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The Dosadi Experiment	Macmillan Publishers USA
Автор: Frank Herbert Издательство: Macmillan Publishers, 2002	PDF, 320 страниц, 9.60 МБ 8 Оценка:
Generations of a tormented human-alien people, caged on a toxic planet, are conditioned by constant hunger and war. They are subjects of the Dosadi Experiment, which has succeeded too well. For the Dosadi have bred for vengeance as well as cunning, and they have learned how to pass through the God Wall to exact revenge on the Universe that created them. From the author of the classic Dune series.
1156 admin 18 июля 2009	Скачать книгу

Dune: The Butlerian Jihad	Macmillan Publishers USA
Автор: Brian Herbert Издательство: Macmillan Publishers, 2003	PDF, 704 страницы, 21.12 МБ 0 Оценка:
Frank Herbert’s Dune series is one of the great creations of imaginative literature, science fiction’s answer to The Lord of the Rings. Decades after Herbert’s original novels, the Dune saga was continued by Frank Herbert’s son, Brian Herbert, in collaboration with Kevin J. Anderson. Working from Frank Herbert’s own notes, the acclaimed authors reveal the chapter of the Dune saga most eagerly anticipated by readers: the Butlerian Jihad. Throughout the Dune novels, Frank Herbert frequently referred to the war in which humans wrested their freedom from “thinking machines”. In Dune: The Butlerian Jihad, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson bring to life the story of that war, a tale previously seen only in tantalizing hints and clues. Finally, we see how Serena Butler’s passionate grief ignites the struggle that will liberate humans from their machine masters; here is the amazing tale of the Zensunni Wanderers, who escape bondage to flee to the desert world where they will declare themselves the Free Men of Dune. And here is the backward, nearly forgotten planet of Arrakis, where traders have discovered the remarkable properties of the spice melange....
2544 krot 13 декабря 2009	Скачать книгу

Dune: The Battle of Corrin	Macmillan Publishers USA
Автор: Brian Herbert Издательство: Macmillan Publishers, 2005	PDF, 704 страницы, 21.12 МБ 0 Оценка:
Following their internationally bestselling novelsDune: The Butlerian Jihad and Dune: The Machine Crusade, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson forge a final tumultuous finish to their prequels to Frank Herbert's Dune. It has been fifty-six hard years since the events of The Machine Crusade. Following the death of Serena Butler, the bloodiest decades of the Jihad take place. Synchronized Worlds and Unallied Planets are liberated one by one, and at long last, after years of victory, the human worlds begin to hope that the end of the centuries-long conflict with the thinking machines is finally in sight. Unfortunately, Omnius has one last, deadly card to play. In a last-ditch effort to destroy humankind, virulent plagues are let loose throughout the galaxy, decimating the populations of whole planets... and once again, the tide of the titanic struggle shifts against the warriors of the human race. At last, the war that has lasted many lifetimes will be decided in the apocalyptic Battle of Corrin. In the greatest battle in science fiction history, human and machine face off one last time... And on the desert planet of Arrakis, the legendary Fremen of Dune become the feared fighting force to be discovered by Paul Muad'Dib in Frank Herbert's classic, Dune.
2547 krot 14 августа 2009	Скачать книгу

Dune: The Machine Crusade	Macmillan Publishers USA
Автор: Brian Herbert Издательство: Macmillan Publishers, 2004	PDF, 800 страниц, 24.00 МБ 8 Оценка:
«The breathtaking vision and incomparable storytelling of Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson'sDune: The Butlerian Jihad, a prequel to Frank Herbert's classic Dune, propelled it to the ranks of speculative fiction's classics in its own right. Now, with all the color, scope, and fascination of the prior novel, comes Dune: The Machine Crusade. More than two decades have passed since the events chronicled in The Butlerian Jihad. The crusade against thinking robots has ground on for years, but the forces led by Serena Butler and Irbis Ginjo have made only slight gains; the human worlds grow weary of war, of the bloody, inconclusive swing from victory to defeat. The fearsome cymeks, led by Agamemnon, hatch new plots to regain their lost power from Omnius — as their numbers dwindle and time begins to run out. The fighters of Ginaz, led by Jool Noret, forge themselves into an elite warrior class, a weapon against the machine-dominated worlds. Aurelius Venport and Norma Cenva are on the verge of the most important discovery in human history — a way to «fold» space and travel instantaneously to any place in the galaxy. And on the faraway, nearly worthless planet of Arrakis, Selim Wormrider and his band of outlaws take the first steps to making themselves the feared fighters who will change the course of history: the Fremen. Here is the unrivaled imaginative power that has put Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson on bestseller lists everywhere and earned them the high regard of readers around the globe. The fantastic saga of Dune continues in Dune: The Machine Crusade.»
2892 admin 14 марта 2009	Скачать книгу

