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Adventure Series: The Circus of Adventure, The River of Adventure
Автор: Enid Blyton Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2010 Страниц: 512 Дата загрузки: 18 июля 20112012-10-20
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«In «The Circus of Adventure», Phillip, Dinah, Lucy-Ann, Jack and Kiki the parrot bravely follow a kidnapped boy to a faraway land and unravel a plot to kill the king. When Bill Disappears in The River of Adventure, the children journey down a river through ancient desert lands to find him. Their search leads them to an ancient temple and a terrifying encounter.»
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Adventure Series: The Castle of Adventure, The Island of Adventure
Автор: Enid Blyton Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2010 Страниц: 560 Дата загрузки: 28 марта 20132015-08-24
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«In «The Island Of Adventure», Philip, Dinah, Lucy-Ann, Jack and Kiki the parrot are plunged into danger when they investigate sinister happenings on the mysterious Isle of Gloom. What is the secret of the old castle on the hill, and why are the locals so afraid of it? The children are determined to find out in «The Castle Of Adventure».»
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Over the Line
Автор: Cindy Gerard Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2006 Страниц: 336 Дата загрузки: 14 июля 20092008-10-27
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Sweet Baby Jane Perkins has carved out a mega-selling reputation as rock's favorite bad girl. But her hard-living, tough-talking image can't prevent the sharp dose of reality that hit home when her estranged mother is killed in a car accident. As bizarre coincidences escalate in her own life, Janey grows certain that someone is watching her every move, and it's not one of her adoring fans... Since leaving the Army Rangers six months ago, Jason Wilson has been adrift, a warrior without a war. Now he's taken his first civilian assignment for his army buddy's security firm: protecting a rock diva on her sold-out tour. Far from being a spoiled star, Janey is a revelation — sweet, modest, and incredibly sexy. Their friendship is turning to mutual, heated desire, but it's a distraction that could cost them more than their hearts... Drawn into the depths of a deadly secret, they'll face off against a killer growing more ruthless every day, and Jase will discover just how far he'll go to protect an explosive passion he never expected...
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Jackdaws
Автор: Follett Ken Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2009 Страниц: 384 Дата загрузки: 15 декабря 20112010-06-23
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«Two weeks before D-Day, the French Resistance attacks a chateau containing a telephone exchange vital to German communications — but the building is heavily guarded and the attack fails disastrously. Flick Clairet, a young British secret agent, proposes a daring new plan: she will parachute into France with an all-woman team known as the 'Jackdaws' and they will penetrate the chateau in disguise. But, unknown to Flick, Rommel has assigned a brilliant, ruthless Intelligence colonel, Dieter Franck, to crush the Resistance. And Dieter is on Flick's trail. From the master storyteller and best-selling author of «Eye of the Needle» and «Code to Zero» comes the new thriller, set against the menacing backdrop of the Second World War and crackling with suspense and action. «Jackdaws» is an irresistible novel of the Resistance and of love, courage and revenge.»
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Owl Hall
Автор: Campbell Robert Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2012 Дата загрузки: 7 декабря 20142013-12-07
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Owl Hall is the story of Janet, a single mother, who goes to stay in an old farmhouse with her children, Kara and Martin. But there’s something strange about Kara’s relationship with her mother and brother. As the story develops, we discover that everyone at Owl Hall has a secret – even the house itself!
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Owl Hall (+ Audio CD)
Автор: Campbell Robert Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2012 Дата загрузки: 7 декабря 20142013-12-07
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Owl Hall is an original story written specifically for the Macmillan Readers series. It is the story of Kara, who goes to stay at Owl Hall. But there is something strange about Kara’s relationship with her family. As the story develops, we discover that everyone at Owl Hall has a secret – even the house itself!
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Straightforward: Elementary Level. Workbook without Key
Автор: Tennant Adrian Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2011 Дата загрузки: 7 декабря 20132012-12-07
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The Workbook provides extra language and vocabulary practice that supports the units of the Student's Book making it ideal for homework. This version comes without the key.
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The Unofficial Hunger Games Companion
Автор: Gresh Lois H. Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2011 Страниц: 256 Дата загрузки: 27 апреля 20152013-10-31
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THE HUNGER GAMES is a global publishing phenomenon and is soon to be a high octane, big budget Hollywood box-office hit. With a full author profile and interesting insights into the three-book series and its main themes — from the nature of evil, weaponry, rebellions, and surviving the end of the world — this companion guide will give millions of readers the insider information that they've been waiting for since book one! New York Times bestselling author of THE TWILIGHT COMPANION, Lois Gresh, once again gives fans the fascinating facts behind the fiction.
