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Pudd'nhead Wilson
Автор: Mark Twain Жанр: Simon & Schuster Издательство: Simon & Schuster Год: 2004 Страниц: 228 Дата загрузки: 23 августа 20092006-07-04
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Mark Twain's darkly comic short classic set in the antebellum South stands as a literary condemnation of slavery and racial inequality. EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: — A concise introduction that gives readers important background information — A chronology of the author's life and work — A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context — An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations — Detailed explanatory notes — Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work — Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction — A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential.
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Remember Me
Автор: Mary Higgins Clark Жанр: Simon & Schuster Издательство: Simon & Schuster Год: 1994 Страниц: 352 Дата загрузки: 21 июля 20091997-09-14
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A killer turns a young family's dream holiday into an unfathomable nightmare... Menley Nichols and her husband, Adam, a criminal attorney, rent a house on Cape Cod, in the hope of restoring their faltering marriage. The birth of their daughter, Hannah, has revitalized their relationship, but Menley has never stopped blaming herself for the accidental death of her two-year-old son. The serenity of the Cape promises a new start.In Remember House, an eighteenth-century landmark with a sinister past, strange incidents force Menley to relive the accident that killed her son, and she begins to fear for Hannah's safety. Then Adam takes on a client suspected of murder when his wealthy young bride of only three months drowns in a storm — and the family is drawn into a rising tide of terror. A confrontation on a dark, rain-swept beach leads to a harrowing climax that only Mary Higgins Clark could have created.
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Roughing It
Автор: Mark Twain Жанр: Simon & Schuster Издательство: Simon & Schuster Год: 2003 Страниц: 560 Дата загрузки: 21 октрября 20092004-06-21
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Capturing tales of the American West told through wildly-humorous autobiographical essays by Mark Twain, this classic offers an insightful account of Twain's own life and experiences.
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The Rum Diary
Автор: Hunter S. Thompson Жанр: Simon & Schuster Издательство: Simon & Schuster Год: 1999 Страниц: 224 Дата загрузки: 06 мая 20092001-07-28
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Based on Thompson's own experiences as a reporter in Puerto Rico in the late '50s and early '60s, this «long-lost coming-of-age novel» («San Francisco Chronicle») tells a brilliantly tangled love story of jealousy, treachery, and violent alcoholic lust in a Caribbean boom town.
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Rush of Wings
Автор: Adrian Phoenix Жанр: Simon & Schuster Издательство: Simon & Schuster Год: 2009 Страниц: 448 Дата загрузки: 21 октрября 20122013-03-26
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Special Agent Heather Wallace is a strong, compassionate woman who believes in justice and being a voice for the dead. When she trails a serial-killing sexual sadist to New Orleans, an unexpected twist leads her to a man who goes by the name Dante. Dante is a gorgeous, talented rock star, and a vampire. He's also the killer's next target. Heather soon finds herself in a deadly world of vampires, fallen angels, and secret government-funded experiments in sociopathology. Caught in a web of deception stretching to the FBI and beyond, Heather runs a desperate race against time, against other agents, and against her own deepening feelings for Dante. But not even she will be able to save Dante from his own stolen past...
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The Secret
Автор: Rhonda Byrne Жанр: Simon & Schuster Издательство: Simon & Schuster Год: 2006 Страниц: 200 Дата загрузки: 22 сентября 20112008-10-27
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In this book, you'll learn how to use The Secret in every aspect of your life, money, health, relationships, happiness, and in every interaction you have in the world. You'll begin to understand the hidden, untapped power that's within you, and this revelation can bring joy to every aspect of your life.
