The Thirty-Nine Steps
Автор: Buchan John
Год издания: 0000
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.‘I snapped the switch, but there was nobody there. Then I saw something in the far corner which made me drop my cigar and fall into a cold sweat.’When Richard Hannay is warned of an assassination plot that has the potential to take Britain into a war, and then a few days later discovers the murdered body of the American that warned him in his flat, he becomes a prime suspect. He flees to the moors of Scotland and a spirited chase begins as he is pursued by the police and the German spies involved with stealing British plans.Buchan’s tale unfolds into one of the seminal and most influential 'chase' books, mimicked by many, yet unrivalled in the tension and mystery created by his writing. Buchan reveres Hannay as an ordinary man who puts his country's good before his own and the classic themes of the novel influenced many films and subsequent 'man-on-the-run' novels.
Steps in Speaking English (Шаги в разговорном английском)
Автор: Е. В. Волкова
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Представлены практические задания и лексический материал, направленные на развитие и активизацию коммуникативных навыков у слушателей. Предназначено для студентов, получающих дополнительную квалификацию «Переводчик в сфере профессиональной коммуникации» в период летней переводческой практики, а также для слушателей курсов, желающих совершенствовать разговорный английский язык.
Thirty Years on the Frontier
Автор: McReynolds Robert
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Stepsons of Light
Автор: Rhodes Eugene Manlove
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The Thirty-Nine Steps
Автор: Buchan John
Год издания:
A level 4 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Nick Bullard.
'I turned on the light, but there was nobody there. Then I saw something in the corner that made my blood turn cold. Scudder was lying on his back. There was a long knife through his heart, pinning him to the floor.'
Soon Richard Hannay is running to his life across the hills of Scotland. The police are chasing him for a murder he did not do, and another, more dangerous enemy is chasing him as well – the mysterious 'Black Stone'. Who are these people? And why do they want Hannay dead?