Апокалипсисът е тук и сега! Целият свят е вперил очи в доскоро неизвестното американско градче Честърс Мил. А за хората, затворени под прозрачния похлупак, всеки ден е изпълнен с надежди и горчиви разочарования. Но дори и при тези екстремни обстоятелства човешката алчност и желание за упражняване на контрол не стихват. Сякаш никой не си дава сметка, че времето неумолимо тече и че скоро Честърс Мил може да се превърне в призрачен град, населен само с мъртъвци. Когато до зазоряване оставаха много часове, лошите мисли добиха плът и се раздвижиха. В непрогледната тъма те се превърнаха в зомбита. ... |
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Хоризонтът бележеше границата на техния свят, сега я очертават мъртви птици... ... Прекрасен есенен ден. Ден, който по-късно хората в Честърс Мил ще нарекат Деня на Купола. Нищо не предвещава странните и ужасяващи събития, които само след минути ще започнат да се случват там. Ненадейно и необяснимо над мейнското градче се спуска Куполът - силово поле, което го откъсва от света. Самолет се удря в него и от небето заваляват горящи отломки. Ръката на жена, която работи в градината си, е отсечена като с гилотина. Коли се сблъскват и избухват в пламъци. Купища мъртви птици очертават невидимата бариера. Армията е вдигната ... |
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Антология. ... Литературното приключение продължава. Очаквайте нещо ново - но в същия дух. Очаквайте среща с познати творци, класици и съвременни автори, добрите стари майстори и някои нови имена. Не се опитвайте да отгатнете финала. Доверете се на фабулата. Не се лишавайте от удоволствието. Очаквайте неочакваното. Очаквайте обрата. Затегнете коланите. Спускането започва сега! В книгата ще прочетете разкази на: Едгар Алан По Александър Пушкин Михаил Лермонтов Ги дьо Мопасан О. Хенри Едит Уортън Кейт Шопен Хърбърт Уелс Амброуз Биърс Вирджиния Улф Рабиндранат Тагор Стюарт Едуард Уайт Шърли ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "The Sonnets" of William Shakespeare, a cycle of 154 linked poems, were first published in 1609. Filled with ideas about love, beauty and mortality, the sonnets are written in the same beautiful and innovative language that we have come to know from Shakespeare's plays. The first 126 sonnets are addressed to a young man known as the "Fair Youth", while others are directed at a "Rival Poet", and a "Dark Lady". This "Macmillan Collector's Library" edition contains all of the poems, which explore many ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Supernatural hounds, a family curse, a mysterious cipher and the return of a deadly enemy. Sherlock Holmes will have to utilize every skill he has to solve the two classic mysteries collected here. "The Hound of the Baskervilles" sees Holmes and Dr. Watson travel to the misty wilds of Dartmoor to confront a devilish apparition, while in The Valley of Fear the pair investigate a gruesome murder that may be the work of the dastardly Professor Moriarty himself. In this "Macmillan Collector's Library" edition, Sherlock scholar David ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Shipwrecked off the coast of Trinidad, Robinson Crusoe - a young man with a thirst for adventure - finds himself washed up on a remote tropical island with nothing but a few tools and animals for company. Cast away for thirty years, he must battle cannibals, mutineers and the elements in a tale so convincing that many readers at the time believed it to be non-fiction. A true page-turner, "Robinson Crusoe" is one of the most enduring novels in the English language and its unique blend of extraordinary realism and brilliant drama continues to ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Dark and violent, "Macbeth" is also the most theatrically spectacular of Shakespeare's tragedies. Promised a golden future as ruler of Scotland by three sinister witches, Macbeth murders the king to ensure his ambitions are realized. But he soon learns the meaning of terror - killing once, he must kill again and again, and the dead return to haunt him. A story of war and witchcraft, "Macbeth" also explores the relationship between husband and wife, and the risks they are prepared to take to achieve their desires. This " ... |
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An abridged edition with an afterword by Marcus Clapham. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexandre Dumas is the ultimate novel of retribution. Based on a true story, it recounts the story of Edouard Dantes, his betrayal and imprisonment in the sinister Chateau d'If. Years later, Paris is intrigued by the mysterious Count of Monte Cristo, who bursts onto the Paris social scene with his millions. He encounters the three principal betrayers of Dantes who have prospered in the post-Napoleonic boom and, one by one, their lives fall apart. The book was a huge, popular ... |
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Complete and unabridged with an afterword by Oliver Francis. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... A compelling story of a brutal double murder and its aftermath. An impoverished ex-student, Rodion Raskolnikov, kills a pawnbroker and her sister, apparently for financial gain. But as he encounters friends and family, strangers and adversaries, Raskolnikov is compelled to face the true forces that have led him to murder. His struggle with himself and those around him becomes a battle of the individual against society, radicalism against tradition, and ultimately the will of man against the mysteries of divine providence. ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... One of Charles Dickens's most renowned and enjoyable novels, Great Expectations tells the story of Pip, an orphan boy who wishes to transcend his humble origins and finds himself unexpectedly given the opportunity to live a life of wealth and respectability. Over the course of the tale, in which Pip encounters such famous characters as Miss Havisham, Herbert Pocket and Joe Gargery, he comes to realize that his money is tainted and the girl he loves will not return his affections; happiness must be found in the things he gave up in pursuit of a more ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Three adventurers set out to kill a sea monster, but all is not as it seems. Out in the vast expanse of the Pacific they find not a beast but a submarine - the Nautilus, an advanced craft captained by the enigmatic Captain Nemo. Captured and hauled aboard, they accompany him through coral reefs, shipwrecks, and ancient ruins. There they hunt sharks, and battle giant squid, not realizing that the greatest danger is Nemo himself, who will stop at nothing in his quest for vengeance. Beautifully illustrated by the French painter Édouard Riou, who worked ... |
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Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. ... A plane crashes on a desert island and the only survivors, a group of schoolboys, assemble on the beach and wait to be rescued. By day they inhabit a land of bright fantastic birds and dark blue seas, but at night their dreams are haunted by the image of a terrifying beats. As the boys' delicate sense of order fades, so their childish dreams are transformed into something more primitive, and their behaviour starts to take on a murderous, savage significance. First published in 1954, "Lord of the Flies" is one of the most celebrates and widely read of modern ... |