Dac vei citi aceast carte, vei realiza c i-ai ratat adolescena. Fragmente din manuscris au circulat prin cminele studeneti din Cluj i au destrmat mai multe cupluri dect vacanele de var: fetele i doreau s fie iubite precum Roxana, clasicele suc i film ncetnd brusc s nsemne ceva. Nu citi aceast carte! Dar cumpr-o, ca s-l fereti i pe altul de ea.“ – Sorin-Mihai Gradn tririle autorului, Roxana pare o himer. Roxana este experiena trit de toi n spiritul adolescenei. mprtit sau nu, pasiunea este cea care ne contureaz imaginea a ceea ce vom deveni. Cu ct mai puternic pasiunea, cu att mai mare potenialul viitoarelor triri care abia se deschid.“ – Lucian MareValul de sinucideri generat de Suferinele tnrului Werther va prea o glum pe lng tsunamiul generat de apariia obiectului pe care-l ii n mn.“ – iQ 666)Dac ai putea scrie un jurnal att de sincer, n-ai mai avea nevoie de memorie sau de preot.“ – Karel Cispic)Dac ai 16 ani i i pic n mn Caietul Roxanei, nici n-o s tii ce te-a lovit. Va fi manualul tu, cartea scris cu snge, pentru tine, din care vei afla tot ce ai nevoie s tii pentru a trece cu bine (sau nu) de adolescen. Dac ai peste 16 ani i dai de Caietul Roxanei, te va atinge o nostalgie infernal: pentru iubirile adevrate pierdute pentru totdeauna, pentru anii n care puteai tri doar pentru rock i filosofie, pentru vremurile n care Romnia avea un ritm cu care nc mai puteai rezona. Un Cioran mai rzvrtit ca niciodat, mai sincer i mai intens, mixat cu Nietzsche i Lautreamont, pe fundal cu Guns N’ Roses i gothic metal, tefan Bolea din Caietul Roxanei are tot ce-i trebuie pentru a deveni rock star-ul i scriitorul-cult al unei generaii noi cu gust pentru poezie i filosofie.“ – Cristina Nemerovschi

Via?a e un vis. Apoi te treze?ti. Eu l-am inventat pe Max. Cel pu?in asta mi-am spus ?ntotdeauna. To?i b?rba?ii pe care i-am adorat ?nc? din copil?rie, combina?i ?ntr-un singur tip perfect. Problema e c? m-am ?n?elat. Pentru c? ?n u?a clasei, uit?ndu-se direct la mine, st? Max. Max al meu. Max cel din visele mele. Max al meu care nu exist? ?n realitate. De c?nd se ?tie, Alice ?l viseaz? pe Max, un b?iat pe care nu l-a ?nt?lnit niciodat?. ?mpreun? au c?l?torit prin toat? lumea, au c?l?rit pe elefan?i roz, s-au b?tut cu biscui?i ?n Muzeul Metropolitan de Art? ?i s-au ?ndr?gostit nebune?te, iremediabil, unul de cel?lalt. Max e b?iatul viselor ei (?i doar al viselor ei) p?n? ?n diminea?a ?n care ?l descoper? st?ndu-i al?turi la or?, c?t se poate de viu. Dar el habar nu are cine e Alice. C?nd te ?ndr?goste?ti ?n vis, mai poate realitatea s?-?i fie de ajuns? ??n mod evident, sunt perfect con?tient? c? par sut? la sut? ??c?nit? c?nd spun c? m-am ?ndr?gostit de un om pe care nu l-am ?nt?lnit niciodat?, care nici m?car nu exist?. Dar din moment ce nu-mi pot aminti o perioad? ?n care s? nu-l fi visat pe Max, mi-e greu s? fac diferen?a. Locurile se schimb?, la fel ?i pove?tile, ?ns? Max r?m?ne acela?i, ?nt?mpin?ndu-m? ?n fiecare vis cu z?mbetul lui pozna? ?i inima lui mare. El e sufletul meu pereche.“

