready to stand in his way. Marlowe's tough enough for the ride, but he can't help thinking there's never been a happy ending to the story of beauty and the beast ...

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Название: Emma
Автор: Jane Austen
Год выпуска: 2005
ISBN: 978-0-14-062330-7
Формат: DOC
Язык: British English
Описание: Emma Woodhouse is beautiful, clever and rich. She likes to arrange marriages between her friends and neighbours in the village of Highbury. But Emma makes a lot of mistakes and causes more problems than happy marriages. Then she almost loses her own chance of love.

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Название: Gladiator
Автор: Dewey Gram
Год выпуска: 2000
ISBN: 0-582-47117-6
Формат: PDF
Язык: American English
Описание: Maximus is a general in the Roman army. After his last battle he wants to return to his family. But the new Emperor Commodus hates Maximus, and kills his family. Soon Maximus is a prisoner, then a slave, and finally a gladiator. When Emperor Commodus joins Maximus in the arena they fight for their lives.

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Название: Crime Story Collection
Автор: Sara Paretsky
Год выпуска: 1999
ISBN: 0-582-41919-0
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: Most of these stories are about murder. Murder of a stranger or a relative, murder in a quiet English town or in a crowded American city. It happens everywhere, it seems, for all kinds of reasons. In these stories by some of the finest modern crime writers in English, we see what can drive a person to murder - and that trying to catch them can be complicated and extremely dangerous!

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Название: Management Gurus
Автор: David Evans
Год выпуска: 2000
ISBN: 0-582-43046-1
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: From the factory and the boardroom to governments, schools and hospitals, management ideas influence almost every aspect of our lives. But what is the job of a manager? Is business really about people or profit? And is management an art or a science? An introduction to the main ideas of management through the lives of some of the most important thinkers in the history of business including Frederick Taylor, Alfred Sloan, Peter Drucker and Tom Peters.

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Название: Lorna Doone
Автор: R.D.Blackmore
Год выпуска: 2000
ISBN: 978-1-4058-6514-2
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: ‘She was one of the Doones who had killed my father. But her voice touched my heart and I could not hate her.’ In 1673 young John Ridd meets a little girl called Lorna Doone. Seven years later they meet again, and fall in love. But the Doones are a family of robbers and murderers. Then John is ordered to go to London. The government wants him to help stop a rebellion against the King. They also want him to help destroy the Doones. But can John save Lorna?

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Название: Shakespeare. His Life and Plays
Автор: Will Fowler
Год выпуска: 2006
ISBN: 0-997-80581-1
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: Shakespeare’s plays are famous all over the world – in the theatre, in film and in the classroom. What do we know about the man? What kind of life did he have? Who were his friends? Why can we still laugh and suffer with his characters 400 years after his death?

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Название: Strangers on a Train
Автор: Patricia Highsmith
Год выпуска: 2000
ISBN: 0-582-41812-7
Формат: PDF
Язык: American English
Описание: Guy Haines is travelling through Texas on a train when a stranger invites him to share a meal. But the stranger has a terrible plan. ‘You murder my father, and I’ll murder your wife,’ he suggests. So begins Guy’s journey into a world of madness, lies and death.

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Название: The Canterville Ghost and other stories
Автор: Oscar Wilde
Год выпуска: 2003
ISBN: 0-582-42691-X
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: For three hundred years, the ghost of Canterville Chase frightened everybody in the house. Then, one day, an American family come to live there. The ghost tries hard to frighten them but he learns that this family is different. In the other stories Lord Arthur Savile has to commit murder before he can marry the lovely Sybil and we find out the secrets of the beautiful Lady Alroy.

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Название: The Doll's House and Other Stories
Автор: Katherine Mansfield
ISBN: 978-0-582-41811-0
Формат: DOC
Язык: British English
Описание: Katherine Mansfield is one of the most famous short story writers in the English language. These four stories take place about a hundred years ago in England and New Zealand. They are sometimes funny, sometimes sad and often cruel.

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Название: The Dream and other stories
Автор: Daphne du Maurier and others
ISBN: 9781405852197
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: Life on Mars, a strange dream, and attacks by murderous birds -these are just some of the subjects of these enjoyable short stories. They will amuse and shock you.

