A kis szellem minden éjjel pontban éjfélkor f?lébred. Vígan járja Bagolyk? várának ?sszes termét, és meglátogatja ?reg barátját, Uhu bácsit. De k?zben arról ábrándozik, milyen jó lenne nappal látni a világot! Csupán egyetlenegyszer… Addig nem nyugszik, míg egy ver?fényes napon a kívánsága váratlanul nem teljesül. Ekkor izgalmas kalandok sora veszi kezdetét, és nemcsak a kis szellem számára… A Kolibri Klasszikusok sorozatban a Torzonborz-t?rténetek után egy újabb Otfried Preussler meseh?s, a kis szellem válhat generációk kedvencévé.

High into air are the great New York buildings lifted by a ray whose source no telescope can find.It seemed only fitting and proper that the greatest of all leaps into space should start from Roosevelt Field, where so many great flights had begun and ended. Fliers whose names had rung—for a space—around the world, had landed here and been received by New York with all the pomp of visiting kings. Fliers had departed here for the lands of kings, to be received by them when their journeys were ended. Of course Lucian Jeter and Tema Eyer were disappointed that Franz Kress had beaten them out in the race to be first into the stratosphere above fifty-five thousand feet. There was a chance that Kress would fail, when it would be the turn of Jeter and Eyer. They didn't wish for his failure, of course. They were sports-men as well as scientists; but they were just human enough to anticipate the plaudits of the world which would be showered without stint upon the fliers who succeeded. The warship simply vanished into the night sky. "At least, Tema," said Jeter quietly, "we can look his ship over and see if there is anything about it that will suggest something to us. Of course, whether he succeeds or fails, we shall make the attempt as soon as we are ready.""Indeed, yes," replied Eyer. "For no man will ever fly so high that another may not fly even higher. Once planes are constructed of unlimited flying radius ... well, the universe is large and there should be no end of space fights for a long time."

Die Hirtin und der Schornsteinfeger Die Helden des M?rchens sind Porzellanfiguren: eine Hirtin, ein Schornsteinfeger und ein alter? Chinese, der will, dass die hübsche Hirtin einen geschnitzten Feldwebel heiratet. Das M?dchen ist damit nicht einverstanden, weil sein kleines Herz schon lange für den?? Schornsteinfeger schl?gt. Was passiert weiter?? Das k?nnt ihr hier erfahren. Die Erz?hlung ist sch?n und farbig illustriert.

A háború el?szele már mindenütt érezhet?: az utakat másfajúak renegát csapatai tartják rettegésben, a városok utcáin rejtélyes halálesetek t?rténnek. A királyok nem bíznak t?bbé a varázslókban, akik azt képzelik, varázshatalmuk feljogosítja ?ket, hogy beleártsák magukat a politikába. Némelyikük a szabad országok javáért cselekszik, mások ?n?s érdekb?l, de a varázslók álságos mosolya és felszínes csevegése m?g?tt sorsd?nt? játszmák zajlanak. Ríviai Geralt mindig is büszke volt semlegességére. A vaják korábban úgy gondolta, elegend?, hogy a saját sorsáról d?nts?n… csakhogy akkor még nem kellett mások miatt aggódnia. Egyedül k?nny? semlegesnek maradni, de ha egy kislány élete a tét, már nem annyira. Geralt igyekszik mindent megtenni Ciri védelmében.  