Primul roman din seria Ruby Oliver 15 iubi?i, 11 ?edin?e la psiholog, 4 broscu?e din ceramic? ?i eu, Ruby Oliver Ruby Oliver are 15 ani ?i merge la psiholog. ?tie c? e ciudat, dar are o scuz? – a avut zece zile cr?ncene, ?n care, printre altele: ?i-a pierdut iubitul (b?iatul nr. 13) ?i-a pierdut cea mai bun? prieten? ?i-a pierdut to?i ceilal?i prieteni a f?cut ceva ?ocant de avansat cu b?iatul nr. 15 s-a certat cu b?iatul nr. 14 a picat un test la mate... ?n ciuda a toate astea, Ruby va supravie?ui... pentru a face ?i mai multe liste. ?Dialoguri ?i detalii supersavuroase: stilul lui E. Lockhart inconfundabil de incintant.“ – Publishers Weekly ?Lockhart a creat un personaj foarte simpatic: seam?n? cu Georgia Nicholson a lui Louise Rennison ?i cu Bridget Jones... Iar schimburile de replici sunt memorabile.“ – School Library Journal ??n duminica de dup? ce eu ?i Meghan am fost la festivalul filmelor lui Woody Allen, mi-am scos acuarelele din fundul sertarului de la birou. Cred c? din clasa a ?aptea nu le mai folosisem. Am f?cut rost de o foaie de h?rtie ?i am pliat-o ?n dou?. ?C?t de r?u ?mi pare?? am scris cu mov. ?La fel de r?u?...“ Lista iubi?ilor mei (c??tig?toare, ?n 2006, a ALA Best Books for Young Adults) face parte dintr-o serie ce mai cuprinde: The Boy Book, The Treasure Map of Boys ?i Real Live Boyfriends.

Tot mai multe cupluri apeleaz? ast?zi la tehnici de reproducere artificial?. Ritmul stresant al vie?ii ?i decizia am?nat? de a avea copii conduc la diminuarea ?anselor de fecundare natural?. Psihologia ?i psihanaliza ne-au demonstrat ?ns? c? ?ntre minte ?i corp exist? influen?e reciproce, astfel c? unele situa?ii de via?? insuficient ?n?elese pot l?sa urme ad?nci la nivel mental ?i somatic. Ce se ?nt?mpl? ?n psihicul protagoni?tilor ?n tot acest proces de aducere pe lume a unei noi vie?i? Cum afecteaz? tr?irile lor pe cele ale copilului? Cel mic e bine oare s?-i cunoasc? pe donorii care au contribuit la conceperea sa? Printre subiectele abordate ?n prezenta carte se num?r?: trauma psihic? a infertilit??ii, compulsia de a recurge, ?n mod repetat ?i f?r? succes, la reproducerea asistat?, anxietatea legat? de maternitate, vie?ile copiilor proveni?i din fecundare artificial?. O noutate pe pia?a rom?neasc? de profil, cartea se adreseaz? publicului larg, dar ?i medicilor ?i psihologilor. ?n perioada de ?nceput a terapiei, Paula declarase c? ??i dore?te s? fie mam?. C?nd devenise tot mai clar c? rela?ia ei cu Frank era din ce ?n ce mai serioas?, a ?nceput s? simt? o oarecare ezitare. Va r?m?ne Frank al?turi de ea? Va continua ea s? ?l iubeasc? sau va deveni cineva ca mama ei, care n-ar fi putut aprecia ?darul “iubirii lui Frank? De vreme ce p?rerea comun? a femeilor din familia ei era c? un copil ruineaz? rela?ia dintre p?rin?i, se va ?nt?mpla acest lucru ?i ?n cazul rela?iei ei cu Frank? (...) ?ase luni mai t?rziu, Paula era preg?tit? s? ?nceap? s? caute o donoare.Terese Schulman, autoare inclus? ?n prezentul volum colectiv Aceast? carte con?ine elemente de sociologie (de ce femeile am?n? decizia de a concepe), insighturi psihanalitice (privind rela?ia mamei cu propria-i mam?, precum ?i fantasmele copilului referitoare la p?rintele necunoscut), dar se refer? uneori ?i la efectul traumatic pe care e?ecul conceperii ?l are asupra viitoarei evolu?ii a cuplului.Axel Hoffer, psihanalist ?i profesor de psihiatrie la Harvard Medical School