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The Devil's Feather
Автор: Walters Minette Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2006 Страниц: 560 Дата загрузки: 24 июля 20092010-03-22
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Have you ever wanted to bury a secret so deeply that no one will find out about it? With private security firms supplying bodyguards in every theatre of war, who will notice the emergence of a sexual psychopath from the ranks of the mercenaries? Reuters correspondent Connie Burns is no stranger to the world's troublespots, including the vicious civil unrest in Sierra Leone and the war in Iraq. But as she begins to suspect that a foreigner is using the chaos of war to act out sadistic fantasies against women, her efforts to bring him to justice leave her devastated. Degraded and terrified, she goes into hiding in England and strikes up a friendship with Jess Derbyshire, a loner whose reclusive nature may well be masking secrets of her own. Connie draws from the other woman's strength and makes the hazardous decision to attempt a third unmasking of a serial killer... Knowing he will come looking for her...
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Newton's Cannon
Автор: Keyes Greg Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2004 Страниц: 384 Дата загрузки: 28 мая 20092006-10-30
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Come on a journey sideways through time, and lose yourself in a world both deeply familiar and wondrously strange. In 1681, Sir Isaac Newton turns his restless mind to the ancient art of alchemy, and successfully unleashes Philosopher's Mercury, the key to manipulating the four elements. Powerful kings will battle to control it, till London itself is threatened with obliteration by a hellish device — unless a pair of unlikely geniuses can defuse it in time. This is a fantasy woven from the stuff of history, an enthralling quest whose outcome may raise humanity to unparalleled heights... or bring down the curtain of endless night.
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The Naked God
Автор: Hamilton Peter F. Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2005 Страниц: 1184 Дата загрузки: 25 апреля 20092008-04-17
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The third volume in the 'Night's Dawn' trilogy Hell just went quantum... The Confederation is starting to collapse politically and economically, allowing the 'possessed' to infiltrate more worlds. Quinn Dexter is loose on Earth, destroying the giant arcologies one at a time. As Louise Kavanagh tries to track him down, she manages to acquire some strange and powerful allies whose goal does not match her own. The campaign to liberate Mortonbridge from the possessed degenerates into a horrendous land battle, the kind that hasn't been seen by humankind for six hundred years. Then some of the protagonists escape in a very unexpected direction... Joshua Clavert and Syrinx now fly their starships on a mission to find the Sleeping God — which an alien race believes holds the key to finally overthrowing the possessed.
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The Missing Person's Guide to Love
Автор: Jones Susanna Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2008 Страниц: 277 Дата загрузки: 02 сентября 20132011-09-22
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A haunting tale of a woman revisiting her past, with shattering consequences Isabel, Owen, and Julia were childhood friends. But when they were 15, Julia disappeared without a trace — an event that had a devastating impact on the others. Years later, Isabel returns to her hometown in the north of England for Owen's funeral. She hadn't seen him since they recklessly burned down the local supermarket together; he was sent to prison and she, just shy of her 18th birthday, to a young offenders' center. Isabel suspects that Owen was responsible for Julia's murder, and she's hoping finally to find some kind of resolution. Feeling cut off from her husband and child in Turkey, and awash with unexpected memories, Isabel ventures further into the murky depths of her past. But nothing is as it seems — either past or present — and as Isabel's world unravels we finally realize the stunning, shattering truth.
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In the Heart of the Canyon
Автор: Hyde Elisabeth Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2009 Страниц: 600 Дата загрузки: 23 октрября 20122012-02-16
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The temperature is over 100. The rapids are some of the largest in North America. Water levels are rising. And JT Maroney, veteran river guide, is leading his 125th trip down the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. For the next two weeks, his 13 passengers — strangers, mostly — will paddle, row, swim, ride the rapids, eat gourmet meals, sleep under the stars, and learn a lot about geology. They'll learn a lot about each other, too — perhaps more than they want to know. Allegiances form, and likewise dissolve, in the course of an afternoon. JT's decision on the first day to adopt a stray dog further complicates the group dynamics, leading to a series of fateful mishaps, one of which will alter the course of many lives.
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The Highways and Byways of Britain
Автор: Milner David Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2008 Страниц: 370 Дата загрузки: 12 марта 20112011-09-10
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Between the end of the nineteenth century and the Second World War, Macmillan published a much-loved and extremely successful series of books under the title of Highways and Byways. In them, the authors took readers on a delightful guided tour of the country, county by county, pointing out places of interest, key historical events and local lore and legend. Now, Macmillan is reissuing — in one beautifully designed volume — a selection of those highways and byways, which affords contemporary readers both a charming period piece and a wonderful glimpse of the very best of Britain.
