Retold by John Escott. ... Curtis Colt didn't kill that liquor store woman, and that's a fact. It's not right that he should have to ride the lightning - that's what prisoners call dying in the electric chair. Curtis doesn't belong in it, and I can prove it. But can Curtis's girlfriend prove it? Murder has undoubtedly been done, and if Curtis doesn't ride the lightning for it, then who will? These seven short stories, by well-known writers such as Dashiel Hammett, Patricia Highsmith, and Nancy Pickard, will keep you on the edge of your seat. Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. ... |
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Based on the story of Oscar Wilde. Text adaptation by Bill Bowler. ... The three stories in this book are about ordinary people, people like you and me; but they find themselves in surprising situations. Lord Arthur Savile, a rich man with no enemies, finds out that he must do something terrible before he can marry. Poor young Hughie Erskine gives money to an old beggar - but the beggar is not what he seems. And Lord Murchison falls in love with a mystery woman - but what is the strange secret behind the door in Cumnor Street? Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive readers series that offers students a fun reading ... |
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Black Stories True Crime е част от серията Black Stories, където ще откриете още смразяващи кръвта игри по темата! ... 50 гарвановочерни загадки. Впуснете се в прочути криминални случаи, загадъчни убийства и завладяващи истински разследвания, които са оставили света в недоумение. В това издание ви очакват нови смразяващи кръвта 50 черни загадки: 50 мрачни и почти невероятни криминални случая, които наистина са се случили! Независимо дали става дума за отвлечен пингвин, труп във фризера или арест в рамките на няколко секунди, всичко наистина се е случило - някога, някъде по света, колкото и абсурдно да звучи. Как се ... |
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Играта е част от серията "Black Stories", където ще откриете още смразяващи кръвта истории. ... 50 гарваново черни загадки с истински криминални случаи. Те са по-тъмни. Те са по-сложни. Те са още по-страшни. Още една доза 50 завързани мистерии, които да ви изплашат до смърт. Най-страшната част на това издание е, че всичко е истина! Всяка една от тези истории е истинска, като кръвта във вените ви! Убийства? Има! Трагични, нещастни и зловещи случаи? Има! Ако все още не сме ви изплашили, време е за решаване на загадки. Задавайте въпроси, правете предположения, наредете пъзела парче по парче, в компания с приятели. ... |
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Играта е част от серията Black Stories, където ще откриете още интересни комплекти. ... Разгадайте всяка мистерия с играта от Simetro books. В комплекта са включени 50 карти на български език, които разказват различни истории. Разплете загадки, свързани с любов, желание и страст. Стигнете до края на загадките за афери и криминални истории като задавате въпрос след въпрос. Забавлявайте се и разгадайте всяка история. Етикетът FSC е най-довереният знак в света за устойчиво горско стопанство. Когато купувате продукти с етикет FSC, вие помагате на горите. Суровините, използвани за производството на продукти с лого FSC ... |
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Old Arkhip sits every day by the roots of a wizened, hunchbacked willow, fishing and exchanging whispered stories with the ancient tree. One of these takes Arkhip three decades back in time, to a quiet day in early spring when a strange encounter shook him momentarily from the rural bliss in which he lived, catapulting him into a world of crime, corruption, violence and murder. A quintessential example of Chekhov's artistry, The Willow is here accompanied by thirty-two other short stories - some of them never or rarely translated into English - which are representative of the three main phases of the author’s ... |
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Sherlock Holmes: A Gripping Casebook of Stories contains the full-length novel "A Study in Scarlet", plus 14 short stories. "A Study in Scarlet" marked Sherlock Holmes' debut appearance in novel form, while Holmes made his first short story appearance in "A Scandal in Bohemia", also included in this compendium. In his perceptive introduction to this compendium, leading crime writer Martin Edwards observes that "the compelling evocation of character is what makes Conan Doyle's stores come alive". Ally this to vivid settings and the result is unbeatable entertainment enjoyed ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... The richness of Oscar Wilde 's way with words and ideas is given full range in this sparkling collection of short stories written between 1887 and 1891. From the comic tales of "The Canterville Ghost" and "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime" to the marvelous fairy stories and fantasies of "The Selfish Giant", "The Happy Prince" and "The Star Child", we are treated to the extravagance and dexterity of Wilde's exceptional wit, in stories that will appeal to both adults and children. Beautifully ... |
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Selected Short Stories. Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. Lord Peter Wimsey, wealthy, charming and charismatic, is one of the most famous amateur detectives of the golden age of crime. This Macmillan Collector's Library edition of Lord Peter Wimsey Investigates is introduced and edited by crime writer David Stuart Davies. The fifteen short stories in this lively and witty ... |
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Adapted Book. This remarkable collection features short stories by great nineteenth- and twentieth-century writers. Beginning with Washington Irving's masterpieces - The Legend of the Sleepy Hollow and The Devil and Tom Walker, the volume also includes humorous short stories by Mark Twain (The Celebrated Jumping Frog) and Ellis Parker Butler (Pigs Is Pigs); fantastic and dark tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne (Rappaccini's Daughter) and Fitz-James O'Brien (The Diamond Lens); realistic stories by Herman Melville (Bartleby) and the Pulitzer-winner Willa Cather (Paul's Case); a crime story by Edgar ... |
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For Real е гъвкава система по английски език, специално адаптирана за потребностите на българските ученици, която свързва овладяването на граматичния материал с изграждането на комуникативни умения. Тя успешно подготвя учениците за изпитите на Кеймбридж ( PET, KET, FCE и Тринити (ISE, ISE I, ISE II) и съдържа аналогично изградени уроци за културата на англоговорещи държави и на България, за да могат учениците да разказват уверено на чуждия език за родината си. Системата подхожда индивидуално към интересите и потребностите на учениците и развива не само езиковите умения на учениците, но и уменията на 21. век. ... |
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Based on the story of Arthur Conan Doyle. Retold by Clare West. ... Sherlock Holmes is famous around the world. When the police cannot solve a crime, they turn to Holmes. He never misses a clue, and when he looks carefully at a person, he can understand everything about them. These are two of the best Sherlock Holmes stories. In The Dead Coachman, Holmes investigates a burglary and a murder while he is staying in the countryside with his friend Doctor Watson. In The Last Mystery, Holmes is in danger from the evil Professor Moriarty, who is as clever as the detective himself. They are both ready to fight to the death. ... |