A ncerca experiena rentoarcerii ctre firescul ce a fost nainte, adic o recuperare n registru postmodernist, o sprtur n cuirasa metatextului, spre o reevaluare a resurselor poetice, o revigorare natural, fr acea automacerare sisific, a te elibera de capcanele pe care i le-ai ntins singur n desiul textului, a evada din ngrdire zidindu-i alt cas a poeziei, iat direcia derulat contient de Rodica Braga, cu o implicare tonifiant […]. Contribuia poetic a Rodici Braga n aceast carte este fundamental, ntruct intrrile ei (s-ar putea scrie un studiu aparte despre organizarea muzical programatic a acestui Commentarius perpetuus..., organizare ce ar pune n eviden mai exact principiul tonal care st la baza ntregii construcii poetice) umplu material un spaiu rarefiat de eul autoscopic al lui Mircea Ivnescu…“. (Marin Mincu)Rodica Braga este o scriitoare deplin, cu acces egal la mai multe modaliti ale expresiei literare. […] Poemele cresc paralel cu proza nvluie concentric acelai miez tare al analizei: trecerea. Proza vibreaz nu de puíne ori poematic, iar poemele au o poveste discret n fundal.[…] Poezia Rodici Braga are un timbru propriu, modulat volum dup volum, cu un elegant echilibru ntre cntecul nalt-reflexiv al modernitii i frngerile de ritm ale postmodernitii dezvrjite“. (Irina Patra)Rodica Braga scrie o literatur oarecum special, cu sonoriti dramatice vtuite, cu vibraii de afectivitate […] ce se practic puin la noi i pe care am numi-o, mprumutnd termenii muzicali, de camer. O poezie de interior, dar un interior al fiinei, al sufletului ce reverbereaz n sine, profund, la zgomotul tumultuos din afar, capabil a nregistra, cu finee, ns cu fineea unui seismograf sentimental, seismele produse n omenescul vital de scurgerea implacabil a timpului...“. (Constantin Cublean)

Cartea aceasta reprezint o confesiune sincer despre tririle, sentimentele, nvmintele i convingerile mele. Am depnat aici amintiri din ntreaga mea via, cu bune i cu mai puin bune, cu frumoase i mai puin frumoase. Dragostea, acest sentiment minunat, este cea care mi-a ghidat destinul, ncepnd cu dragostea pentru prini, apoi cu cea pentru alesul inimii, continund cu dragostea pentru copii, pentru familia toat, pentru oameni n general i, alturi de toate acestea, dragostea pentru cntec.“ Maria Dragomiroiu

Cine ne urm?re?te din umbr?? Din zorii omenirii, dorin?a de a controla g?ndurile, comportamentele ?i ac?iunile altora a fost foarte r?sp?ndit?. De la folosirea persuasiunii coercitive de c?tre egiptenii din Antichitate ?i cavalerii templieri p?n? la afirma?iile actuale privind h?r?uirea electronic? ?i ?bombardamentul“ cu microunde, am fost mereu la mila celor dornici s? ne reprogrameze g?ndirea ?i s? ne remodeleze convingerile. ?n R?zboaiele PSI g?sim relat?ri fascinante despre: ?ncerc?rile str?vechi de control al min?ii folosind vr?ji, po?iuni ?i ritualuri; sectele ?i folosirea reprogram?rii mentale; tehnici de control mental moderne, de la hipnoz?, droguri ?i electro?ocuri la radia?ie ?i control mediumnic; povestea secret? a c?ut?rii adev?ratului Candidat Manciurian – MKUltra ?i conexiunea CIA; ?minunata lume nou?“ a metodelor ingenioase de h?r?uire electronic? ?i de supraveghere agresiv?.

