Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: Bill and Sam arrive in the small American town of Summit with only two hundred dollars, but they need more and Sam has an idea for making a lot of money. When things start to go very wrong, both men soon regret their visit — and their idea.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 200) Аннотация: The practical importance of auction theory is widely recognized. Indeed, economists have been recognized for their contribution to the design of several auction-like mechanisms, such as the U. S. Federal Communications Commission spectrum auctions, the 3G auctions in Europe and beyond, and the auction markets for electricity markets around the world. Moreover, auction theory is now seen as an…
Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: You're a brave man, but I am afraid for you, says Lady Marian to Robin of Locksley. She is afraid because Robin does not like Prince John's new taxes and wants to do something for the poor people of Nottingham. When Prince John hears this, Robin is suddenly in danger — great danger.
Скачать книгу (размер 850 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 168) Аннотация: HIV/AIDS is without doubt the worst epidemic to hit humankind since the Black Death. The first case was identified in 1981; by 2004 it was estimated that about 40 million people were living with the disease, and about 20 million had died. Despite rapid scientific advances there is still no cure and the drugs are expensive and toxic. Because of controversies and taboos surrounding safe drug usage…
Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: There's a new girl in town, says Joe, and soon Steve is out looking for her. Marietta is easy to find in a small town, but every time he sees her something goes wrong... and his day goes from bad to worse.
Скачать книгу (размер 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 80) Аннотация: Life is always hard for the poor, in any place and at any time. Ethan Frome is a farmer in Massachusetts. He works long hours every day, but his farm makes very little money. His wife, Zeena, is a thin, grey woman, always complaining, and only interested in her own ill health. Then Mattie Silver, a young cousin, comes to live with the Fromes, to help Zeena and do the housework. Her bright smile…
Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: How does it work? Jack asks when he opens his present — a mobile phone. Later that night, Jack is a prisoner in a taxi in the empty streets of the dark city. He now tries his mobile phone for the first time. Can it save his life?
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: Tony Kytes is a favourite with the girls but he's not terribly clever. If you meet an old girlfriend and she asks for a ride home in your wagon, do you say yes? And then if you meet the girl you are planning to marry, what do you do? Very soon, Tony is in a great muddle, and does not know how to escape from it. These stories are set in an English country village of the nineteenth century, but…
Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: When Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley leave school, their feet are set on very different paths. Kind, foolish Amelia returns to her comfortable home and wealthy family, to await a suitable marriage, while Becky must look out for herself, earning her own living in a hard world. But Becky is neither kind nor foolish, and with her quick brain and keen eye for a chance, her fortunes soon rise, while…
Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: I am a vampire killer... and now I need help, says Professor Fletcher to Colin. Colin needs a job and he needs money — but do vampires exist or is the professor crazy?
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Mrs Proudie, the warlike wife of the new Bishop of Barchester, brings the Reverend Slope into the Bishop's Palace to help dominate her husband and rule the local clergy. But Slope is a snake in the grass, determined to find a rich wife, to win advancement for himself, even to fight Mrs Proudie if necessary. Their battle becomes a furious dance, involving rich, pretty Widow Bold, angry Archdeacon…
Скачать книгу (размер 116 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 24) Аннотация: Read at Home First Skills are fun early learning books, which use your favourite Oxford Reading Tree characters to introduce important first skills to your child. Your favourite Oxford Reading Tree characters make learning fun and memorable. Read at Home First Skills books are the perfect accompaniment to all your Oxford Reading Tree Read at Home storybooks. In this fun story, it is Biff and…
Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: It's an interesting job, says Sally about her work at Happy Hills. And today is a very exciting day because Zapp the famous singer is coming. Everybody is having a wonderful time. But suddenly something goes wrong — very wrong.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: The consciousness of knowing little, need not beget a distrust of that which he does not know. In Natural Theology William Paley set out to prove the existence of God from the evidence of the beauty and order of the natural world. Famously beginning by comparing the world to a watch, whose design is self-evident, he goes on to provide examples from biology, anatomy, and astronomy in order to…
Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: Give me the money, says the robber to the Los Angeles security guard. The guard looks at the gun and hands over the money. The robber has long blond hair and rides a motorcycle — and a girl with long blond hair arrives at Kenny's motel — on a motorcycle. Is she the robber?
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Read at Home First Skills are fun early learning books, which use your favourite Oxford Reading Tree characters to introduce important first skills to your child. Your favourite Oxford Reading Tree characters make learning fun and memorable. Read at Home First Skills books are the perfect accompaniment to all your Oxford Reading Tree Read at Home storybooks. From Floppy having no bone (0) through…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: If you love a good story, then look no further. Oxford Children's Classics bring together the most unforgettable stories ever told. They're books to treasure and return to again and again. After the death of her parents, Mary Lennox is sent to her uncle's house on the Yorkshire Moors. But the house is an unhappy one. A tragedy happened there years before, and Mary's uncle has never recovered.…
Скачать книгу (размер 279 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 56) Аннотация: The Oxford Bookworms Library provides superb reading and student / teacher support for the classroom, and is also highly recommended for schools running Extensive Reading Programmes, offering the right range of books that encourage students to read for pleasure. Nick Lortz is sitting outside a café in Whistler, a village in the Canadian mountains, when a stranger comes and sits next to him.…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: «Notes from the Underground» (1864) is one of the most profound works of nineteenth-century literature. A probing, speculative book, often regarded as a forerunner of the Existentialist movement, it examines the important political and philosophical questions that were current in Russia and Europe at the time. «The Gambler» (1866), set in the fictional town of Roulettenberg, explores the…
Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: It is the year 2030, and an e-mail message arrives at New York Cafe: I want to help people and make them happy! But not everybody is happy about the e-mail, and soon the police and the President are very interested in the New York Cafe.