Treasure of the Sahara
Автор: Randy Jones
Год издания: 0000
JB became a self-made Billionaire by selling the huge Internet company he started 10 years earlier. He sold his company to the largest Internet search engine company in the world in exchange for $18.8 billion. The initial investment JB made to create his company was less than $7,000, so selling the company was a <i>no brainer</i>. After selling the company, JB increased his wealth to over 24 billion through some very wise investments.<br>JB's current business is in investments. He buys and sells big time real estate. He also invests in young entrepreneurs and new startup companies.<br>He is JB McGregor of the U.S. Virgin Islands. Specifically, <i>Papaya Island</i>, also known locally as <i>McGregor Island</i>, located in a small cluster of islands just to the north of St. Thomas and St. John. JB also has a cottage in Key West Florida, a multi-million dollar mansion on the waterway in Fort Lauderdale off of Bayview Drive, and a huge ocean-front mansion just outside Honomu, Hawaii. JB will be giving the cottage in Key West Florida to a former employee as a retirement gift as soon as the current cottage remodeling job is complete. JB is recognized in the media as one who helps and shares his wealth without hesitation.<br>Most of JB's staff travel with him everywhere he goes. They are all paid very well and have excellent benefits. His employees are also extremely loyal to him. JB has provided each staff member with superb medical insurance along with an outstanding 401k plan. The age of most staff members is about 33 years old, the same age as JB. On Papaya Island, they all live in the bungalow's JB had built, which are nestled in the dense vegetation just out of sight of the main house on the island. When JB is in Hawaii, they have a similar setup. When in Fort Lauderdale, JB's staff members usually stay on the yacht where they each have their own cabin. JB and his staff maintain offices in the Papaya mansion, the Honomu mansion, and on his yacht.<br>Since selling his company, JB has had several thrilling adventures. The adventures magically come his way, thanks to Sam Peters, his business partner and sometimes the adventures come from one of the entrepreneurs JB has invested in. Most of these adventures have paid off very well. Plus, the adventures are usually fun and exciting…<br>JB McGregor is asked by two of his employees to help a man they had met at a yatch convention in Florida, David Wade. David wants to find some valuables that had been confiscated by dictators in Italy, Germany, and various other countries from families during between 1933 and 1945 World War II. David wants to return the valuables to the rightful owners or descendants. David Wade's father and his grandfather performed years of research and are almost certain that the valuables were being transported on a DC-3 airplane that crashed in the Sahara desert in 1953.<br>An expedition to the Sahara desert is formed by JB, David Wade, and several of JB's employees to try and find the DC-3 airplane. The airplane crash is assumed to be in the vicinity of the Ahaggar Mountains near Tamanrasset, Algeria because the last radio transmission of the DC-3 was with the Tamanrasset airport.<br>Unfortunately, a team of known criminals somehow got wind of the treasure and follow JB's expedition throughout the desert.
Treasure Island
Автор: Роберт Льюис Стивенсон
Год издания:
Аудиокнига предназначена для развития навыков аудирования и чтения и адресована учащимся 6–7 классов школ с углубленным изучением английского языка, лицеев, гимназий, студентам колледжей и неязыковых вузов, а также лицам, изучающим английский язык самостоятельно или под руководством преподавателя (базовый словарь около 1200 слов). Роман Роберта Луиса Стивенсона «ОСТРОВ СОКРОВИЩ» [1883] адаптирован и прочитан носителем языка. Аудиокнига включает также информацию о творчестве писателя (материалы для топика). В конце каждой части имеется словарь с наиболее сложными словами и выражениями и вопросы и задания, позволяющие контролировать понимание содержания и развивать навыки устной речи. Наряду с фонограммой на диске представлен текст книги, который может быть использован для облегчения восприятия аудиозаписи.
Остров сокровищ / Treasure Island. Питер Пен / Peter Pan
Автор: Роберт Льюис Стивенсон
Год издания:
В предлагаемый сборник вошла наиболее популярная повесть Дж. М. Барри «Питер Пен», а также известный «пиратский» роман шотландского писателя Р. Л. Стивенсона «Остров сокровищ». Тексты произведений сокращены и упрощены, а также сопровождается постраничными комментариями, упражнениями и словарями к каждому из произведений. Книга предназначается для продолжающих изучать английский язык нижней ступени (уровень 2 – Pre-Intermediate).
The builder's pocket-treasure
Автор: William Pain
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Полный вариант заголовка: «The builder's pocket-treasure : in which not only the theory, but the practical parts of architecture are carefully explained : illustrated with useful designs of frontifpieces, chimney-pieces, etc., bafes, capitals, and entablatures at large [и др.] : correctly engraved on 55 plates with printed explanation to each / by William Pain».
Adventure in Notre Dame. The Treasure of a Restorer. Part 1
Автор: Группа авторов
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One beautiful sunny day, a young Canadian turns up at the shop of Archont Duval. The stranger wishes to solve the mystery of his great grandfather's letters. All clues lead to Notre Dame. Archont and his young relatives accompany the stranger to Paris to find the hidden treasure. Will they be able to untangle the messages coded in the great grandfather's letter from his oldest and dearest friend?
Adventure in Saint-Denis. The Treasure of a Restorer. Part 2
Автор: Группа авторов
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A medallion found in the cache of Notre Dame leads Archont Duval to the medieval Abbey of Saint-Denis. Ancient burials, dark corridors, marble statues, everything is enlaced with shadows of intrigues and past events. But how is the restorer involved?