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Скачать книгу (размер 3 176 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 624) Аннотация: Danny Cartwright and Spencer Craig were born on different sides of the track. Danny, an East End Cockney, leaves Clement Attlee Comprehensive School at the age of 15 to take up a job at a local garage. He falls in love with Beth, the boss’s daughter, and asks her to marry him. Spencer Craig resides in the West End. A graduate of an English public school and Cambridge University. After leaving…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 543 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 500) Аннотация: They had only one thing in common...William Lowell Kane and Abel Rosnovski, one the son of a Boston millionaire, the other a penniless Polish immigrant — two men born on the same day on opposite sides of the world, their paths destined to cross in the ruthless struggle to build a fortune. The marvellous story, spanning 60 years, of two powerful men linked by an all-consuming hatred, brought…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Cat O’ Nine Tales is the sixth collection of irresistible short stories from the master storyteller illustrated by the internationally acclaimed artist, Ronald Searle, creator of Molesworth. These twelve yarns are so satisfying because they are ingeniously plotted, include richly drawn characters and have deliciously unexpected conclusions. They feature the mad, the bad and the dangerous to know…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: No one can weave a web of suspense, deliver a jolt of surprise, or teach a lesson in living like bestselling author Jeffrey Archer. From Africa to the Middle East, and from London to Beijing, Archer takes us to places we've never seen and introduces us to people we'll never forget. Meet the philandering husband who thinks he's committed the perfect murder; the self-assured chess champion who…

Скачать книгу (размер 4 073 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 800) Аннотация: «Growing up in the slums of East End London, Charlie Trumper dreams of someday running his grandfather's fruit and vegetable barrow. That day comes suddenly when his grandfather dies leaving him the floundering business. With the help of Becky Salmon, an enterprising young woman, Charlie sets out to make a name for himself as «The Honest Trader». But the brutal onset of World War I takes Charlie…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: With nothing left to lose, an unlikely group of four men attempt an audacious sting operation that will take them from the hallowed halls of Oxford University to the boisterous casinos of Monte Carlo all in the name of revenge, in this spellbinding classic.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: Spring 1994, Washington, D.C. — While the Clinton Administration grapples with its domestic policies, a sinister plot is being masterminded six thousand miles away in Baghdad. By using $100 million as bait and spinning a deadly web of corruption, forgery, and terror, Saddam Hussein seeks to embarrass the U.S. with the ultimate revenge: to steal a treasured historical document and then destroy it…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 768 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 544) Аннотация: «Set in Greenwich, Connecticut, in the early 1950s, Archer's «New York Times» bestseller is the story of a set of twins separated at birth. The two brothers live separate lives, and how they find each other mirrors the chronicle of a nation in transition.»