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The Secret Gratitude Book
Автор: Rhonda Byrne Жанр: Simon & Schuster Издательство: Simon & Schuster Год: 2007 Страниц: 192 Дата загрузки: 15 июля 20082009-05-15
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»The Secret» is an international phenomenon that has inspired millions of people to live extraordinary lives. Now «The Secret Gratitude Book» provides an incredibly powerful tool to live The Secret, and to bring joy and harmony to every aspect of your life. Filled with insights and wisdom from Rhonda Byrne, this beautiful journal offers a framework for practicing the power of gratitude each day, enabling you to attract every magnificent thing you want into your life.
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The Secret
Автор: Rhonda Byrne Жанр: Simon & Schuster Издательство: Simon & Schuster Год: 2008 Страниц: 736 Дата загрузки: 20 сентября 20132012-03-16
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The creator of «The Secret» takes readers through the next vital steps by offering 365 new insights that build on the work's powerful truths. Readers can learn to attract more joy, abundance, and blessings into their lives — every single day of the year.
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Shadow Blade
Автор: Seressia Glass Жанр: Simon & Schuster Издательство: Simon & Schuster Год: 2010 Страниц: 352 Дата загрузки: 24 июля 20112012-07-18
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The first novel in a thrilling new series featuring multiracial bounty hunter Kira Solomon. After Kira comes across an ancient dagger that belongs to Khefar, a 4,000-year-old Nubian warrior, the sexual tension between the two builds, and a sinister evil sets its sights on both of them.
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Smoke, Mirrors and Murder
Автор: Ann Rule Жанр: Simon & Schuster Издательство: Simon & Schuster Год: 2008 Страниц: 416 Дата загрузки: 05 июня 20102009-06-11
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An ideal family is targeted for death by the least likely enemy, who plotted their demise from behind bars... A sexual predator hides behind multiple fake identities, eluding police for years while his past victims live in fear that he will hunt them down... A modest preacher's wife confesses to shooting her husband after an argument — but there's more to her shattering story than meets the eye. These and other true cases are analyzed with stunning clarity in a page-turning collection you won't be able to put down. Included in this volume are stories of a victim burned beyond recognition — spontaneous human combustion? — impossible — and yet no one else seemed to enter or exit; a man who was a woman who was a man, whose con games in a small community led to murder; a «counterfeit priest» who wasn't a priest at all; a lifetime rapist; and the strangest case ever to hit Montana.
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The Solaris Book of New Fantasy
Автор: George Mann Жанр: Simon & Schuster Издательство: Simon & Schuster Год: 2007 Страниц: 4163 Дата загрузки: 18 июля 20082010-09-20
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A collection of original stories from some of the best-loved names and hottest new talents in a wide range of fantasy genres, this volume includes new fiction from such authors as Janny Wurts, Scott Lynch, Hal Duncan, Juliet E. McKenna, Chris Roberson, Mark Chadbourn, and Jeff VanderMeer.
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Spider's Bite
Автор: Jennifer Estep Жанр: Simon & Schuster Издательство: Simon & Schuster Год: 2010 Страниц: 384 Дата загрузки: 15 декабря 20122012-05-24
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Estep delivers the first book in a thrilling new urban fantasy series filled with vampires, giants, dwarves, and elementals, featuring Gin Blanco, a tough female assassin known as the spider, who moonlights at a barbecue joint in Tennessee.
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Stephen King Goes to the Movies
Автор: Stephen King Жанр: Simon & Schuster Издательство: Simon & Schuster Год: 2009 Страниц: 640 Дата загрузки: 16 мая 20122010-06-25
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From the master of horror comes a new collection of five short stories that have been adapted as films: Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, 1408, Children of the Corn, The Mangler, and Low Men in Yellow Coats (the basis for «Hearts in Atlantis»). Includes brand-new commentary and introductions.
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The Stranger Beside Me
Автор: Ann Rule Жанр: Simon & Schuster Издательство: Simon & Schuster Год: 2008 Страниц: 625 Дата загрузки: 20 октрября 20112012-03-19
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Now updated with a new chapter, the #1 «New York Times» — bestselling true crime writer tells the chilling tale of how she came to learn that Ted Bundy, her close friend and colleague at a Seattle crisis hotline, was in fact a savage serial killer.
