Headhunters of Borneo. Shaun Clarke
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Название: Headhunters of Borneo

Автор: Shaun Clarke

Издательство: HarperCollins

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      Headhunters of Borneo

      SHAUN CLARKE

      Published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd

      1 London Bridge Street

      London SE1 9GF

       www.harpercollins.co.uk

      First published in Great Britain by 22 Books/Bloomsbury Publishing plc 1994

      Copyright © Bloomsbury Publishing plc 1994

      Cover layout design © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2016

      Cover photographs © Shutterstock.com

      Shaun Clarke asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

      A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library.

      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      Source ISBN: 9780008155032

      Ebook Edition © November 2015 ISBN: 9780008155049

      Version: 2015-10-15

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Prelude

       Chapter 1

       Chapter 2

       Chapter 3

       Chapter 4

       Chapter 5

       Chapter 6

       Chapter 7

      

       Chapter 8

      

       Chapter 9

      

       Chapter 10

      

       Chapter 11

      

       Chapter 12

      

       Chapter 13

      

       Chapter 14

      

       Chapter 15

      

       Chapter 16

      

       Chapter 17

      

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       About the Publisher

       Prelude

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