Pelham: or The Adventures of a Gentleman = Пелэм, или Приключения джентльмена: на англ.яз
Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803 - 1873) was an English novelist, poet, playwright and politician. A lot of his works contributed to the early growth of the science fiction genre. "Pelham: or The Adventures of a Gentleman"...
Unwelcome guests are descending on Blandings Castle - particularly the overbearing Duke of Dunstable, who settles in the Garden Suite with no intention of leaving, and Lady Constance, Lord Emsworth`s sister and a lady...
Two Supreme Court Justices are dead. Their murders remain unsolved.Darby Shaw, a brilliant and beautiful New Orleans legal student, draws up a speculative legal brief which links the deaths and uncovers an astonishing...
In suburban Georgetown a killer`s Reeboks whisper on the front floor of a posh In a seedy porno house a patron is swiftly garroted to The next day America learns that two of its Supreme Court justices have been...
Two Supreme Court Justices are dead. Their murders are connected only in one mind, and in one legal brief conceived by that mind. Brilliant, beautiful and ambitious, New Orleans legal student Darby Shaw little...
The master of the witty women`s novel returns with the story of a Wall Street whiz who naively agrees to take the fall for her boss`s SEC violations...and to her surprise, winds up trading in her Armani suit for an...
Modern, original fiction for learners of English. Secret agent Ian Munro is despatched to Penang to stop an assassination attempt on the Prince (a member of the British royal family, who is there on a state visit)....
Arthur is King—but darkest evil has descended upon Britain`s shores in many guises. In this black time of plague and pestilence, Arthur`s most trusted counselor Myrddin—the warrior, bard, and kingmaker whom legend...
It was a time of legend, when the last shadows of the mighty Roman conqueror faded from the captured Isle of Britain. While across a vast sea, bloody war shattered a peace that had flourished for two thousand years in...
Drought, plague, and war have left the Isle of the Mighty battered and its heart, the beloved Arthur, grievously injured—until a secret relic is brought before the dying KIng; a Holy Grail that heals his wounds and...
He was born to greatness, the son of a druid bard and a princess of lost Atlantis. A trained warrior, blessed with the gifts of prophecy and song, he grew to manhood in a land ravaged by the brutal greed of petty...
They called him unfit to rule—a lowborn, callow boy, Uther`s bastard. But his coming had been foretold in the songs of the bard Taliesin. He had learned the uses of power from his guide and protector, Merlin. He was...
Peng History of Britain: Hollow Crown: Britain in Late Middle Ages
There is no more haunting, compelling period in Britain`s history than the later middle ages. The extraordinary kings - Edward III and Henry V, the great warriors, Richard II and Henry VI, tragic inadequates killed by...
Peng Dict of Electronics (4ed) (B)
The fourth edition of this book which is highly recommended for students, teachers and technicians. Updated to cover all the latest developments in this field with many new articles and illustrations.
Penguin Active Reading 2: Water for Life
Water. We drink it. We cook with it. We wash with it. We can`t live without it. Most of us don`t think about it much. But it is not there for everybody, and our world is changing fast. We have to think very carefully...
Penguin Readers 5: The Phantom of the Opera
Classic / American English 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...
Penguin Readers 3: Forrest Gump
Contemporary / British English 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...
Penguin Active Reading 3: Japanese Ghost Stories
A blind musician plays to the spirits of the dead. A priest is attacked by heads that have left their bodies. An old man meets a woman who has no face. Read these and many more strange, ghostly stories from old Japan...
Penguin Active Reading 4: Body in the Library
Early one morning the Bantrys wake to find the dead body of a young woman in their library. Who is she? How did she get there? The police are called, of course, but Dolly Bantry quickly invites her friend Jane Marple...
Penguin Readers 3: Princess Diana
Original / British English Princess Diana, one of the most famous and popular women in the world the People`s Princess. Read here about Diana`s short life, her marriage to Prince Charles, her war` with the Royal...
Penguin Active Reading 4: Oliver Twist
Oliver`s mother dies when he is born and he is brought up in a workhouse. His first years are cold and lonely and then he runs away to London. But he falls into the hands of Fagin and the terrifying Bill Sykes. They...
Penguin Readers 4: Cinderella Man
Jim Braddock is a successful boxer in New York. But in October 1929 the American economy fails, and at the same time Jim starts to lose in the boxing ring. Does the true story of Jim Braddock — the Cinderella Man —...
Penguin Readers 3: The Swiss Family Robinson
It was the seventh day of the storm. We didn`t know where we were. Everyone on the ship believed that death was very near.` The Robinson family do not die at sea; they find their way to a small island. But what can...