A young girl named Fanny Price comes to live with her wealthy uncle and aunt, Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram. Fanny's family is quite poor; her mother, unlike her sister Lady Bertram, married beneath her, and Fanny's father, a sailor, is disabled and drinks heavily. Fanny is abused by her other aunt, Mrs. Norris, a busybody who runs things at Mansfield Park, the Bertrams' estate. The Bertram daughters, Maria and Julia, are shallow, rather cruel girls, intent on marrying well and being fashionable. The elder son, Tom, is a roustabout and a drunk. Fanny finds solace only in the friendship of the younger son, Edmund, who is planning to be a clergyman. Fanny grows up shy and deferential, caught as she typically is between members of the Bertram family. Sir Thomas leaves Mansfield Park for Antigua, where he owns plantations. In his absence, two new figures arrive at Mansfield: Henry and Mary Crawford, the brother and sister of the local minister's wife. Henry and Mary are attractive and cheerful, and they soon become indispensable members of the Mansfield circle. Henry flirts extensively with Maria, who is engaged to marry the boring but wealthy Rushworth. He also flirts with Julia when it suits his purposes. At first, Mary is interested in Tom, the older son and heir, but she soon realizes that he is boring and not really interested in her. She finds herself increasingly attracted to Edmund, although the prospect of marrying a clergyman does not appeal to her, and she is often cruel to him on this account. In the meantime, Fanny has innocently fallen in love with Edmund, although she does not even admit this to herself. Yates, a visiting friend of Tom's, proposes that the group should put on a play. His idea is eagerly received by all except for Edmund and Fanny, who are horrified at the idea of acting. The play goes on anyways, however; Maria and Henry, as well as Mary and Edmund (who has been prevailed upon to take a role to avoid bringing in an outsider to play it), get to play some rather racy scenes with one another. When one of the women cannot make a rehearsal, Fanny is pressured to take a role. She is almost forced to give in when Sir Thomas makes a sudden entrance, having arrived from Antigua. Sir Thomas is unhappy about the play and quickly puts a stop to the improprieties. Since Henry has not declared his love, Maria is married to Rushworth. She and Julia leave Mansfield Park for London. Relationships between the Crawfords and the Bertrams intensify. Edmund nearly proposes to Mary several times, but her condescension and amorality always stop him at the last minute. He confides his feelings to Fanny, who is secretly upset by them. In the meantime, on a lark, Henry has decided to woo Fanny. He is surprised to find himself sincerely in love with her. Fanny has become indispensable as a companion to her aunt and uncle, and on the occasion of her brother William's visit, they give a ball in her honor. Some time after the ball, Henry helps William get a promotion in the Navy. Using this as leverage, he proposes to Fanny, who is mortified and refuses. He continues to pursue her. Her uncle is disappointed that she has refused such a wealthy man, and, as an indirect result, she is sent to stay with her parents in their filthy house. Meanwhile, Edmund has been ordained and continues to debate over his relationship with Mary, to Fanny's dismay. Henry comes to see Fanny at her parents' and renews his suit. He then leaves to take care of business on his estate. Fanny continues to receive letters from Mary encouraging her to take Henry's proposal. A series of events then happen in rapid succession: Tom Bertram falls dangerously ill as a result of his partying and nearly dies; Henry, who has gone not to his estate but to see friends, has run off with the married Maria; Julia, upset over her sister's rash act, elopes with Yates, Tom's friend. Julia and Yates are reconciled to the family. Edmund finally comes and marries Fanny

Das Buch enth?lt drei wundersch?ne M?rchen. ?Die Hirtin und der Schornsteinfeger“ ist eine fr?hliche Geschichte über Porzellanfiguren, die eine alte Kommode bewohnen. ?Das kleine M?dchen mit den Schwefelh?lzern“ ist eine traurige Erz?hlung über ein M?dchen, das Streichh?lzer am Heiligabend verkaufen muss. “Fünf aus einer Schote“ ist eine rührende Geschichte über ein krankes M?dchen, in dessen Leben unerwartet ein kleines Erbsenkorn auftaucht. Alle Erz?hlungen sind sch?n und farbig illustriert. Die Hirtin und der Schornsteinfeger Die Helden des M?rchens sind Porzellanfiguren: eine Hirtin, ein Schornsteinfeger und ein alter? Chinese, der will, dass die hübsche Hirtin einen geschnitzten Feldwebel heiratet. Das M?dchen ist damit nicht einverstanden, weil sein kleines Herz schon lange für den?? Schornsteinfeger schl?gt. Was passiert weiter?? Das k?nnt ihr hier erfahren. Die Erz?hlung ist sch?n und farbig illustriert. Das kleine M?dchen mit den Schwefelh?lzern Dies ist eines der berühmtesten M?rchen,? das jedes Kind lesen sollte. Es ist eine berührende? Geschichte über? ein armes M?dchen, das? an einem kalten Heiligabend versucht Schwefelh?lzer an die? Passanten zu verkaufen. Was wird mit dem M?dchen weiter geschehen? Ihr k?nnt es hier lesen. Die Erz?hlung ist sch?n und farbig illustriert. Fünf aus einer Schote Es ist eine Erz?hlung über eine kleine Erbse, die durch einen Spalt im Dachgeschoss in eine Wohnung reinf?llt. Dort lebt eine Frau mit ihrer kleinen Tochter, Karolina. Das M?dchen ist? schwer krank und kann seit langem? sein Bett nicht verlassen. Karolina beobachtet mit Neugier die Pflanze, die aus dem Korn w?chst. Was passiert im Leben des M?dchens?? Lest weiter!? Die Erz?hlung ist sch?n und farbig illustriert.?