Elvenborn	Macmillan Publishers USA
Автор: Andre Norton Издательство: Macmillan Publishers, 2003	PDF, 480 страниц, 14.40 МБ 8 Оценка:
In this long-awaited new novel in The Halfblood Chronicles, fantasy greats Norton and Lackey tell the enthralling story of the reclusive elvenlord Kyrtian, who emerges as a hero in a world torn by politics and war. When his cousin, Aelmarkin, tries to prove that Kyrtian is unfit to run his estate, the plan backfires, and soon Kyrtian, who doesn't share the venal, greedy nature of his cousin, finds himself with more power than he ever wanted. Like his father before him, Kyrtian has always treated the humans on his estate like servants, instead of enslaving them as other elvenlords do. His father's legacy also leads Kyrtian to learn ancient military skills long since lost to elvenkind through the carelessness of the elvenlords. Kyrtian's rediscovered knowledge piques the interest of the current elvenlords, and soon Kyrtian finds himself appointed the new commander of the army, to the relief of his ruling peers. For the sons of the most powerful elvenlords, the Young Lords, have rebelled against their fathers and are waging war. But by taking advantage of both the privileges of his new command and the help of some unexpected new friends, Kyrtian finally gains the resources to embark on his own, personal quest — resuming his father's search for the Great Portal, the magical doorway through which the original elvenlords entered this world. As war rages between some sons and fathers, Kyrtian searches desperately for his own lost father, hoping to uncover not only the mystery of his disappearance, but also the secret behind the origin of elvenkind.
1734 admin 10 сентября 2008	Скачать книгу

Gunpowder Empire	Macmillan Publishers USA
Автор: Harry Turtledove Издательство: Macmillan Publishers, 2004	PDF, 288 страниц, 8.64 МБ 7 Оценка:
Jeremy Solter is a teenager growing up in the late 21st century. During the school year, his family lives in Southern California-but during the summer the whole family lives and works in the city of Polisso, on the frontier of the Roman Empire. Not the Roman Empire that fell centuries ago, but a Roman Empire that never fell. For we now have the technology to move between timelines, and to exploit the untapped resources of those timelines that are hospitable to human life. So we send traders and businesspeople-but as whole-family groups, in order to keep the secret of Crosstime Traffic to ourselves. But when Jeremy ducks back home for emergency medical treatment, the gateways stop working. So do all the communication links. Jeremy and his sister are on their own, Polisso is suddenly under siege, and there's only so much you can do when cannonballs are crashing through your roof...
1041 vitalysev 13 февраля 2009	Скачать книгу

Hungry as the Sea	Macmillan Publishers USA
Автор: Wilbur Smith Издательство: Macmillan Publishers, 1999	PDF, 501 страниц, 15.03 МБ 7 Оценка:
Wilbur Smith sets his vividly realistic novels on the razor's edge between human courage and nature's wrath. InHungry As The Sea, this master storyteller takes us to the frigid South Atlantic, where one man fights for his life — and for redemption. Nicholas Berg is steaming out of Cape Town aboard the salvage tug Warlock. Once Berg ruled an ocean-going empire. Now, his future has come down to a powerful boat and a daring rescue mission. One of his former ships is being lashed against the cliffs of Cape Alarm, surrounded by deadly icebergs and survivors clinging to their boats. Berg has gambled everything on reaching the Golden Adventurer before a competitor and a violent storm — to win a fortune in salvage fees. But if Nick Berg succeeds, and climbs back into the international shipping game, that's when the real danger will begin... From the power of a relentless ocean to the hunger of men to survive upon her, this is a towering novel of adventure, love and the daring of the human soul.
1807 mir215 04 июля 2009	Скачать книгу

Hunters of Dune	Macmillan Publishers USA
Автор: Brian Herbert Издательство: Macmillan Publishers, 2007	DjVu, 576 страниц, 23.04 МБ 0 Оценка:
Hunters of Dune and the concluding volume, Sandworms of Dune, bring together the great story lines and beloved characters in Frank Herbert’s classic Dune universe, ranging from the time of the Butlerian Jihad to the original Dune series and beyond. Based directly on Frank Herbert’s final outline, which lay hidden in a safe-deposit box for a decade, these two volumes will finally answer the urgent questions Dune fans have been debating for two decades. At the end of Chapterhouse: Dune — Frank Herbert’s final novel — a ship carrying the ghola of Duncan Idaho, Sheeana (a young woman who can control sandworms), and a crew of various refugees escapes into the uncharted galaxy, fleeing from the monstrous Honored Matres, dark counterparts to the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood. The nearly invincible Honored Matres have swarmed into the known universe, driven from their home by a terrifying, mysterious Enemy. As designed by the creative genius of Frank Herbert, the primary story of Hunters and Sandworms is the exotic odyssey of Duncan’s no-ship as it is forced to elude the diabolical traps set by the ferocious, unknown Enemy. To strengthen their forces, the fugitives have used genetic technology from Scytale, the last Tleilaxu Master, to revive key figures from Dune’s past — including Paul Muad’Dib and his beloved Chani, Lady Jessica, Stilgar, Thufir Hawat, and even Dr. Wellington Yueh. Each of these characters will use their special talents to meet the challenges thrown at them. Failure is unthinkable — not only is their survival at stake, but they hold the fate of the entire human race in their hands.
2086 nergon 27 сентября 2012	Скачать книгу

