Приключението, започнало в "Домът за чудати деца на мис Перигрин" и продължило в "Градът на гладните", достига своя вълнуващ апогей в "Библиотеката на душите". ... Шестнайсетгодишният Джейкъб открива у себе си могъща нова способност и поема на пътешествие, за да спаси своите чудати другари, затворени в строго охранявана крепост. На тази мисия го придружават Ема Блум - момиче, което може да създава огън с ръцете си, - и кучето Адисън Макхенри, чийто нос надушва отдалече други чудати деца. Те тръгват от съвременен Лондон, за да достигнат Дяволското гробище, най-окаяния бордей в цяла ... |
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Публикуван за пръв път през 1847 г., "Още десет години по-късно" описва двора на Луи XIV и предлага една романтична версия за загадката около Желязната маска. Героите от "Тримата мускетари" са остарели, но се впускат в последната си битка за справедливост. След 35 години вярна служба, д'Артанян подава оставка като лейтенант на мускетарите, която той приема от младия крал-слънце Луи XIV. Заедно със своите стари приятели е въвлечен в новия дворцов свят - свят на интриги, шпионаж, ревност, коварство. Мускетарите се намесват в легендарната история за двойника на краля-слънце - мистериозния човек зад ... |
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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 ... |
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Старата Галактическа империя е на върха на могъществото си. И на прага на разпадане. Това се разбира само от Хари Селдън, създател на науката психоистория (ПИ), която предсказва статистически достоверно поведението на огромни групи от хора. След разпада на старата до появата на нова велика империя ПИ доказва период от 30000 тъмни години на анархия и хаос в Галактиката. Пак с помощта на ПИ този период може да се скъси до 1000 години. За целта Хари Селдън основава две Фондации, които да контролират прехода. Първата, явна, трябва да спаси човешкото познание и да следи да се осъществява на практика планът на Селдън. Втората, ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... On board the whaling ship Pequod a crew of wise men and fools, renegades and seeming phantoms is hurled through treacherous seas by crazed Captain Ahab, a man hell-bent on hunting down the mythic White Whale. Herman Melville transforms the little world of the whale ship into a crucible where mankind's fears, faith and frailties are pitted against a relentless fate. Teeming with ideas and imagery, and with its extraordinary intensity sustained by mischievous irony and moments of exquisite beauty, Moby-Dick is both a great American epic and a profoundly ... |
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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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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. ... In "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", one of the best-known and best-loved poems in the English language, a grizzled old sailor stops a man on his way to a wedding and tells a terrifying story. He speaks of how he doomed the crew of his ship by shooting dead an albatross, awakened the wrath of ocean spirits, met Death himself, and must now walk the earth for ever and share his tragic tale of sin, guilt and - ultimately - redemption. This Macmillan Collector's Library edition of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s longest major poem features ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... First published in 1914, "Dubliners" depicts middle-class Catholic life in Dublin at the start of the twentieth century. Themes within the stories include the disappointments of childhood, the frustrations of adolescence, and the importance of sexual awakening. James Joyce was twenty-five years old when he wrote this collection of short stories, among which "The Dead" is probably the most famous. Considered at the time as a literary experiment, "Dubliners" contains moments of joy, fear, grief, love and loss, which combine 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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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... On a seemingly normal day at the exclusive Reform Club, Phileas Fogg, a gentleman of great wealth and exacting tastes, makes an extraordinary £20,000 wager; he will perform an impossible feat and circumnavigate the globe in just eighty days. Accompanied only by his new French valet, the steady Passepartout, he sets off on a thrilling journey. Adventure, chaos and romance ensue as the daring pair harness the new power of steam to escape their ever-increasing enemies and beat the clock. The exciting adventures of Fogg and Passepartout in Jules Verne' ... |