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Succubi Like it Hot
Автор: Jill Myles Жанр: Simon & Schuster Издательство: Simon & Schuster Год: 2010 Страниц: 368 Дата загрузки: 10 сентября 20152011-06-25
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Jackie Brighton's life as a succubus is going great: she's gone from mousy to bombshell, and although she has to have sex every forty-eight hours or die, she has two hot guys — the vampire Zane and the angel Noah — to scratch her Itch. But then her Itch accelerates to every twenty-four hours, and she's suddenly waking people's unconscious just by touching them. Something's out of control so she and Remy, her mentor, go on an adventure-filled road trip to New Orleans to consult with the oldest succubus in the United States. Jackie learns she's been cursed by a vampire queen — and reversing the curse demands a price she's not willing to pay.
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Thirst No: 1: Includes The Last Vampire, Black Blood, Red Dice
Автор: Christopher Pike Жанр: Simon & Schuster Издательство: Simon & Schuster Год: 2009 Страниц: 594 Дата загрузки: 16 декабря 20112012-09-22
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A bind-up of this classic paranormal thriller series from bestselling author Christopher Pike. Originally published in 1994, Pike's Thirst series introduces Alisa, a 5,000-year-old vampire who befriends a human boy who may be her only chance at finding her maker.
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Thirst No: 2: Includes: Phantom, Evil Thirst, Creatures of Forever
Автор: Christopher Pike Жанр: Simon & Schuster Издательство: Simon & Schuster Год: 2010 Страниц: 608 Дата загрузки: 7 октрября 20132011-06-28
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Tears roll over my face. I touch them with my quivering tongue. They are clear and salty, not dark and bloody. Another sign that I am human. What Alisa has desired for five thousand years has finally come true: She is once again human. But now she is defenseless, vulnerable, and, for the first time in centuries, emotional. As she attempts to reconcile her actions as a vampire with her new connection to humanity, she begins to understand the weight of lifeand-death decisions. Can Alisa resolve her past and build a new identity, or is she doomed to repeat her fatal mistakes?
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Three Comedies
Автор: William Shakespeare Жанр: Simon & Schuster Издательство: Simon & Schuster Год: 2002 Страниц: 448 Дата загрузки: 16 мая 20092004-10-23
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»The New Folger is an edition that all serious Shakespeare students will want to read and accumulate, and one that many teachers of Shakespeare will surely judge the best available.» The Shakespeare Newsletter The havoc wrought on lovers by magic in «A Midsummer Night's Dream» the furious battle of the sexes waged in «The Taming of the Shrew» and a stranded woman finding her way in a man's world in «Twelfth Night» — this collection of three of Shakespeare's greatest comedies is based on the acclaimed individual Folger editions of the plays. The present volume offers accurate texts in modern spelling, full explanatory notes, and scene-by-scene action summaries.
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Three Tragedies
Автор: William Shakespeare Жанр: Simon & Schuster Издательство: Simon & Schuster Год: 2003 Страниц: 526 Дата загрузки: 16 марта 20092004-06-15
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The star-crossed lovers of «Romeo and Juliet, « the madness and vengeance of «Hamlet, « and the corrupting lust for power of «Macbeth» — this collection of three of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies is based on the acclaimed individual Folger editions of the plays. The present volume offers accurate texts in modern spelling, full explanatory notes, and scene-by-scene action summaries.
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Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale
Автор: Holly Black Жанр: Simon & Schuster Издательство: Simon & Schuster Год: 2004 Страниц: 331 Дата загрузки: 15 июня 20092007-04-19
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From the co-creator of the bestselling Spiderwick Chronicles comes this unique gothic fantasy. «Tripping the dark fantastic with newcomer Holly Black means pixie dust may well include blood spatter, sharp thorns, and bits of broken glass.» «Publishers Weekly» starred review.
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