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В книгу вошли три приключенческие повести. Автор — писатель, биолог–охотовед — работал старшим научным сотрудником Кроноцкого заповедника, занимался изучением бурых медведей Камчатки, один из которых и стал героем повести «Мой знакомый медведь». В основу «Зимовья на Тигровой» положен реальный случай нападения уссурийского тигра на человека, а в «Диком урмане» два человека оказываются в глухой тайге без огня, без оружия, без теплой одежды. Никто не знал, где они, никто не мог помочь. Они все преодолевали сами!

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«Аку-аку» — увлекательный рассказ о первых поселенцах острова Пасхи. Они не строили ни замков, ни дворцов, а вытесывали из камня исполинские человекоподобные фигуры и устанавливали их на мощных каменных террасах во всех концах острова. Но однажды стук рубил о камень смолк. Смолк внезапно, ведь орудия остались лежать на местах и многие статуи были готовы только наполовину. Загадочные ваятели канули во мрак далекого прошлого. Что же произошло на острове Пасхи?

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Краткое описание: Although a compact city, more than a quarter of the Republic of Ireland’s population of almost four million lives within Dublin’s boundaries, a figure swelled by more than a million tourist arrivals each year. While it was for centuries the fulcrum of Ireland’s fight for independence from Britain, today celebrated in the numerous memorials that pay homage to the revolutionary struggle, the city has developed into a thriving modern metropolis, which embraced the European ideal far more readily than anyone ever expected.

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The lush, sun-speckled Dominican Republic is the most popular tourist destination in the Caribbean. Prime beachfront stretches along the coast of the verdant island it shares with Haiti, some of it lined with megaresorts and other facilities to handle the crowds, but much of it still remote and unspoiled. Short, inexpensive flights from the US coupled with cheap all-inclusive packages from Europe - added to the low cost of living in the country - make it an easy choice for a carefree, tropical holiday.

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The most unfairly maligned stretch of coast in Europe, the Costa Brava has long been derided as a package holiday, chips-and-sangria destination, an image based solely on two or three towns at its southernmost tip. The truth is that this diverse region matches extraordinary natural beauty with a rich cultural heritage, an accumulated legacy of centuries of invading armies that shows itself in a tapestry of walled towns, fortified farmhouses and ancient hilltop villages.

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In 1896 the novelist and playwright Arnold Bennett complained, “The difference between Bruges and other cities is that in the latter you look about for the picturesque, while in Bruges, assailed on every side by the picturesque, you look curiously for the unpicturesque, and don’t find it easily.”

Perhaps so, but for the modern palate, battered by postwar development, Bruges’ blend of antique architectural styles, from tiny brick cottages to gracious Georgian mansions, is a welcome relief - and retreat.