Macmillan Publishers USA
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Un Lun Dun
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Macmillan Publishers USA
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Автор: China Mieville
Издательство: Macmillan Publishers, 2011
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DOC, 528 страниц, 1.00 МБ
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The iron wheel began to spin, slowly at first, then faster and faster. The room grew darker. As the light lessened, so did the sound. Deeba and Zanna stared at each other in wonder. The noise of the cars and vans and motorbikes outside grew tinny... The wheel turned off all the cars and turned off all the lamps. It was turning off London. Zanna and Deeba are two girls leading ordinary lives, until they stumble into the world of UnLondon, an urban Wonderland where all the lost and broken things of London end up... and some of its lost and broken people too. Here discarded umbrellas stalk with spidery menace, carnivorous giraffes roam the streets, and a jungle sprawls beyond the door of an ordinary house. UnLondon is under siege by the sinister Smog and its stink-junkie slaves; it is a city awaiting its hero. Guided by a magic book that can't quite get its facts straight, and pursued by Hemi the half-ghost boy, the girls set out to stop the poisonous cloud before it burns everything in its path. They are joined in their quest by a motley band of UnLondon locals, including Brokkenbroll, boss of the broken umbrellas, Obaday Fing, a couturier whose head is an enormous pincushion, and an empty milk carton called Curdle. The world of UnLondon is populated by astonishing frights and delights that will thrill the imagination.
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 carabin
13 августа 2013
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Looking for Jake and Other Stories
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Macmillan Publishers USA
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Автор: China Mieville
Издательство: Macmillan Publishers, 2011
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DjVu, 352 страницы, 14.08 МБ
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Step into a London ravaged by unearthly creatures at once utterly alien and chillingly familiar. In China Mieville's award-winning novella 'The Tain', we learn the reason for the invaders' terrible revenge. One survivor must trek through the ruins of the city with a desperate plan to stand against their assault. In addition to 'The Tain', this superb collection contains thirteen short stories, of visionary cityscapes and urban paranoia, ghosts, monsters and impossible diseases. Several of the stories are published here for the first time: these include one set in New Crobuzon, the location of the award-winning series of novels that began with Perdido Street Station; and one in comic-strip form, illustrated by top graphic artist Liam Sharp. This collection displays the sheer imaginative scope of China Mieville's work.
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1277
anarho
25 июня 2013
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King Rat
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Macmillan Publishers USA
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Автор: China Mieville
Издательство: Macmillan Publishers, 2011
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DOC, 416 страниц, 1.00 МБ
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Something is stirring in London's dark, stamping out its territory in brickdust and blood. Something has murdered Saul's father, and left Saul to pay for the crime. But a shadow from the urban waste breaks into his prison cell and leads him to freedom. A shadow called King Rat. In the night-land behind London's facade, in sewers and slums and rotting dead spaces, Saul must learn his true nature. Grotesque murders rock the city like a curse. Mysterious forces prepare for a showdown. With Drum and Bass pounding the backstreets, Saul confronts his bizarre inheritance in the badlands of South London, in the heart of darkness, at the gathering of the Junglist Massive. Like the DJ says: 'Time for the Badman.' 'Tackles his theme with a dark assurance... with its original blend of twisted urban fairytale and modern gothic horror, King Rat marks out China Mieville as an author to be watched' The Times 'Brings together elements of fantasy, fairytale and the detective story... I greatly enjoyed Mieville's weird and engaging myth-making' Daily Telegraph.
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delovar
07 апреля 2015
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Iron Council
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Macmillan Publishers USA
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Автор: China Mieville
Издательство: Macmillan Publishers, 2011
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PDF, 400 страниц, 12.00 МБ
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It is a time of revolts and revolutions, conflict and intrigue. New Crobuzon is being ripped apart from without and within. War with the shadowy city-state of Tesh and rioting on the streets at home are pushing the teeming metropolis to the brink. In the midst of this turmoil, a mysterious masked figure spurs strange rebellion, while treachery and violence incubate in unexpected places. In desperation, a small group of renegades escapes from the city and crosses strange and alien continents in the search for a lost hope, an undying legend. In the blood and violence of New Crobuzon's most dangerous hour, there are whispers. It is the time of the Iron Council.
