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Автор: netr2
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Название: REVOLUTION 1989: THE FALL OF THE SOVIET EMPIRE
Автор: Victor Sebestyen
Издательство: Orion Books
Год: 2010 Страниц: 451 Формат: PDF
Размер: 15.79 mb
Жанр: Orion Books
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For more than 40 years after the Second World War the Iron Curtain divided Europe physically, with 300 km of walls and barbed wire fences; ideologically, between communism and capitalism; psychologically, between people imprisoned under totalitarian dictatorships and their neighbours enjoying democratic freedoms; and militarily, by two mighty, distrustful power blocs, still fighting the cold war. East-West rivalry and a cruelly divided continent seemed to be unalterable facts of life. Few statesmen, diplomats, soldiers or thinkers imagined these certainties would change in their lifetimes. At the start of 1989, ten European nations were still Soviet vassal states. By the end of the year, one after another, they had thrown off communism, declared national independence, and embarked on the road to democracy. One of history's most brutal empires was on its knees. Poets who had been languishing in jails became vice presidents. When the Berlin Wall fell on a chilly November night it seemed as though the open wounds of the cruel twentieth century would at last begin to heal. The Year of Revolutions appeared as a beacon of hope for oppressed people elsewhere who dared to dream that they too could free themselves. In a dizzying few months of almost entirely peaceful revolutions the people's will triumphed over tyranny. An entire way of life was swept away along with a half dozen incompetent, corrupt and at times vicious dictatorships. It happened with little violence, apart from a few days in Romania. Now, twenty years on, Victor Sebestyen reassesses this decisive moment in modern history.
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Автор: admin
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Название: THE ACCIDENTAL FATHER
Автор: Greg Williams
Издательство: Orion Books
Год: 2010 Страниц: 320 Формат: PDF
Размер: 11.20 mb
Жанр: Orion Books
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Alex Taylor is a lucky man. He has a large house in the London suburbs, a well-paid job and a beautiful wife. On the surface everything is rosy. Or is it? He is bored by his job, has a love/hate marriage, and drinks more than he should. But then his world changes when he's told he's been left something in an ex-girlfriend's will — a daughter, Caitlin. A daughter he never knew he had and who has no other relatives...Taking on the responsibility of a daughter is not easy. How will Alex dodge social services, form a relationship with Caitlin — a thirteen-year-old stranger — and somehow find it within himself to put down new roots and rebuild his life from scratch?
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Название: DEAD AND GONE: A TRUE BLOOD NOVEL
Автор: Charlaine Harris
Издательство: Orion Books
Год: 2010 Страниц: 312 Формат: PDF (текст изображением)
Размер: 10.92 mb
Жанр: Orion Books
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A new Sookie Stackhouse book is always a treat! Sookie is a sexy, sassy cocktail waitress who works at Merlotte's Bar in Bon Temps, Louisiana. She's just a regular gal, with all the normal hopes and fears, about dating, boys and life in general — oh, and she's telepathic. And her boyfriends have included Vampire Bill, her first love and the were-tiger Quinn. And Bon Temps is a pretty normal rural town, where murders are mercifully rare. Well, maybe not that rare, as Sookie keeps finding out in this award-winning, New York Times bestselling series! And this autumn Sookie comes to the small screen in True Blood, created by Alan Ball (Six feet Under) and starring Anna Paquin as the irrepressible heroine.
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Автор: kimon
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Название: DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP?
Автор: Philip K. Dick
Издательство: Orion Books
Год: 2010 Страниц: 208 Формат: PDF
Размер: 7.28 mb
Жанр: Orion Books
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World War Terminus had left the Earth devastated. Through its ruins, bounty hunter Rick Deckard stalked, in search of the renegade replicants who were his prey. When he wasn't 'retiring' them with his laser weapon, he dreamed of owning a live animal — the ultimate status symbol in a world all but bereft of animal life. Then Rick got his chance: the assignment to kill six Nexus-6 targets, for a huge reward. But in Deckard's world things were never that simple, and his assignment quickly turned into a nightmare kaleidoscope of subterfuge and deceit — and the threat of death for the hunter rather than the hunted...