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Dead-end Road
Автор: Kunzmann Richard Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2009 Страниц: 400 Дата загрузки: 15 апреля 20132011-05-22
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Detective Harry Mason has rejoined the South African Police Service after a two-year leave of absence, and moved over to the specialised Serious and Violent Crimes unit, headed by the tough and fiery veteran commander Superintendent Carl 'Blackie' Swarts. Soon afterwards, Harry is assigned to investigate the slaying of a minor politician and his family, in a township west of Johannesburg. The case, at first seemingly unsolvable, is abruptly saved by an enigmatic grassroots anarchist whom Harry befriended during the apartheid riots of the '80s, and soon the SVC is hot on the heels of one of the country's most secretive and violent vigilante groups, known as 'The Guardians', headed up by two brothers whose brutality is legendary amongst the poor inhabitants of Johannesburg's squatter camps.As the investigation slices away at the layers of secrecy surrounding this group, other secrets surface — truths that ultimately pose a threat to Harry's unit, and to the city at large. When Harry is abruptly gunned down by unseen assassins during a dawn raid on a remote village, and a bomb is detonated in the judicial heartland of Johannesburg, his former police partner and long-time friend, Detective Jacob Tshabalala, is forced to take matters into his own hands, and expose a splinter faction of vigilantes operating within the police service itself — a faction whose connections stretch all the way into parliament itself.
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Suffragette Girl
Автор: Dickinson Margaret Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2009 Страниц: 528 Дата загрузки: 11 октрября 20122011-10-31
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When Florrie Maltby defies her father by refusing to marry Gervase Richards, she sets off a chain of events that will alter her life. Instead she goes to London and becomes involved with the suffragette movement. She's imprisoned for her militant actions, and goes on hunger strike. With her health deteriorating, there is one person who can save her — Gervase. After a brief stay in the countryside to recuperate, Florrie returns to London to continue her fight for women's rights. Only the outbreak of the Great War puts a halt to her activities. It is when James, her younger brother, is shamed by their father into volunteering, that Florrie enlists as a nurse and is sent to the Front. Amidst the fear and horror of the hospital close to the trenches, she finds love. But when her beloved brother is accused of desertion, help comes from a very unexpected source.
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Cliffhanger
Автор: Middleton T.J. Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2009 Страниц: 320 Дата загрузки: 19 марта 20122012-09-12
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Al Greenwood has decided to kill his wife, and he`s planned the perfect murder. But things don`t turn out quite the way he hoped, and Al finds himself committing more crimes to cover his tracks.
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The Men Who Stare at Goats
Автор: Ronson Jon Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2009 Страниц: 240 Дата загрузки: 22 марта 20122012-02-19
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Why are Iraqi prisoners of war forced to listen to Barney the Purple Dinosaur's theme tune repeatedly, at top volume? Why have a hundred de-bleated goats been secretly placed inside the Special Forces command centre at Fort Bragg, North Carolina? Has the US Army really enlisted the help of Uri Geller? In The Men Who Stare at Goats, Jon Ronson searches for answers to these and many other questions, revealing some of the extraordinary beliefs at the core of the War on Terror. 'Not only a narcotic road trip through the wackier reaches of Bush's war effort, but also an unmissable account of some of the insanity that has lately been done in our names' — Observer. 'Funny and gravely serious, what emerges is a world shrouded in secrecy, mystery and wackiness... Mind-blowing stuff' — Metro. 'A funny and tragic story of how the hippie dream was enlisted by the military' — Daily Telegraph.
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The Slaughter Pavilion
Автор: Sampson Catherine Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2009 Страниц: 320 Дата загрузки: 19 марта 20122012-09-12
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'The world will witness my despair...' In the heart of Beijing's business district, a man throws himself off the top of a building. Tied to an advertising hoarding on the roof, he leaves behind his dead and frozen child. Having earlier rejected the man's plea for help, Beijing private investigator Song has enough to deal with — Song's own father-in-law, soon to be tried on corruption charges, is found dead. Did he kill himself or was someone else involved? But Song cannot forget the man and his frozen child. When he starts to investigate, he and his team are drawn into a web of evil that extends from the scorching Beijing summer to the slums of London. And in a country where justice is often for sale, can Song discover the truth before it is buried for good?
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Michaelmas Tribute
Автор: Harrison Cora Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2009 Страниц: 300 Дата загрузки: 28 июня 20112011-07-24
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In 1509, in the kingdom of the Burren, people lived according to the ancient customs and Brehon laws of their ancestors. The Michaelmas Fair: a time for trade and celebration. A chance for the people of the Burren to gather, buy and sell their wares and give tribute to the lord of their clans. When the steward of the MacNamara clan demands more, tempers run high. Then the steward's body is found in the local churchyard; he's been beaten to death. Was it revenge, greed or something more sinister that led to his murder? Mara tries to piece the puzzle together but, distracted by thoughts of the King's surprising offer of marriage, nothing seems to make sense. Is Mara prepared to give up her position as Brehon to become Queen? And will she be able to bring the killer to justice before they strike again...
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