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admin
16 февраля 2013
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Everest Disaster
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Macmillan Publishers USA
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Автор: Jon Krakauer
Издательство: Macmillan Publishers, 2011
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DjVu, 304 страницы, 12.16 МБ
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«This is the true story of a 24-hour period on Everest, when members of three separate expeditions were caught in a storm and faced a battle against hurricane-force winds, exposure, and the effects of altitude, which ended the worst single-season death toll in the peak's history. In March 1996, «Outside» magazine sent veteran journalist and seasoned climber Jon Krakauer on an expedition led by celebrated Everest guide Rob Hall. Despite the expertise of Hall and the other leaders, by the end of summit day eight people were dead. Krakauer's book is at once the story of the ill-fated adventure and an analysis of the factors leading up to its tragic end. Written within months of the events it chronicles, «Into Thin Air» clearly evokes the majestic Everest landscape. As the journey up the mountain progresses, Krakauer puts it in context by recalling the triumphs and perils of other Everest trips throughout history. The author's own anguish over what happened on the mountain is palpable as he leads readers to ponder timeless questions.»
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1103
stalker1965
7 октрября 2014
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Foundation: A History of England
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Macmillan Publishers USA
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Автор: Peter Ackroyd
Издательство: Macmillan Publishers, 2011
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DjVu, 352 страницы, 14.08 МБ
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Having written enthralling biographies of London and of its great river, the Thames, Peter Ackroyd now turns to England itself. This first volume of six takes us from the time that England was first settled, more than 15,000 years ago, to the death in 1509 of the first Tudor monarch, Henry VII. In it, Ackroyd takes us from Neolithic England, which we can only see in the most tantalising glimpses a stirrup found in a grave, some seeds at the bottom of a bowl to the long period of Roman rule; from the Dark Ages when England was invaded by a ceaseless tide of Angles, Saxons and Jutes, to the twin glories of medieval England its great churches and monasteries and its common law. With his extraordinary skill for evoking time and place, he tells the familiar story of king succeeding king in rich prose, with profound insight and some surprising details. The food we ate, the clothes we wore, the punishments we endured, even the jokes we told are all found here, too.
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1277
anarho
25 июня 2013
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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Macmillan Publishers USA
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Автор: Rebecca Skloot
Издательство: Macmillan Publishers, 2011
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PDF, 384 страницы, 11.52 МБ
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Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer whose cancer cells — taken without her knowledge — became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first 'immortal' human tissue grown in culture, HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer, viruses, and the effects of the atom bomb; helped lead to important advances like in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and, have been bought and sold by the billions. Yet Henrietta herself remains virtually unknown, buried in an unmarked grave. Now Rebecca Skloot takes us on an extraordinary journey in search of Henrietta's story, from the 'coloured' ward of Johns Hopkins Hospital in the 1950s to East Baltimore today, where her children and grandchildren live, and struggle with the legacy of her cells. Full of warmth and questing intelligence, astonishing in scope and impossible to put down, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks captures the beauty and drama of scientific discovery, as well as its human consequences. 'A fascinating, harrowing, necessary book' — Hilary Mantel, Guardian. 'A fine book...a gripping read... The book has deservedly been a huge bestseller in the US. It should be here, too' — Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times.