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Автор: m03g_1
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Название: FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH OME
Автор: Carrie Ryan
Издательство: Orion Books
Год: 2010 Страниц: 323 Формат: PDF
Размер: 11.31 mb
Жанр: Orion Books
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In Mary's world there are simple truths. The Sisterhood always knows best. The Guardians will protect and serve. The Unconsecrated will never relent. And you must always mind the fence that surrounds the village; the fence that protects the village from the Forest of Hands and Teeth. But, slowly, Mary's truths are failing her. She's learning things she never wanted to know about the Sisterhood and its secrets, and the Guardians and their power, and about the Unconsecrated and their relentlessness. When the fence is breached and her world is thrown into chaos, she must choose between her village and her future — between the one she loves and the one who loves her. And she must face the truth about the Forest of Hands and Teeth. Could there be life outside a world surrounded in so much death?
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Название: THE LOST SPY: AN AMERICAN IN STALIN'S SECRET SERVICE
Автор: Andrew Meier
Издательство: Orion Books
Год: 2010 Страниц: 416 Формат: DjVu
Размер: 1.00 mb
Жанр: Orion Books
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For half a century, the case of Isaiah Oggins, a 1920s New York intellectual brutally murdered in 1947 on Stalin's orders, remained hidden in the secret files of the KGB and the FBI — a footnote buried in the rubble of the Cold War. Then, in 1992, it surfaced briefly, when Boris Yeltsin handed over a deeply censored dossier to the White House. THE LOST SPY at last reveals the truth: Oggins was one of the first Americans to spy for the Soviets. Based on six years of international sleuthing, THE LOST SPY traces Oggins's rise in beguiling detail — a brilliant Columbia University graduate sent to run a safe house in Berlin and spy on the Romanovs in Paris and the Japanese in Manchuria — and his fall: death by poisoning in a KGB laboratory.
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Название: REVOLVER
Автор: Marcus Sedgwick
Издательство: Orion Books
Год: 2010 Страниц: 224 Формат: PDF
Размер: 7.84 mb
Жанр: Orion Books
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1910. A cabin north of the Arctic Circle. Fifteen-year-old Sig Andersson is alone. Alone, except for the corpse of his father, who died earlier that day after falling through a weak spot on the ice-covered lake. His sister, Anna, and step-mother, Nadya, have gone to the local town for help. Then comes a knock at the door. It's a man, the flash of a revolver's butt at his hip, and a mean glare in his eyes. Sig has never seen him before but Wolff claims to have unfinished business with his father. As Sig gradually learns the awful truth about Wolff's connection to his father, Sig finds his thoughts drawn to a certain box hidden on a shelf in the storeroom, in which lies his father's prized possession — a revolver. When Anna returns alone, and Wolff begins to close in, Sigs choice is pulled into sharp focus. Should he use the gun, or not?
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Название: RICH GIRL, POOR GIRL
Автор: Lesley Lokko
Издательство: Orion Books
Год: 2010 Страниц: 576 Формат: DOC
Размер: 14.40 mb
Жанр: Orion Books
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Nic, Caryn and Tory: three girls who form a friendship that should last a lifetime. Nic is the daughter of a white Zimbabwean business tycoon. Despite a life of jaw-dropping wealth and privilege, all she really wants is a bit of attention from daddy. Caryn never met her father — but growing up on a tough London sink estate, she had other things to worry about. Like getting out and moving on. Tory just yearns for some space to be herself. Living in the shadow of your dead sister is tough, particularly when she seemed to be everything you're not. Then beautiful, ruthless Estelle McKenzie appears on the scene. Estelle has a secret — and one way or another, she's going to make each woman pay a very high price for it.
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Название: SOME GIRLS BITE: A CHICAGOLAND VAMPIRES NOVEL
Автор: Chloe Neill
Издательство: Orion Books
Год: 2010 Страниц: 368 Формат: DjVu
Размер: 1.00 mb
Жанр: Orion Books
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Sure, the life of a graduate student wasn't exactly glamorous, but it was mine. I was doing fine until Chicago's vampires announced their existence to the world — and then a rogue vampire attacked me. But he only got a sip before he was scared away by another bloodsucker... one who decided the best way to save my life was to take it. Turns out my saviour was the master vampire of Cadogan House. Now I've traded sweating over my thesis for learning to fit in at a Hyde Park mansion full of vamps loyal to Ethan 'Lord o' the Manor' Sullivan. Of course, as a tall, green-eyed, four hundred year old vampire, he has centuries' worth of charm, but unfortunately he also seems to expect my eternal gratitude — and servitude. Right... But my burgeoning powers (all of a sudden, I'm surprisingly handy with some serious weaponry), an inconvenient sunlight allergy, and Ethan's attitude are the least of my concerns. Someone's out to get me. Is it the rogue vampire who bit me? A vamp from a rival House? An angry mob bearing torches? My initiation into Chicago's nightlife may be the first skirmish in a war — and there's going to be blood .