Skye a világon mindennél jobban szereti az ikertesóját, Summert. Mindig mindent együtt csinálnak, ám a Skye újabban kezdi azt érezni, teljesen elt?nik testvére árnyékában, mellette mindig csak a második legjobb lehet. Emiatt is érinti annyira fájdalmasan, mikor kiderül, Alfie is csak azért barátkozik vele, hogy meghódíthassa Summer szívét. Skye szeretne ?nmaga lenni, megmutatni saját stílusát és egyéniségét. De nem k?nny? elszánnia magát, hiszen egy t?kéletes, men? és népszer? ikertestvér mellett miért lenne bárki pont rá kíváncsi? ?t lány, ?t néz?pont, ?t k?nyv. Cherry után a Mályvacukor égboltból megismerjük Skye t?rténetét. Egy k?nyvsorozat, melyben minden testvérnek megvan a maga t?rténete Neked melyik lány lesz a kedvenced? Talán a Mályvacukor égbolt f?h?se, Skye? ? az a lány, akinek sz?ke, hullámos a haja, kék a szeme, egy kissé talán kül?nc, de mindig vidám, kedves és barátságos. Igazi egyéniség. A szerz?r?l: Cathy Cassidy nyolc-kilencéves korában írta meg els? képesk?nyvét kis?ccsének, és azóta ontja magából a t?rténeteket. Magyarul els?ként a Csajok és csokik-sorozata jelent meg (a Cseresznyés ábrándot most a második k?tet, a Mályvacukor égbolt k?veti), melynek a vagány Tanberry-n?vérek a f?h?sei. De mellettük felt?nik néhány szupermen? srác is, valamint Cathy egyik legnagyobb szerelme, a csokoládé is fontos szerepet kap. Cathy Skóciában él a családjával. Az ?sszes munka k?zül, amivel valaha megpróbálkozott, az írást szereti a legjobban hiszen amikor ír, mást sem kell csinálnia, mint ébren álmodozni egész álló nap.

In 1888 a client, Mary Morstan, comes with two puzzles for Holmes. The first is the disappearance of her father Captain Arthur Morstan in December 1878 and the second is that she has received 6 pearls in the mail from an anonymous benefactor once a year since 1882, since she answered an anonymous newspaper query inquiring for her. With the last pearl she has received a letter remarking that she has been a wronged woman and asks for meeting. Holmes takes the case and soon discovers that Major Sholto — Morstan's only friend who had denied seeing Morstan — had died in 1882 and that within a short span of time Mary began to receive the pearls, implying a connection. The only clue Mary can give Holmes is a map of a fortress with the names of Jonathan Small and three Sikhs, who are named Dost Akbar, Abdullah Khan, and Mahomet Singh. Holmes, Watson, and Mary meet Thaddeus Sholto, the son of the late Major Sholto and Capt Morstan's Army friend who has sent her the pearls. Thaddeus remarks that his father had a paranoid fear of one-legged men and confirms that Mary's father had seen the Major the night he died. That night, in a quarrel about an Agra Treasure, Morstan — who was in weak health — suffered a heart attack. Not wanting to bring attention to the object of the quarrel to public notice, Sholto disposed of the body and hid the treasure. However his own health became worse when he received a letter from India. Dying, he called his two sons and confessed to Morstan's death and was about to divulge the location of the treasure when he suddenly cried "Keep him out!". The puzzled sons glimpsed a face in the window but the only trace was a single footstep in the dirt. On their father's body is a note reading "The Sign of Four". Both brothers quarreled over whether a legacy should be left to Mary Morstan and Thaddeus left his brother Bartholomew, taking a chaplet and sending its pearls to Mary. The reason he sent the letter is that Bartholomew has found the treasure and possibly Thaddeus and Mary might confront him for a division of it. Bartholomew is found dead in his home from a poison dart and the treasure is missing. While the police wrongly take Thaddeus in as a suspect Holmes deduces that there are two persons involved in the murder: a one-legged man, Jonathan Small, as well as another "small" accomplice. He traces them to a boat landing where Small has hired a launch named the Aurora. With the help of his Baker Street Irregulars and his own disguise Holmes traces the launch. In a Police launch Holmes and Watson chase the Aurora and capture it but in the process end up killing the "small" companion after he attempts to kill Holmes with a poisoned dart shot from a blow-pipe. Small tries to escape but is captured. However the iron treasure box is empty; Small claims to have dumped the treasure over the side during the chase.

