On the Origin of Species, published on 24 November 1859, is a work of scientific literature by Charles Darwin which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. Its full title was On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. For the sixth edition of 1872, the short title was changed to The Origin of Species. Darwin's book introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection. It presented a body of evidence that the diversity of life arose by common descent through a branching pattern of evolution. Darwin included evidence that he had gathered on the Beagle expedition in the 1830s and his subsequent findings from research, correspondence, and experimentation. Various evolutionary ideas had already been proposed to explain new findings in biology. There was growing support for such ideas among dissident anatomists and the general public, but during the first half of the 19th century the English scientific establishment was closely tied to the Church of England, while science was part of natural theology. Ideas about the transmutation of species were controversial as they conflicted with the beliefs that species were unchanging parts of a designed hierarchy and that humans were unique, unrelated to other animals. The political and theological implications were intensely debated, but transmutation was not accepted by the scientific mainstream. The book was written for non-specialist readers and attracted widespread interest upon its publication. As Darwin was an eminent scientist, his findings were taken seriously and the evidence he presented generated scientific, philosophical, and religious discussion. The debate over the book contributed to the campaign by T. H. Huxley and his fellow members of the X Club to secularise science by promoting scientific naturalism. Within two decades there was widespread scientific agreement that evolution, with a branching pattern of common descent, had occurred, but scientists were slow to give natural selection the significance that Darwin thought appropriate. During the "eclipse of Darwinism" from the 1880s to the 1930s, various other mechanisms of evolution were given more credit. With the development of the modern evolutionary synthesis in the 1930s and 1940s, Darwin's concept of evolutionary adaptation through natural selection became central to modern evolutionary theory, and it has now become the unifying concept of the life sciences. Summary of Darwin's theory: Darwin's theory of evolution is based on key facts and the inferences drawn from them, which biologist Ernst Mayr summarised as follows: ? Every species is fertile enough that if all offspring survived to reproduce the population would grow (fact).? Despite periodic fluctuations, populations remain roughly the same size (fact).? Resources such as food are limited and are relatively stable over time (fact).? A struggle for survival ensues (inference).? Individuals in a population vary significantly from one another (fact).? Much of this variation is inheritable (fact).? Individuals less suited to the environment are less likely to survive and less likely to reproduce; individuals more suited to the environment are more likely to survive and more likely to reproduce and leave their inheritable traits to future generations, which produces the process of natural selection (inference).? This slowly effected process results in populations changing to adapt to their environments, and ultimately, these variations accumulate over time to form new species (inference).

Art, with its finite means, cannot hope to record the infinite variety and com-plexity of Nature, and so contents itself with a partial statement, addressing this to the imagination for the full and perfect meaning. This inadequation, and the artificial ad-justments which it involves, are tolerated by right of what is known as artistic convention; and as each art has its own particular limitations, so each has its own particular conventions. Sculpture reproduces the forms of Nature, but discards the color without any shock to our ideas of verity; Painting gives us the color, but not the third dimension, and we are satisfied; and Architecture ispurely conventional, since it does not even aim at the imitation of natural form. The Conventions of Line Drawing,Of the kindred arts which group themselves under the head of Painting, none is based on such broad conventions as that with which we are immediately concerned—the art of Pen Drawing. In this medium, Nature's variety of color, when not positively ignored, is suggested by means of sharp black lines, of varying thickness, placed more or less closely together upon white paper; while natural form depends primarily for its representation upon arbitrary boundary lines. There is, of course, no authority in Na-ture for a positive outline: we see objects only by the difference in color of the other objects behind and around them. The technical capacity of the pen and ink medium, however, does not provide a value corresponding to every natural one, so that a broad interpretation has to be adopted which eliminates the less positive values; and, that form may not likewise be sacrificed, the outline becomes necessary, that light objects may stand relieved against light. This outline is the most characteristic, as it is the most indispensable, of the conventions of line drawing. To seek to abolish it only involves a resort to expedients no less artificial, and the results of all such attempts, dependent as they necessarily are upon elaboration of color, and a general indirectness of method, lack some of the best characteristics of pen drawing. More frequently, however, an elaborate color-scheme is merely a straining at the technical limitations of the pen in an effort to render the greatest possible number of values. It may be worth while to inquire whether excellence in pen drawing consists in thus dispensing with its recognized conventions, or in otherwise taxing the technical re-sources of the instrument. This involves the question of Style,—of what characteristic pen methods are,—a question which we will briefly consider...