Trez "Latimer" valójában nem létezik. ?rnyékként él és dolgozik az emberi világban ezzel a kitalált személyazonossággal. Kisgyermekként a szülei eladták a S'Hisbe faj királyn?jének, Trez viszont elsz?k?tt, és bártulajdonosként évek óta a New York állambeli Caldwellben él. A szexrabszolgaság el?l menekült el, amire a királyn? kényszeríteni akarta. Soha senkire sem tudott igazán támaszkodni... csak ikertestvérére, iAmre. iAmet mindig is egyetlen cél vezérelte, megóvni testvérét az ?npusztítástól. Már úgy érzi, hogy kudarcot vallott, amikor Trez életében megjelenik a kiválasztott Selena. Ekkor azonban már túl kés?. Elérkezett az id?, hogy Trez teljesítse a k?telességét, és n?ül vegye a királyn? lányát. Nincs menekvés, nem tehet semmit, hogy elkerülje. Csapdába esve a szíve vágya és a kéretlen sors k?z?tt Treznek el kell d?ntenie, hogy bajba sodorja-e saját magát és másokat... vagy ?r?kre hátat fordít a n?nek, akit szeret. Ekkor azonban váratlan tragédia t?rténik, amely mindent megváltoztat. Az érzelmileg mélypontra került Treznek muszáj újra életcélt találnia, kül?nben ?r?kre elveszíti ?nmagát és a lelkét. iAm pedig, a testvéri szeretet nevében, arra készül, hogy meghozza a legnagyobb áldozatot... J. R. Ward neve fogalom a vámpírt?rténetek rajongóinak k?rében. Akit egyszer rabul ejtett káprázatos, rémséges, baljós és szenvedélyes világa, az odaadó híve és olvasója marad. A K?nyvjelz? magazin 2015. novemberi számában megjelent cikk: Vér dupla whiskeyvel

Audrey s-a ?nconjurat mereu de c?r?i ?i muzic?, filosofie ?i visuri. E ceea ce o deosebe?te de fiin?ele Echo, ni?te ma?in?rii misterioase, lipsite de emo?ii, alc?tuite ?n a?a fel ?nc?t s? semene cu fiin?ele omene?ti ?i s? serveasc? st?p?nilor umani. DANIEL e un Echo – dar e diferit de cei din specia lui. Simte o puternic? leg?tur? cu Audrey; un sentiment pe care n-a fost programat s?-l aib? ?i pe care nu ?i-l poate explica. Dar e hot?r?t s? ?ncerce. O poveste zguduitoare despre iubire, pierdere ?i ceea ce ne face cu adev?rat umani. Excelent... foarte omenesc ?i sensibil. –Patrick Ness Minunat de amuzant, inventiv si captivant. –The Times O poveste extraordinar?, de citit dintr-o suflare. The Sun ?Noi urma s? fim o lume a noastr?, un univers ?n doi, ?i asta era bine. De fapt, era incomparabil mai bine dec?t un univers al unuia singur. Ea ?nsemna totul. Ea ?nsemna speran??, team?, iubire ?i durere. Ea era c?t se poate de vie. Iar a fi viu ?nseamn? a avea posibilit??i ?i incertitudini. Via?a este ceva ira?ional, iar ira?ionalul nu poate fi cartografiat. De aceea, ?n fiecare via?? — ?n fiecare via?? adev?rat? — exist? o ?ncreng?tur? de alte vie?i, ca ?n gr?dina potecilor ce se bifurc? despre care citisem c?ndva. S? iube?ti pe cineva este un proces prin care ?l aju?i pe cel?lalt s? g?seasc? cea mai bun? variant? dintre vie?ile posibile ?i s? o tr?iasc?.“