The book's protagonist is an English scientist and gentleman inventor living in Richmond, Surrey in Victorian England, and identified by a narrator simply as the Time Traveller. The narrator recounts the Traveller's lecture to his weekly dinner guests that time is simply a fourth dimension, and his demonstration of a tabletop model machine for travelling through it. He reveals that he has built a machine capable of carrying a person, and returns at dinner the following week to recount a remarkable tale, becoming the new narrator.In the new narrative, the Time Traveller tests his device with a journey that takes him to A.D. 802,701, where he meets the Eloi, a society of small, elegant, childlike adults. They live in small communities within large and futuristic yet slowly deteriorating buildings, doing no work and having a frugivorous diet. His efforts to communicate with them are hampered by their lack of curiosity or discipline, and he speculates that they are a peaceful communist society, the result of humanity conquering nature with technology, and subsequently evolving to adapt to an environment in which strength and intellect are no longer advantageous to survival. Returning to the site where he arrived, the Time Traveller is shocked to find his time machine missing, and eventually works out that it has been dragged by some unknown party into a nearby structure with heavy doors, locked from the inside, which resembles a Sphinx. Later in the dark, he is approached menacingly by the Morlocks, ape-like troglodytes who live in darkness underground and surface only at night. Within their dwellings he discovers the machinery and industry that makes the above-ground paradise possible. He alters his theory, speculating that the human race has evolved into two species: the leisured classes have become the ineffectual Eloi, and the downtrodden working classes have become the brutish light-fearing Morlocks. Deducing that the Morlocks have taken his time machine, he explores the Morlock tunnels, learning that they feed on the Eloi. His revised analysis is that their relationship is not one of lords and servants but of livestock and ranchers. The Time Traveller theorizes that intelligence is the result of and response to danger; with no real challenges facing the Eloi, they have lost the spirit, intelligence, and physical fitness of humanity at its peak. Meanwhile, he saves an Eloi named Weena from drowning as none of the other Eloi take any notice of her plight, and they develop an innocently affectionate relationship over the course of several days. He takes Weena with him on an expedition to a distant structure that turns out to be the remains of a museum, where he finds a fresh supply of matches and fashions a crude weapon against Morlocks, whom he fears he must fight to get back his machine. He plans to take Weena back to his own time. Because the long and tiring journey back to Weena's home is too much for them, they stop in the forest, and they are then overcome by Morlocks in the night, and Weena faints. The Traveller escapes only when a small fire he had left behind them to distract the Morlocks catches up to them as a forest fire; Weena is presumably lost in the fire, as are the Morlocks. The Morlocks use the time machine as bait to ensnare the Traveller, not understanding that he will use it to escape. He travels further ahead to roughly 30 million years from his own time. There he sees some of the last living things on a dying Earth, menacing reddish crab-like creatures slowly wandering the blood-red beaches chasing butterflies in a world covered in simple lichenous vegetation. He continues to make short jumps through time, seeing Earth's rotation gradually cease and the sun grow larger, redder, and dimmer, and the world falling silent and freezing as the last degenerate living things die out.

Zona X: universul straniu dintre uman ?i non-uman, plin de mistere ?i indicii de ne?n?eles, un loc pentru to?i cei fascina?i de Picnic la marginea drumului al fra?ilor Struga?ki sau de serialul TV Lost. Povestea celei de-a dou?sprezecea expedi?ii ?tiin?ifice ?ntr-o regiune interzis? accesului oamenilor.?O mixtur? minunat de stranie de horror ?i science-fiction… Un roman fascinant de fic?iune speculativ?.“ – Kirkus Reviews??ntr-o manier? similar? cu Insula doctorului Moreau de H. G. Wells, VanderMeer ?ese o poveste insolit? de supranatural ?i semiuman.“ – Booklist