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Название: The Full Monty
Автор: Wendy Holden
Год выпуска: 1999
ISBN: 0-582-41981-6
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: The Full Monty is the novelization of a very popular film which was released in 1997. The story takes place in Sheffield, an industrial town in the north of England, in the early 1980s. As in many towns in Britain at that time, the town has far fewer jobs available in heavy industry then it did in the past. Factories making steel used to employ the men of the town. Now the factories employ fewer men and many men stay at home. There is work for the women in the new companies which have started up, but less work for the men.

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Название: The Godfather
Автор: Mario Puzo
Год выпуска: 1998
ISBN: 0-582-41787-2
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: This is the best-known tale of the American Mafia ever told. Don Corleone is the Godfather, the head of one of the richest families in New York. He is a gangster and his business is crime, violence and murder. His favourite son Michael is a lawyer who wants to lead a quiet, peaceful life. But when his father is nearly killed by rival gangsters Michael gets pulled into the dangerous world of the 'family business' …
The Godfather starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino, is one of the most popular films ever made. So popular in fact that three sequels were made about the Corleone family.

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Название: The Locked Room and Other Horror Stories
Автор: M.R.James
Год выпуска: 2000
ISBN: 9780582418073
Формат: PDF
Описание: A tree full of enormous spiders; curtains like a dead man's hair; an old man with no heart. These are some of the things you will discover in these terrifying short stories.
We dare you to read this book! But if you do you won't be able to put it down! M. R. James is one of the best writers of ghost and horror stories ever

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Название: Three Great Playes of Shakespeare
Автор: Shakespeare W.
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: Three of Shakespeare’s great tragedies are contained in this volume. Romeo and Juliet are in love, but their families are enemies. In desperation, they marry in secret but tragedy unfolds…Macbeth is told that he will be King of Scotland – the prophecy comes true but with what consequences? Humiliation and grief bring King Lear to the edge of madness after he decides to divide his Kingdom between his two eldest daughters.

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Название: The House of Stairs
Автор: Barbara Vine
Год выпуска: 1996
ISBN: 9780140114461
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: Twenty years ago a group of people lived in a house in London. One of them was murdered, but who was it? We slowly find out the truth, as the past, the present and the future join together in a frightening story.

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Название: The Time Machine
Автор: Herbert G. Wells
Год выпуска: 2006
ISBN: 1-405-83349-1
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: The Time Traveller has built a time machine and has gone into the future to the year 802,701. He expects to find a better world with highly-intelligent people and great inventions. Instead, he finds that people have become weak, child-like creatures. They dance and sing and wear flowers. They seem happy, but why are they so frightened of the dark? And who or what has taken his time machine? Will the Time Traveller ever be able to return to the present?

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Название: Benetton
Автор: Jonathon Mantle
Год выпуска: 2000
ISBN: 0 -582-34297-X
Формат: PDF
Язык: American English
Описание: The story of Benetton is the story of one family’s progress from a small business in provincial Italy to world
domination. One of the keys to their success has been the strength of the family and the determination of the original four brothers and sisters to remain personally involved and in financial control of the business.

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Название: The Phantom Of the Opera
Автор: Gaston Leroux
Год выпуска: 2002
ISBN: 0-582-50502-X
Формат: PDF
Язык: American English
Описание: There is a climate of secrecy and fear at the Paris Opera. People are dying and a beautiful, talented young singer has disappeared. Is this the work of the Opera ghost? Is the ghost a man or a monster? And what else will he do to get what he wants?

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Название: Airport
Автор: Arthur Hailey
Год выпуска: 1999
ISBN: 0-582-41925-5
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: "Lincoln International Airport is hit by a violent snowstorm and a plane gets stuck on the main runway. As staff struggle to keep the airport open their personal relationships cause more problems. To make matters worse, a man arrives at the airport determined to blow up a plane. The drama unfolds as the storm reaches its peak."

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Название: The Body
Автор: Stephen King
Год выпуска: 1999
ISBN: 0-582-41817-8
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: "Gordie Lanchance and his three friends are always ready for adventure. When they hear about a dead body in the forest they go to look for it. Then they discover how cruel the world can be."