Critic? literar? Editura Allfa inaugureaz? seria de volume ?Eminescu, poem cu poem” care va cuprinde ?ntreaga oper? poetic? antum? a marelui poet analizat? de scriitorul ?i criticul literar Alex. ?tef?nescu. Lucrarea ?Eminescu, poem cu poem. Luceaf?rul” ne dezva?? de toate vechile obiceiuri de interpretare care au prezentat ?n limbaj de lemn poezia eminescian?. Alex. ?tef?nescu ne face din nou cuno?tin??, de data aceasta ?n cuvinte simple ?i idei proaspete, cu cea mai cunoscut? poezie din literatura rom?n?. Analiza sa cuprinde observa?ii fresh ?i referin?e culturale pe gustul elevilor, tinerilor ?i iubitorilor de literatur? care (re)descoper? ast?zi poezia eminescian?. Numai un scriitor de geniu poate crea un personaj care s? ajung? mai cunoscut dec?t el. A?a cum Hamlet egaleaz? celebritatea lui Shakespeare, iar Don Quijote pe cea a lui Cervantes, ?i Eminescu este concurat ca notorietate de unul dintre personajele sale, luceaf?rul. Mai mult dec?t at?t, poetul a fost numit p?n? la sa?ietate ?luceaf?rul poeziei rom?ne?ti”, sintagm? despre care Alex. ?tef?nescu spune c? este considerat? ?n prezent o expresie uzat? din limba de lemn a omagierii lui Eminescu. Renun??nd la limbajul bombastic ?n care a fost prezentat p?n? acum, criticul literar subliniaz? frumuse?ea literar? a straniului love-story dintre luceaf?r ?i C?t?lina. Este o poveste de neuitat, comparabil? cu alte iubiri irealizabile (sau posibile numai prin sacrificiu) ?ntip?rite ?n memoria noastr? cultural?, precum aceea dintre Zeus, st?p?nitorul cerurilor, ?i Europa, prin?esa fenician?, cea a lui Romeo ?i a Julietei, ?i precum povestea dintre riga Crypto ?i lapona Enigel din poemul lui Ion Barbu. Volumul cuprinde poemul ?Luceaf?rul” ?nso?it de textul critic al lui Alex. ?tef?nescu.

O carte deschiz?toare de drumuri care prezint? c?ile naturale cele mai eficiente ?i mai sigure pentru prevenirea ?i inversarea evolu?iei unui mare num?r de boli.Aceast? carte fascinant? ?i practic? se adreseaz? tuturor celor care pre?uiesc abordarea natural? a problemei s?n?t??ii. Medicina bun? exploreaz? peste 75 dintre cele mai r?sp?ndite probleme de s?n?tate ?i ofer? lucruri simple pe care le po?i face pentru a preveni sau inversa evolu?ia acelei probleme de s?n?tate. Toate solu?iile propuse sunt testate ?i li s-a dovedit eficien?a, at?t ?n studii clinice, c?t ?i ?n practic?. Pentru fiecare afec?iune sunt incluse urm?toarele informa?ii:Cinci sau ?ase solu?ii ale medicinei bune – cum ac?ioneaz? fiecare solu?ie ?i ce trebuie s? faci;Cele mai bune ?i cele mai rele alimente – ce alimente trebuie s? consumi ?i pe care s? le evi?i;Cele mai bune suplimente alimentare.Vei g?si, de asemenea, studii de caz relevante ?i sfaturi cu caracter general privind obiceiurile, care te vor ajuta s?-?i p?strezi s?n?tatea – de la reducerea nivelului de stres la ?mbun?t??irea alimenta?iei, precum ?i cum s? monitorizezi schimb?rile care ??i vor fi cele mai folositoare.Acoperind o gam? impresionant? de boli, de la afec?iunile banale precum r?ceala la boli mai grave, aceast? carte cuprinz?toare este ghidul perfect pentru o abordare natural? a s?n?t??ii.?Nutri?ia optim? este medicina viitorului.“ - Dr. Linus Pauling, de dou? ori laureat al Premiului Nobel?Ce trebuie s? faci pentru a??i sus?ine vindecarea c?nd ai una dintre cele mai r?sp?ndite 75 de boli? ?n multe cazuri, asta presupune s? ai o alimenta?ie corect?, s? faci schimb?ri simple ale stilului de via?? ?i s? iei suplimente alimentare ?n concentra?ii mari.“ - Patrick Holford