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Автор: admin
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Название: TALL, DARK AND HUNGRY
Автор: Lynsay Sands
Издательство: Orion Books
Год: 2010 Страниц: 400 Формат: PDF
Размер: 14.00 mb
Жанр: Orion Books
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When book editor Kate C. Leever visits reclusive romance author Lucern Argeneau to try and persuade him to make more public appearances, she has no idea that he is a 612-year-old vampire. He agrees to her request, but isn't ready for what he has committed himself to — a romance book convention with some two thousand rabid female romance fans. SINGLE WHITE VAMPIRE is a hilarious romantic comedy where a vampire finds his habits of a lifetime overturned and an unlikely romance blooms.
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Название: THE CORONATION
Автор: Boris Akunin
Издательство: Orion Books
Год: 2010 Страниц: 368 Формат: DjVu
Размер: 1.00 mb
Жанр: Orion Books
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Grand Duke Georgii Alexandrovich arrives in Moscow for the coronation, with three of his children. During an afternoon stroll, daughter Xenia is dragged away by bandits, only to be rescued by an elegant gentleman and his oriental sidekick. The passing heroes introduce themselves as Fandorin and Masa, but panic ensues when they realise that four-year old Mikhail has been snatched in the confusion. A ransom letter arrives from an international criminal demanding the handover of the Count Orlov, an enormous diamond on the royal sceptre which is due to play a part in the coronation. Can the gentleman detective find Mikhail in time?
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Название: THE MATING GAME: UNDERSTANDING WHAT HE WANTS AND WHAT SHE WANTS FROM A RELATIONSHIP
Автор: Allan Pease
Издательство: Orion Books
Год: 2010 Страниц: 288 Формат: PDF
Размер: 10.08 mb
Жанр: Orion Books
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International bestselling authors Allan and Barbara Pease focus their insight and wit on the most popular, and some would maintain, important part of any relationship: sex. In their inimitable style they explore what men and women want from a sexual relationship and give humourous and practical advice. Discover: What men and women really want from love and sex How to find a great partner What to do when the chemistry is wrong How to have a happy future with your partner.
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Название: THE QUEEN OF NEW BEGINNINGS
Автор: Erica James
Издательство: Orion Books
Год: 2010 Страниц: 464 Формат: PDF (текст изображением)
Размер: 16.24 mb
Жанр: Orion Books
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Alice Shoemaker habitually goes to great lengths to avoid telling the truth about herself and her past. After agreeing to help out a friend, by shopping and cleaning for the unknown man staying at Cuckoo House, she soon becomes suspicious that her strange and obnoxiously rude client has something to hide... Clayton Miller's life is a mess. His career as one of the country's best comedy script writers has stalled and his long-term girlfriend has left him for his ex best friend and ex writing partner. Just when he thinks his life couldn't get any worse, he commits a spectacularly public fall from grace and with the press hounding him, his agent banishes him to the middle of nowhere until the dust has settled. And there he meets Alice... When Alice and Clayton discover the truth about each other they form an unlikely friendship — until Alice discovers Clayton has betrayed her in the worst possible way.
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Автор: admin
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Название: NINE DRAGONS
Автор: Michael Connelly
Издательство: Orion Books
Год: 2010 Страниц: 380 Формат: PDF
Размер: 13.30 mb
Жанр: Orion Books
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The shooting of a Chinese liquor store owner in LA brings Harry Bosch back to the Rodney King riots and the moment a stranger gave a young cop sanctuary. Now the debt must be repaid, and Harry soon discovers the old man's death was no ordinary hold-up. Homing in on clues disregarded by the cops on the scene, Harry builds a picture of corruption and intimidation, with the local Triads at the heart of it. But as he tries to build a case and breach the impenetrable wall of silence in the local community, he finds he is taking a dragon by the tail — a dragon whose talons reach well beyond LA, and even the States. Suddenly the most precious thing in Harry's life is under threat, and he will need to leave the familiarity of his home turf, alone and without backup, if he is going to stop his worst nightmare from happening.