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Название: A Time to Kill
Автор: John Grisham
Год выпуска: 1999
ISBN: 0-582-36410-8
Формат: PDF
Язык: American English
Описание: Ten-year-old Tonya Hailey is attacked and raped by two local men. Carl Lee, Tonya’s father, shoots them. Now only his lawyer and friend, Jake Brigance, stands between him and the electric chair. Is there a legal defense for Carl Lee’s actions?

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Название: Four Weddings and a Funeral
Автор: Patricia Highsmith
Год выпуска: 1999
ISBN: 0-582-40262-X
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: It's Saturday morning and Charles is still asleep. He should be on his way to Angus and Laura's wedding! Charles is always going to other people's weddings and he is always late. He's worried that he will never find the right person to marry. Then he meets Carrie and suddenly love is in the air! Four Weddings and a Funeral is one of the most successful British films ever made. It is a very funny tale of friendship, love and marriage in 1990s

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Название: Pride and Prejudice
Автор: Jane Austin
Год выпуска: 1999
ISBN: 0-582-41935-2
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: Mrs Bennett wants all her five daughters to marry and most importantly to marry well. When a rich young man comes to the village, Mrs Bennett is sure he will make a wonderful husband... One of Jane Austen's most popular novels and a witty masterpiece full of insight into personal relationships and social tensions.

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Название: Jude the Obscure
Автор: Thomas Hardy
Год выпуска: 2000
ISBN: 0 -582-41819- 4
Формат: PDF
Описание: Jude the Obscure is the last Thomas Hardy's important novel. Jude the Obscure created storms of scandal and protest for the author upon its publication. Hardy, disgusted and disappointed, devoted the remainder of his life to poetry and never wrote another novel. Jude Fawley and Sue Bridehead have both had unhappy first marriages. Then they fall in love. This is the story of their love, and the way their past returns, bringing them hope, then sadness.

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Название: 2001:A Space Odyssey
Автор: Arthur C Clarke
Год выпуска: 2000
ISBN: 9780451457998
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: 2001: A Space Odyssey – a great film and a famous novel.
An object is found on the Moon. Who made it? Men travel into space to find out – a billion kilometres to the rings of Saturn. Something is waiting for them…

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Название: More Tales from Shakespeare
Автор: Charles and Mary Lamb
Год выпуска: 1999
ISBN: 0-582-41934-4
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: This collection of six short stories, based on Shakespeare’s plays, is the perfect introduction to one of the world’s greatest writers. Meet the tragic young lovers Romeo and Juliet, mad King Lear, angry young Hamlet, and many more of the most famous characters in world literature.

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Название: On the Road
Автор: Jack Kerouac
Год выпуска: 2006
ISBN: 0-582-40265-4
Формат: PDF
Язык: American English
Описание: One of the most famous American books of the century.
Love, jazz, and excitement! These are all part of Sal Paradise’s adventures “on the road” with wild friend Dean Moriarty, and their crazy companions, as they travel across the USA.

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Название: Prime Suspect
Автор: Lynda La Plante
Год выпуска: 1995
ISBN: 0-582-41788-0
Формат: PDF
Описание: A woman is murdered and the police have a prime suspect, but cannot prove it. Detective Jane Tennison fights to solve the crime and win the respect of her fellow, male, officers.

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Название: Sons and Lovers
Автор: D.H.Lawrence
Год выпуска: 2000
ISBN: 0-582-41696-5
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: This moving story follows the emotional development of Paul Morel. Paul is torn between his passionate love for his mother and his romantic friendships with Miriam and Clara.

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Название: Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Автор: Edgar Allan Poe
Год выпуска: 2001
ISBN: 0-582-49805-8
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: Edgar Allan Poe, ‘the father of the detective story’ and a master of horror, is one of the greatest American short story writers. In these stories we meet people struggling with fear, revenge, mental illness and death. Which of them will win – and which will lose – their battles?

