Ron Tiner Libri

Che genere di implicazioni politiche nasconde, nell'estate del 1963, l'improvvisa recrudescenza della criminalità, con assalti alle banche e alle gioiellerie di tutta la Francia? Per quale motivo il colonnello Marc Rodin dell'Oas e un gruppo di suoi uomini, sempre tenuti sotto stretto controllo dai servizi segreti francesi, si sono rinchiusi in un albergo di Roma e sembrano intenzionati a non uscirne per nessuna ragione? Che rapporto c'è fra il loro esilio forzato e la scomparsa dei passaporti di due ignari turisti a Londra? Perchè a Parigi, ogni sera, uomini molto importanti si riuniscono in gran segreto intorno alla persona del ministro degli Interni? Perchè si arriva a coinvolgere il servizio di sicurezza britannico, il Foreign Office e il Primo Ministro? Quale grave pericolo incombe sulla Francia? La risposta a tutte queste domande emerge via via attraverso l'appassionante racconto della missione di un killer a pagamento conosciuto solo con il suo nome in codice, Sciacallo, incaricato di uccidere il presidente francese Charles de Gaulle. Un compito che, se portato a termine, potrebbe cambiare il corso della storia.

With charming illustrations and delightful period language, these books recall the pleasures of days gone by, each title in this series features a variety of skills and amusements just waiting to be revived.

Draw figures from memory and your imagination. Understand anatomical structure, figure movement, and how the body shows its age, expresses emotion and exudes character. Detailed chapters cover facial expression, composition for book illustration and advertising, and the special demands of story narration.

A crazy, breathless, steam-powered adventure of the First World War. C.S. Forester is at his most entertaining in this story of the missionary woman and the Cockney mechanic marooned in German Central Africa. As they fight their ramshackle old launch downriver 'to strike a blow for England'. the 'African Queen' seems to breathe the spirit of Hornblower himself.

Il singolare "caso" del dottor Jekyll e del suo doppio, il signor Hyde, diventa teatro di uno spietato confronto tra istinto e ragione, tra le esigenze della virtù e le pulsioni più oscure e ribelli che albergano ne] cuore dell'uomo. Scritto in maniera lucida ed essenziale, divenuto ormai un classico dell'horror per il clima di mistero e di terrore in cui si svolge la vicenda, questo racconto ha pagine di alta potenza suggestiva, che uniscono al brivido e alla suspense lo spirito austero e ferrigno dei sermoni.

Pack of ten best-selling iBookworms/i and– ideal for building up class libraries. Each Pack contains one copy of each listed title. liThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer/libr / liThe Elephant Man/libr /liA Little Princess/libr / liLove or Money?/libr / liThe Monkey's Paw/libr / liThe Phantom of the Opera/libr / liThe President's Murderer/libr / liSherlock Holmes and the Duke's Son/libr / liWhite Death/libr / liThe Wizard of Oz/li

Horseracing is the sport of kings, perhaps because racehorses are very expensive animals. But when they win races, they can make a lot of money too - money for the owners, for the trainers, and for the people who put bets on them to win. Silver Blaze is a young horse, but already the winner of many races. One night he disappears from his stables, 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, London, of course - to ask for the help of the great detective, Sherlock Holmes.

Richard Hannay, a mining engineer, 'retires' at the age of 37, having made his fortune in Africa. He finds London dull, until he becomes caught up in a sensational plot to precipitate a pan-European war. Hannay is at first disinclined to believe the young American, with his incredible tales of international intrigue, and hints of a terrible secret. But when the American turns up dead in Hannay's flat, Hannay is forced to flee the attentions of both the conspirators and the law. Hannay is hunted across the Scottish moors by police and spy-ring alike, and must outwit his intelligent and pitiless enemy in the corridors of Whitehall and, finally, at the site of the mysterious thirty-nine steps.

From the publisher: "Card sharks and would-be players beware - the contents of this book are irresistible. Over twenty card games, ranging from the popular to the more unusual, are described with diagrams, colourful illustrations, and instructions relayed in delightful period language. Whether you have a passion for Piquet, a craving for Canasta, or merely seek Solitaire, Card Games is the perfect companion at the card table. Part of a series of Pocket ENTERTAINMENTS: being a number of volumes that introduce Particular PLEASURES and Necessary SKILLS to DEVELOP the Character and increase POPULARITY."

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