Unele lucruri nu pot fi iertate niciodat?...Un b?ie?el a fost g?sit mort pe terenul de joac?.Avocatul londonez Daniel Hunter a ajuns un maestru al cauzelor pierdute. ?ns? via?a sa se schimb? atunci c?nd ?l cunoa?te pe Sebastian, un b?iat de unsprezece ani, acuzat c? ?i ar fi ucis prietenul.Pe m?sur? ce afl? tot mai multe despre abuzurile din casa lui Sebastian, Daniel este cople?it de amintirile propriei copil?rii, c?nd Minnie, mama sa adoptiv?, l-a salvat, pentru ca apoi s? l tr?deze.Simpatia fa?? de Sebastian ?i amintirile dureroase ?l fac oare pe Daniel s? nu mai vad? adev?rul?Ce s-a ?nt?mplat pe terenul de joac? ?i cine este vinovat de moartea b?ie?elului?Pun?nd sub semnul ?ntreb?rii toate convingerile sale, Daniel ?n?elege c?t de grave pot fi consecin?ele unei erori.?Un roman emo?ionant ?i tulbur?tor. Cu siguran??, va avea cel pu?in tot at?ta succes ca ?nainte s? adorm al lui S.J. Watson.“ – The Guardian?Vinovatul este o reu?it? absolut?, iar talentul Lisei Ballantyne e o descoperire de excep?ie.“ – The Daily Record?E un roman autentic, cu personaje verosimile, care au defecte la fel de verosimile ?i a c?ror poveste e la fel de imprevizibil? ca ?i via?a. Vinovatul o a?az? pe Lisa Ballantyne pe lista autorilor care merit? urm?ri?i ?n continuare.“ – Irish Independent?Daniel era un avocat experimentat ?n cazuri cu adolescen?i: din postura de avocat ap?rase pu?ti de cincisprezece ani acuza?i de ?mpu?carea membrilor unor bande ?i c??iva adolescen?i care se dedaser? la jafuri pentru a ?i procura droguri. Dar nu avusese nicic?nd de a face cu un copil – niciodat? nu ap?rase un b?ie?el. Propria sa copil?rie reprezenta unica lui referin?? ?n leg?tur? cu acest subiect.“?Lisa Ballantyne a reu?it s? scrie un roman care te ?ine cu sufletul la gur? ?i-?i merge totodat? la inim?. Bogat ?n detalii, are totu?i acea stranie simplitate a parabolei.“ – Joyce Carol Oates

Adevratul urma al lui Stieg Larsson.“ – Entertainment WeeklyCnd Sophie Brinkmann l cunoate pe Hector Guzman, viaa ei se afl ntr-un impas.Misteriosul brbat o cucerete pe loc. Totui, Sophie afl repede c nfiarea lui e neltoare: Guzman ascunde lucruri sinistre.Hector Guzman este eful unei organizaii criminale internaionale, cu o filier specializat n trafic de arme i droguri, care se ntinde din Europa pn n America de Sud.Brusc, Sophie se trezete prins ntr-un hi de ambiguitate moral, obsesii terifiante i tactici diabolice.Magnific... Prietenul andaluz mbin drame de familie — Guzmanii aduc puin cu clanul Corleone —, rzboaie ntre organizaii rivale, trafic de arme, poliiti corupi i violen extrem... Miza acestui roman este pe ct de ocant, pe att de fascinant.“ – USA TodayGenul poliist scandinav s-a mbogit cu o nou voce: Alexander Sderberg.“ – Los Angeles TimesUn debut care te ine n priz tot timpul... Cu o intrig complex, dar alert, bine scris i adesea sumbru... Ofer ndeajuns material pentru cel puin nc dou cri, cu o nou provocare la fiecare pagin.“ – The Wall Street JournalSderberg scrie convingtor despre tensiunea psihologic imens cu care se confrunt att rufctorii, ct i cei nsrcinai s-i prind.“ – The New York Times Book ReviewUn thriller care te ine cu sufletul la gur!“ – Booklist

Four hundred light years from Earth, Kregen is a marvelous world, peopled by wonderful beings, filled with light and clamor and furor of life lived to the hilt. But Kregen has its darker side, where horror and terror bind innocent people, where sorceries rend reason, where injustice denies light. Dray Prescot’s happiness with Delia, the Princess Majestrix of Vallia, is threatened as the notorious Wizard of Loh, Phu-si-Yantong, seeks to destroy Delia’s father and take control of the empire of Vallia. And Prescot is determined to seek the whereabouts of his daughters, alienated from him during his forced absence on Earth. But the brilliant world of Kregen under Antares will always challenge Prescot with new problems and adventures. Dray Prescot knows only too well that he must continue to struggle against himself as well as the malignant fates that pursue him in the mingled streaming lights of the Suns of Scorpio. Containing four novels: Secret Scorpio Savage Scorpio Captive Scorpio Golden Scorpio This edition contains a glossary to the Vallian cycle.

