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This is the second in the current series of Will James mystery novels, this time, the anti- establishment private investigator and his crew are asked to help unravel a mystery that begins in a Brooklyn antique store and ends in the most unlikely of locations. <br><br>Every Sunday morning, precisely at 10:30 sharp, there is an auction held in a sparsely furnished back room of Better Times Remembered, a small neighborhood antique store in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. Albert Froog, the owner of the store and self declared auctioneer, personally chooses the items for each week&#39;s auction. Generally these items are fairly ordinary but become more interesting because of the back story he is able to weave around them. At times there is even a speck of truth in the story he tells. <br><br>At this particular Sunday morning auction, one of the items he offers up is a prohibition era permit in a battered old wooden frame authorizing the manufacture of alcohol. It was one of many items he acquired in an estate purchase. On his inventory sheet he has assigned a value of 50 cents to one dollar for this item because so many similar permits were issued during prohibition and the frame is of little or no value. <br><br>Hoping he will wind up with something between 50 cents and a dollar he starts the bidding at $2.00. <br><br>To his surprise and amazement two separate people quickly bid the price up to $100,000. <br><br>&quot;Who would pay $100,000 for this piece of junk?&quot; Froog asks himself. &quot;What do they know that I don&#39;t?&quot; <br><br>When the head of the New York Mafia family also shows interest in the item Froog becomes doubly convinced that he really has a hidden treasure on his hands. If you think you know how this will all end you are so very, very wrong. <br><br>As with all Will James Mysteries, the numerous twists and turns will keep you reading and guessing until the very last page.

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.

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).

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».

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?

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?