Pokračování knih Trůn z dračích kostí a Kámen rozluky. Knihy, v níž se, stejně tak jako v předešlých, proplétá válka s magií, romance se zradou a vše spojuje bohatý děj. Věž Zeleného anděla přináší dokončení magického konfliktu, který porušil hranice času a prostoru a vrhl proti sobě bytosti různých ras a kultur.
Portréty tří hlavních postav beatnické generace v americké literatuře 50. a 60. let.
Jošuova armáda se přesouvá do Nabbanu. V noci pronikají do tábora tři Norni, kteří chtějí zabít rytíře Camarise. Vše ale proběhne jinak... Sithové spolu s Maegwin, Eolairem a Isornem obléhají Naglimund. Ruiny hradu ale ovládají Nornové, a tak vypukne zuřivá bitva... Souběžně s tím se Simon a Miramele vydávají na hrad Hayholt, kde se princezna chce setkat se svým otcem, králem Eliášem... Pokračování knih Trůn z dračích kostí a Kámen rozluky. Knihy, v níž se, stejně tak jako v předešlých, proplétá válka s magií, romance se zradou a vše spojuje bohatý děj. Věž Zeleného anděla přináší dokončení magického konfliktu, který porušil hranice času a prostoru a vrhl proti sobě bytosti různých ras a kultur.
Úplný průvodce hudbou skupiny The Doors. „Neustále se snažím, aby ve všem, co dělám, byl náznak ironie.“ – Jim Morrison
Několik hodin před vlastní popravou diktuje Marjorie Standifordová své paměti. Loupila a vraždila spolu se svým manželem Lamontem a milenkou Natalií po celém Jihozápadě, přesto tvrdí, že ona sama nikoho nezabila. Aby zajistila svému synovi budoucnost, dala si vyplatit od známého spisovatele honorář za to, že mu přenechá svůj příběh…
L'errore di un computer, l'incoscienza di pochi uomini e si scatena la fine del mondo. Il morbo sfuggito a un segretissimo laboratorio semina morte e terrore. Il novantanove per cento della popolazione della terra non sopravvive all'apocalittica epidemia e per i pochi scampati c'è una guerra ancora tutta da combattere, una lotta eterna e fatale tra chi ha deciso di seguire il bene e appoggiarsi alle fragili spalle di Mother Abagail, la veggente ultracentenaria, e chi invece ha scelto di calcare le orme di Randall, il Senza Volto, il Male, il Signore delle Tenebre.
As dazzling as the decade they dominated, The Beatles almost single-handedly created pop music as we know it. Today, their songs are cited as seminal influences by stars like Oasis and Blur. This book goes back to the heart of The Beatles - their records.
Part one of the epic conclusion to Tad Williams' classic fantasy series MEMORY, SORROW AND THORN, set in the fantasy world of Osten Ard.
Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY is a heart-wrenching story of escape, love and comic-book heroes set in Prague, New York and the Arctic. One night in 1939, Josef Kavalier shuffles into his cousin Sam Clay's cramped New York bedroom, his nerve-racking escape from Prague finally achieved. Little does he realise that this is the beginning of an extraordinary friendship and even more fruitful business partnership. Together, they create a comic strip called 'The Escapist', its superhero a Nazi-busting saviour who liberates the oppressed around the world. 'The Escapist' makes their fortune, but Joe can think of only one thing: how can he effect a real-life escape and free his family from the tyranny of Hitler? Michael Chabon's exceptional novel is a thrilling tightrope walk between high comedy and bitter tragedy. In Joe Kavalier and Sam Clay he has created two unforgettable characters bound together by love, family and cartoons.
Na obálce chybně jméno autora John Edwards, správným autorem je Edward Douglas.
On the world called Hyperion the mysterious Time Tombs are opening and seven pilgrims risk their lives to petition the entity called the Shrike - a creature that may well control the fate of all mankind.The Hegemony of Man - a thousand thousand worlds linked by a network of farcaster portals and high-tech gateways - is under siege by Ousters, strange, half-human tribes mutated almost beyond recognition.The AIs - Artificial Intelligences whose synthetic wisdom created and maintains the nets that bind the Hegemony - have become a threat; it seems they have turned against the Hegemony and all mankind. And there is evidence that they have begun a project to create the Ultimate Intelligence - to build, in short, God. God of Machines: the ultimate deus ex machina. His genesis may well mean man's annihilation.Something is drawing the Hegemony, the AIs, the Ousters, and indeed the entire universe, towards the Shrike and the Time Tombs from which it has arisen. In a moment the paths of man, machine and god will intersect. Nothing will ever be the same.