Gndul c a fi putut-o sugruma pe sora mea mai mic, adormit n patul de sub mine i pe care o iubeam mai mult dect orice altceva pe lume. Nu o nebunie slbatic, ci una aproape n joac. O sugestie lene, somnoroas, maliioas, care prea s atepte acolo de mult vreme.“ Acolo, adic n pivnia ntunecoas a fiinei. Gnduri ceoase, impulsuri obscure, vinovii fr vin, acuzaii difuze. Inexplicabilul sau inavuabilul resimite ca reacie fireasc. Benign demonism infantil, dincolo de logic i de orice explicaie. i totul n caruselul Relaiei, cadrul obsedant al acestor istorii de via amar, pestri, derizorie. Relaii ntre prini i copii, surori i frai, bunici i nepoi, unchi, mtui, vecini. Cu avorturi, adultere, accidente, sinucideri, apendicite, bovarism, sex aiurea, decizii pripite de nunt i desprire. Gelozie ntre surori, ura fetiei fa de predicile mamei, Parkinson i Alzheimer, Toronto i Vancouver, baluri provinciale, paralizii, primele fantazri erotice ale vrstei nubile, rochia mamei, azilul, recuperri sentimentale dup jumtate de veac, apologia vieii neinhibate“, dar i rigorile inflexibile ale unui mediu intens irizat religios. Pe scurt, via. Mai precis: draga noastr via. Cea pe care adesea uitm s-o trim, necum s-o mai i gndim.

Azi tr?im o Miori?? r?sturnat?, lumea, ?gur? de rai“, transformat? ?ntr-o lume din ce ?n ce mai mercantil? ?i vanificant?, o lume a g?ndirii economice, cu omogenizarea, dispari?ia diferen?elor, omogenizarea sexelor, a binelui ?i a r?ului, a?a-zisul ?global village“; lumea virtual? care gole?te realitatea, pentru a o umple ?n loc cu ?emo?ii“ dozate de al?ii, ?n tentativa de colectivizare ?i dirijare a sentimentelor ?i g?ndirii oamenilor.Revolu?ia rom?n? a fost o revolu?ie a jertfei mioritice, a tinerilor care au opus r?ului piepturile goale, care a dat, ciudat rod, o societate a corup?iei morale: ea a fost contrapus? ?colhozului global“, at?t sub sensul colectivistic al colhozului comunist, c?t ?i al aceluia omologant, dup? o unic? m?sur?, al popoarelor ?i al valorilor.Cine va recrea punctele cardinale, utopia paradisului mioritic? Noul Ierusalim?Poate c? Miori?a, prin for?a ei spiritual?, ne va reda punctele cardinale ?i pe noi, cei r?t?ci?i de noi, nou? ?n?ine. Altfel, moartea Miori?ei, cea din urm? mioar?, ar fi moartea noastr? a tuturor.

Roman inspirat din istoria contemporan?, Puzzle realizeaz? o viziune cuprinz?toare a voca?iei rom?nilor de-a armoniza ?ntr-un mod necunoscut celorlalte ??ri europene (Constantin Noica) dou? mentalit??i istorice?te opuse: oriental? ?i occidental?. ?n centrul c?r?ii se afl? un singur personaj – profesorul pensionar Neghibaur – ?n jurul c?ruia se dispun faptele ?i oamenii ca pe un ecran al imagina?iei, observa?iei ?i experien?ei fostului dasc?l. Construc?ie dens? ?i insolit?, romanul se re?ine ?i prin deschiderea de amploare ?i de ad?ncime asupra mecanismelor ascunse ale reac?iilor suflete?ti individuale determinate de importantele schimb?ri sociale intervenite ?n via?a ??rii dup? Revolu?ia din Decembrie, 1989.

This book is called The White Spark as the white spark or vacuum cell in Nature IS THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD—it is a ubiquitous principle of the universe and is the cause and parent of electricity, combustion, radium, snow-flakes, flowers, trees, leaves, crystallization, wireless telegraphy, animal forms and EVEN LIFE ITSELF. This book is the key to every department of human endeavor, as it enunciates the basic principle and THE PRIME MOVER of the universe.?It tells the road to health, the cause and cure of disease, the truth about the germ humbug and drug treatments, serums and antitoxins. It shows why luminosity is produced on the flesh of various organisms, why a slice of pollock when first iced, then heated to 100 degrees and then thrust into a temperature of 50 degrees becomes luminous. It shows the farmer that he can become a magician of agriculture—tells that the nitrogen of the air is only a dust of quartz rocks, like the invisible moisture of the air is "a dust of water"—that the nodules on the roots of the clover and legumes do not abstract nitrogen from the air, for if they did nature would have placed these bacteriological growths on the vine and not the root, the scientists have the cart before the horse in this case and the nodular cells form the proteids from sand or silica, this book tells how it is done. It tells what a trance is and how the soul can leave the body temporarily. How JESUS CHRIST is carrying out the biblical prophesy by TELEPATHY. Gives the truths about the ideal society, alcohol, drunkenness, causes of crime, longevity and law.