In High Places	Macmillan Publishers USA
Автор: Harry Turtledove Издательство: Macmillan Publishers, 2007	PDF, 272 страницы, 8.16 МБ 8 Оценка:
In the 21st-century Kingdom of Versailles, the roads are terrible and Paris is a dirty little town. Serfdom and slavery are both common, and no one thinks that's wrong. Why should they? Most people spend their lives doing backbreaking farm work anyway. But teenaged Khadija, daughter of a prosperous family of Moorish business travellers, is unfazed. That’s because Khadija is really Annette Klein from 21st-century California, and her whole family are secret agents of Crosstime Traffic, trading for commodities to send back to our own timeline. Now it's time for Annette and her family to go home for the start of another school year, so they join a pack train bound for their home base in Marseilles, where the crosstime portal is hidden. Then bandits attack while they're crossing the Pyrenees. Annette/Khadija is separated from her parents and knocked out, and wakes up to find herself a captive in a caravan of slaves being taken to the markets in the south. She's in a tight spot. Then the really scary thing happens: her purchasers take her, along with other newly purchased slaves, to an unofficial crosstime portal…leaving open the question of whether Crosstime Traffic will ever be able to recover her!
985 radius 27 августа 2009	Скачать книгу

Ivan's War: Life and Death in the Red Army, 1939-1945	Macmillan Publishers USA
Автор: Catherine Merridale Издательство: Macmillan Publishers, 2007	PDF, 480 страниц, 14.40 МБ 8 Оценка:
They died in vast numbers, eight million men and women driven forward in suicidal charges, shattered by German shells and tanks. They were the soldiers of the Red Army, an exhausted mass of recruits who confronted Europe's most lethal fighting force and by 1945 had defeated it. For sixty years, their experiences were suppressed, replaced by patriotic propaganda. We know how the soldiers died, but nearly nothing about how they lived, how they saw the world, or why they fought. In this ambitious, revelatory history, Catherine Merridale uncovers the harrowing story of who these soldiers were, and how they lived and died during the war.
1738 admin 11 июня 2009	Скачать книгу

Laika	Macmillan Publishers USA
Автор: Nick Abadzis Издательство: Macmillan Publishers, 2007	PDF, 208 страниц, 6.24 МБ 7 Оценка:
Laika was the abandoned puppy destined to become Earth's first space traveler. This is her journey. Nick Abadzis masterfully blends fiction and fact in the intertwined stories of three compelling lives. Along with Laika, there is Korolev, once a political prisoner, now a driven engineer at the top of the Soviet space program, and Yelena, the lab technician responsible for Laika's health and life. This intense triangle is rendered with the pitch-perfect emotionality of classics like Because of Winn Dixie, Shiloh, and Old Yeller. Abadzis gives life to a pivotal moment in modern history, casting light on the hidden moments of deep humanity behind history. Laika's story will speak straight to your heart.
753 anatoly_24 17 сентября 2012	Скачать книгу

Lazarus Vendetta	Macmillan Publishers USA
Автор: Robert Ludlum Издательство: Macmillan Publishers, 2005	PDF, 3.36 МБ 8 Оценка:
0 admin 7 декабря 2009	Скачать книгу

Less Than One: Selected Essays	Macmillan Publishers USA
Автор: Joseph Brodsky Издательство: Macmillan Publishers, 1987	PDF, 516 страниц, 15.48 МБ 0 Оценка:
«This collection of essays thrusts Brodsky — heretofore known more for his poetry and translations — into the forefront of the «Third Wave» of Russian emigre writers. His insights into the works of Dostoyevsky, Mandelstam, Platonov, as well as non-Russian poets Auden, Cavafy and Montale are brilliant. While the Western popularity of many other Third Wavers has been stunted by their inability to write in English, Brodsky consumed the language to attain a «closer proximity» to poets such as Auden. The book, which won a National Book Critics Circle Award, opens and closes with revealing autobiographical essay.»
1850 nerv-patolog 15 апреля 2009	Скачать книгу

