Художествена литература - Страница 440

More than three thousand years have passed since the first events recorded in DUNE. Only one link survives with those tumultuous times: the grotesque figure of Leto Atreides, son of the prophet Paul Muad'Dib, and now the virtually immortal God Emperor of Dune. He alone understands the future, and he..

The long-established galactic order is passing. The Honoured Matres, ruthless and all-conquering, have destroyed the planet Dune. In opposition, hard-pressed but still fighting back, the Bene Gesserit sisterhood co-ordinate their resistance from their as-yet undiscovered home world, Chapter House. N..

Herbert's evocative, epic tales are set on the desert planet Arrakis, the focus for a complex political and military struggle with galaxy-wide repercussions. Arrakis is the source of spice, a mind enhancing drug which makes interstellar travel possible; it is the most valuable substance in the galax..

Taking the events and characters of the Iliad as his jumping- off point, Dan Simmons has created an epic of time travel and savage warfare. Travellers from 40,000 years in the future return to Homer's Greece and rewrite history forever, their technology impacting on the population in a godlike fashi..

When all the questions of space, time, matter and the nature of being have been resolved, only one question remains: Where shall we have dinner? The Restaurant at the End of the Universe is the obvious answer, as it provides the ultimate gastronomic experience, and for once, there is no morning afte..

A compilation of both vintage and never-before-collected Asimov stories. It features works such as "Little Lost Robot", "The Feeling of Power" and "The Last Question". Recent books published by the author include "Robots and Empire" and "Foundation and Earth"...

The Discworld is an unpredictable place, what with rivers you can skateboard across (if they weren't so knobbly), rocks that like a stroll about of an evening and points of raw magic that can turn a body inside out soon as look at it. For safety's sake, you need a guide! The DISCWORLD COMPANION cont..

Щaм нa Юдa (cъщ.) – нaучeн тepмин зa opгaнизъм, кoйтo пpичинявa измиpaнeтo нa цял живoтинcки или pacтитeлeн видOт дълбинитe нa Индийcкия oкeaн ce e нaдигнaлa чумa, cпocoбнa дa изтpиe чoвeчecтвoтo oт лицeтo нa Зeмятa – бoлecт нeпoзнaтa и нeлeчимa…. Ha дpугия кpaй нa cвeтa кoмaндиp Гpeй Пиъpc пpa..

Амос Оз, един от най-популярните еврейски писатели, е създал книга за тайния агент на Мосад Йоел Равив, известен сред колегите му като "самоходния детектор на лъжата".Цял живот Йоел умело предотвратява заговори срещу Израел, надушва и чуждите, и вътрешните врагове на родината. Ала жена му умира..

Романът Момче или момиче е виртуозна интерпретация на мит, взет от Метаморфози на Овидий. Историята за Ифис от остров Крит, преобразена от боговете от момиче в момче, всъщност е най-щастливо завършилата любовна история. Али Смит е сътворила дръзка книга, пълна със смели политически послания и болез..

    Краят на света е тук    Разгадаването на тайната на Седемте древни чудеса на света беше само началото… След вълнуващите подвизи в „Седемте смъртоносни чудеса” свръхвойникът Джак Уест-младши и верният му екип от търсачи на приключения са отново на ход. ..

The bonds and wards that hold the Great Lord of the Dark are slowly failing, but still his fragile prison holds. The Forsaken, immortal servants of the Shadow, weave their snares and tighten their grip upon the realms of men, sue in the knowledge that their master will soon break free.Rand al'Thor, ..