An Henry Miller, dem Vater der Beat-Generation, dem Avantgardisten, dem Nonkonformisten, scheiden sich die Geister. Der Autor von "Wendekreis des Krebses" wird mal als einer der genialsten Schriftsteller unserer Jahrhunderts gefeiert, weil er die Grenzen der Literatur sprengte, mal wird er als pornografischer Schreiberling diffamiert. Einige halten ihn für einen Propheten der sexuellen Befreiung, andere für einen Perversen.§Auch Erica Jong sah sich nach der Veröffentlichung von "Angst vorm Fliegen" ähnlichen Vorwürfen ausgesetzt wie Henry Miller. Anfangs begegnete sie ihm mit Skepsis und Abwehr. Als Miller ihr jedoch einen Brief voller Bewunderung für ihren Roman schreibt, beginnt eine intensive Freundschaft, die erst mit Millers Tod ein Ende haben sollte.
After the death of her mother, author and journalist Helen Epstein set out to uncover her mother's past and to learn more about her grandmother and great- grandmother, victims of the Holocaust. The result is this compelling biography, both a chronicle of three generations of women and a social history of Czechoslovakia's Jews.
Konečně máte příležitost si vyjasnit širší a přesnější souvislosti Cohenova života a dešifrovat přinejmenším hlavní hrdiny jeho románů a písní. Tato kniha vychází přímo z Cohenova díla samého.
Richard, il protagonista di questo racconto, è un giovane inglese amante dell'avventura. In vacanza a Bangkok, nell'albergo in cui si trova, viene svegliato di notte dal vicino di stanza ubriaco, che gli parla di una misteriosa spiaggia. Richard trova, il giorno, dopo una mappa attaccata alla porta della stanza. Insieme a una coppia di turisti francesi, scoprirà l'isola vietata al turismo di massa e abitata da una comunità sui generis, che si è data proprie regole di vita. Da questo romanzo è stato tratto il film "The Beach".
Poslední část volné trilogie, navazující na romány Strach vzlétnout (1973) a Jak si zachránit vlastní život (1977), o inteligentní a velmi temperamentní spisovatelce, která řeší problémy mateřství ambiciózní ženy, vztahy k rodině, rodičům i prarodičům.
In Osten Ard, the evil of the Storm King covers the land, the country is riven by war, and nature, unbalanced by the tide of evil, slips into a permanent winter. Simon, once a kitchen boy, now a hero hiding in the troll stronghold of Yiquanuc, has prophetic dreams ... only he and his companions can save the land, but to do this he must embark on the second part of his quest ... to the Stone of Farewell.
The Classic Novel of Life and Death in an American Hospital
Now a classic! The hilarious novel of the healing arts that reveals everything your doctor never wanted you to know. Six eager interns -- they saw themselves as modern saviors-to-be. They came from the top of their medical school class to the bottom of the hospital staff to serve a year in the time-honored tradition, racing to answer the flash of on-duty call lights and nubile nurses. But only the Fat Man --the Clam, all-knowing resident -- could sustain them in their struggle to survive, to stay sane, to love-and even to be doctors when their harrowing year was done.
Max Tivoli is writing the story of his life. He is nearly seventy years old, but he looks as if he is only seven - for Max is ageing backwards. The tragedy of Max's life was to fall in love at seventeen with Alice, a girl his own age - but to her, Max looks like an unappealingly middle-aged man. However when Max reaches the age of thirty-five, with an appearance to match, he has his second chance at love. But tragedy befalls this star-crossed couple, and desperate measures are required.
A whimsical look into a swift and creative mind, Skywriting By Word of Mouth will remind everyone what John Lennon was really like, and why he is still remembered with so much love. 31 line drawings.
La principale protagonista di questo romanzo radicale di Ballard vive un matrimonio ridotto a abitudini monotone. Dopo un bizzarro incidente stradale, lui e sua moglie Catherine entrano in contatto con un gruppo guidato dall'eccentrico dottor Robert Vaughan, le cui ricerche e pratiche obsessive si concentrano sulle energie sessuali liberate dagli incidenti automobilistici. Mentre il sogno fanatico di Vaughan di provocare un mortale incidente frontale con la star del cinema Elizabeth Taylor rischia di fallire, Ballard, ormai in preda alla decadenza, concepisce incidenti stradali sempre più estremi per spingere al limite la nuova scoperta di piacere nella perversa fusione tra uomo e macchina. La maestria di J.G. Ballard nel creare una parabola sulla morte e il delirio del progresso tecnologico amalgama il sesso perverso con l'individualismo di massa. L'opera di Ballard rimane un testo chiave non solo per il ventesimo secolo, grazie anche alla sua trasposizione cinematografica da parte di David Cronenberg.
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Úplný průvodce hudbou skupiny The Doors. „Neustále se snažím, aby ve všem, co dělám, byl náznak ironie.“ – Jim Morrison