Four hundred light years from Earth, Kregen is a marvelous world, peopled by wonderful beings, filled with the light and clamor and furor of life lived to the hilt. But Kregen has its darker side, where horror and terror bind innocent people, where sorceries rend reason, where injustice denies light. Down in the island of Pandahem, Prescot and his comrades, having burned a temple or two, must now press on and open a fresh campaign against the Silver Wonder. Of course, life is not as simple as that, particularly on the horrific and fascinating world of Kregen where, under the mingled streaming radiance of the Suns of Scorpio, the unexpected is always to be expected. Containing the novels: Talons of Scorpio Masks of Scorpio Seg the Bowman This edition includes a glossary of the Pandahem cycle and the short story “Green Shadows”

In the first Havilfar Cycle omnibus, Dray Prescot was launched headlong into a brand-new series of adventures upon the planet of Kregen, that marvelous and beautiful, mystical and terrible world four hundred light-years away beneath the Suns of Scorpio. Now Hamal, the greatest power in Havilfar, is bent on conquest, and Prescot hates the Hamalese because he slaved in their diabolical Heavenly Mines. His mission is to discover the secrets of the Hamalese airboats for his own people. Bladesman of Antares: The problem with being a spy is that you have to make friends with the enemy. Dray Prescot, Earthman, who had become prince of Vallia, was the kind of man who always stood by his friends. So in his quest to learn the war secrets of Hamal, empire of the aircraft-makers, Dray found himself not only becoming comrade to some of its greatest warriors but of championing the very life of its cruelly beautiful queen. Although Dray's devotion to his glorious princess Delia never flags, his mission, and his life, is perilously balanced upon the razor-edged blades of loyalty versus duty... Avenger of Antares: For a brief but wonderful moment it seemed as if Dray Prescot was on the road to victory, but he has not fulfilled the mission of the unseen Star Lords, and until he does there can be no escape from peril! And peril arrives in the form of hideous sea raiders, in the sharp edges of the dueling blades of a swordsman enemy, and in the horrid rites of the underground cult of the Silver Leem. Armada of Antares: All of the electrifying aspects of Dray Prescot's adventurous life on Kregen were to climax when the armies of Havilfar made their move toward his adopted homeland. But he has yet to fully solve the secret of their mysterious air fleets. Armada of Antares is the culmination of his experiences on Kregen so far. A peril-pitched novel of an alien world stirred up to a life-or-death frenzy. This edition contains a glossary to the Havilfar Cycle.

The Confines of the Shadow is a sequence of novels and short stories that map the transformation of the Libyan city of Benghazi from a sleepy Ottoman backwater in the 1910s to the second capital of an oil-rich kingdom in the 1960s. Alessandro Spina's saga begins in November 1912 with The Young Maronite, which sees Italian soldiers solidifying their control over Libya's coasts, leaving the Libyan rebels to withdraw to the desert and prepare for a war that would last until 1931, when by dint of sheer brutality, including the internment of tens of thousands of civilians into concentration camps, the Italians crushed the rebellion and murdered its widely respected leader, Omar al-Mukhtar. Employing a cosmopolitan array of characters, ranging from Ottoman functionaries, to Sanussi aristocrats and Italian officers, Spina chronicles Italy's colonial experience from the euphoria of conquest - giving us a front row seat to the rise and subsequent fall of Fascism in the aftermath of World War II - to the country's independence in the 1950s. Spina finally concludes his narrative with the discovery of Libya's vast oil and gas reserves, which triggered the tumultuous changes that led to Muammar Gaddafi's forty-two-year dictatorship. Distinguishing themselves by their intimate understanding of East and West, the novels that comprise The Confines of the Shadow are among the most significant achievements of 20th-century fiction and stand unchallenged as the only multi-generational epic about the European experience in North Africa. This is the first instalment of a three-volume translation, and it includes The Young Maronite, The Marriage of Omar and The Nocturnal Visitor, which are set between 1912 and 1927.

