Специалните служби винаги са се свързвали с тайната политика на отделните държави и общности. Шпионажът, разузнаването, задкулисните операции, убийствата и атентатите са част от арсенала им. Големите държави са налагали волята си над останалите преди всичко с могъщите си тайни служби. През последните години към разузнавателните специални служби бяха създадени и още по-специални подразделения от свръхбойци, готови да изпълнят каквато и да е тайна операция, в която и да е точка на света. Няма регионален конфликт или война, в които да не са замесени спецслужбите на т.нар. Велики сили. Свидетели сме, особено през последните ... |
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Доскоро съществуването на специални части в Израел - на иврит саерет, се скриваше внимателно от обществото. Командоси наричаха парашутистите от въздушнодесантните войски, а на любопитните беше подхвърлен терминът разузнавачи. Формално тези имена не са далеч от действителността, защото бойците от израелските специални части са и парашутисти, и разузнавачи, изпълнявайки диверсионно-разузнавателни задачи. Израелските специални части имат славна история. В голяма степен тя е свързана и с историята на еврейските специални служби. Те винаги са играли важна роля не само в Близкия изток, но и по цял свят. От създаването на ... |
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He doesn't believe that anyone holds her last name against her... so he offers her his. Beau Eaton is the town prince, a handsome military hero with a tortured past. Bailey Jansen is the outcast bartender, a shy girl from the wrong side of the tracks. He's thirty-five and all man, and she's twenty-two and all... virgin. He's also her fiancé. Correction: her fake fiancé. It starts out as a bet, a point for Beau to prove. And it's a win-win: Beau gets a break from his concerned family's prying, and Bailey gets a chance to shed her family's reputation while she saves up to ditch this ... |
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Retold by Judith Dean. ... In a city in Arabia there lives a boy called Aladdin. He is poor and often hungry, but one day he finds an old lamp. When he rubs the lamp, smoke comes out of it, and then out of the smoke comes a magical jinnee. With the jinnee's help, Aladdin is soon rich, with gold and jewels and many fine things. But can he win the love of the Sultan's daughter, the beautiful Princess Badr-al-Budur? Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1 - C1 of the CEFR. Word count: 5.240 ... |
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Based on the story of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Retold by Jennifer Bassett. ... Horseracing is the sport of kings, perhaps because racehorses are very expensive animals. But when they win, they can make a lot of money for the owners, for the trainers, and for the people who put bets on them. Silver Blaze is a young horse, but already the winner of many races. One night he disappears, and someone kills his trainer. The police want the killer, and the owner wants his horse, but they can't find them. So what do they do? They write to 221B Baker Street, of course - to ask for the help of the great detective, Sherlock ... |
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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. ... |
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The heart-stopping sequel to the international bestseller "A Curse So Dark and Lonely". New York Times bestselling author Brigid Kemmerer. ... Harper has freed Prince Rhen from the curse that almost destroyed his kingdom. But all is not well; rumours are rife that there is a rival heir with a stronger claim to the throne and that "Princess" Harper of Disi is nothing but a fraud. Grey has fled the castle carrying a terrible secret. When he is discovered by soldiers and returned to Ironrose by force, Grey's allegiances begin to shift. And as he grows closer to an enemy princess, he is forced to ... |
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It's the season to fall in love. When Jeanie's aunt gifts her the beloved Pumpkin Spice Cafe in the small town of Dream Harbor, Jeanie jumps at the chance for a fresh start away from her very dull desk job. Logan is a local farmer who avoids Dream Harbor's gossip at all costs. But Jeanie's arrival disrupts Logan's routine and he wants nothing to do with the irritatingly upbeat new girl, except that he finds himself inexplicably drawn to her. Will Jeanie's happy-go-lucky attitude win over the grumpy-but-gorgeous Logan, or has this city girl found the one person in town who won't fall for her ... |
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Original story by Hirokatsu Kihara and Ichiro Nakayama. Experience real-life chills as Junji Ito brings these true horror series to life! University student Mimi and her boyfriend Naoto encounter one chilling mystery after another. There's the enigmatic neighbor woman dressed in black from head to toe - but if she's so odd, why does it seems like there are many others like her? Then, whose eyes track Mimi's movements from the cemetery next door? And why does a bizarre red circle drawn on a basement wall change with each passing day? Nine scary stories that really happened, drawn from the famed collecton ... |
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By the Creators of "The Gruffalo". ... Zog goes to Madam Dragon's School - but will he never learn to capture a princess? Zog, the biggest dragon, was the keenest one by far. He tried his hardest every day to win a golden star. "My six-year-old loved it." Evening Standart ... |
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When Luna’s family win an island, Luna thinks it will solve everything AND she can finally get a donkey! But things don’t go entirely to plan - no one expects Luna’s younger brother to win a Sheep Pageant, for example – and the secret festival they hold soon spirals out of control. But the island is beautiful, and the family are happy, and maybe Luna will get her donkey after al. ... |
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Welcome, welcome to the world of Caraval - Stephanie Garber's sweeping tale of the unbreakable bond between two sisters and the game that is more than what it seems... In Caraval, Scarlett has never left the tiny island where she and her beloved sister, Tella, live with their powerful, and cruel, father. But this year, Scarlett's long-dreamt of invitation to Caraval, the far-away, once-a-year performance where the audience participates in the show, finally arrives. In Legendary, the Dragna sisters should be celebrating, but Tella isn't yet free. She made a desperate bargain with a mysterious criminal, ... |