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1393
yury-m
15 октрября 2014
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This Perfect World
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Macmillan Publishers USA
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Автор: Suzanne Bugler
Издательство: Macmillan Publishers, 2011
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DOC, 290 страниц, 1.00 МБ
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Heddy Partridge was never my friend. I have to start with that. Heddy Partridge was never my friend because I was pretty, popular, clever and blonde and my friends were pretty, popular, clever and generally blonde, too. Heddy Partridge was none of these things. Laura Hamley is the woman who has everything: a loving and successful husband, two beautiful children, an expensive home and a set of equally fortunate friends. But Laura's perfect world is suddenly threatened when she receives an unwelcome phone call from Mrs Partridge, mother of Heddy — the girl Laura and her friends bullied mercilessly at school. Heddy has been hospitalized following a mental breakdown, and Mrs Partridge wants Laura's help to get her released. As Laura reluctantly gets drawn back into the past, she is forced to face the terrible consequences of her cruelty. But, as her secrets are revealed, so too is another even more devastating truth, and the perfect world Laura has so carefully constructed for herself begins to fall apart. This Perfect World is the debut novel from a brilliant dark new voice.
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1052
admin
16 декабря 2013
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Therese Raquin
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Macmillan Publishers USA
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Автор: Emile Zola
Издательство: Macmillan Publishers, 2008
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PDF, 120 страниц, 3.60 МБ
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When Thérèse Raquin marries her sickly cousin Camille, her future looks as if it will be both dull and loveless. This all changes, however, with the arrival of Camille's friend Laurent. Laurent and Thérèse soon begin a love affair, an affair so passionate it can only result in tragedy.
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admin
11 июля 2009
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Global Upper Intermediate: Workbook without Key (+ Audio CD)
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Macmillan Publishers USA
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Издательство: Macmillan Publishers, 2010
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PDF, 3.36 МБ
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Global is a new six-level general English course for adult learners. It is an information-rich course, sophisticated in both presentation and approach. It has international appeal, combining challenging content, intelligent topics and cross-cultural awareness. It features none of the celebrity-driven lifestyle content often found in typical general English courses for adults. The Global approach is fully aware of the needs of today's learners, and places an emphasis on effective communication in English between both native and non-native speakers. Global helps users to learn English, to learn about English and to learn through English, and is the ideal course for students who want to communicate in a global environment.
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admin
7 декабря 2012
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Stone Cold
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Macmillan Publishers USA
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Автор: Baldacci David
Издательство: Macmillan Publishers, 2011
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PDF, 517 страниц, 15.51 МБ
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Oliver Stone and the Camel Club are back in their most dangerous adventure yet — a war on two fronts. Casino king Jerry Bagger from The Collectors is hunting Annabelle Conroy, the beautiful woman who conned him out of millions. Stone and his colleagues Reuben, Milton, and Caleb marshal all their resources to protect Annabelle. Yet all their skills may not be enough when a deadly new opponent rips off the veneer of Stone’s own mysterious past: Bagger’s menace pales next to newcomer Harry Finn’s lethality. Passing as a normal family man, Finn has already killed three men, with more targets to come. When Finn sets his bull’s-eye on Stone, his reason will be the greatest shock of all, causing readers to reconsider their views of good and evil. As bodies and institutions topple, the story rockets toward a shattering finale that will leave the survivors of this explosive tale changed forever.
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zen4zen
24 августа 2013
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Fall of Giants
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Macmillan Publishers USA
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Автор: Follett Ken
Издательство: Macmillan Publishers, 2011
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PDF, 864 страницы, 25.92 МБ
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«This is a huge novel that follows five families through the world-shaking dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for votes for women. It is 1911. The Coronation Day of King George V. The Williams, a Welsh coal-mining family, is linked by romance and enmity to the Fitzherberts, aristocratic coal-mine owners. Lady Maud Fitzherbert falls in love with Walter von Ulrich, a spy at the German Embassy in London. Their destiny is entangled with that of an ambitious young aide to U.S. President Woodrow Wilson and to two orphaned Russian brothers, whose plans to emigrate to America fall foul of war, conscription and revolution. In a plot of unfolding drama and intriguing complexity, «Fall of Giants» moves seamlessly from Washington to St Petersburg, from the dirt and danger of a coal mine to the glittering chandeliers of a palace, from the corridors of power to the bedrooms of the mighty.»