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Название: Taste and Other Tales
Автор: Roald Dahl
Год выпуска: 1999
ISBN: 0-582-41943-3
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: Anyone interested in Roland Dahl, the author of 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' will love these short stories that all have a surprise ending or twist.
Stories include:
* Taste
* A Swim
* Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat
* The Way up to Heaven
* The Sound Machine
* The Leg of Lamb
* Birth and Fate
* Poison

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Название: The Firm
Автор: John Grisham
Год выпуска: 1998
ISBN: 0-582-41827-5
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: Mitch McDeere is young, intelligent and ambitious. When he gets a job with the law firm of Bendini, Lambert & Locke it seems to be the path to money and power. But soon Mitch finds that the firm is listening to all his phone calls, and the FBI want to speak to him. Money and power has a price – and it could be Mitch’s life.

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Название: The Invisible Man
Автор: H. G. Wells
Год выпуска: 1999
ISBN: 0-582-41930-1
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: A stranger arrives in a small village wearing a long coat and gloves. His head is covered in bandages and dark glasses hide his eyes. The villagers are curious. Who is he? When they discover the stranger’s terrible secret, they realize that they are in great danger.

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Название: The Pelican Brief
Автор: John Grisham
Год выпуска: 2000
ISBN: 9780582417960
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: In Washington, two Supreme Court judges are murdered and only the young and beautiful law student Darby Shaw knows why. She has uncovered a deadly secret but will anyone believe her? Can she stay alive long enough to persuade them she is right?

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Название: The War of the Worlds
Автор: H. G. Wells
Год выпуска: 2006
ISBN: 1-405-806369
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: The War of the Worlds is one of the most frightening science fiction novels ever written. When a spaceship falls from the sky and lands in southern England, few people are worried. But when strange creatures climb out and start killing, nobody is safe.

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Название: The Story of the Internet
Автор: Stephen Bryan
Год выпуска: 2000
ISBN: 0-582-43047-X
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: The Internet is the fastest growing phenomenon in technology the world has ever seen, revolutionising business and the lives of almost every person on the planet – in less than ten years.

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Название: The Grass is Singing
Автор: Doris Lessing
Год выпуска: 1992
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: Set in Rhodesia, this is the story of Dick, a failed white farmer and his wife, Mary, dependent and disappointed. Both are trapped by poverty, and in the heat of the brick and tin house, hemmed in by the bush, Mary finds herself seeking solace in the arms of the houseboy.

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Название: World Folktales
Автор: Andy Hopkins & Kathy Burke
Год выпуска: 2003
ISBN: 0-582-50535-6
Формат: PDF
Описание: These nine stories will take the reader on an exciting journey to distant cultures and times. The collection includes folktales from South America, Africa, India, China, and Europe.

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Название: The Long Goodbye
Год выпуска: 1999
ISBN: 0-582-41821-9
Формат: DOC
Язык: American English
Описание: Detective story. When Terry Lennox's wife is murdered, his friend, private detective Philip Marlowe, helps him to leave the country. The police arrest Marlowe, but then release him and, strangely, tell him to forget everything. Of course, Marlowe does exactly the opposite. The Long Goodbye, published in 1953, is the last but one of Raymond Chandler’s seven novels featuring the legendary private detective Philip Marlowe.

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Название: Business at the Speed of Thought
Автор: Bill Gates
Год выпуска: 2001
ISBN: 0-582-34300-3
Формат: PDF
Язык: American English
Описание: All the computers in the world today make up a living being. They have a “digital nervous system.” Bill Gates, in this fascinating book, explains business in the twenty-first century. Information is the new business tool, and it can travel at the speed of thought.

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Название: Great Expectations
Автор: Charles Dickens
Год выпуска: 2002
ISBN: 0141881216
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: Pip is a poor orphan whose life is changed forever by two very different meetings – one with an escaped convict and the other with an eccentric old lady and the beautiful girl who lives with her. And who is the mysterious person who leaves him a fortune?

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Название: Misery
Автор: Stephen King
Год выпуска: 1999
ISBN: 9780582418295
Формат: PDF
Язык: British English
Описание: A story by Stephen King – the master of horror.
Paul Sheldon is Annie Wilkes’s favourite writer. She loves all his books about Misery Chastain. When Annie finds Paul after a car accident, she takes him home to look after him. The Annie discovers that Paul wants to kill Misery and to write different kinds of book. She is determined to stop him, and Paul becomes her prisoner.