A kosaras srácok t?rténete folytatódik! Valaki felgyújtja Sédar klubját. Nyolcszornyolc, az edz? kizártnak tartja, hogy a Sharks csapatának k?ze legyen a dologhoz. A gyanúsítottak k?re azonban egyre b?vül, el?veszik a játékosokat is: Tunyát, aki mindig kül?nck?dik, Levet, aki visszahúzódó és félénk, Grimaszt, aki a legkisebb provokációból is balhét csinál. ?s ha mindez nem volna elég, Stifti, aki a szép szál Sédar iránti féltékenységét soha sem titkolta, ezúttal Szilviával is ?sszekap. Ráadásul Porto Vecchio hárompontosakat szóró királyn?je is eltitkol valamit. A Sharksnak a nagy izgalmak k?zepette is meg kell ?riznie higgadtságát, hogy legy?zhessék a Templomosokat.

A mérf?ldk?nek számító Sons of Anarchy - Kemény motorosok cím? televíziós sorozat negyedik évadja után játszódó t?rténetét Kurt Sutter, a széria vezet? producere találta ki. A klubtagság fele éppenhogy csak kiszabadult a Stockton állami b?rt?nb?l, de a Galindo drogkartell máris a nyakukban liheg, így nem unatkoznak a motorosok. Jax Teller, a SAMCRO aleln?ke mégis kénytelen egy másik problémával foglalkozni, amikor megtudja, hogy ír féltestvére, Trinity már hónapok óta az Egyesült ?llamokban tartózkodik - és az orosz Bratva-gengszterekkel lóg. Most azonban elt?nt, és Jax biztos abban, hogy ehhez az életét fenyeget? maffiaháborúnak van k?ze. Jax, Chibs és Opie társaságában Nevadába utazik, hogy megkeresse, és hazavigye. Trinity ugyan félig ír, félig viszont Teller, és ahol a Tellerek megjelennek, ott k? k?v?n nem marad. ?A Maffiózók óta nem uralta így a tévéképerny?t egy csapat izzadt, er?szakos vadállat...” - Rolling Stone. ?Els? osztályú... A mai napig az egyik legjobb tévésorozat.” - Newsday. ?Az egyik legjobb dráma a tévében.” - Time. ??t csillagból négy... A Sons csúcsra járatja a drámát.” - New York Daily News.?

Doktor Proktor, a kétbalkezes professzor maga sem sejti, milyen kalandokba keveredik majd, amikor véletlenül feltalálja a f?ldkerekség legnagyobb erej? pukiporát, ami bárkit képes az ?rbe r?píteni. ?m amíg két kisiskolás segít?je azon dolgozik, hogy a találmány híressé és gazdaggá tegye ?ket, a csodaszer híre illetéktelenek fülébe is eljut. A doktor hamarosan egy sz?késbiztos cellában találja magát, a gonosz ikerpár ellopja a találmányt, és egy folyton éhes anakonda is beszabadul Oslo szennyvízcsatornáiba. K?zben pedig feltartóztathatatlanul k?zeleg a nemzeti ünnepre gyakorló iskolai katonazenekar... A világhír? skandináv krimiíró Doktor Proktor-sorozatát már t?bb mint 20 nyelvre fordították le. A f?szerepl?k fergeteges kalandjait elképeszt? fordulatok, abszurd humor és a Nesb?-féle kül?nleges atmoszféra teszi feledhetetlenné.

Iat?o pe fiica regelui troian Priam, vestita profet? Casandra, sosind ?n fa?a por?ilor cet??ii Micene ?n carul cu prizonieri al eroului grec Agamemnon. ?tie c? va fi ucis? ?nainte de asfin?itul soarelui ?i ??i rememoreaz? via?a, o existen?? excep?ional? pentru o femeie a acelor vremuri, ce culmineaz? ?n momente de o intensitate ?i un dramatism emo?ionant. Christa Wolf imagineaz? biografia fascinant? a unei figuri feminine at?t de controversate din mitologia antic?, reu?ind s? ne fac? s? o sim?im ca pe o contemporan? a noastr?.?