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styleprofi
10 декабря 2013
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Red Square
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Macmillan Publishers USA
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Автор: Martin Cruz Smith
Издательство: Macmillan Publishers, 2009
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DjVu, 592 страницы, 23.68 МБ
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Sometimes Arkady had the feeling that while he had been away God had lifted Moscow and turned it upside down... The night outside was still white. Arkady wasn’t sleepy or hungry. He felt like the perfect new Soviet man, designed for a land with no food or drink. He got up and left the office. Enough. It began with the unmourned death of Rosen, one of Moscow’s new breed of black marketeers; seemingly a clear-cut case of murder. Although Renko has been recently reinstated at the Moscow Prosecutor’s office, the case begins to slip from his grasp. But his determination never to let go leads him to Munich and Berlin — back into the life of Irina, a woman he thought he had lost forever... ‘Wonderfully entertaining... Red Square is streets ahead of most thrillers that claim to deal with the real world’ Independent ‘The best thriller to appear in several years... extraordinary’ Time ‘Dense with observation and atmosphere... Smith’s best book yet’ Cosmopolitan.
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erdik
14 сентября 2014
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The Tomb
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Macmillan Publishers USA
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Автор: Paul Wilson
Издательство: Macmillan Publishers, 1998
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PDF, 404 страницы, 12.12 МБ
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Much to the chagrin of his girlfriend, Gia, Repairman Jack doesn't deal with electronic appliances-he fixes situations for people, often putting himself in deadly danger. His latest project is recovering a stolen necklace, which carries with it an ancient curse that may unleash a horde of Bengali demons. Jack is used to danger, but this time Gia's daughter Vicky is threatened. Can Jack overcome the curse of the yellow necklace and bring Vicky safely back home?
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1456
sssru
18 июля 2009
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The Paris Option
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Macmillan Publishers USA
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Автор: Robert Ludlum
Издательство: Macmillan Publishers, 2010
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PDF, 629 страниц, 18.87 МБ
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«The Pasteur Institute, Paris. A bomb explodes, a fire rages, and a renowned computer scientist is dead. Dr. Emile Chambord had been working on a molecular DNA computer that could virtually control all computerized operations around the globe. Now, his groundbreaking research is missing. Overnight, military satellites and communications are shut down by unknown sources. And Covert-One agent Dr. Jon Smith has to race across two continents to expose the next generation of terrorists — a vast network of technological spies who now have the power to reprogram the world. Every government agency. Every armed force. «Every nuclear weapon...»
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vadia1243
26 марта 2013
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Robert Frost's Poems
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Macmillan Publishers USA
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Автор: Robert Frost
Издательство: Macmillan Publishers, 2002
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PDF, 288 страниц, 8.64 МБ
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«A proven bestseller time and time again, «Robert Frost's Poems» contains all of Robert Frost's best-known poems-and dozens more-in a portable anthology. Here are «Birches», «Mending Wall», «Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening», «Two Tramps at Mudtime», «Choose Something Like a Star», and «The Gift Outright», which Frost read at the inauguration of John F. Kennedy. An essential addition to every home library, «Robert Frost's Poems» is a celebration of the New England countryside, Frost's appreciation of common folk, and his wonderful understanding of the human condition. These classic verses touch our hearts and leave behind a lasting impression.»
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vitalysev
12 марта 2009
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Legacies
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Macmillan Publishers USA
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Автор: F. Paul Wilson
Издательство: Macmillan Publishers, 1998
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PDF, 440 страниц, 13.20 МБ
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«Repairman Jack isn't your average appliance repairman — he fixes «situations» for people, often risking his own life. Jack has no last name, no social security number, works only for cash, and has no qualms when it comes to seeing that the job gets done. Dr. Alicia Clayton, a pediatrician who treats children with AIDS, is full of secrets, and she has just inherited a house that holds another. Haunted by painful memories, Alicia wants the house destroyed — but somehow everyone she enlists to help ends up violently killed. The house holds a powerful secret, and Alicia's charmless brother Thomas seems willing to do anything to get his hands on that secret himself. But not if Repairman Jack can find it first!»
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admin
28 июля 2009
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