A bundle of books from The Hounds of Annwn - Books 3-5. MORE VALUABLE AS A WEAPON THAN A KINGMAKER, HE MUST MAKE HIS OWN CHOICES TO SECURE THE FUTURE. King of the May – Book 3 of The Hounds of Annwn.? ? George Talbot Traherne, the human huntsman for the Wild Hunt, had hoped to settle into a quiet life with his new family, but it was not to be.? Gwyn ap Nudd, Prince of Annwn, has plans to secure his domain in the new world from the overbearing interference of his father Lludd, the King of Britain. The security of George's family is bound to that of his overlord, and he vows to help.? But when he and his companions stand against Lludd and his allies at court, disaster overturns all their plans and even threatens the Hounds of Annwn themselves. George and his patron, the antlered god Cernunnos, must survive a subtle attack that undermines them both.? Other gods and gods-to-be have taken an interest, but the fae are divided in their allegiances and fear the threat of deadly new powers in their unchanging lives. George and his companions must save themselves if they are to persuade their potential allies to help.? But how can they do so, attacked on so many fronts at once?? Will he put his family into greater jeopardy by trying to defend them? DISTURBING THE FAMILY SECRETS COULD BRING RUIN TO EVERYTHING HE’S WORKED SO HARD TO BUILD. Bound into the Blood – Book 4 of The Hounds of Annwn. George Talbot Traherne, the human huntsman for the Wild Hunt, is preparing for the birth of his child by exploring the family papers about his parents and their deaths.? When his improved relationship with his patron, the antlered god Cernunnos, is jeopardized by an unexpected opposition, he finds he must choose between loyalty to family and loyalty to a god. He discovers he doesn't know either of them as well as he thought.? His search for answers takes him to the human world with unsuitable companions. How will he keep a rock-wight safe from detection, or even teach her the rules of the road?? And what will he awaken in the process, bringing disaster back to his family on his own doorstep?? What if his loyalty is misplaced? Tales of Annwn – A Story Collection from The Hounds of Annwn. THE CALL: A very young Rhian discovers her beast-sense and rushes to the rescue of an errant hound. UNDER THE BOUGH: Angharad hasn’t lived with anyone for hundreds of years, but now she is ready to tie the knot with George Talbot Traherne, the human who has entered the fae otherworld to serve as huntsman for the Wild Hunt. As soon as she can make up her mind, anyway. NIGHT HUNT: George Talbot Traherne goes night hunting for fox in Virginia and thinks about the choices he has made. CARIAD: Benitoe and Luhedoc are off to fetch horses for the Golden Cockerel Inn in Edgewood. Luhedoc needs to relearn an important lesson about confidence. THE EMPTY HILLS: George Talbot Traherne shows a bit of the human world to family and friends, hoping to share some of the sense of wonder he discovered when he encountered the fae otherworld.

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The length of the front in the East was much longer than in the West. The theater of war was roughly delimited by the Baltic Sea in the West and Moscow in the East, a distance of 1,200 kilometers, and Saint Petersburg in the North and the Black Sea in the South, a distance of more than 1,600 kilometers. This had a drastic effect on the nature of the warfare. While World War I on the Western Front developed into trench warfare, the battle lines on the Eastern Front were much more fluid and trenches never truly developed. This was because the greater length of the front ensured that the density of soldiers in the line was lower so the line was easier to break. Once broken, the sparse communication networks made it difficult for the defender to rush reinforcements to the rupture in the line to mount a rapid counteroffensive and seal off a breakthrough. There was also the fact that the terrain in the Eastern European theater was quite solid, often making it near impossible to construct anything resembling the complicated trench systems on the Western Front, which tended to have muddier and much more workable terrain. In short, on the Eastern front the side defending did not have the overwhelming advantages it had on the Western front. Because of this, front lines in the East kept on shifting throughout the conflict, and not just near the beginning and end of the fighting, as was the case in the West. In fact the greatest advance of the whole war was made in the East by the German Army in the summer of 1915. With the aid of numerous black and white and color photographs, many previously unpublished, the World War I series recreates the battles and campaigns that raged across the surface of the globe, on land, at sea and in the air. The text is complemented by full-color maps that guide the reader through specific actions and campaigns.