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Во второй том вошли романы Вс. Соловьева "Вольтерьянец" (часть вторая) и "Старый дом".  

Усе падзеі, якія адбываюцца ў аповесці, сканцэнтраваны вакол пошукаў афганскай шкатулкі, што калісьці пераправіў адзін з герояў твора на тэрыторыю нашай Радзімы. Вядома ж, самую адказную работу выконваюць падлеткі — менавіта яны высачылі злачынцаў і дапамаглі следчым органам вызваліць галоўнага героя аповесці Барыса Крушынскага з-пад турэмнага арышту. Самааналіз асобы, пошукі матываў сваіх учынкаў, любоў да жыцця, замілаванасць і захапленне навакольным асяроддзем леглі ў аснову апавяданняў Цугцванг , "Дарожнае знаёмства", Раган і "Чабор".      

Роман «Сен-Map» — наиболее значительное достижение в прозе известного французского поэта и писателя Альфреда де Виньи (1797-1863). Своеобразно излагая историю заговора маркиза де Сен-Мара против деспотичного кардинала Ришелье, автор весьма ярко и эффектно изображает богатую на приключения и интриги жизнь придворной Франции середины XVII века.

Действие романа развертывается на историческом фоне событий предреволюционных лет на Украине и гражданской войны в Крыму. Но он не является документальной исторической хроникой. Классовая борьба на Украине и героические битвы за власть Советов в Крыму показаны так, как их видел и понимал мальчик, а потом подросток Юра, подчас еще по-детски наивно. В те годы немало таких мальчиков и девочек из семей трудовой интеллигенции, пылких, честных сердцем, отважных, приходили в революцию, целиком отдавали себя служению большевистской правде, совершали героические поступки. Герой романа Юра Сагайдак, несмотря на то, что он живет в маленьком курортном городке Судаке, вдали от центров революции и контрреволюции на юге России, оказался свидетелем и участником многих грозных событий.

The seventh Oregon Files adventure thriller begins on December 7, 1941, when five boys encounter tragedy while looking for buried pirate treasure on a small island off the coast of Washington State. Flash-forward to today: Juan Cabrillo, captain of the Oregon (a high-tech vessel posing as a tramp freighter), is in Argentina, trying to recover a downed NASA satellite. Well, don’t you know, Juan stumbles on something he totally didn’t expect to find, and soon he’s chasing after the secrets of an ancient curse that might still be causing trouble. Fast-paced and a lot of fun, the latest Cabrillo novel delivers the wallop Cussler’s fans have come to expect. Cabrillo himself—he shares his name with a sixteenth-century Portuguese explorer, by the way—makes a fine protagonist, sharp-witted and two-fisted. Considering the Oregon Files novels involve action, exploration, and high-tech gadgetry, it’s surprising no one has turned them into movies yet. The prolific Cussler, who, like James Patterson, now employs coauthors (Du Brul in this case), is often accused of writing by the numbers, but this time those numbers add up to entertaining fare for high-adventure fans.

In the dependably entertaining if less than top-notch fifth Oregon Files thriller from bestseller Cussler and Du Brul (after Skeleton Crew), Capt. Juan Cabrillo, who heads the Corporation, a covert military company for hire, and the multifaceted crew of the Oregon, a high-tech ship disguised to look like a tramp steamer, take on a group known as the Responsivists. The Responsivists publicly espouse a program of global population control, but are secretly planning a devastating attack on the human race utilizing a virulent virus found aboard an ancient ship that may be Noah's Ark. The authors are up to their usual high standards when in fighting mode, though the chief villain, the doctor who heads the Responsivists, falls short of Juan's billing as the single-most-evil human being I have ever met. Readers may wish that next time out the bad guys put up more of a struggle.

Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the covert combat ship Oregon have barely escaped a mission on the Congo River when they intercept a mayday from a defenseless boat under fire off the African coast. Cabrillo takes action, saving the beautiful Sloane Macintyre - who's looking for a long-submerged ship that may hold a fortune in diamonds. But what surprises Cabrillo is her story about a crazy fisherman who claims to have been attacked on the open sea by giant metal snakes in the same area. What begins as a snake hunt leads Cabrillo onto the trail of a far more lethal quarry - a deranged militant and his followers who plan to unleash the devastating power of nature itself against all who oppose them.

In the middle of the Indian Ocean, a NUMA research vessel is taking water samples at sunset, when a crew member spots a sheen of black oil ahead of them. But it is not oil. Like a horde of army ants, a swarm of black particles suddenly attacks the ship, killing everyone aboard, while the ship itself goes up in flames. A few hours later, Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala are on their way to the Indian Ocean. What they will find there on the smoldering hulk of the ship will eventually lead them to the discovery of the most audacious scheme they have ever known: a plan to permanently alter the weather on a global scale. It will kill millions . . . and it has already begun. Filled with the boundless invention unique to Clive Cussler, this is one of the most thrilling novels yet from the grand master of adventure.

Years ago, an ancient Phoenician statue known as the Navigator was stolen from the BaghdadMuseum, and there are men who would do anything to get their hands on it. Their first victim is a crooked antiquities dealer, murdered in cold blood. Their second very nearly is a UN investigator who, were it not for the timely assistance of Austin and Zavala, would now be at the bottom of a watery grave. What’s so special about this statue? Austin wonders. The search for answers will take the NUMA team on an astonishing odyssey through time and space, one that encompasses no less than the lost treasures of King Solomon, a mysterious packet of documents personally encoded by Thomas Jefferson, and a top secret scientific project that could change the world forever. And that's before the surprises really begin . . . Rich with all the hair-raising action and endless invention that have become Cussler’s hallmarks, The Navigator is Clive’s best yet.