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The Captain from Connecticut, by C. S. Forester
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The Captain from Connecticut, by C. S. Forester

Description : No one but a madman would put to sea in such conditions. A blizzard cut visibility to yards. Long Island Sound was galloping whitecaps. But in this second year of the war of 1812, conditions like these spelled opportunity to Captain Josiah Peabody, USN. His mission: break the British Blockade. The only thing in his favor was surprise. Who would expect a Yankee frigate in Long Island Sound at night? 

 
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Arthur Conan Doyle The Red-Headed League (Союз рыжих)
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Arthur Conan Doyle The Red-Headed League (Союз рыжих)If you study English or speak it fluently, listen to adventures of the most famous detective in the world literature in the original or in Russian.
The text is not adapted. The recorded English is supplied with the text.
Если вы изучаете английский язык или свободно на нем говорите, слушайте о приключениях самого знаменитого сыщика в мировой литературе на языке оригинала, а затем проверьте свое понимание произведения, прослушав русский перевод.
 
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Tales of the Jedi: The Golden Age of the Sith 1-3
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Tales of the Jedi: The Golden Age of the Sith 1-3
Five millennia before the birth of Luke Skywalker and the fall of Palpatine's Empire, our story unfolds…
 
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Anybody Out There?
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Anybody Out There?Marian Keyes has introduced readers to the lives, loves, and foibles of the five Walsh sisters. In this funny, heartbreaking, and triumphant new tale set in the Big Apple, it's Anna's turn in the spotlight. Keyes' fans will embrace this as her best yet, and first-time Keyes readers will want to read everything she's written.
 
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The Legend of Slappy Hooper - An American Tall Tale
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The Legend of Slappy Hooper - An American Tall TaleThe Legend of Slappy Hooper is an American tall tale, which originally appeared in print as part of a WPA-sponsored collection. Slappy, "the world's biggest, fastest, bestest sign painter," has an oversize problem: the signs he creates are too darn lifelike. His picture of a rose attracts bees, while a sign featuring a hot summer sun melts snow. One catastrophe follows another, until Slappy paints himself out of a job. On the verge of chucking his paint kit into the river, the despairing hero is approached by Michael, from the Heavenly Sign Company, and hired to paint the world's sunrises and sunsets.
 
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