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After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get their fortune.

"You're not children anymore," a desperate Kit Snicket tells Violet, Klaus and Sunny in the opening pages of Lemony Snicket's THE PENULTIMATE PERIL. "You're volunteers, ready to face the challenges of a desperate and perplexing world." Indeed, in this adventure the profoundly unlucky Baudelaire orphans face dilemmas more perplexing and desperate than any they've faced in the previous eleven books in A Series of Unfortunate Events.Now that they've reached the Hotel Denouement, the hapless siblings must pose as concierges, heavily disguised to protect their identities, and discern the true motives and identities of the hotel's many mysterious guests. Indeed, during their explorations of the massive hotel, the Baudelaires encounter characters from nearly every one of their previous misadventures (including that cakesniffer Carmelita and the always "in" Esme Squalor).The Hotel Denouement is full of secrets, able to be unlocked only by those who really understand the Dewey Decimal System. From the rooftop sunbathing deck to the laundry room, the Baudelaires try to sort out the volunteers from the villains, hoping against hope that they're not "wrong, wrong, wrong."Lemony Snicket's twelfth book lacks none of the verbal wit and clever snarkiness that have made this series so popular. Indeed, now that youngest sibling Sunny is speaking more clearly, her dialogue contributes even more to the clever wordplay at which these books excel. Some surprising secrets are in store, as well as a real cliffhanger of an ending, which promises to make the series much more complex than anyone would have imagined.Even though Lemony Snicket would tell you to toss THE PENULTIMATE PERIL into the nearest puddle or pond, it's definitely worth keeping up with the ongoing saga of the world's most trouble-prone siblings. The only unfortunate thing will be the wait for the series's final installment!

"The Baudelaire orphans looked out the grimy window of the train and gazed at the gloomy blackness of the Finite Forest, wondering if their lives would ever get better," begins The Miserable Mill. If you have been introduced to the three Baudelaire orphans in any of Lemony Snicket's previous novels, you know that not only will their lives not get better, they will get much worse. In the fourth installment in the "Series of Unfortunate Events," the sorrowful siblings, having once again narrowly escaped the clutches of the evil Count Olaf, are escorted by the kindly but ineffectual Mr. Poe to their newest "home" at the Lucky Smells Lumbermill. Much to their horror (if not surprise), their dormitory at the mill is crowded and damp, they are forced to work with spinning saw blades, they are fed only one meal a day (not counting the chewing gum they get for lunch), and worst of all, Count Olaf lurks in a dreadful disguise as Shirley the receptionist just down the street. Not even the clever wordplay and ludicrous plot twists could keep this story buoyant-reading about the mean-spirited foreman, the deadly blades, poor Klaus (hypnotized and "reprogrammed"), and the relentless hopelessness of the children's situation only made us feel gloomy. Fans of these wickedly funny, suspenseful adventures won't want to miss out on a single one, but we're hoping the next tales have the delicate balance of delight and disaster we've come to expect from this exciting series.

For five months in the thin air of Tibet and Western China I made my way over dirt tracks and around Chinese police checkpoints. Throughout most of history this part of the planet has remained closed to Western travelers. During the spring and summer of 1994 only a few short portions of my 3300-mile bicycle trip crossed sections of Tibet and China that were officially open to foreigners.My 3300-mile bicycle trip is the subject of the ebook, A Different Kind of Freedom.

Claire Randall is leading a double life. She has a husband in one century, and a lover in another… In 1945, Claire Randall, a former combat nurse, is back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon – when she innocently touches a boulder in one of the ancient stone circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenach – an "outlander" – in a Scotland torn by war and raiding border clans in the year of our Lord… 1743. Hurled back in time by forces she cannot understand, Claire’s destiny in soon inextricably intertwined with Clan MacKenzie and the forbidden Castle Leoch. She is catapulted without warning into the intrigues of lairds and spies that may threaten her life… and shatter her heart. For here, James Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior, shows her a passion so fierce and a love so absolute that Claire becomes a woman torn between fidelity and desire… and between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.

Книга признанного мастера приключенческого жанра доставит истинное удовольствие всем любителям остросюжетной литературы!

Александр Казбеги – один из самых популярных грузинских писателей второй половины XIX века. Его имя навсегда заняло достойное место рядом с бессмертными именами классиков грузинской литературы – Николая Бараташвили и Ильи Чавчавадзе, Акакия Церетели и Важа Пшавела. Александр Казбеги продолжал и развивал славные патриотические, демократические и реалистические традиции своих великих предшественников и старших современников – в этом залог его неувядаемой славы, этим обрел он бессмертие в сердце своего народа.Хевисбери Гоча собственной рукой казнит сына Онисиме, который, увлеченный свиданием с любимой, невольно предал своих, дав врагу напасть на них.Скан с книги изданной в Тбилиси в 1955

Урал прошлого, настоящего и будущего времени – край неисчерпаемых богатств, удивительных явлений природы, край людей своеобразных, смелых и ищущих – является прежде всего темой многих произведений «Уральской библиотечки путешествий, приключений и научной фантастики».Уралу первых лет Советской власти и его людям посвящена трилогия забытого ныне писателя Е. Кораблева (Григория Григорьевича Младова), который по справедливости может считаться одним из зачинателей жанра советской приключенческой литературы. Произведения «Четверо и Крак», «У Пяти ручьев» и «Созерцатель скал», давно ставшие библиографической редкостью, издавались и переиздавались в конце 20-х годов. В этих книгах, наряду с увлекательным; полным острых, необычайных приключений сюжетом, читателя привлекало также обилие сведений, иногда, правда, устаревших, по истории и географии родного для автора края – Урала. С интересом прочтет книги Е. Кораблева и современный читатель.Е. Кораблев (Г. Г. Младов) – наш земляк. Он родился в 1885 году, в г. Екатеринбурге (ныне Свердловск). Здесь он провел всю юность. После окончания Петербургского университета Г. Г. Младов снова жил на Урале и работал в земстве по линии народного образования. В эти же годы он с большим увлечением и любовью изучал быт Урала, знакомился с его людьми. Эти впечатления отразились в произведениях «Четверо и Крак» и «У Пяти ручьев».В начале 20-х годов Г. Г. Младов живет в Забайкалье, в г. Верхнеудинске. Знакомство с этим краем дало писателю материал для третьего романа «Созерцатель скал».Последние годы жизни Е. Кораблева (он умер в 1952 г., в Свердловске) были посвящены работе над большим произведением об Урале.Более подробные сведения о писателе и его произведениях читатель найдет в статье, помещенной в конце этой книги.

From the author of Outlander… a magnificent epic that once again sweeps us back in time to the drama and passion of 18th-century Scotland… For twenty years Claire Randall has kept her secrets. But now she is returning with her grown daughter to Scotland ’s majestic mist-shrouded hills. Here Claire plans to reveal a truth as stunning as the events that gave it birth: about the mystery of an ancient circle of standing stones… about a love that transcends the boundaries of time… and about James Fraser, a Scottish warrior whose gallantry once drew a young Claire from the security of her century to the dangers of his… Now a legacy of blood and desire will test her beautiful copper-haired daughter, Brianna, as Claire’s spellbinding journey of self-discovery continues in the intrigue-ridden Paris court of Charles Stuart… in a race to thwart a doomed Highlands uprising… and in a desperate fight to save both the child and the man she loves…

Настоящий сборник отличается от всех выпущенных издательством «Молодая гвардия» ранее. Он целиком посвящен одной теме — подвигу советских разведчиков в годы Великой Отечественной войны, явившейся величайшим испытанием молодого поколения на верность делу Октября, делу коммунизма…