Dup D. Cantemir, a doua mare personalitate a literaturii romne este fr ndoial I. Eliade Rdulescu, scriitor cu suflet ardent, creator pretutindeni, desfurat deopotriv n via i n art, nzestrat cu mari nsuiri i cu tot att de mari cusururi. […] Eliade e un mistic la modul dantesc, cu uriae viziuni profetice. Anatolida sau Omul i forele ar fi fost adevrata biblic, poemul n 20 de cnturi al omului, de la creaie pn la victoria asupra Forei, amestec de soteriologie i program social, soluiunea n veac a problemei sociale fiind totdeodat cheia mntuirii spiritului, a cetii eterne.“ – George Clinescu, Istoria literaturii romne de la origini pn n prezent

Mi s-a cerut o biografie, dar dac? citi?i cartea ve?i avea parte de una. Mai bine v? spun pe scurt povestea c?r?ii, care n-a fost carte de la început. Au fost zilele ?i nop?ile mele, a?a cum le-am tr?it eu ?i-ai mei. Printre sârme ?i portocali. A fost o perioad? în care a? fi vrut s? uit unele întâmpl?ri, apoi am în?eles c? nu le voi putea ?terge din amintire ?i c? de fapt nici nu vreau. Le-am povestit, la început cu îndoiala c? cineva ar în?elege impactul pe care le-au avut pentru noi, apoi cu mirarea c? pe cineva intereseaz? aceast? poveste. M-au uimit reac?iile, am început s? scormonesc în memorie ?i m-am trezit scriind ceva despre care n-am crezut c? va fi o carte. Va fi, totu?i, va avea coper?i frumoase ?i câteva file din care, dac? le ve?i citi, ve?i ?ti c? sârmele aveau ghimpi, iar portocalii erau plini de culoare ?i parfum. În carte apare familia mea ?i vreau s? le mul?umesc pentru îng?duin?a de-a folosi amintirile lor în cuprinsul acestor pagini.

Ultimul volum al trilogiei Ultima vr?jitoare din Transilvania. Revenit? ?n Bucure?ti dup? povestea dramatic? tr?it? ?n satul V., Alexandra observ? treptat c? acele lucruri pe care le credea r?mase ?n trecut o urm?resc. Via?a ei este pe cale s? se schimbe din temelii. Tot ce crezuse a fi doar legend? pare acum mai real ca niciodat?. Singura care poate l?muri misterul este Aneke, care nu ?nt?rzie s? reapar? ?n via?a Alexandrei, iar secretul tulbur?tor pe care-l va afla adolescenta va fi punctul culminant al ?ntregii ei aventuri ?n lumea fascinantei contese. O poveste complicat? ?i captivant? despre nemurire, iubire, prietenie, iertare, alegeri, sacrificii, ?n care personajele dezv?luie tr?s?turi total nea?teptate. Finalul trilogiei ?Ultima vr?jitoare din Transilvania“ te va ?ine cu sufletul la gur? p?n? la ultima pagin?. Dou? lumi distincte se ?ntrep?trund: lumea ado- lescen?ilor de azi, cu Facebook, concerte rock, tatuaje ?i pierce-uri, ?i lumea contesei disp?rute, cu intrigi de curte ?i pove?ti uitate. Un mistery romance ?n tonuri ?ntunecate despre incest, supersti?ii, tr?d?ri, secrete, legende transmise peste veacuri.

A Riyria krónikák eredetileg magánkiadásban jelent meg, majd felfigyelt rá az Orbit, a világ egyik legjelent?sebb fantasy-sci-fi kiadója, és 2011 végén saját kiadásban kezdte el kiadni a regényeket, amelyek villámgyorsan az utóbbi évek legsikeresebb új fantasy sorozatává váltak. Legalább 15 országba eladták már a kiadás jogait, és ez a szám folyamatosan b?vül. B?B FEJ?RE KER?L A KORONA. AZ IGAZI ?R?K?S REJTVE MARAD. EGY KALANDOR TITKA FELFORGATHAT MINDENT. Háború fenyegeti Melengárt, és h?seink újabb kockázatos megbízást kapnak. Ezúttal sz?vetséget kell k?tniük a nemzetelv?ek csapataival, akik délen a birodalmi elnyomók ellen küzdenek. A Nefronita Birodalom megállíthatatlanul terjeszkedik, és Royce gyanúja egyre er?sebb, hogy Ezrahaddon, a mágus eszk?zként használja ?t és társát saját, kifürkészhetetlen céljaihoz. Ha ki akarja deríteni az igazságot, meg kell fejtenie Hadrian titkát. ?m felfedezése, k?nnyen véget vethet a barátságuknak és kettészakíthatja a Riyriát. A Birodalom születik a magával ragadó Riyria-krónikák harmadik k?tete. A hatk?tetes sorozatot írója egyetlen, eposzi magaslatokra t?r? t?rténetként alkotta meg, amit kül?n epizódokra bontott. A cselekményszálak egybefonódnak, de minden egyes k?tet a saját t?rténetét meséli el, és kül?n, kerek egészként is élvezhet?. Az eredetileg magánkiadásban megjelent sorozatra felfigyelt egy nagy kiadó is, és az új kiadás révén az utóbbi évek legsikeresebb új fantasyjévé vált.

