Препоръчвана книга на "Сан Фрациско Кроникъл". Една от най-добрите научни фантастики и фентъзи на годината на "Локус". Сред най-добрите научнофантастични книги на годината на "Кроникъл". ... "Както Кори Доктороу, Чарлс Строс също има развита иронична чувствителност на поколението Х, в неговия случай - благодарение на времето, прекарано в едновременно изумителния и досаден свят на информационните технологии. В "Архивите на злото" геният Строс се е посветил изцяло както на бюрократичните щуротии на Пералнята, така и на "героичната" ѝ мисия. При това безумно ... |
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Вече шестдесет години човечеството е във война с "Тях" - с техните Нинджи и Берсерки. Извънземна цивилизация, продукт на генно инженерство, създадена да изтребва безмилостно човешкия род. Ветеранът Джейкъб Дъглас прекарва дните си в незаконни боеве, надпреварвания с мотори и запои, но когато е обявена единайсета степен на опасност, той бива отново призован, за да тръгне по следите на ИК, инфилтрация с ксеноморфи. Решението му да наруши правилата на играта става повод за напрегнато преследване от страна на майор Ролистън и Сивата дама, което ще го отведе от покрайнините на Дънди в Шотландия до Ню Йорк, Атлантида ... |
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Шеридан льо Фану (1814 - 1873) е най-големият майстор на страшни истории от викторианската епоха, духовен баща на Хауърд Лъвкрафт и вдъхновител на киното на ужаса на двадесети век. Донякъде забравен в днешно време, англо-ирландецът се изявява в редица жанрове, сред които исторически романи и "сензационни романи" - истории, в които злото прониква по необичаен начин в иначе спокойното и ведро ежедневие на провинциална Англия.
Точно към този жанр спада и "Розата и ключът" - история с много неочаквани обрати, в която има необичайна и обсебваща любов, властна, доминираща майка, диаболичен доктор-месмерист ... |
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The end has just begun. ... This thing... it rewrites history. It dares us to question what we know about ourselves. About everything.
As a young girl. dr Rose Franklin made a life-changing discovery. Hidden deep underground, she found an enormous, ornate metal hand. Tests prove the artefact predates all human civilization. Where did it come from? Dr Franklin leads the top-secret investigation into the mystery of its origin - but finding answers leads her to an awe-inspiring question. Where we meant to find it? When it emerges that there may be more pieces buried out there, a fierce race begins to solve this vast, ... |
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Multilingual Edition: English, French, German. ... Debuting in "All Star Comics No. 8" in December 1941, the warrior Amazon Princess is a feminist icon whose strength is equaled by her empathy and compassion. Appearing in comic books, newspaper strips, and TV shows for almost 75 years, Wonder Woman stands as a towering figure in pop culture, and a role model in her fight for justice, love, peace, and gender equality. Her creator, William Moulton Marston, said she was as beautiful as Aphrodite, as wise as Athena, as fast as Mercury, and as strong as Hercules-but she's all that and more!
With 192 pages of ... |
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Illustrator by: Michael Del Mundo, Andrea Sorrentino, Mahmud Asrar. ... The time-tossed members of the All-New X-Men are more than teammates, more than best friends...they have become a close-knit family. But the mysterious Black Vortex may sunder their family ties permanently! As the young mutants venture back into space to deal with a galaxy in chaos, they must decipher the Vortex's secrets - and fast, because the villainous Mr. Knife has kidnapped some of their team! Beast and Kitty travel to Spartax to study the Vortex Book, as Storm formulates a plan to break into Mr. Knife's fortress.
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Illustrator by Darick Robertson. ... After being dragged back to the City that made him famous (and nearly drove him insane), outlaw journalist Spider Jerusalem is getting his old footing back. The stories are rolling in - nanotech consciousness downloads, dislocation disorders among cryogenic revivals, dispatches from the human culture reservations - and Jerusalem, with his shiny new apartment and fresh-from-the-strip-club assistant, is firing on all cylinders. It's too good to last, of course. But not even Spider Jerusalem could predict how fast it would all go downhill, or how quickly he would all go downhill, or ... |
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From the author of "Bravo Two Zero" - Andy McNab.
This book is a special edition of "Quick Reads" series. ... This is the call he is always ready for. They've had word of a planned attack. That's why he's back here, opposite some suit who's trying to tell him what he needs to do. But he knows exactly what's required. Four men. Plain clothes. Eyes peeled. Three targets. Two cases. One car. Gibraltar isn't an ideal location. Too many people. Too many blind alleys. But then again, he's not the terrorist. Who knows what goes through their minds? Well, he will soon. If ... |
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The greatest war novel of all time. ... Paul Baumer enlisted with his classmates in the German army of World War I. Youthful, enthusiastic, they become soldiers. But despite what they have learned, they break into pieces under the first bombardment in the trenches. And as horrible war plods on year after year, Paul holds fast to a single vow: to fight against the principles of hate that meaninglessly pits young men of the same generation but different uniforms against each other - if only he can come out of the war alive.
"The world has a great writer in Erich Maria Remarque. He is a craftsman of unquestionably ... |
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Quick reads by great writers.
This book is a special edition of "Quick Reads" series. ... "To buy books would be a good thing", observed Arthur Schopenhauer, "if we also could buy the time to read them". All devoted readers long for more time to spend with their books, and the next best thing to buying time is making the most of the available moments. "Great Short Short Stories: Quick Reads by Great Writers" offers that opportunity. An outstanding collection of 30 brilliant short stories, each just six or fewer pages in length, it provides the chance to absorb an entire story (or ... |
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Трето издание на най-популярната книга на Джеръми Паксман - "Англичаните. Портрет на един народ". ... "Англичаните. Портрет на един народ" е увлекателна книга, едновременно сериозна и забавна, остра, ангажираща и ангажирана, аргументирана и стилна – накратко, такава, каквато публицистиката трябва да бъде.
Джеръми Паксман - най-известният политически журналист и водещ на Би Би Си, е автор на поредица популярни и търсени книги, сред които и бестселърът "Англичаните. Портрет на един народ". Майстор на безмилостните въпроси, Джеръми Паксман е носител на редица престижни награди за публицистика, ... |
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To facilitate the study of 257 important homeopathic remedies ...
Easy mastering of the Repertory
Fast discovery of key symptoms
Reliable confirmation of your prescription
Handy help for teachers and students
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