Murder in Vegas	Macmillan Publishers USA
Автор: Michael Connelly Издательство: Macmillan Publishers, 2008	PDF, 400 страниц, 12.00 МБ 8 Оценка:
Las Vegas. Lost Wages. Sin City. An artificial oasis of pleasure, spectacle, and entertainment, the gambling capital of America has reinvented itself so many times that its doubtful that anyone knows for sure what's real and what isn't in the miles of neon and scorching heat. Las Vegas is considered the ultimate players destination-no matter what your game. Almost anything is available-for a price, mind you, and sometimes losers walk away from the tables with even less than just an empty wallet or purse-sometimes they don't walk away at all. Now the International Association of Crime Writers and New York Times-bestselling author Michael Connelly have gathered twenty-two crime and mystery stories about the ultimate playground, Las Vegas, and what can happen behind the glitz and glamour. Come to the true city that never sleeps, where fortunes are made and lost every day, and where snake-eyes aren't found just on a pair of dice.
1449 admin 15 апреля 2012	Скачать книгу

Ideas: Spaces	Macmillan Publishers USA
Автор: F. De Haro Издательство: Macmillan Publishers, 2005	PDF, 3.36 МБ 8 Оценка:
0 admin 7 декабря 2009	Скачать книгу

Natasha	Macmillan Publishers USA
Автор: David Bezmozgis Издательство: Macmillan Publishers, 2005	PDF, 160 страниц, 4.80 МБ 8 Оценка:
A dazzling debut, and a publishing phenomenon: the tender, savagely funny collection from a young immigrant who has taken the critics by storm. Few readers had heard of David Bezmozgis before May 2003, when Harper’s, Zoetrope, and The New Yorker all printed stories from his forthcoming collection. In the space of a few weeks, America thus met the Bermans — Bella and Roman and their son, Mark — Russian Jews who have fled the Riga of Brezhnev for Toronto, the city of their dreams. Told through Mark’s eyes, the stories in Natasha possess a serious wit and uniquely Jewish perspective that recall the first published stories of Bernard Malamud and Philip Roth, not to mention the recent work of Jhumpa Lahiri, Nathan Englander, and Adam Haslett.
578 admin 26 марта 2008	Скачать книгу

Nativity Poems	Macmillan Publishers USA
Автор: Joseph Brodsky Издательство: Macmillan Publishers, 2002	PDF, 128 страниц, 3.84 МБ 7 Оценка:
In Nativity Poems six superb poets in English have come together to translate the ten as yet untranslated poems from this sequence, and the poems are presented in English in their entirety in a beautiful, pocket-sized edition illustrated with Mikhail Lemkhin's photographs of winter-time St. Petersburg.
462 liego55 20 октрября 2009	Скачать книгу

One for the Money	Macmillan Publishers USA
Автор: Janet Evanovich Издательство: Macmillan Publishers, 2003	DjVu, 352 страницы, 14.08 МБ 5 Оценка:
1272 anarho 23 декабря 2009	Скачать книгу

Power of the Sword	Macmillan Publishers USA
Автор: Wilbur Smith Издательство: Macmillan Publishers, 2007	PDF, 880 страниц, 26.40 МБ 8 Оценка:
Sasha Courtney was groomed by his French-born mother to take control of the Courtney Mining and Finance Company, whose font of wealth was sown deep beneath African soil. But Sasha’s brother, Manfred, had been trained by his renegade father to be a hunter — of lions, and of men. As the two boys became men, they took on the extraordinary powers of each parent: Sasha, a man in tune with his continent and its people; Manfred who, like his father, was willing to shape his world with a gun. So when the winds of World War II reached Africa, each brother chose a side… Now, the future of a young nation is being forged amidst a clash of civilizations, ideals, and blood feuds. And as Sasha and Manfred rise to power, a land of beauty and suffering will be remade — for better or for worse — in an image of their own
3187 admin 27 сентября 2012	Скачать книгу

The Road to Dune	Macmillan Publishers USA
Автор: Frank Herbert Издательство: Macmillan Publishers, 2006	PDF, 464 страницы, 13.92 МБ 0 Оценка:
«Frank Herbert's Dune is widely known as the science fiction equivalent of The Lord of the Rings. Now The Road to Dune is a companion work comparable to The Silmarillion, shedding light on and following the remarkable development of the bestselling science fiction novel of all time. In this fascinating volume, the world's millions of Dune fans can read — at long last — the unpublished chapters and scenes from Dune and Dune Messiah. The Road to Dune also includes some of the original correspondence between Frank Herbert and famed editor John W. Campbell, Jr., along with other correspondence during Herbert's years-long struggle to get his innovative work published, and the article «They Stopped the Moving Sands», Herbert's original inspiration for Dune. The Road to Dune also features newly discovered papers and manuscripts of Frank Herbert, and Spice Planet, an original novel by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, based on a detailed outline left by Frank Herbert. The Road to Dune is a treasure trove of essays, articles, and fiction that every reader of Dune will want to add to their shelf.»
1679 biomg 25 апреля 2010	Скачать книгу

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