Amy remek színészn?, mindent tud a fegyverekr?l, és ki nem állhatja a rend?r?ket. Szeret?je egy kétes üzletet készül megk?tni, amikor meggondolatlanságában balesetet okoz Klagenfurt határában, majd lelép a helyszínr?l. Amy kénytelen egyedül szembenézni a rend?r?kkel, ráadásul az egyik nyomozó azonnal kikezd vele. Amy szánalmasnak találja Martinek hadnagy próbálkozását, mégis enged neki, hogy a nyomozás k?zelébe férk?zhessen. Mik?zben szemmel tartja a hadnagy minden lépését, egy teljesen más oldaláról is megismeri ?t. Amynek át kell értékelnie mindent, amit eddig a rend?r?kr?l hitt. ?letében el?sz?r ellenszegül a kapott parancsoknak. Kész megfizetni a d?ntése árát – még akkor is, ha emberéletekbe kerül. ?

…ránézett az el?tte terpeszked? hatalmas faóriásra. Milyen méltóságteljes, és milyen dunyha vastagságú, hófehér palást borítja f?ldig ér? ágait. Mint valami sátor, akár meg is éjszakázhat alatta. Elfedi az, megvédi az erd? minden veszélyét?l. K?zben kitisztult az ég, s csillagok milliárdjai gyújtották meg kis lámpásaikat. A hókristályok csillagszóróként sziporkáztak a nagy feny? ágain. Aztán a fa csúcsán megjelent a ragyogó hold, és az arany sarló megkoronázta az amúgy is fényárban tünd?kl? fát. Ez lehet az erd? karácsonyfája – gondolta. ?gy karácsonyozik az erd?, és én most vendégségben vagyok nála. ?s még bejglim is van – jutott eszébe. Csak a szerettei hiányoztak. Hogy ?k nem lehettek részesei ennek a látványnak, nem gy?ny?rk?dhettek vele együtt az óriás karácsonyfa szépségében…