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Название: THE LEGACY
Автор: Katherine Webb
Издательство: Orion Books
Год: 2010 Страниц: 432 Формат: PDF
Размер: 15.12 mb
Жанр: Orion Books
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n the bitter winter of 2009, following the death of their grandmother, Erica Calcott and her sister Beth return to Storton Manor, a grand and imposing Wiltshire house where they spent their summer holidays as children. When Erica begins to sort through her grandmother's belongings, she is flooded with memories of her childhood — and of her cousin, Henry, whose disappearance from the manor tore the family apart. Erica sets out to discover what happened to Henry — so that the past can be laid to rest, and her sister, Beth, might finally find some peace. Gradually, as Erica begins to sift through remnants of the past, a secret family history emerges; one that stretches all the way back to turn-of-the-century America, to a beautiful society heiress and a haunting, savage land. As past and present converge, Erica and Beth must come to terms with two terrible acts of betrayal — and the heart-breaking legacy left behind. THE LEGACY is an unforgettable, deeply satisfying story that will stay with you long after the last page has been turned.
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Автор: admin
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Название: THE PROMETHEUS DECEPTION
Автор: Robert Ludlum
Издательство: Orion Books
Год: 2010 Страниц: 640 Формат: DjVu
Размер: 1.00 mb
Жанр: Orion Books
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Nicholas Bryson spent years as a deep cover operative for the American secret intelligence group, The Directorate. After a disastrous mission, Bryson was retired to a new identity. Now, years later, his cover is cracked and Bryson learns that The Directorate was not what it claimed — that he was, in fact, a pawn being used against his country's interests. The Directorate is headed for a dangerous endgame, and the CIA recruits Bryson to stop them. But after years on the sidelines, Bryson's field skills are rusty, his contacts unreliable, his instincts suspect, and he no longer knows who — if anyone — can be trusted.
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Название: THE TRISTAN BETRAYAL
Автор: Robert Ludlum
Издательство: Orion Books
Год: 2010 Страниц: 512 Формат: DjVu
Размер: 1.00 mb
Жанр: Orion Books
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1940. American Stephen Metcalfe is a minor asset in the US's secret intelligence forces in Europe. Through a wild twist of fate, he must instigate a bold plan that may be the only hope for what remains of the free world. Now he must travel to wartime Moscow to find, and possibly betray, a former lover... 1991. The Communist empire is on the verge of oblivion, and a coup is being planned by a powerful new cabal. Stephen Metcalfe, now a retired ambassador, must return to Moscow and finally reveal a secret that has haunted him since the fall of Berlin... a secret that might just avert a global cataclysm.
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Автор: admin
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Название: THE FIRST RULE
Автор: Robert Crais
Издательство: Orion Books
Год: 2010 Страниц: 400 Формат: PDF
Размер: 14.00 mb
Жанр: Orion Books
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Frank Meyer had got out of ' the life' safely. He had put an end to his mercenary days, turned over a new leaf and settled down with his wife and children. It had been a hard decision but, encouraged by his boss and friend Joe Pike, he had walked away. Ten years later, a group of armed men break into his Los Angeles home and brutally gun down him and his family. It's a vicious, cold and professional job. The crew leave no trace behind except the bodies. But they have made one catastrophic, and almost certainly terminal, mistake — Joe Pike. Because Pike is now determined to hunt down and eliminate everyone involved in the attack, one by one. And it doesn't matter that, as he starts to investigate, he discovers that these criminals are bigger and better organised than he ever could have imagined, because they are about to learn the first rule... Don't make Joe Pike mad...
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Название: THE MATARESE COUNTDOWN
Автор: Robert Ludlum
Издательство: Orion Books
Год: 2010 Страниц: 592 Формат: DOC
Размер: 14.80 mb
Жанр: Orion Books
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Twenty years ago, KGB and CIA agents worked together to bring down the Matarese Circle. Now they are back — and the only man with the power to stop them may already have run out of time... CIA officer Cameron Pryce is hot on the trail of the new Matarese alliance. His only chance to terminate its ruthless activities is to follow a trail of blood money and stone-cold killers right to the heart of its deadly conspiracy. Then he gets a lucky break. One of the Matarese victims lives long enough to whisper dying words that will blow the case wide open: the code name for legendary agent Brandon Scofield — the only man to infiltrate the Matarese circle, and survive.
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Название: THE MATLOCK PAPER
Автор: Robert Ludlum
Издательство: Orion Books
Год: 2010 Страниц: 352 Формат: DOC
Размер: 8.80 mb
Жанр: Orion Books
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James Barbour Matlock is a Vietnam veteran and college professor — but now the US government have an assignment for him. They want him to investigate what seems to be a large-scale dope and prostitution business; and they'll go to any lengths to find the answers they need. Matlock is soon trapped in a maze of unrelenting terror, as the people he cares for most are under threat. Would he have accepted the job if he'd known just what it would mean? But the faceless men in Washington only care about one thing: that Matlock is the perfect man for the job — for a reason that is deadly, violent and extremely disturbing...
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