For the 6th form of the secondary school Содержание книги "Чудеса страны Оз" американского писателя Фрэнка Баума в основном знакомо нам по книге "Волшебник изумрудного города", которую пересказал на русский язык писатель А.М. Волков. Предлагаемая книга для чтения на английском языке построена в основном на дексико-грамматическом материале учебника английского языка для 5 класса средней школы и частично учебника для 6 класса. Она снабжена постраничным комментарием и англо-русским словарем.
Over the course of ten previous novels, Daniel Silva has established himself as one of the world's finest writers of international intrigue and espionage - 'a worthy successor to such legends as Frederick Forsyth and John le Carre' (Chicago Sun-Times) - and Gabriel Allon as 'one of the most intriguing heroes of any thriller series' (The Philadelphia Inquirer). Now the death of a journalist leads Allon to Russia, where he finds that, in terms of spycraft, even he has something to learn. He's playing by Moscow rules now.
The Death of Achilles by Boris AkuninThe Death of Achilles by Boris Akunin
In 1882, after six years of foreign travel and adventure, renowned diplomat and detective Erast Fandorin returns to Moscow in the heart of Mother Russia. His Moscow homecoming is anything but peaceful. In the hotel where he and his loyal if impertinent manservant Masa are staying, Fandorin's old war-hero friend General Michel Sobolev ("Achilles" to the crowd) has been found dead, felled in his armchair by an apparent heart attack. But Fandorin suspects an unnatural cause. His suspicions lead him to the boudoir of the beautiful singer, "not exactly a courtesan", known as Wanda.
What would cause a talented young student from a wealthy family to shoot himself in the Alexander Gardens in front of a promenading public? Perhaps it might be the ennui and decadence so popular in France and now migrating over to the upper classes of Russia. The chief of the Criminal Investigations Division of the Moscow Police certainly thinks so, and paradoxically puts his newest recruit, Erast Fandorin, on the case.
In this thriller, Randall Drew is sent to Moscow to investigate threats against a royally-connected candidate for the Moscow Olympic Games. His brief is vague, the opposition invisible and the stakes appallingly high.