Exist? ?n activitatea publicistic? a lui Eminescu trei perioade distincte ?n cadrul c?rora putem fixa ?i c?teva momente mai semnificative pentru o problem? sau alta. Criteriul de baz? pe care ne ?ntemeiem ?n periodizarea noastr? ?l constituie schimb?rile intervenite ?n statutul personal al poetului ?n cursul activit??ii sale scriitorice?ti, schimb?ri care hot?r?sc ?n fond orientarea ?i caracterul ei. Publicistica eminescian? din prima perioad? se circumscrie ?ntre ianuarie 1870, c?nd public? primul articol, O scriere critic? ?n Albina din Pesta ?i mai 1876, c?nd intr? ?n redac?ia Curierului de Ia?i, foaia ie?ean?. Vom distinge aici o publicistic? a epocii studiilor universitare la Viena, c?nd Eminescu colaboreaz? la publica?iile rom?nilor din Imperiul austro-ungar ?i se situeaz? pe pozi?iile acestora ?n ap?rarea institu?iilor culturale, critic? dualismul ?i se afirm? ca un exponent al "tinerilor" ?n lupta pentru ?nf?ptuirea idealului de unitate na?ional? a poporului rom?n. Eminescu se manifest? ?n direc?ii multiple, de la articolul pe teme culturale la editorialul de orientare politic? ?i lansarea de apeluri c?tre public pentru solidaritatea na?ional?. Pozi?ia sa este a t?n?rului intelectual rom?n, ?nsufle?it de lupta poporului s?u ?i acest av?nt tineresc se reflect? ?i ?n publicistica sa. Acestei prime perioade se impune s?-i al?tur?m ?i un al doilea moment care coincide cu activitatea de bibliotecar la Biblioteca Central? din Ia?i. Activitatea publicistic? de acum este redus? ca extindere ?i are, ?n chip evident, caracter c?rtur?resc. Eminescu ?ine, tot acum, ?i conferin?a Influen?a austriac? asupra rom?nilor din Principate, ?n care sintetizeaz? ideile din articolele anterioare ?i din ?nsemn?rile din manuscrise ?i schi?eaz? un program pentru viitoarea sa activitate publicistic?. Perioada a doua a gazet?riei lui Eminescu o ?nscriem ?ntre 19 mai 1876, c?nd avem date sigure c? poetul intr? ca redactor la Curierul de Ia?i, ?i ultima s?pt?m?n? din octombrie 1877, c?nd p?r?se?te redac?ia foii ie?ene. Se produce acum o schimbare fundamental? ?n statutul personal al poetului, ?n sensul c? devine ziarist profesionist. Foaia ie?ean? era, pe de alt? parte, o publica?ie oficial?, cu o apari?ie de trei ori pe s?pt?m?n? ?i care rezerv? p?r?ii neoficiale, din cele patru pagini, una singur?. Concep?ia lui Eminescu despre menirea ziarelor este cea a ?nainta?ilor s?i Asachi, Kog?lniceanu, Alecsandri, Negruzzi, care f?ceau din publica?iile lor organe de pres? cu caracter enciclopedic. Pe acest drum merge ?i Eminescu ?i ?n acea singur? pagin? o unei foi oficiale face cronic? de politic? extern?, cronic? de politic? intern?, cronic? cultural?, cronic? dramatic? ?i artistic?. Nic?ieri ?n gazet?ria lui Eminescu nu se vede mai bine ca la Curierul de Ia?i ce poate realiza geniul cu mijloace materiale reduse ?i ?ntr-un spa?iu tipografic restr?ns. Activitatea publicistic? a poetului surprinde prin diversitatea problemelor abordate, prin seriozitatea ?i buna informare ?i prin modul de-a polemiza ?n chestiunile controversate. Aici, la Curierul de Ia?i – ?i nu la Timpul – ?l g?sim pe Eminescu cronicarul de politic? extern?, cronicarul cultural ?i cronicarul dramatic. Perioada a treia a gazet?riei lui Eminescu este cuprins? ?ntre octombrie 1877, data intr?rii ?n redac?ia Timpului, cotidianul bucure?tean, ?i iunie 1883, pr?bu?irea sa intelectual?. Aparent nu se schimb? nimic ?n statutul personal al poetului, de vreme ce trece ca ziarist profesionist de la foaia ie?ean? la cotidianul bucure?tean. ?i totu?i situa?ia nu se prezint? a?a. Poetul intr? ?n redac?ia Timpului, ca simplu redactor, cum era ?i I. Slavici, la chemarea c?ruia p?r?se?te foaia ie?ean?, trece apoi ?n fruntea ziarului, ca redactor-?ef, ca s? ocupe, ?n final, postul de prim-redactor. Eminescu ??i asum? sarcina, la intrarea ?n redac?ia Timpului, s? fac? cronica de politic? intern? ?i se ocup? cu intermiten?e de evenimentele interna?ionale ?i de mi?carea cultural?. Publicistica sa cunoa?te, sub aspectul diversit??ii, o ?ngustare evident? ?n raport cu cea de la foaia ie?ean?. Dar dac? la cotidianul bucure?tean nu ne ?nt?mpin? peisajul caleidoscopic din foaia ie?ean?, se impune aten?iei ?nc? din primele articole amplificarea discursului critic ?i verva polemic?. Publicistica eminescian? cunoa?te desf??urarea cea mai larg? ?ntre februarie 1880 ?i decembrie 1881. Acum Eminescu este redactor-?ef al cotidianului bucure?tean ?i ?l transform? ?n organ de pres? al orient?rii sale politice. Poetul sus?ine, ?n zeci de articole, primatul muncii ?n promovarea ?n ierarhia social?, ia ap?rarea "claselor pozitive" ?i critic? ?n termeni necru??tori "p?tura superpus?" ?i demagogia din via?a politic?. Eminescu p?r?se?te conducerea Timpului ?n ianuarie 1882, ca urmare a apropierii "sincerilor conservatori" de "sincerii liberali" ?i a form?rii "opozi?iei coalizate". Poetul trece r?spunderea conducerii ziarului lui Grigore G. P?ucescu, membru marcant al "opozi?iei coalizate" ?i r?m?ne prim-redac