„Iat? o carte pe care s? o cite?ti încet ?i cu inima strâns?, o carte pe care s? o sim?i a?a cum sim?i ploaia b?tând darabana pe geamurile unui azil situat chiar aici ?i, în acela?i timp, la hotarele visului: acest t?râm atât de îndep?rtat ?i, în acela?i timp, atât de al nostru.  O zei?? stranie pare s? domine universul acestei opere singulare: boala, în multiplele ei variante, fizice ?i mentale, f?r? a uita c? fiecare boal? are o ie?ire, uneori spre lumina cea mai nea?teptat?, alteori spre cea mai nea?teptat? umbr?. Ne afl?m în fa?a unei c?r?i pline de delicate?e ?i de modera?ie, care??i trage vitalitatea din realism, din umanitate ?i, în acela?i timp, din delir, ?i care s?ar putea citi ca un roman polifonic, în?esat de voci care vorbesc în noapte.“ Jesús Ferrero (în Prefa??)

Ce ve?i g?si ?n aceast? carte? Ve?i g?si ?nt?mpl?ri ?i pove?ti care seam?n? izbitor cu cele pe care le vedem ?n corpora?ii. Ve?i reg?si lucruri familiare, lucruri care v? plac, dar ?i lucruri care ?i vor pune pe g?nduri pe corporati?ti. Ve?i reg?si pove?ti despre situa?ii zilnice, colegii de birou, colegii de la alte birouri. ?i, nu ?n ultimul r?nd, v? ve?i reg?si pe fiecare dintre voi. De ce s? cump?ra?i o carte care v? poveste?te ceva ce tr?i?i zilnic? Poate pentru c? modul ?n care se poveste?te o s? v? plac? ?i o s? v? captiveze, pentru faptul c? e ca ?i cum cineva v-ar fi citit g?ndurile, pentru faptul c? doar vre?i s? v? sim?i?i bine descoperind mediul corporatist. Este o carte dedicat?, ?n principal, corpora?iilor ?i oamenilor care lucreaz? ?n ele, adic? despre noi, corporati?tii. ?ntr-un ton optimist ?i, sper, amuzant.

Când o feti?? este g?sit? moart?, înecat?, dup? ce s-a l?udat c? a v?zut o crim?, faimoasa scriitoare de romane poli?iste Ariadne Oliver îl cheam? pe vechiul s?u prieten Hercule Poirot pentru a-l descoperi pe uciga?. Cine ?i de ce ar fi avut motiv s? omoare un copil nevinovat? Poate c? povestea spus? de Joyce nu era, pân? la urm?, una dintre obi?nuitele ei minciuni, menite a-i impresiona pe ceilal?i? Poirot va trebui s? fac? apel la toat? ingeniozitatea sa pentru a descâlci misterul unor decese ?i al unei dispari?ii suspecte, dar mai ales pentru a împiedica s?vâr?irea altor crime.

O serie de infrac?iuni minore comise într-un c?min de studen?i nu par, în mod normal, genul de caz de care se ocup? Hercule Poirot. Un pantof, un inel cu diamant, o pereche de pantaloni vechi, un stetoscop ?i alte m?run?i?uri furate, o e?arf? ?i un rucsac t?iate în buc??i – delicte prea neînsemnate pentru a fi anun?at? poli?ia ?i chiar mai pu?in demne de geniul lui Poirot. Totu?i, lista acestor lucruri este atât de bizar?, încât îi treze?te interesul celebrului detectiv. Din nou intui?ia lui se dovede?te corect?, c?ci un simplu caz de cleptomanie paveaz? drumul c?tre crim?...

