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He wanted to end it. But it can never be over • Evan Smoak - former government assassin, 'Orphan-X', turned white knight of last resort - is hanging up his gun • When he gets one last call • A man, left a package by a murdered cousin, has an assassin on his trail. Easy work for Evan • Except behind the assassin is someone worse. And behind them something darker still • How long can Evan keep standing? • How many times can a man step into the fire?

Tell No Lies is the outstanding new thriller from Gregg Hurwitz • No Choice • Daniel Brasher is leaving behind his job as a probation counsellor working with hardened criminals to spend more time with his wife, now well again after serious illness. However, nothing is ever that simple • No Time • When he finds a scrawled message in the post at work - 'admit what you've done or you will bleed for it. You have 'til midnite' - he is horrified but relieved to discover it's not addressed to him. Then he learns that the intended victim is already dead • No Escape • More death threats signal a series of gruesome, seemingly inexplicable murders. Until a note is addressed to Daniel himself. And with the clock ticking he must discover who wants him dead. And why

How do you stop the most powerful man on Earth? • Evan Smoak, code-named Orphan-X, was raised in a secret government programme • He left it behind long ago but now someone has been killing off the orphans - and all evidence of the programme • Only one person would and could do this. The man who created it • He'll do anything - anything - to save himself • But what can one man - even an Orphan - do alone? • Against the President of the United States

To those who trained him, he's Orphan-X. To those who need him, he's the nowhere man • Once a secret government assassin, Evan Smoak walked away to help others • But when his old handler calls with a warning - the Orphans are being killed off - he also receives a final mission • A young girl - the last Orphan recruit - is in danger. First, Evan must find her. Then he must protect her • But those tasked with her elimination will not stop • And leading them is one of Evan's fellow Orphans - who'll do anything to see him dead

'Do you need my help?' • It was the first question he asked • They called him when they had nowhere else to turn • As a boy Evan Smoak was taken from an orphanage • Raised and trained in a top secret programme, he was sent to bad places to do things the government denied ever happened • Then he broke with the programme, using what he'd learned to vanish. Now he helps the desperate and deserving • But someone's on his trail • Someone who knows his past and believes that the boy once known as Orphan X must die

The Hero • Evan Smoak: former off-the-books assassin - code name Orphan X. His world is divided into those who deserve his help and those who've brought his singular brand of justice upon themselves • The Victim • A desperate father reaches out. His teenage daughter Anjelina has been kidnapped by a brutal criminal cartel and spirited over the border into Mexico. And while money is no object, Evan soon realises that his prospective client's past is as clouded and compromised as his own • The Mission • If Evan is going to put his life on the line to rescue Anjelina, he must first decide whether he can act on behalf of a bad man. And even then, up against the men who are holding his daughter, there will be no guarantee of success

Twin brothers are reunited after twenty years of silence and blame when the prodigal son returns home • In a matter of days, Peter McDowell loses everything he has worked so hard for – including his marriage. Stripped of everything, he has only one place he can retreat to: the home he left twenty years ago • There, he comes face to face with his brother for the first time in years. At first, Peter dreads seeing Michael again – but to his surprise their reunion is tender and real. Only later, as Peter mulls over his late mother's journals, does he begin to question what lies beneath Michael's perfect surface • In a race for time, Peter throws caution to the wind to find the truth. What he discovers will change their lives, the lives of their children and an entire town for ever

«Художественное свободомыслие голландского мастера всецело способствовало его стремлению насытить отвлеченные схемы морали актуальным содержанием и придать им самый широкий гуманистический смысл. В этой картине Рембрандт обращается к человеку как к человечеству». Сергей Даниэль — доктор искусствоведения, профессор факультета истории искусств Европейского университета и Академии Художеств имени И. Е. Репина. Автор многочисленных трудов по семиотике, теории и истории искусства. Книга полностью на английском языке

Prince Hal, the son of King Henry IV, spends his time in idle pleasure with dissolute friends, among them the roguish Sir John Falstaff. But when the kingdom is threatened by rebellious forces, the prince must abandon his feckless ways. Ranging from taverns and brothels to the royal court and the battlefield, Shakespeare's masterful drama shows a prodigal son rising to meet his destiny as a ruler of men

Penguin Readers is a graded reading series for English Language Teaching (ELT) markets, designed for teenagers and young adults learning English as a foreign or second language • In Yukon, Canada during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, strong sled dogs are in high demand. Buck is stolen from his comfortable home in California and sold into service as a sled dog in Alaska. Will he survive life in the wild? • Penguin Readers is a series of the best new fiction, essential non-fiction and popular classics written for learners of English as a foreign language. Beautifully illustrated and carefully adapted, the series introduces language learners around the world to the bestselling authors and most compelling content from Penguin Random House. The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework and include language activities that help readers to develop key skills

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online • Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content • The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR). Exercises at the back of each Reader help language learners to practise grammar, vocabulary, and key exam skills. Before, during and after-reading questions test readers story comprehension and develop vocabulary