O singur? alegere – ?l salveaz? de trecutul s?u O singur? alegere – ?i marcheaz? viitorul O singur? alegere – Scoate la iveal? primejdiile O singur? alegere – ?l schimb? pentru totdeauna O singur? alegere – ?l va elibera Aceast? edi?ie include: Transferatul ? Novicele ? Fiul ? Tr?d?torul ?i trei scene inedite din Divergent. Cu doi ani ?nainte ca Tris Prior s? fac? alegerea care avea s?-i schimbe via?a, fiul de ?aisprezece ani al liderului Abnega?iei a trecut prin acela?i lucru. Transferul lui Tobias c?tre Ne?nfricare repre-zint? ?ansa de a o lua de la cap?t. Aici, el nu va fi strigat pe numele dat de p?rin?i. Aici, el nu va permite ca teama s? ?l transforme ?ntr-un copil ?nsp?im?ntat. Proasp?t botezat ?Four“, el afl? ?n timpul ini?ierii c? va izb?ndi ?n Ne?nfricare. ?ns? ini?ierea este doar ?ncepu-tul, iar Four trebuie s?-?i revendice locul ?n ierarhia Ne?nfrica?ilor. Deciziile lui ?i vor afecta pe viitorii novici ?i vor scoate la iveal? secrete care ar putea s?-i pun? ?n primejdie propriul viitor – ?i viitorul ?ntregului sistem de fac?iuni. Doi ani mai t?rziu, Four este preg?tit s? ac?ioneze, dar cursul lucrurilor este ?nc? neclar. Totu?i, prima novice care sare ?n plas? ar putea schimba totul. Al?turi de ea, calea de a salva lumea ar putea deveni limpede. Al?turi de ea, el ar putea fi din nou Tobias. Veronica Roth completeaz? seria DIVERGENT cu un volum adiacent palpitant, relatat din perspectiva ?ndr?gitului ?i celebrului personaj Tobias. Cele patru povestiri incluse ?n aceast? edi?ie – TRANSFERATUL, NOVICELE, FIUL ?i TR?D?TORUL –, al?turi de trei scene inedite, ofer? cititorilor o privire electri-zant? asupra trecutului ?i sentimentelor lui Tobias, preg?tind totodat? terenul c?tre saga trilogiei DIVERGENT.

În mijlocul lag?rului de prizonieri de r?zboi condamna?i s? construiasc? o cale ferat? între Birmania ?i Thailanda, cunoscut? cu denumirea Calea ferat? a mor?ii, chirurgul Dorrigo Evans, comandantul lag?rului, este torturat de povestea de dragoste pe care a tr?it-o cu tân?ra so?ie a unchiului s?u cu doi ani în urm?. În str?dania lui de a-?i salva oamenii de înfometare, de holer?, de persecu?ii, Dorrigo prime?te o scrisoare care îi schimb? pentru totdeauna cursul vie?ii. O poveste despre dragoste ?i moarte cu multiplele lor fa?ete, despre r?zboi ?i despre adev?r, în care eroul î?i tr?ie?te experien?a de via?? numai pentru a descoperi tot ceea ce a pierdut.

The more I know of the world, the more am I convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!'Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Through their parallel experience of love—and its threatened loss—the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love.This edition includes explanatory notes, textual variants between the first and second editions, and Tony Tanner's introduction to the original Penguin Classic edition.

Irish athletic reporter Malone narrates tale of bold squat quarrelsome Professor Challenger seeking remote Amazonian plateau where “the ordinary laws of Nature are suspended” with prehistoric creatures and ape-men. Other armed British whites are spare skeptic Professor Summerlee, and ginger dead-shot Lord John, supported by colored bearers.

Sfâr?it de veac are un ritm bine marcat de scene în care conflictul e psihologic. Sunt scene de lupt?, de duplicitate ?i de strategie, conduse cu mân? sigur?, în care personajele î?i confrunt? interesele, dar ?i fi rea ascuns?. Maestrul de ceremonii este, fire?te, Urmatecu, plin de vitalitate, neobosit, viclean, calculat, altruist ?i crud totodat?, pe care doar lucrurile neclare, ciud??eniile, capriciile femeilor, nebunia ?i moartea îl tulbur?, sco?ându-l din apele în care se scald? de obicei. Chefurile uria?e pe care le trage dup? înmormânt?ri vin din nevoia de a se reechilibra psihic. Dac? boierul Barbu e un Tuzluc, iar Jurubi?a, o Kera Duduca, Urmatecu e un Dinu P?turic? infinit mai complicat ?i mai subtil, realizat la alte dimensiuni fizice ?i morale. Nu exist?, cum exist? de obicei în romanul de acest tip, personaje pozitive ori negative. Nici aplecarea spre caricatur? de la romancierii postbelici. Am putea spune chiar c? pân? ?i cei mai netrebnici sunt privi?i cu anume compasiune. Un element important este acela biografic, care atenueaz? eventualul spirit critic.

Alegorie moral? ?i autobiografie spiritual?, Micul prin?, cea mai tradus? carte din literatura francez?, înf??i?eaz? cu un farmec nepieritor povestea unui b?ie?el care î?i abandoneaz? micu?a planet? pentru a c?l?tori prin univers. Odiseea sa, în care descoper? ciud??eniile adul?ilor printr-o serie de întâlniri extraordinare, culmineaz? cu aventurile pe planeta P?mânt.

Holmes and Watson are faced with their most terrifying case yet. The legend of the devil-beast that haunts the moors around the Baskerville families home warns the descendants of that ancient clan never to venture out in those dark hours when the power of evil is exalted. Now, the most recent Baskerville, Sir Charles, is dead and the footprints of a giant hound have been found near his body. Will the new heir meet the same fate?

Cavalerii Pardaillan - Vol. 5. Intrigi, comploturi, pove?ti pline de suspans ?i r?sturn?ri spectaculoase de situa?ie. În 1588, Fran?a este marea scen? pe care regele Henric al III-lea ?i mama sa, Caterina de Medici, lupt? cu ducele de Guise ?i cu Liga Sfânt? pentru tron ?i putere. Cavalerul de Pardaillan e nevoit s? fac? fa?? numeroaselor capcane pe care cumplita Fausta i le întinde în încercarea de a elimina un adversar considerat periculos pentru planurile sale de cucerire a Fran?ei ?i a Italiei, dar ?i pentru inima ei. În aceast? înfruntare dintre curaj ?i viclenie, loialitate ?i tr?dare, onoare ?i infamie, cavalerul va ie?i din nou înving?tor. Dar va reu?i el s? doboare o dat? pentru totdeauna for?a r?ului din spiritul Faustei?

Cavalerii Pardaillan - Vol. 7. Intrigi, comploturi, pove?ti pline de suspans ?i r?sturn?ri spectaculoase de situa?ie. Numit ambasador extraordinar al Fran?ei în Spania, Pardaillan se treze?te implicat în intrigi ?i lupte în care se joac? soarta celor dou? regate. De aceast? dat?, cavalerul îi ia sub protec?ia sa pe frumoasa ?iganc? Giralda ?i pe logodnicul ei, don César, nimeni altul decât nepotul secret ?i persecutat al regelui spaniol. Astfel ajunge s? îi înfrunte din nou pe puternicii s?i du?mani: Fausta, Filip al II-lea ?i Marele Inchizitor Espinosa. Sprijinit de Chico, un pitic cu inim? mare, ?i de iubita acestuia, micu?a hangi?? Juana, Pardaillan va dejuca îns? toate comploturile, salvând pentru a doua oar? coroana regelui Henric al IV-lea.

Cavalerii Pardaillan - Vol. 8. Intrigi, comploturi, pove?ti pline de suspans ?i r?sturn?ri spectaculoase de situa?ie. Cavalerul Pardaillan întâlne?te un tân?r punga? care îi treze?te simpatia, Jehan cel Brav, de fapt, nimeni altul decât fiul lui ?i al Faustei. Jehan se îndr?goste?te de Bertille de Saugis, fiica natural? a lui Henric al IV-lea, ?i pentru a-?i ap?ra iubita ?i pe tat?l ei, intr? în conflict cu to?i cei care îi doresc moartea regelui. Cavalerul Pardaillan lupt? de partea fiului s?u, atât pentru a-l observa, cât ?i pentru a-l proteja pe rege. Îns? Fausta a ascuns cândva, în Montmartre, o comoar? fabuloas? la care râvne?te toat? lumea – iezui?ii, familia Concini, chiar ?i ministrul regelui, Sully. Bertille este singura care cunoa?te secretul acestei ascunz?tori...

"---this fantasy of a night-black, dead planet, with the remains of the human race concentrated in a stupendously vast metal pyramid & besieged by monstrous, hybrid & altogether unknown forces of darkness, is something that no reader can ever forger" (H. P. Lovecraft)."One of the most potent pieces of macabre imagination ever written" -?H.P.Lovecraft. Lovecraft wasn't wrong: this is, perhaps, the greatest single work of fantastic fiction in the English language. The sun has died, as have the stars. Not a solitary light shines in the heavens. The days of light are nothing by a legend?-?they are a story told to soothe children. The last millions of humans still live in their Last Redoubt -?but the end of their days is at hand.